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+# cli-anything-acloudviewer  v3.1.0
+
+CLI harness for **ACloudViewer** — 3D point cloud and mesh processing via
+the ACloudViewer binary CLI (`-SILENT` mode) and JSON-RPC WebSocket.
+
+Part of the [CLI-Anything](https://github.com/Asher-1/CLI-Anything) project.
+
+**Supported Platforms:** Linux, macOS, Windows.
+
+## Installation
+
+```bash
+cd acloudviewer/agent-harness
+pip install -e .
+```
+
+One-line script (Linux / macOS): installs the harness, runs `check`, and
+registers the MCP server with detected AI clients
+(`ACV_SKIP_CLIENTS=1` to skip registration):
+
+```bash
+curl -LsSf https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Asher-1/CLI-Anything/main/acloudviewer/agent-harness/install.sh | sh
+```
+
+The ACloudViewer binary must be on `PATH`, or set the `ACV_BINARY`
+environment variable to its absolute path. `cli-anything-acloudviewer
+install auto` downloads it from GitHub Releases automatically, and
+`cli-anything-acloudviewer install clients --all` merges the MCP server entry
+(`cli-anything-acloudviewer-mcp`) into the configs of detected clients
+(Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor) with `.bak` backups.
+
+## Command modes
+
+### Runtime behavior (auto-detect)
+
+| Mode | How it Works | Requirement |
+|------|-------------|-------------|
+| **Headless** | Subprocess: `ACloudViewer -SILENT -O ... -SS ...` | ACloudViewer binary |
+| **GUI** | JSON-RPC WebSocket to running ACloudViewer | ACloudViewer with JSON-RPC plugin |
+
+The CLI auto-detects: if a running ACloudViewer instance responds on
+`ws://127.0.0.1:6001`, GUI mode is used; otherwise headless.
+
+### Commands by category (what each command needs)
+
+**General** (no ACloudViewer backend required):
+
+`info`, `check`, `install`, `formats`, `session`, `repl`
+
+**Headless** (binary `-SILENT` mode; no GUI):
+
+- `convert`, `batch-convert`
+- `ai`: `list`, `schema`, `run` (all registered AICore plugin batch tasks)
+- `plugin`: `run` (ordinary/third-party native command passthrough)
+- `process`: `subsample`, `normals`, `icp`, `sor`, `c2c-dist`, `c2m-dist`, `crop`, `density`, `curvature`, `roughness`, `delaunay`, `sample-mesh`, `color-banding`, `volume-25d`, `crop-2d`, `rasterize`, `cross-section`, `stat-test`, `approx-density`, `feature`, `best-fit-plane`, `extract-cc`, `set-active-sf`, `remove-sf`, `remove-all-sfs`, `rename-sf`, `filter-sf`, `coord-to-sf`, `sf-arithmetic`, `sf-op`, `octree-normals`, `orient-normals`, `invert-normals`, `clear-normals`, `normals-to-dip`, `normals-to-sfs`, `remove-rgb`, `merge-clouds`, `extract-vertices`, `flip-triangles`, `mesh-volume`, `merge-meshes`, `match-centers`, `drop-global-shift`, `closest-point-set`, `remove-scan-grids`, `pcv`, `compass-export`, `compass-import-fol`, `compass-import-lin`, `compass-refit`, `compass-p21`, `sra`
+- `reconstruct`: `mesh`, `auto`, `extract-features`, `match`, `sparse`, `undistort`, `dense-stereo`, `fuse`, `poisson`, `simplify-mesh`, `texture-mesh`, `convert-model`, `analyze-model`, `delaunay-mesh`
+- `sibr`: `tool`, `prepare-colmap`, `texture-mesh`, `unwrap-mesh`, `tonemapper`, `align-meshes`, `camera-converter`, `nvm-to-sibr`, `crop-from-center`, `clipping-planes`, `distord-crop`
+
+**GUI** (requires ACloudViewer running with the JSON-RPC plugin):
+
+- `open`, `clear`
+- `scene`: `list`, `info`, `remove`, `set-visible`
+- `entity`: `rename`, `set-color`
+- `view`: `screenshot`, `camera`, `orientation`, `zoom-fit`, `refresh`, `perspective`, `point-size`
+- `cloud`: `compute-normals`, `subsample`, `crop`, `scalar-fields`, `paint-uniform`, `paint-by-height`, `set-active-sf`, `remove-sf`, `remove-all-sfs`, `rename-sf`, `filter-sf`, `coord-to-sf`, `remove-rgb`, `remove-normals`, `invert-normals`, `merge`
+- `mesh`: `simplify`, `smooth`, `sample-points`, `extract-vertices`, `flip-triangles`, `volume`, `merge`
+- `transform`: `apply`
+- `export`
+- `methods`: `list`
+- `colmap`: `reconstruct`, `run` (generic subcommand executor)
+
+## Usage Examples
+
+### Basic operations — **General**
+
