MiniMax CLI, Agent Skill Guide

Use mmx to generate text, images, video, speech, music, and perform web search via the MiniMax AI platform.

Prerequisites

# Install
npm install -g mmx-cli

# Auth (persisted to ~/.mmx/credentials.json)
mmx auth login --api-key sk-xxxxx

# Or pass per-call
mmx text chat --api-key sk-xxxxx --message "Hello"

Region is auto-detected. Override with --region global or --region cn.

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Agent Flags

Always use these flags in non-interactive (agent/CI) contexts:

Flag	Purpose
--non-interactive	Fail fast on missing args instead of prompting
--quiet	Suppress spinners/progress; stdout is pure data
--output json	Machine-readable JSON output
--async	Return task ID immediately (video generation)
--dry-run	Preview the API request without executing
--yes	Skip confirmation prompts

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Commands

text chat

Chat completion. Default model: MiniMax-M2.7.

mmx text chat --message <text> [flags]

Flag	Type	Description
--message <text>	string, required, repeatable	Message text. Prefix with role: to set role (e.g. "system:You are helpful", "user:Hello")
--messages-file <path>	string	JSON file with messages array. Use - for stdin
--system <text>	string	System prompt
--model <model>	string	Model ID (default: MiniMax-M2.7)
--max-tokens <n>	number	Max tokens (default: 4096)
--temperature <n>	number	Sampling temperature (0.0, 1.0]
--top-p <n>	number	Nucleus sampling threshold
--stream	boolean	Stream tokens (default: on in TTY)
--tool <json-or-path>	string, repeatable	Tool definition JSON or file path

# Single message
mmx text chat --message "user:What is MiniMax?" --output json --quiet