@factory/droid-sdk

TypeScript SDK for the Factory Droid CLI. Provides a high-level API for interacting with Droid as a subprocess, with one-shot prompts, streaming messages, multi-turn sessions, structured output, SDK-backed MCP tools, spec mode, tool controls, initialization metadata, session forking, session discovery, and tool permission handling.

Requirements

• Node.js 18+
• The droid CLI installed and available on your PATH

Installation

npm install @factory/droid-sdk

Quick Start

Send a one-shot prompt and get the aggregated result:

import { run } from '@factory/droid-sdk';

const result = await run('What files are in the current directory?', {
  cwd: '/my/project',
});

console.log(result.text);

Create a session when you want to stream one or more turns:

import { DroidMessageType, createSession } from '@factory/droid-sdk';

const session = await createSession({ cwd: '/my/project' });

try {
  for await (const msg of session.stream(
    'What files are in the current directory?'
  )) {
    if (msg.type === DroidMessageType.AssistantTextDelta) {
      process.stdout.write(msg.text);
    }
    if (msg.type === DroidMessageType.TurnComplete) {
      console.log('\nDone!');
    }
  }
} finally {
  await session.close();
}

Structured Output

Request a JSON object that matches a JSON Schema:

import { OutputFormatType, run } from '@factory/droid-sdk';

const result = await run('Pick a favorite number between 1 and 42.', {
  cwd: '/my/project',
  outputFormat: {
    type: OutputFormatType.JsonSchema,
    schema: {
      type: 'object',
      properties: {
        favoriteNumber: {
          type: 'number',
          minimum: 1,
          maximum: 42,
        },
      },
      required: ['favoriteNumber'],
    },
  },
});

console.log(result.structuredOutput?.favoriteNumber);

Structured output is available on run() and session.stream(prompt, options) through the outputFormat message option. run() parses the final object into result.structuredOutput; streaming callers can read and parse the final assistant message themselves.

Multi-Turn Sessions

Use createSession() for persistent conversations with multiple turns:

import { createSession, DroidMessageType } from '@factory/droid-sdk';

const session = await createSession({ cwd: '/my/project' });
console.log(session.sessionId);

// Streaming turn
for await (const msg of session.stream('List all TypeScript files')) {
  if (msg.type === DroidMessageType.AssistantTextDelta) {
    process.stdout.write(msg.text);
  }
}

// Later turns use the same streaming API
for await (const msg of session.stream('Summarize the project')) {
  if (msg.type === DroidMessageType.AssistantTextDelta) {
    process.stdout.write(msg.text);
  }
}

await session.close();

Use session.sessionId to persist the session ID, then resume it later:

import { resumeSession } from '@factory/droid-sdk';

const session = await resumeSession(savedSessionId, {
  cwd: '/my/project',
});
for await (const msg of session.stream('Continue where we left off')) {
  // Handle streamed DroidMessage events.
}
await session.close();

The returned DroidSession also exposes session.initResult, which contains the raw initialize_session or load_session result returned by the JSON-RPC server.

SDK-backed MCP Tools

Expose in-process TypeScript tools to Droid through MCP:

import { z } from 'zod';

import {
  DroidMessageType,
  ToolConfirmationOutcome,
  createSession,
  createSdkMcpServer,
  tool,
} from '@factory/droid-sdk';

const sdkTools = createSdkMcpServer({
  name: 'sdk-tools',
  tools: [
    tool(
      'favorite_number',
      'Returns a favorite number for a person',
      { name: z.string() },
      ({ name }) => `${name}'s favorite number is 42.`
    ),
  ],
});

const session = await createSession({
  cwd: '/my/project',
  mcpServers: [sdkTools],
  permissionHandler: () => ToolConfirmationOutcome.ProceedOnce,
});

for await (const msg of session.stream(
  'Use the favorite_number tool for Ada and tell me the answer.'
)) {
  if (msg.type === DroidMessageType.AssistantTextDelta) {
    process.stdout.write(msg.text);
  }
}

await session.close();

createSdkMcpServer() is managed by the SDK session lifecycle. Use tool() with a Zod object shape for typed tool input validation.

Initialization Metadata

Inspect the raw initialization metadata from createSession() and resumeSession():

import { createSession, resumeSession } from '@factory/droid-sdk';

const session = await createSession({ cwd: '/my/project' });
console.log(session.sessionId);
console.log(session.initResult.settings.modelId);

const resumed = await resumeSession(session.sessionId, { cwd: '/my/project' });
console.log(resumed.initResult.cwd);

await resumed.close();
await session.close();

Spec Mode

Start a session directly in spec mode, or enter spec mode later on an existing session:

import {
  DroidMessageType,
  createSession,
  DroidInteractionMode,
  ReasoningEffort,
} from '@factory/droid-sdk';

const session = await createSession({
  cwd: '/my/project',
  interactionMode: DroidInteractionMode.Spec,
  specModeReasoningEffort: ReasoningEffort.High,
  specModeModelId: 'claude-sonnet-4-20250514',
});

for await (const msg of session.stream(
  'Draft a plan for adding integration tests'
)) {
  if (msg.type === DroidMessageType.AssistantTextDelta) {
    process.stdout.write(msg.text);
  }
}

await session.enterSpecMode({
  specModeReasoningEffort: ReasoningEffort.High,
});

await session.close();

When handling spec-mode approval, you can approve implementation in the same session with ToolConfirmationOutcome.ProceedOnce, or hand off to a fresh session with ToolConfirmationOutcome.ProceedNewSessionHigh.

