a3s-code 1.8.6

A3S Code Python bootstrap package that fetches platform-native binaries from GitHub Releases

A3S Code — Python SDK

Native Python bindings for the A3S Code AI coding agent, built with PyO3.

Installation

pip install a3s-code

Quick Start

from a3s_code import Agent

agent = Agent.create("agent.hcl")
session = agent.session("/my-project")

result = session.send("What files handle authentication?")
print(result.text)

Slash Commands

Every session includes built-in slash commands dispatched before the LLM:

# List all available commands
commands = session.list_commands()
for cmd in commands:
    print(f"/{cmd['name']:15s} {cmd['description']}")

# Built-in commands
result = session.send("/help")       # List all commands
result = session.send("/model")      # Show current model
result = session.send("/cost")       # Token usage and cost
result = session.send("/history")    # Conversation stats
result = session.send("/cron-list")  # List scheduled tasks

Custom Commands

def my_handler(args: str, ctx: dict) -> str:
    return f"Model: {ctx['model']}, History: {ctx['history_len']} msgs, args: {args!r}"

session.register_command("status", "Show session info", my_handler)
result = session.send("/status hello")

Scheduled Tasks

Schedule recurring prompts that fire after each send() call:

# Via /loop slash command
r = session.send("/loop 30s check deployment status")
print(r.text)  # Scheduled [a1b2c3d4]: "check deployment status" — fires every 30s

# Programmatic API
task_id = session.schedule_task("summarize recent commits", 300)  # every 5 min

# List active tasks
for t in session.list_scheduled_tasks():
    print(f"[{t['id']}] every {t['interval_secs']}s — \"{t['prompt']}\"")

# Cancel
session.cancel_scheduled_task(task_id)
session.send(f"/cron-cancel {task_id}")

Interval syntax: 30s, 5m, 2h, 1d. Leading or trailing with every clause.

Full API

from a3s_code import (
    Agent,
    SessionOptions,
    DefaultSecurityProvider,
    FileMemoryStore,
    FileSessionStore,
)

agent = Agent.create("agent.hcl")
session = agent.session("/my-project",
    model="openai/gpt-4o",
    builtin_skills=True,
    planning=True,
)

# Send / Stream
result = session.send("Explain the auth module")
for event in session.stream("Refactor auth"):
    if event.event_type == "text_delta":
        print(event.text, end="", flush=True)

# Direct tools (bypass LLM)
session.read_file("src/main.py")
session.bash("pytest")
session.glob("**/*.py")
session.grep("TODO")

# Rich document parsing metadata
tool = session.tool("agentic_parse", {"path": "docs/scanned.pdf"})
print(tool.metadata)  # parsed dict

query_tool = session.tool(
    "agentic_parse",
    {"path": "docs/scanned.pdf", "query": "overview"},
)
for block in query_tool.agentic_parse_llm_blocks_info:
    location = block.location.display if block.location else None
    print(block.index, block.kind, block.label, location)

search = session.tool("agentic_search", {"query": "invoice total", "mode": "fast"})
for result in search.agentic_search_results_info:
    for match in result.matches:
        print(match.line_number, match.locator, match.content)

# Slash commands & scheduling
session.list_commands()
session.register_command("ping", "Pong!", lambda args, ctx: "pong")
task_id = session.schedule_task("daily report", 86400)
session.list_scheduled_tasks()
session.cancel_scheduled_task(task_id)

# Memory
session.remember_success("task", ["tool"], "result")
session.recall_similar("auth", 5)

# Hooks
session.register_hook("audit", "pre_tool_use", handler_fn)

# MCP
session.add_mcp_server("github", command="npx", args=["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-github"])
session.mcp_status()
session.tool_names()
session.remove_mcp_server("github")

# Persistence
opts = SessionOptions()
opts.session_store = FileSessionStore('./sessions')
opts.session_id = 'my-session'
opts.auto_save = True
session2 = agent.session(".", opts)
resumed = agent.resume_session('my-session', opts)

Agentic Search Match Locators

agentic_search_results_info now exposes typed match and sampled-line entries so you can inspect page / section locators without parsing raw metadata.

search = session.tool("agentic_search", {"query": "overview", "mode": "fast"})

for result in search.agentic_search_results_info:
    for match in result.matches:
        print(match.line_number, match.locator, match.content)
        if match.context_before:
            print("before:", match.context_before[-1])

deep = session.tool("agentic_search", {"query": "overview", "mode": "deep"})
for result in deep.agentic_search_results_info:
    for sampled in result.sampled_lines:
        print(sampled.line_number, sampled.locator, sampled.distance, sampled.weight)

Agentic Parse LLM Blocks

When agentic_parse runs with a query, the SDK also exposes which structured document blocks were actually selected for the LLM input.

tool = session.tool(
    "agentic_parse",
    {"path": "docs/scanned.pdf", "query": "overview"},
)

for block in tool.agentic_parse_llm_blocks_info:
    location = block.location.display if block.location else None
    print(block.index, block.kind, block.label, location)

Sub-Agent Events

Orchestrator.create(agent=agent) creates real LLM-backed sub-agents. Use handle.events() to observe sub-agent progress, tool calls, and streamed text.

from a3s_code import Agent, Orchestrator, SubAgentConfig

agent = Agent.create("agent.hcl")
orch = Orchestrator.create(agent=agent)
handle = orch.spawn_subagent(SubAgentConfig(
    agent_type="general",
    prompt="Use bash to print hello, then explain it.",
    permissive=True,
    max_steps=5,
))

events = handle.events()
while True:
    event = events.recv(timeout_ms=1000)
    if event is None:
        continue

    event_type = event["event_type"]

    if event_type == "sub_agent_internal_event" and event.get("type") == "text_delta":
        print(event.get("text", ""), end="", flush=True)
    elif event_type == "tool_execution_started":
        print("tool args:", event["args"])
    elif event_type == "tool_execution_completed":
        print("tool duration_ms:", event["duration_ms"])
    elif event_type == "sub_agent_completed":
        break

Important details:

• Event names use sub_agent_*, not subagent_*.
• sub_agent_internal_event payloads are flattened. For example, a text delta is: {"event_type": "sub_agent_internal_event", "type": "text_delta", "text": "..."} rather than nesting under event.
• tool_execution_started.args contains the accumulated tool input.
• tool_execution_completed.duration_ms is guaranteed to be at least 1 for real tool calls.

License

MIT