Powerful Pipe Commands in gvShell

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  "title": "Powerful Pipe Commands in gvShell",
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    "output": "<div style=\"background:#1e1e1e;color:#e0e0e0;padding:20px;border-radius:8px;font-family:'Consolas','Monaco',monospace;\">\n<h2 style=\"font-family:sans-serif;color:#fff;margin:0 0 16px 0;\">🔥 Powerful Pipe Commands in gvShell</h2>\n\n<div style=\"background:#2d2d2d;padding:16px;border-radius:6px;margin-bottom:16px;\">\n<h3 style=\"color:#e5c07b;margin:0 0 12px 0;font-family:sans-serif;\">1. Multi-Provider Pipelines</h3>\n<p style=\"color:#9ca3af;margin:0 0 12px 0;font-family:sans-serif;\">Chain AI providers - each processes the previous output:</p>\n<pre style=\"background:#252526;padding:12px;border-radius:4px;overflow-x:auto;margin:0;\">\n<span style=\"color:#c678dd;\">gv></span> <span style=\"color:#56b6c2;\">/pipe</span> <span style=\"color:#61afef;\">@claude</span> <span style=\"color:#98c379;\">\"explain quicksort\"</span> | <span style=\"color:#61afef;\">@openai</span> <span style=\"color:#98c379;\">\"simplify this for beginners\"</span>\n\n<span style=\"color:#c678dd;\">gv></span> <span style=\"color:#56b6c2;\">/pipe</span> <span style=\"color:#61afef;\">@ollama</span> <span style=\"color:#98c379;\">\"draft email\"</span> | <span style=\"color:#61afef;\">@claude</span> <span style=\"color:#98c379;\">\"make it professional\"</span>\n</pre>\n</div>\n\n<div style=\"background:#2d2d2d;padding:16px;border-radius:6px;margin-bottom:16px;\">\n<h3 style=\"color:#e5c07b;margin:0 0 12px 0;font-family:sans-serif;\">2. Response References</h3>\n<p style=\"color:#9ca3af;margin:0 0 12px 0;font-family:sans-serif;\">Every AI response becomes a referenceable \"file\":</p>\n<pre style=\"background:#252526;padding:12px;border-radius:4px;overflow-x:auto;margin:0;\">\n<span style=\"color:#7f848e;\"># Reference by number</span>\n<span style=\"color:#c678dd;\">gv></span> <span style=\"color:#61afef;\">@claude</span> explain monads\n<span style=\"color:#c678dd;\">gv></span> convert <span style=\"color:#e06c75;\">$1</span> to Python\n\n<span style=\"color:#7f848e;\"># Reference by provider name</span>\n<span style=\"color:#c678dd;\">gv></span> show <span style=\"color:#e06c75;\">$claude</span>      <span style=\"color:#7f848e;\"># Last Claude response</span>\n<span style=\"color:#c678dd;\">gv></span> compare <span style=\"color:#e06c75;\">$1</span> and <span style=\"color:#e06c75;\">$2</span>\n</pre>\n</div>\n\n<div style=\"background:#2d2d2d;padding:16px;border-radius:6px;margin-bottom:16px;\">\n<h3 style=\"color:#e5c07b;margin:0 0 12px 0;font-family:sans-serif;\">3. Shell Integration with $refs</h3>\n<p style=\"color:#9ca3af;margin:0 0 12px 0;font-family:sans-serif;\">Use AI responses in Unix commands:</p>\n<pre style=\"background:#252526;padding:12px;border-radius:4px;overflow-x:auto;margin:0;\">\n<span style=\"color:#7f848e;\"># Word count of AI response</span>\n<span style=\"color:#c678dd;\">gv></span> <span style=\"color:#56b6c2;\">!</span> echo <span style=\"color:#e06c75;\">$1</span> | wc -w\n\n<span style=\"color:#7f848e;\"># Save response to file</span>\n<span style=\"color:#c678dd;\">gv></span> <span style=\"color:#56b6c2;\">!