--- name: host-code-execution-b93280259cdd description: Guide safe use of code_execution_remote for shell-backed execution on the connected A0 CLI host. Use when the user asks for their computer, local terminal, CLI host, remote shell, not Docker, or host-side Python/Node/terminal commands. --- # Host Code Execution ## Boundary Use `code_execution_remote` only for shell-backed execution on the machine where A0 CLI is running. Shells, runtimes, and paths belong to the CLI host, not the Agent Zero server or Docker container. If the task belongs inside Agent Zero's own runtime, use the normal server-side execution tool instead. Browser boundary: do not use shell launchers such as `xdg-open`, `sensible-browser`, `open`, `start`, or Python `webbrowser.open` as a fallback for requests to use/control/open a page in the host browser. Use the `browser` tool instead; if it reports missing Chrome remote-debugging consent, stop and relay the `chrome://inspect/#remote-debugging` instructions. ## Access Modes - Remote execution can be disabled locally in the CLI. If the tool returns a disabled/no-client error, explain the required CLI toggle instead of falling back to the server runtime. - `input_remote` requires its own tool permission and the `terminal` action of `code_execution_remote`. Keyboard input can execute shell commands; allowing only output or other remote runtimes does not permit this tool. - Read&Write local file access allows mutating runtimes such as `terminal`, `python`, and `nodejs`. - Read only local file access blocks mutating runtimes. `runtime=output` and `runtime=reset` remain available for existing sessions. ## Runtimes - Use `runtime=terminal` for shell commands, `runtime=python` for Python snippets, and `runtime=nodejs` for Node.js snippets. - Reuse the same integer `session` while continuing a workflow; session state is local to the CLI frontend. - Use `runtime=output` when a previous command is still running or returned before the shell reached a prompt. - Use `input_remote` with `keyboard` and the same `session` to answer an interactive program. - Use `runtime=reset` when a session is stuck and no replacement command needs to run yet. - Use `reset: true` with `runtime=terminal`, `python`, or `nodejs` when a session is stuck and the next command should run immediately in a clean shell. - Match the remote host shell syntax. A Windows CLI may need PowerShell syntax even when Agent Zero runs on Linux. ## Failure Handling - If no CLI is connected, ask the user to connect A0 CLI to this Agent Zero instance. - If execution is disabled, tell the user to enable remote execution in the CLI. - If mutating runtimes are blocked, tell the user to switch local file access to Read&Write with F3. - If a request times out or the CLI disconnects, poll once if a session may still be running; otherwise summarize the failure and wait for reconnection. --- Source attribution: agent0ai Original project: https://github.com/agent0ai/agent-zero License: MIT License information: https://opensource.org/license/mit Original upstream instructions; downloaded from Mega AI Hub. ## Upstream license notice MIT License Copyright (c) 2026 Gabriel Moreira Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. # Mega AI Hub resource metadata Creator / publisher: agent0ai Original project: https://github.com/agent0ai/agent-zero Attribution basis: Upstream repository explicitly recorded in package mirror path Fields of work: Sales, Customer Support Roles: Sales Development Rep (SDR), Sales Engineer, Technical Support Specialties: Frontend, DevOps, Backend Tools: A0 Cli Country applicability: Country not specified Classification basis: Source category, role and specialization labels Instruction SHA-256: 7baab57400a8eccfc1315ac6d0b7ee9381da4a027108d8aa4d3df2e6ca02c519