**Blog Series: Running Local AI for Cybersecurity**

**Week 3: Build a Zsh Assistant to Supercharge Your Terminal**

What if your terminal could:

• Interpret Nmap scans

• Summarize new CVEs

• Write PoC exploits

Meet "ai-hack" - your local AI-powered shell assistant.

This function lives in your .zshrc and gives your command line instant access to DeepSeek-Coder insights. Let’s build it.

## 🛠️ Step 1: Add the Function to .zshrc

Open your terminal and run:

$ nano ~/.zshrc

Then paste the following function:

# AI hack

ai-hack() {

    # === Colors ===

    RED="\033[1;31m"

    GREEN="\033[1;32m"

    YELLOW="\033[1;33m"

    BLUE="\033[1;34m"

    MAGENTA="\033[1;35m"

    CYAN="\033[1;36m"

    RESET="\033[0m"

    # === API Key (Replace this!) ===

    local api_key="Your-API-Goes-Here"

    # === Get input (argument or piped) ===

    if [ -t 0 ]; then

        local input="$*"

    else

        local input=$(cat /dev/stdin)

    fi

    # === Use DeepSeek API for live info ===

    if [[ "$input" == *"CVE"* || "$input" == *"latest"* || "$input" == *"exploit"* || "$input" == *"news"* ]]; then

        echo "${CYAN}[+] Querying DeepSeek API for live data...${RESET}"

        curl -s -X POST "https://api.deepseek.com/v1/chat/completions" \

            -H "Authorization: Bearer $api_key" \

            -H "Content-Type: application/json" \

            -d '{

                "model": "deepseek-chat",

                "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "'"$input"'"}]

            }' | jq -r '.choices[0].message.content' | tee /tmp/ai_response.txt

        return

    fi

    # === Otherwise use local DeepSeek-Coder via Ollama ===

    echo "${GREEN}[+] Querying local DeepSeek-Coder...${RESET}"

    local ai_response=$(ollama run deepseek-coder "$input")

    # === Basic formatting ===

    echo "${BLUE}=== AI RESPONSE ===${RESET}"

    echo "$ai_response"

}

Save and close (Ctrl+X, then Y + Enter).

Reload your config:

$ source ~/.zshrc

( The same goes for bsharc)

##  ⚡ Usage Examples:

1. Analyze Nmap Scan

nmap -sV 192.168.1.1 | ai-hack

3. Ask for Exploit Help

$ ai-hack "Write a Python exploit for CVE-2023-1234"