</span> cat <span style=\"color:#e06c75;\">$claude</span> > output.txt\n\n<span style=\"color:#7f848e;\"># Pipe to system commands</span>\n<span style=\"color:#c678dd;\">gv></span> <span style=\"color:#e06c75;\">$1.code</span> | python           <span style=\"color:#7f848e;\"># Execute code block</span>\n<span style=\"color:#c678dd;\">gv></span> <span style=\"color:#e06c75;\">$1</span> | pbcopy                  <span style=\"color:#7f848e;\"># Copy to clipboard (macOS)</span>\n</pre>\n</div>\n\n<div style=\"background:#2d2d2d;padding:16px;border-radius:6px;margin-bottom:16px;\">\n<h3 style=\"color:#e5c07b;margin:0 0 12px 0;font-family:sans-serif;\">4. Compare & Benchmark</h3>\n<p style=\"color:#9ca3af;margin:0 0 12px 0;font-family:sans-serif;\">Compare responses from different providers:</p>\n<pre style=\"background:#252526;padding:12px;border-radius:4px;overflow-x:auto;margin:0;\">\n<span style=\"color:#7f848e;\"># Get responses from both</span>\n<span style=\"color:#c678dd;\">gv></span> <span style=\"color:#61afef;\">@claude</span> explain monads\n<span style=\"color:#c678dd;\">gv></span> <span style=\"color:#61afef;\">@openai</span> explain monads\n\n<span style=\"color:#7f848e;\"># Diff them</span>\n<span style=\"color:#c678dd;\">gv></span> <span style=\"color:#56b6c2;\">/diff</span> <span style=\"color:#e06c75;\">$claude</span> <span style=\"color:#e06c75;\">$openai</span>\n<span style=\"color:#c678dd;\">gv></span> <span style=\"color:#56b6c2;\">/diff</span> <span style=\"color:#e06c75;\">$1</span> <span style=\"color:#e06c75;\">$2</span> --side-by-side\n\n<span style=\"color:#7f848e;\"># Benchmark all providers</span>\n<span style=\"color:#c678dd;\">gv></span> <span style=\"color:#56b6c2;\">/benchmark</span> <span style=\"color:#98c379;\">\"explain bubble sort\"</span>\n\n<span style=\"color:#7f848e;\">PROVIDER   MODEL        LATENCY    TOKENS   COST</span>\n<span style=\"color:#98c379;\">claude</span>     sonnet       1.2s       234      $0.003\n<span style=\"color:#98c379;\">openai</span>     gpt-4o       0.9s       198      $0.002\n<span style=\"color:#98c379;\">ollama</span>     llama3       2.1s       256      $0.000\n</pre>\n</div>\n\n<div style=\"background:#2d2d2d;padding:16px;border-radius:6px;margin-bottom:16px;\">\n<h3 style=\"color:#e5c07b;margin:0 0 12px 0;font-family:sans-serif;\">5. Export & Import</h3>\n<p style=\"color:#9ca3af;margin:0 0 12px 0;font-family:sans-serif;\">Move data in and out:</p>\n<pre style=\"background:#252526;padding:12px;border-radius:4px;overflow-x:auto;margin:0;\">\n<span style=\"color:#7f848e;\"># Export to file</span>\n<span style=\"color:#c678dd;\">gv></span> <span style=\"color:#56b6c2;\">/export</span> <span style=\"color:#e06c75;\">$1</span> --format md > explanation.md\n<span style=\"color:#c678dd;\">gv></span> <span style=\"color:#56b6c2;\">/export</span> session --format json > session.json\n\n<span style=\"color:#7f848e;\"># Import for context</span>\n<span style=\"color:#c678dd;\">gv></span> <span style=\"color:#56b6c2;\">/import</span> error.log\n<span style=\"color:#c678dd;\">gv></span> <span style=\"color:#61afef;\">@claude</span> what's causing this error?\n\n<span style=\"color:#c678dd;\">gv></span> <span style=\"color:#56b6c2;\">/import</span> screenshot.png\n<span style=\"color:#c678dd;\">gv></span> <span style=\"color:#61afef;\">@claude</span> what's in this image?