Agentica-Claude Code Proxy Integration

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

When to Use

• Setting up Agentica agents to use Claude Code tools

• Debugging agent hallucination issues

• Fixing permission errors in file operations

• Understanding the REPL response format

Architecture Overview

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:

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:

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:

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:

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 Claude Code and Agentica have sandboxes:

• /tmp/ paths are blocked by Claude Code

• Files outside project directory blocked by Agentica

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

Debugging

Check Agent Logs

cat logs/agent-<N>.log

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

Test Proxy Directly

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

After agent claims to create file

ls -la workspace/test.txt cat workspace/test.txt

Server Commands

Start Servers

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

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

Health Checks

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