His agent plugin let him leave X11 for Wayland after years of trying

He built a plugin that lets his agent drive the Sway window manager directly, and used it to switch from X11 to Wayland, something he says did not work for him before. He now asks the agent things like which window is taking the most memory and has it start and stop power profiles.

How it works

Builds a plugin that gives the agent Sway controls
Uses agent help to complete the Wayland switch
Asks the agent window and memory questions
Agent starts and stops power profiles

Why it’s worth knowing

The missing piece for a years-old migration was giving the agent direct control of the window manager.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on njump.me. See the original ↗

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