/cli-anything-audacity

name: "cli-anything-audacity"
description: >-
  Command-line interface for Audacity - A stateful command-line interface for audio editing, following the same patterns as the GIMP and Ble...

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