+```bash
+# Enter interactive REPL
+cli-anything-acloudviewer
+
+# Show backend info
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --json info
+
+# Diagnostics: binary, wheel, install hints
+cli-anything-acloudviewer check
+
+# Install app, wheel, or auto (see --help)
+cli-anything-acloudviewer install --help
+
+# List supported file formats
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --json formats
+```
+
+### AICore and plugin automation — **Headless or GUI RPC**
+
+```bash
+# Registry identity is local; schemas come from the installed plugin
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --json ai list
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --json --mode headless ai schema lightglue
+
+# External-data batch inference; repeat inputs and arbitrary typed options
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --json --mode headless ai run ocr \
+  --image page-1.png --image page-2.png --out-dir ./ocr-out \
+  --option LANG=en --option LAYOUT=true
+
+# Legacy ordinary plugin argv is preserved exactly
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --mode headless plugin run ANIMATION \
+  --arg=-FPS --arg=24 --arg=-TOTAL_FRAMES --arg=10
+```
+
+`ai run` returns the plugin's `acloudviewer.aicore.batch/1` manifest. In GUI
+mode it calls JSON-RPC `aicore.batch`; in headless mode it invokes the same
+native command directly. MCP exposes the same boundary as `list_ai_tasks`,
+`get_ai_schema`, `run_ai_batch`, and `run_plugin_command`.
+
+### File conversion — **Headless**
+
+```bash
+# Convert PLY to PCD
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --mode headless convert input.ply output.pcd
+
+# Convert mesh OBJ to STL
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --mode headless convert model.obj model.stl
+
+# Batch convert all PLY files to PCD
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --mode headless batch-convert ./scans/ ./output/ -f .pcd
+```
+
+### Point cloud processing — **Headless**
+
+```bash
+# Voxel subsample
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --mode headless process subsample input.ply -o sub.ply --voxel-size 0.05
+
+# Compute normals (standard k-NN method)
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --mode headless process normals input.ply -o normals.ply
+
+# Compute normals with octree (faster for large clouds)
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --mode headless normals octree input.ply -o normals.ply --radius AUTO
+
+# Orient normals consistently (MST algorithm)
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --mode headless normals orient-mst input.ply -o oriented.ply --knn 6
+
+# Invert all normal directions
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --mode headless normals invert input.ply -o inverted.ply
+
+# Convert normals to scalar fields (Nx, Ny, Nz)
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --mode headless normals to-sfs input.ply -o normals_sf.ply
+
+# ICP registration (align source to target)
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --mode headless process icp source.ply target.ply -o aligned.ply
+
+# Statistical outlier removal
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --mode headless process sor input.ply -o clean.ply --knn 6 --sigma 1.0
+
+# Cloud-to-cloud distance
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --mode headless process c2c-dist compared.ply reference.ply -o dist.ply
+
+# Cloud-to-mesh distance
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --mode headless process c2m-dist cloud.ply mesh.obj -o dist.ply
+
+# Point density
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --mode headless process density input.ply -o density.ply --radius 0.05
+
+# Curvature estimation
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --mode headless process curvature input.ply -o curv.ply --type MEAN --radius 0.05
+
+# Surface roughness
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --mode headless process roughness input.ply -o rough.ply --radius 0.1
+
+# Geometric features (surface variation, etc.)
