feat: add --json --samples N for bounded one-shot NDJSON (v1.6.5)

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -6,6 +6,17 @@ This project follows a Keep a Changelog-style format and uses version tags for r
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [1.6.5] - 2026-08-09
+
+### Added
+- **`--json --samples N` — bounded NDJSON emission for agent/script one-shots.**
+  `--json` previously streamed until interrupted, forcing an agent or script to
+  kill the process after reading its record. `--samples N` (with `--json`) now
+  emits exactly `N` snapshot records then exits 0; `--samples 0` (default)
+  keeps the streaming behavior. The first record already carries real deltas
+  (the `Monitor` primes the baseline at construction), so `--json --samples 1`
+  is a clean single-snapshot tool call.
+
 ## [1.6.4] - 2026-08-09
 
 ### Fixed
@@ -492,7 +503,7 @@ Reading-plane audit remediation (`docs/TODO-reading-plane-audit-2026-07-29.md`
   (`capture-tui-diagram`, `record-tui-gif`).
 
 ### Chore
-- Add the `record-tui-gif` Claude Code skill (`.claude/skills/record-tui-gif/`):
+- Add the `record-tui-gif` Claude Code skill (`.agents/skills/record-tui-gif/`):
   reproducible hero-GIF recording via `vhs` driven by a live GPU workload, so the
   capture can be refreshed after any TUI/layout change.
 
@@ -726,7 +737,7 @@ Reading-plane audit remediation (`docs/TODO-reading-plane-audit-2026-07-29.md`
   New must-have items (fan RPM via SMC, net/disk I/O via native ctypes) and a
   deferred low-priority item (menu bar mode, explicitly after first
   market-promo push per `docs/RUNBOOK-launch-and-growth.md`).
-- `.claude/skills/run-actop`: documents driving the TUI via tmux send-keys/
+- `.agents/skills/run-actop`: documents driving the TUI via tmux send-keys/
   capture-pane for manual verification (Homebrew binary and local `.venv` dev
   build), including the sampler-init ready marker and how to confirm live
   updates vs. a static frame.

actop/actop.py

@@ -137,6 +137,14 @@ def build_parser():
         metavar="PORT",
         help="Serve Prometheus metrics on http://0.0.0.0:PORT/metrics (no TUI)",
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--samples",
+        type=_validate_samples,
+        default=0,
+        metavar="N",
+        help="With --json: emit N snapshot records then exit (0 = stream "
+        "indefinitely until interrupted)",
+    )
     return parser
 
 
@@ -186,6 +194,16 @@ def _validate_sustain_samples(value):
     return samples
 
 
+def _validate_samples(value):
+    try:
+        samples = int(value)
+    except (TypeError, ValueError) as error:
+        raise argparse.ArgumentTypeError("samples must be an integer") from error
+    if samples < 0:
+        raise argparse.ArgumentTypeError("samples must be >= 0")
+    return samples
+
+
 def _validate_port(value):
     try:
         port = int(value)
@@ -236,6 +254,7 @@ def _run_export(args):
             export.run_json_stream(
                 interval_s,
                 subsamples,
+                max_samples=max(0, int(getattr(args, "samples", 0) or 0)),
                 include_processes=include_processes,
                 proc_filter=proc_filter,
             )

pyproject.toml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "actop"
-version = "1.6.4"
+version = "1.6.5"
 description = "Apple Silicon (M1–M4) power, GPU, ANE & memory-bandwidth monitor — sudoless TUI + Python API for profiling local LLM / MLX / CoreML inference"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = { text = "MIT" }

tests/test_export.py

@@ -398,6 +398,38 @@ def test_json_stream_proc_filter_implies_show_processes():
         )
 
 
+@pytest.mark.local
+def test_json_samples_limits_records_and_exits_zero():
+    # Agent-facing contract: `--json --samples N` must emit exactly N NDJSON
+    # records and exit 0 on its own — an agent's one-shot tool call must not
+    # hang (infinite stream) nor report failure (130) on natural completion.
+    # Without the flag wired through _run_export the process streams forever
+    # and this test's timeout trips; with max_samples>0 run_json_stream breaks
+    # the loop and _run_export returns 0.
+    process = subprocess.run(
+        [
+            sys.executable,
+            "-m",
+            "actop.actop",
+            "--json",
+            "--samples",
+            "2",
+            "--interval",
+            "1",
+        ],
+        capture_output=True,
+        text=True,
+        timeout=20,
+    )
+
+    lines = [ln for ln in process.stdout.splitlines() if ln.strip()]
+    assert process.returncode == 0, process.stderr
+    assert len(lines) == 2, f"expected exactly 2 records, got {len(lines)}"
+    record = json.loads(lines[0])
+    assert "cpu_watts" in record
+    assert "p_cores" in record
+
+
 @pytest.mark.local
 def test_serve_prometheus_includes_process_gauges_with_show_processes():
     import urllib.request