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magus-version

Print the client and server versions

Synopsis

magus version [flags]

Description

Print the magus version string, git commit hash, and build date.

Two versions, because there can be two binaries: this one, and the server that has been serving the workspace since it was started. A server outlives the CLI that started it, so upgrading magus leaves the older code running until it is restarted - which is the case this command exists to show. The server line reads "not running" when nothing answers, and --client skips the probe entirely for a script that wants the build stamp with no server I/O.

In json and yaml the server key is present only when the probe ran: absent means it never ran (--client, or -o name, which prints the bare version and renders no server), and an empty value means it ran and nothing answered.

Options

--client
Print only this binary's version; skip the server probe entirely

Examples

Client and server

magus version

Just this binary, no server I/O

magus version --client

The bare version, for a CI pin comparison

magus version -o name

See Also

magus(1), magus-ls(1), magus-describe(1), magus-where(1), magus-run(1), magus-affected(1), magus-x(1), magus-clean(1), magus-shell(1), magus-query(1), magus-refs(1), magus-explain(1), magus-path(1), magus-graph(1), magus-diff(1), magus-vcs(1), magus-session(1), magus-job(1), magus-notes(1), magus-queue(1), magus-watch(1), magus-events(1), magus-server(1), magus-broker(1), magus-mcp(1), magus-status(1), magus-buzz(1), magus-spell(1), magus-agent(1), magus-init(1), magus-doctor(1), magus-config(1), magus-completion(1), magus-man(1), magus-self(1)

ManpagePages in this section. magus serverStart, stop, reload or check the magus server a person starts: MCP over HTTP, the console, the APIs, background jobs and the warm graph and symbol watch. magus statusShow effective config plus the live concurrency pool state of any running parent magus process, with optional --watch polling and --compact output. magus affectedRun a target for every project affected by a VCS diff, with forensic modes for explain, graph, CI shard plan, and regression bisect.
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Glossary

Workspace

The magus root directory that owns a set of projects and shared config; the unit magus operates over. Workspace in full.

Op

A single tool-native command a target composes (long form: operation); the middle of the work hierarchy (Spell to Op to Target). Op in full.

Spell

A language/runtime adapter (e.g. go, md) that maps generic targets onto a toolchain's real commands. Spell in full.

Buzz

The language magusfiles are written in (the .buzz engine). Buzz in full.

Affected

The set of projects touched by a change; magus affected <target> runs a target only over them. Affected in full.

Broker

The per-user background process that holds this host's capacity: the machine budget every run claims slots from, and the shared services runs keep warm. A run starts it on demand; broker: off in magus.yaml runs without one. Broker in full.

CI

An ordinary target you compose yourself with ctx.needs; magus does not hardcode its stages. It is the anchor magus affected ci keys off, and ci strips the rw charm. CI in full.

MAGUS.md

The committed routing index at a workspace root, regenerated from the knowledge graph: it lists every node and points at the exact query for a given question, so it is the entry point an agent reads first. MAGUS.md in full.

Agent

A model working through an agent host such as Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or OpenCode. magus treats an agent as one more caller of its CLI, MCP tools and console, held to the same checks as a person. Agent in full.

Session

An agent host's conversation, by the id the host delivers to its hooks. magus never mints one: a record with no session is unattributed, and the OS user it carries says whose account ran it. Session in full.

Job

The unit of delegated work, and one row of the job store: what an orchestrating agent handed out, with its goal, the checkpoint it was cut against, the paths it may write or must not touch, and the one check it runs. A job's holder is either a session, for work an orchestrator handed out, or the daemon, for its own maintenance. The store records; the agent guard is what reads those facts back when grading a write. Job in full.

Run

One target executing under one magus invocation, such as magus run test web or magus affected ci. A run keeps its captured output behind an output reference. Every magus run is a run whether or not any job asked for it; see Job for how the two relate. Run in full.

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