Add a `monitor_device` MCP tool that lets an AI agent run a scripted,
non-interactive `esp-idf-monitor` session against a flashed device and
get back a short status plus a log file path, instead of raw serial
output inline.
Under the hood:
- The agent supplies a plain-text command body (expect/send/sleep/reset/
exit/comments). `assemble_monitor_script_from_agent_commands()` frames
it into a script the monitor's non-interactive command mode can
consume via stdin: it appends `exit` if the agent didn't already end
with one, and rewrites every bare `expect <regex>` into `expect
--timeout <timeout_sec> <regex>` via `_monitor_normalize_expect_line()`
(an already-bounded `expect --timeout ...` line is left untouched so
the monitor itself reports a bad value). A leading `reset` is not
prepended - the monitor already resets the chip when it opens the
port - and any `reset` the agent wrote is left in place.
`_monitor_parse_sleep_duration()` extracts each `sleep <n>` duration.
The effective timeout is the sum of every bounded expect duration
plus every sleep duration. Scripts whose sum exceeds
`MONITOR_MAX_SCRIPT_SEC` are rejected. If the script has neither
expect nor sleep (for example only `send`), `timeout_sec` is used so
the process still has a kill bound.
- `monitor_device()` runs `python -m esp_idf_monitor` via
`subprocess.run(..., input=script, timeout=2 * effective_timeout)`.
`no_reset` is forwarded as `--no-reset` so the connection reset can be
skipped; an explicit `-p` is forwarded when a port is given. Extra
arguments match `idf.py monitor` where a build exists: baud (`baud`
tool arg, else `monitor_baud` from `project_description.json`),
toolchain prefix, `--target`/`--revision`, coredump/panic decode, and
ELF files with the app ELF first. The 2x hard timeout is a safety net
independent of the script's own `expect --timeout`/`exit` logic; on
`TimeoutExpired` the process is killed but any output already captured
is preserved and logged. `decode_stream()` normalizes that captured
output, which can be `bytes` on the timeout path even though the
process otherwise runs in text mode.
- The monitor's exit code drives the reported status via
`_monitor_status()`, using `EXIT_EXPECT_TIMEOUT` and
`EXIT_SCRIPT_ERROR` from `esp_idf_monitor.base.constants`: 0 is
success, 110 means an `expect` pattern never showed up before its
`--timeout` elapsed, 2 means the monitor rejected the script (bad
syntax/timeout/regex), anything else is reported generically.
- Serial output and the monitor's own messages share one pipe
(`stderr=STDOUT`) so decoded panic backtraces stay next to the lines
that triggered them. `_save_monitor_output()` writes the full merge to
`<tempdir>/esp_idf_mcp_log/action_monitor/monitor_<timestamp>.log` and
reports a dedicated `Log file:` line. On non-zero exit or process
kill, a short tail of that same merge is also returned inline so the
agent has some failure context without a second file read. If the log
file can't be written, it falls back to inlining a truncated tail.
Closes https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/issues/18757
Closes https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/pull/18385
Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
__generate_gdbinit wrote into a single shared directory and derived the
application ELF from a global property, so a project building multiple
executables had their gdbinit files overwrite each other. Take the ELF
path and output directory as arguments, and derive them per executable in
idf_build_generate_metadata.
Auto-detect used to pick the first Espressif device, even when it did
not match IDF_TARGET. With several boards attached, flash/monitor could
talk to the wrong chip.
Pass the project target into esptool so unmatched ports are skipped.
Resolve the port after ensure_build_directory() so the target is known.
For monitor on an unconfigured project, probe the connected chip and
pass it directly to idf_monitor without configuring the project.
Gate PAST on SOC_ESP_NIMBLE_CONTROLLER, mark randomized advertising
channel indexing host columns as NA, and limit controller experimental
status to NimBLE controllers except ESP32-C2.
Mark ISOAL/ISO features as experimental when SOC_BLE_ISO_SUPPORTED,
add unsupported Core Spec 6.1-6.3 features, and move NimBLE LL Extended
Feature Set target to 2026/12.
