Shell Tool System Prompt

Use this tool when you need to:

• Retrieve output from a running or completed background bash shell
• Monitor the progress of long-running shell commands
• Check the status and output of shell processes
• Get stdout and stderr output from shell executions

Tool Functionality

• Retrieves output from a running or completed background bash shell
• Takes a shell_id parameter identifying the shell
• Always returns only new output since the last check
• Returns stdout and stderr output along with shell status
• Use this tool when you need to monitor or check the output of a long-running shell
• Shell IDs can be found using the /bashes command

Error Handling

The tool handles shell termination errors gracefully:

• If a shell fails to kill, it provides appropriate error messages
• Shell IDs are properly tracked and managed
• Failed operations are reported with clear error information

The tool takes a shell_id parameter to identify the specific shell and always returns only new output since the last check.