Rawi (راوي) Documentation | Reference `ask` Command

ask

Description

Ask AI a question and get a response. Supports piped input from stdin. You can specify a profile, continue or start chat sessions, and use act templates for specialized prompts.

See also: Rawi Documentation

Synopsis

rawi ask [options] [query]

• query
  The question or prompt to send to the AI (can be combined with piped input).

Options

• -p, --profile <profile> (string)
  Profile to use for AI configuration (default: “default”).

• --session <sessionId> (string)
  Continue an existing chat session.

• --new-session (boolean)
  Start a new chat session.

• --act <template> (string)
  Use an act template (e.g., ethereum-developer).

• --list-acts (boolean)
  List all available act templates.

• --show (boolean)
  Show details of the specified act template (use with —act).

• --verbose (boolean)
  Show detailed status and debug information.

• -h, --help (boolean)
  Display help for command.

Global Options

• --version (boolean)
  Display the version of this tool.

Examples

Ask a question directly:

$ rawi ask "What is the capital of France?"

Pipe input from another command:

$ echo "Summarize this text" | rawi ask

Use a specific profile:

$ rawi ask -p work "Generate a Python script for data analysis"

Continue a chat session:

$ rawi ask --session 12345 "Continue our previous conversation"

Start a new chat session:

$ rawi ask --new-session "Start a new topic"

Use an act template:

$ rawi ask --act ethereum-developer "Write a smart contract"

List all available act templates:

$ rawi ask --list-acts

Show details of a specific act template:

$ rawi ask --act ethereum-developer --show

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For more information, see the Rawi documentation or run rawi ask --help.