README.org

## Description This is right now is just a dump from a org-mode file of useful things for Mycroft devs and Mark 1 users. Will eventually be formatted for easier maintenance and contribs.

Mycroft

Dev

NB: Shell hacks can be added to ~/.bashrc using nano for persistence

$ nano ~/.bashrc

copy-paste hack at end of file

ctrl+x, y, enter to save and exit

run cli

$ python /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/mycroft(hit tab)/mycroft/client/text/main.py –quiet

run cli hack

$ cli() { _egg=`ls /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages |grep mycroft` ; python /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/$_egg/mycroft/client/text/main.py –quiet ; }

$ cli

force reload skill

delete the .pyc files

reload skill hack

$ reload() { sudo rm /opt/mycroft/skills/$1/*.pyc ; echo $1’ reloading…’ ; }

$ reload skill-name

logging

write log messages from skills with self.log.[error|debug|info]

logs are written to /var/log/mycroft-skills.log

$ cat /var/log/mycroft-skills.log |grep “search text” -A5 |less

skills log hack

$ skills-log() { cat /var/log/mycroft-skills.log |grep $1 -B $2 -A $3 |less ; }

$ skills-log “search text” lines-before lines-after

echo to bashrc

$ barc-add() { echo $1 >> ~/.bashrc ; }

NB: escape $ and ` characters with \ when using

fix local import error

sys.path.append(abspath(dirname(__file__))) before local imports

use try/except to perform optional reload

call another skill

emit a bus message of type “skill_id:intent_name”

speak payload

{“type”: “speak”, “data”: {“expect_response”: false, “utterance”: “It’s 02:01, PM”}, “context”: null}

listen payload

{“type”: “recognizer_loop:utterance”, “data”: {“lang”: “en-us”, “utterances”: [“what’s the weather in chicago”]}, “context”: null}

view core version

python -c “import mycroft.version;print mycroft.version.CORE_VERSION_STR”

core verion hack

core-version() { python -c “import mycroft.version;print mycroft.version.CORE_VERSION_STR” ; }

Mark 1

Get IP

hey mycroft, what is your IP address

SSH

menu -> SSH -> allow

$ ssh pi@ip

password: mycroft