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title: "Chat CLI Overview"
description: "Local-first visual environment for building and running AI workflows. Build agents visually, deploy anywhere, privacy by design."
canonical: https://docs.nodetool.ai/chat
markdown: https://docs.nodetool.ai/chat.md
product: NodeTool
source: https://github.com/nodetool-ai/nodetool/blob/main/docs/chat.md
---

# Chat CLI Overview

Interactive CLI for chatting with models. Works with OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Ollama, and others. The assistant can call tools during a session.

- Interactive REPL with history and completion
- Sandboxed workspace for file operations
- Provider-specific models
- Unified agent loop — the assistant calls tools and decomposes work on its own; no separate mode to toggle

See the [Chat CLI](chat-cli.md) and [Chat API](chat-api.md).