> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://praison.ai/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Messages CLI

> CLI commands for messages API and token counting

## Overview

Create messages and count tokens from the command line.

## Commands

### Create Message

```bash theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
praisonai messages create "What is AI?"
```

### With System Prompt

```bash theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
praisonai messages create "Write a poem" --system "You are a poet"
```

### With Model Selection

```bash theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
praisonai messages create "Hello" --model gpt-4o
```

### Count Tokens

```bash theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
praisonai messages count-tokens "Hello, how are you today?"
```

## Options

### messages create

| Option | Short | Default | Description |
| - | - | - | - |
| `--model` | `-m` | claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022 | Model to use |
| `--max-tokens` | | 1024 | Maximum tokens |
| `--system` | `-s` | None | System prompt |

### messages count-tokens

| Option | Short | Default | Description |
| - | - | - | - |
| `--model` | `-m` | gpt-4o-mini | Model for tokenization |

## Examples

```bash theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
# Create a message
praisonai messages create "Explain quantum computing briefly"

# Count tokens before sending
praisonai messages count-tokens "This is my prompt text"

# Use with system prompt
praisonai messages create "Write code" -s "You are a Python expert" -m gpt-4o
```


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