poe-research-cli 0.1.1

CLI for Poe Deep Research with retry/resume support

poe-research-cli

CLI for Poe Deep Research with retry/resume support.

Installation

# Via uvx (recommended, no install needed)
uvx poe-research-cli -p "Your research prompt"

# Or install globally
pip install poe-research-cli

Environment Variables

# Required for Poe models (o4-mini, o3)
export POE_API_KEY="your-poe-api-key"
export POE_BASE_URL="https://api.poe.com/v1"  # optional, this is default

# Required for Gemini model
export GEMINI_API_KEY="your-gemini-api-key"
export GEMINI_BASE_URL="https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com"  # optional

Usage

# Simple research with default model (o4-mini)
poe-research -p "What are the latest AI developments?"

# Use specific model
poe-research -m gemini -p "Research quantum computing trends"
poe-research -m o3 -p "Deep analysis of supply chain risks"

# Resume interrupted task
poe-research --resume

# Resume specific task
poe-research -t 2026-01-08_123456_abc12345

# List cached tasks
poe-research -l

Models

Shortcut	Full Name	API	Best For
o4-mini	o4-mini-deep-research	Poe	Visual analysis, code review, second opinions
o3	o3-deep-research	Poe	High-value research with citations
gemini	gemini-2.0-flash	Google	Balanced research, good citations

You can also use any full model name directly:

poe-research -m some-future-model -p "..."

Cache Location

Results are saved to ~/.cache/poe-research/:

~/.cache/poe-research/
├── 2026-01-08_123456_abc12345/
│   ├── result.md      # Full research result
│   └── state.json     # Task state (for resume)

Claude Code Subagent

This CLI is designed to work with Claude Code's subagent system. See the poe-researcher subagent configuration for integration.