Command Data

From Minecraft 1.13, the Command Graph data structure defines commands which can be used in chat or in command blocks, and how they're parsed.

Graph Structure

The graph consists of nodes of type root, literal and argument. A node may point to a number of child nodes, or redirect to another node, or neither. The root node is nameless, and its children are literal nodes for familiar commands ("msg", "me", etc).

Nodes are marked as executable if the node stack to this point constitutes a valid command. E.g. this is false for /ban but true for /ban Dinnerbone and /ban Dinnerbone created this crazy format.

When including redirects, this structure is a directed graph that may include cycles (e.g. consider /execute run execute run execute ...). When excluding redirects, the structure no longer contains cycles but may still not be a tree, as a node may have multiple parents.

Node Format

Field Name	Field Type	Notes
Flags	Byte	See below.
Children count	VarInt	Number of elements in the following array.
Children	Array of VarInt	Array of indices of child nodes.
Redirect node	Optional VarInt	Only if flags & 0x08. Index of redirect node.
Name	Optional String (32767)	Only for argument and literal nodes.
Parser ID	Optional VarInt	Only for argument nodes.
Properties	Optional Varies	Only for argument nodes. Varies by parser.
Suggestions type	Optional Identifier	Only if flags & 0x10.

Flags

Bit Mask	Flag Name	Notes
0x03	Node type	0: root, 1: literal, 2: argument. 3 is not used.
0x04	Is executable	Set if the node stack to this point constitutes a valid command.
0x08	Has redirect	Set if the node redirects to another node.
0x10	Has suggestions type	Only present for argument nodes.

Parsers

Clients are expected to implement all parsers, including properties (if any). If an unknown parser is encountered by a client, unpacking of the Commands packet should stop immediately, as the structure of the remainder of the packet cannot be guessed.

Since 1.19, parsers are identified by their ID in the Node Format. Parsers (as well as parser IDs) are provided only for argument nodes. If properties for parser are not specified, then this parser has no properties and "Properties" section in Node Format contains no data.

Some IDs have changed thoughout versions

Numeric ID	String Identifier	Properties	Description
0	brigadier:bool	N/A	Boolean value (true or false, case-sensitive)
1	brigadier:float	See below	Float
2	brigadier:double	See below	Double
3	brigadier:integer	See below	Integer
4	brigadier:long	See below	Long
5	brigadier:string	See below	A string
6	minecraft:entity	See below	A selector, player name, or UUID.
7	minecraft:game_profile	N/A	A player, online or not. Can also use a selector, which may match one or more players (but not entities).
8	minecraft:block_pos	N/A	A location, represented as 3 numbers (which must be integers). May use relative locations with ~.
9	minecraft:column_pos	N/A	A column location, represented as 2 numbers (which must be integers). May use relative locations with ~.
10	minecraft:vec3	N/A	A location, represented as 3 numbers (which may have a decimal point, but will be moved to the center of a block if none is specified). May use relative locations with ~.
11	minecraft:vec2	N/A	A location, represented as 2 numbers (which may have a decimal point, but will be moved to the center of a block if none is specified). May use relative locations with ~.
12	minecraft:block_state	N/A	A block state, optionally including NBT and state information.
13	minecraft:block_predicate	N/A	A block, or a block tag.
14	minecraft:item_stack	N/A	An item, optionally including NBT.
15	minecraft:item_predicate	N/A	An item, or an item tag.
16	minecraft:color	N/A	A chat color. One of the names from Text formatting#Colors, or reset. Case-insensitive.
17	minecraft:component	N/A	A JSON text component.
18	minecraft:style	N/A	A JSON object containing the text component styling fields.
19	minecraft:message	N/A	A regular message, potentially including selectors.
20	minecraft:nbt	N/A	An NBT value, parsed using JSON-NBT rules.
21	minecraft:nbt_tag	N/A	Represents a partial nbt tag, usable in data modify command.
22	minecraft:nbt_path	N/A	A path within an NBT value, allowing for array and member accesses.
23	minecraft:objective	N/A	A scoreboard objective.
24	minecraft:objective_criteria	N/A	A single score criterion.
25	minecraft:operation	N/A	A scoreboard operator.
26	minecraft:particle	N/A	A particle effect (an identifier with extra information following it for specific particles, mirroring the Particle packet)
27	minecraft:angle	N/A
28	minecraft:rotation	N/A	An angle, represented as 2 numbers (which may have a decimal point, but will be moved to the center of a block if none is specified). May use relative locations with ~.
29	minecraft:scoreboard_slot	N/A	A scoreboard display position slot. list, sidebar, belowName, and sidebar.team.${color} for all chat colors (reset is not included)
30	minecraft:score_holder	See below	Something that can join a team. Allows selectors and *.
31	minecraft:swizzle	N/A	A collection of up to 3 axes.
32	minecraft:team	N/A	The name of a team. Parsed as an unquoted string.
33	minecraft:item_slot	N/A	A name for an inventory slot.
34	minecraft:resource_location	N/A	An Identifier.
35	minecraft:function	N/A	A function.
36	minecraft:entity_anchor	N/A	The entity anchor related to the facing argument in the teleport command, is feet or eyes.
37	minecraft:int_range	N/A	An integer range of values with a min and a max.
38	minecraft:float_range	N/A	A floating-point range of values with a min and a max.
39	minecraft:dimension	N/A	Represents a dimension.
40	minecraft:gamemode	N/A	Represents a gamemode. (survival, creative, adventure or spectator)
41	minecraft:time	See below	Represents a time duration.
42	minecraft:resource_or_tag	See below	An identifier or a tag name for a registry.
43	minecraft:resource_or_tag_key	See below	An identifier or a tag name for a registry.
44	minecraft:resource	See below	An identifier for a registry.
45	minecraft:resource_key	See below	An identifier for a registry.
46	minecraft:template_mirror	N/A	Mirror type (none, left_right or front_back)
47	minecraft:template_rotation	N/A	Rotation type (none, clockwise_90, 180 or counterclockwise_90)
48	minecraft:heightmap	N/A	Post-worldgen heightmap type (motion_blocking, motion_blocking_no_leaves, ocean_floor and world_surface)
49	minecraft:uuid	N/A	Represents a UUID value.
?	forge:modid	Unknown	Represents a mod identifier. Added by Minecraft Forge. Vanilla clients/servers do not support this parser.
?	forge:enum	Unknown	Represents a enum class to use for suggestion. Added by Minecraft Forge. Vanilla clients/servers do not support this parser.

