/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

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$ npx -y skills add numman-ali/n-skills --skill zai-cli --agent claude-code

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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

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zai-cli.SKILL.md

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
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