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --mode headless process feature input.ply -o features.ply --type SURFACE_VARIATION --kernel-size 0.1
+
+# Extract connected components
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --mode headless process extract-cc input.ply -o components.ply --min-points 100
+
+# Delaunay triangulation
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --mode headless process delaunay input.ply -o mesh.ply
+
+# Sample mesh to point cloud
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --mode headless process sample-mesh mesh.obj -o cloud.ply --density 100
+
+# Color banding (height-based coloring)
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --mode headless process color-banding input.ply -o colored.ply --axis Z --frequency 10.0
+
+# Extract cross-section along polyline
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --mode headless process cross-section input.ply -o section.ply --polyline path.ply
+
+# Compute 2.5D volume between two clouds
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --mode headless process volume-25d ground.ply surface.ply -o volume_mesh.ply --grid-step 0.5
+
+# Crop by 2D polygon (orthogonal to Z axis)
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --mode headless process crop-2d input.ply -o cropped.ply --dim Z --polygon "0,0;10,0;10,10;0,10"
+```
+
+### Plugin processing — **Headless**
+
+```bash
+# PCV ambient occlusion (ShadeVis)
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --mode headless process pcv input.ply -o ao.ply --n-rays 256 --resolution 1024
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --mode headless process pcv input.ply -o ao.ply --mode-180 --is-closed
+
+# Compass — export measurements to CSV or XML
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --mode headless process compass-export project.bin -o data --format csv
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --mode headless process compass-export project.bin -o data.xml --format xml
+
+# Compass — import foliations / lineations from scalar fields
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --mode headless process compass-import-fol input.ply --dip-sf Dip --dipdir-sf DipDir
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --mode headless process compass-import-lin input.ply --trend-sf Trend --plunge-sf Plunge
+
+# Compass — refit planes & P21 intensity
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --mode headless process compass-refit project.bin
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --mode headless process compass-p21 input.ply --radius 10.0 --subsample 25 -o p21.ply
+
+# SRA radial distance from surface of revolution
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --mode headless process sra input.ply -o output.ply --profile profile.txt --axis Z
+```
+
+### Scalar field operations — **Headless**
+
+```bash
+# Create scalar field from coordinate (X, Y, or Z)
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --mode headless sf coord-to-sf input.ply -o height.ply --dimension Z
+
+# Apply arithmetic operation (SQRT, ABS, EXP, LOG, etc.)
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --mode headless sf arithmetic input.ply -o sqrt.ply --sf-index 0 --operation SQRT
+
+# Apply operation with constant (ADD, SUB, MULTIPLY, DIVIDE)
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --mode headless sf operation input.ply -o scaled.ply --sf-index 0 --operation MULTIPLY --value 2.0
+
+# Compute scalar field gradient
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --mode headless sf gradient input.ply -o gradient.ply
+
+# Filter points by scalar field value
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --mode headless sf filter input.ply -o filtered.ply --min 0.0 --max 10.0
+
+# Convert active scalar field to RGB colors
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --mode headless sf convert-to-rgb input.ply -o colored.ply
+
+# Set active scalar field
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --mode headless sf set-active input.ply -o active.ply --sf-index 0
+
+# Rename scalar field
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --mode headless sf rename input.ply -o renamed.ply --sf-index 0 --name "Elevation"
+
+# Remove scalar field
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --mode headless sf remove input.ply -o removed.ply --sf-index 0
+
+# Remove all scalar fields
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --mode headless sf remove-all input.ply -o clean.ply
+```
+
+### 3D reconstruction (Colmap) — **Headless**
+
+```bash
+# Automatic end-to-end reconstruction from images
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --json reconstruct auto ./images/ -w ./workspace/ --quality high
+
+# Step-by-step reconstruction pipeline:
+
+# 1. Extract features from images
+cli-anything-acloudviewer reconstruct extract-features ./images/ -d ./database.db
+
+# 2. Match features between images
+cli-anything-acloudviewer reconstruct match ./database.db --method exhaustive
+
+# 3. Sparse reconstruction (Structure-from-Motion)
+cli-anything-acloudviewer reconstruct sparse -d ./database.db --image-path ./images/ -o ./sparse/
+
+# Reproducible sparse reconstruction with raw COLMAP mapper options
+cli-anything-acloudviewer reconstruct sparse -d ./database.db --image-path ./images/ -o ./sparse/ \
+  --random-seed 17 --mapper-option Mapper.min_num_matches=32
+
+# 4. Undistort images for dense reconstruction
+cli-anything-acloudviewer reconstruct undistort --image-path ./images/ -i ./sparse/0 -o ./dense/
+
+# 5. Dense stereo (PatchMatch MVS)
+cli-anything-acloudviewer reconstruct dense-stereo ./dense/
+
+# 6. Fuse depth maps into dense point cloud
+cli-anything-acloudviewer reconstruct fuse ./dense/ -o ./dense/fused.ply
+
+# 7. Poisson surface reconstruction
+cli-anything-acloudviewer reconstruct poisson ./dense/fused.ply -o ./mesh.ply
+
+# 8. Delaunay meshing with visibility constraints
+cli-anything-acloudviewer reconstruct delaunay-mesh ./dense/fused.ply -o ./mesh_delaunay.ply
+
+# 9. Texture the mesh (uses Colmap image_texturer)
+cli-anything-acloudviewer reconstruct texture-mesh ./dense/ -o ./textured/ --mesh ./mesh_delaunay.ply
+
+# Utility: convert model format
+cli-anything-acloudviewer reconstruct convert-model ./sparse/0 -o ./model.ply --output-type PLY
+
+# Utility: analyze reconstruction quality
+cli-anything-acloudviewer reconstruct analyze-model ./sparse/0
+
+# Mesh reconstruction from point cloud (via ACloudViewer Delaunay)
+cli-anything-acloudviewer reconstruct mesh input.ply -o mesh.ply
+```
+
+### SIBR dataset tools — **Headless**
+
+Requires ACloudViewer built with the SIBR plugin (`-DPLUGIN_STANDARD_QSIBR=ON`).
