// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
// Sample subprocess-based skill script runner.
// Executes file-based skill scripts as local subprocesses.
// This is provided for demonstration purposes only.
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Text.Json;
using Microsoft.Agents.AI;
///
/// Executes file-based skill scripts as local subprocesses.
///
///
/// This runner uses the script's absolute path and converts the arguments
/// to CLI arguments. When the LLM sends a JSON array, each element is used
/// as a positional argument. It is intended for demonstration purposes only.
///
internal static class SubprocessScriptRunner
{
///
/// Runs a skill script as a local subprocess.
///
public static async Task RunAsync(
AgentFileSkill skill,
AgentFileSkillScript script,
JsonElement? arguments,
IServiceProvider? serviceProvider,
CancellationToken cancellationToken)
{
if (!File.Exists(script.FullPath))
{
return $"Error: Script file not found: {script.FullPath}";
}
string extension = Path.GetExtension(script.FullPath);
string? interpreter = extension switch
{
".py" => "python3",
".js" => "node",
".sh" => "bash",
".ps1" => "pwsh",
_ => null,
};
var startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo
{
RedirectStandardOutput = true,
RedirectStandardError = true,
UseShellExecute = false,
CreateNoWindow = true,
WorkingDirectory = Path.GetDirectoryName(script.FullPath) ?? ".",
};
if (interpreter is not null)
{
startInfo.FileName = interpreter;
startInfo.ArgumentList.Add(script.FullPath);
}
else
{
startInfo.FileName = script.FullPath;
}
if (arguments is { ValueKind: JsonValueKind.Array } json)
{
// Positional CLI arguments
foreach (var element in json.EnumerateArray())
{
if (element.ValueKind != JsonValueKind.String)
{
throw new InvalidOperationException(
$"File-based skill scripts only accept string CLI arguments but received a JSON element of kind '{element.ValueKind}'. " +
"All array elements must be JSON strings.");
}
startInfo.ArgumentList.Add(element.GetString()!);
}
}
else if (arguments is not null && arguments.Value.ValueKind != JsonValueKind.Null && arguments.Value.ValueKind != JsonValueKind.Undefined)
{
throw new InvalidOperationException(
$"Expected a JSON array of CLI arguments but received {arguments.Value.ValueKind}. " +
"File-based skill scripts expect positional arguments as a JSON array of strings.");
}
Process? process = null;
try
{
process = Process.Start(startInfo);
if (process is null)
{
return $"Error: Failed to start process for script '{script.Name}'.";
}
Task outputTask = process.StandardOutput.ReadToEndAsync(cancellationToken);
Task errorTask = process.StandardError.ReadToEndAsync(cancellationToken);
await process.WaitForExitAsync(cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
string output = await outputTask.ConfigureAwait(false);
string error = await errorTask.ConfigureAwait(false);
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(error))
{
output += $"\nStderr:\n{error}";
}
if (process.ExitCode != 0)
{
output += $"\nScript exited with code {process.ExitCode}";
}
return string.IsNullOrEmpty(output) ? "(no output)" : output.Trim();
}
catch (OperationCanceledException) when (cancellationToken.IsCancellationRequested)
{
// Kill the process on cancellation to avoid leaving orphaned subprocesses.
process?.Kill(entireProcessTree: true);
throw;
}
catch (OperationCanceledException)
{
throw;
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
return $"Error: Failed to execute script '{script.Name}': {ex.Message}";
}
finally
{
process?.Dispose();
}
}
}