rtk-ai/rtk

Feature request: python3 command support

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#784 opened on Mar 23, 2026

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Description

Use Case

Python scripts are frequently executed inline (heredocs) or directly during AI-assisted development sessions. The output from Python scripts — tracebacks, print statements, data dumps — can be verbose and consume unnecessary context tokens.

Statistics (from rtk discover)

  • ~570 python3 commands in 30 days (single user)
  • ~420 heredoc invocations (python3 << 'EOF' ... EOF)
  • ~150 direct script executions (python3 script.py)

Proposed Behavior

rtk python3 could:

  • Compress long tracebacks (show only the relevant frames)
  • Truncate large data output (e.g., list/dict dumps)
  • Deduplicate repeated log lines (same as RTK already does for other commands)

Impact

Second most frequent unhandled command category in rtk discover output.

Contributor guide

Research direction
Study how existing commands like 'node' or 'bundler' are implemented in the rtk codebase. Then create a new command handler for 'python3' following the same pattern, applying compression and truncation to Python output.
Tech stack
rust
Domain
cli
Issue type
Feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
2
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Half day
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Active
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Clear
Prerequisites
Rust
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70