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Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
simon@simonwillison.net ("Simon Willison") wrote:

GitHub Codespaces provides a free web-based development environment backed by a Linux container... and it turns out it also includes a GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable that provides free API access to the GitHub Models collection of LLMs

... here it's running my LLM CLI utility https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/13/codespaces-llm/

Screenshot of a GitHub Codespaces VS Code interface showing a README.md file for codespaces-llm repository. The file describes a GitHub Codespaces environment with LLM, Python 3.13, uv and the GitHub Copilot VS Code extension. It has a "Launch Codespace" button. Below shows a terminal tab with the command "llm 'Fun facts about pelicans'" which has generated output listing 5 pelican facts: 1. Huge Beaks: about their enormous beaks and throat pouches for scooping fish and water, some over a foot long; 2. Fishing Technique: about working together to herd fish into shallow water; 3. Great Fliers: about being strong fliers that migrate great distances and soar on thermals; 4. Buoyant Bodies: about having air sacs beneath skin and bones making them extra buoyant; 5. Dive Bombing: about Brown Pelicans diving dramatically from air into water to catch fish.