cli-anything-audacity

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Command-line interface for Audacity - A stateful command-line interface for audio editing, following the same patterns as the GIMP and Ble...

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cli-anything-audacity

A stateful command-line interface for audio editing, following the same patterns as the GIMP and Blender CLIs in this repo.

Installation

This CLI is installed as part of the cli-anything-audacity package:

pip install cli-anything-audacity

Prerequisites:

Python 3.10+
audacity must be installed on your system

Usage

Basic Commands

# Show help
cli-anything-audacity --help

# Start interactive REPL mode
cli-anything-audacity

# Create a new project
cli-anything-audacity project new -o project.json

# Run with JSON output (for agent consumption)
cli-anything-audacity --json project info -p project.json

REPL Mode

When invoked without a subcommand, the CLI enters an interactive REPL session:

cli-anything-audacity
# Enter commands interactively with tab-completion and history

Command Groups

Project

Project management commands.

Command	Description
`new`	Create a new project
`open`	Open an existing project
`save`	Save the current project
`info`	Show project information
`settings`	View or update project settings
`json`	Print raw project JSON

Track

Track management commands.

Command	Description
`add`	Add a new track
`remove`	Remove a track by index
`list`	List all tracks
`set`	Set a track property (name, mute, solo, volume, pan)

Clip

Clip management commands.

Command	Description
`import`	Probe/import an audio file (show metadata)
`add`	Add an audio clip to a track
`remove`	Remove a clip from a track
`trim`	Trim a clip's start and/or end
`split`	Split a clip at a given time position
`move`	Move a clip to a new start time
`list`	List clips on a track

Effect Group

Effect management commands.

Command	Description
`list-available`	List all available effects
`info`	Show details about an effect
`add`	Add an effect to a track
`remove`	Remove an effect by index
`set`	Set an effect parameter
`list`	List effects on a track

Selection

Selection management commands.

Command	Description
`set`	Set selection range
`all`	Select all (entire project duration)
`none`	Clear selection
`info`	Show current selection

Label

Label/marker management commands.

Command	Description
`add`	Add a label at a time position
`remove`	Remove a label by index
`list`	List all labels

Media

Media file operations.

Command	Description
`probe`	Analyze an audio file
`check`	Check that all referenced audio files exist

Export Group

Export/render commands.

Command	Description
`presets`	List export presets
`preset-info`	Show preset details
`render`	Render the project to an audio file

Session Group

Session management commands.

Command	Description
`status`	Show session status
`undo`	Undo the last operation
`redo`	Redo the last undone operation
`history`	Show undo history

Examples

Create a New Project

Create a new audacity project file.

cli-anything-audacity project new -o myproject.json
# Or with JSON output for programmatic use
cli-anything-audacity --json project new -o myproject.json

Interactive REPL Session

Start an interactive session with undo/redo support.

cli-anything-audacity
# Enter commands interactively
# Use 'help' to see available commands
# Use 'undo' and 'redo' for history navigation

Export Project

Export the project to a final output format.

cli-anything-audacity --project myproject.json export render output.pdf --overwrite

State Management

The CLI maintains session state with:

Undo/Redo: Up to 50 levels of history
Project persistence: Save/load project state as JSON
Session tracking: Track modifications and changes

Output Formats

All commands support dual output modes:

Human-readable (default): Tables, colors, formatted text
Machine-readable (--json flag): Structured JSON for agent consumption

# Human output
cli-anything-audacity project info -p project.json

# JSON output for agents
cli-anything-audacity --json project info -p project.json

For AI Agents

When using this CLI programmatically:

Always use --json flag for parseable output
Check return codes - 0 for success, non-zero for errors
Parse stderr for error messages on failure
Use absolute paths for all file operations
Verify outputs exist after export operations

More Information

Full documentation: See README.md in the package
Test coverage: See TEST.md in the package
Methodology: See HARNESS.md in the cli-anything-plugin

Version

1.0.0