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FILE_PERMISSIONS

View or change file/directory permissions (macOS/Linux).

Parameters

NameTypeRequiredDescription
pathstringyesAbsolute file path
actionstring'get' (default) or 'set'
modestringOctal mode string for set (e.g., '755', '644')

How to use it

You normally trigger this by describing what you want in chat — the agent selects FILE_PERMISSIONS automatically. For example:

Try saying
“use file manager to file …”

In a workflow

As a step in a multi-step workflow DAG:

json
{
  "id": "s1",
  "agent": "file_manager",
  "action": "FILE_PERMISSIONS",
  "args": {
    "path": "/Users/me/Documents/file.txt",
    "action": "…",
    "mode": "…"
  },
  "depends_on": [],
  "outputs": []
}

Direct call

For scripting, call it directly via POST /execute_tool. Every tool returns { success, message, data }.

bash
curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8000/execute_tool \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"tool_name":"FILE_PERMISSIONS","args":{"path":"/Users/me/Documents/file.txt","action":"…","mode":"…"}}'

Part of the file_manager plugin. Browse the full Plugin & Tool Catalog or the relevant feature guide.