lask 0.1.5

Ask your llm from the command line

lask

A CLI tool to interact with OpenAI's ChatGPT and other LLMs directly from your terminal.

Usage

Ensure you have OPENAI_API_KEY in your environment variables, then you can use lask to send prompts to the LLM.

lask What movie is this quote from\? \"that still only counts as one\"

Features

• Simple command-line interface to send prompts to GPT-4.1, or other LLMs
• Minimal dependencies (only requires the requests library)
• Easy installation via pip
• Direct output to your terminal

Installation

Using pip (recommended)

pip install lask

(For dev, do pip install .)

For a user-specific installation:

pip install --user lask

From source

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/Open-Source-Lodge/lask.git
   

2. Navigate to the directory:

   cd lask
   

3. Install the package:

   pip install -e .
   

Setup

Before using lask, you need to set up your OpenAI API key:

1. Get an API key from OpenAI

2. Set the environment variable:

   Linux/macOS:

   export OPENAI_API_KEY='your-api-key-here'
   

   To make it permanent, add the above line to your ~/.bashrc, ~/.zshrc, or equivalent shell configuration file.

   Windows (Command Prompt):

   set OPENAI_API_KEY=your-api-key-here
   

   Windows (PowerShell):

   $env:OPENAI_API_KEY='your-api-key-here'
   

API Key Issues

If you see an error about the API key:

1. Double-check that you've correctly set the OPENAI_API_KEY environment variable
2. Verify your API key is valid and has enough credits

Developing

Build

To build the package, run:

uv build

Install for development

To install the package in development mode, run:

pip install dist/lask-0.1.0-py3-none-any.whl

License

GNU General Public License v3.0 (GPL-3.0)

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.