farmbot-agent-cli-mcp: Instructions file for Claude Code

CLAUDE.md

farmbot-agent-cli-mcp CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from kieranklaassen/farmbot-agent-cli-mcp. It costs 601 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

Project-specific instructions for a TypeScript command-line tool and MCP server that control FarmBot gardening hardware. They document its architecture, commands, constraints, and testing practices.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use them when developing or testing FarmBot CLI commands, MCP tools, MQTT connections, authentication, and device status or movement features.
Why use it?
They give a coding assistant the rules needed to change software that sends commands to a physical device. This helps avoid incorrect connection handling, missing timeouts, and type errors.

Instructions file for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: the file is CLAUDE.md.

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CLAUDE.md · 60 lines

How it starts

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farmbot-agent

TypeScript CLI + MCP server for FarmBot hardware control.

Architecture

  • Two entry points: src/cli.ts (Commander) and src/mcp.ts (McpServer via stdio)
  • No controller layer — CLI commands and MCP tools call services directly
  • ConnectionManager handles MQTT lifecycle:
    • EphemeralConnection (CLI): connect, run one command, force-close, exit
    • PersistentConnection (MCP): lazy-connect, reuse across tool calls, reconnect on disconnect
  • Shared Zod schemas in src/types/schemas.ts — single source of truth for CLI args and MCP tool input

Key Constraints

  • ESM only ("type": "module")
  • Strict TypeScript: strict, noUncheckedIndexedAccess, exactOptionalPropertyTypes
  • Every function returns Result<T>, never throws
  • Every MQTT command wrapped in withTimeout() — farmbot-js has no built-in timeouts
  • farmbot-js has no disconnect() — use bot.client!.end(true) to force-close

Commands

CLI MCP Tool Description
farmbot login N/A (env var) Authenticate and store token
farmbot status farmbot_status Device position, state, firmware
farmbot move farmbot_move Move to position (absolute/relative)
farmbot home farmbot_home Go to home position
farmbot e-stop farmbot_emergency_stop Emergency stop
farmbot unlock farmbot_unlock Unlock after e-stop
farmbot lua farmbot_lua Execute Lua on device
farmbot_get_position Get current position only
farmbot_get_device_info Get device config info

Testing

npm test          # vitest
npm run typecheck # tsc --noEmit
npm run build     # tsup

Mock at the ConnectionManager boundary, not at MQTT level.

Adding a New Command

  1. Add Zod schema to src/types/schemas.ts
  2. Add CLI command to src/cli.ts
  3. Add MCP tool to src/mcp.ts — MUST have parity with CLI
  4. Add tool annotations (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint)
  5. Wrap MQTT calls in withTimeout()
  6. Add test

Read the full file on GitHub · 60 lines

Changes

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  1. 9d ago First seen · 60 lines · 601 tokens per session scan A 0ecebd7fda29

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