Commands

This page lists all available DAI CLI commands, their flags, and usage examples.

`dai auth`

Authenticate DAI with external services (currently GitHub token only).

dai auth

Prompts for a GitHub Personal Access Token (PAT) and stores it in the local configuration.

`dai completion`

Generate the autocompletion script for your shell.

dai completion bash
dai completion zsh
dai completion fish

`dai config`

Configure global DAI settings stored in ~/.dai/config.yaml.

dai config

`dai ignore`

Create a default .daiignore file in the project root (uses .gitignore syntax).

dai ignore [flags]

Flags:

Flag	Description	Default
`--path`	Path to create the `.daiignore` file (relative to project root)	`.daiignore`
`--force`	Overwrite existing file without prompting	`false`
`--yes`	Non-interactive: assume “yes” to prompts	`false`

`dai init`

Initialize DAI for the current project by creating .dai/project.yaml.

dai init [flags]

Flags:

Flag	Description	Default
`-f, --force`	Overwrite existing `.dai/project.yaml` without prompt	`false`
`-v, --verbose`	Print detected git info	`false`
`-p, --path`	Project path (defaults to current directory)	`.`

`dai triage`

Analyze a commit and open a single GitHub issue with findings.
If [commit] is not provided, DAI will analyze the latest commit (HEAD) in the repository.

dai triage [commit] [flags]

Examples:

# Analyze the latest commit
dai triage

# Analyze a specific commit
dai triage 8282882

# Dry run without creating an issue
dai triage 8282882 --dry-run

Flags:

Flag	Description	Default
`--ext`	Comma-separated file extensions to analyze	`.js,.jsx,.ts,.tsx,.vue,.php,.py,.go`
`--dry-run`	Print the would-be GitHub issue without creating it	`false`
`--model`	Override OpenAI model from config (optional)	(none)
`--max-file-kb`	Max file size per analyzed file (KB)	`80`
`--ignore`	Path to ignore file (gitignore syntax), relative to project root	`.daiignore`
`--always-open`	Always create a GitHub issue even when no findings	`false`
`--diff-context`	Number of context lines per diff hunk	`3`

`dai triage-local`

Analyze a single local file and append findings to .dai/local.log.

dai triage-local path/to/file.go [flags]

Flags:

Flag	Description	Default
`--model`	Override OpenAI model from config (optional)	(none)
`--max-file-kb`	Max bytes per analyzed file (KB)	`200`
`--log`	Path to local log file (relative to project root)	`.dai/local.log`
`--format`	Log format (`md` or `json`)	`md`
`--no-stdout`	Do not print findings to stdout (log only)	`false`

Global Flags

Flag	Description
`-h, --help`	Show help for a command
`-p, --parrot string`	Summon the DAI parrot (`party`, `insult`, `wise` modes)
`-v, --version`	Show the DAI version

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