Balanov/shim
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What it is
A small Go CLI harness for talking to AI models from a terminal. It connects local and hosted model APIs, MCP servers and Agent Skills, and routes natural-language requests to allowlisted commands with confirmation for changes. It has no dependencies and stores plain JSON config…
Who it's for
Developers who prefer working in a terminal and want to configure and use multiple model providers, MCP servers and Agent Skills
How to use it
Install
go install github.com/Balanov/shim/cmd/shim@v0.1.0From its README. Check it there before running it.
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