Agentica-Maestro Proxy Integration

Use this skill when developing or debugging the Agentica-Claude proxy integration.

When to Use

•Setting up Agentica agents to use Maestro tools
•Debugging agent hallucination issues
•Fixing permission errors in file operations
•Understanding the REPL response format

Architecture Overview

code

Agentica Agent → S_M_BASE_URL → Claude Proxy → claude -p → Claude CLI (with tools)
                 (localhost:2345)   (localhost:8080)

Critical Requirements

1. --allowedTools Flag (REQUIRED)

Claude CLI in -p mode restricts file operations. You MUST add:

python

subprocess.run([
    "claude", "-p", prompt,
    "--append-system-prompt", system_prompt,
    "--allowedTools", "Read", "Write", "Edit", "Bash",  # REQUIRED
])

Without this, agents will report "permission denied" for Write/Edit operations.

2. SSE Streaming Format (REQUIRED)

Agentica expects SSE streaming, not plain JSON:

python

# Response format
yield f"data: {json.dumps(chunk)}\n\n"
yield "data: [DONE]\n\n"

3. REPL Response Format (REQUIRED)

Agents MUST return results as Python code blocks with a return statement:

python

return "your result here"

Agentica's REPL parser extracts code between ```python and ```.

Anti-Hallucination Prompt Engineering

Agents will hallucinate success without actually using tools unless you explicitly warn them:

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## ANTI-HALLUCINATION WARNING

**STOP AND READ THIS CAREFULLY:**

You have access to these tools: Read, Write, Edit, Bash

When the task asks you to create/modify/run something:
1. FIRST: Actually invoke the tool (Read, Write, Edit, or Bash)
2. SECOND: Wait for the tool result
3. THIRD: Then return your answer based on what actually happened

**DO NOT** skip the tool invocation and just claim success!

If you didn't invoke a tool, you CANNOT claim the action succeeded.

Path Sandboxing

Both Maestro and Agentica have sandboxes:

•/maestro:tmp/ paths are blocked by Maestro
•Files outside project directory blocked by Agentica

Solution: Use project-relative paths like workspace/ instead of /maestro:tmp/

Debugging

Check Agent Logs

bash

cat logs/agent-<N>.log

Note: Logs only show final conversational response, not tool invocations.

Test Proxy Directly

bash

curl -s http://localhost:8080/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model": "claude", "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Create file at workspace/test.txt"}], "stream": false}'

Verify File Operations

bash

# After agent claims to create file
ls -la workspace/test.txt
cat workspace/test.txt

Server Commands

Start Servers

bash

# Terminal 1: Proxy
uv run python scripts/agentica/claude_proxy.py --port 8080

# Terminal 2: Agentica Server
cd workspace/agentica-research/agentica-server
INFERENCE_ENDPOINT_URL=http://localhost:8080/v1/chat/completions uv run agentica-server --port 2345

Use Swarm

bash

S_M_BASE_URL=http://localhost:2345 uv run python your_script.py

Health Checks

bash

curl http://localhost:8080/health  # Proxy
curl http://localhost:2345/health  # Agentica

Reference Files

•Proxy implementation: scripts/agentica/claude_proxy.py
•REPL_BASELINE prompt: scripts/agentica/claude_proxy.py:49-155
•Comprehensive test: workspace/test_swarm_all_tools.py
•DependencySwarm: scripts/agentica/dependency_swarm.py

Common Errors

Error	Cause	Fix
"Permission denied"	Missing --allowedTools	Add `--allowedTools Read Write Edit Bash`
Agent claims success but file not created	Hallucination	Add anti-hallucination prompt section
"Cannot access /tmp/..."	Sandbox restriction	Use project-relative paths
"APIConnectionError"	Wrong response format	Use SSE streaming (data: {...}\n\n)
"NameError: view_file"	Agent using REPL functions	Add REPL_BASELINE with native tool examples