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background-process-get-process-output

To read logs from a managed background process, fetch recent output (head or tail) for a process so you can inspect its stdout/stderr.

personAuthor: jakexiaohubgithub

Usage

Use the MCP tool dev-swarm.request to send the payload as a JSON string:

{"server_id":"backgroundProcess","tool_name":"get_process_output","arguments":{}}

Tool Description

Gets the recent output for a background process. Can specify head or tail.

Arguments Schema

The schema below describes the arguments object in the request payload.

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "processId": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uuid"
    },
    "head": {
      "type": "number"
    },
    "tail": {
      "type": "number"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "processId"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}

Background Tasks

If the tool returns a task id, poll the task status via the MCP request tool:

{"server_id":"backgroundProcess","method":"tasks/status","params":{"task_id":"<task_id>"}}