
Cli Anything Minimax
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- 46.6k repo stars
- Updated August 3, 2026
- hkuds/cli-anything
Call MiniMax chat, embedding, and multimodal endpoints from shell scripts and agent toolchains when prototyping LLM features or routing inference outside default model providers.
About
cli-anything-minimax integrates the MiniMax LLM platform into the cli-anything framework, letting developers and coding agents invoke chat, embedding, and related APIs from the command line with shared configuration and structured outputs.
- MiniMax API auth and model listing
- Chat completion from terminal
- Streaming and JSON response modes
- Drop-in agent tool provider
- Scriptable inference for CI demos
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| Installs | 172 |
|---|---|
| repo stars | ★ 46.6k |
| Last updated | August 3, 2026 |
| Repository | hkuds/cli-anything ↗ |
What it does
Call MiniMax chat, embedding, and multimodal endpoints from shell scripts and agent toolchains when prototyping LLM features or routing inference outside default model providers.
Files
cli-anything-minimax
A CLI harness for MiniMax AI — providing chat completions and text-to-speech synthesis through the MiniMax API.
Installation
pip install git+https://github.com/HKUDS/CLI-Anything.git#subdirectory=minimax/agent-harnessPrerequisites:
- Python 3.10+
- MiniMax API key from platform.minimax.io
Usage
Basic Commands
# Show help
cli-anything-minimax --help
# Start interactive REPL
cli-anything-minimax
# Chat with MiniMax-M3
cli-anything-minimax chat --prompt "What is AI?"
# High-speed model
cli-anything-minimax chat --prompt "Quick answer" --model MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed
# Stream chat response
cli-anything-minimax stream --prompt "Write a poem about code"
# Synthesize speech
cli-anything-minimax tts --text "Hello world" --output hello.mp3
# JSON output for agents
cli-anything-minimax --json chat --prompt "Hello"Command Groups
Chat
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
chat | Chat with MiniMax LLM |
stream | Stream chat completion |
TTS
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
tts | Synthesize text to speech (hex-decoded MP3 via SSE) |
voices | List available voice IDs |
Session
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
session status | Show session status |
session clear | Clear session history |
session history | Show command history |
Config
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
config set | Set a configuration value |
config get | Get a configuration value (or show all) |
config delete | Delete a configuration value |
config path | Show the config file path |
Utility
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
test | Test API connectivity |
models | List chat models |
models --tts | List TTS models |
Examples
Configure API Key
export MINIMAX_API_KEY="your-api-key"
# or
cli-anything-minimax config set api_key "your-api-key"Chat
cli-anything-minimax chat --prompt "Explain quantum computing"
cli-anything-minimax stream --prompt "Write a Python quicksort"TTS
cli-anything-minimax tts --text "Hello!" --output hello.mp3
cli-anything-minimax tts --text "Fast" --model speech-2.8-turbo --voice English_Insightful_Speaker --output fast.mp3Chat Models
| Model ID | Description |
|---|---|
MiniMax-M3 | Next-generation flagship model (default) |
MiniMax-M2.7 | Peak Performance. Ultimate Value. |
MiniMax-M2.7-highspeed | Same performance, faster and more agile |
TTS Models
| Model ID | Description |
|---|---|
speech-2.8-hd | High-definition TTS (default) |
speech-2.8-turbo | Fast TTS |
For AI Agents
1. Always use `--json` flag for parseable output 2. Check return codes — 0 for success, non-zero for errors 3. Parse stderr for error messages on failure 4. Use absolute paths for TTS output files
Version
1.0.0