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chatgpt-shell

ChatGPT and DALL-E Emacs shells + Org Babel.

Includes shell-maker, a way to create shells for any service (local or cloud).

Note

This is very much an experimental proof of concept, possibly incomplete, or maybe with some rough edges. Pull requests with improvements or fixes totally welcome.

Install

• Load (require 'chatgpt-shell)
• Load (require 'dall-e-shell)

Set OpenAI key

You’ll first need to get a key from OpenAI.

ChapGPT key

As function

;; if you are using the "pass" password manager
(setq chatgpt-shell-openai-key
      (lambda ()
        (nth 0 (process-lines "pass" "show" "openai-key"))))

;; or if using auth-sources, e.g., so the file ~/.authinfo has this line:
;;  machine openai.com password OPENAI_KEY
(setq chatgpt-shell-openai-key
      (auth-source-pick-first-password :host "api.openai.com"))

;; or same as previous but lazy loaded (prevents unexpected passphrase prompt)
(setq chatgpt-shell-openai-key
      (lambda ()
        (auth-source-pick-first-password :host "api.openai.com")))

Manually

M-x set-variable chatgpt-shell-openai-key

As variable

(setq chatgpt-shell-openai-key "my key")

DALL-E key

Same as ChapGPT, but use dall-e-shell-openai-key variable.

Launch

Launch with M-x chatgpt-shell or dall-e-shell.

Clear buffer

Type clear as a prompt.

ChatGPT> clear

Alternatively, use either M-x chatgpt-shell-clear-buffer or M-x comint-clear-buffer.

Saving and restoring (experimental)

Save with M-x shell-maker-save-session-transcript and restore with M-x chatgpt-shell-restore-session-from-transcript.

Streaming

(setq chatgpt-shell-chatgpt-streaming t) enables/disables streaming.

Explain code in region

M-x chatgpt-shell-explain-code

There are other functions to act on region. Browse all available via M-x.

ChatGPT org babel

Load (require 'ob-chatgpt-shell) and invoke (ob-chatgpt-shell-setup).

#+begin_src chatgpt-shell
  Hello
#+end_src

#+RESULTS:
: Hi there! How can I assist you today?

DALL-E org babel

Load (require 'ob-dall-e-shell) and invoke (ob-dall-e-shell-setup).

#+begin_src dall-e-shell
  Pretty clouds
#+end_src

#+RESULTS:
[[file:/var/folders/m7/ky091cp56d5g68nyhl4y7frc0000gn/T/1680644778.png]]

Customizations

chatgpt-shell-chatgpt-default-prompts	List of prompts to choose from in the minibuffer.
chatgpt-shell-model-version	The used ChatGPT OpenAI model.
chatgpt-shell-chatgpt-streaming	Whether or not to stream ChatGPT responses (experimental).
chatgpt-shell-chatgpt-system-prompt	The system message helps set the behavior of the assistant.
chatgpt-shell-language-mapping	Maps external language names to Emacs names.
chatgpt-shell-model-temperature	What sampling temperature to use, between 0 and 2, or nil.
chatgpt-shell-openai-key	OpenAI key as a string or a function that loads and returns it.
chatgpt-shell-request-timeout	How long to wait for a request to time out.
chatgpt-shell-display-function	Function to display new shell. Can be set to `display-buffer’ or similar.
chatgpt-shell-read-string-function	Function to read strings from user.
chatgpt-shell-on-response-function	Function to automatically execute after last command output.
dall-e-shell-openai-key	OpenAI key as a string or a function that loads and returns it.
dall-e-image-size	The default size of the requested image as a string.
dall-e-model-version	The used DALL-E OpenAI model.

There are more. Browse via M-x set-variable

Commands

dall-e-shell	Start a DALL-E shell.
chatgpt-shell	Start a ChatGPT shell.
chatgpt-shell-chatgpt-prompt	Make a ChatGPT request from the minibuffer.
chatgpt-shell-describe-code	Describe code from region using ChatGPT.
chatgpt-shell-eshell-summarize-last-command-output	Ask ChatGPT to summarize the last command output.
chatgpt-shell-eshell-whats-wrong-with-last-command	Ask ChatGPT what’s wrong with the last eshell command.
chatgpt-shell-mark-output	Mark last or current output.
chatgpt-shell-restore-session-from-transcript	Restore session from transcript.
chatgpt-shell-save-session-transcript	Save shell transcript to file.
chatgpt-shell-send-and-review-region	Send region to ChatGPT, review before submitting.
chatgpt-shell-send-region	Send region to ChatGPT.

There are more. Browse all available via M-x.

shell-maker

There are currently two shell implementations (ChatGPT and DALL-E). Other services (local or cloud) can be brought to Emacs as shells. shell-maker can help with that.

shell-maker is a convenience wrapper around comint mode.

Both chatgpt-shell and dall-e-shell use shell-maker, but a basic implementation of a new shell looks as follows:

(require 'shell-maker)

(defvar greeter-shell--config
  (make-shell-maker-config
   :name "Greeter"
   :execute-command
   (lambda (command _history callback error-callback)
     (funcall callback
              (format "Hello \"%s\"" command)
              nil))))

(defun greeter-shell ()
  "Start a Greeter shell."
  (interactive)
  (shell-maker-start greeter-shell--config))

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