Balanov /
shim
Tiny local-first AI harness: any model, MCP and Agent Skills, natural-language CLI. Zero dependencies. MIT.
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Version v0.1.0 came out on November 2.
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In short
Aimed at terminal users, it needs no account or key until you bring your own model API key from an environment variable, and it runs as one binary on Windows, macOS, or Linux.
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What this repo contains
- Skills
- 0 SKILL.md files
- Its README
- Links a program to downloadRuns other packages with npx, uvx or similarAsks you to install software (npm -g, pip, brew…)Asks for an API key or a token
No scripts, executables, hook files or MCP settings.
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