prompt engineering

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.

A practical guide to make AI reliable for Bash: force JSON-only outputs parseable with jq, supply OS/package-manager context, add dry-run/confirmation runners, use few-shot anchors, and log history for reproducibility. Includes setup for curl/jq/fzf, reusable helpers (detect_pm, ai, ai_do), and cross-distro examples that yield safe, deterministic one-liners.

Turn brittle Bash into a smarter, safer workflow with four drop-in, under-50-line functions using curl+jq to call OpenAI-compatible APIs: natural language to vetted commands, log triage/summaries, a self-healing explain-and-fix wrapper, and text-to-JSON parsing. Includes setup, vendor-agnostic patterns, guardrails, and human-in-the-loop tips for privacy, cost control, and production use.

Practical guide for Bash developers to use LLMs as reliable teammates: why prompt engineering is critical for shell safety and portability, quick setup with curl/jq plus optional ShellCheck/Bats, local (Ollama) and cloud (OpenAI) helpers, templates that enforce safe defaults, JSON outputs for automation, self-critique loops, and reusable real-world patterns (renamers, dir sizes, BSD shims) for CI-ready scripts.

Learn to bolt AI into your terminal with a tiny, auditable Bash script (ai.sh) that uses curl and jq to call OpenAI or local Ollama models. It adds ask, explain, gen, and summarize subcommands that play nicely with pipes, files, and env vars; emphasizes safe, POSIX-friendly snippets; limits file size; and includes setup, real-world examples, customization, and troubleshooting so you can adopt it in SSH, containers, or CI with minimal fuss.