Cli Anything Audacity

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 helpcli-anything-audacity --help
# Start interactive REPL modecli-anything-audacity
# Create a new projectcli-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.

Track

Track management commands.

Clip

Clip management commands.

Effect Group

Effect management commands.

Selection

Selection management commands.

Label

Label/marker management commands.

Media

Media file operations.

Export Group

Export/render commands.

Session Group

Session management commands.

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 usecli-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 outputcli-anything-audacity project info -p project.json
# JSON output for agentscli-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