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Mesh is a terminal agent built to spend fewer tokens on the same work.

Most coding agents resend the whole chat, bloated tool schemas, and redundant file reads every turn. Mesh compacts what goes into the model — tool specs, transcript history, workspace context — so multi-step tasks stay cheap and fast. Same gateway, same models, less noise in the prompt.

npm install -g @trymesh/cli
mesh

On first run, mesh opens sign-in in your browser. Default model is Gemini 3.5 Flash. Requires Node 20+.

Why Mesh

• Fewer tokens per turn. Compacted tool definitions, session capsules, and context planning cut prompt size versus a raw agent loop — often by a large margin on longer sessions.
• Cheaper models when it fits. Flash-Lite auto-routing and /model let you trade speed vs. depth without leaving the session.
• Search before you read. /index builds a workspace index so the agent can grep and search instead of dumping whole files into context.
• One install, one account. Sign in once; model calls go through the shared Mesh gateway on try-mesh.com.
• Many models, one session. Gemini, Grok, GLM, Kimi, DeepSeek, Qwen, Llama, and more via /model or --model <alias>.

Benchmarks

Head-to-head on a real multi-turn task (nextjs-full, 3 turns, Gemini 3.5 Flash) — Mesh vs a raw LLM loop on the same model and prompts.

nextjs-full · 3 turns · Gemini 3.5 Flash

Input tokens sent to the model   (lower is better)
  Mesh   ██████████                            27.4K
  Raw    ████████████████████████████████████  94.6K     −71%

Wall-clock time
  Mesh   ██████████████████████                60.0s
  Raw    ████████████████████████████████████  96.7s     −38%

| Turn | Mesh | Raw | Reduction | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | 4.6K | 7.6K | −39% | | 2 | 8.9K | 56.0K | −84% | | 3 | 13.9K | 31.1K | −55% | | Total | 27.4K | 94.6K | −71% |

Replay with mesh eval. Raw baseline uses provider prompt caching, so Mesh’s advantage is conservative.

Quickstart

npm install -g @trymesh/cli
mesh
mesh "fix the failing auth test"
mesh resume
mesh --resume <session-id>

mesh starts the interactive terminal UI. Pass a quoted task for a one-shot run. Use /help in a session for the full command list.

Commands

| Command | What it does | | --- | --- | | mesh | Interactive session (sign-in on first run) | | mesh "<task>" | One-shot task, then exit | | mesh resume | Resume the latest session in this workspace | | mesh --resume <id> | Resume a specific session | | mesh logout / mesh whoami | Sign out · show signed-in email | | mesh doctor [fix] | Diagnose the install | | mesh eval [--since <ISO>] | Replay turns and measure token efficiency | | mesh support | Debug info for bug reports |

In-session — the five worth knowing:

| Command | What it does | | --- | --- | | /cost | Token spend and savings this session | | /dashboard | Live repo dashboard in the browser | | /model | Switch model (cost vs. quality) | | /index | Build or repair the workspace search index | | /help | Full command reference |

Models

Default: Gemini 3.5 Flash. Pick another with /model or mesh --model <alias>.

| Model | Alias | Notes | | --- | --- | --- | | Gemini 3.5 Flash | default, 3.5-flash | Default — fast | | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview | 3.1-pro | Stronger reasoning | | Gemini 2.5 Pro | pro | Stable reasoning | | Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite | lite | Cheapest — auto-routed on trivial turns | | Grok 4.20 Reasoning | grok-reasoning | xAI reasoning | | Grok 4.20 Non-Reasoning | grok, grok-fast | xAI low-latency | | GLM 5 | glm | Z.ai | | Kimi K2.6 | kimi | Moonshot | | DeepSeek V4 Pro | deepseek | Generalist | | Qwen 3 Coder | qwen | Code specialist | | Llama 4 | llama, maverick | Meta MoE | | GPT-OSS 120B | gpt-oss | Open weights |

If the primary model errors out, Mesh tries Gemini 2.5 Pro, then Kimi K2.6.

Account

1. Go to try-mesh.com and create an account (free tier available).
2. Run mesh in your project — the CLI opens browser sign-in and stores your session in the OS keychain (with a ~/.config/mesh fallback).
3. Pro plan: email [email protected] or [email protected] to request access.

Your prompts and code context are sent to the model provider you select to generate responses. Run mesh logout to clear local credentials.

Requirements

• Node.js 20+
• A Mesh account on try-mesh.com

Links

try-mesh.com · Docs · Changelog

Contact

• Edgar Baumann — [email protected]
• Philipp Horn — [email protected]

License

Mesh Commercial License — see LICENSE.