added general question mode

README.md

@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ terminal-copilot will then display the correct syntax for the command you need:
 ```find . -name "*.txt"```
 With options to execute, copy, or explain the proposed terminal command.
 
+You can also use the copilot to ask a general question to gpt4 from your command line using the -q option
+```copilot -q "What is the best drink for late night coding?"```
+
 ### Installation
 To use terminal-copilot, you must first install it on your system. The easiest way to do this is using pip:
 ```pip install terminal-copilot```
@@ -26,6 +29,9 @@ Here are some examples of how you can use terminal-copilot:
 3. `copilot install the openai package for python`
 4. `copilot clean up my docker images`
 
+or you can ask a general question to gpt4 from your command line using the -q option
+`copilot -q Why is 42 the meaning of life`
+(note that question marks are not supported atm..)
 
 ### Arguments
 Terminal-copilot can be called with optional command line arguments:

copilot/main.py

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 from copilot.parse_os import parse_operating_system, OperatingSystem
 from copilot.parse_args import parse_terminal_copilot_args
 from copilot.messages_builder import Context, build_conversation
-
+from copilot.question import ask_question
 
 def is_unix_system():
     return platform.system().lower().startswith("lin") or platform.system().lower().startswith("dar")
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ def main():
     if args.verbose:
         print("Verbose mode enabled")
 
+    setup_openai_key()
+
     # TODO to get more terminal context to work with..
     # TODO save history of previous user questions and answers
 
@@ -49,6 +51,8 @@ def main():
     current_dir = os.getcwd()
     directory_list = os.listdir()
 
+    # if args.question:
+    #     args.model = 'gpt-4'
 
     context = Context(
         shell=shell,
@@ -61,44 +65,18 @@ def main():
         model=args.model,
     )
 
-    prompt = f"""
-You are an AI Terminal Copilot. Your job is to help users find the right terminal command in a {shell} on {operating_system}.
-
-The user is asking for the following command:
-'{" ".join(args.command)}'
-
-The user is currently in the following directory:
-{current_dir}
-That directory contains the following files:
-[{", ".join(directory_list)[:300]}]
-{history.get_history() if args.history and is_unix_system() else ""}
-The user has several environment variables set, some of which are:
-{environs}
-{git_info() if args.git else ""}
-"""
-    if (
-            args.alias
-            and is_unix_system()
-    ):
-        prompt += f"""
-The user has the following aliases set:
-{subprocess.run(["alias"], capture_output=True, shell=True).stdout.decode("utf-8")}
-"""
+    # check if the -q flag is set for general questions
+    if args.question:
+        # In this case just send the question to GPT-4 and print the response
+        ask_question(context, args.command)
+        sys.exit(0)
 
     conversation = build_conversation(context)
 
     if args.verbose:
         print("Sent this conversation to OpenAI:")
         print(conversation)
 
-    openai.api_key = os.environ.get("OPENAI_API_KEY")
-    if openai.api_key is None:
-        print("To use copilot please set the OPENAI_API_KEY environment variable")
-        print("You can get an API key from https://beta.openai.com/account/api-keys")
-        print("To set the environment variable, run:")
-        print("export OPENAI_API_KEY=<your key>")
-        sys.exit(1)
-
     if args.json:
         cmds = request_cmds(conversation, n=int(args.count) if args.json and args.count else 1)
         print(json.dumps({
@@ -110,6 +88,16 @@ def main():
         show_command_options(conversation, cmds, args)
 
 
+def setup_openai_key():
+    openai.api_key = os.environ.get("OPENAI_API_KEY")
+    if openai.api_key is None:
+        print("To use copilot please set the OPENAI_API_KEY environment variable")
+        print("You can get an API key from https://beta.openai.com/account/api-keys")
+        print("To set the environment variable, run:")
+        print("export OPENAI_API_KEY=<your key>")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+
 def fetch_and_print_cmd(conversation, args):
     if args.no_stream:
         cmds = request_cmds(conversation, n=int(args.count) if args.json and args.count else 1)[0]

copilot/messages_builder.py

@@ -62,10 +62,12 @@ def system_messages(context: Context) -> list:
     return messages
 
 
-def build_conversation(context: Context) -> Conversation:
+def build_conversation(context: Context, usermessage: str) -> Conversation:
     messages = []
     messages.extend(system_messages(context))
-    messages.append({"role": "user", "content": user_message(context)})
+    if not usermessage:
+        usermessage = user_message(context)
+    messages.append({"role": "user", "content": usermessage})
     return Conversation(
         messages=messages,
         model=context.model

copilot/parse_args.py

@@ -41,5 +41,8 @@ def parse_terminal_copilot_args():
         default=False,
         help="Disable streaming the command into the terminal (by default, streaming is enabled)."
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-q", "--question", action="store_true", default=False, help="Ask a general question to GPT-4."
+    )
     args = parser.parse_args()
     return args

copilot/question.py

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# for asking general questions directly to gpt4
+
+from typing import List
+
+from copilot.context import Context
+from copilot.conversation import Conversation
+from copilot.open_ai_adapter import stream_cmd_into_terminal, request_cmds
+
+
+def ask_question(context: Context, question: List[str]) -> None:
+  prompt = " ".join(question)
+
+  messages = []
+  messages.append({"role": "system", "content": "You are an AI Copilot operating in a terminal. You are a general assistant to the user."})
+  messages.append({"role": "user", "content": prompt})
+  conversation = Conversation(
+      messages=messages,
+      model=context.model
+  )
+
+  response = stream_cmd_into_terminal(conversation)
+  print(response)
+
+

setup.py

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 setup(
         name ='terminal-copilot',
-        version ='1.3.3',
+        version ='1.4.0',
         author ='Methexis',
         author_email ='joelkronander@gmail.com',
         url ='https://github.com/Methexis-Inc/terminal-copilot',