execkit (Python)
Stateful, structured, safe shell sessions for AI agents - over local shells, SSH, and Docker. Native bindings to the execkit Rust core.
pip install execkit
from execkit import Session
with Session.local() as s:
r = s.exec("echo hi; echo err >&2; cd /tmp")
print(r.stdout, r.exit_code, r.cwd, r.stderr) # hi 0 /tmp err
State (cwd, env) persists across exec calls. Every result is a structured
ExecResult (split stdout/stderr, exit code, cwd, duration, truncated,
timed_out), already secret-redacted and output-bounded. Pass a Policy for an
advisory command fence: Session.local(policy=Policy(deny=["rm"])).
Timeouts
Session.local(timeout=...) sets the default per-command timeout in seconds, and
exec(cmd, timeout=...) overrides it for one call. A command that outlives it is
interrupted with Ctrl-C and returned with timed_out=True and exit_code == 124.
The session keeps its cwd and env:
with Session.local() as s:
r = s.exec("sleep 10", timeout=1)
print(r.timed_out, r.exit_code) # True 124
Only a command that ignores Ctrl-C raises execkit.Timeout and leaves the session
unusable. stdin is closed, so commands that prompt get end-of-file instead of
hanging; use non-interactive flags such as sudo -n.
Async callers: r = await asyncio.to_thread(s.exec, "npm ci") (the native call
releases the GIL).
Unix-only (local sessions need a POSIX shell). See the project README for the full picture and the operator security model.
License
Apache-2.0.
1 maintainer
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