HKUDS/nanobot · error · CliAppError

this CLI app uses an unsupported install strategy

Error message

this CLI app uses an unsupported install strategy

What it means

Error "this CLI app uses an unsupported install strategy" thrown in HKUDS/nanobot.

Source

Thrown at nanobot/apps/cli/service.py:991

    ) -> list[str] | None:
        strategy = self._strategy(app)
        if strategy == "pip":
            if action == "install":
                return self._pip_install_argv(app)
            if action == "update":
                return self._pip_install_argv(app, update=True)
            return self._pip_uninstall_argv(app, installed_entry=installed_entry)
        if strategy == "npm":
            return self._npm_argv(app, action)
        if strategy == "brew":
            key = {"install": "install_cmd", "update": "update_cmd", "uninstall": "uninstall_cmd"}[action]
            return self._split_safe_command(app, key, "brew")
        if strategy == "uv":
            key = {"install": "install_cmd", "update": "update_cmd", "uninstall": "uninstall_cmd"}[action]
            return self._split_safe_command(app, key, "uv")
        if strategy == "bundled":
            return None
        raise CliAppError("this CLI app uses an unsupported install strategy")

    def _subprocess_env(self) -> dict[str, str]:
        """Minimal env for CLI app subprocesses — no API keys or secrets.

        Mirrors the shell tool's allowlist so installed apps cannot read
        provider credentials from the parent process environment.
        """
        if sys.platform == "win32":
            sr = os.environ.get("SYSTEMROOT", r"C:\Windows")
            env = {
                "SYSTEMROOT": sr,
                "COMSPEC": os.environ.get("COMSPEC", f"{sr}\\system32\\cmd.exe"),
                "USERPROFILE": os.environ.get("USERPROFILE", ""),
                "HOMEDRIVE": os.environ.get("HOMEDRIVE", "C:"),
                "HOMEPATH": os.environ.get("HOMEPATH", "\\"),
                "TEMP": os.environ.get("TEMP", f"{sr}\\Temp"),
                "TMP": os.environ.get("TMP", f"{sr}\\Temp"),
                "PATHEXT": os.environ.get("PATHEXT", ".COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD"),

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at nanobot/apps/cli/service.py:991 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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