diff --git a/cmd/cmd.go b/cmd/cmd.go
index 212c05e3..38928cd4 100644
--- a/cmd/cmd.go
+++ b/cmd/cmd.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"log"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
@@ -13,11 +14,11 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/chzyer/readline"
 	"github.com/dustin/go-humanize"
 	"github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter"
 	"github.com/schollz/progressbar/v3"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-	"golang.org/x/term"
 
 	"github.com/jmorganca/ollama/api"
 	"github.com/jmorganca/ollama/format"
@@ -111,7 +112,9 @@ func list(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	var data [][]string
 
 	for _, m := range models.Models {
-		data = append(data, []string{m.Name, humanize.Bytes(uint64(m.Size)), format.HumanTime(m.ModifiedAt, "Never")})
+		if len(args) == 0 || strings.HasPrefix(m.Name, args[0]) {
+			data = append(data, []string{m.Name, humanize.Bytes(uint64(m.Size)), format.HumanTime(m.ModifiedAt, "Never")})
+		}
 	}
 
 	table := tablewriter.NewWriter(os.Stdout)
@@ -169,7 +172,7 @@ func RunGenerate(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return generate(cmd, args[0], strings.Join(args[1:], " "))
 	}
 
-	if term.IsTerminal(int(os.Stdin.Fd())) {
+	if readline.IsTerminal(int(os.Stdin.Fd())) {
 		return generateInteractive(cmd, args[0])
 	}
 
@@ -227,17 +230,99 @@ func generate(cmd *cobra.Command, model, prompt string) error {
 }
 
 func generateInteractive(cmd *cobra.Command, model string) error {
-	fmt.Print(">>> ")
-	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(os.Stdin)
-	for scanner.Scan() {
-		if err := generate(cmd, model, scanner.Text()); err != nil {
+	home, err := os.UserHomeDir()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	completer := readline.NewPrefixCompleter(
+		readline.PcItem("/help"),
+		readline.PcItem("/list"),
+		readline.PcItem("/set",
+			readline.PcItem("history"),
+			readline.PcItem("nohistory"),
+			readline.PcItem("mode",
+				readline.PcItem("vim"),
+				readline.PcItem("emacs"),
+				readline.PcItem("default"),
+			),
+		),
+		readline.PcItem("/exit"),
+		readline.PcItem("/bye"),
+	)
+
+	usage := func() {
+		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "commands:")
+		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, completer.Tree("  "))
+	}
+
+	config := readline.Config{
+		Prompt:       ">>> ",
+		HistoryFile:  filepath.Join(home, ".ollama", "history"),
+		AutoComplete: completer,
+	}
+
+	scanner, err := readline.NewEx(&config)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer scanner.Close()
+
+	for {
+		line, err := scanner.Readline()
+		switch {
+		case errors.Is(err, io.EOF):
+			return nil
+		case errors.Is(err, readline.ErrInterrupt):
+			continue
+		case err != nil:
 			return err
 		}
 
-		fmt.Print(">>> ")
-	}
+		line = strings.TrimSpace(line)
 
-	return nil
+		switch {
+		case strings.HasPrefix(line, "/list"):
+			args := strings.Fields(line)
+			if err := list(cmd, args[1:]); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			continue
+		case strings.HasPrefix(line, "/set"):
+			args := strings.Fields(line)
+			if len(args) > 1 {
+				switch args[1] {
+				case "history":
+					scanner.HistoryEnable()
+					continue
+				case "nohistory":
+					scanner.HistoryDisable()
+					continue
+				case "mode":
+					if len(args) > 2 {
+						switch args[2] {
+						case "vim":
+							scanner.SetVimMode(true)
+							continue
+						case "emacs", "default":
+							scanner.SetVimMode(false)
+							continue
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		case line == "/help", line == "/?":
+			usage()
+			continue
+		case line == "/exit", line == "/bye":
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		if err := generate(cmd, model, line); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 func generateBatch(cmd *cobra.Command, model string) error {
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 55dfbad3..c9bad06f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ require (
 	dario.cat/mergo v1.0.0
 	github.com/bytedance/sonic v1.9.1 // indirect
 	github.com/chenzhuoyu/base64x v0.0.0-20221115062448-fe3a3abad311 // indirect
+	github.com/chzyer/readline v1.5.1
 	github.com/gabriel-vasile/mimetype v1.4.2 // indirect
 	github.com/gin-contrib/sse v0.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-playground/locales v0.14.1 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 12c1b0b1..989f7d15 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ github.com/bytedance/sonic v1.9.1/go.mod h1:i736AoUSYt75HyZLoJW9ERYxcy6eaN6h4BZX
 github.com/chenzhuoyu/base64x v0.0.0-20211019084208-fb5309c8db06/go.mod h1:DH46F32mSOjUmXrMHnKwZdA8wcEefY7UVqBKYGjpdQY=
 github.com/chenzhuoyu/base64x v0.0.0-20221115062448-fe3a3abad311 h1:qSGYFH7+jGhDF8vLC+iwCD4WpbV1EBDSzWkJODFLams=
 github.com/chenzhuoyu/base64x v0.0.0-20221115062448-fe3a3abad311/go.mod h1:b583jCggY9gE99b6G5LEC39OIiVsWj+R97kbl5odCEk=
+github.com/chzyer/logex v1.2.1 h1:XHDu3E6q+gdHgsdTPH6ImJMIp436vR6MPtH8gP05QzM=
+github.com/chzyer/logex v1.2.1/go.mod h1:JLbx6lG2kDbNRFnfkgvh4eRJRPX1QCoOIWomwysCBrQ=
+github.com/chzyer/readline v1.5.1 h1:upd/6fQk4src78LMRzh5vItIt361/o4uq553V8B5sGI=
+github.com/chzyer/readline v1.5.1/go.mod h1:Eh+b79XXUwfKfcPLepksvw2tcLE/Ct21YObkaSkeBlk=
+github.com/chzyer/test v1.0.0 h1:p3BQDXSxOhOG0P9z6/hGnII4LGiEPOYBhs8asl/fC04=
+github.com/chzyer/test v1.0.0/go.mod h1:2JlltgoNkt4TW/z9V/IzDdFaMTM2JPIi26O1pF38GC8=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.2/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
@@ -92,6 +98,7 @@ golang.org/x/crypto v0.10.0 h1:LKqV2xt9+kDzSTfOhx4FrkEBcMrAgHSYgzywV9zcGmM=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.10.0/go.mod h1:o4eNf7Ede1fv+hwOwZsTHl9EsPFO6q6ZvYR8vYfY45I=
 golang.org/x/net v0.10.0 h1:X2//UzNDwYmtCLn7To6G58Wr6f5ahEAQgKNzv9Y951M=
 golang.org/x/net v0.10.0/go.mod h1:0qNGK6F8kojg2nk9dLZ2mShWaEBan6FAoqfSigmmuDg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220310020820-b874c991c1a5/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220704084225-05e143d24a9e/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220811171246-fbc7d0a398ab/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=