tuicraft

CLI client for World of Warcraft 3.3.5a. A background daemon maintains the game connection and buffers events. The daemon starts automatically on first use and stays running for 30 minutes of inactivity.

Status

tuicraft status

Returns CONNECTED or an error. Check this before other commands.

Sending Messages

tuicraft send "message"               # say (nearby players)
tuicraft send -y "message"            # yell (wider range)
tuicraft send -p "message"            # party chat
tuicraft send -g "message"            # guild chat
tuicraft send -w PlayerName "message" # whisper to player

Slash commands work too:

tuicraft send "/raid message"         # raid chat
tuicraft send "/e waves hello"        # text emote
tuicraft send "/dnd busy right now"   # toggle DND status
tuicraft send "/afk grabbing coffee"  # toggle AFK status
tuicraft send "/roll"                  # roll 1-100
tuicraft send "/roll 50"               # roll 1-50
tuicraft send "/roll 10 20"            # roll 10-20
tuicraft send "/1 message"            # channel 1
tuicraft send "/2 message"            # channel 2

Reading Events

tuicraft read                  # buffered events since last read
tuicraft read --wait 5         # wait 5 seconds, then return events
tuicraft tail                  # continuous stream (blocks)

Add --json for structured output. Each JSON line:

{"type":"PARTY","sender":"PlayerName","message":"hello"}

Event Types

The channel field appears on CHANNEL events only.

Entity events include guid, objectType, name, and type-specific fields like level, health, maxHealth, x, y, z.

Who Queries

tuicraft who              # all online players
tuicraft who "warrior"    # filter by name/class/etc

Channel Commands

tuicraft send "/join ChannelName"    # join a chat channel
tuicraft send "/leave ChannelName"   # leave a chat channel

Group Commands

tuicraft send "/invite PlayerName"   # invite to group
tuicraft send "/kick PlayerName"     # remove from group
tuicraft send "/leave"               # leave group
tuicraft send "/leader PlayerName"   # transfer leadership
tuicraft send "/accept"              # accept pending invite (group or duel)
tuicraft send "/decline"             # decline pending invite (group or duel)

Duel events (SMSG_DUEL_REQUESTED, COUNTDOWN, COMPLETE, WINNER, OUTOFBOUNDS, INBOUNDS) are surfaced in the event stream as [duel] labeled messages. Use /accept or /decline to respond to incoming duel requests.

Friends List

tuicraft send "/friends"                # show friends list
tuicraft send "/friend add PlayerName"  # add friend
tuicraft send "/friend remove PlayerName" # remove friend

IPC verbs:

echo "FRIENDS" | nc -U $TMPDIR/tuicraft-$(id -u)/sock
echo "FRIENDS_JSON" | nc -U $TMPDIR/tuicraft-$(id -u)/sock
echo "ADD_FRIEND PlayerName" | nc -U $TMPDIR/tuicraft-$(id -u)/sock
echo "DEL_FRIEND PlayerName" | nc -U $TMPDIR/tuicraft-$(id -u)/sock

Ignore List

tuicraft send "/ignore PlayerName"    # add to ignore list
tuicraft send "/unignore PlayerName"  # remove from ignore list
tuicraft send "/ignorelist"           # show ignore list

Messages from ignored players are filtered from chat display and daemon read output.

IPC verbs:

echo "IGNORED" | nc -U $TMPDIR/tuicraft-$(id -u)/sock
echo "IGNORED_JSON" | nc -U $TMPDIR/tuicraft-$(id -u)/sock
echo "ADD_IGNORE PlayerName" | nc -U $TMPDIR/tuicraft-$(id -u)/sock
echo "DEL_IGNORE PlayerName" | nc -U $TMPDIR/tuicraft-$(id -u)/sock

Guild Roster

tuicraft send "/groster"              # show guild roster

Displays MOTD, guild info, and all members sorted by online status. Shows rank, level, class, zone, and notes for each member.

IPC verbs:

echo "GUILD_ROSTER" | nc -U $TMPDIR/tuicraft-$(id -u)/sock
echo "GUILD_ROSTER_JSON" | nc -U $TMPDIR/tuicraft-$(id -u)/sock

Guild Management

tuicraft send "/ginvite PlayerName"  # invite to guild
tuicraft send "/gkick PlayerName"    # remove from guild
tuicraft send "/gleave"              # leave guild
tuicraft send "/gpromote PlayerName" # promote member
tuicraft send "/gdemote PlayerName"  # demote member
tuicraft send "/gleader PlayerName"  # transfer leadership
tuicraft send "/gmotd New MOTD"      # set message of the day
tuicraft send "/gaccept"             # accept guild invite
tuicraft send "/gdecline"            # decline guild invite

IPC verbs:

echo "GINVITE PlayerName" | nc -U $TMPDIR/tuicraft-$(id -u)/sock
echo "GKICK PlayerName" | nc -U $TMPDIR/tuicraft-$(id -u)/sock
echo "GLEAVE" | nc -U $TMPDIR/tuicraft-$(id -u)/sock
echo "GPROMOTE PlayerName" | nc -U $TMPDIR/tuicraft-$(id -u)/sock
echo "GDEMOTE PlayerName" | nc -U $TMPDIR/tuicraft-$(id -u)/sock
echo "GLEADER PlayerName" | nc -U $TMPDIR/tuicraft-$(id -u)/sock
echo "GMOTD New MOTD" | nc -U $TMPDIR/tuicraft-$(id -u)/sock
echo "GACCEPT" | nc -U $TMPDIR/tuicraft-$(id -u)/sock
echo "GDECLINE" | nc -U $TMPDIR/tuicraft-$(id -u)/sock

Entity Queries

The daemon exposes NEARBY and NEARBY_JSON IPC verbs for querying tracked entities:

echo "NEARBY" | nc -U $TMPDIR/tuicraft-$(id -u)/sock
echo "NEARBY_JSON" | nc -U $TMPDIR/tuicraft-$(id -u)/sock

In the TUI, toggle entity event display with /tuicraft entities on|off.

Openclaw Integration

Complete example: forward party chat to an openclaw agent, filtering out the agent's own character to prevent feedback loops. Each agent turn runs in the background so the pipeline doesn't block.

tuicraft tail --json \
  | jq -r --unbuffered '
      select((.type == "PARTY" or .type == "PARTY_LEADER")
        and .sender != "Xia")
      | "\(.sender): \(.message)"' \
  | while IFS= read -r line; do
      openclaw agent --agent x \
        --message "$line" \
        </dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1 &
    done

Replace Xia with the agent's WoW character name and x with the openclaw agent id. The agent can respond in-game with tuicraft send -p "message".

To watch different event types, change the jq select filter: