Pollo CODE
Pollo Assistance inside your terminal. It reads and writes your project's files and runs real commands, in whatever folder you're standing in.
| What it is | A terminal program you install on your computer |
|---|---|
| Command | pollo |
| Requires | Node.js 18 or newer |
| Systems | Windows, macOS and Linux |
| Download | pollo-assistance.web.app/code.html |
| Quota | The same one as the web: nothing extra to pay |
Installing it
One line. The download page detects your system and gives you the right one.
| System | Command |
|---|---|
| Windows | irm https://pollo-assistance.web.app/descargas/instalar.ps1 | iex |
| macOS and Linux | curl -fsSL https://pollo-assistance.web.app/descargas/instalar.sh | sh |
Linking your computer
When you type pollo login, the terminal shows you an
eight-letter code and sends you to a page to confirm it from your account. You type
the code, approve it, and the terminal is linked.
The code you see is not the key. The real key is generated by your computer, never appears on screen and never travels anywhere you could read it. That's why the code can be short and easy to type without weakening anything: on its own it opens nothing.
Every linked machine shows up in your settings, and you can kick any one of them out without touching the others. Once revoked, that terminal stops identifying you on its very next request.
How you use it
It works in the folder you're in. There's no project to open or configure.
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
pollo | Opens the session in this folder |
pollo login | Links this computer to your account |
pollo logout | Deletes this computer's key |
pollo modelos | The models, and which one is set |
pollo --demo | See the interface with no account and no quota spent |
pollo --nuevo | Start without resuming the previous conversation |
And inside the session:
| Inside | What it does |
|---|---|
/modelo | Switch model halfway through |
/cuota | What you have left today |
/limpiar | Start over and forget what was said |
/ayuda | What you can do |
/salir | Close the session |
What it can do
Read your files
Looks at the folder and opens what it needs to understand the project.
Write and fix
Creates files, changes specific parts and deletes what's left over.
Run commands
Runs whatever is needed and reads the output to correct itself.
Run Python
Real scripts, with their results coming back.
The conversation stays in the folder
While working in a folder, Pollo leaves a .pollo/ inside
it with what you talked about. Come back days later and it carries on where you
left off.
It searches upwards, the way git does. Opening the terminal in
my-project/src/components resumes the conversation from
my-project: it's the same project, and the opposite would
mean a different conversation in every subfolder.
.pollo/ brings its own
.gitignore, so the conversation doesn't end up in a commit
by accident.
The models
The same three as the web, and you pick. Razonamiento is the default, because Complejo eats the day's quota in a handful of turns and that is worth choosing on purpose, knowing what it costs.
Why it has no dependencies
Node already ships everything this needs. Every dependency is one more thing that can break, that has to be updated and that somebody has to audit — and this is a program that reads and writes inside your folders, so the less third-party code running in there, the better.
