Workers for the iii engine. Each top-level directory is a self-contained worker module: a process that connects to the engine over WebSocket, registers functions + triggers, and does something useful.
Workers are installed via iii worker add <name>, which resolves the matching
asset for the host from the workers registry API.
| Worker | Kind | Summary |
|---|---|---|
acp |
Rust | Agent Client Protocol surface — stdio JSON-RPC, exposes iii agents as ACP sessions. |
harness |
Node | TS port of the iii harness stack — bundles harness, turn-orchestrator, approval-gate, session, hook-fanout, auth-credentials, models-catalog, provider-anthropic, provider-openai, llm-budget, and context-compaction as one pnpm monorepo. See harness/README.md. |
database |
Rust | PostgreSQL, MySQL, and SQLite client — query, execute, transactions, prepared statements, and change feeds. |
iii-directory |
Rust | Engine introspection (functions / triggers / workers), workers-registry proxy, and filesystem-backed skill + prompt reader. |
iii-lsp |
Rust | Language Server for iii function ids, trigger configs, and worker discovery. Autocomplete / hover across JS/TS, Python, Rust. |
iii-lsp-vscode |
Node | VS Code extension that embeds iii-lsp. |
image-resize |
Rust | Image resize via channel I/O — JPEG/PNG/WebP with EXIF auto-orient, scale-to-fit / crop-to-fit. |
llm-budget |
Rust | Workspace + agent LLM spend caps with alerts, forecast, and period rollover under budget::*. |
mcp |
Rust | MCP 2025-06-18 Streamable HTTP bridge — exposes iii functions tagged mcp.expose as MCP tools. |
shell |
Rust | Unix shell + filesystem worker — shell::exec with allowlist/denylist/timeout/output caps and background jobs; fs::ls/stat/mkdir/rm/chmod/mv/grep/sed/read/write with host jail, denylist, and size caps. |
storage |
Rust | S3-compatible object storage across AWS S3, GCS, Cloudflare R2, and a managed local rustfs backend. Streamed uploads, presigned URLs, and object change triggers. |
todo-worker |
Node | Quickstart CRUD todo worker using the Node iii SDK. |
todo-worker-python |
Python | Quickstart CRUD todo worker using the Python iii SDK. |
Workers target the iii-sdk package on each ecosystem:
- Rust — crates.io/crates/iii-sdk
- Node — npmjs.com/package/iii-sdk
- Python — pypi.org/project/iii-sdk
Each module pins its exact version in its own manifest (Cargo.toml,
package.json, or pyproject.toml).
Rust workers:
cd <worker>
cargo build --releaseNode/Python workers follow the standard npm install / pip install -e .
flow — see each module's README for specifics. harness is a pnpm
monorepo (pnpm install && pnpm build).
Rust workers ship as standalone binaries — see the modules table above — and are released via GitHub Actions:
- Trigger the Create Tag workflow (Actions tab) — pick a worker, bump
type (
patch/minor/major), and a registry tag (latest/next). - A tag of the form
<worker>/v<X.Y.Z>is pushed tomain, with the registry tag embedded in the tag's annotated message. - The unified Release workflow fires on the tag, cross-compiles
binaries for up to 9 targets (Linux gnu/musl, macOS x86_64 + aarch64,
Windows x86_64/i686/aarch64, armv7), uploads them to a GitHub Release
with SHA-256 checksums, and calls
POST /publishon the workers registry API.
Targets per build (Windows targets are skipped on POSIX-only workers such
as shell):
aarch64-apple-darwin
x86_64-apple-darwin
x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
i686-pc-windows-msvc
aarch64-pc-windows-msvc
x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf
Workers are discovered through the workers registry API at
https://api.workers.iii.dev. Each release publishes a manifest entry
declaring the worker kind (binary / container image), supported targets,
download URLs, and the worker's collected function + trigger interface.
iii worker add <name> queries this API to locate the right asset for the
host.
binary-worker.md is the deep dive for the Rust binary
scaffold (manifest, config, layout, function contract).
worker-readme.md covers the README contract every
worker shares (install via iii worker add, run via iii start, how-to
over reference).
Pull requests trigger per-worker lint + tests for the changed worker(s).
.github/workflows/ci.yml discovers changes by
reading each worker's iii.worker.yaml, then routes:
- Rust →
cargo fmt --check,cargo clippy -- -D warnings,cargo test --all-features - Node →
biome ciagainstbiome.jsonandnpm test - Python →
ruff check+ruff format --checkagainstruff.tomlandpytest
The pr-checks job additionally enforces, per changed worker: README.md
present, iii.worker.yaml valid, tests/ non-empty, and the manifest
version is greater than the version on the PR's base branch.
Releases are cut manually via the Create Tag workflow
(.github/workflows/create-tag.yml) —
pick a worker, a bump type, and a registry tag (latest / next). The
resulting <worker>/v<X.Y.Z> tag drives a single dispatcher
(.github/workflows/release.yml) that:
- Routes on
deployfromiii.worker.yaml:binary→ cross-compile via_rust-binary.yml.image→ multi-arch image toghcr.io/<owner>/<worker>via_container.yml.
- Calls
POST /publishagainst the workers registry API via_publish-registry.yml.
Apache 2.0 — see LICENSE.