@psnext/slingcli

A coding agent CLI powered by Publicis Sapient's Slingshot.

Installs the sling command globally.

Prerequisites

• macOS or Linux or Windows
• Node.js >= 20 (check with node -v)

Install

npm install -g @psnext/slingcli

Verify:

sling --version

First-time login

sling

Then inside the TUI:

1. Type /login slingshot and complete login in the browser window that opens
2. Type /model to pick a model
3. Start chatting
4. Type /quit to exit

If you already have a Slingshot access token, you can skip the interactive login:

export SLINGSHOT_TOKEN="your-access-token-here"
sling

Useful commands

| Command | Description | | ------------------ | ----------------------------------------------- | | /login slingshot | Log in to Slingshot | | /model | Switch model | | /compact | Compact conversation history | | /clear | Clear current session | | /quit | Exit the application | | /help | Show all commands | | Escape | Interrupt a running response | | Ctrl+C | Clear editor (first press), exit (second press) |

sling commands

| Sling Command | Description | | ------------------- | ---------------------------------------- | | /s:debug | Toggle Slingshot debug logging | | /s:footer | Toggle custom footer with Slingshot info | | /s:skills-manager | Open Skill Manager | | /s:filechanges | Toggle file changes tracking | | /s:context | Visualize context | | /s:acm | Toggle Agentic Context Management |

Available models

| Model | Reasoning | | -------------------------- | --------- | | claude-opus-4@20250514 | Yes | | claude-sonnet-4@20250514 | Yes | | claude-sonnet-4-5@20250929 | Yes | | gpt-5 | Yes | | gpt-5.1 | Yes | | gpt-5.2 | Yes | | gpt-5.4 | Yes | | gpt-5.5 | Yes | | gpt-4.1 | No | | o3 | Yes | | gemini-2.5-pro | Yes | | gemini-2.5-flash | Yes |

Environment variables

| Variable | Purpose | | ------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- | | SLINGSHOT_TOKEN | Pre-set access token (skips OAuth) | | SLINGSHOT_PROJECT_ID | Project ID for analytics | | SLINGSHOT_WORKSPACE_ID | Workspace ID for analytics | | SLINGSHOT_DEBUG | Enable Slingshot debug logging (true/false) | | SKIP_SLING_AUTO_INSTALL | Skip first-run auto-install of default packages |

Slingshot debug logs are written to ~/.sling/logs/analytics/<timestamp>.log.

Updating

npm install -g @psnext/slingcli@latest

Uninstall

npm uninstall -g @psnext/slingcli

To also remove saved sessions and auth tokens:

rm -rf ~/.sling

License

Licensing for @psnext/slingcli is to be determined.

This package bundles @earendil-works/pi-* (MIT, © 2025 Mario Zechner). The upstream MIT license is preserved in the LICENSE file.