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adriangalilea commented on Jul 2, 2025

Structured output, so it can be used as code, composable.

Usage

$ curl -s https://acme.com/pricing | \
  npx ai "extract pricing tiers" --schema '{
    "tiers": [{
      "name": "string",
      "price": "number",
      "bandwidth_gb": "number",
      "team_members": "number"
    }]
  }'

Output:

{
  "tiers": [
    {"name": "Starter", "price": 0, "bandwidth_gb": 50, "team_members": 1},
    {"name": "Growth", "price": 29, "bandwidth_gb": 500, "team_members": 5},
    {"name": "Scale", "price": 99, "bandwidth_gb": 2000, "team_members": 20},
    {"name": "Enterprise", "price": -1, "bandwidth_gb": -1, "team_members": -1}
  ]
}

Advanced usage – solving harder problems with AI as an API blackbox

Ex: Installing the latest version of a github release is trickier than it may seem, but it could become something like:

#!/bin/bash
# install-latest.sh - Install any GitHub CLI tool with one command

REPO=$1  # e.g., "junegunn/fzf"

# Get latest release data
curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/$REPO/releases/latest" | \
  npx ai "find download URL for $(uname -s) $(uname -m)" --schema '{
    "download_url": "string",
    "binary_name": "string",
    "extract_command": "string"
  }' > release.json

# Extract the info
URL=$(jq -r .download_url release.json)
BINARY=$(jq -r .binary_name release.json)
EXTRACT=$(jq -r .extract_command release.json)

# Download and install
curl -L "$URL" -o /tmp/download
eval "$EXTRACT” # 🤠
chmod +x "$BINARY"
sudo mv "$BINARY" /usr/local/bin/

echo "✓ Installed $BINARY”

Usage

# Install fzf (handles .tar.gz)
$ ./install-latest.sh junegunn/fzf
✓ Installed fzf

# Install ripgrep (handles different naming: rg)
$ ./install-latest.sh BurntSushi/ripgrep  
✓ Installed rg

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vercel/ai#6976AI CLI

rauchg commented on Jul 2, 2025

Files support – make it really easy to attach a bunch of files, upload transparently
Easy model switching - e.g.: -m to alternate between models
Unix-y - make it easy to pipe, consume stdin, etc. e.g.: echo 'what is life?' | npx ai

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Every card is a pure function of its facts and opens its place on GitHub. Fetching them is github-data's job, once, with the author's own token: no API and no token on the page.

$ curl -s https://acme.com/pricing | \ npx ai "extract pricing tiers" --schema '{ "tiers": [{ "name": "string", "price": "number", "bandwidth_gb": "number", "team_members": "number" }] }'

{ "tiers": [ {"name": "Starter", "price": 0, "bandwidth_gb": 50, "team_members": 1}, {"name": "Growth", "price": 29, "bandwidth_gb": 500, "team_members": 5}, {"name": "Scale", "price": 99, "bandwidth_gb": 2000, "team_members": 20}, {"name": "Enterprise", "price": -1, "bandwidth_gb": -1, "team_members": -1} ] }

#!/bin/bash # install-latest.sh - Install any GitHub CLI tool with one command REPO=$1 # e.g., "junegunn/fzf" # Get latest release data curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/$REPO/releases/latest" | \ npx ai "find download URL for $(uname -s) $(uname -m)" --schema '{ "download_url": "string", "binary_name": "string", "extract_command": "string" }' > release.json # Extract the info URL=$(jq -r .download_url release.json) BINARY=$(jq -r .binary_name release.json) EXTRACT=$(jq -r .extract_command release.json) # Download and install curl -L "$URL" -o /tmp/download eval "$EXTRACT” # 🤠 chmod +x "$BINARY" sudo mv "$BINARY" /usr/local/bin/ echo "✓ Installed $BINARY”