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blnk

A powerful terminal-based chat application for seamless interaction with multiple AI providers.

License: MIT

Features

  • Multi-provider support (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini)
  • Rich CLI interface with markdown formatting
  • Dynamic model switching and API selection
  • MCP integration for advanced reasoning
  • Streaming responses with progress indicators
  • Command system with help documentation
  • YAML configuration with automatic JSON conversion
  • Secure API key storage in user's home directory

Installation

Requires Python 3.13 or higher.

  1. Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/frgmt0/blnk.git
cd blnk
  1. Run the installation script:
./install.sh

This will:

  • Create necessary config directories
  • Install dependencies
  • Set up the default configuration
  • Install blnk in development mode

Quick Start

  1. Run the setup command to configure your API providers:
blnk
/setup
  1. Follow the prompts to configure your providers and API keys.

Usage

Start blnk:

blnk

Available Commands

  • /help - Show help message
  • /apis - List available AI providers
  • /use <api> - Switch to specified AI provider
  • /model-list - Show available models for current/all providers
  • /switch-model - Switch to a different model for current provider
  • /tools - List available MCP tools
  • /exit - Exit the application

Examples

/use anthropic                               # Switch to Anthropic provider
/switch-model claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022    # Switch to Claude 3 model
/tools                                      # Show available tools

Configuration

blnk stores its configuration in ~/.blnk/config/:

  • config.yaml - Main configuration file (edit this for changes)
  • config.json - Runtime configuration (automatically generated)
  • mcp/*.json - MCP server configurations

MCP Integration

blnk supports integration with MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers. While native MCP-reasoner support is planned for future releases, you can already configure and use MCP servers:

  1. Create a JSON config file in ~/.blnk/config/mcp/ (e.g., default.json)
  2. Configure the server details:
{
    "server": {
        "command": "node",
        "args": ["path/to/mcp-reasoner/dist/index.js"],
        "env": {}
    }
}

Multiple MCP servers can be configured by creating additional JSON files in the mcp/ directory.

The configuration includes:

  • Default API provider
  • Model preferences
  • API keys (securely stored)
  • Token limits
  • MCP settings

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

  1. Fork the repository
  2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
  3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
  4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
  5. Open a Pull Request

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Acknowledgments

Author

frgmt0 - frgmt_@frgmt.xyz

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