CLI to SDK Mapping
This page documents which CLI commands have SDK equivalents in Python and Rust.
CLI ↔ SDK Capability Matrix
Section titled “CLI ↔ SDK Capability Matrix”| CLI Command | Python SDK | Rust SDK | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
scan | ✅ detect_available_sources() | ✅ detect_available_sources() | Full parity |
bench | ✅ benchmark_sources() | ✅ benchmark_sources() | Full parity |
analyze | ✅ full_analysis(), chaos_analysis(), analyze() | ✅ full_analysis(), chaos_analysis(), analyze() | Full parity — dispatcher analyze() mirrors all CLI analysis flags |
record | ✅ SessionWriter, record() | ✅ SessionWriter | Session recording parity; Python record() uses the same bounded-duration sweep model as CLI |
monitor | ❌ | ❌ | CLI-only (TUI) — intentional |
stream | ✅ get_random_bytes() | ✅ | Full parity |
compare | ✅ compare() | ✅ | Full parity |
sessions | ✅ list_sessions(), load_session_meta(), load_session_raw_data() | ✅ list_sessions(), load_session_raw_data() | Full parity |
analyze --chaos | ✅ chaos_analysis() | ✅ chaos::chaos_analysis() | Full parity |
dispatcher analyze() | ✅ analyze(), analysis_config() | ✅ dispatcher::analyze() | Unified dispatch with profiles — full parity |
server | ❌ | ✅ | HTTP server is Rust-only — intentional |
Intentionally CLI-Only
Section titled “Intentionally CLI-Only”monitor
Section titled “monitor”TUI dashboard. Cannot be embedded in Python/Rust apps.
- Use case: Real-time visualization of entropy pool health
- Alternative: Use
pool.health_report()in a loop for custom monitoring
SDK-Only Capabilities
Section titled “SDK-Only Capabilities”server
Section titled “server”HTTP entropy server — Rust-only, no Python bindings.
- Use case: Serve entropy over HTTP API
- Why not Python: Would require async runtime (tokio) in PyO3