A console application to chat with ChatGPT using the OpenAI Chat API. Requires a Paid account and an API key at OpenAI.
First you'll need an OpenAI account, second you'll need a paid account by adding a payment method 💳 and lastly you'll need to create an API key 🔑 to use with this application.
At first run a settings.json file is created. Set your ApiKey in that file and restart the application.
Run the command /help in the console to get help. The output is as follows:
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
/help |
displays helpful information about the chatbot. |
/reset |
clear chat context. Start from scratch. |
/export |
Exports the current chat history to a log. |
/prompts |
list prompts stored in the Prompts directory. |
/prompt <prompt file> |
select a prompt. Call with no promt-file to unset the prompt. |
/clear |
clears the chat window. |
/quit or /exit |
ends the conversation with the chatbot and close the bot. |
Settings are persisted in a json-file located under %USERPROFILE%/.chat-console/settings.json.
The RequestParams settings parameter corresponds to the chat completion request as documented by OpenAI here.
Other settings are local to the application.
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
SystemMessage |
If set, this string will be used to set the "system"-message for instructing the model as to what and how it should act. Read more about it here.. Can be set for a session by using the /prompt command. |
ApiKey |
You API key. |
Logs that have been generated with the /export command can be found under %USERPROFILE%/.chat-console/Logs/.
Prompts can be stored in the %USERPROFILE%/.chat-console/Prompts/ directory.
- Multiline input
- Conversation logging
- Count tokens for ContextLength instead of messages.
- Multiline input
- Prompts library