agentpress-core 1.0.0rc1

Zero-dependency parser for agents.txt v1.0. The reference Python implementation.

agentpress-core

Zero-dependency reference parser for agents.txt v1.0. Python.

Mirror of @agent_press/core (TypeScript). Use this from Python agent runtimes, CI scripts, and analysis tools.

Install

pip install agentpress-core

Quick start

from pathlib import Path
from agentpress_core import parse, validate, is_action_allowed, check_rate_limit, fetch_and_parse

# Parse a local file
text = Path("agents.txt").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
data = parse(text)

# Validate against the spec
result = validate(data)
if not result.ok:
    for issue in result.issues:
        print(issue.severity, issue.message)

# Decide what an agent may do
decision = is_action_allowed(data, "merge_to_main")
#   "allow" | "deny" | "requires_approval" | "unknown"

# Respect rate limits
if not check_rate_limit(data, "pr", current_daily_pr_count):
    raise RuntimeError("agents.txt rate limit reached for this repo")

# Or fetch directly
remote = fetch_and_parse("https://github.com/barneywohl/agentpress/raw/main/agents.txt")

API

Function	Description
parse(text)	Parse a raw agents.txt string into a typed AgentsTxt object. Tolerant — never raises.
validate(data)	Returns ValidationResult(ok, issues). Errors fail validation; warnings don't.
is_action_allowed(data, action)	Returns "allow" | "deny" | "requires_approval" | "unknown".
check_rate_limit(data, kind, count)	kind in {"pr", "issue", "comment", "branch"}.
fetch_and_parse(url, timeout=10.0)	Fetch + parse. Standard library only (urllib).
load(url, timeout=10.0)	fetch_and_parse + validate — convenience.

Why stdlib only

• Auditable in 30 minutes.
• Zero supply-chain risk.
• Pinnable in any Python project from 3.10 onwards.

License

MIT.