Zen CLI

An intelligent AI development assistant that lives in your terminal. Zen CLI understands your codebase and accelerates development through natural language commands powered by advanced AI models.

📖 Documentation | 🚀 Quick Start | 🔧 Configuration

Quick Start

# Install globally
npm install -g @yuvakiran-zen/zen-cli

# Set your API key
export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY="your-api-key-here"

# Start coding with AI assistance
zen-cli

What makes Zen CLI different

• 🎨 Beautiful Terminal Interface: Professionally designed UI with syntax highlighting, interactive menus, and smart paste detection
• ⚡ Streaming Responses: Real-time AI responses with intelligent loading indicators
• 🔌 MCP Protocol Integration: Built-in Model Context Protocol support for extensible functionality
• 🌐 Web Search Enabled: Access to real-time documentation and community solutions
• 🛠️ Multi-Language Support: JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, React, Vue, Angular, and more

Core Features

Intelligent Code Generation

• Generate complete applications, components, and modules
• Smart code completion and refactoring suggestions
• Architecture recommendations and best practices

Advanced Debugging Assistant

• Analyze error messages and stack traces
• Identify performance bottlenecks
• Security vulnerability detection

Professional Terminal Experience

• Syntax highlighting for all major programming languages
• Interactive menus and command suggestions
• Progress indicators for long-running operations
• Rich formatting with colors and visual feedback

Configuration

Environment Setup

Set your Anthropic API key:

export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY="your-api-key-here"

Or create a .env file in your project:

ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=your-api-key-here

Command Line Options

zen-cli [options]

Options:
  -d, --directory <path>   Working directory
  --api-key <key>         Anthropic API key
  -h, --help              Show help

MCP Integration

Zen CLI supports MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers for extended functionality:

{
  "enabled": true,
  "servers": [
    {
      "name": "figma",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "figma-developer-mcp"],
      "description": "Figma design integration"
    }
  ]
}

Use Cases

Frontend Development

• Generate React/Vue components with TypeScript
• CSS styling and responsive design assistance
• State management setup and optimization

Backend Development

• API design and implementation
• Database schema design and migrations
• Authentication and authorization systems

DevOps & Infrastructure

• Docker containerization strategies
• CI/CD pipeline configuration
• Infrastructure as Code templates

Full-Stack Projects

• End-to-end application architecture
• Technology stack recommendations
• Code review and quality assurance

System Requirements

• Node.js 18.0.0 or higher
• NPM 7.0.0 or higher
• 512MB RAM minimum
• macOS, Linux, Windows (WSL recommended)

Reporting Issues

We welcome feedback and bug reports. Use the built-in feedback commands within Zen CLI, or file a GitHub issue.

Privacy and Security

Data Handling

• Local Processing: Configuration and sensitive data stays on your machine
• Secure API Communication: Encrypted communication with Anthropic's API
• No Training Data: Your code is not used to train AI models
• Minimal Data Collection: Only essential usage analytics

Privacy Safeguards

• Limited retention periods for API requests
• Restricted access to user session data
• Clear policies against using code for model training
• Local configuration management

For full details, please review our privacy practices and terms of service.

License

Proprietary - Commercial software by Zen Team. All rights reserved.