ff-cli

A small Node.js CLI for building DP-1 playlists of digital art.

Runtime: Node.js 22 or newer (matches CI and the dp1-js dependency). That engine floor is a breaking change if you previously used Node 18 or 20—check the GitHub Release for the version you move to; release authors follow docs/RELEASING.md so the notes stay explicit.

ff-cli turns a simple prompt into a DP-1–conformant playlist you can preview on an Art Computer. The model orchestrates; deterministic tools do the real work (schema validation, indexing, JSON‑LD). If something comes back invalid, validation rejects it and we loop until it’s right.

Install

npm i -g @feralfile/cli

Install (curl)

curl -fsSL https://feralfile.com/ff-cli-install | bash

Installs a prebuilt binary for macOS/Linux (no Node.js required).

One-off Usage (npx)

npx @feralfile/cli setup
npx @feralfile/cli chat

Quick Start

Set your LLM API key first (default Claude): export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY='sk-ant-your-api-key-here'

ff-cli setup
ff-cli chat
ff-cli play "https://example.com/video.mp4" --skip-verify

If you need manual config actions instead of guided setup:

ff-cli config init
ff-cli config validate

Dev Quick Start

Set your LLM API key first (default Claude): export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY='sk-ant-your-api-key-here'

npm ci
npm run dev -- setup
npm run dev -- chat
npm run dev -- play "https://example.com/video.mp4" --skip-verify

Documentation

• Getting started and usage: ./docs/README.md
• Configuration: ./docs/CONFIGURATION.md
• Function calling architecture: ./docs/FUNCTION_CALLING.md
• Examples: ./docs/EXAMPLES.md
• SSH access: ff-cli ssh enable|disable in ./docs/README.md

Verification

GitHub Actions runs .github/workflows/ci.yml for pull requests, pushes to main/master, and reusable workflow_call jobs. CI uses Node.js 22, installs dependencies with npm ci, sets ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=dummy, and runs the repo-wide verification entrypoint:

ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=dummy npm run verify

Run the same command locally before opening a PR. It checks formatting, lint, tests, TypeScript build, playlist validation smoke, and config validation smoke without mutating source files.

Other GitHub Actions workflows:

• .github/workflows/build.yml builds release assets when called by release automation or manually dispatched.
• .github/workflows/release.yml reuses CI, verifies the release version, publishes npm, uploads assets, and checks the published release.
• .github/workflows/dependency-review.yml reviews dependency changes on pull requests.
• .github/workflows/codeql.yml runs CodeQL analysis on pull requests and pushes to main/master.

Scripts

npm run dev            # Run CLI in dev (tsx)
npm run build          # Build TypeScript
npm run check          # Format check + lint + tests
npm run smoke          # Build + CLI smoke checks
npm run verify         # CI-equivalent validation entrypoint
npm run lint:fix       # Optional mutating lint fix; review changes before committing

License

MIT