ai assistants

Build a terminal-native AI assistant with Bash, curl, and jq that chats via cloud APIs or local models (Ollama), logs conversations, enriches answers with ripgrep project context, and proposes commands you confirm before running. The guide covers Linux installs, ready-to-use scripts, examples, and troubleshooting so you can integrate secure, fast AI into everyday shell workflows.

Guide shows Linux users how to run private, token-free AI assistants locally with Ollama and Bash: install via script or packages, talk to models from stdin or the REST API, build a reusable aichat CLI with chat history, define consistent personas with Modelfiles, integrate AI into logs/diffs/docs workflows, manage models and performance, and troubleshoot common issues - turning your terminal into a secure AI workstation.