# Invokellm

> Invoke one or more AI CLIs through gptengage. Use when the user asks to consult, query, or compare Claude, Codex, Gemini, or a plugin, or says /invokellm or $invokellm.

- Skill: `rahulrajaram/invokellm` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add rahulrajaram/invokellm`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/rahulrajaram/invokellm/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: rahulrajaram (https://skillmd.com/u/rahulrajaram)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/rahulrajaram/invokellm

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# Invoke LLM

Read the shared
[`../../references/gptengage-invocation.md`](../../references/gptengage-invocation.md)
contract and the selected
[`../../references/gptengage-invoke.md`](../../references/gptengage-invoke.md)
recipe before calling a backend.

## Workflow

1. Parse the CLI selector, prompt, and supported options using the operation
   recipe. Treat the first token as a selector only when it names a known CLI,
   comma-separated CLI list, or plugin.
2. Default to `gemini`, `claude`, then `codex` when no selector is present.
   Invoke each separately with the identical prompt and applicable options.
3. Resolve the authorized existing `gptengage` executable and run only its
   `invoke` operation. Default the inner
   `--timeout` to 600 seconds unless the user supplied one.
4. Label multi-CLI results by backend, inspect failures and malformed output,
   and integrate the results into the user's requested work.

## Boundaries

- One requested CLI suppresses the default trio; never silently substitute a
  different backend.
- A session persists full conversation turns and must be deliberately named.
- `--write` requires explicit write intent and grants no remote-write authority.
- Never change the prompt merely to make backends agree.