Copilot CLI

AI-powered command line assistant — talk to your computer in natural language.

Install

npm install -g copilotcli

Setup

Set two environment variables:

# Your Anthropic API key (or local proxy key)
set ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=your-key

# (Optional) Custom API endpoint for local proxy
set ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL=http://localhost:4000

Or create a .env file in any directory:

ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=your-key
ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL=http://localhost:4000
COPILOT_MODEL=claude-opus-4-6
COPILOT_SAFETY_MODE=smart

Usage

# Interactive mode — enter the copilot shell
copilot

# One-shot mode — execute a single instruction
copilot "帮我列出D盘所有jpg文件"
copilot "Move all .log files from D:\ to C:\logs"

Interactive Mode Commands

| Command | Action | |---------|--------| | /clear | Clear conversation history | | /help | Show help | | /exit | Exit |

Examples

copilot> 读取 D:\test.txt 的内容
copilot> 帮我把 D:\photos 里的文件按大小排序列出来
copilot> 把 D:\data\report.csv 复制到 C:\backup
copilot> 搜索 D:\projects 下所有包含 "TODO" 的文件
copilot> 运行 ipconfig 看看网络配置

Options

-m, --model <model>    LLM model to use (default: claude-opus-4-6)
-s, --safety <mode>    Safety mode: smart | always | yolo (default: smart)
--base-url <url>       Custom Anthropic API base URL
--no-color             Disable colored output

Safety Modes

• smart (default) — auto-execute read operations, confirm writes/deletes
• always — confirm every operation
• yolo — no confirmations (use with caution!)

License

ISC