agentsociety-scan-modules

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Use when agent or environment module names are unknown, need validation, or the user asks which modules are available in the workspace.

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Scan Modules

Scan and query available agent classes and environment modules in the AgentSociety2 workspace.

When to Use

User asks what agents or environment modules are available
Need to find a module by name or keyword before configuring an experiment
Preparing module data for hypothesis generation or experiment-config
Validating that a custom module is loadable

Do NOT use when:

You already know the exact class name and just need to write code that imports it
The task is about creating a new module (use create-agent instead)

Quick Reference

Use the Python interpreter from .env. See CLAUDE.md for setup.

Run commands from the workspace root through .agentsociety/bin/ags.py.

Action	Command
List all modules	`$PYTHON_PATH .agentsociety/bin/ags.py scan-modules list`
List short names	`$PYTHON_PATH .agentsociety/bin/ags.py scan-modules list --short`
Filter by type	`$PYTHON_PATH .agentsociety/bin/ags.py scan-modules list --type agent` (or `env`)
Custom modules only	`$PYTHON_PATH .agentsociety/bin/ags.py scan-modules list --custom-only`
Full descriptions	`$PYTHON_PATH .agentsociety/bin/ags.py scan-modules list --full`
JSON output	`$PYTHON_PATH .agentsociety/bin/ags.py scan-modules list --json`
Module info	`$PYTHON_PATH .agentsociety/bin/ags.py scan-modules --workspace PATH info --type TYPE --name NAME`
Search by keyword	`$PYTHON_PATH .agentsociety/bin/ags.py scan-modules --workspace PATH search --keyword KEYWORD [--type TYPE]`
Export to JSON	`$PYTHON_PATH .agentsociety/bin/ags.py scan-modules --workspace PATH export --output FILE`
Validate module	`$PYTHON_PATH .agentsociety/bin/ags.py scan-modules --workspace PATH validate --type TYPE --name NAME`

Common options: --workspace PATH to target a specific workspace directory. scan_modules.py now accepts --workspace either before or after the subcommand, but prefer the form before the subcommand in examples for consistency.

info

$PYTHON_PATH .agentsociety/bin/ags.py scan-modules --workspace PATH info --type TYPE --name NAME [--json]

Shows: full description, constructor parameters, file location, import path, prefill parameters.

search

$PYTHON_PATH .agentsociety/bin/ags.py scan-modules --workspace PATH search --keyword KEYWORD [--type TYPE] [--json]

export

$PYTHON_PATH .agentsociety/bin/ags.py scan-modules --workspace PATH export --output FILE

validate

$PYTHON_PATH .agentsociety/bin/ags.py scan-modules --workspace PATH validate --type TYPE --name NAME

Checks that the module can be imported and instantiated.

Module Locations

Built-in Agents: packages/agentsociety2/agentsociety2/agent/person.py
Built-in Envs: packages/agentsociety2/agentsociety2/contrib/env/
Contrib Agents: packages/agentsociety2/agentsociety2/contrib/agent/
Custom Modules: <workspace>/custom/agents/ and <workspace>/custom/envs/

Note: packages/agentsociety2/agentsociety2/custom/ contains template files copied to workspace during init — it is not a runtime module location.

Module Type Identifiers

Use the class name as the type identifier:

Class Name	Type Identifier
PersonAgent	`PersonAgent`
SimpleSocialSpace	`SimpleSocialSpace`
PrisonersDilemmaEnv	`PrisonersDilemmaEnv`

Common Mistakes

Mistake	Fix
Using snake_case names as type identifiers (e.g., `person_agent`)	Use the exact class name (e.g., `PersonAgent`)
Skipping validate before relying on a module	Always run `validate` after discovering a module you plan to use
Searching with wrong `--type` filter	Use `--type agent` for agents, `--type env` for environments; omit `--type` to search both

Pipeline Position

Predecessors: None Successors: hypothesis, experiment-config Required Sub-Skills: None

Called as an optional discovery and validation helper by hypothesis and experiment-config.