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CRISP-T CLI Cheatsheet

This cheatsheet provides a comprehensive reference for all Command Line Interface (CLI) commands available in CRISP-T.

📋 Command Overview

CRISP-T provides three main CLI tools: 1. crisp: Main tool for data import, analysis (text & numeric), and machine learning. 2. crispt: Corpus management tool for detailed structural manipulation, metadata editing, and semantic search. 3. crispviz: Visualization tool for generating charts, graphs, and word clouds.

📥 Data Import Commands (Required first step)

Used to bring data into the CRISP-T environment.

Command Description Example
crisp --source <path> Import data from a directory (PDFs, TXT, CSV) or URL. crisp --source ./raw_data --out ./crisp_input
crisp --sources <path> --sources <path2> Import from multiple sources. crisp --sources ./data1 --sources ./data2
crisp --unstructured <col> Specify CSV columns containing free text to treat as documents. crisp --source ./data --unstructured "comments"
crisp -t <col1> -t <col2> Import multiple text columns from CSV (can also use comma-separated: -t "col1,col2,col3"). crisp --source ./data -t note1 -t note2 -t note3

Common Options: * --out <path>: Directory to save the imported corpus (required). Recommended value crisp_input. * --num <int>: Limit number of text files to import (when used with --source). * --rec <int>: Limit number of CSV rows to import (when used with --source). * --ignore <text>: Comma-separated list of words/columns to exclude during import.

🔍 Data Analysis Commands

All commands below are run with the --inp <corpus-path> argument to specify the input corpus. --inp defaults to crisp_input.

Text Analysis (NLP)

Action Flag Description
Topic Modeling --topics Run Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) to find topics.
Assign Topics --assign Assign the most relevant topic to each document.
Sentiment --sentiment VADER sentiment analysis (pos, neg, neu, compound).
Summarize --summary Generate an extractive summary of the corpus.
Categories --cat Extract common categories/themes.
Coding Dictionary --codedict Generate a qualitative coding dictionary.
All NLP --nlp Run all above NLP analyses at once.
  • --visualize: Prepare data for visualization; used with --assign (topic assignments) and with crispviz.

Numeric & Statistical Analysis

Action Flag Description
Clustering --kmeans K-Means clustering of numeric data.
Regression --regression Linear or Logistic regression (auto-detected).
Classification --cls Decision Tree and SVM classification.
Neural Net --nnet Simple Neural Network classifier.
LSTM --lstm Long Short-Term Memory network for text sequences.
Association Rules --cart Apriori algorithm for association rules.
PCA --pca Principal Component Analysis dimensionality reduction.
Nearest Neighbors --knn K-Nearest Neighbors search.
All ML --ml Run all above ML analyses (requires crisp-t[ml]).

DataFrame Query & Analysis

Action Flag Description
Execute Query --query Execute pandas DataFrame operations (e.g., groupby, filter, sort).
Save Query Result --save-query-result Save query result back to corpus DataFrame (use with --query).
Correlation Analysis --correlation Compute correlation matrix for numeric columns.
Correlation Threshold --correlation-threshold Minimum correlation coefficient (default: 0.5).
Correlation Method --correlation-method Method: pearson, kendall, or spearman (default: pearson).

Example queries:

# Sort by column
crisp --inp ./corpus --query "sort_values('score', ascending=False)"

# Filter rows
crisp --inp ./corpus --query "query('age > 30')"

# Group and aggregate
crisp --inp ./corpus --query "groupby('category')['value'].mean()"

Common Analysis Options: * --num <n>: Parameter for analysis (e.g., number of clusters, topics, or summary sentences). Default: 3. * --rec <n>: Number of results/rows to display. Default: 3. * --filters <key=val>: Filter data before analysis (e.g., category=A). * --outcome <col>: Target variable for ML/Regression. * --include <cols>: specific columns to include in analysis. * --aggregation <strategy>: Aggregation strategy when multiple documents link to one row. Choices: majority, mean, first, mode. (Used with cross-modal analysis. More details).

