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talkpile

Hackable Agentic REPL

Install

npm i -g talkpile

Setup

talkpile-setup

Start Service

Ensure OPENAI_API_KEY is present in your terminal environment, then run:

talkpile-service # Start the service in one terminal

If you don't have an OpenAI API key, you can get one here.

Start Client

talkpile # Start the client in another terminal

Install as System Daemon (MacOS Only)

# Copy the starter plist file to your LaunchAgents directory.
cp ./etc/talkpile.service.plist ~/Library/LaunchAgents/talkpile.service.plist

# Edit the file, replacing all instances of `your-user-name`
# with your local username as used by your home folder and
# `your-api-key` with your actual OpenAI API key.
# `WorkingDirectory` should specific the directory where you
# cloned this repository.
# Update PATH environment variable to include any extra bin
# directories that you want Talkpile to be able to use.
vim ~/Library/LaunchAgents/talkpile.service.plist

# run...
talkpile-service-init

The talkpile-service-init command will register the service with launchctl, kickstart it, and then tail the logs to get you up and running.

Note that if you already have the service running, the talkpile-service-init command will stop the service, unload it, and then re-register it.

Daemon Commands

Once you have the daemon installed, you can use the following commands to manage it:

# check service status
talkpile-service-info

# start the background service (restart if running)
talkpile-service-start

# tail the logs
talkpile-service-logs

# stop the service
talkpile-service-stop

# kill the service
talkpile-service-kill

# toggle verbose logging
talkpile-service-kill SIGPIPE

# register the service
talkpile-service-load

# unregister the service
talkpile-service-unload

Talkpile Configuration

Configuration is stored in a .talkpile.yaml files.

Files are searched for in the following locations:

The current working directory, or any parent directory of the current working directory
The user's home directory ($HOME or %USERPROFILE%)
The system's config directory (/usr/local/etc or C:\ProgramData)

The data of all found files is deeply merged, with the most specific file taking precedence.

Here's an example .talkpile.yaml file:

user:
  name: Mac
  location: Chicago, IL
context:
  notes_dir: /Users/mac/Library/Mobile Documents/iCloud~md~obsidian/Documents/Green
agents:
  pirate:
    designation: pirate
    name: Jackdaw Hawkins

Check your ~/.talkpile directory after running talkpile-setup for examples of agent configurations and more. The setup creates plenty of examples to get you started.