Solai - Your Smart CLI Assistant

Solai is an AI-powered command-line interface assistant that helps you find and execute the right commands for your tasks. It uses OpenAI's GPT to convert natural language queries into system commands, with built-in safety confirmations and OS-specific command generation.

It came in a dream. "Thank you for this gift."

Features

• 🤖 Natural language to CLI command conversion
• 💡 Command explanations for better understanding
• ✅ Command confirmation before execution
• 🔒 Secure API key storage
• 💻 OS-specific command generation (macOS, Linux, Windows)
• 🎨 Rich terminal output formatting

Installation

Option 1: Install from PyPI (Recommended)

pip install solai

Option 2: Install from Source

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/caraveo/solai.git
cd solai
pip install -e .

Quick Start

1. First-time setup will prompt for your OpenAI API key

   • Get your API key from: https://platform.openai.com/api-keys
   • The key will be securely stored in ~/.solai.env

2. Run a command:

sol find large files

Example output:

Suggested command:
find ~ -type f -size +100M
→ Searches your home directory for files larger than 100 megabytes

Do you want to execute this command? [y/n]:

Usage Examples

# Find files
sol find all pdf files in downloads

# System maintenance
sol clean up system cache

# Network commands
sol check if google.com is up

# File operations
sol create a backup of my documents

Development

To install in development mode:

git clone https://github.com/caraveo/solai.git
cd solai
pip install -e .

Requirements

• Python 3.6+
• OpenAI API key
• Required packages:
  • click
  • python-dotenv
  • openai
  • rich

Configuration

The OpenAI API key is stored in ~/.solai.env. To update it, simply delete this file and run any sol command to trigger the setup process again.

Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add amazing feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

License

MIT License

Contact

Jon Caraveo - jon@ziavision.com

Project Link: https://github.com/caraveo/solai