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Mesh is a terminal agent built to spend fewer tokens on the same work.

Most coding agents resend the whole chat, bloated tool schemas, and redundant file reads every turn. Mesh compacts what goes into the model — tool specs, transcript history, workspace context — so multi-step tasks stay cheap and fast. Same gateway, same models, less noise in the prompt.

npm install -g @trymesh/cli
mesh

On first run, mesh opens sign-in in your browser. Default model is Gemini 3.5 Flash. Requires Node 20+.

Why Mesh

• Fewer tokens per turn. Compacted tool definitions, session capsules, and context planning cut prompt size versus a raw agent loop — often by a large margin on longer sessions.
• Cheaper models when it fits. Flash-Lite auto-routing and /model let you trade speed vs. depth without leaving the session.
• Search before you read. /index builds a workspace index so the agent can grep and search instead of dumping whole files into context.
• One install, one account. Sign in once; model calls go through the shared Mesh gateway on try-mesh.com.
• Many models, one session. Gemini, Grok, GLM, Kimi, DeepSeek, Qwen, Llama, and more via /model or --model <alias>.

Benchmarks

Head-to-head on a real multi-turn task (nextjs-full, 3 turns, Gemini 3.5 Flash) — Mesh vs a raw LLM loop on the same model and prompts.

nextjs-full · 3 turns · Gemini 3.5 Flash

Input tokens sent to the model   (lower is better)
  Mesh   ██████████                            27.4K
  Raw    ████████████████████████████████████  94.6K     −71%

Wall-clock time
  Mesh   ██████████████████████                60.0s
  Raw    ████████████████████████████████████  96.7s     −38%

Turn	Mesh	Raw	Reduction
1	4.6K	7.6K	−39%
2	8.9K	56.0K	−84%
3	13.9K	31.1K	−55%
Total	27.4K	94.6K	−71%

Replay with mesh eval. Raw baseline uses provider prompt caching, so Mesh’s advantage is conservative.

Quickstart

npm install -g @trymesh/cli
mesh
mesh "fix the failing auth test"
mesh resume
mesh --resume <session-id>

mesh starts the interactive terminal UI. Pass a quoted task for a one-shot run. Use /help in a session for the full command list.

Commands

Command	What it does
mesh	Interactive session (sign-in on first run)
mesh "<task>"	One-shot task, then exit
mesh resume	Resume the latest session in this workspace
mesh --resume <id>	Resume a specific session
mesh logout / mesh whoami	Sign out · show signed-in email
mesh doctor [fix]	Diagnose the install
mesh eval [--since <ISO>]	Replay turns and measure token efficiency
mesh support	Debug info for bug reports

In-session — the five worth knowing:

Command	What it does
/cost	Token spend and savings this session
/dashboard	Live repo dashboard in the browser
/model	Switch model (cost vs. quality)
/index	Build or repair the workspace search index
/help	Full command reference

Models

Default: Gemini 3.5 Flash. Pick another with /model or mesh --model <alias>.

Model	Alias	Notes
Gemini 3.5 Flash	default, 3.5-flash	Default — fast
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview	3.1-pro	Stronger reasoning
Gemini 2.5 Pro	pro	Stable reasoning
Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite	lite	Cheapest — auto-routed on trivial turns
Grok 4.20 Reasoning	grok-reasoning	xAI reasoning
Grok 4.20 Non-Reasoning	grok, grok-fast	xAI low-latency
GLM 5	glm	Z.ai
Kimi K2.6	kimi	Moonshot
DeepSeek V4 Pro	deepseek	Generalist
Qwen 3 Coder	qwen	Code specialist
Llama 4	llama, maverick	Meta MoE
GPT-OSS 120B	gpt-oss	Open weights

If the primary model errors out, Mesh tries Gemini 2.5 Pro, then Kimi K2.6.

Account

1. Go to try-mesh.com and create an account (free tier available).
2. Run mesh in your project — the CLI opens browser sign-in and stores your session in the OS keychain (with a ~/.config/mesh fallback).
3. Pro plan: email edgar.baumann@try-mesh.com or philipp.horn@try-mesh.com to request access.

Your prompts and code context are sent to the model provider you select to generate responses. Run mesh logout to clear local credentials.

Requirements

• Node.js 20+
• A Mesh account on try-mesh.com

Links

try-mesh.com · Docs · Changelog

Contact

• Edgar Baumann — edgar.baumann@try-mesh.com
• Philipp Horn — philipp.horn@try-mesh.com

License

Mesh Commercial License — see LICENSE.