Messages CLI

CLI commands for messages API and token counting

Overview

Create messages and count tokens from the command line.

Commands

Create Message

bash

praisonai messages create "What is AI?"

With System Prompt

bash

praisonai messages create "Write a poem" --system "You are a poet"

With Model Selection

bash

praisonai messages create "Hello" --model gpt-4o

Count Tokens

bash

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

# 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