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Questions about the product, pricing, data handling and results are answered on hireobi.com/faq. This page covers setting up and running Obi.

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Which AI assistants does Obi work with?

Claude Code, Cursor and Codex, in the CLI or the desktop app. Obi runs as a Skill inside the assistant: type /obi in Claude Code or Cursor, $obi in Codex CLI, or pick Obi in the Codex desktop skills picker. See the quickstart.

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Which systems does the CLI run on?

macOS, Linux and Windows, with Node.js 22 or later. On Windows, sign in with obi login --expect-email <email> --storage file: the CLI keeps the connection in a file only your user can read, because it uses no system credential store there.

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Which AI engines does Obi measure?

ChatGPT and Gemini on every plan; Google AI Overviews in every paid pack; Claude and Perplexity as paid add-ons. See How Obi measures AI answers.

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Is my assistant’s answer to a buyer question a measurement?

No. Only a scan run by Obi’s servers is a measurement: it sends the reviewed questions to the engines your plan covers and keeps each answer, its date and its citations. Your assistant’s own answer is a suggestion.

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Does Obi publish anything or spend money on its own?

No. Obi recommends and drafts. Every command that starts paid work or approves a review needs an explicit flag, such as --confirm-scan, --confirm-checkout or --confirm-change, and Obi asks for your yes before it runs one.

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What does the CLI keep on my machine?

Your connection, in the macOS Keychain, the Linux Secret Service, or an owner-only file with --storage file, plus a local state directory. The CLI never prints tokens. See credentials and local state.

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How do I check that the CLI is set up correctly?

Run obi doctor. It sends no request and prints your Node.js version, the CLI version, the server it talks to, where the connection is stored, and whether the video tools yt-dlp and ffmpeg are installed.

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How do I update the CLI?

The Skill links point into the installed package, so they follow the update. Open a new chat in your assistant to load the new Skill. The published versions are listed on npm.

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How do I see or end the connections of my account?

obi credentials list shows the live CLI connections you may see, with each device label, CLI version and dates. obi credentials revoke <credentialId> ends one. See credentials.

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How do I remove Obi from a machine?

  1. Run obi logout. It revokes this machine’s connection on the server, then deletes it locally.
  2. Remove the Skill links ~/.agents/skills/obi and ~/.claude/skills/obi, if obi skill install created them.
  3. Uninstall the CLI:
  4. Delete the local state directory of your system.
Removing the CLI does not close your account or cancel a paid plan: you cancel on your account’s billing page. See Plans.

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Which language does Obi speak?

Obi follows the language of your conversation. The terminal welcome shown by obi alone is in English or French, chosen by OBI_LANGUAGE or your locale.

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Where do I get help?

Write to support@hireobi.com with the command you ran and the error code it printed. Never send a token or a credential file. Most errors are explained in Troubleshooting.