| name | formae-patch |
| description | Use when the user needs to make an urgent targeted infrastructure change, hotfix, incident response fix, or patch without a full reconcile |
Patch Infrastructure (Patch Mode)
Use the apply_forma MCP tool in patch mode for urgent targeted changes.
Targeting an environment (profile)
apply_forma (and get_command_status) hit the formae agent's API directly and take an optional profile argument. If the user is working against a specific environment (e.g. prod, staging), pass that profile name as profile on the apply_forma call and any get_command_status follow-up so it targets that environment — for this session only, without changing global state. Patches are usually incident/hotfix work against one environment. If which environment they mean is unclear and list_profiles shows more than one, ask first. Never use use_profile to "set up" this session — the active profile is global and shared with the user's CLI and any other open sessions. When no profile is named, the active profile is used. Requires formae >= 0.87.0.
How Patch Works
Patch only applies the changes explicitly specified in the forma file. Other resources are untouched. Use this for:
- Incident response (scaling up during traffic spikes)
- Urgent security fixes
- Quick configuration changes
- Any situation where a full reconcile is inappropriate
Workflow
- Help the user identify the resource(s) to modify
- Create or locate a minimal forma file with only the targeted change
- Always simulate first: call
apply_forma with ,
