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LLM CLI

A command-line tool for querying language models and scripting them in the terminal.

Definition

LLM CLI is an open-source command-line utility, created by Simon Willison, for interacting with large language models from the terminal. It supports many models through a plugin system, stores conversation history in a local SQLite database, and can be piped into shell scripts to build pipelines. It is useful for rapid prototyping and for adding model calls to command-line workflows.