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Zai CLI by thedixitjain — Agent Skill

Name: Zai CLI
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: thedixitjain

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

Command	Purpose	Help
vision	Analyze images, screenshots, videos	`--help` for 8 subcommands
search	Real-time web search	`--help` for filtering options
read	Fetch web pages as markdown	`--help` for format options
repo	GitHub code search and reading	`--help` for tree/search/read
tools	List available MCP tools
tool	Show tool schema
call	Raw MCP tool invocation
code	TypeScript tool chaining
doctor	Check 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.

Source: jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills → plugins/community/zai-cli/skills/zai-cli/SKILL.md

---name: zai-clidescription: | 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.--- # ZAI CLI Access Z.AI capabilities via `npx zai-cli`. The CLI is self-documenting - use `--help` at any level. ## Setup ```bash export Z_AI_API_KEY="your-api-key" ``` Get a key at: https://z.ai/manage-apikey/apikey-list ## Commands | Command | Purpose | Help | |---------|---------|------| | vision | Analyze images, screenshots, videos | `--help` for 8 subcommands | | search | Real-time web search | `--help` for filtering options | | read | Fetch web pages as markdown | `--help` for format options | | repo | GitHub code search and reading | `--help` for tree/search/read | | tools | List available MCP tools | | | tool | Show tool schema | | | call | Raw MCP tool invocation | | | code | TypeScript tool chaining | | | doctor | Check setup and connectivity | | ## Quick Start ```bash # 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`. --- **Source:** [`jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills`](https://github.com/jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills) → `plugins/community/zai-cli/skills/zai-cli/SKILL.md`

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