shobrook/wut

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1424 stars · 85 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

wut is a Python CLI tool that sends the output of your last terminal command to an LLM (OpenAI, Claude, or a local Ollama model) and returns a plain-English explanation. It requires running inside a tmux or screen session so it can capture the previous command's output.

Use cases

• explain a stack trace from my last command
• decipher an unfamiliar error code in the terminal
• figure out why my command failed
• summarize long log output
• ask follow-up questions about terminal output
• get help fixing incorrect shell commands

When to choose

• you frequently hit confusing errors or stack traces in the terminal
• you want an LLM assistant that works with OpenAI, Anthropic, or local Ollama models
• you already live inside tmux or screen sessions

When to avoid

• you don't use tmux or screen, since output capture requires them
• you don't want terminal content sent to a third-party LLM API
• you need fully offline tooling without any LLM access

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

cli llm-inference developer-tools developer-tools large-language-models cli python terminal-assistant llm error-explanation tmux ollama command-line macos linux

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