DeepTutor CLI Skill

Teach your AI agent to configure, manage, and use DeepTutor — an intelligent learning platform — entirely through the command line.

When to Use

Use this skill when the user wants to:

• Set up or configure DeepTutor
• Chat with DeepTutor or run a capability (deep solve, quiz generation, deep research, math animation)
• Create, manage, or search knowledge bases
• Manage TutorBot instances
• View or manage learning memory, sessions, or notebooks
• Start the DeepTutor API server

Prerequisites

• Python 3.11+
• DeepTutor installed:

  pip install -e .

  (core) or

  pip install -e ".[server]"

  (with web)
• Run

  python scripts/start_tour.py

  for first-time interactive setup (configures LLM, embedding, search providers and writes

  .env

  )

Commands

Chat & Capabilities

# Interactive REPL
deeptutor chat
deeptutor chat --capability deep_solve --kb my-kb --tool rag --tool web_search

# One-shot capability execution
deeptutor run chat "Explain Fourier transform"
deeptutor run deep_solve "Solve x^2 = 4" --tool rag --kb textbook
deeptutor run deep_question "Linear algebra" --config num_questions=5
deeptutor run deep_research "Attention mechanisms" --kb papers
deeptutor run math_animator "Visualize a Fourier series"

# Options for `run`:
#   --session <id>         Resume existing session
#   --tool/-t <name>       Enable tool (repeatable): rag, web_search, code_execution, reason, brainstorm, paper_search
#   --kb <name>            Knowledge base (repeatable)
#   --notebook-ref <ref>   Notebook reference (repeatable)
#   --history-ref <id>     Referenced session id (repeatable)
#   --language/-l <code>   Response language (default: en)
#   --config <key=value>   Capability config (repeatable)
#   --config-json <json>   Capability config as JSON
#   --format/-f <fmt>      Output format: rich | json

Knowledge Bases

deeptutor kb list                              # List all knowledge bases
deeptutor kb info <name>                       # Show knowledge base details
deeptutor kb create <name> --doc file.pdf      # Create from documents (--doc repeatable)
deeptutor kb add <name> --doc more.pdf         # Add documents incrementally
deeptutor kb search <name> "query text"        # Search a knowledge base
deeptutor kb set-default <name>                # Set as default KB
deeptutor kb delete <name> [--force]           # Delete a knowledge base

TutorBot

deeptutor bot list                             # List all TutorBot instances
deeptutor bot create <id> --name "My Tutor"    # Create and start a new bot
deeptutor bot start <id>                       # Start a bot
deeptutor bot stop <id>                        # Stop a bot

Memory

deeptutor memory show [summary|profile|all]    # View learning memory
deeptutor memory clear [summary|profile|all]   # Clear memory (--force to skip confirm)

Sessions

deeptutor session list [--limit 20]            # List sessions
deeptutor session show <id>                    # View session messages
deeptutor session open <id>                    # Resume session in REPL
deeptutor session rename <id> --title "..."    # Rename a session
deeptutor session delete <id>                  # Delete a session

Notebooks

deeptutor notebook list                        # List notebooks
deeptutor notebook create <name>               # Create a notebook
deeptutor notebook show <id>                   # View notebook records
deeptutor notebook add-md <id> <file.md>       # Import markdown as record
deeptutor notebook replace-md <id> <rec> <f>   # Replace a markdown record
deeptutor notebook remove-record <id> <rec>    # Remove a record

System

deeptutor config show                          # Print current configuration
deeptutor plugin list                          # List registered tools and capabilities
deeptutor plugin info <name>                   # Show tool/capability details
deeptutor provider login <provider>            # OAuth login (openai-codex, github-copilot)
deeptutor serve [--port 8001] [--reload]       # Start API server

REPL Slash Commands

Inside

deeptutor chat

/quit

/session

/new

/tool on|off <name>

/cap <name>

/kb <name>|none

/history add <id>

/history clear

/notebook add <ref>

/notebook clear

/refs

/config show|set|clear

Typical Workflows

First-time setup:

cd DeepTutor
pip install -e ".[server]"
python scripts/start_tour.py    # Interactive guided setup

Daily learning:

deeptutor chat --kb textbook --tool rag --tool web_search

Build a knowledge base from documents:

deeptutor kb create physics --doc ch1.pdf --doc ch2.pdf
deeptutor run chat "Explain Newton's third law" --kb physics --tool rag

Generate quiz questions:

deeptutor run deep_question "Thermodynamics" --kb physics --config num_questions=5