📊 Visualization Commands (crispviz)

Run these commands after performing the relevant analysis with crisp or crispt.

Visualization Flag Prerequisite
Word Frequency --freq None
Top Terms --top-terms None
Correlation Heatmap --corr-heatmap CSV data present
Topic Word Cloud --wordcloud crisp --topics
LDA Interactive --ldavis crisp --topics (Saves as HTML)
Topic Distribution --by-topic crisp --topics
TDABM Network --tdabm crispt --tdabm ...
Knowledge Graph --graph crispt --graph

Common Options: * --out <dir>: Required. Directory to save images (PNG/HTML). * --inp <dir>: Input corpus directory. * --topics-num <n>: Number of topics to assume for visualization (default: 8). * --bins <n>: Number of bins for histograms (default: 100). * --top-n <n>: Number of top terms to display in --top-terms (default: 20). * --corr-columns <col1,col2>: Comma-separated numeric columns to use for --corr-heatmap; otherwise columns are auto-selected. * --graph-nodes <types>: Comma-separated node types to include in graph viz: document, keyword, cluster, metadata (use all for every type). * --graph-layout <name>: Layout algorithm for graph viz: spring (default), circular, kamada_kawai, or spectral.

🛠 Corpus Manipulation (crispt)

Advanced tools for managing the corpus structure.

Search & Query

  • --semantic "query": Semantic search for documents.
  • --semantic-chunks "query": Search within specific document chunks (needs --doc-id).
  • --similar-docs "id1,id2": Find documents similar to the provided IDs.
  • --feature-search "query": Search for features/variables in the dataframe.

Inspect & Utilities: * --print: Display the full corpus structure in a formatted view. * --df-cols: List all DataFrame column names. * --df-row-count: Show the number of rows in the DataFrame. * --df-row <index>: Display a specific DataFrame row by index. * --doc-ids: List all document IDs in the corpus. * --doc-id <id>: Show details for a specific document by ID. * --remove-doc <id>: Remove a document from the corpus by ID.

Print Options: * Two formats are supported for --print: - Multiple flags: pass several --print flags, e.g. --print documents --print 10. - Single string: pass the full command as one quoted argument, e.g. --print "documents 10" or --print "dataframe metadata".

Examples:

# Print first 10 documents (two-flag form)
crispt --inp ./corpus --print documents --print 10

# Print DataFrame metadata columns (single-string form)
crispt --inp ./corpus --print "dataframe metadata"

Metadata & Structure

  • --id <name>: Create new corpus with ID.
  • --doc "id|text": Add a document manually.
  • --meta "key=val": Add metadata to corpus.
  • --add-rel "A|B|rel": Define relationship between data points.
  • --temporal-link <method>: Link docs to data by time (nearest, window, etc.).
  • --clear-rel: Remove all relationships from the corpus metadata.
  • --relationships: Print all relationships defined in the corpus.
  • --relationships-for-keyword <kw>: Print relationships involving a specific keyword.
  • --metadata-df: Export semantic-search collection metadata as a DataFrame.
  • --metadata-keys <keys>: Comma-separated metadata keys to include when exporting.

Advanced Analysis

  • --tdabm "y:x1,x2:ranking": Topological Data Analysis / Agent Based Modeling.
  • --graph: Generate graph network from keywords/metadata.

Temporal & Embedding Tools: * --temporal-summary <period>: Generate temporal summary (D, W, M, Y). * --temporal-sentiment <period:aggregation>: Analyze sentiment trends (e.g., W:mean). * --temporal-topics <period:top_n>: Extract topics over time (e.g., W:5). * --temporal-subgraphs <period>: Create time-sliced subgraphs (e.g., W). * --embedding-link <metric:top_k:threshold>: Link by embedding similarity (e.g., cosine:1:0.7). * --embedding-stats: Display statistics about embedding-based links. * --embedding-viz <method:output_path>: Visualize embedding space (tsne, pca, umap).

