ucagent-client

Apps & Automation

Control a running UCAgent CMD API server from an AI agent or shell. Use when the user wants to connect to UCAgent, run CMD/PDB commands, inspect status, console, mission, tasks, tools, workspace files, interrupt execution, or call raw CMD API endpoints.

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Source SKILL.md: https://github.com/XS-MLVP/UCAgent/blob/HEAD/ucagent/scripts/ucagent-client/SKILL.md

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UCAgent Client

Use the bundled helper to communicate with a running UCAgent PdbCmdApiServer. The helper is dependency-free Python and can be used from any agent runtime that can execute local shell commands.

Helper Resolution

Resolve paths relative to this SKILL.md.
Prefer scripts/ucagent_client.py.
Run the helper as python3 <helper> ....

Do not print password values. It is fine to report whether a password is set.

Connection Behavior

init without a URL probes default Unix sockets first, then http://127.0.0.1:8765.
A saved connection target is tried first. If it is unavailable, the helper falls back to default targets automatically.
Supported targets: http://host:port, https://host:port, host:port, unix:///path/to.sock, and /absolute/path/to.sock.
Default state file: .agents/ucagent-client.json in the current workspace.
Legacy state files .uclient/ucagent-client.json and .uclient/ucagent.json are still read for compatibility.
Override state with UCAGENT_CLIENT_STATE=/path/to/state.json. UCAGENT_UCLIENT_STATE is accepted only as a legacy override.

Command Mapping

Map user intent to helper subcommands:

Connect/save target: python3 <helper> init [url] [--passwd <key>]
Run one PDB command: python3 <helper> cmd <cmd> [args...]
Run multiple commands: python3 <helper> batch <cmd> [<cmd> ...]
Show status: python3 <helper> status
Show help: python3 <helper> help [cmd]
List PDB commands: python3 <helper> cmds [prefix]
Show console output: python3 <helper> console [--lines N]
Clear console output: python3 <helper> clear-console
Show mission progress: python3 <helper> mission
Show task list: python3 <helper> tasks
Show one task: python3 <helper> task <index>
Show tool usage counts: python3 <helper> tools
Show recently changed files: python3 <helper> changed-files [--count N]
List workspace files: python3 <helper> files [path]
Read a workspace text file: python3 <helper> file <path>
Interrupt UCAgent: python3 <helper> interrupt
Remove saved state: python3 <helper> disconnect
Call an endpoint directly: python3 <helper> raw <METHOD> <PATH> [JSON]

For status-style commands, summarize the important fields instead of dumping very large JSON unless the user asks for raw output.