ccline: AI at the zsh prompt — for developers who work with LLM APIs

[jianshuo]

Hey OpenAI SDK community! 🤖

If you work with the OpenAI Python SDK, you understand how AI APIs can power useful tools. I built a shell tool using Claude's API that I think you'd find interesting.

It's ccline — natural language at the zsh prompt.

What it does

ccline hijacks zsh's command_not_found_handler. Type something that isn't a real command — English, a question, an intention — and it calls the Claude API and renders the Markdown answer right in your terminal. Press Enter to run suggested commands.

$ test my openai api key quickly
→ python -c "import openai; print(openai.models.list().data[0].id)"
→ [press Enter to run]

$ batch process multiple files with the openai api
→ [Claude explains the batch processing approach with code]

$ compare openai api costs vs anthropic for my use case
→ [Claude discusses tradeoffs and cost structures]

The same way you use LLM APIs to build products — I used them to build a personal terminal assistant. Might give you ideas.

Install

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jianshuo/ccline/main/install.sh | bash

Requires ANTHROPIC_API_KEY (uses Claude).

→ https://github.com/jianshuo/ccline