Huely

Installation

From npm

npm install -g huely

Setup

1. Get an OpenAI API Key

   • Sign up at OpenAI
   • Navigate to API keys section
   • Create a new API key

2. Configure Huely

   huely --setup

   Enter your OpenAI API key when prompted. It will be securely stored in ~/.huely/config.json

Usage

Basic Commands

# Capture and analyze a screenshot
huely

# Setup or update API key
huely --setup

# Clear stored API key
huely --clear

# Show version
huely --version

# Show help
huely --help

Workflow

1. Run huely in your terminal
2. Position the content you want to analyze on your screen
3. Press Enter to capture
4. Huely will analyze the image and provide:
   • Solutions to coding problems
   • Answers to questions
   • Explanations of visual content
   • Complete code implementations with complexity analysis

Platform-Specific Notes

Windows: Uses CommandCam.exe for webcam capture

Linux: Requires fswebcam package

sudo apt-get install fswebcam  # Debian/Ubuntu
sudo yum install fswebcam      # RHEL/CentOS

macOS: Uses imagesnap (automatically handled)

Configuration

Configuration is stored in ~/.huely/config.json:

{
  "openaiApiKey": "your-api-key-here"
}