Capabilities
Updated
Release status
RightNow Agent, the terminal coding agent, is paused. Its guides stay online as reference.
RightNow Agent sends model inference to a configured provider and runs approved tools on the user's machine.
Current surface
- Interactive UI
- Starts when the invocation has no -p, --prompt-json, --prompt-file, or subcommand. -v, -V, --version, and the version subcommand print version information and exit before runtime startup.
- One-shot mode
- -p, --single, or --print sends one prompt and exits.
- Model selection
- -m or --model selects a configured model entry.
- Structured output
- --output-format selects the headless output form; --json-schema implies JSON output.
- Workspace selection
- --cwd <path> selects the working directory.
- Files and terminal
- Compiled tools can read, search, edit, create, and run commands subject to permissions.
- Web tools
- The shipped configuration enables search and fetch by default; calls can contact public sites.
- MCP servers
- Configured servers add external tools.
- Hooks
- Configured hooks run at lifecycle events.
- Skills
- Discovered skills provide reusable instructions.
- Project rules
- Loaded project rules add workspace instructions to the agent context.
- Diagnostics
- rightnow doctor, rightnow doctor --json, and the local unified JSONL log.
- Receipts
- rightnow receipt verify <receipt> [--workspace <dir>] [--json] verifies current file state for a file receipt.
- Update status
- rightnow update --check --json reports the current and latest versions, selected channel, installer, update availability, and any error without installing.
What the shipped configuration enables
The shipped configuration enables named-file preload, a bounded first-turn workspace map, dynamic tools, eager tools, bounded prompt slimming, and one-call transactions. It keeps act_first and context_packing off.
Denied or absent
Warning
Image and video generation tools are denied by the shipped configuration and the binary's launch defaults. Local inference, local model downloads, and GPU scheduling are not product capabilities. Automatic-approval flags change the permission decision but do not create a sandbox.