Quick Question...

Install with gem install quickquestion. Set ANTHROPIC_API_KEY env var to your API key.

Then ask Claude a quick question from the CLI with qq:

$ qq how do I tell if Im using an rbenv ruby or the system ruby
Run `which ruby` - if it shows a path containing `.rbenv` you're using rbenv.
System Ruby typically shows `/usr/bin/ruby`. (Cost: $0.0007)
$ cat question.txt | qq
...
$ echo "question" | qq
...

# or just qq alone for a prompt with readline:
$ qq
> rbenv command to install the lastest ruby and make it the global default
rbenv install $(rbenv install -l | grep -v - | tail -1) &&
rbenv global $(rbenv install -l | grep -v - | tail -1) (Cost: $0.0008)

It's most useful for these small, low-stakes practical puzzles where you can quickly judge the results.

Expectations

qq is a quick hack. There are currently no options.

Your questions and answers are logged to ~/.config/qq/log.sqlite (or set XDG_CONFIG_HOME).

Possible TODOs

Handle ctrl-c without traceback.
Prompt customization.
Use qc to have a quick conversation (or quick continue), which picks up from the last qq if it happened in the last 15m. (This uses the logs in ~/.config/qq/log.sqlite.)
Prompt for a response in tags. Use stop_sequences to end abruptly.
https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/build-with-claude/prompt-caching

Development

# run local
ruby -Ilib bin/qq

# irb with gem loaded
irb -Ilib -rqq

Local use

# after build
gem install ./qq-<tab>

Release

# rm old gems
rm *.gem

# set version in qq.gemspec

# to make the .gem
gem build

gem push quickquestion-0.0.0.gem