MiniMax Tools

This skill provides access to MiniMax's AI capabilities, including web search, image analysis, LLM conversations, and text translation.

Setup

First, set up your API key:

export MINIMAX_API_KEY="your-api-key"

To get an API key, sign up at https://platform.minimaxi.com/subscribe/coding-plan

Optionally, you can customize the API endpoint:

export MINIMAX_API_HOST="https://api.minimaxi.com/anthropic"

CLI Commands

# Search the web
python -m scripts web_search "your search query"

# Analyze an image
python -m scripts understand_image "what do you see?" /path/to/image.jpg

# Chat with an LLM
python -m scripts chat "hello, how are you?"

# Stream chat (receive response in chunks)
python -m scripts stream_chat "tell me a story"

# Translate text
python -m scripts translate "hello world" --to Chinese

# List available models
python -m scripts models

Commands Overview

CLI Examples

# Search the web
python -m scripts web_search "your search query"

# Analyze an image
python -m scripts understand_image "what do you see?" /path/to/image.jpg

# Chat with an LLM
python -m scripts chat "hello, how are you?"

# Stream chat (receive response in chunks)
python -m scripts stream_chat "tell me a story"

# Translate text
python -m scripts translate "hello world" --to Chinese

# List available models
python -m scripts models

Using in Python

Web Search

from scripts import web_search

result = web_search("Python best practices", count=10)
print(result)

Image Analysis

from scripts import understand_image

# From a local file
result = understand_image("What's in this image?", "/path/to/image.png")

# From a URL
result = understand_image("Describe this image", "https://example.com/image.jpg")

LLM Chat

from scripts import chat

result = chat(
    message="Hello, introduce yourself",
    system="You are a helpful AI assistant",
    model="MiniMax-M2.7",
    temperature=1.0,
    max_tokens=4096,
    stream=False,
    history=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "Hi"},
        {"role": "assistant", "content": "Hello! How can I help you?"}
    ]
)