+
+```bash
+# Prepare Colmap output for SIBR rendering
+cli-anything-acloudviewer sibr prepare-colmap ./colmap_workspace/
+
+# Prepare with metadata fix
+cli-anything-acloudviewer sibr prepare-colmap ./colmap_workspace/ --fix-metadata
+
+# Generate textured mesh from dataset
+cli-anything-acloudviewer sibr texture-mesh ./dataset/
+
+# UV-unwrap a mesh for texturing
+cli-anything-acloudviewer sibr unwrap-mesh ./dataset/
+
+# Apply tonemapping to HDR images
+cli-anything-acloudviewer sibr tonemapper ./dataset/
+
+# Align meshes in the dataset
+cli-anything-acloudviewer sibr align-meshes ./dataset/
+
+# Convert camera formats for SIBR
+cli-anything-acloudviewer sibr camera-converter ./dataset/
+
+# Convert NVM format to SIBR dataset layout
+cli-anything-acloudviewer sibr nvm-to-sibr ./dataset/
+
+# Crop dataset from center
+cli-anything-acloudviewer sibr crop-from-center ./dataset/
+
+# Compute clipping planes
+cli-anything-acloudviewer sibr clipping-planes ./dataset/
+
+# Distortion-aware image cropping
+cli-anything-acloudviewer sibr distord-crop ./dataset/
+
+# Run any SIBR tool by name with passthrough args
+cli-anything-acloudviewer sibr tool prepareColmap4Sibr -path ./dataset/ -fix_metadata
+
+# Launch SIBR viewers for novel view synthesis visualization
+cli-anything-acloudviewer sibr viewer gaussian --model-path ./output/ --path ./dataset/
+cli-anything-acloudviewer sibr viewer ulr --path ./dataset/
+cli-anything-acloudviewer sibr viewer texturedmesh --mesh ./model.obj --path ./dataset/
+cli-anything-acloudviewer sibr viewer remoteGaussian --ip 127.0.0.1 --port 6009
+```
+
+**Available SIBR viewer types**:
+- `gaussian`: Gaussian Splatting viewer (requires `--model-path` and `--path`)
+- `ulr` / `ulrv2`: Unstructured Lumigraph Rendering viewers
+- `texturedmesh`: Textured mesh viewer (requires `--mesh` and `--path`)
+- `pointbased`: Point-based rendering viewer
+- `remoteGaussian`: Remote Gaussian viewer for network rendering
+
+### Full reconstruction pipeline (Colmap + SIBR) — **Headless**
+
+End-to-end example: images to SIBR-ready dataset:
+
+```bash
+# 1. Automatic Colmap reconstruction
+cli-anything-acloudviewer reconstruct auto ./images/ -w ./workspace/ --quality high
+
+# 2. Prepare the reconstruction for SIBR viewing
+cli-anything-acloudviewer sibr prepare-colmap ./workspace/
+
+# 3. Generate textured mesh
+cli-anything-acloudviewer sibr texture-mesh ./workspace/
+
+# 4. UV-unwrap the mesh
+cli-anything-acloudviewer sibr unwrap-mesh ./workspace/
+```
+
+### Scene, entity, view & open — **GUI**
+
+Requires a running ACloudViewer with the JSON-RPC plugin (`--mode gui` or auto-detect when `ws://127.0.0.1:6001` is available).
