AI Chat

Natural language interface for executing commands.

Start Chat


cmdop chat

Chat Interface


cmdop> list all large files in /var/log

Finding large files in /var/log...

Found 3 files over 100MB:
- /var/log/syslog.1 (234 MB)
- /var/log/kern.log (156 MB)
- /var/log/auth.log.1 (112 MB)

cmdop> delete the oldest one

Deleting /var/log/auth.log.1...
Done.

cmdop> exit

Commands in Chat

Command	Description
`exit` / `quit`	Exit chat
`clear`	Clear screen
`history`	Show command history
`help`	Show help

Target Machine

Execute on a specific machine:


cmdop chat --machine production-server

Or switch machines in chat:


cmdop> @production-server check disk usage

Capabilities

The AI assistant can:

File Operations - Create, read, modify, delete files
System Administration - Manage services, users, permissions
Development - Git operations, build commands, testing
Monitoring - Check logs, processes, resources
Networking - Configure network, check connections

Examples

System Administration


cmdop> show me memory usage
cmdop> restart nginx
cmdop> check what's using port 3000

Development


cmdop> run the tests
cmdop> commit my changes with a good message
cmdop> deploy to staging

File Management


cmdop> find all config files modified today
cmdop> backup the database
cmdop> compress logs older than 7 days

Safety

The AI will:

Ask for confirmation before destructive operations
Explain what commands will be executed
Refuse to perform dangerous operations without explicit approval

Configuration


# ~/.cmdop/config.yaml
chat:
  model: gpt-4
  confirm_destructive: true
  history_size: 1000