onwords·Iniyal

Install the Iniyal CLI

iniyal is Iniyal in your terminal. Same Fast and Medium as this site. One command to install, one to open.

macOS Windows Ubuntu / Linux v0.2 Fast / Medium

1 · Install

macOS and Linux

Open Terminal and paste this.

curl -fsSL https://iniyal.onwords.in/install-iniyal | sh

You should see:

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◉ INCOMING DROP
onwords · INIYAL channel v0.2
operator you@this-machine

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[00] preflight darwin arm64 · py 3.12.4 · 38 GB free OK
[01] handshake iniyal.onwords.in OK
[02] pull payload v0.3.0 OK
[03] unpack staging OK
[04] drop ~/bin/iniyal OK
[05] implant terminal host OK
[06] cloak onwords overlay OK
[07] path ~/bin OK
[08] link account OK
[09] verify checksum live OK

◈ LINK LIVE · SYSTEM ONLINE · v0.3.0 ◈
next: iniyal

Windows

Nothing to type. Download this and double-click it.

⬇ Download Install-Iniyal.cmd
double-click to install

Windows may say "Windows protected your PC". Click More info, then Run anyway. That message is about the file being new, not about what it does.

or paste a line yourself

Open PowerShell (search for it in the Start menu) and paste this.

irm https://iniyal.onwords.in/install-iniyal.ps1 | iex

Paste it once. If you are in Command Prompt (cmd, where irm is "not recognized"), use this line instead, it works in cmd and in PowerShell:

powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "irm https://iniyal.onwords.in/install-iniyal.ps1 | iex"

You should see:

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◉ INCOMING DROP
onwords · INIYAL channel v0.2
operator you@THIS-PC

⬡ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⬡

[00] preflight ps 5.1 · x64 · 38 GB free OK
[01] handshake iniyal.onwords.in OK
[02] tools python OK
[03] pull payload v0.3.0 OK
[04] unpack staging OK
[05] drop ~\.iniyal\bin OK
[06] implant terminal host OK
[07] cloak onwords overlay OK
[08] link account OK
[09] path ~\.iniyal\bin OK
[10] verify checksum live OK

◈ LINK LIVE · SYSTEM ONLINE · v0.3.0 ◈
next: iniyal

If the terminal says "command not found" afterwards, close it and open a new one. Mac adds $HOME/bin to PATH. Windows adds %USERPROFILE%\.iniyal\bin and needs a new PowerShell window. The Windows installer will install Python 3 and Node 22 if they are missing (via winget).

Link this terminal to your account

Windows:

macOS and Linux:

Valid 15 minutes, one machine. New code.

2 · Open it

iniyal

Needs a real terminal (Terminal.app, iTerm, Windows Terminal, or PowerShell). It will not start from a piped session. Type in plain English. Select text to copy.

3 · Models

Two speeds, same names as the website. Iniyal Lite Fast is the default. Iniyal Lite Medium thinks longer. Switch inside a session with /model.

/model

Commands

Command	What it does
iniyal	Open the Iniyal terminal
iniyal --version	Print the installed version
iniyal update	Force-update this machine in place
iniyal usage	Who ran it, which version, last used
iniyal doctor	Check Node and the terminal host, repair what is missing
iniyal help	The short version of this page
/model	Fast or Medium, inside a session

Where things live

Path	What
~/bin/iniyal	Mac / Linux command
%USERPROFILE%\.iniyal\bin\iniyal.cmd	Windows command
~/.iniyal/app/	The installed app tree
~/.iniyal/usage.json	Identity, version, last used
~/.iniyal/node/	Private Node 22, only if this machine had none
~/.iniyal/install.log	What the installer did, and why it stopped
~/.iniyal/install.state.json	Which step the last install reached, so a rerun can pick up

Uninstalling is deleting ~/.iniyal and the Mac launcher ~/bin/iniyal.

If something goes wrong

What you see	What to do
command not found: iniyal	Open a new terminal. Mac: add `export PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"` to `~/.zshrc`. Windows: reopen PowerShell so the user PATH reloads.
'irm' is not recognized / 'iexirm' is not recognized	You are in Command Prompt, or the line got pasted twice. Open PowerShell and paste the Windows line once, or use the `powershell -Command ...` line above from cmd.
stdin and stdout must both be TTYs	Open a real terminal. Do not pipe it. On Windows use Windows Terminal or PowerShell, not ISE.
terminal host could not be installed	Run `iniyal doctor`. It reinstalls Node and the host. The full log is `~/.iniyal/install.log`.
Windows protected your PC	Click More info, then Run anyway. Windows says that about every file it has not seen before.
Windows PowerShell (x86)	You opened the 32-bit PowerShell. Close it, open Windows PowerShell from the Start menu, paste again.
[!!] ABORT	The installer prints the reason, a `fix:` line for that exact step, and the log path. Do the fix line, then rerun the same command.
Anything else	Run `iniyal update`, then try once more. Still stuck: `iniyal report` sends us the log and prints a reference number.

What it needs

macOS and Ubuntu already ship curl, tar and python3. Windows 10 and 11 already ship PowerShell, curl.exe and tar. Node 22 is downloaded into ~/.iniyal/node if the machine has none, so nothing needs Homebrew, nvm or an administrator. Python 3 on Windows is installed by the script if it is missing.

Signing in

Nothing is typed into your terminal. No API key, no password. The first iniyal shows a short code and opens /link in your browser; you confirm the code there with the my_office account you are already signed in with, and the terminal is in. If the machine has no browser, the same link opens on your phone. A machine that has already run onwords login is signed in the moment it installs, and a sign-in here works for the staff coding agent too. The model key never leaves the server.

Staff coding agent is a different command. Mac: curl -fsSL https://iniyal.onwords.in/install | sh. Windows: irm https://iniyal.onwords.in/install.ps1 | iex. Then onwords login.