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+package main
+
+// A simple program demonstrating the text area component from the Bubbles
+// component library.
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles/textarea"
+	"github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles/viewport"
+	tea "github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea"
+	"github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss"
+	llama "github.com/go-skynet/llama/go"
+)
+
+func startInteractive(l *llama.LLama, opts ...llama.PredictOption) error {
+	p := tea.NewProgram(initialModel(l, opts...))
+
+	_, err := p.Run()
+	return err
+}
+
+type (
+	errMsg error
+)
+
+type model struct {
+	viewport    viewport.Model
+	messages    *[]string
+	textarea    textarea.Model
+	senderStyle lipgloss.Style
+	err         error
+	l           *llama.LLama
+	opts        []llama.PredictOption
+
+	predictC chan string
+}
+
+func initialModel(l *llama.LLama, opts ...llama.PredictOption) model {
+	ta := textarea.New()
+	ta.Placeholder = "Send a message..."
+	ta.Focus()
+
+	ta.Prompt = "┃ "
+	ta.CharLimit = 280
+
+	ta.SetWidth(200)
+	ta.SetHeight(3)
+
+	// Remove cursor line styling
+	ta.FocusedStyle.CursorLine = lipgloss.NewStyle()
+
+	ta.ShowLineNumbers = false
+
+	vp := viewport.New(200, 5)
+	vp.SetContent(`Welcome to llama-cli. Type a message and press Enter to send. Alpaca doesn't keep context of the whole chat (yet).`)
+
+	ta.KeyMap.InsertNewline.SetEnabled(false)
+
+	predictChannel := make(chan string)
+	messages := []string{}
+	m := model{
+		textarea:    ta,
+		messages:    &messages,
+		viewport:    vp,
+		senderStyle: lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(lipgloss.Color("5")),
+		err:         nil,
+		l:           l,
+		opts:        opts,
+		predictC:    predictChannel,
+	}
+	go func() {
+		for p := range predictChannel {
+			str, _ := templateString(emptyInput, struct {
+				Instruction string
+				Input       string
+			}{Instruction: p})
+			res, _ := l.Predict(
+				str,
+				opts...,
+			)
+
+			mm := *m.messages
+			*m.messages = mm[:len(mm)-1]
+			*m.messages = append(*m.messages, m.senderStyle.Render("llama: ")+res)
+			m.viewport.SetContent(strings.Join(*m.messages, "\n"))
+			ta.Reset()
+			m.viewport.GotoBottom()
+		}
+	}()
+
+	return m
+}
+
+func (m model) Init() tea.Cmd {
+	return textarea.Blink
+}
+
+func (m model) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
+	var (
+		tiCmd tea.Cmd
+		vpCmd tea.Cmd
+	)
+
+	m.textarea, tiCmd = m.textarea.Update(msg)
+	m.viewport, vpCmd = m.viewport.Update(msg)
+
+	switch msg := msg.(type) {
+	case tea.WindowSizeMsg:
+
+	//	m.viewport.Width = msg.Width
+	//	m.viewport.Height = msg.Height
+	case tea.KeyMsg:
+		switch msg.Type {
+		case tea.KeyCtrlC, tea.KeyEsc:
+			fmt.Println(m.textarea.Value())
+			return m, tea.Quit
+		case tea.KeyEnter:
+			*m.messages = append(*m.messages, m.senderStyle.Render("You: ")+m.textarea.Value(), m.senderStyle.Render("Loading response..."))
+			m.predictC <- m.textarea.Value()
+			m.viewport.SetContent(strings.Join(*m.messages, "\n"))
+			m.textarea.Reset()
+			m.viewport.GotoBottom()
+		}
+
+	// We handle errors just like any other message
+	case errMsg:
+		m.err = msg
+		return m, nil
+	}
+
+	return m, tea.Batch(tiCmd, vpCmd)
+}
+
+func (m model) View() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf(
+		"%s\n\n%s",
+		m.viewport.View(),
+		m.textarea.View(),
+	) + "\n\n"
+}