wallacedobbs428/cli-anything-audacity

cli-anything-audacity

A stateful command-line interface for audio editing, following the same patterns as the GIMP and Blender CLIs in this repo.

Installation

This CLI is installed as part of the cli-anything-audacity package:

pip install cli-anything-audacity

Prerequisites:

• Python 3.10+
• audacity must be installed on your system

Usage

Basic Commands

# Show help
cli-anything-audacity --help

# Start interactive REPL mode
cli-anything-audacity

# Create a new project
cli-anything-audacity project new -o project.json

# Run with JSON output (for agent consumption)
cli-anything-audacity --json project info -p project.json

REPL Mode

When invoked without a subcommand, the CLI enters an interactive REPL session:

cli-anything-audacity
# Enter commands interactively with tab-completion and history

Command Groups

Project

Project management commands.

| Command | Description | |---------|-------------| | new | Create a new project | | open | Open an existing project | | save | Save the current project | | info | Show project information | | settings | View or update project settings | | json | Print raw project JSON |

Track

Track management commands.

| Command | Description | |---------|-------------| | add | Add a new track | | remove | Remove a track by index | | list | List all tracks | | set | Set a track property (name, mute, solo, volume, pan) |

Clip

Clip management commands.

| Command | Description | |---------|-------------| | import | Probe/import an audio file (show metadata) | | add | Add an audio clip to a track | | remove | Remove a clip from a track | | trim | Trim a clip's start and/or end | | split | Split a clip at a given time position | | move | Move a clip to a new start time | | list | List clips on a track |

Effect Group

Effect management commands.

| Command | Description | |---------|-------------| | list-available | List all available effects | | info | Show details about an effect | | add | Add an effect to a track | | remove | Remove an effect by index | | set | Set an effect parameter | | list | List effects on a track |

Selection

Selection management commands.

| Command | Description | |---------|-------------| | set | Set selection range | | all | Select all (entire project duration) | | none | Clear selection | | info | Show current selection |

Label

Label/marker management commands.

| Command | Description | |---------|-------------| | add | Add a label at a time position | | remove | Remove a label by index | | list | List all labels |

Media

Media file operations.

| Command | Description | |---------|-------------| | probe | Analyze an audio file | | check | Check that all referenced audio files exist |

Export Group

Export/render commands.

| Command | Description | |---------|-------------| | presets | List export presets | | preset-info | Show preset details | | render | Render the project to an audio file |

Session Group

Session management commands.

| Command | Description | |---------|-------------| | status | Show session status | | undo | Undo the last operation | | redo | Redo the last undone operation | | history | Show undo history |

Examples

Create a New Project

Create a new audacity project file.

cli-anything-audacity project new -o myproject.json
# Or with JSON output for programmatic use
cli-anything-audacity --json project new -o myproject.json

Interactive REPL Session

Start an interactive session with undo/redo support.

cli-anything-audacity
# Enter commands interactively
# Use 'help' to see available commands
# Use 'undo' and 'redo' for history navigation

Export Project

Export the project to a final output format.

cli-anything-audacity --project myproject.json export render output.pdf --overwrite

State Management

The CLI maintains session state with:

• Undo/Redo: Up to 50 levels of history
• Project persistence: Save/load project state as JSON
• Session tracking: Track modifications and changes

Output Formats

All commands support dual output modes:

• Human-readable (default): Tables, colors, formatted text
• Machine-readable (--json flag): Structured JSON for agent consumption

# Human output
cli-anything-audacity project info -p project.json

# JSON output for agents
cli-anything-audacity --json project info -p project.json

For AI Agents

When using this CLI programmatically:

1. Always use --json flag for parseable output
2. Check return codes - 0 for success, non-zero for errors
3. Parse stderr for error messages on failure
4. Use absolute paths for all file operations
5. Verify outputs exist after export operations

More Information

• Full documentation: See README.md in the package
• Test coverage: See TEST.md in the package
• Methodology: See HARNESS.md in the cli-anything-plugin

Version

1.0.0