Name: bambu-labs
Author: earthtojake

Dry-run, upload, and cautiously initiate local Bambu Lab print jobs from validated plain `.gcode`, using Bambu LAN FTPS/MQTT handoffs.

Bambu Labs Provenance: maintained in [earthtojake/text to cad](https://github.com/earthtojake/text to cad). Use the installed local skill files as the runtime source of truth; the repository link is only for provenance and release review. Bambu Lab printers take print jobs from other software only through Bambu Connect, Bambu Lab's desktop app for third party tools (https://wiki.bambulab.com/en/software/third party integration). This skill opens a file in Bambu Connect, or an unsliced model in Bambu Studio; the user picks the printer and starts the print there. The agent never controls a printer and never asks for access codes. Requirements Bambu Connect (Windows 10 or later, macOS 13 or later), signed in to the user's Bambu Lab account, with the printer on that account or reachable in LAN mode (https://wiki.bambulab.com/en/software/bambu connect). On Linux, where Bambu Connect is still in development, use Bambu Studio. Choose the handoff What the user has Handoff A sliced .gcode.3mf , from $gcode or Bambu Studio's or OrcaSlicer's "Export plate sliced file" Open it in Bambu Connect A plain .gcode sliced with this printer's Bambu profile Open it in Bambu Connect; if Bambu Connect refuses it, slice the model in Bambu Studio instead A model with no slice: .3mf , .stl or .step (from a $cad model: cadgen export <id part.3mf ) Open it in Bambu Studio, which slices it and sends it to the printer itself Open a file in Bambu Connect Bambu Connect imports a file from a bambu connect://import file link with three parameters: path , the file's absolute path, and name , the name to show, each percent encoded the way JavaScript's encodeURIComponent does it (Python: urllib.parse.quote(value, safe="") ); and version=1.0.0 . For /Users/me/prints/bracket.gcode.3mf : Open the link with open "<link " on macOS, or Start Process "<link " in PowerShell on Windows. Bambu Connect comes forward with the file loaded. Open a model in Bambu Studio On macOS run open a BambuStudio <file (some installs name the app Bambu Studio ). On Windows open the file from Bambu Studio's File menu, or run Start Process <file when Bambu Studio is the file's default app. On Linux run bambu studio <file , or open it from the AppImage or Flatpak. Finish in the app Before the user presses Print, tell them what to check: the printer, plate type, nozzle, filament and AMS mapping, a clear build plate, and someone nearby for the first layer. Never report a print as started: the agent can't see the printer, and the app shows the job and its progress. Out of scope Starting, pausing or cancelling prints without the user, and reading printer status: Bambu Lab's firmware takes those from other software only through Bambu Connect, or in Developer Mode, which is LAN only and disconnects the printer from Bambu Cloud. For slicing, use $gcode or Bambu Studio.