cli-anything-inkstitch

Stateful CLI for machine-embroidery digitization with Ink/Stitch — built so an LLM (or a human at a terminal) can take a vector design from raw SVG to stitchable DST/PES/JEF without leaving the command line.

See SPEC.md for the full technical specification, skills/cli-anything-inkstitch/SKILL.md for agent-facing CLI usage, and skills/embroidery-digitization/SKILL.md for the parameter-decision wisdom that informs which settings to pick.

Install (dev)

pip install -e '.[dev]'

The CLI itself is pure Python (lxml + click + pyembroidery). For binary-backed commands (tools, preview generate, export, validate run/fix) install Ink/Stitch. For raster previews (preview generate --raster, preview rasterize) install Inkscape 1.0+.

Quick start

PROJ=/tmp/logo.inkstitch-cli.json

# Open an SVG into a project, prep it (assigns IDs, inlines CSS-class fills,
# detects Illustrator stroke-to-outline rings)
cli-anything-inkstitch document open --project $PROJ --svg /tmp/logo.svg
cli-anything-inkstitch document prep --project $PROJ --illustrator-rings satin

# Capture material/intent so subsequent param decisions are grounded
cli-anything-inkstitch document set-context --project $PROJ \
    --material "knit cotton t-shirt" --stretch high \
    --thread "40wt polyester" --stabilizer "medium cut-away" \
    --intent "wash-durable team logo"

# Get rich per-element context (size, position, neighbors, color name)
cli-anything-inkstitch --json element describe --project $PROJ

# Set stitch type and parameters
cli-anything-inkstitch params set --project $PROJ --id logo_outline \
    --stitch-type satin_column --pull-compensation-mm 0.4

# Validate and auto-fix what can be fixed
cli-anything-inkstitch --json validate fix --project $PROJ

# Preview the stitch plan as PNG so the LLM (or you) can visually evaluate
cli-anything-inkstitch preview generate --project $PROJ \
    --out /tmp/logo-preview.svg --raster --dpi 200

# Export
cli-anything-inkstitch export file --project $PROJ --format dst --out /tmp/logo.dst

What's in here

Core CLI (Python):

• document — project & SVG management, prep for Illustrator-exported SVGs, design-intent context capture, palette + thread color enumeration
• element — list, get, describe (with bbox/position/color/neighbors), classify, delete, clear-params
• params — set, get, copy, presets — with full inkstitch param-schema validation
• commands — attach/detach Ink/Stitch visual commands (stops, trims, fill markers)
• validate — static schema checks, binary-backed troubleshoot run, fix dispatcher (auto + manual suggestions)
• tools — binary-backed geometry rewrites (auto-satin, auto-run, convert satin↔stroke, cleanup)
• preview — stitch-plan SVG generation, raster (PNG) output via Inkscape, parsed stats
• export — single-format file, multi-format ZIP with optional threadlist
• schema — introspect the inkstitch param schema (extracted from inkstitch source)
• session — undo / redo / history (50 levels)
• font — create, import, calibrate, and validate Inkstitch-compatible embroidery fonts from per-letter DST/PES files, with optional Embrilliance BX file for precise baseline calibration

Two skills:

• cli-anything-inkstitch — agent-facing CLI usage: every command, every flag, every output format, agent gotchas.
• embroidery-digitization — the wisdom layer: per-element decision flow, fabric-specific push/pull comp tables, satin width thresholds, underlay strategies, color/needle ordering, visual failure-mode diagnosis, three full starting recipes.

Status

v0.1 — core surface complete. ~340 tests (338 passing, 2 xfailed) cover both pure-Python paths and binary-mocked integrations; the binary-backed commands are also live-verified against Ink/Stitch v3.2.2 on macOS.

Out of scope (per SPEC.md §4.12): GUI, Inkscape extension wrapping, lettering UI, real-time machine control.

Tests

pytest          # full suite
pytest -k fix   # one area

License

Apache-2.0 — see LICENSE.