Use Case
Stop doing repetitive developer & devops tasks manually. Niri IPC lets your AI agent handle them automatically through natural conversation. Control the Niri Wayland compositor on Linux via its IPC (`niri msg --json` / $NIRI_SOCKET). Use when you need to query Niri state (outputs/workspaces/windows/focused window) or perform actions (focus/move/close windows, switch workspaces, spawn commands, reload config) from an OpenClaw agent running on a Niri session. This guide shows practical examples of using Niri IPC to automate common developer & devops workflows and save hours every week.
Install Niri IPC: npx clawhub@latest --dir ~/.claude/skills install niri-ipc
Identify the repetitive developer & devops tasks you want to automate
Describe the task to your AI in plain English
Niri IPC will execute the task and return results directly in the chat
Chain multiple tasks: ask your AI to run a sequence of operations
Copy these prompts and use them with your AI agent after installing Niri IPC
Automate my developer & devops tasks using Niri IPC
What repetitive tasks can Niri IPC handle for me?
Set up a workflow that runs Niri IPC every morning
Select your agent
Option 1: Install via CLI (recommended)
Recommended (no pre-install needed)
npx clawhub@latest --dir ~/.claude/skills install niri-ipcOr via clawhub CLI (if already installed)
clawhub --dir ~/.claude/skills install niri-ipcβ οΈ Requires Node.js 18+. No Node? Use Option 2 below to download the ZIP instead. Install Node.js β
Option 2: Manual install (no Node required)
Download the ZIP, extract it, and place the folder at the path below. Restart your agent to activate.
Install path
~/.claude/skills/niri-ipc/π‘Extract and place the folder at the path above, then restart your agent.