/hep-call

description: Prepare explicitly named Agentlas Hub or Cloud agents.
argument-hint: 'agent-a, agent-b {context}'
allowed-tools: Bash, Read, Glob, Grep

Update fallback: 자동 업데이트가 안 되면 `hephaestus update`를 한 번 실행하세요. 업데이트하지 않아도 현재 버전 명령은 그대로 동작합니다.

/hep-call

Call the exact agents named by the user. This prepares BYOM runtime bundles and receipts; your own model still performs the actual model/tool execution.

Syntax: `/hep-call agent-a, agent-b {context}`. The text before `{` is the agent list; the text inside braces is the context. If braces are omitted, the first token is the agent list and the rest is context.

If the user wants it to keep running

A Hub call is charged **every time it runs** — the 24-hour auto-lease was retired 2026-08-18, so paying once does not make the next call free. A job that wakes on a schedule pays on every wake-up: a five-minute watcher is 288 calls a day.

When the request is a standing or recurring one, call `hephaestus.quote_agent_lease` for the named agent **before the first run**. It answers in one shot — per-day price, total for the days considered, the workspace's current balance, and the shortfall plus a top-up link when the balance is short. Show all of it in one message and **ask how many days they want**; do not choose for them. Only then call `hephaestus.purchase_agent_lease` — a confirmed purchase needs `confirm: true`, the chosen `days`, the `confirmationToken`, the `expectedPerDayCredits` and `expectedTotalCredits` from the quote, and a stable `idempotencyKey`, or it is refused.

Never buy a lease the user did not agree to. On `insufficient_credits`, say how short they are and give the top-up link instead of asking them to approve a purchase that cannot go through. On `leaseOffered: false` the creator set no per-day price and it is genuinely not for sale — say so and quote the per-call cost instead.

How to run

Run the shell block below **verbatim**, replacing only the `RAW` value with the exact text the user typed after `/hep-call`. The runner is resolved by **absolute path** — nothing to install, nothing to add to `PATH`.

> Guardrails: do NOT diagnose `command not found`/`PATH`, do NOT edit > `~/.zshrc`, and do NOT create/commit/stash/push any git branch or claim you > did. This workflow changes no source files. If the runner is missing, say so > and stop — never fabricate a run.

RAW="<replace with the exact text the user typed after /hep-call, e.g. agent-a, agent-b {context}>"

case "$RAW" in
  "<replace"*) echo "RAW placeholder not filled — substitute the user's request first." >&2; exit 2 ;;
esac

RUNNER=""
for candidate in \
  "$HOME/.agentlas/runtime/current/bin/hephaestus" \
  "./bin/hephaestus"
do
  if [ -n "$candidate" ] && [ -x "$candidate" ]; then RUNNER="$candidate"; break; fi
done
if [ -z "$RUNNER" ]; then
  for cache in "$HOME/.claude/plugins/cache/agentlas-core-engine/hephaestus" \
               "${CODEX_HOME:-$HOME/.codex}/plugins/cache/agentlas-core-engine/hephaestus"; do
    newest="$(ls -d "$cache"/*/bin/hephaestus 2>/dev/null | sort -V | tail -1)"
    if [ -n "$newest" ] && [ -x "$newest" ]; then RUNNER="$newest"; break; fi
  done
fi
[ -n "$RUNNER" ] || { echo "Hephaestus runtime not found. Run the installer first." >&2; exit 1; }
if [ "${HEPHAESTUS_AUTH_AUTOPOPUP:-1}" != "0" ]; then
  "$RUNNER" auth ensure >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
fi
if printf '%s' "$RAW" | grep -q '{'; then
  AGENTS="${RAW%%\{*}"
  CONTEXT="${RAW#*\{}"
  CONTEXT="${CONTEXT%\}}"
else
  AGENTS="${RAW%% *}"
  CONTEXT="${RAW#* }"
fi
AGENTS="$(printf '%s' "$AGENTS" | sed 's/[[:space:]]*$//')"
CONTEXT="$(printf '%s' "$CONTEXT" | sed 's/^[[:space:]]*//;s/[[:space:]]*$//')"
"$RUNNER" call "$AGENTS" "$CONTEXT" --runtime "${AGENTLAS_HOST_RUNTIME:-terminal}"

Answer shape

1. Report each requested agent slug and status. 2. If `status: "prepared"`, use the returned `output.entry_excerpt` and `output.grounding.directive` as the agent's runtime instructions. 3. If `status: "insufficient_credits"`, tell the user the credits `needed` vs. `have` and point to `upgrade`; do NOT run the agent. 4. If an agent fails for any other reason, continue with prepared agents and clearly list each failure with its `status`. 5. NEVER substitute for a blocked, failed, or metered agent by reading its local source files and role-playing the persona yourself. A Hub agent runs only through the server's metered bundle; if it did not return `prepared`, report why — never fabricate a run. 6. Include the top-level `receipt_id` and every prepared `execution_id`.

Examples

/hep-call market-researcher, report-writer {시장 리포트 초안 만들어줘}
/hep-call cloud:my-finance-agent {이 리포트 리스크 검토}

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Update fallback: 자동 업데이트가 안 되면 `hephaestus update`를 한 번 실행하세요. 업데이트하지 않아도 현재 버전 명령은 그대로 동작합니다.