Usage

Log In

You can log into OpenAI’s API running the dedicated login() function or just ask something with askgpt():

library(askgpt)
login()
#> ℹ It looks like you have not provided an API key yet. Let me guide you through the process:
#>   1. Go to <https://platform.openai.com/account/api-keys>
#>   2. (Log into your account if you haven't done so yet)
#>   3. On the site, click the button + Create new secret key
#>   to create an API key
#>   4. Copy this key into R/RStudio

Copy the API key from OpenAI’s website

And paste it into RStudio

You will not need to do this again after the first time. (Technical detail: This will store an encrypted version of your key in the directory returned by rappdirs::user_cache_dir("askgpt").) If your old API key does not work any more, you can store a new one with: login(force_refresh = TRUE).

Usage

To enable error logging (which you need if you want askgpt to explain errors to you) first run:

log_init()

After this, the key phrase “What is wrong with my last command?” (or just “help!”) will make askgpt look up your last command and error message and return some help for you. The other important key phrase is “Can you elaborate on that?” (or just “What?”), which will elaborate on the previous answer. You can ask basically any question you want though: