FAQ

Is there any difference between downcity and studio?

No. studio is the short alias of the same binary.

Why does studio task ... fail with connection errors?

task/chat/memory/contact/shell/skill/asr/tts/plugin commands typically require a running daemon:

studio agent start

Why does ${VAR} not resolve inside downcity.json?

Current versions no longer support env placeholder resolution inside downcity.json.

Use one of these instead:

1. keep runtime values in project .env
2. inject them explicitly from the host through new Agent({ env })

How do I switch model quickly?

studio model list
studio config get model.primary

How can I check agent state?

studio agent list --running
studio plugin list
studio memory status

I see deprecated eslint@8 and deprecated subdependencies during install. Is this critical?

Usually no. These warnings are typically from dev-tooling dependency chains and do not block runtime usage.

• deprecated eslint@8: your resolved tree still includes ESLint 8.x.
• glob@7, rimraf@3, inflight, etc.: usually transitive dependencies from upstream tools.

If you only run studio, you can proceed. To reduce warnings:

1. Upgrade direct eslint dependency to 9.x.
2. Upgrade upstream tooling packages to newer major versions when available.