Tools

Utilities for working with Twilic outside of application code.

Developer tools

Tool	Description
Twilic CLI	Encode, decode, benchmark, and manage AI sessions from the terminal
Twilic AI	Record, replay, and inspect LLM / agent runs as .twai sessions
Playground	Compare encoded sizes in the browser
Examples	Runnable projects — HTTP, WebSocket, telemetry, logs, cache
Benchmark	Throughput and size measurements

Documentation

Resource	Description
API Reference	SDK function signatures and types
Integrations	Hono, Express, Fastify, Fetch, Axios
Twilic AI	@twilic/ai and adapters
Troubleshooting	Common errors and fixes
Glossary	Term definitions

CLI quick reference

# Encode JSON → Twilic
echo '{"a":1}' | twilic encode

# Decode Twilic → JSON
cat data.twilic | twilic decode --pretty

# Benchmark vs MessagePack, CBOR, BSON, JSON
twilic bench --backend napi

# Inspect a Twilic AI session
twilic ai inspect session.twai

Full CLI documentation: Twilic CLI.

Current tools use @twilic/core, which targets the v3 wire line. For the current specification, see v3 Reference Profile.