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Handler

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by alDuncanson

Overview

An A2A (Agent-to-Agent) Protocol client and developer toolkit providing CLI, TUI, local server agent, and MCP server for interacting with AI agents.

Installation

Run Command
handler mcp

Environment Variables

  • OLLAMA_MODEL
  • OLLAMA_API_BASE
  • HANDLER_API_KEY

Security Notes

The project handles authentication credentials (API keys, bearer tokens) and stores them in `~/.handler/sessions.json` on the local filesystem. While common for developer tools, this file is not encrypted, making stored credentials vulnerable if the user's home directory is compromised. The `handler server agent` component uses `subprocess.run` to interact with the `ollama` CLI, which is generally safe for its intended use cases (`ollama list`, `ollama pull`) but always carries a minor risk if arguments were less controlled. The `APIKeyAuthMiddleware` for the local A2A server uses `secrets.token_urlsafe` for generating API keys, which is good practice. Local servers (`handler server agent` and `handler server push`) bind to `0.0.0.0` or `127.0.0.1` by default; users should be aware of network exposure when binding to `0.0.0.0` without additional security measures, though the A2A agent supports API key authentication.

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Stats

Interest Score50
Security Score8
Cost ClassLow
Avg Tokens100
Stars27
Forks0
Last Update2026-01-19

Tags

a2a-protocolagentaiclitui