CLI
The terminal surface — a REPL that writes its own skills.
The CLI is the original surface — a terminal session that writes its own skills.
Start a session
poormad # interactive REPL poormad "summarize x" # one-shot prompt poormad -f task.md # prompt from a file
Common flags
| Flag | Meaning |
|---|---|
--home PATH | Override the PoorMad home directory. |
--profile NAME | Use a named config profile. |
--model SLUG | Override the model for this run. |
--no-memory | Disable cross-session recall for this run. |
Themes & skins
The CLI has its own skin engine (skins/*.yaml) independent of the desktop theme. Set the active skin with /skin <name> inside a session.
Piping
cat error.log | poormad "explain this and propose a fix"
See the full list in CLI Reference.