Tool Controls

Control which exec tools are available at session start, inspect the current tool catalog, and update tool overrides later:

import { createSession } from '@factory/droid-sdk';

const session = await createSession({
  cwd: '/my/project',
  enabledToolIds: ['Read'],
  disabledToolIds: ['Execute'],
});

const { tools } = await session.listTools();
console.log(
  tools.map((tool) => ({
    id: tool.llmId,
    allowed: tool.currentlyAllowed,
  }))
);

await session.updateSettings({
  disabledToolIds: ['Read', 'Execute'],
});

await session.close();

Forking Sessions

Fork the current server-side session and continue from the new session ID:

import {
  DroidMessageType,
  createSession,
  resumeSession,
} from '@factory/droid-sdk';

const session = await createSession({ cwd: '/my/project' });

for await (const _msg of session.stream(
  'Remember this phrase: mango sunrise'
)) {
  // Consume the turn.
}

const { newSessionId } = await session.forkSession();
const fork = await resumeSession(newSessionId, { cwd: '/my/project' });

for await (const msg of fork.stream('What phrase did I ask you to remember?')) {
  if (msg.type === DroidMessageType.AssistantTextDelta) {
    process.stdout.write(msg.text);
  }
}

await fork.close();
await session.close();

Listing Sessions

Discover droid sessions saved on disk (mirrors the CLI's /sessions command). Reads ~/.factory/sessions/ directly — no droid process is spawned, so this works even when no session is running:

import { listSessions } from '@factory/droid-sdk';

// Sessions for the current project (cwd defaults to process.cwd())
const current = await listSessions();

// 10 most recent sessions in the current project
const recent = await listSessions({ numSessions: 10 });

// Every session on disk, most recent first
const all = await listSessions({ fetchOutsideCWD: true });

// 10 most recent sessions across all projects
const recentAcrossProjects = await listSessions({
  fetchOutsideCWD: true,
  numSessions: 10,
});

// Sessions for a specific other project
const other = await listSessions({ cwd: '/Users/me/other-repo' });

for (const s of current) {
  console.log(`[${s.id}] ${s.title} (${s.messageCount} msgs)`);
}

Each SessionMetadata record includes id, title, sessionTitle, owner, messageCount, modifiedTime, createdTime, isFavorite, cwd, decompSessionType, and decompMissionId. Archived sessions (those with an archivedAt in their settings file) are excluded automatically. Results are sorted by modifiedTime descending.

ListSessionsOptions:

• cwd — working directory to scope the listing to (default process.cwd()). Ignored when fetchOutsideCWD is true.
• fetchOutsideCWD — return sessions from every working directory on disk (default false)
• numSessions — cap on total sessions returned
• sessionsDir — override the sessions root (default ~/.factory/sessions/)

Permission Handling

Handle tool confirmation requests with a custom permission handler:

import {
  DroidMessageType,
  createSession,
  ToolConfirmationOutcome,
} from '@factory/droid-sdk';

const session = await createSession({
  cwd: '/my/project',
  permissionHandler(params) {
    console.log('Tool permission requested:', params);
    return ToolConfirmationOutcome.ProceedOnce;
  },
});

try {
  for await (const msg of session.stream('Create a hello.txt file')) {
    if (msg.type === DroidMessageType.AssistantTextDelta) {
      process.stdout.write(msg.text);
    }
  }
} finally {
  await session.close();
}

API Reference

Top-Level Functions

Function	Description
run(prompt, options?)	One-shot prompt → aggregated DroidResult
createSession(options?)	Create a new multi-turn session → DroidSession
resumeSession(id, options?)	Resume an existing session → DroidSession
listSessions(options?)	List droid sessions saved on disk → Promise<SessionMetadata[]>
createSdkMcpServer(options)	Create an SDK-managed MCP server for in-process tools
tool(...)	Define a typed SDK-backed MCP tool

DroidSession

Returned by createSession() and resumeSession(). Key methods:

• stream(prompt, options?) — stream DroidMessage events for one turn
• interrupt() — interrupt the current turn
• close() — close the session and release resources
• updateSettings(params) — update model, autonomy level, etc.
• enterSpecMode(params?) — switch the current session into spec mode
• forkSession() — create a forked server-side session and return its new session ID
• compactSession(params?) — compact session history and return the new session ID
• getContextStats() — read current context window utilization
• addMcpServer(params) / removeMcpServer(params) / toggleMcpServer(params) — manage MCP servers
• listMcpServers() / listMcpTools() / authenticateMcpServer(params) — inspect and authenticate MCP servers
• listTools(params?) — inspect the exec tool catalog and current allow/deny state
• renameSession(params) — rename the current session
• getRewindInfo(params) / executeRewind(params) — inspect and execute file rewind operations
• sessionId — the session ID
• initResult — cached initialize_session or load_session result

DroidResult

Returned by run():

• sessionId — session that produced the result
• text — concatenated assistant response text
• messages — all DroidMessage objects from the turn
• tokenUsage — final token usage, or null
• durationMs — wall-clock time spent consuming the turn
• turnCount — number of completed turns observed while consuming the stream
• error — first Droid error event from the turn, or null
• structuredOutput — parsed structured JSON object, or null
• success — true when no Droid error event was emitted

DroidMessage Types

All messages have a discriminated type field:

import { DroidMessageType } from '@factory/droid-sdk';

if (msg.type === DroidMessageType.AssistantTextDelta) {
  process.stdout.write(msg.text);
}

Type	Description
assistant_text_delta	Streaming text token from the assistant
thinking_text_delta	Streaming reasoning/thinking token
tool_use	Tool invocation by the assistant
tool_result	Result from a tool execution
tool_progress	Progress update during tool execution
working_state_changed	Agent working state transition
token_usage_update	Updated token usage counters
create_message	Full assistant message created
turn_complete	Sentinel: agent turn finished
session_title_updated	Session title changed
mcp_status_changed	MCP server status changed
mission_state_changed	Mission state changed
mission_features_changed	Mission features changed
mission_progress_entry	Mission progress log changed
mission_heartbeat	Mission heartbeat
mission_worker_started	Mission worker started
mission_worker_completed	Mission worker completed
mcp_auth_required	MCP authentication required
mcp_auth_completed	MCP authentication completed
permission_resolved	Tool permission request resolved
settings_updated	Session settings changed
error	Error event from the process

Options

Session creation options used by run() and createSession() include:

• cwd — working directory for the session
• execPath — path to droid executable (default: "droid")
• execArgs — extra CLI arguments for the spawned droid process
• env — environment variables for the spawned process
• transport — provide a custom transport instead of spawning a process
• modelId — LLM model identifier
• autonomyLevel — AutonomyLevel enum value
• interactionMode — DroidInteractionMode enum value
• reasoningEffort — ReasoningEffort enum value
• specModeModelId — override model used in spec mode
• specModeReasoningEffort — override reasoning level used in spec mode
• mcpServers — initial MCP server configurations, including SDK-backed MCP servers from createSdkMcpServer()
• enabledToolIds — explicit exec tool allowlist
• disabledToolIds — explicit exec tool denylist
• permissionHandler — callback for tool confirmations
• askUserHandler — callback for interactive questions
• abortSignal — standard AbortSignal for cancellation

resumeSession() accepts the process, transport, handler, cwd, mcpServers, and abortSignal options needed to reconnect to an existing session, but does not accept new-session-only options such as modelId or interactionMode.

Message APIs (run() and session.stream()) also accept:

• images — base64 image attachments
• files — document/file attachments
• outputFormat — structured output request, currently OutputFormatType.JsonSchema
• abortSignal — standard AbortSignal for turn cancellation

DroidClient

Low-level JSON-RPC client for advanced use. Provides typed methods for the underlying protocol operations, including listTools(), renameSession(), getRewindInfo(), and executeRewind(). Most users should prefer run() and createSession().

Error Types

Error	Description
ConnectionError	Failed to connect to the droid process
ProtocolError	JSON-RPC protocol error
SessionError	Base session error
SessionNotFoundError	Session ID not found
TimeoutError	Request timed out
ProcessExitError	Droid subprocess exited unexpectedly

Examples

See the examples/ directory for runnable examples:

• session-stream.ts — session streaming output
• run.ts — one-shot prompt with aggregated result
• multi-turn-session.ts — multi-turn session lifecycle
• abort-session-stream.ts — cancel an in-flight streaming session turn with AbortSignal
• interrupt-session.ts — interrupt a running session turn
• init-metadata.ts — read initialization and load metadata from session APIs
• result-metadata.ts — inspect DroidResult metadata from run()
• structured-output.ts — request and parse structured output
• droid-dev-structured-output.ts — structured output smoke test with configurable Droid executable
• permission-handler.ts — custom permission handling
• spec-mode-same-session.ts — approve a spec and continue in the same session
• spec-mode-new-session.ts — approve a spec and hand off implementation to a new session
• tool-controls.ts — configure allow/deny lists and inspect tool availability
• sdk-mcp-tool.ts — expose SDK-defined tools to Droid through MCP
• fork-session.ts — fork a session and continue from the new session ID
• list-sessions.ts — discover droid sessions saved on disk
• test-compact.ts — compact session history
• test-rewind.ts — use low-level rewind APIs

License

Apache 2.0