Move 7 trace-related examples (app_trace_basic, app_trace_to_plot,
esp_trace_custom_library, function_tracing, gcov, sysview_tracing,
sysview_tracing_heap_log) from examples/system/ into a dedicated
examples/system/tracing/ subdirectory for better organization.
Update all path references across documentation (en + zh_CN),
build-test-rules, CI configs, Kconfig, and component READMEs.
libstdc++ selects between a lock-free and a mutex-based policy for
std::shared_ptr reference counting based on this macro. Enabling this
option forces the lock-free policy, which avoids pulling in the
mutex-based implementation and can reduce code size.
Note: the lock-free policy avoids embedding a mutex in each control
block, saving about 88 bytes per shared_ptr, and improves performance
by using atomic operations instead of mutex locking.
Note: this option changes the ABI of libstdc++ atomic/shared_ptr
helpers. It can be incompatible when linking against prebuilt
libraries that were compiled without it, leading to link errors or
undefined runtime behavior. Only enable it if all C++ objects and
libraries in the build use the same setting.
Add a global -j/--jobs option to idf.py that sets the number of parallel
build jobs passed to the underlying build tool. Previously parallelism was
only configurable via the IDF_PY_BUILD_JOBS environment variable, and only
for the Ninja generator.
The option applies to both Ninja and Make and defaults to IDF_PY_BUILD_JOBS
when not given, so the environment variable keeps working as before.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Allow specifying extra compiler flags (warning flags, preprocessor
definitions, etc.) via a new 'compile_options' entry in the
idf-build-file frontmatter. The options are applied to the source
file via target_compile_options in the generated main component
CMakeLists, with CMake quoting so that flags like -DMSG="hello world"
reach the compiler exactly as written.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Add a new idf.py extension that allows building standalone C files
without requiring full project boilerplate. Source files can include
optional YAML frontmatter in block comments to specify sdkconfig
options, component dependencies, and target configuration.
When the frontmatter configuration changes, the stale sdkconfig is
removed so the new defaults are applied, and a target change also
clears the build directory since IDF_TARGET is pinned in the CMake
cache.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Document CONFIG_COMPILER_LTO_LINKTIME / CONFIG_COMPILER_LTO_COMPILETIME in the
binary size reduction guide, including the caveats: less accurate per-component
size breakdown, longer build times, incompatibility with custom linker
fragments, and harder debugging.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Document the create --format option (SPDX 2.2 tag/value and JSON, SPDX 3.0.1
JSON-LD, and CycloneDX 1.6) and the new --file option on idf.py sbom-create and
sbom-check, and generalize the previously SPDX-only wording. Note the NVDAPIKEY
variable for faster online scans, document that sbom-check exits with a non-zero
status when vulnerabilities are found, drop an unused link target, and update the
SBOM reference link. Fix the section heading levels to follow the esp-docs
conventions.
- Server can now start from any directory, not just a valid project dir
- Document project_dir argument available on all tools
- Add create-project tool to the list of available tools
Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
Split the single build-system-v2 page into a landing page that dispatches
to focused how-to guides (creating a project, creating components,
configuring dependencies, third-party libraries, ESP-IDF as a library,
multiple binaries) and reference pages (design and architecture, breaking
changes, and the generated API reference). Mirror the new structure on
zh_CN and update the API Guides table of contents.
Signed-off-by: Frantisek Hrbata <frantisek.hrbata@espressif.com>
Marek FialaandCursor
Roland Dobai
Mo Fei Fei
Peter Dragun
Marius Vikhammer
Sudeep Mohanty
chenqianandCursor
Vojtech Piroch
yinqingzhao
Daniel Paul
Wei Yu Han
luweike
Alexey Gerenkov
Erhan Kurubas
Alexey Lapshin
morris
Zhang Shuxian
Nebojša CvetkovićandClaude Opus 4.8
Ivan Grokhotkov
Ivan Grokhotkov (bot)andClaude Fable 5
Atharva-2708
Konstantin Kondrashov
Konstantin Kondrashov
Zhi Wei Jian
Wu Zheng Hui
nilesh.kale
Frantisek Hrbata
