zai-cli

The zai-cli skill integrates powerful Z.AI platform capabilities directly into your Claude Code environment via the Model Context Protocol (MCP). It acts as an intelligent bridge, enabling seamless multimodal content analysis and real-time information retrieval without leaving your terminal. This tool is specifically designed for developers, researchers, and technical power users who need to bridge the gap between visual assets, complex codebases, and external web intelligence. By leveraging the Z.AI API, users can perform automated diagnostics, process visual data into actionable insights, and navigate remote repositories with ease. The skill is highly efficient, defaulting to data-only output for token economy, while providing flexible JSON formatting for integration into larger automated workflows. It requires a valid Z_AI_API_KEY and active network connectivity to the Z.AI endpoint infrastructure.

• Multimodal analysis including image, video, and OCR processing.

• Real-time web search capabilities for gathering current context and technical data.

• Advanced web page to markdown extraction for cleaning and analyzing online documentation.

• Native GitHub exploration for analyzing external codebases, repositories, and documentation.

• Seamless MCP protocol integration for smooth communication between Claude and the Z.AI ecosystem.

• Configurable output formats including raw data and structured JSON for automated parsing.

• Prerequisites: Ensure Node.js 18+ is installed and the Z_AI_API_KEY environment variable is configured.

• Usage: Execute standard commands like 'vision', 'search', 'read', or 'repo' directly via the CLI.

• Troubleshooting: Run 'npx zai-cli doctor' to verify setup and dependency connectivity before standard operations.

• Efficiency: Use the '--output-format json' flag to receive parsed results if your downstream tasks require structured objects instead of raw text.

• Documentation: Always access the built-in help system by appending '--help' to any subcommand to view advanced parameters.

• Context: This tool is perfect for error diagnosis, UI-to-code conversion, and keeping documentation sync'd with live web sources.