🧠 NerdPrompt

AI formatted for tricked out terminals now with customizable ANSI colors, emoji's, ASCII art dividers, Code detection and code syntax highlighting with follow up questions (Threads) (Currently tested with Perplexity.AI, should work with ChatGPT, Claude, Cohere)

No-Thread Mode: Command-Only Response and Exit

In NeoVIM w/ "leader key + np hotkey" HERE With Noice installed this will give a popup floating middle of screen before spliting the screen to run NerdPrompt.

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🚀 Features

• Custom Emoji, ANSI (Colors), or ASCII-enhanced bullet points
• Custom Horizontal Dividers
• Custom headers. Match your VIM theme colors, underline, etc
• Supports bold, italic, and bold italic text rendered directly in the terminal.
• Removes citation markers like "[1]" for a cleaner output in perplexity.ai
• Code syntax highlighting. Choose from common themes. Create your own.
• Custom horizontal dividers for code blocks.
• Multiple system prompt options: Choose between 'default' (detailed responses) and 'concise' (token-efficient responses) prompts, or add custom prompts in config.yaml

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🔧 Installation

Follow these steps to install Nerd Prompt:

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/interwebologist/NerdPrompt.git
   cd NerdPrompt
   

2. Create and activate a virtual environment (recommended):

   python3 -m venv venv
   # On Linux or macOS:
   source venv/bin/activate
   # On Windows:
   venv\Scripts\activate
   

3. Install dependencies:

   pip install -r requirements.txt
   

4. Set up your API key (see below).

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Note:
Using a virtual environment (venv) keeps dependencies isolated from your system Python and is best practice for Python projects.

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🔑 Setting Up Your API Key

To use Nerd Prompt, you need an API key from Perplexity.ai. Here's how to get it:

1. Log in to Perplexity.ai: Visit www.perplexity.ai and log in to your account.
2. Navigate to Settings: Click on the Settings icon (bottom-left corner).
3. Access the API Tab: Select the API tab from the menu.
4. Generate or Copy Your API Key: Click "Generate API Key" if you don't already have one, or copy your existing key.
5. Save your API key securely.

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🛠️ Configuring Your API Key

1. Create a .env file in the project directory:

touch .env

2. Add your API key to the .env file:

API_KEY=your_api_key_here

3. The project will automatically load the key from the .env file when you run it.

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🖥️ Usage Instructions

Basic Usage

Run the script with your query as an argument:

python nerdprompt.py "What is the capital of France?"

System Prompt Selection

Choose different response styles with the -p flag:

# Default prompt (detailed responses)
python nerdprompt.py "Explain Python decorators"

# Concise prompt (token-efficient responses) 
python nerdprompt.py -p concise "Explain Python decorators"

# Custom prompt (add your own in config.yaml)
python nerdprompt.py -p custom "Tell me about the weather"

Raw Output Mode

For AI agents or piping to other tools:

python nerdprompt.py --raw "What is Docker?"
python nerdprompt.py -p concise --raw "Explain APIs"

No Thread Mode

Exit after showing response without threading capability:

# No threading - returns only the answer and exits
python nerdprompt.py --nothread "What is Python?"
python nerdprompt.py -n "Explain machine learning"

# Command-only responses (perfect for getting specific commands)
python nerdprompt.py -p command -n "roll back git commit 1 commit"
python nerdprompt.py -p command --nothread "list all docker containers"

I suggest setting up an alias you can fire of python commands with out activiating the python enviroment like this:

/path/to/your/venv/bin/python script.py

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✨ Markdown Formatting in Terminal

The tool supports formatting for the Terminal:

• Headers are styled with different colors. Example:
  • Green for # Header
  • Blue for ## Subheader
  • Red for ### Sub-subheader
• Text styling includes:
  • Bold
  • Italic
  • Bold Italic
• Emoji-enhanced bullet points like 🚀, 🔥, and ✨ add personality to your terminal output.
• Add your own ASCII art dividers or dividers with emoji's

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💡 Best Practices

• Keep your API key private—do not share it publicly.
• Ensure you have sufficient credits in your Perplexity.ai account to make queries. At time of writing free $5 of credits a month for pro user. plenty, I've never used it all and I mostly using Perplexity via Nerdprompt
• Use Python 3.8 or higher for compatibility.

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❓ Troubleshooting

If you encounter issues:

1. Ensure your .env file contains a valid API key.
2. Verify that all dependencies are installed (pip install -r requirements.txt).
3. Check your Perplexity.ai account for sufficient credits or active API keys.

For further assistance, consult Perplexity's Help Center.

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🎨 Code Syntax Highlighting Themes

This project uses Pygments for code syntax highlighting. You can customize the appearance of code blocks by selecting one of the many available Pygments styles. For a live preview of each theme, visit the Pygments demo page.

To set a style, configure your formatter in the config.yaml with the desired style name.
For example, in Python:

Available Code Styles

Below is a list of supported syntax highlighting themes:

• abap
• algol
• algol_nu
• arduino
• autumn
• bw
• borland
• coffee
• colorful
• default
• dracula
• emacs
• friendly_grayscale
• friendly
• fruity
• github-dark
• gruvbox-dark
• gruvbox-light
• igor
• inkpot
• lightbulb
• lilypond
• lovelace
• manni
• material
• monokai
• murphy
• native
• nord-darker
• nord
• one-dark
• paraiso-dark
• paraiso-light
• pastie
• perldoc
• rainbow_dash
• rrt
• sas
• solarized-dark
• solarized-light
• staroffice
• stata-dark
• stata-light
• tango
• trac
• vim
• vs
• xcode
• zenburn

Enjoy using Nerd Prompt! 🚀