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:

• Claude CLI (default)
• Gemini CLI
• Ollama
• ShellGPT

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

Examples

# Use Gemini instead of Claude
export INFO_AI_TOOL=gemini

# Use Ollama with a specific model
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