ai-pkg

Your AI-Powered Development Environment Wizard for Arch Linux

Transform plain English into perfectly crafted development environments ✨

Just tell it what you want to build, and let the AI magic happen! 🪄

Installation • Setup • Usage • Options • Features • Updating

✨ Why AIPkg?

• 🧠 AI-Powered Intelligence: Understands context and recommends the perfect package combinations
• 🎯 Smart Package Selection: No more manual package hunting - AI picks the right tools for your needs
• 🛠️ Instant Environment Setup: Turn ideas into ready-to-code environments in seconds
• � Project Bootstrapping: Creates and configures new projects with industry best practices
• ⚡ AUR Superpowers: Seamless integration with both official repos and AUR
• 🤝 Flexible Installation: Works with both yay and paru - your choice!
• 🧪 Safe Preview Mode: See exactly what will happen before making any changes
• 🎨 Framework Agnostic: Works with any tech stack - React, Vue, Django, Express, you name it!

📦 Installation

Via AUR (Recommended)

Install directly from the AUR using your preferred helper:

# Using yay
yay -S ai-pkg-bin

# Using paru
paru -S ai-pkg-bin

Via GitHub

Clone and install from source:

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/rohankrsingh/ai-pkg.git
cd ai-pkg

# Run the installation script
./install.sh

To uninstall:

./uninstall.sh

🔧 Setup

Set up your Gemini API key (required):

export GEMINI_API_KEY=your_api_key_here

For permanent setup, add the above line to your ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc.

🚀 Usage

Experience the future of development setup - where your words become working environments instantly! 🚀

# Create a new React project with modern stack
ai-pkg "set up a react js app as test-app with tailwind, zod, react hook form"

# Set up a data science environment
ai-pkg "create a python data science environment with jupyter, pandas, and scikit-learn"

# Set up a development environment for backend
ai-pkg "set up nodejs backend environment with express, typescript and mongodb"

# Preview mode (shows what would be installed)
ai-pkg "set up a vue.js development environment" --dry-run

The AI will:

1. 📋 Analyze your requirements
2. 🎯 Select the appropriate packages
3. ⚙️ Configure the environment
4. 🚀 Set up the project structure (if requested)
5. 📝 Provide any necessary post-installation instructions

⚙️ Options

Option	Description
--dry-run	Preview commands without executing them
--yes	Auto-confirm all prompts
--run-env	Run environment setup steps automatically
--aur-helper	Choose AUR helper (yay or paru)

Environment variables:

• AI_PKG_AUR_HELPER: Set default AUR helper (yay/paru)
• GEMINI_API_KEY: Your Gemini API key

🔄 Updating

Keep ai-pkg up to date using your AUR helper:

# Using yay
yay -Syu ai-pkg-bin

# Using paru
paru -Syu ai-pkg-bin

📝 License

MIT License • View License