+
+```bash
+# Open a file in the viewer
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --mode gui open /path/to/model.ply
+
+# List all entities in the scene
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --json --mode gui scene list
+
+# Get entity details
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --json --mode gui scene info --id 1
+
+# Remove an entity from the scene
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --mode gui scene remove --id 1
+
+# Rename an entity
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --mode gui entity rename --id 1 --name "MyCloud"
+
+# Set entity color
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --mode gui entity set-color --id 1 --r 255 --g 0 --b 0
+
+# Take a screenshot
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --mode gui view screenshot -o screenshot.png --width 1920 --height 1080
+
+# Get camera parameters
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --json --mode gui view camera
+
+# Set view orientation
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --mode gui view orientation --orient top
+
+# Clear the scene
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --mode gui clear
+
+# List available RPC methods
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --json --mode gui methods list
+```
+
+### Cloud operations — **GUI**
+
+```bash
+# Compute normals on a loaded cloud
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --json --mode gui cloud compute-normals --id 1 --radius 0.05
+
+# Subsample a cloud
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --json --mode gui cloud subsample --id 1 --method SPATIAL --param 0.1
+
+# Get scalar field list
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --json --mode gui cloud scalar-fields --id 1
+
+# Set active scalar field
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --json --mode gui cloud set-active-sf --id 1 --index 0
+
+# Remove a scalar field
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --json --mode gui cloud remove-sf --id 1 --index 0
+
+# Coordinate to scalar field
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --json --mode gui cloud coord-to-sf --id 1 --axis z
+
+# Remove RGB colors
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --mode gui cloud remove-rgb --id 1
+
+# Remove/Invert normals
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --mode gui cloud remove-normals --id 1
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --mode gui cloud invert-normals --id 1
+
+# Merge multiple clouds
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --json --mode gui cloud merge --ids 1 2 3
+```
+
+### Mesh operations — **GUI**
+
+```bash
+# Simplify mesh
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --json --mode gui mesh simplify --id 1 --target-count 10000
+
+# Smooth mesh (Laplacian)
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --json --mode gui mesh smooth --id 1 --iterations 3
+
+# Extract vertices as point cloud
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --json --mode gui mesh extract-vertices --id 1
+
+# Compute mesh volume
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --json --mode gui mesh volume --id 1
+
+# Flip triangle normals
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --mode gui mesh flip-triangles --id 1
+
+# Merge meshes
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --json --mode gui mesh merge --ids 1 2
+```
+
+### COLMAP via RPC — **GUI**
+
+```bash
+# Run automatic reconstruction via RPC (live Colmap progress in GUI console)
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --json --mode gui colmap reconstruct --image-path ./images/ -w ./workspace/
+
+# Run any Colmap subcommand via RPC
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --json --mode gui colmap run --subcommand feature_extractor --args "--image_path ./images/"
+```
+
+### Session management — **General**
+
+```bash
+# Show session status
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --json session status
+
+# Undo last operation
+cli-anything-acloudviewer session undo
+
+# Redo last undone operation
+cli-anything-acloudviewer session redo
+```
+
+### JSON output (for agent/script consumption)
+
+All commands support `--json` flag for structured output. Use **`--mode headless`** or **`--mode gui`** when the command belongs to that category; General commands do not require a backend mode.
