# Guillermo Rauch launches ai-cli, an npm CLI giving agents image, video, voice, and text generation

> Original title: npm i -g ai-cli

- Source: Guillermo Rauch
- Published: 2026-11-03T20:44:50.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/uhs83jii1jzsbpikcbj69s4eq
- Original: https://x.com/rauchg/status/2117719672951095772

## Summary

Guillermo Rauch announces ai-cli, installable with npm i -g ai-cli, which gives any agent access to video, voice, image, and text generation. The post says ai-cli routes requests through AI Gateway with cost and ZDR controls. The linked ai-cli page says agents such as Claude Code, Codex, and opencode can use models including Opus, GPT, Gemini, DeepSeek, Flux, and Grok.

## Post

npm i -g ai-cli 

Such a simple idea. An 𝚊𝚒 CLI. Gives every agent access to video, voice, image, text generation. And 𝚊𝚒 𝚍𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚍𝚎 brings Jev-class models.

All behind AI Gateway with cost and ZDR controls.

## Quoted post @ctatedev

> AI CLI
> 
> Generate images, video and audio from any agent, with any model
> 
> Claude Code + Opus + Flux
> Codex + GPT + Gemini
> opencode + DeepSeek + MAI
> fx + GLM + Grok
> 
> npm i -g ai-cli

https://x.com/ctatedev/status/2117686362329473293