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  4. 07Batch jobs
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  6. 09Coding-tool setup
    1. AClaude Code
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  7. 10Command line
    1. AInstall and update
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  8. 11Console
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    1. AWhen it works
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    7. GData centers
  11. 14Router
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Reference

  1. 17API reference
    1. AAuthentication
    2. BChat completions
    3. CResponses
    4. DMessages
    5. ECount tokens
    6. FModels
    7. GTasks
    8. HEmbeddings and rerank
    9. IJobs
    10. JUploads
    11. KFiles
    12. LBatches
    13. MWebhooks
    14. NVector stores
    15. ODeployments
    16. PRequirements and headers
    17. QErrors
    18. RUsage
    19. SVersioning
  2. 18Operating guidance
    1. ALimits
    2. BErrors
    3. CRetries and billing outcomes
    4. DIdempotency
    5. EStreaming
    6. FData handling
    7. GCompatibility matrix
  3. 19Changelog
Sheet indexCommand line

Get started

  1. 01Developer hub
  2. 02Quickstart
  3. 03Migrate to HIPS

Guides

  1. 04HIPS SDK
  2. 05Import and run your model
  3. 06Model and task guides
    1. ATask guides
    2. BLanguage (chat)
    3. CClassification
    4. DImage
    5. EVideo
    6. FAudio
    7. GDocument processing
  4. 07Batch jobs
  5. 08Prompt caching
  6. 09Coding-tool setup
    1. AClaude Code
    2. BOther coding tools and editor integrations
  7. 10Command line
    1. AInstall and update
    2. BSign in
    3. CStatus and models
    4. DCoding agents
  8. 11Console
    1. AAccount
    2. BWorkspaces
    3. CAPI keys
    4. DSettings
    5. EUsage
    6. FModels
    7. GPlayground
    8. HDeployments
  9. 12Billing
  10. 13Provider setup
    1. AWhen it works
    2. BCommands
    3. CSettings
    4. DProvider Console
    5. EEarnings
    6. FCrash reports
    7. GData centers
  11. 14Router
  12. 15Guardrails
  13. 16Knowledge

Reference

  1. 17API reference
    1. AAuthentication
    2. BChat completions
    3. CResponses
    4. DMessages
    5. ECount tokens
    6. FModels
    7. GTasks
    8. HEmbeddings and rerank
    9. IJobs
    10. JUploads
    11. KFiles
    12. LBatches
    13. MWebhooks
    14. NVector stores
    15. ODeployments
    16. PRequirements and headers
    17. QErrors
    18. RUsage
    19. SVersioning
  2. 18Operating guidance
    1. ALimits
    2. BErrors
    3. CRetries and billing outcomes
    4. DIdempotency
    5. EStreaming
    6. FData handling
    7. GCompatibility matrix
  3. 19Changelog
10
  1. Docs/
  2. Command line/
  3. Install and update
(Detail A)
llms.txt

Install and update hi

On this sheet5 sections
  1. The installers
  2. Homebrew
  3. The releases
  4. Update
  5. What hi connects to

hi runs on macOS with Apple silicon, on Linux on x64 and ARM64 (one static build for any distribution), and on Windows on x64; Windows on ARM runs the x64 build.

F
Fig. 1, sheet 10Command line

The installers

00000000000000000000000000000000000000001curl -fsSL https://hips.com/hi.sh | sh
Language

hips.com/hi.sh and hips.com/hi.ps1 serve the newest release's own installer, byte for byte, and only once that release's list of SHA-256 sums carries HIPS's release key's signature. Open either address in a browser to read the script before you run it.

  1. 01

    Step 1: The installer downloads the release's SHA256SUMS and its signature SHA256SUMS.sig, and checks the signature against HIPS's release key, which is written into the installer.

  2. 02

    Step 2: It downloads the program for your system and checks it against its SHA-256 in that list.

  3. 03

    Step 3: Only then does it install it, into your own folders: ~/.local/bin on macOS and Linux, %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\HIPS\hi on Windows, which it puts on your user PATH.

Nothing runs as root or as an administrator. When a check fails, nothing is installed.

VariableWhat it does
HI_VERSIONInstalls that release, for example HI_VERSION=0.1.0, instead of the newest
HI_INSTALL_DIRInstalls into that folder instead
  • Variable
    HI_VERSION
    What it does
    Installs that release, for example HI_VERSION=0.1.0, instead of the newest
  • Variable
    HI_INSTALL_DIR
    What it does
    Installs into that folder instead

The PowerShell installer gives the same codes when run as a file; piped into iex, it stops with the reason instead, so your window stays open

Exit codeMeaning
0Installed
2HIPS publishes no release of hi for this system
3A tool the shell installer needs is missing: curl, openssl or a SHA-256 tool
4A download failed
5The signature or a sum did not verify, so nothing was installed
6The install folder could not be written
  • Exit code
    0
    Meaning
    Installed
  • Exit code
    2
    Meaning
    HIPS publishes no release of hi for this system
  • Exit code
    3
    Meaning
    A tool the shell installer needs is missing: curl, openssl or a SHA-256 tool
  • Exit code
    4
    Meaning
    A download failed
  • Exit code
    5
    Meaning
    The signature or a sum did not verify, so nothing was installed
  • Exit code
    6
    Meaning
    The install folder could not be written

Homebrew

Shell

00000000000000000000000000000000000000001brew install hips-ai/tap/hi
Shell sample

The formula in the public tap hips-ai/homebrew-tap is committed by each release, filled in from the release's signed sums, for macOS on Apple silicon and Linux on x64 and ARM64. Homebrew updates it: brew upgrade hi.

The releases

Every release is published in the public repository github.com/hips-ai/hi-releases: the programs, install.sh, install.ps1, NOTICE, SHA256SUMS and SHA256SUMS.sig. Each release's notes say whether its macOS and Windows programs also carry Apple's and Microsoft's own code signatures.

Update

Shell

00000000000000000000000000000000000000001hi update --check2hi update
Shell sample
  • hi update downloads the newest release for this system, checks its SHA256SUMS against the release key built into hi and the download against its sum, and replaces itself in one step; on Windows it moves the running program aside first.
  • hi update --check only says whether a newer release exists, and installs nothing.
  • A copy that a package manager installed is left to it: hi update names the command that updates it, such as brew upgrade hi.

What hi connects to

AddressWhen
ai.hips.comEvery request: the models, the agents' requests, the sign-in's renewals
eu.ai.hips.comSigning in and out (/auth/device/*)
console.hips.com/deviceThe link you open to approve a sign-in, in your browser
raw.githubusercontent.com/hips-ai/hi-releasesAt most once a day: the signed list of agent versions HIPS has tested (Coding agents)
github.com/hips-ai/hi-releaseshi update
An agent vendor's installerOnly when you say yes to installing a missing agent
  • Address
    ai.hips.com
    When
    Every request: the models, the agents' requests, the sign-in's renewals
  • Address
    eu.ai.hips.com
    When
    Signing in and out (/auth/device/*)
  • Address
    console.hips.com/device
    When
    The link you open to approve a sign-in, in your browser
  • Address
    raw.githubusercontent.com/hips-ai/hi-releases
    When
    At most once a day: the signed list of agent versions HIPS has tested (Coding agents)
  • Address
    github.com/hips-ai/hi-releases
    When
    hi update
  • Address
    An agent vendor's installer
    When
    Only when you say yes to installing a missing agent

hi sends no telemetry of its own: no install event, no check-in at launch and no machine identifier.

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