+
+```bash
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --json info
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --json formats
+cli-anything-acloudviewer --json --mode headless process subsample input.ply -o sub.ply --voxel-size 0.05
+```
+
+## Command Reference
+
+| Mode | Group | Subcommands | Description |
+|------|-------|------------|-------------|
+| **General** | `check` | — | Installation diagnostics and fix hints |
+| **General** | `install` | `app`, `wheel`, `auto` | Download / install binary or Python wheel |
+| **General** | `formats` | — | List supported file formats |
+| **General** | `info` | — | Show backend info and supported formats |
+| **General** | `session` | `status`, `undo`, `redo` | Session management |
+| **General** | `repl` | — | Interactive REPL session |
+| **Headless** | `convert` | — | Convert between 30+ 3D file formats |
+| **Headless** | `batch-convert` | — | Batch convert all files in a directory |
+| **Headless** | `process` | `subsample`, `normals`, `icp`, `sor`, `c2c-dist`, `c2m-dist`, `crop`, `density`, `curvature`, `roughness`, `delaunay`, `sample-mesh`, `color-banding`, `set-active-sf`, `remove-sf`, `remove-all-sfs`, `rename-sf`, `filter-sf`, `coord-to-sf`, `remove-rgb`, `remove-normals`, `invert-normals`, `merge-clouds`, `extract-vertices`, `flip-triangles`, `mesh-volume`, `merge-meshes`, `volume-25d`, `crop-2d`, `rasterize`, `cross-section`, `stat-test`, … | Point cloud and mesh processing (35+ operations) |
+| **Headless** | `reconstruct` | `mesh`, `auto`, `extract-features`, `match`, `sparse`, `undistort`, `dense-stereo`, `fuse`, `poisson`, `simplify-mesh`, `texture-mesh`, `convert-model`, `analyze-model`, `delaunay-mesh` | 3D reconstruction (Colmap SfM/MVS) |
+| **Headless** | `sibr` | `tool`, `prepare-colmap`, `texture-mesh`, `unwrap-mesh`, `tonemapper`, `align-meshes`, `camera-converter`, `nvm-to-sibr`, `crop-from-center`, `clipping-planes`, `distord-crop` | SIBR dataset preprocessing (11 tools) |
+| **GUI** | `open` | — | Open a file in the running ACloudViewer |
+| **GUI** | `clear` | — | Clear all entities from the scene |
+| **GUI** | `scene` | `list`, `info`, `remove`, `set-visible`, `select`, `clear` | Scene tree operations |
+| **GUI** | `entity` | `rename`, `set-color` | Entity property management |
+| **GUI** | `view` | `screenshot`, `camera`, `orientation`, `zoom-fit`, `refresh`, `perspective`, `point-size` | Viewport control (7 operations) |
+| **GUI** | `cloud` | `compute-normals`, `subsample`, `crop`, `scalar-fields`, `paint-uniform`, `paint-by-height`, `set-active-sf`, `remove-sf`, `remove-all-sfs`, `rename-sf`, `filter-sf`, `coord-to-sf`, `remove-rgb`, `remove-normals`, `invert-normals`, `merge` | Point cloud operations (16 operations) |
+| **GUI** | `mesh` | `simplify`, `smooth`, `sample-points`, `extract-vertices`, `flip-triangles`, `volume`, `merge` | Mesh operations (7 operations) |
+| **GUI** | `transform` | `apply` | Apply transformations to entities |
+| **GUI** | `export` | — | Export entities to file |
+| **GUI** | `methods` | `list` | List available RPC methods (dynamic discovery) |
+| **GUI** | `colmap` | `reconstruct`, `run` | COLMAP reconstruction via RPC |
+
+## JSON-RPC API (72 Methods)
+
+When running in GUI mode, the harness communicates via JSON-RPC 2.0 over WebSocket. The method registry is dynamic — use `methods.list` to discover all available methods at runtime.
+
+Key method groups:
+
+| Category | Methods |
+|----------|---------|
+| **Lifecycle** | `ping`, `methods.list` |
+| **File I/O** | `open`, `export`, `file.convert`, `clear` |
+| **Scene** | `scene.list`, `scene.info`, `scene.remove`, `scene.setVisible` |
+| **Entity** | `entity.rename`, `entity.setColor` |
+| **View** | `view.screenshot`, `view.setOrientation`, `view.zoomFit`, `view.refresh`, `view.setPerspective`, `view.setPointSize`, `view.getCamera` |
+| **Cloud** | `cloud.computeNormals`, `cloud.subsample`, `cloud.crop`, `cloud.getScalarFields`, `cloud.paintUniform`, `cloud.paintByHeight`, `cloud.paintByScalarField`, `cloud.setActiveSf`, `cloud.removeSf`, `cloud.removeAllSfs`, `cloud.renameSf`, `cloud.filterSf`, `cloud.coordToSF`, `cloud.removeRgb`, `cloud.removeNormals`, `cloud.invertNormals`, `cloud.merge`, `cloud.density`, `cloud.curvature`, `cloud.roughness`, `cloud.geometricFeature`, `cloud.approxDensity`, `cloud.colorBanding`, `cloud.sorFilter`, `cloud.sfArithmetic`, `cloud.sfOperation`, `cloud.sfGradient`, `cloud.sfConvertToRGB`, `cloud.octreeNormals`, `cloud.orientNormalsMST`, `cloud.clearNormals`, `cloud.normalsToSFs`, `cloud.normalsToDip`, `cloud.extractConnectedComponents`, `cloud.bestFitPlane`, `cloud.delaunay` |
+| **Mesh** | `mesh.simplify`, `mesh.smooth`, `mesh.samplePoints`, `mesh.extractVertices`, `mesh.flipTriangles`, `mesh.volume`, `mesh.merge` |
+| **Transform** | `transform.apply` |
+| **COLMAP** | `colmap.reconstruct`, `colmap.run` |
+
+## MCP Server (187 Tools)
+
+An optional MCP server exposes 187 tools for integration with AI agents:
+
+```bash
+pip install -e .
