Code Snippet CLI

This project is a custom Command Line Interface (CLI) tool** for managing code snippets efficiently. It allows users to add, view, search, and copy snippets categorized by language, tags, or keywords. The tool supports fuzzy search and integrates with **Prisma + PostgreSQL for persistent storage. Designed for developers, it streamlines snippet reuse and organization directly from the terminal.

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Features

• Add & Store Snippets – Save code snippets with metadata like name, language, tags, and file path.
• Search & Fuzzy Matching – Find snippets using exact or partial keyword, language, or tag matches.
• Clipboard Integration – View snippets and instantly copy them to your clipboard for quick reuse.
• Persistent Storage with Prisma + PostgreSQL – Store and retrieve snippets from a reliable database backend.

🧩 Dependencies

• commander – for creating CLI commands
• clipboardy – to copy snippets to the clipboard
• fuse.js – enables fuzzy search functionality
• inquirer – for interactive prompts
• chalk – for colorful terminal output
• dotenv – to manage environment variables
• @prisma/client – Prisma’s runtime client for database access
• prisma – Prisma CLI for DB setup and migrations (devDependency)
• pg – PostgreSQL client for Node.js

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🚀 Running the Project

🔧 Install Dependencies

npm install
npm install -D prisma
npm install pg

⚙️ Initialize Prisma

npx prisma init

Edit the .env file to point to your PostgreSQL database:

DATABASE_URL="postgresql://username:password@localhost:5432/your-db-name"

▶️ Execute CLI

Example usage:

mycli add-snippet
mycli search-snippet -l python

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Contributors

Samridh Suresh

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