AIA, the AI Assistant. A Ruby-based CLI tool using RubyLLM and RubyLLM::MCP

[MadBomber]

"The Prompt is the Code"

gem install aia to get the AI Assistant

I generally keep AIA open in chat mode in one of my iTerm2 tabs for quick reference to stuff. In chat mode you get to see my fantastic robot ASCII art (which I stole for somewhere.). Whenever I say things like "I was talking to my robot" etc. you know I mean that I chatting with AIA.

       ,      ,
       (\____/) AI Assistant (v0.9.11) is Online
        (_oo_)   gpt-4o-mini (supports tools)
         (O)       using ruby_llm (v1.5.1 MCP v0.6.1)
       __||__    \) model db was last refreshed on
     [/______\]  /    2025-08-05
    / \__AI__/ \/      You can share my tools
   /    /__\
  (\   /____\   My Toolbox contains:

AIA provides a prompt management layer on top of a batch prompt processing engine that supports both executable prompts as well as workflows where the output of one prompt can be fed into other prompts in a dynamically modifiable workflow.

AIA is fully integrated with the shell environment and with ERB.

I originally wrote AIA using my own LLM provider API wrapper, ai_client. It became clear that I could not keep up with the rapid pace of change in the LLM world and work on applications at the same time. With that Ah-Ha! moment I dropped my ai_client gem and began using ruby_llm. This allows me to focus on application-level work while others handle the API layers.

Thank you @crmne

[crmne]

Thank you for making this @MadBomber! Really cool that there's already a CLI that uses RubyLLM. Keep 'em coming!