Agentfs CLI

AgentFS CLI

Use agentfs to inspect a file tree with explicit limits so the result stays cheap enough for low-compute systems and downstream agent parsing.

Invoke the Tool

Prefer the installed binary when it exists:

agentfs -root . -max-depth 2 -format json

If working inside this repository or the binary is not installed, run:

go run ./cmd/agentfs -- -root . -max-depth 2 -format json

Choose Flags

• Use -root to set the inspection root.
• Use -max-depth to keep traversal bounded.
• Use -max-entries to avoid oversized snapshots.
• Use -preview-lines for cheap text previews.
• Use -hash only when content integrity matters.
• Use -hidden only when hidden files are relevant.
• Use -format json or -format yaml for automation, text for review.

Apply Good Defaults

• Keep depth and entry limits conservative unless the task explicitly needs more.
• Prefer previews over full file reads when building context.
• Hash only a small set of files, since hashing scales with file size.

Examples

Take a bounded repo snapshot:

go run ./cmd/agentfs -- -root . -max-depth 2 -preview-lines 2

Inspect logs in text form:

go run ./cmd/agentfs -- -root /var/log -max-depth 1 -preview-lines 3 -format text