info

Ask questions in natural language and get concise, formatted responses directly in your terminal.

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info comes in handy when you want a quick lookup without changing the context. No need to run AI cli or switching to an UI-based tool. Just type info git log print nicely and you get git log --oneline --graph --decorate.

Installation

npm install -g @frycz/info

Prerequisites

You need at least one of the supported AI CLI tools installed and authenticated:

Tool	Install	Authentication
Claude CLI (default)	npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code	ANTHROPIC_API_KEY must be set
Gemini CLI	npm install -g @google/gemini-cli	GEMINI_API_KEY (or run gemini once and sign in with Google)
Ollama	see ollama.ai	none - but the daemon must be running and the model pulled (ollama pull llama3.2)
ShellGPT	pip install shell-gpt	OPENAI_API_KEY (asked for on first run, stored in ~/.config/shell_gpt/.sgptrc)

Claude API key

info runs the Claude CLI non-interactively (claude -p), which requires an API key in the environment - an interactive claude login session is not enough:

export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=sk-ant-...

Add it to your ~/.zshrc / ~/.bashrc to make it permanent. Get a key at console.anthropic.com.

Usage

info <question>

Simply type your question after info. All arguments are joined into a single query.

Examples

info number of countries in the world
# 193

info capital of australia
# canberra

info mass of the sun in kg
# 1.989e30

info git log print nicely
# git log --oneline --graph --decorate

Options

info -h, --help     Show help
info -v, --version  Show version

Configuration

Configure via environment variables:

Variable	Description	Default
INFO_AI_TOOL	AI tool to use (claude, gemini, ollama, sgpt)	claude
INFO_OLLAMA_MODEL	Model to use with Ollama	llama3.2
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY	API key for the Claude CLI	-
GEMINI_API_KEY	API key for the Gemini CLI	-
OPENAI_API_KEY	API key used by ShellGPT	-

Examples

# Use Claude (default)
export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=sk-ant-...

# Use Gemini instead of Claude
export INFO_AI_TOOL=gemini
export GEMINI_API_KEY=...

# Use Ollama with a specific model (no API key needed)
export INFO_AI_TOOL=ollama
export INFO_OLLAMA_MODEL=mistral

How It Works

The tool sends your question to an AI with a specialized system prompt that instructs it to:

• Respond with the shortest possible answer
• Use lowercase text only
• Return numbers without units (unless requested)
• Assume the most probable context for vague questions
• Return ERR: <reason> for unanswerable questions

License

MIT