The assistant CLI

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assistant is the command-line companion to the runner. The installer puts a wrapper at $PREFIX/bin/assistant; from a checkout the same thing is python -m assistant. Every command takes --json for machine-readable output, which is what the settings app consumes.

`doctor`

assistant doctor [--json] [--timeout SECONDS]

Checks the system and the runner:

deps: which command-line tools and libraries are present (wtype, ydotool, ydotoold, grim, wl-copy, pw-play, systemd --user, input group membership, uinput, webkit2gtk, GTK).
plugins: per plugin, the negotiated protocol and abi, unknown_capabilities, missing_requires, and permissions as {name, enforced, advisory}.
drift: differences between what the install lockfile recorded and what is running, and any deprecation warnings.

The JSON shape is stable:

{
  "ok": true,
  "runner": {"protocol": "1.0", "abi": 1, "version": "0.4.0"},
  "plugins": [
    {"id": "...", "kind": "...", "epoch": 0, "status": "ok",
     "negotiated": {"protocol": "1.0", "abi": 1},
     "unknown_capabilities": [], "missing_requires": [],
     "permissions": [{"name": "microphone", "enforced": true, "advisory": false}],
     "deprecations": []}
  ],
  "drift": []
}

`recommend`

assistant recommend [--json]

Looks at your GPUs (via nvidia-smi, falling back to lspci), VRAM and RAM, and suggests a model per tier (speech recognition, decision head and planner, vision) with an estimated footprint and the reason. It never installs anything. The rules are listed in Models.

`models`

assistant models list [--json]
assistant models show <name> [--json]
assistant models pull <source> [--tag TAG] [--json]
assistant models rm <name> [--json]
assistant models prune [--json]

<source> is hf:org/repo[:file], an https:// URL, or a file:// path (a bare local path also works). pull streams newline-delimited JSON progress with --json, which the settings app turns into a progress bar. Pulls are resumable and verified by SHA-256; rm removes a manifest and any blob nothing else references; prune collects orphans and unfinished downloads. Ctrl-C stops an in-flight download cleanly.

Store location: $XDG_DATA_HOME/utter/models/, or UTTER_MODELS.

`status`

assistant status [--json] [--timeout SECONDS]

Connects to the runner socket and prints runner.status: each plugin’s id, kind, epoch and status. Exits 1 with a clear message if the socket is unavailable.

`install-state`

assistant install-state record
assistant install-state show

Reads and writes $XDG_STATE_HOME/utter/install.json, the lockfile the installer uses to make installs reversible and that doctor compares against the running system.

Environment variables

Variable	Effect
`UTTER_MODELS`	model store location
`UTTER_PYTHON`	interpreter the `assistant` wrapper uses
`UTTER_REPO`	repository root for the settings app and the wrapper
`UTTER_DRY_RUN`	the `utter_py` plugin defaults this to on; set `0` to touch the desktop
`UTTER_SOUNDS`	`0` disables the UI sounds
`UTTER_OSD`	`0` disables the on-screen display
`XDG_RUNTIME_DIR`	where the runner socket, plugin sockets and OSD state live

Utter command line

The utter executable drives desktop actions and manages settings and per-app custom voice commands. The separate python -m assistant command manages models, runner health, recommendations, and install state. See the utter CLI reference for command details, formal JSON Schema, and exit codes.

utter schema --json
utter assistant "open youtube" --dry-run --json
utter dictation "hello" --dry-run --json
utter settings set stt.device --value '"cuda"' --dry-run --json
utter commands set firefox "toggle developer tools" ctrl+shift+i --dry-run --json

JSON uses the stable utter.cli/v1 envelope. The packaged Draft 2020-12 schema is utter/data/cli.schema.json. Assistant --dry-run returns its route plan from an isolated daemon process with a four second limit. Settings and custom command writes require --confirm; preview them with --dry-run. utter --text TEXT remains supported for compatibility.