Claude In The Console

A terminal-based interface for interacting with Claude AI models.

Features

• Interactive conversations with Claude AI through a command-line interface
• Support for multiple Claude models (claude-3-7-sonnet-20250219, claude-3-5-haiku-latest)
• Web scraping capability to provide Claude with website content
• File reading support to ask questions about local files
• Code execution capability for Python scripts
• Conversation memory with save/load functionality
• Customizable system prompts and response speeds
• Automatic code extraction and execution from Claude's responses
• Robust error handling and retry mechanisms for API overload scenarios

Requirements

• Python 3.7+
• Anthropic API key (set as environment variable)

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/spacedoutcode/claudeintheconsole.git
   cd claude-console
   

2. Install required packages:

   pip install anthropic requests beautifulsoup4
   

3. Set up your Anthropic API key as an environment variable:

   # For Linux/Mac
   export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY="your-api-key"
   
   # For Windows
   setx ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=your-api-key
   

Usage

Run the application:

py claude.py

Commands

• scrape [url] - Retrieve information from a website
• settings or config - Change application settings
• clear or cls - Clear the screen
• cd - View the current directory
• menu, help, or cmd - Show the command menu
• read [filename] "question" - Read a file and ask a question about it
• save [filename] - Save the conversation
• load [filename] - Load a saved conversation
• memory or mem - View message memory size
• reset - Clear message memory
• test - Create and run a test Python script
• exit, quit, or bye - Exit the application

Configuration

Use the settings or config command to configure:

• (m)odel - Select which Claude model to use
• (p)rompt - Change the system prompt
• (s)peed - Adjust the response display speed

Configuration is automatically saved between sessions.

Example Usage

User>> Hello, Claude!
Claude>> Hello! How can I assist you today?

User>> scrape wikipedia.org
Claude>> [Information about Wikipedia...]

User>> read mycode.py "What does this code do?"
Claude>> [Explanation of the code...]

User>> save my_conversation
System>> Conversation saved to my_conversation.json

License

MIT License

Acknowledgments

• Anthropic for the Claude AI API
• BeautifulSoup4 for web scraping capabilities