aptu-cli 0.2.14

CLI for Aptu - Gamified OSS issue triage with AI assistance
aptu-cli-0.2.14 is not a library.

Aptu is a context-engineering experiment: instead of throwing big models at problems, it crafts tight prompts that let smaller models do the job with fewer tokens and surprising precision.

Demo

Aptu Demo

Why It Works

Aptu uses task specialization over raw model capability:

Factor Aptu General Agent
Context Only the diff Entire conversation + tools
Prompt Tuned for code review patterns General reasoning
Attention 100% on code quality Split across many tasks

The small specialized model is not smarter, just less distracted. In real-world testing, aptu's PR review (using the default gemini-3-flash-preview) caught regex-based HTML parsing and missing error handling that claude-opus-4.5 shipped as "done".

Features

  • AI Triage - Summaries, suggested labels, clarifying questions, and contributor guidance
  • Issue Discovery - Find good-first-issues from curated repositories
  • PR Analysis - AI-powered pull request review and feedback
  • Release Notes - AI-curated changelogs from merged PRs
  • GitHub Action - Auto-triage incoming issues with labels and comments
  • Multiple Providers - Gemini (default), Cerebras, Groq, OpenRouter, Z.AI, and ZenMux
  • Local History - Track your contributions offline
  • Multiple Outputs - Text, JSON, YAML, and Markdown

Installation

# Homebrew (macOS/Linux)
brew install clouatre-labs/tap/aptu

# Snap (Linux)
snap install aptu

# Cargo-binstall (fast)
cargo binstall aptu-cli

# Cargo
cargo install aptu-cli

Quick Start

aptu auth login            # Authenticate with GitHub
aptu repo list             # List curated repositories
aptu issue list block/goose          # Browse issues
aptu issue triage block/goose#123    # Triage with AI
aptu issue triage block/goose#123 --dry-run  # Preview
aptu history               # View your contributions

Security Scanning

Aptu includes built-in security pattern detection for PR reviews. Scanning is performed locally, and no code is sent to external services.

aptu pr review owner/repo#123                       # Review with security scanning
aptu pr review owner/repo#123 --output sarif        # SARIF for GitHub Code Scanning

See docs/SECURITY_SCANNING.md for SARIF upload and GitHub integration.

GitHub Action

Auto-triage new issues with AI using any supported provider.

- uses: clouatre-labs/aptu@v0
  with:
    github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
    gemini-api-key: ${{ secrets.GEMINI_API_KEY }}

Options: apply-labels, no-comment, skip-labeled, dry-run, model, provider.

See docs/GITHUB_ACTION.md for setup and examples.

Configuration

See docs/CONFIGURATION.md for AI provider setup.

Security

  • SLSA Level 3 - Provenance attestations for all releases
  • REUSE/SPDX - License compliance for all files
  • Signed Commits - GPG-signed commits required
  • Dependency Scanning - Automated updates via Renovate

See SECURITY.md for reporting and verification.

Contributing

We welcome contributions! See CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.

License

Apache-2.0. See LICENSE.