Cohere CLI

A beautiful, professional, and feature-rich command-line interface for chatting with Cohere AI models.

Features

• 🌈 Stunning UI: Gradient text, ASCII art, boxed responses, and colorful tables
• ⚡ Direct API integration: Uses fetch with Cohere endpoints
• 🤖 Supports both chat and generate APIs, with dynamic model selection
• 🔄 Interactive model menu and direct model switching (model and model:<id>)
• 📊 Token usage and session statistics
• 📋 Markdown rendering, code highlighting, and citation tables
• ⚙️ Adjustable parameters: temperature, max tokens, session settings
• 💬 Chat history management (history:on/off, clear)
• 📝 Create files from detected code blocks in responses
• 🛠️ CommonJS compatible (Node.js v14+), global install support

Installation

Install globally via npm:

npm i -g cohere-cli

You can now run the CLI anywhere using:

cohere

Set your Cohere API key as an environment variable (example for Windows PowerShell):

$env:COHERE_API_KEY = "your_api_key_here"

Command-line Options

• -k, --api-key <key>   Cohere API key (overrides env variable)
• -m, --model <model>   Specify model to use
• -t, --temperature <temp> Set temperature (0-1)
• -s, --single-message   Send a single message and exit
• --no-history        Don't include chat history in requests
• --max-tokens <number>  Maximum tokens for response

In-CLI Commands

• help     Show available commands
• clear     Clear chat history
• model     Interactive model selection
• model:<id>  Switch to a specific model
• temp:<value> Set temperature (0-1)
• tokens:<value> Set max token limit
• history:on/off Enable/disable chat history
• settings   Show current settings
• exit     Exit the CLI

File Creation from Code Blocks

If the Cohere response contains code blocks, the CLI will prompt you to create files from them. You can confirm, edit filenames, and the files will be saved in your working directory.

Getting a Cohere API Key

Visit https://dashboard.cohere.ai/api-keys to get your API key.

Compatibility

• Node.js v14 or higher
• CommonJS modules (not ESM)
• Tested on Windows

License

MIT