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When To Use This

Use tm infer chat when you want to send an actual serverless inference request through the CLI.

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Usage

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Examples

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Send a non-streaming serverless request with an explicit inference API key.

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Stream tokens over SSE and fail a stalled stream after 30 seconds of upstream silence.

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Options

NameTypeRequiredDefaultDetails
--surfacechoice[serverless]no"serverless"Inference surface to use.
--modeltextnoModel name to use.
--api-keytextnoInference API key (Authorization: Bearer …).
--base-urltextnoOverride the base URL for the selected surface.
--streambooleannofalseStream tokens via SSE. Boolean flag.
--stream-idle-timeoutfloatno300.0Maximum idle read timeout in seconds for —stream responses.
--jsontextnoJSON payload or @file.json (object or messages array). When omitted, reads piped stdin if available.
--filepathnoRead JSON payload/messages from file.
--timeoutfloatnoHTTP connect timeout in seconds for the inference request.

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Inherited Global Options

NameTypeRequiredDefaultDetails
--version, -VbooleannofalseShow the version and exit. Boolean flag.
--configpathno"~/.config/tensormesh/config.toml"Path to config TOML file
--output`choice[textjsonyamlrawtable]`no"text"Output format (text is human-readable; json is machine-friendly).
--quietbooleannofalseSuppress non-essential output. Boolean flag.
--debugbooleannofalsePrint debug logs to stderr (secrets redacted). Boolean flag.
--ca-bundlepathnoPath to a PEM CA bundle for TLS verification (overrides TENSORMESH_CA_BUNDLE).
--max-retriesintegernoMax retries for idempotent HTTP requests on transient errors (overrides TENSORMESH_MAX_RETRIES; subcommands may override).
--controlplane-basetextnoOverride the Control Plane base URL.

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Auth Scope

  • inference-api-key

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Prerequisites

  • Provide --model explicitly or include model in the JSON request body.
  • If you have Control Plane access for the same Tensormesh environment, discover published serverless model names with tm billing pricing serverless list, then pass the returned pricing[].model value with --model.
  • If you only have inference credentials, or you are targeting a different serverless host override, get the model name from your Tensormesh environment before sending the request.

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Caveats

  • Reuses gateway_api_key from config.toml as the inference API key when --api-key is omitted.
  • gateway_api_key is the stored inference API key used by the SDK as inference_api_key.
  • tm billing pricing serverless list helps discover published serverless model names for the current Tensormesh Control Plane environment. If you are targeting a different serverless host override, confirm the model name for that host separately.
  • --stream currently supports only --output text.

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