tools.md

Tools Reference

Forge exposes server-side tools for plan storage, review findings, loop management, group orchestration, section navigation, and sandbox shell execution.

See also: Agents and Slash Commands, Configuration, Loop System.

Tool List

Tool	Purpose	Source
plan-read	Read the current session or loop plan, or list/search recent project plans.	src/tools/plan-kv.ts
section-read	Read a section plan and status for the active loop session.	src/tools/section-read.ts
review-write	Store a review finding.	src/tools/review.ts
review-read	Read review findings.	src/tools/review.ts
review-delete	Delete a review finding.	src/tools/review.ts
execute-plan	Start an iterative development loop in an isolated git worktree, or (with mode: new-session) launch the plan in a fresh standalone session.	src/tools/loop.ts
loop-cancel	Cancel an active loop.	src/tools/loop.ts
loop-status	List loops, inspect one loop, or restart a restartable loop.	src/tools/loop.ts
launch-group	Launch a group of features (from a PRD or a pre-split list), each planned and run as its own loop, scheduled with a concurrency cap.	src/tools/group.ts
group-status	List groups, inspect one group's per-feature stages, or restart a non-completed group.	src/tools/group.ts
group-cancel	Cancel a group, optionally cancelling its running loops.	src/tools/group.ts
sh	Sandbox shell tool added when a sandbox manager is available.	src/tools/bash/index.ts

Plan Tools

plan-read

Arguments:

Argument	Description
offset	Line number to start from, 1-indexed.
limit	Maximum number of lines to return.
pattern	Regex pattern to search plan content.
loop_name	Optional loop name to read a loop-scoped plan directly.
session_id	Explicit session ID to read from.
recent	List or search recent project-scoped plans.

Section Tools

section-read

Arguments:

Argument	Description
section_index	Optional 0-based section index. If omitted, returns the lowest-index incomplete section.

Review Tools

Review findings are scoped to the current loop when invoked from a loop session. Sectioned loops automatically scope findings to the current section unless overridden.

review-write

Arguments:

Argument	Description
file	File path where the finding is located.
line	Line number of the finding.
severity	bug or warning.
description	Clear description of the issue.
scenario	Optional conditions under which the issue manifests.
status	Finding status; defaults to open.
crossSection	Write as a cross-section finding with sectionIndex: null.
sectionIndex	Explicit section index override.

review-read

Arguments:

Argument	Description
loopName	Target a specific loop, including completed loops.
file	Filter by file path.
pattern	Regex search across finding descriptions and scenarios.
crossSection	Read only cross-section findings.
allSections	Read findings from all sections instead of the current section.

review-delete

Arguments:

Argument	Description
file	File path of the finding to delete.
line	Line number of the finding to delete.
sectionIndex	Explicit section index override.
crossSection	Delete cross-section findings.

Loop Tools

execute-plan

Arguments:

Argument	Description
title	Required short title for the session list.
plan	Optional inline plan. If omitted, Forge reads the current session's stored plan.
loopName	Optional loop name, slugified and uniquified.
hostSessionId	Optional host session ID for post-completion redirect.
mode	Execution mode. loop (default) runs the iterative loop in an isolated git worktree. new-session launches the plan in a fresh standalone session running the code agent (no worktree, no loop, not tracked by loop-status/loop-cancel).

loop-cancel

Arguments:

Argument	Description
name	Optional loop name. If omitted, cancels the only active loop.

loop-status

Arguments:

Argument	Description
name	Optional loop name for detailed status.
restart	Restart a non-completed loop by name.
force	Force restart an active or stuck loop. Required for running loops.

Completed loops are history-only and cannot be restarted. See Loop System.

Group, loop, and plan tools are denied inside loop and audit sessions so an in-flight loop cannot recursively spawn more work.

Group Tools

Group tools orchestrate parallel feature extraction: a PRD or other broad work source is split into implementation-coherent features by the feature-splitter agent, each feature is planned by the architect-auto agent, and each plan runs as its own loop. The launch command and splitter prefer small independently reviewable plans, grouping source items only when they have non-trivial implementation coupling such as shared contracts, migrations, state machines, refactors, or unavoidable sequencing. A scheduler advances features while respecting a per-group concurrency cap. Group tools are agent-invoked only (no slash commands) and are denied inside loop/audit sessions.

launch-group

Requires exactly one of prd or features.

Argument	Description
title	Required short title for the group.
prd	PRD or other broad documentation text to split into features. Mutually exclusive with features.
features	Pre-split or overlap-grouped features ({ title, description }[]). Mutually exclusive with prd.
maxConcurrentLoops	Maximum number of concurrent loops for this group. When omitted, defaults to the global groupLaunch.maxConcurrentLoops config value.
loopNamePrefix	Reserved for future use.

group-status

Argument	Description
groupId	Optional group ID for detailed per-feature status. When omitted, lists all groups.
restart	Restart a non-completed, non-running group by groupId (resumes interrupted/errored groups).

group-cancel

Argument	Description
groupId	Required group ID to cancel.
cancelRunningLoops	Also cancel running loops for non-terminal features.

Sandbox Shell Tool

sh

The sh tool is only added when a sandbox manager is available. It runs shell commands inside the sandbox container associated with the active loop session. Outside an active sandbox loop, the tool is not useful and the global default permission denies sh unless Forge explicitly grants sandbox context.

For broader sandbox behavior, see Sandbox.