What it does
poorcoder is a set of four terminal scripts for people who pay for a web chat subscription, such as Claude.ai or Grok, and want to use it from their normal coding workflow. The context script collects code from your project so you can paste it into the chat, and apply-md takes the code blocks from the reply and writes them to your files, with dry-run and create-missing options. The other two scripts handle git. git-context gathers repository information for writing commit messages, and autocommit passes that to a model through the separate llm command-line tool, then opens your editor so you can review the message before committing. The README argues this is cheaper than heavy API use, citing subscriptions of roughly $20 to $30 per month, and says it keeps the polish of the web interface while staying in the terminal. Examples use macOS clipboard commands. It is released under the Unlicense, and you install it by cloning the repository and making the scripts executable.
Capabilities
- context script that extracts selected project code for pasting into a chat
- apply-md script that applies code blocks from a markdown reply to your files
- git-context script that gathers repository details for commit messages
- autocommit script that drafts a commit message through the llm tool
- Include and exclude patterns plus dry-run and create-missing options
When to use it
- You already pay for a web chat LLM subscription and want to use it with a terminal workflow
- You want to move code into a chat and move the answer back without manual copying
- You want AI-drafted commit messages that you review before committing
