Run your first AICF chat
Use `animica chat` to pay an AICF worker for a real LLM response, then verify the settlement on-chain.
Pre-flight checks
animica chat is an AICF-paid REPL: every prompt is dispatched to a
worker that returns streamed tokens, and the cost is debited from your
wallet on settlement. Before opening it, confirm the AICF endpoint is
reachable and you have a funded wallet:
animica aicf status
animica wallet show me
aicf status prints the configured endpoint and a per-tier health
summary. If you don’t have a funded wallet, complete the
wallet basics tutorial first.
Mark this step complete once aicf status reports at least one
healthy tier and your wallet has a non-zero balance.
Open the chat REPL
Launch the REPL. It picks your default wallet automatically.
animica chat
You’ll see a banner with the resolved AICF endpoint, network, and the wallet that will pay for jobs, followed by a prompt:
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The first turn estimates the cost and asks you to confirm. To skip
that confirmation step (useful once you trust the pricing), restart
with animica chat --yolo.
Mark this step complete once the prompt appears.
Send your first prompt
Type a short question and press Enter:
› Explain post-quantum signatures in two sentences.
The client:
- Quotes a price for the job.
- Submits the AICF job to a worker.
- Streams tokens back as they’re generated.
- Settles the cost on-chain after the stream completes.
Watch the streaming output, then exit with /quit (or Ctrl-D).
Mark this step complete after you’ve received at least one streamed response.
Verify the settlement on-chain
Each chat turn settles on-chain. The transcript prints a settlement line when the stream ends — something like:
[settled] job=0xab12… tx=0x9ce1… block=18234
To see network-wide AICF activity in real time:
animica aicf watch --interval 5 --max-duration 60
This polls the pool’s summary RPC and prints any change to credit balances, paying-out activity, and worker counts.
For your wallet’s incoming AICF earnings (relevant once you run a worker — see the next tutorial), use:
animica aicf miner-credits anim1...your-address
Paste the settlement tx hash from the chat transcript into the explorer to confirm the on-chain record.
Mark this step complete after you’ve located the settlement transaction.