@stevederico/dotbot 0.16.1 → 0.18.0

package/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+0.18
+
+  Add --verbose flag
+  Hide init logs by default
+  Add publishConfig for npm
+
+0.17
+
+  Default model grok-4-1-fast-reasoning
+  Show thinking stream
+  Remove chat keyword requirement
+  Suppress SQLite warning
+  Fix store init signatures
+
 0.16.1
 
   Fix store init signatures

package/README.md

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
       <img src="https://img.shields.io/github/stars/stevederico/dotbot?style=social" alt="GitHub stars">
     </a>
     <a href="https://github.com/stevederico/dotbot">
-      <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/version-0.16.1-green" alt="version">
+      <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/version-0.18-green" alt="version">
     </a>
     <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/LOC-11k-orange" alt="Lines of Code">
   </p>
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ A **streaming AI agent** with tool execution, autonomous tasks, and scheduled jo
 
 **As a CLI:**
 ```bash
-dotbot chat "What's the weather in San Francisco?"
+dotbot "What's the weather in San Francisco?"
 dotbot repl
 dotbot serve --port 3000
 ```
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ npm install -g @stevederico/dotbot
 export XAI_API_KEY=xai-...
 
 # Chat
-dotbot chat "Summarize the top 3 AI news stories today"
+dotbot "Summarize the top 3 AI news stories today"
 
 # Interactive REPL
 dotbot repl
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ for await (const event of agent.chat({
   sessionId: session.id,
   message: 'Search for the latest AI news',
   provider: 'xai',
-  model: 'grok-3',
+  model: 'grok-4-1-fast-reasoning',
 })) {
   if (event.type === 'text_delta') process.stdout.write(event.text);
 }
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ for await (const event of agent.chat({
 - **Weather** — Open-Meteo API (no key required)
 
