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Decision brief
DuetGPT empowers developers through conversational support for coding and system tasks.
Good fit when
- You need assistance in generating or refactoring code, where DuetGPT uses the advanced capabilities of OpenAI's GPT-4 to suggest improvements or write new functions based on your specifications.
- General bash scripting is required, such as listing items from a database with specific queries, and you'd like immediate suggestions to guide your CLI tasks.
Avoid when
- For automated task executions where high reliability is imperative. DuetGPT may generate commands that require manual oversight before execution.
- In situations requiring strict control over function calls, as it relies on the OpenAI API's function calling feature, which might not fully cover specific enterprise workflows.
- Pricing:
- freemium - Free to use; however, users need their own OpenAI API keys with potential costs based on usage.
Observed Jul 12, 2026 · Source: enrich:decision_facts
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Adoption
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- npm downloads (30d)
- 39·npm downloads API·1w
Maintenance and security
Full trust report- Maintenance
- Dormant (1152d since push)
- As of 1w
- Provenance
- Not a fork · Personal account
- As of 1w
- Security (OSV)
- 49 low (49 low)
- As of 1mo
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Install
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Overview
DuetGPT is an experimental AI-powered CLI tool that acts as a semi-autonomous agent for developers to assist with coding and file system tasks. It uses OpenAI's GPT-4 model and function calling API features.
Capability facts
- CLI
- CLI entrypoint
Source: package.json:bin|scripts · Aug 14, 2026
- MCP server
- No MCP server detected
Source: repo_scan · Aug 14, 2026
- Languages
- typescript, javascript
Source: github.language+package.json · Aug 14, 2026
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Compatibility
Sourced claims from the README excerpt - not unsourced marketing copy.
Source: README excerpt (regex_v1, Aug 14, 2026)
**🎉 News:** DuetGPT no longer uses langchain but instead [OpenAI functions](https://openai.com/blog/function-calling-and-othSource link
Source: README excerpt (regex_v1, Aug 14, 2026)
Here is a 30 second demo, use DuetGPT to build a Node.js app that draws a mandelbrot fractal using ASCII characters to the console:Source link
Source: README excerpt (regex_v1, Aug 14, 2026)
-way conversation with the developer. It uses the newly released feature of the OpenAI API that allows the AI to make [function calls](https://openai.com/blog/function-caSource link
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README
DuetGPT
🎉 News: DuetGPT no longer uses langchain but instead OpenAI functions. This means a significant improvement in reliability and performance.
DuetGPT is an experimental AI powered CLI tool and semi-autonomous agent that helps developers with coding tasks and file system tasks. The developer describes tasks to the AI who then issues commands or follow-up questions for clarification. After approval by the developer, DuetGPT automatically executes the commands issued by the AI.
DuetGPT also does really well as a general bash helper.
Works with OpenAI models:
- gpt-3.5-turbo-0613 (does not produce any great code though)
- gpt-4-0613
Example tasks:
- Refactor index.js: add inline comments, improve variable naming.
- Write a bash script that lists all cars in the database.
- Find all files in current directory and subdirectories that contain the word "DuetGPT"
- Write a PR description based on the commit messages in the PR.
DuetGPT builds on OpenAI's GPT-4 language model and uses its conversational capabilities to engage in a two-way conversation with the developer. It uses the newly released feature of the OpenAI API that allows the AI to make function calls.
⚠️ DuetGPT has no guardrails! Make sure you understand the commands given by the AI before executing them. ⚠️
Here is a 30 second demo, use DuetGPT to build a Node.js app that draws a mandelbrot fractal using ASCII characters to the console:
https://github.com/kristoferlund/duet-gpt/assets/9698363/147bdf9d-28df-4421-9297-05abfeb53142
Setup
Install the DuetGPT CLI tool globally using npm:
npm install -g duet-gpt
Usage
To start DuetGPT, run the following command:
duet-gpt
You will be prompted to enter your OpenAI API key. You can find your API key on the OpenAI dashboard.
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Setup for development
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Clone the repository.
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Install dependencies:
npm install
- Run DuetGPT using yarn:
npm start
Sample interaction
For the purposes of illustrating how interactions work, I chose a super simple task. Let's say you want to add .yarn/cache to .gitignore. Here is how to ask DuetGPT to help you with that:
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For agents
This page has a .md twin and JSON over the API.