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blnk
A powerful terminal-based chat application for seamless interaction with multiple AI providers.
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.
- Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/frgmt0/blnk.git
cd blnk
- 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
- Run the setup command to configure your API providers:
blnk
/setup
- 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:
- Create a JSON config file in
~/.blnk/config/mcp/(e.g.,default.json) - 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.
- Fork the repository
- Create your feature branch (
git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature) - Commit your changes (
git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature') - Push to the branch (
git push origin feature/AmazingFeature) - Open a Pull Request
License
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.
Acknowledgments
- Built with MCP-Reasoner for advanced reasoning capabilities
- Thanks to all contributors
Author
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