askpplx 1.3.0 → 1.3.1

package/README.md

@@ -29,6 +29,15 @@ askpplx "Explain Raft vs Paxos in simple terms"
 
 # web-enabled search with local context
 askpplx "What are breaking changes in React 19 that affect this code? $(cat src/app.tsx)"
+
+# read prompt from stdin (filter style)
+cat article.txt | askpplx -S "Summarize this article"
+
+# extract plain text from JSON response
+askpplx "Node.js LTS version" --json | jq -r '.text'
+
+# list cited source URLs
+askpplx "Latest TypeScript release notes" --json | jq -r '.sources[].url' | sort -u
 ```
 
 ## Agent Rule

package/dist/cli.js

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
-import { Command } from "commander";
+import { Command, Option } from "@commander-js/extra-typings";
 import packageJson from "../package.json" with { type: "json" };
 import { clearPerplexityApiKey, getConfigPath, getPerplexityApiKey, maskApiKey, setPerplexityApiKey, } from "./config.js";
 import { runCli } from "./run-cli.js";
+import { collectStdinText } from "./collect-stdin-text.js";
+import { resolveCliPrompt } from "./resolve-cli-prompt.js";
 const usageExamples = `
 About Perplexity:
   Perplexity AI is an AI-powered search engine and answer engine that delivers
@@ -28,28 +30,51 @@ Examples:
   askpplx "Latest news on AI" -c medium
   askpplx "$(cat article.txt)" -s ./summarize.md
   askpplx "$(cat article.txt)" -S "Summarize this article"
+  cat article.txt | askpplx -S "Summarize this article"
   askpplx "Node.js LTS version" --json | jq -r '.text'
   askpplx "Show reasoning" --show-thinking`;
 const program = new Command()
-    .name("askpplx")
+    .name(packageJson.name)
     .description(packageJson.description)
     .version(packageJson.version)
+    .showHelpAfterError("(add --help for additional information)")
+    .showSuggestionAfterError()
     .argument("[prompt]", "The prompt to send to Perplexity Sonar")
     .option("-m, --model <model>", "Model to use", "sonar-reasoning-pro")
     .option("-s, --system <path>", "Path to custom system prompt file")
     .option("-S, --system-text <text>", "System prompt text (overrides -s)")
-    .option("-c, --context <size>", "Search context size: low, medium, high", "high")
+    .addOption(new Option("-c, --context <size>", "Search context size: low, medium, high")
+    .choices(["low", "medium", "high"])
+    .default("high"))
     .option("--json", "Output full API response as JSON (text, sources, usage)")
     .option("--show-thinking", "Show model thinking/reasoning blocks")
-    .option("--no-stream, --no-streaming", "Disable streaming output")
+    .option("--no-stream", "Disable streaming output")
+    .addOption(new Option("--no-streaming", "Alias for --no-stream").hideHelp())
     .addHelpText("after", usageExamples)
     .action(async (prompt, options) => {
-    if (!prompt) {
-        program.help();
-        return;
-    }
     try {
-        await runCli(prompt, options);
+        let stdinText;
+        if (!prompt && !process.stdin.isTTY) {
+            process.stdin.setEncoding("utf8");
+            stdinText = await collectStdinText(process.stdin);
+        }
+        const effectivePrompt = resolveCliPrompt(prompt, stdinText);
+        if (!effectivePrompt) {
+            program.error("Missing prompt.\n" +
+                'Usage: askpplx <prompt> OR cat <file> | askpplx -S "Summarize this article"\n' +
+                "(Note: use -S to provide an instruction with stdin input)", { exitCode: 1 });
+            return;
+        }
+        const cliOptions = {
+            model: options.model,
+            json: Boolean(options.json),
+            system: options.system,
+            systemText: options.systemText,
+            context: options.context,
+            showThinking: Boolean(options.showThinking),
+            stream: options.stream && options.streaming,
+        };
+        await runCli(effectivePrompt, cliOptions);
     }
     catch (error) {
         const message = error instanceof Error ? error.message : "An unexpected error occurred";
@@ -57,7 +82,7 @@ const program = new Command()
         process.exitCode = 1;
     }
 });
-program
+const configCommand = program
     .command("config")
     .description("Manage stored configuration")
     .option("--set-api-key <key>", "Store Perplexity API key")
@@ -68,7 +93,7 @@ program
     try {
         if (options.setApiKey) {
             setPerplexityApiKey(options.setApiKey);
-            console.log("API key stored successfully.");
+            console.error("API key stored successfully.");
         }
         else if (options.showApiKey) {
             const key = getPerplexityApiKey();
@@ -77,14 +102,13 @@ program
         }
         else if (options.clearApiKey) {
             clearPerplexityApiKey();
-            console.log("API key cleared.");
+            console.error("API key cleared.");
         }
         else if (options.path) {
             console.log(getConfigPath());
         }
         else {
-            const configCmd = program.commands.find((c) => c.name() === "config");
-            configCmd?.help();
+            configCommand.help({ error: true });
         }
     }
     catch (error) {
@@ -95,4 +119,4 @@ program
         process.exitCode = 1;
     }
 });
-program.parse();
+await program.parseAsync();

package/dist/collect-stdin-text.d.ts

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export declare function collectStdinText(input: AsyncIterable<string>, maxBytes?: number): Promise<string>;

package/dist/collect-stdin-text.js

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import { Buffer } from "node:buffer";
+const DEFAULT_MAX_STDIN_BYTES = 10 * 1024 * 1024;
+export async function collectStdinText(input, maxBytes = DEFAULT_MAX_STDIN_BYTES) {
+    const chunks = [];
+    let totalBytes = 0;
+    for await (const chunk of input) {
+        totalBytes += Buffer.byteLength(chunk, "utf8");
+        if (totalBytes > maxBytes) {
+            const limitMegabytes = Math.round(maxBytes / 1024 / 1024);
+            throw new Error(`Input too large: exceeds ${String(limitMegabytes)}MB limit`);
+        }
+        chunks.push(chunk);
+    }
+    return chunks.join("");
+}

package/dist/resolve-cli-prompt.d.ts

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export declare function resolveCliPrompt(promptArgument: string | undefined, stdinText?: string): string | undefined;

package/dist/resolve-cli-prompt.js

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+export function resolveCliPrompt(promptArgument, stdinText) {
+    const candidate = (promptArgument ?? stdinText)?.trimEnd();
+    if (candidate === undefined)
+        return undefined;
+    const trimmedCandidate = candidate.trim();
+    if (trimmedCandidate.length === 0)
+        return undefined;
+    return candidate;
+}

package/package.json

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "askpplx",
   "author": "Łukasz Jerciński",
   "license": "MIT",
-  "version": "1.3.0",
+  "version": "1.3.1",
   "description": "Minimal Unix-style CLI for querying Perplexity Sonar API.",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@ai-sdk/perplexity": "^2.0.21",
+    "@commander-js/extra-typings": "^14.0.0",
     "ai": "^5.0.108",
     "commander": "^14.0.2",
     "conf": "^15.0.2",