+cli-anything-acloudviewer-mcp --mode auto
+```
+
+MCP tool categories mirror the JSON-RPC methods above, plus additional CLI-only tools for headless processing, file conversion, batch operations, SIBR, plugin processing (PCV, Compass, SRA, CSF, RANSAC, etc.), and session management.
+
+## Supported File Formats
+
+### Point Cloud (Import/Export)
+
+| Format | Extensions | Plugin Required |
+|--------|-----------|----------------|
+| PLY | `.ply` | — (built-in) |
+| ASCII | `.asc`, `.xyz`, `.xyzn`, `.xyzrgb`, `.pts`, `.txt`, `.csv`, `.neu` | — (built-in) |
+| BIN | `.bin` | — (built-in) |
+| VTK | `.vtk` | — (built-in) |
+| PCD | `.pcd` | qPCL |
+| LAS/LAZ | `.las`, `.laz` | qLASIO or qPDALIO |
+| E57 | `.e57` | qE57IO |
+| DRC | `.drc` | qDracoIO |
+| SBF | `.sbf` | qCoreIO |
+| PTX (import only) | `.ptx` | — (built-in) |
+
+### Mesh (Import/Export)
+
+| Format | Extensions | Plugin Required |
+|--------|-----------|----------------|
+| OBJ | `.obj` | — (built-in) |
+| STL | `.stl` | — (built-in) |
+| OFF | `.off` | — (built-in) |
+| FBX | `.fbx` | qFBXIO |
+| DXF | `.dxf` | — (requires CV_DXF_SUPPORT) |
+| glTF (import only) | `.gltf`, `.glb` | qMeshIO |
+| DAE (import only) | `.dae` | qMeshIO |
+| 3DS (import only) | `.3ds` | qMeshIO |
+
+## Platform Notes
+
+| Platform | Binary Name | Auto-Discovery |
+|----------|------------|----------------|
+| Linux | `ACloudViewer.sh`, `ACloudViewer` | PATH, `/usr/local/bin`, `/opt/ACloudViewer`, `~/.local/share/ACloudViewer` |
+| macOS | `ACloudViewer` | PATH, `/Applications/ACloudViewer.app`, `~/Applications/ACloudViewer.app` |
+| Windows | `ACloudViewer.bat`, `ACloudViewer.exe` | PATH, `%PROGRAMFILES%\ACloudViewer`, `%LOCALAPPDATA%\ACloudViewer` |
+
+On all platforms, set `ACV_BINARY` environment variable to override auto-discovery.
+
+### Platform-specific format availability
+
+- **LAS FWF** (full waveform): Windows only (`qLASFWF` plugin)
+- **STEP/STP** import: Requires OpenCASCADE (varies by build)
+- **GDAL rasters** (`.tif`, `.tiff`): Requires `CV_GDAL_SUPPORT` build flag
+- **SHP**: Requires `CV_SHP_SUPPORT` build flag
+- **SIBR tools**: Not available on macOS
+
+## Running Tests
+
+```bash
+pip install -e ".[dev]"
+python -m pytest cli_anything/acloudviewer/tests/ -v
+```
+
+Test suite covering CLI structure, format maps, backend logic, RPC client wrappers (20 new cloud analysis/SF/normals wrappers), MCP tool registration (187 tools), and session management.
+
+## Methodology
+
+Built following the
+[CLI-Anything HARNESS methodology](https://github.com/Asher-1/CLI-Anything/blob/main/cli-anything-plugin/HARNESS.md).

cli_anything/acloudviewer/__init__.py

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+"""ACloudViewer CLI — 3D point cloud and mesh processing via binary CLI and JSON-RPC."""

cli_anything/acloudviewer/__main__.py

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+"""Allow running as python3 -m cli_anything.acloudviewer"""
+from cli_anything.acloudviewer.acloudviewer_cli import main
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()