For most of v1.x, the only way to operate Prism — change cache settings, set routing policy, cap a budget, audit who did what — was through the web dashboard. That was fine when the product was an OpenAI-compatible chat endpoint plus a small marketing site. It stopped being fine the moment we asked customers to live with Prism in production.
v1.8 closes that gap. Three new surfaces, all backed by the same underlying API:
prism CLI — pip install ssimplifi-cli, 19 commands, every operational action from the dashboard scriptable.
prism-mcp server — npm install -g ssimplifi-prism-mcp, runs in Claude Desktop / Cursor / Zed / Continue / Cline, exposes Prism's tools to whatever AI is running there.
Python + Node SDKs — pip install ssimplifi / npm install ssimplifi-prism, drop-in replacements for the OpenAI SDK in each language, with Prism kwargs added.
