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golem-view-agent-files

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Listing files in an agent's virtual filesystem. Use when browsing or inspecting files stored by a running agent instance.

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Viewing Agent Files

Both golem and golem-cli can be used — all commands below work with either binary.

The <AGENT_ID> format depends on the agent's language — refer to the language-specific invocation skills for the exact syntax.

agent files — List Files in an Agent's Directory

golem agent files <AGENT_ID> [PATH]

Lists the files and directories in the given agent's virtual filesystem. If [PATH] is omitted it defaults to / (the root directory).

Arguments

ArgumentDescription
<AGENT_ID>The agent to inspect, e.g. CounterAgent("c1")
[PATH]Directory path to list (default: /)

Examples

List everything under the root directory:

golem agent files 'CounterAgent("c1")'

List files in a specific subdirectory:

golem agent files 'CounterAgent("c1")' /data

Get output as JSON:

golem agent files 'CounterAgent("c1")' --format json

agent file-contents — Download a File from an Agent

golem agent file-contents <AGENT_ID> <PATH> [--output <LOCAL_FILE>]

Downloads one file from the agent's virtual filesystem and saves it to the host filesystem.

Arguments

ArgumentDescription
<AGENT_ID>The agent to inspect, e.g. CounterAgent("c1")
<PATH>Absolute file path inside the agent filesystem, e.g. /data/log.txt
--output <LOCAL_FILE>Local host path to write. If omitted, the file is saved in the current directory using the guest file basename, or output.bin if no basename is available.

Examples

Save /data/log.txt as ./log.txt in the current directory:

golem agent file-contents 'CounterAgent("c1")' /data/log.txt

Save to an explicit local path:

golem agent file-contents 'CounterAgent("c1")' /data/log.txt --output ./downloads/counter.log

Get machine-readable metadata about the saved file:

golem --format json agent file-contents 'CounterAgent("c1")' /data/log.txt --output ./downloads/counter.log

Structured output uses $type: "agent.file-contents" and reports fields such as saved, outputPath, and bytes. The file bytes are written to the host file, not embedded in the structured output document.