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Install Clio

Do these steps from top to bottom. Commands under Terminal run in the shell. When a step says to quit, type exit before the next command.

Have these ready

A phone with Termux, or a Linux computer
A GitHub account
A DeepSeek API key and a Gemini API key. Step 4 creates them.

Open a terminal

Phone

Install Termux from F-Droid or the Termux releases. The Google Play copy is too old. Open it. You should see a $ prompt.

Computer

Open the terminal.

Install

Terminal

curl -fsSL https://clio.themobileprof.com/clio | sh

If that fails:

Terminal

curl -sfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/themobileprof/clio/main/install.sh | bash

Close the terminal and open it again. On a computer, if clio is still missing:

Terminal

export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"

Check: clio shows >>. Type exit.

Download the wizards

Terminal

clio

At >> type sync, wait until it finishes, then exit.

On a phone, run each wizard in the shell after you type exit. Running one at >> can crash the app.

Check: run clio again. At the >> prompt, type setup. You should see a list that names Neovim and Git, each marked downloaded or not downloaded. Type exit to leave Clio.

Get the API keys

Do this in a browser before the wizards. Neovim asks for the DeepSeek key. Gemini is the free key from Google AI Studio. Keep both private. Do not save either key inside a site folder.

DeepSeek

Open platform.deepseek.com/api_keys, sign in, and create a key. Copy it. DeepSeek charges for use. Paste this key when Neovim setup asks. The typing is hidden, and the key is stored in ~/.config/gp/deepseek.key.

Gemini

Open aistudio.google.com/apikey, sign in, and create a key on a project with no billing account. New accounts can call some models, including gemini-3.8-flash, at no charge, within that project's limits. Google may use free-tier prompts to improve its products.

The $300 Google Cloud welcome credit does not pay for AI Studio or this API. A free Gemini plan for students is the Gemini app, and it does not create this key.

Check: you can see a DeepSeek key and a Gemini key, and neither is inside a folder you will push to GitHub.

Prepare the phone

Skip this step on a computer.

Terminal

clio termux_setup

Say yes to storage and the shell. When it asks Build HTML pages?, say yes. Pico CSS is saved at ~/.clio/share/pico.classless.min.css. Say no to extra languages unless you want them. If it asks for a DeepSeek or Gemini key, paste the one from step 4, or say no and save it later with clio key deepseek or clio key gemini. If the shell switches to Zsh, open a new Termux session.

Ask a question from the terminal. Clio checks a DeepSeek or Gemini key when you save it. A later question uses the saved key. If the model cannot answer, Clio uses its own command list. clio model gemini chooses Gemini. Otherwise DeepSeek is used when that key exists.

Terminal

clio ask 'your question'
clio key deepseek
clio key gemini
clio model gemini

Set up Neovim

Terminal

clio neovim_setup

Paste the DeepSeek key from step 4 when asked. The typing is hidden. The key stays in ~/.config/gp/deepseek.key, outside any site, so it is not pushed to GitHub.

If plugin install fails, open Neovim with nvim, run :PlugInstall, wait, then :qa.

Keys	Action
`,ga`	Generate after the cursor
`,gr`	Rewrite the selection
`:w`	Save
`:q`	Quit

Press i to type. Press Esc to leave typing mode. On an HTML file, ,ga and ,gr add the Pico rules to the sentence you type.

Check: nvim --version prints a version.

Set up Git and GitHub

Terminal

clio git_setup
gh auth login

Use your GitHub email in the wizard. For gh auth login, choose GitHub.com, HTTPS, and a web browser.

Check: gh auth status and git config --global user.name both print your details.

Next: use Clio