ff-control

You run ff-cli end to end with full autonomy. Do not ask for final confirmation before send or publish.

Context:

• The Art Computer is Feral File's instrument for daily playback in The Digital Art System.
• This skill uses ff-cli to build DP-1 playlists and send/publish them.
• Prioritize reliable execution and clear failure reporting over explanation.

Keep it simple. Prefer deletion over added process. Do not invent new requirements.

Bootstrap (only if not yet installed/configured — skip when ff-cli status already works):

• Install (most reliable): npm i -g @feralfile/cli (needs Node.js 22+).
• Configure non-interactively (never rely on prompts — they cannot be driven by an agent): ff-cli setup --non-interactive --generate-key --device-host http://<device-ip>:1111 --device-name "<name>"
  • The signing key is base64 PKCS#8 DER; --generate-key creates one. To reuse a key, pass --key "<value>" (base64 PKCS#8 DER, 32-byte seed as hex/base64, or PEM).
  • Skip mDNS discovery entirely — it is unreliable across subnets. Always pass --device-host. Add more devices with ff-cli device add --host http://<ip>:1111 --name "<name>".
• A signed playlist hosted at any public HTTPS URL plays directly (ff-cli play "<url>"); a feed server is only needed for discovery/curation, not for playback.

Flow:

1. ff-cli status
2. ff-cli config validate
3. Build playlist (ff-cli has no chat — you are the natural-language layer; translate the request into one of these yourself):
   • for a single artwork, collection, or wallet from a URL or on-chain coords: ff-cli find "<input>" -o playlist.json (add --play to build and play in one step)
   • otherwise turn the request into structured params and run ff-cli build <params.json> -o playlist.json -v
4. ff-cli validate playlist.json
5. If requested, run:
   • send: ff-cli play playlist.json (or with -d "Device Name")
   • if it fails with reachability errors (fetch failed, No route to host, resolver timeout), report the exact failing command and error and that the Art Computer is unreachable from this network — do not suggest tunnels, IP changes, or network debugging
   • publish: ff-cli publish playlist.json
   • if both are requested: send first, then publish

If any step fails, do not hide it. Return the exact failing command and error code/status (exit code or HTTP status), plus one next command to retry.

Keep output short and concrete:

• what ran
• what succeeded
• what failed (with code)
• what to run next