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70 lines
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#+title: GPTel: A simple ChatGPT client for Emacs
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GPTel is a simple, no-frills ChatGPT client for Emacs.
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[[file:img/gptel.png]]
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- Requires an [[https://platform.openai.com/account/api-keys][OpenAI API key]].
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- No external dependencies, only Emacs. Also, it's async.
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- Interaction is in a Markdown (or text) buffer.
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- Supports conversations (not just one-off queries) and multiple independent sessions.
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- You can go back and edit your previous prompts, or even ChatGPT's previous responses when continuing a conversation. These will be fed back to ChatGPT.
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** Installation
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*** Package.el
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Clone this repository and run =M-x package-install-file=.
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Installing the =markdown-mode= package is optional.
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*** Straight
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#+begin_src emacs-lisp
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(straight-use-package '(gptel :host github :repo "karthink/gptel"))
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#+end_src
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Installing the =markdown-mode= package is optional.
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*** Manual
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Install =emacs-aio=, (=M-x package-install⏎= =emacs-aio⏎=), then clone this repository and load this file:
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#+begin_src emacs-lisp
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(add-to-list 'load-path "/path/to/gptel/")
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(require 'gptel)
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#+end_src
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Installing the =markdown-mode= package is optional.
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** Usage
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Procure an [[https://platform.openai.com/account/api-keys][OpenAI API key]].
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Optional: Set =gptel-api-key= to the key or to a function that returns the key (more secure).
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Run =M-x gptel= to start or switch to the ChatGPT buffer. It will ask you for the key if you skipped the previous step.
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Run it with a prefix-arg (=C-u M-x gptel=) to start a new session.
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In the gptel buffer, send your prompt with =M-x gptel-send=, bound to =C-c RET=.
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That's it. You can go back and edit previous prompts and responses if you want.
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** Why another ChatGPT client?
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Existing Emacs clients don't /reliably/ let me use it the simple way I can in the browser. They will get better, but I wanted something for now.
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Also, AI-assisted work is a new way to use Emacs. It's not yet clear what the best Emacs interface to tools like it is.
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- Should it be part of CAPF (=completions-at-point-functions=)?
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- A dispatch menu from anywhere that can act on selected regions?
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- A comint/shell-style REPL?
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- One-off queries in the minibuffer (like =shell-command=)?
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- A refactoring tool in code buffers?
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- An =org-babel= interface?
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Maybe all of these, I don't know yet. As a start, I wanted to replicate the web browser usage pattern so I can build from there -- and don't need to switch to the browser every time. The code is fairly simple right now.
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** Will you add feature X?
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Maybe, I'd like to experiment a bit first.
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- Support for Org Mode instead of Markdown, including source blocks etc, is planned.
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- I'm experimenting with using it in code buffers.
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