 ### 🔌 **Multi-Provider Support**
-- **xAI Grok** — grok-3, with real-time web search and image generation
+- **xAI Grok** — grok-4-1-fast-reasoning, with real-time web search and image generation
 - **Anthropic Claude** — claude-sonnet-4-5, claude-opus-4, etc.
 - **OpenAI** — gpt-4o, gpt-4-turbo, etc.
 - **Cerebras** — ultra-fast inference
@@ -147,16 +147,16 @@ for await (const event of agent.chat({
 ## CLI Reference
 
 ```
-dotbot v0.16.1 — AI agent CLI
+dotbot v0.18 — AI agent CLI
 
 Usage:
-  dotbot chat "message"       Send a one-shot message
+  dotbot "message"            Send a message (default)
   dotbot repl                 Interactive chat session
   dotbot serve [--port N]     Start HTTP server (default: 3000)
 
 Options:
   --provider, -p   AI provider: xai, anthropic, openai, ollama (default: xai)
-  --model, -m      Model name (default: grok-3)
+  --model, -m      Model name (default: grok-4-1-fast-reasoning)
   --db             SQLite database path (default: ./dotbot.db)
   --port           Server port for 'serve' command
   --help, -h       Show help
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ for await (const event of agent.chat({
   sessionId: 'sess_123',
   message: 'Hello',
   provider: 'xai',
-  model: 'grok-3',
+  model: 'grok-4-1-fast-reasoning',
   signal: abortController.signal,  // optional
   context: { userID: 'user123' },  // passed to tools
 })) {
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ await agent.chat({
   message: `Create a task to audit our API endpoints.
             Break it into 5 steps, use auto mode.`,
   provider: 'xai',
-  model: 'grok-3',
+  model: 'grok-4-1-fast-reasoning',
   context: { userID: 'user-123' },
 });
 // Step 1 runs → schedules Step 2 → ... → task complete

package/bin/dotbot.js

@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 
+// Suppress SQLite experimental warning (stable but still flagged in Node 24)
+const originalEmit = process.emit;
+process.emit = function (event, error) {
+  if (event === 'warning' && error?.name === 'ExperimentalWarning' && error?.message?.includes('SQLite')) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  return originalEmit.apply(process, arguments);
+};
+
 /**
  * dotbot CLI
  *
@@ -41,7 +50,7 @@ async function loadModules() {
   agentLoop = mod.agentLoop;
 }
 
-const VERSION = '0.16.1';
+const VERSION = '0.18';
 const DEFAULT_PORT = 3000;
 const DEFAULT_DB = './dotbot.db';
 
@@ -53,15 +62,16 @@ function printHelp() {
 dotbot v${VERSION} — AI agent CLI
 
 Usage:
-  dotbot chat "message"       Send a one-shot message
+  dotbot "message"            Send a message (default command)
   dotbot repl                 Interactive chat session
   dotbot serve [--port N]     Start HTTP server (default: ${DEFAULT_PORT})
 
 Options:
   --provider, -p   AI provider: xai, anthropic, openai, ollama (default: xai)
-  --model, -m      Model name (default: grok-3)
+  --model, -m      Model name (default: grok-4-1-fast-reasoning)
   --db             SQLite database path (default: ${DEFAULT_DB})
   --port           Server port for 'serve' command (default: ${DEFAULT_PORT})
+  --verbose        Show initialization logs
   --help, -h       Show this help
   --version, -v    Show version
 
@@ -72,8 +82,9 @@ Environment Variables:
   OLLAMA_BASE_URL      Base URL for Ollama (default: http://localhost:11434)
 
 Examples:
-  dotbot chat "What's the weather in SF?"
-  dotbot repl --provider anthropic --model claude-sonnet-4-5
+  dotbot "What's the weather in SF?"
+  dotbot "Summarize the news" -p anthropic -m claude-sonnet-4-5
+  dotbot repl
   dotbot serve --port 8080
 `);
 }
@@ -88,8 +99,9 @@ function parseCliArgs() {
       options: {
         help: { type: 'boolean', short: 'h', default: false },
         version: { type: 'boolean', short: 'v', default: false },
+        verbose: { type: 'boolean', default: false },
         provider: { type: 'string', short: 'p', default: 'xai' },
-        model: { type: 'string', short: 'm', default: 'grok-3' },
+        model: { type: 'string', short: 'm', default: 'grok-4-1-fast-reasoning' },
         db: { type: 'string', default: DEFAULT_DB },
         port: { type: 'string', default: String(DEFAULT_PORT) },
       },
@@ -139,11 +151,18 @@ async function getProviderConfig(providerId) {
  * Initialize stores.
  *
  * @param {string} dbPath - Path to SQLite database
+ * @param {boolean} verbose - Show initialization logs
  * @returns {Promise<Object>} Initialized stores
  */
-async function initStores(dbPath) {
+async function initStores(dbPath, verbose = false) {
   await loadModules();
 
+  // Suppress init logs unless verbose
+  const originalLog = console.log;
+  if (!verbose) {
+    console.log = () => {};
+  }
+
   const sessionStore = new stores.SQLiteSessionStore();
   await sessionStore.init(dbPath, {
     prefsFetcher: async () => ({ agentName: 'Dotbot', agentPersonality: '' }),
@@ -164,6 +183,9 @@ async function initStores(dbPath) {
   const eventStore = new stores.SQLiteEventStore();
   await eventStore.init(dbPath);
 
+  // Restore console.log
+  console.log = originalLog;
+
   return { sessionStore, cronStore, taskStore, triggerStore, memoryStore, eventStore };
 }
 
@@ -174,7 +196,7 @@ async function initStores(dbPath) {
  * @param {Object} options - CLI options
  */
 async function runChat(message, options) {
-  const storesObj = await initStores(options.db);
+  const storesObj = await initStores(options.db, options.verbose);
   const provider = await getProviderConfig(options.provider);
 
   const session = await storesObj.sessionStore.createSession('cli-user', options.model, options.provider);
@@ -198,6 +220,11 @@ async function runChat(message, options) {
     context,
   })) {
     switch (event.type) {
+      case 'thinking':
+        if (event.text) {
+          process.stdout.write(`\x1b[2m${event.text}\x1b[0m`);
+        }
+        break;
       case 'text_delta':
         process.stdout.write(event.text);
         break;
@@ -223,7 +250,7 @@ async function runChat(message, options) {
  * @param {Object} options - CLI options
  */
 async function runRepl(options) {
-  const storesObj = await initStores(options.db);
+  const storesObj = await initStores(options.db, options.verbose);
   const provider = await getProviderConfig(options.provider);
 
   const session = await storesObj.sessionStore.createSession('cli-user', options.model, options.provider);
@@ -280,6 +307,11 @@ async function runRepl(options) {
           context,
         })) {
           switch (event.type) {
+            case 'thinking':
+              if (event.text) {
+                process.stdout.write(`\x1b[2m${event.text}\x1b[0m`);
+              }
+              break;
             case 'text_delta':
               process.stdout.write(event.text);
               assistantContent += event.text;
@@ -318,7 +350,7 @@ async function runRepl(options) {
  */
 async function runServer(options) {
   const port = parseInt(options.port, 10);
-  const storesObj = await initStores(options.db);
+  const storesObj = await initStores(options.db, options.verbose);
 
   const server = createServer(async (req, res) => {
     // CORS headers
@@ -432,12 +464,12 @@ async function main() {
 
   switch (command) {
     case 'chat':
-      const message = args.positionals.slice(1).join(' ');
-      if (!message) {
-        console.error('Usage: dotbot chat "your message"');
+      const chatMessage = args.positionals.slice(1).join(' ');
+      if (!chatMessage) {
+        console.error('Usage: dotbot "your message"');
         process.exit(1);
       }
-      await runChat(message, args);
+      await runChat(chatMessage, args);
       break;
 
     case 'repl':
@@ -449,9 +481,10 @@ async function main() {
       break;
 
     default:
-      console.error(`Unknown command: ${command}`);
-      printHelp();
-      process.exit(1);
+      // Default to chat if not a recognized command
+      const message = args.positionals.join(' ');
+      await runChat(message, args);
+      break;
   }
 }
 

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@stevederico/dotbot",
-  "version": "0.16.1",
+  "version": "0.18.0",
   "description": "AI agent CLI and library for Node.js — streaming, multi-provider, tool execution, autonomous tasks",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "index.js",
@@ -38,5 +38,8 @@
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/stevederico/dotbot.git"
+  },
+  "publishConfig": {
+    "access": "public"
   }
 }