obby-cli

Talk to OpenAI GPT-5 from your terminal via Vercel AI Gateway.

Install

npm i -g obby-cli

Usage

obby "hey, what's up"
obby hello
echo"explain this code"| obby
obby -m openai/gpt-oss-120b "who is rauchg"

If AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY is not set, obby will open the Vercel dashboard and you should create one.

Environment variables:

• AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY (required)
• AI_GATEWAY_MODEL (optional, default: openai/gpt-5)

Options:

• -m, --model — Specify AI model (default: openai/gpt-5)
• -h, --help — Show help message

Get an API Key: AI Gateway

Configure API key

• macOS/Linux (zsh):

  echo'export AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY="YOUR_KEY"'>>~/.zshrc
  source~/.zshrc

• macOS/Linux (bash):

  echo'export AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY="YOUR_KEY"'>>~/.bashrc
  source~/.bashrc

• fish:

  set -Ux AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY YOUR_KEY

• Windows (PowerShell):

  setx AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY "YOUR_KEY"# open a new terminal for it to take effect

Verify:

obby "cowsay what"

Author

eersningtonObby