axio-tools-local

Core filesystem and shell tool handlers for axio.

Gives your agent the ability to read, write, and patch files, run shell commands, execute Python snippets, and browse directory trees - the essential toolkit for a coding assistant.

Tools

Installation

pip install axio-tools-local

Usage

Standalone (without TUI)

from axio.agent import Agent
from axio.context import MemoryContextStore
from axio_transport_openai import OpenAITransport, OPENAI_MODELS
from axio_tools_local.shell import shell
from axio_tools_local.read_file import read_file
from axio_tools_local.write_file import write_file
from axio_tools_local.list_files import list_files
from axio.tool import Tool

tools = [
    Tool(name="shell",      handler=shell),
    Tool(name="read_file",  handler=read_file),
    Tool(name="write_file", handler=write_file),
    Tool(name="list_files", handler=list_files),
]

agent = Agent(
    system="You are a coding assistant with access to the local filesystem.",
    tools=tools,
    transport=OpenAITransport(api_key="sk-...", model=OPENAI_MODELS["gpt-4o"]),
)

Via plugin (with axio-tui)

pip install "axio-tui[local]"
uv run axio   # shell, read_file, write_file, patch_file, list_files, run_python appear automatically

Tool details

shell

import asyncio
from axio_tools_local.shell import shell

asyncio.run(shell(command="echo hello", cwd=".", timeout=30))
asyncio.run(shell(command="cat", stdin="hello"))

Parameters: command: str, timeout: int = 5, cwd: str = ".", stdin: str | None = None

patch_file

Replaces a range of lines in an existing file - safe for surgical edits without rewriting the whole file. Lines are 1-indexed and both from_line and to_line are inclusive. To insert without deleting any existing lines, set to_line = from_line - 1. Always read the file first with line_numbers=True to get correct line numbers.

import asyncio
import tempfile, os
from axio_tools_local.patch_file import patch_file

with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(mode="w", suffix=".py", delete=False) as f:
    f.write("line1\nline2\nline3\n")
    name = f.name

# Replace line 2
asyncio.run(patch_file(file_path=name, from_line=2, to_line=2, content="replaced\n"))
os.unlink(name)

Parameters: file_path: str, from_line: int, to_line: int, content: str, mode: int = 0o644

list_files

import asyncio
from axio_tools_local.list_files import list_files

asyncio.run(list_files(directory="."))

run_python

import asyncio
from axio_tools_local.run_python import run_python

asyncio.run(run_python(code="import sys; print(sys.version)"))

Plugin registration

[project.entry-points."axio.tools"]
shell      = "axio_tools_local.shell:shell"
run_python = "axio_tools_local.run_python:run_python"
write_file = "axio_tools_local.write_file:write_file"
patch_file = "axio_tools_local.patch_file:patch_file"
read_file  = "axio_tools_local.read_file:read_file"
list_files = "axio_tools_local.list_files:list_files"

Part of the axio ecosystem

axio · axio-tools-mcp · axio-tools-docker · axio-tui

License

MIT