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refactor: reduce CLI complexity and update help output
assadyousuf Jul 5, 2025
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Merge branch 'pydantic:main' into fix/cli-refactor
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## Help

```
usage: clai [-h] [-m [MODEL]] [-a AGENT] [-l] [-t [CODE_THEME]] [--no-stream] [--version] [prompt]

PydanticAI CLI v...

Special prompts:
* `/exit` - exit the interactive mode (ctrl-c and ctrl-d also work)
* `/markdown` - show the last markdown output of the last question
* `/multiline` - toggle multiline mode

positional arguments:
prompt AI Prompt, if omitted fall into interactive mode

options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-m [MODEL], --model [MODEL]
Model to use, in format "<provider>:<model>" e.g. "openai:gpt-4o" or "anthropic:claude-3-7-sonnet-latest". Defaults to "openai:gpt-4o".
-a AGENT, --agent AGENT
Custom Agent to use, in format "module:variable", e.g. "mymodule.submodule:my_agent"
-l, --list-models List all available models and exit
-t [CODE_THEME], --code-theme [CODE_THEME]
Which colors to use for code, can be "dark", "light" or any theme from pygments.org/styles/. Defaults to "dark" which works well on dark terminals.
--no-stream Disable streaming from the model
--version Show version and exit
Usage: clai [OPTIONS] [PROMPT]...

PydanticAI CLI v...

Special prompts: * `/exit` - exit the interactive mode (ctrl-c and ctrl-d
also work) * `/markdown` - show the last markdown output of the last
question * `/multiline` - toggle multiline mode

Options:
-m, --model 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Model to use, in format "<provider>:<model>"
e.g. "openai:gpt-4o" or
"anthropic:claude-3-7-sonnet-latest".
Defaults to "openai:gpt-4o".
-a, --agent TEXT Custom Agent to use, in format
"module:variable", e.g.
"mymodule.submodule:my_agent"
-l, --list-models List all available models and exit
-t, --code-theme [dark|light] Which colors to use for code, can be "dark",
"light" or any theme from
pygments.org/styles/. Defaults to "dark"
which works well on dark terminals.
--no-stream Disable streaming from the model
--version Show version and exit
-h, --help Show this message and exit.
```
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