Using the Mesh CLI

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1. Get your API key

1. Go to app.meshapi.ai and sign in (or create an account).
2. In the left menu, click API Keys → Create key and name it anything.
3. Click the copy icon. The key starts with rsk_. Keep it private — treat it like a password.

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2. First launch

1. In Terminal (Mac) or PowerShell (Windows), run:

meshapi

2. It asks for your key once. Paste it and press Enter.

3. You land on the home screen, which shows your version, current folder (cwd), and the active model:

+ meshapi 0.5.2
cwd:    /private/tmp/mesh-demo
model:  openai/gpt-4o-mini
route:  off

type /help for commands, /exit to quit

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3. Say hello

hello

Hello! How can I assist you today?
gpt-4o-mini · 2024-07-18 · 1979→10 tok · 2.4s

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4. Switch models

• Type /model and start typing a name — a suggestion menu pops up as you type (e.g. qw shows all Qwen models). Pick with the arrow keys + Enter.
• Or type it in full:

/model openai/gpt-4o-mini

• To browse the full catalog with prices, type /models (or filter, e.g. /models claude). Prices are shown per 1 million tokens.

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5. Let it write and run code

write a hello.py file that prints Hello Mesh, then run it

○ approve tool call?  write_file: hello.py (19 chars)
→ /private/tmp/mesh-demo/hello.py

print('Hello Mesh')

y (yes) / a (always for write_file this session) / n (no) ›

• y — yes, this once.
• a — yes, and don’t ask again for this tool for the rest of the session.
• n — no.

$ python3 hello.py
Hello Mesh
✓ exit 0

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