Everyday usage

Conversation modes

Interactive mode keeps asking for input until you submit an empty line or press Ctrl+C. Query mode prints one response and exits. Piped input automatically selects query mode.

sengpt --interactive
sengpt --query "Explain eventual consistency"
cat notes.md | sengpt --query "Summarize these notes"

Keep or remove conversations

One-off queries are removed from ChatGPT history by default. Keep one with --save, then reopen the most recently saved conversation:

sengpt --query --save "Plan a release checklist"
sengpt --recent_conversation

Use --delete to remove an interactive conversation when it ends.

Clipboard and output

--paste appends clipboard text to the prompt. --copy copies the final response. --no_glow prints Markdown without Glow.

sengpt --query --paste --copy "Improve this text"

Useful options