🔗 Data Linking & Filtering

Linking Text to Numbers: * Keyword Linking: Default. Matches text keywords to dataframe columns. * ID Linking: Use --linkage id to match Document ID to a DataFrame column. * Temporal Linking: crispt --temporal-link "window:timestamp:300" links by time proximity (in seconds). More details * Embedding Linking: crispt --embedding-link "cosine:1:0.7" More details

Filtering: * --filters key=value or --filters key:value: Standard exact match filter. Both = and : are accepted as separators for key/value filters. * Special link filters: --filters embedding:text, --filters embedding:df, --filters temporal:text, --filters temporal:df (you can also use = instead of :). These select by linked rows or documents using embedding or temporal links. * Legacy shorthand mappings: --filters =embedding or --filters :embedding are mapped to embedding:text; --filters =temporal or --filters :temporal are mapped to temporal:text. * ID linkage: --filters id=<value> filters to a specific document/row by ID. Using --filters id: or --filters id= with no value syncs remaining documents and dataframe rows by matching id values after other filters are applied. * --temporal-filter "start:end": Filter by time range (ISO format).

💡 Common Workflows

1. Basic Qualitative Analysis

# Import
crisp --source ./interviews --out ./corpus
# Analyze Topics & Sentiment
crisp --inp ./corpus --topics --sentiment --out ./corpus_analyzed
# Visualize
crispviz --inp ./corpus_analyzed --wordcloud --ldavis --out ./viz

2. Mixed Methods (Text + CSV)

# Import CSV with single text column
crisp --source ./survey_data --unstructured "comments" --out ./survey_corpus

# Import CSV with multiple text columns (two approaches)
# Approach 1: Multiple flags
crisp --source ./survey_data -t note1 -t note2 -t note3 --out ./survey_corpus

# Approach 2: Comma-separated
crisp --source ./survey_data -t "note1,note2,note3" --out ./survey_corpus

# Cluster numeric data & analyze text options
crisp --inp ./survey_corpus --kmeans --num 5 --topics --num 5

# Find documents about specific topic
crispt --inp ./corpus --semantic "patient anxiety" --num 10

4. Cross-Modal Analysis (Text + CSV)

# Import CSV that contains free-text comments and numeric outcomes
# Single text column
crisp --source ./survey_data --unstructured "comments" --out ./survey_corpus

# Multiple text columns - concatenated into single document per row
crisp --source ./survey_data -t "response1,response2,response3" --out ./survey_corpus

# Link documents to rows by ID, then run classification using linked text as features
crisp --inp ./survey_corpus --linkage id --outcome satisfaction_score --cls --aggregation majority

# Use embedding linking to aggregate document embeddings to rows then run regression
crispt --inp ./survey_corpus --filters embedding:text --out ./linked && \
crisp --inp ./linked --outcome satisfaction_score --regression

5. Data Exploration with Queries and Correlation

# Import survey data
crisp --source ./survey_data -t "comments" --out ./survey_corpus

# Check correlations between numeric variables
crisp --inp ./survey_corpus --correlation --correlation-threshold 0.6

# Filter high-scoring responses
crisp --inp ./survey_corpus --query "query('satisfaction > 4')" --save-query-result --out ./high_satisfaction

# Analyze filtered data
crisp --inp ./high_satisfaction --topics --sentiment

# Group analysis by category
crisp --inp ./survey_corpus --query "groupby('department')['satisfaction'].agg(['mean', 'count', 'std'])"

6. Time-Series Analysis with Automatic Date Parsing

# Import data with date columns (automatically parsed)
crisp --source ./longitudinal_data -t "observations" --out ./time_corpus

# Sort by date and analyze trends
crisp --inp ./time_corpus --query "sort_values('assessment_date')"

# Calculate correlations over time
crisp --inp ./time_corpus --correlation --correlation-method spearman

⚠️ Troubleshooting

  • "No input data provided": Ensure you used --source (to import) or --inp (to load existing).
  • ML dependencies missing: Run pip install crisp-t[ml].
  • Visualization errors: Ensure you ran the prerequisite analysis step first (e.g., running --topics before --wordcloud).
  • Caching issues: Use --clear to force a refresh if you change datasets or experience weird results.