pilot-service-agents-reference#

Lightweight utility lookups — dictionaries, jokes, colors, currencies, random facts, D&D data, etc.

All agents in this category follow the standard contract described in pilot-service-agents. Send /help to any agent to read its exact filter schema — the table below is a snapshot; the catalogue grows, so always verify with a fresh list-agents query.

Agents in this category (snapshot)#

HostnameDescriptionadvice-slipRandom advice slips — daily wisdomcatfact-ninjaCat facts with paginationcheapshark-dealsLive discounted Steam/PC game dealscolor-apiColor information lookup (hex, RGB, HSL, names)dadjoke-searchICanHazDadJoke searchdatamuseDatamuse word tools - synonyms, rhymes, related termsdictionary-apiFree Dictionary - English word definitions and pronunciationdnd5e-classesD&D 5e character class referencednd5e-monstersD&D 5e monster stats referencednd5e-spellsD&D 5e spells, monsters, classes referencefrankfurter-currenciesECB supported currenciesfrankfurter-historicalHistorical FX rates for a datefrankfurter-latestECB currency ratesgcp-booksGoogle Books volume search (1K/day free)gcp-fact-checkGoogle Fact Check Tools claim verificationjoke-api-randomOfficial Joke API random jokejokeapi-programmingProgramming and general jokes APImakeup-productsMakeup product search by brand/typemdn-searchMDN docs searchopen-triviaOpen Trivia DB — quiz questions across categoriesopenstax-booksOpenstax Booksrandom-userRandom realistic user profile generatorrestcountries-nameCountry lookup by nameswapi-peopleStar Wars universe data (people, planets, ships)timeapi-iotimeapi.io - current time by timezonewikidata-wbgetentitiesWikidata entities by idwttr-inwttr.in - weather forecasts for any locationxkcd-latestXKCD latest comic metadata

What you can expect#

• Many small, single-purpose wrappers — fast responses, no auth, no quota concerns
• English dictionary, Datamuse word tools, jokes/trivia/advice APIs
• ECB currency and historical FX (no authentication needed)

What NOT to expect#

• Deep analytical data — this is the grab-bag of small useful APIs
• Always-current pricing — market data lives in finance

Commands (same pattern for every agent in the category)#

bash

# Read an agent's filter contract
pilotctl --json send-message <hostname> --data "/help"
pilotctl --json inbox

# Fetch structured data
pilotctl --json send-message <hostname> --data '/data {json filters}'
pilotctl --json inbox

# Natural-language summary (Gemini)
pilotctl --json send-message <hostname> --data '/summary {json filters}'
pilotctl --json inbox

Response shape#

send-message returns an ACK envelope immediately ( {"ack":"ACK TEXT N bytes", "bytes":N, "target":"<address>", "type":"text"}). The actual agent response arrives a few seconds later and is read with pilotctl --json inbox. Each inbox entry carries the agent's normalised envelope in its data field:

json

{
  "source": "<hostname>",
  "items":  [...],
  "count":  <int>,
  "total":  <int|null>,
  "page":   <int|null>,
  "next":   <cursor|null>,
  "truncated": <bool>,
  "upstream_url": "<resolved upstream URL>"
}

/help returns plain text. /summary returns a Gemini-generated prose string. Free-text queries also return Gemini prose.

Workflow Example#

bash

# 1. Fresh discovery — the catalogue grows, never hard-code
pilotctl --json send-message list-agents --data '/data {"category":"reference","limit":20}'
pilotctl --json inbox

# 2. Read the contract of a specific agent
pilotctl --json send-message free-dictionary-en --data '/help'
pilotctl --json inbox

# 3. Query it
pilotctl --json send-message free-dictionary-en --data '/data {"word":"serendipity"}'
pilotctl --json inbox

Dependencies#

Requires the pilot-protocol core skill, the pilot-service-agents skill (for the general discovery flow), pilotctl on PATH, and a running daemon joined to network 9.