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alpaca — A graphical frontend to chat with Ollama models. See also: `ollama`. More information: <https://jeff

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Problem

How to use the alpaca command: A graphical frontend to chat with Ollama models. See also: ollama. More information: <https://jeffser.com/alpaca/launch-options.html>.

Solution

alpaca — A graphical frontend to chat with Ollama models. See also: ollama. More information: <https://jeffser.com/alpaca/launch-options.html>.

Launch Alpaca and start a new chat:

alpaca --new-chat "{{chat_title}}"

Open Quick Ask with a message:

alpaca --ask "{{message}}"

List all activities that can be launched with --activity:

alpaca --list-activities

Open an activity:

alpaca --activity {{activity}}

List all current chats:

alpaca --list-chats

Code Snippets

Launch Alpaca and start a new chat

alpaca --new-chat "{{chat_title}}"

Open Quick Ask with a message

alpaca --ask "{{message}}"

List all activities that can be launched with `--activity`

alpaca --list-activities

Open an activity

alpaca --activity {{activity}}

List all current chats

alpaca --list-chats

Context

tldr-pages: linux/alpaca

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