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name: AI LLM Tools
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description: AI LLM Tools lets you query local or cloud LLMs from the command line with llm or aichat. Use it to summarize piped text, chat interactively, or generate shell commands from natural language.
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# AI LLM Tools

AI LLM Tools lets you query local or cloud LLMs from the command line with llm or aichat. Use it to summarize piped text, chat interactively, or generate shell commands from natural language.

**Install:**

```bash
npx degit https://github.com/daxaur/openpaw/tree/main/skills/c-ai ~/.claude/skills/c-ai
```

## README

# AI / LLM Tools

## llm (Simon Willison)

```bash
# Quick prompt
llm "What is the capital of France?"

# Pipe text for processing
cat article.txt | llm "Summarize this in 3 bullet points"
git diff | llm "Write a commit message for these changes"
pbpaste | llm "Fix the grammar in this text"

# Interactive chat
llm chat

# Use specific model
llm -m claude-3.5-sonnet "Explain quantum computing"
llm -m gpt-4o "Review this code"

# List available models
llm models

# Install model plugins
llm install llm-claude-3
llm install llm-ollama    # local models

# View prompt/response history
llm logs list
llm logs last
```

## aichat

```bash
# Quick prompt
aichat "Explain Docker in simple terms"

# Pipe input
cat code.py | aichat "Find bugs in this code"

# Interactive REPL
aichat

# Shell assistant (generates and runs commands)
aichat -e "find all files larger than 100MB"

# Specific model
aichat -m claude-3.5-sonnet "Hello"

# List models
aichat --list-models
```

## Guidelines

- Use `llm` for piping text through LLMs (summarize, translate, analyze)
- Use `aichat -e` for generating shell commands from natural language
- Both tools store API keys locally — set up once with auth commands
- `llm` has the richest plugin ecosystem (100+ model providers)
- `aichat` is faster (Rust) and has built-in RAG support
- These tools use separate API keys from Claude Code — user pays per token