@alie.me/cli — ALIE Command-Line Interface

Capture, recall, brief, and ideate from your terminal.

npm install -g @alie.me/cli

Or run without installing:

npx -y @alie.me/cli auth set alie_xxxxx
npx -y @alie.me/cli capture "..."

Requires Node 18+.

Setup

Generate a token at alie.me/settings → API tokens → New token. Then:

alie auth set alie_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Token saved to ~/.alie/config.json (chmod 600). Or set ALIE_TOKEN in your env to skip the file.

Common commands

# Save anything
alie capture "an idea worth saving" --note "why this matters"
alie capture --url https://example.com/article

# Recall — hybrid retrieval
alie recall "pricing strategy"
alie recall "model selection" --mode deep

# Morning brief
alie brief                       # show latest
alie brief generate              # force a fresh one
alie brief generate --lookback 7

# Ideation engine
alie ideate profiles
alie ideate run --profile video_content --seed "clay"
alie ideate run --profile startup_brainstorm --seed "loneliness" --fast
alie ideate rate <output_id> winner

# Config
alie config                      # current settings
alie auth show                   # truncated token preview
alie auth clear                  # wipe local config

Pass --json to any command for raw JSON output (good for piping into jq):

alie recall "memory" --json | jq '.direct[].title'

Self-hosting

Point at a local ALIE instance:

alie auth base http://localhost:3000

Or per-invocation:

ALIE_BASE_URL=http://localhost:3000 alie capture "..."

License

Apache 2.0.