solidcraft-upstream/docs/control-protocol.md

Control protocol

solvecraft --control PORT (or SOLVECRAFT_CONTROL_PORT=PORT) listens on 127.0.0.1:PORT for JSON lines. Each request is one line {"id": …, "method": "…", "params": {…}}; each reply is one line {"id": …, "ok": true, "result": …} or {"id": …, "ok": false, "error": "…"}. Requests are handled on the UI thread between frames; pointer and keyboard input is injected as real egui events, one pointer event per frame.

Engine

Method	Params	Result
engine.execute	command: command id, params: JSON object	the command's result
engine.script	commands: [{command, params}, …]	results, stops at the first error
engine.commands	—	every command: id, label, tab, panel, icon, shortcut, params doc, enabled
document.inspect	measure?: bool	parameters, timeline (errors, timings), bodies, sketches, selection

Commands never open dialogs when run this way. solvecraft-cli commands prints the same registry.

UI

Method	Params	Notes
ui.inspect	—	UI state, viewport rect, camera, active tool/dialog, hover, renderer, timings
ui.set	any UiState field (tab, perspective, showGrid, hiddenBodies, …)
ui.view	view: front, back, top, bottom, left, right, iso, home, fit; animate (bool, default false: snap)
ui.start	command	like a toolbar click: starts the sketch tool or dialog for the command
ui.click	x, y (screen points), button?: left/right/middle, shift?, ctrl?	real pointer input
ui.move	x, y
ui.drag	x0, y0, x1, y1, button?, shift?, ctrl?, steps?	press, move, release; a left drag on the model is a box selection (left to right: window, right to left: crossing)
ui.selection		the selection, the open dialog's inputs and the hovered item
ui.editFeature	feature (id or name)	what double-clicking a timeline item does: rolls back to it and opens its dialog filled in (sketches open in sketch mode)
ui.scroll	x, y, delta?	wheel zoom at the cursor
ui.key	key (egui key name, Enter, Escape…), cmd?, shift?
ui.text	text	typed text
ui.screenshot	path?	PNG of the window (needs a presented frame)
ui.render	path, width?, height?	CPU render of the model with the current camera (no window needed)
ui.resize	width, height
app.quit	—

MCP

solvecraft-cli mcp --connect 127.0.0.1:PORT bridges an MCP client (an AI agent) to this channel; see mcp.md.

Example

{"id":1,"method":"engine.execute","params":{"command":"SketchCreate","params":{"plane":"XY"}}}
{"id":2,"method":"engine.execute","params":{"command":"ShapeRectangleTwoPoint","params":{"p0":[0,0],"p1":[40,30]}}}
{"id":3,"method":"engine.execute","params":{"command":"Extrude","params":{"distance":20}}}
{"id":4,"method":"engine.execute","params":{"command":"FusionFilletEdgesCommand","params":{"edges":[[0,0,10]],"radius":3}}}
{"id":5,"method":"ui.screenshot","params":{"path":"/tmp/part.png"}}