Robot API Overview

Every plugin, job, and task works through the Robot API.

Main capability groups

• identity and attributes
• message sending and formatting
• prompting for replies
• memory and datum storage
• pipeline assembly
• admin and utility helpers

API chapters

• Language Choices
• Attribute Retrieval
• Message Sending and Formatting
• Prompting for Replies
• Memory and Brain Methods
• Pipeline Methods
• Utility Methods
• Miscellaneous Methods

Practical notes

• The current first-class extension languages in this manual are Go, Lua, JavaScript, Bash, Python, and Ruby.
• Not every language binding exposes every public Robot method. The detailed pages call out gaps where they matter.
• Connector-specific rendering details live in the connector appendices. For message formatting behavior that depends on Slack or another protocol, start with the API chapter, then check the relevant appendix.

Important v3 behavior notes

• AddCommand composes work into the current pipeline; it does not fake a new user message.
• AddJob starts a child pipeline and does not automatically inherit every parent parameter.
• Prompt timeouts are longer on interactive local connectors such as SSH when using built-in interpreters or Go.