CropPilot
CropPilot is CropsCode’s built-in AI assistant. It lives in the orchestrator dashboard and helps you manage workers, launch containers, execute commands, and monitor your farm — all through natural conversation.
What CropPilot Can Do
Section titled “What CropPilot Can Do”- Launch containers from tickets — “Launch a container for github.com/org/repo/issues/42”
- Execute commands — “Run npm start in container X” or start long-running processes in the background
- Open terminals and displays — “Open a terminal on container X” or open a VNC display for GUI interaction
- Build images — “Build the claude-code-terminal image” with composable capabilities
- Monitor status — “What’s running on worker-1?” or get details on a specific container
- Fetch tickets — Pull details from GitHub Issues or Azure DevOps work items
- Navigate the UI — CropPilot can direct you to any page in the dashboard
- Read docs — CropPilot can look up CropsCode documentation to answer your questions
How It Works
Section titled “How It Works”CropPilot is an AI agent with access to MCP (Model Context Protocol) tools that control the orchestrator. When you ask it to do something, it:
- Interprets your request
- Calls the appropriate MCP tools
- Confirms the action with you before executing (for destructive operations)
- Reports the result
Available MCP Tools
Section titled “Available MCP Tools”| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
get_infrastructure_state | Get current workers and containers |
get_container | Container details by ID or name |
launch_container | Launch a container from a ticket URL, empty, or from an existing container |
start_container | Start a stopped container |
stop_container | Stop a running container |
remove_container | Remove a container permanently |
exec_in_container | Execute a bash command in a running container |
exec_in_container_background | Start a long-running command via tmux (returns immediately) |
list_images | List available images on a worker |
list_capabilities | List composable image capabilities available on your plan |
open_terminal | Open a terminal session in the UI with optional auto-execute commands |
open_display | Open a VNC display session for GUI interaction |
navigate | Navigate to a page in the dashboard UI |
build_image | Build a composable container image with selected agents and capabilities |
fetch_ticket | Fetch ticket details from a URL (GitHub Issues, Azure DevOps) |
read_docs | Read CropsCode documentation pages |
load_skill | Load a CropPilot skill by name |
Budget
Section titled “Budget”CropPilot sessions use AI credits from your plan allowance:
| Plan | Monthly AI Allowance |
|---|---|
| Starter | $2/mo |
| Pro | $6/mo |
| Enterprise | $10/user/mo |
You can also bring your own API key (BYOK) to use your own AI provider credentials. See AI Credits.
- Ask CropPilot to launch a container from a GitHub issue or Azure DevOps ticket
- Enable host networking when launching to test from your phone at host-ip:port
- Try: “Open a terminal on container X” to get a live shell
- CropPilot will confirm launch details with you before creating a container