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zai-cli

Z.AI CLI providing: - Vision: image/video analysis, OCR, UI-to-code, error diagnosis (GLM-4.6V) - Search: real-time web search with domain/recency filtering - Reader: web page to markdown extraction - Repo: GitHub code search and reading via ZRead - Tools: MCP tool discovery and raw calls - Code: TypeScript tool chaining Use for visual content analysis, web search, page reading, or GitHub exploration. Requires Z_AI_API_KEY.

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ZAI CLI

Access Z.AI capabilities via npx zai-cli. The CLI is self-documenting - use --help at any level.

Setup

export Z_AI_API_KEY="your-api-key"

Get a key at: https://z.ai/manage-apikey/apikey-list

Commands

CommandPurposeHelp
visionAnalyze images, screenshots, videos--help for 8 subcommands
searchReal-time web search--help for filtering options
readFetch web pages as markdown--help for format options
repoGitHub code search and reading--help for tree/search/read
toolsList available MCP tools
toolShow tool schema
callRaw MCP tool invocation
codeTypeScript tool chaining
doctorCheck setup and connectivity

Quick Start

# Analyze an image
npx zai-cli vision analyze ./screenshot.png "What errors do you see?"

# Search the web
npx zai-cli search "React 19 new features" --count 5

# Read a web page
npx zai-cli read https://docs.example.com/api
npx zai-cli read https://docs.example.com/api --with-images-summary --no-gfm

# Explore a GitHub repo
npx zai-cli repo search facebook/react "server components"
npx zai-cli repo search openai/codex "config" --language en
npx zai-cli repo tree openai/codex --path codex-rs --depth 2

# Check setup
npx zai-cli doctor

Output

Default: data-only (raw output for token efficiency). Use --output-format json for { success, data, timestamp } wrapping.

Advanced

For raw MCP tool calls (tools, tool, call), Code Mode, and performance tuning (cache/retries), see references/advanced.md.

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