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AI CLI Launcher

A terminal UI built with Ratatui to select and launch AI CLI tools (Copilot/Cursor/Codex) with session resume capability.

Features

Orange Rectangle UI: Clean, centered selection menu in an orange bordered rectangle
Session Persistence: Remembers your last selected tool between launches
Keyboard Navigation: Intuitive vim-style (j/k) and arrow key navigation
Quick Launch: Select your preferred AI tool and launch directly
Terminal-friendly: Designed to run inside nvim -c "terminal" for easy copy/paste and scrolling

Building

cargo build --release

The binary will be at target/release/ai-cli

Usage

Run the CLI:

./target/debug/ai-cli

Or from inside Neovim terminal:

:terminal nvim -c "terminal"

Keyboard Controls

↑ / k: Move selection up
↓ / j: Move selection down
Enter: Select and launch the highlighted tool
q / ESC: Exit without launching

How It Works

First Launch: Shows the AI tool selection menu
Subsequent Launches: Pre-selects your last used tool
Tool Launch: Pressing Enter launches the selected tool directly
Session Storage: Your selection is saved to ~/.config/ai-cli/session.json

Tools

GitHub Copilot: AI assistant by GitHub (launches with --resume)
Cursor: AI-first code editor
OpenAI Codex: AI code generation engine

Project Structure

src/
├── main.rs       # Main application loop and event handling
├── session.rs    # Session persistence (load/save state)
├── launcher.rs   # Tool definitions and launch logic
└── ui.rs         # Ratatui UI rendering

Configuration

Session data is stored at: ~/.config/ai-cli/session.json

Example session file:

{
  "last_tool": "copilot",
  "timestamp": "2026-03-01T15:30:34Z"
}

Dependencies

ratatui: Terminal UI framework
crossterm: Terminal handling
serde/serde_json: Session serialization
anyhow: Error handling
chrono: Timestamp management
dirs: Config directory detection

Future Enhancements

Custom color themes
Support for custom AI tool registration
Session history (more than just last used)
Tool status/availability checks
Custom argument passing to tools

silver-ai 0.0.1