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AI-powered command line assistant that generates and executes shell commands

Project description

⭐ Star Shell

An AI-powered command line assistant that generates and executes shell commands using natural language.

Features

  • 🤖 AI-Powered: Uses OpenAI GPT or Google Gemini to understand your requests
  • 💬 Interactive Chat Mode: Have conversations with your shell assistant
  • 🛡️ Safety First: Built-in command safety checks and confirmations
  • 🎯 Context Aware: Understands your current directory and system environment
  • 🔒 Secure: Encrypted API key storage
  • 🎨 Beautiful Output: Rich formatting and syntax highlighting

Installation

pip install star-shell

Quick Start

  1. Initialize Star Shell:

    star-shell init
    

    Choose your AI backend (OpenAI or Gemini) and provide your API key.

  2. Ask for commands:

    star-shell ask "list all Python files in this directory"
    
  3. Start interactive chat:

    star-shell chat
    

Commands

  • star-shell init - Set up your AI backend and API keys
  • star-shell ask "your request" - Generate a command for your request
  • star-shell chat - Start an interactive chat session

Supported AI Backends

  • OpenAI GPT-3.5 Turbo - Requires OpenAI API key
  • Google Gemini Pro - Requires Google AI API key

Safety Features

Star Shell includes built-in safety checks for potentially dangerous commands:

  • Warns about destructive operations (rm, format, etc.)
  • Confirms before executing system-level changes
  • Provides clear descriptions of what commands do

Examples

# File operations
star-shell ask "create a backup of my config files"

# System information
star-shell ask "show me disk usage"

# Development tasks
star-shell ask "start a Python web server on port 8000"

# Git operations
star-shell ask "commit all changes with message 'update docs'"

Requirements

  • Python 3.8+
  • OpenAI API key OR Google AI API key

License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.

Contributing

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

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