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Description

hey — natural language shell commands with personality. Speaks Claude, Codex, and OpenRouter.

Installation

This entry records only its repository, not the path inside it, so there is no exact command to give. Open the source below and copy the folder into ~/.claude/skills/, or the file into ~/.claude/agents/.

README

`hey`

talk to your terminal in natural language

*works in English, Korean, Japanese, or whatever you type · one binary · three backends · zero config*

[![crates.io](https://img.shields.io/crates/v/ai-in-terminal.svg?style=for-the-badge&logo=rust&color=orange)](https://crates.io/crates/ai-in-terminal) [![downloads](https://img.shields.io/crates/d/ai-in-terminal.svg?style=for-the-badge&color=green)](https://crates.io/crates/ai-in-terminal) [![license](https://img.shields.io/crates/l/ai-in-terminal.svg?style=for-the-badge&color=blue)](./LICENSE) [![ci](https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/subinium/hey-cli/ci.yml?branch=main&style=for-the-badge&label=ci)](https://github.com/subinium/hey-cli/actions/workflows/ci.yml)

cargo install ai-in-terminal

![hey demo](./demo.gif)


See it in action

That's the whole workflow: **type → read → enter**. Re-render the demo with `vhs demo.tape` after changing the UI.

Text version (copy-paste friendly)
$ hey claude find the 5 largest files in Downloads

  ✱ claude · headless

   ▐▛███▜▌  here you go
  ▝▜█████▛▘
    ▘▘ ▝▝

  $ du -ah ~/Downloads | sort -rh | head -5

  list everything under Downloads with sizes, sort descending, take top 5

  ▶ run? Y (default) / N

Meet the crew

Each backend has its own icon, voice, and personality in your terminal.

Backend Voice How it connects Auth
Claude "here you go" claude -p or direct API your Claude subscription
Codex "computed" codex exec your Codex subscription
OpenRouter "cooked" HTTP API OPENROUTER_API_KEY

In your terminal, each backend shows its own ASCII art mascot — Claude's sparkle, Codex's arrow, OpenRouter's diamond.

`hey` auto-detects: **claude → codex → openrouter**. Your subscription always comes first.


30-second tour

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