TerminalGPT

This script sends a prompt to the OpenAI API and receives a response using the text-davinci-003 model.

Prerequisites

• jq command-line JSON processor

Installation

Step 1: Install jq

macOS

Using Homebrew:

brew install jq

Ubuntu / Debian

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install jq

CentOS / Fedora / RHEL

sudo yum install jq

Step 2: Set up the script

1. Place the TerminalGPT.sh script in a directory of your choice.
2. Make the script executable:

chmod +x /path/to/your/TerminalGPT.sh

Replace /path/to/your/ with the actual path to the directory containing the TerminalGPT.sh script.

Step 3: Configure your shell

1. Open your shell's configuration file: For Bash: ~/.bashrc For Zsh: ~/.zshrc
2. Add the following lines at the end of the file:

# OpenAI TerminalGPT Script
alias chat="/path/to/your/openai_request.sh"
export OPENAI_API_KEY="your_api_key_here"

Replace /path/to/your/ with the actual path to the directory containing the openai_request.sh script, and your_api_key_here with your actual OpenAI API key.

3. Save the file and close the editor.
4. Reload the shell's configuration file: For Bash: source ~/.bashrc For Zsh: source ~/.zshrc

Usage

To use the script, simply call the chat alias followed by your prompt:

chat How are you today?

The script will send the prompt to the OpenAI API and display the message in the terminal.