dotfiles: utility to pipe message straight to OWUI

[mecattaf]

To make this happen, I created a simple shell script that:

Uses Zenity to open a dialog box where I can input my prompt.

Launches a Chromium "installed app" version of OpenWebUI in a new window, automatically inserting the prompt into the /?q=xxx part of the URL.

Next, I set up a .desktop entry to treat the script like a desktop application.

Finally, I assigned a keyboard shortcut (Alt+Space) to launch the .desktop entry.

Here are the scripts:

the bash script in `~/.local/bin

!/bin/bash

Prompt the user for input

input=$(zenity --entry --title="Ask LLM" --text="Prompt:")

Check if the user canceled the dialog

if [ $? -eq 1 ]; then
exit 0
fi

Construct the URL with the user's input

url="https://my.openwebui.instance?q=$input"

Run the installed PWA in Chromium with the custom URL

flatpak run org.chromium.Chromium --profile-directory=Default --app-id=myinstalledopenwebuistandaloneappthroughchromiumid --new-window --app-launch-url-for-shortcuts-menu-item="$url"

the .desktop entry located in ~/.local/share/applications

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Ask LLM
Comment=Opens a zenscript dialogue to query llm through openwebui
Exec=/home/myself/.local/bin/llmquestion-to-openwebui.sh
Icon=dialog-question
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Utility;
Keywords=LLM;Chat;

instead of zenity we can use rofi or similar!