zai-cli

@numman-ali/zai-cli

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Updated 1/6/2026

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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 chainingUse for visual content analysis, web search, page reading, or GitHub exploration. Requires Z_AI_API_KEY.

Installation

$skills install @numman-ali/zai-cli

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Repositorynumman-ali/cc-mirror

Path.agent/skills/zai-cli/SKILL.md

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Scoped Name@numman-ali/zai-cli

Usage

After installing, this skill will be available to your AI coding assistant.

Verify installation:

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Skill Instructions

name: zai-cli description: | 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

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

# Explore a GitHub repo
npx zai-cli repo search facebook/react "server components"

# Check setup
npx zai-cli doctor

Output

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

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