rabbit-cli.

Overview

rabbit-cli brings the Rabbit agent to the terminal -- no GUI required. It runs a focused subset of the agent's tools (read, search, tree, edit, shell, web) against any provider you configure. Ideal for CI pipelines, code review bots, and remote execution.

Install

npm install -g rabbit-cli

# or run directly
npx rabbit-cli "refactor auth module to use JWT"

Usage

# Interactive REPL
rabbit

# One-shot task, then exit
rabbit "add input validation to all API routes"

# Print mode (non-interactive, same as above)
rabbit -p "write unit tests for utils.ts"

# Configure provider / model / API key
rabbit config

Configuration

rabbit config writes ~/.rabbit-cli/config.json. Provider and model can also be set via environment variables:

• ANTHROPIC_API_KEY / OPENAI_API_KEY / DEEPSEEK_API_KEY / GEMINI_API_KEY / OPENROUTER_API_KEY …
• RABBIT_PROVIDER -- anthropic, openai, deepseek, gemini, groq, mistral, xai, openrouter, qwen, moonshot, local
• RABBIT_MODEL -- model id

On startup it also loads your project rules into the system prompt:.rabbitrules, AGENTS.md, .cursorrules,.windsurfrules, and any .rabbit-ide/rules/ files.

Output

Output is streamed to the terminal with tool-call summaries. Use-p for non-interactive runs in scripts and CI, where the agent completes the task and exits.