shellmind 🧠

A shell plugin that uses an llm to convert natural language or pseudo-code into actual shell commands. It is not just an llm client, but integrates into the shell for convenience and speed.

• (For now limited to OpenAI, open an issue to request other providers.)

Requirements

• Fish, Zsh or Bash shell
• curl
• jq
• An OpenAI API key

Usage

1. Install shellmind and bind it to a key
2. Type a pseudo-code command in your shell
3. Press your assigned key to replace the pseudo-code with a real command

Installation

First, make sure to set the environment variable OPENAI_API_KEY to a valid OpenAI API key.

Fish

1. Put the shellmind.fish file from this repo into .config/fish/functions/. You may edit that file for some optional configuration options.

2. Add a keybind to .config/fish/functions/fish_user_key_bindings.fish:

   function fish_user_key_bindings
       # ...
       # Your other keybinds
       # ...
   
       # For Ctrl-X:
       bind \cx 'shellmind'
   
       # For Ctrl-X in insert mode when using Vi mode:
       bind -M insert \cx 'shellmind'
   end

Bash

1. Put the shellmind.bash file from this repo into a directory of your choice. You may edit that file for some optional configuration options.

2. Source the file in your .bashrc:

   source /path/to/shellmind.bash

3. Add a keybind to your .bashrc:

   # For Ctrl-G
   bind -x '"\C-g": shellmind'

Zsh

1. Put the shellmind.zsh file from this repo into a directory of your choice. You may edit that file for some optional configuration options.

2. Source the file in your .zshrc:

   source /path/to/shellmind.zsh

3. Add a keybind to your .zshrc:

   # For Ctrl-G:
   zle -N shellmind
   bindkey '^G' shellmind