CLI

Use PRX directly depuis le terminal with stdin/stdout for interactive conversations without any external service dependencies.

Prerequis

• PRX installed and configured avec unu moins one LLM fournisseur
• A terminal with stdin/stdout support

Quick Setup

1. Configure

Le CLI channel est active par defaut. Non additional configuration is needed.

[channels_config]
cli = true  # default, can be omitted

2. Start

prx

PRX will start in interactive mode, reading from stdin et writing responses to stdout.

3. Usage

Type your message and press Enter. Special commands:

> Hello, how are you?
[PRX responds...]

> /quit    # Exit the session
> /exit    # Exit the session (alternative)

Configuration Reference

Champ	Type	Defaut	Description
cli	bool	true	Enable or disable le CLI interactive channel

Fonctionnalites

• Zero dependencies -- no external accounts, tokens, or APIs needed beyond le LLM fournisseur
• Always available -- enabled par defaut; works sur the box after installation
• stdin/stdout interface -- standard Unix I/O for easy scripting and piping
• Empty line filtering -- blank lines are silently ignored
• Graceful exit -- type /quit or /exit to end the session cleanly
• Full tool access -- tous les configures tools (shell, file, browser, memory, etc.) sont disponibles

Limiteations

• Single-user, single-session only
• Non persistent conversation history across sessions (unless session persistence est active globally)
• Non media or file attachment support (text-only input)
• Non streaming/progressive output (responses are printed in full after generation)
• Cannot run concurrently with other channels in the same process unless explicitement configure

Depannage

PRX ne fait pas start in CLI mode

• Ensure cli = true (or omit it, as it par defaut true) in [channels_config]
• If other channels sont configures, PRX may prioritize them; check the startup logs
• Verifiez que au moins one LLM fournisseur is configured

Input is not processed

• Ensure you are typing in the terminal where PRX is running (not a backgrounded process)
• Empty lines are ignored; type a non-empty message
• Verifiez que stdin is connected (not redirected from /dev/null)

How to use CLI with pipes

• PRX reads from stdin line by line, so you can pipe input:

  echo "What is 2 + 2?" | prx

• For multi-tour conversations via scripts, use a FIFO or expect-based approach