\n</pre>\n</div>\n\n<div style=\"background:#2d2d2d;padding:16px;border-radius:6px;margin-bottom:16px;\">\n<h3 style=\"color:#e5c07b;margin:0 0 12px 0;font-family:sans-serif;\">6. Remote Multi-Agent</h3>\n<p style=\"color:#9ca3af;margin:0 0 12px 0;font-family:sans-serif;\">Execute across machines:</p>\n<pre style=\"background:#252526;padding:12px;border-radius:4px;overflow-x:auto;margin:0;\">\n<span style=\"color:#7f848e;\"># Run on remote agent</span>\n<span style=\"color:#c678dd;\">gv></span> <span style=\"color:#56b6c2;\">/remote</span> dev-vm <span style=\"color:#98c379;\">\"@claude explain this codebase\"</span>\n<span style=\"color:#c678dd;\">gv></span> <span style=\"color:#56b6c2;\">/remote</span> prod-api <span style=\"color:#98c379;\">\"@ollama --model codellama review main.go\"</span>\n\n<span style=\"color:#7f848e;\"># Broadcast to all agents</span>\n<span style=\"color:#c678dd;\">gv></span> <span style=\"color:#56b6c2;\">/broadcast</span> <span style=\"color:#98c379;\">\"what is your current git branch?\"</span>\n\n<span style=\"color:#7f848e;\">laptop:   </span><span style=\"color:#98c379;\">main</span>\n<span style=\"color:#7f848e;\">dev-vm:   </span><span style=\"color:#98c379;\">feature/auth</span>\n<span style=\"color:#7f848e;\">prod-api: </span><span style=\"color:#98c379;\">v2.3.1 (tag)</span>\n\n<span style=\"color:#7f848e;\"># Delegate session to another machine</span>\n<span style=\"color:#c678dd;\">gv></span> <span style=\"color:#56b6c2;\">/delegate</span> dev-vm with <span style=\"color:#98c379;\">\"deploy this fix\"</span>\n</pre>\n</div>\n\n<div style=\"background:#2d2d2d;padding:16px;border-radius:6px;\">\n<h3 style=\"color:#e5c07b;margin:0 0 12px 0;font-family:sans-serif;\">7. Field Extraction</h3>\n<p style=\"color:#9ca3af;margin:0 0 12px 0;font-family:sans-serif;\">Access specific parts of responses:</p>\n<pre style=\"background:#252526;padding:12px;border-radius:4px;overflow-x:auto;margin:0;\">\n<span style=\"color:#c678dd;\">gv></span> <span style=\"color:#e06c75;\">$1.code</span>         <span style=\"color:#7f848e;\"># Extract code blocks</span>\n<span style=\"color:#c678dd;\">gv></span> <span style=\"color:#e06c75;\">$1.text</span>         <span style=\"color:#7f848e;\"># Prose only (no code)</span>\n<span style=\"color:#c678dd;\">gv></span> <span style=\"color:#e06c75;\">$1.code[0]</span>      <span style=\"color:#7f848e;\"># First code block</span>\n<span style=\"color:#c678dd;\">gv></span> <span style=\"color:#e06c75;\">$1.code.python</span>  <span style=\"color:#7f848e;\"># Python code blocks only</span>\n<span style=\"color:#c678dd;\">gv></span> <span style=\"color:#e06c75;\">$1.summary</span>      <span style=\"color:#7f848e;\"># AI-generated summary</span>\n</pre>\n</div>\n\n<div style=\"background:#1a3d1a;padding:12px;border-radius:6px;margin-top:16px;font-family:sans-serif;\">\n<h4 style=\"margin:0 0 8px 0;color:#4ade80;\">✨ Key Insight</h4>\n<p style=\"color:#a7f3d0;margin:0;\">gvShell treats AI like Unix: responses are files, providers are commands, and everything composes with pipes. This is the Unix philosophy applied to AI.</p>\n</div>\n\n</div>",
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  "createdBy": "claude",
  "createdAt": "2026-01-06T06:42:02.883Z",
  "updatedAt": "2026-01-06T06:42:03.094Z",
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