chatcet

AI-powered CLI for Maharashtra CET college admissions.

Ask plain-English questions about MHT-CET cutoffs, find eligible colleges, and compare options — all from your terminal. Backed by the official CAP 2025 PDF database (83,000+ cutoff rows across 2,800+ institutes) bundled locally so it works offline.

╭─ ChatCET ────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ Which CSE colleges can I get with 72 percentile   │
│ in Thane, OPEN category?                          │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────╯

Install

npm install -g chatcet

Requires Node.js 18+.

Setup

On first run, chatcet walks you through choosing an LLM:

chatcet

Supported LLMs:

• Google Gemini (free tier, recommended) — needs a Gemini API key
• OpenAI GPT-4o — needs an OpenAI API key
• Ollama (local, free, no internet) — needs Ollama running locally

Usage

Just run chatcet and start chatting:

> Which colleges can I get with 68 percentile in Pune? (OPEN category, CSE)
> What's the cutoff for COEP Computer Engineering?
> Show me OBC cutoffs for Mechanical in Mumbai
> Compare VJTI vs SPIT for CS branch

Commands

| Command | Action | |------------|-------------------------------------| | /memory | Show what the bot remembers about you | | /forget | Clear saved memory | | Ctrl+C | Exit |

Arrow keys cycle through previous queries (persisted across sessions).

How it works

• The bundled cap_cutoffs.db SQLite file contains every CAP 2025-26 cutoff from the official Maharashtra State CET Cell PDFs.
• An LLM agent decides which queries to run against the DB based on your question.
• Your profile (score, category, region) is saved to ~/.chatcet/memory.json and injected into every session automatically.

Category codes

| You say | Means | |-----------|---------------------------------------------| | OPEN | General — searches both OPENH and OPENO | | OPENH | Home University quota (your region) | | OPENO | Outside Home University quota | | OBC / SC / ST / SEBC / EWS / VJ-DT | Reservation categories |

Data

All data is from the official Maharashtra State CET Cell CAP 2025-26 PDFs (Rounds 1–4). No live API calls — the entire database is bundled with the package and works offline.

Config files

All config and memory live in ~/.chatcet/:

• config.json — LLM provider and API key
• memory.json — your remembered profile
• history.json — query history for arrow-key recall

License

MIT