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    Gene Zhang
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Always run latest AI tools via npx

vim ~/.zshrc
alias codex="OPENAI_API_KEY=<your-key-here> npx --yes @openai/codex"

alias gemini="npx --yes @google/gemini-cli"

alias claude="npx --yes @anthropic-ai/claude-code"

alias claude-danger="npx --yes @anthropic-ai/claude-code --dangerously-skip-permissions"

alias ccusage="npx --yes ccusage@latest"

Then source the file:

source ~/.zshrc

To fix the npx permission issue, run the following command from its error message:

npm error To permanently fix this problem, please run:
npm error   sudo chown -R 501:20 "/Users/jiaqi/.npm"
sudo chown -R 501:20 "/Users/jiaqi/.npm"