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RHEL 10.1: Installing the command-line assistant powered by RHEL Lightspeed

The RHEL command line assistant, powered by RHEL Lightspeed (available in RHEL 9.6 and 10+), is an optional generative AI tool integrated directly into the command line interface (CLI). It is designed to help users, from beginners to experienced administrators, manage, configure, and troubleshoot Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems using natural language.

It is primarily offered as a connected service, meaning you need internet connectivity, but there is a developer preview of an offline, self-contained version running locally via Podman containers is also available.

This is my first look at the command-line-assistant, and have yet to explore its performance or configuration in depth.

Installation

#cat /etc/redhat-release 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux release 10.1 (Coughlan)

Install the “command-line-assistant” service.

#sudo dnf install -y command-line-assistant

Clad Service

You can stop, start, and restart the service

# systemctl status clad
● clad.service - Command Line Assistant Daemon Service
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/clad.service; static)
     Active: active (running) since Sun 2025-12-21 11:15:29 EST; 6min ago
 Invocation: 6730bac46a434e4eb7a3f4e81a1280dd
       Docs: man:clad(8)
   Main PID: 107284 (clad)
      Tasks: 4 (limit: 3355442)
     Memory: 44M (peak: 46M)
        CPU: 1.134s
     CGroup: /system.slice/clad.service
             └─107284 /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/clad

The configuration file for the service can be found in “/usr/lib/systemd/system/clad.service”

The main configuration file is “/etc/xdg/command-line-assistant/config.toml”

Usage

Usage is simple.

# c "how to I create a network bridge via nmcli"

 c "where do I find the configuration files for the clad service"

Reference

RESOURCE	URL
Use the RHEL command-line assistant offline with this new developer preview	https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/use-rhel-command-line-assistant-offline-new-developer-preview
Installing the command-line assistant powered by RHEL Lightspeed	https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/10/html/interacting_with_the_command-line_assistant_powered_by_rhel_lightspeed/installing-command-line-assistant-powered-by-rhel-lightspeed

12/21/2025