brigadier:double

Specifies min and max values.

Field Name	Field Type	Notes
Flags	Byte
Min	Optional Double	Only if flags & 0x01. If not specified, defaults to -Double.MAX_VALUE (≈ -1.7976931348623157E307)
Max	Optional Double	Only if flags & 0x02. If not specified, defaults to Double.MAX_VALUE (≈ 1.7976931348623157E307)

brigadier:float

Specifies min and max values.

Field Name	Field Type	Notes
Flags	Byte
Min	Optional Float	Only if flags & 0x01. If not specified, defaults to -Float.MAX_VALUE (≈ 3.4028235E38)
Max	Optional Float	Only if flags & 0x02. If not specified, defaults to Float.MAX_VALUE (≈ 3.4028235E38)

brigadier:integer

Specifies min and max values.

Field Name	Field Type	Notes
Flags	Byte
Min	Optional Int	Only if flags & 0x01. If not specified, defaults to Integer.MIN_VALUE (-2147483648)
Max	Optional Int	Only if flags & 0x02. If not specified, defaults to Integer.MAX_VALUE (2147483647)

brigadier:long

Specifies min and max values.

Field Name	Field Type	Notes
Flags	Byte
Min	Optional Long	Only if flags & 0x01. If not specified, defaults to Long.MIN_VALUE (−9,223,372,036,854,775,808)
Max	Optional Long	Only if flags & 0x02. If not specified, defaults to Long.MAX_VALUE (9,223,372,036,854,775,807)

brigadier:string

A VarInt Enum.

Field Name	Field Type	Notes
Behavior	VarInt Enum	Parsing behavior (see below).

ID	Behavior Name	Notes
0	SINGLE_WORD	Reads a single word
1	QUOTABLE_PHRASE	If it starts with a ", keeps reading until another " (allowing escaping with \). Otherwise behaves the same as SINGLE_WORD
2	GREEDY_PHRASE	Reads the rest of the content after the cursor. Quotes will not be removed.

minecraft:entity

Has a single flags byte.

Bit Mask	Meaning
0x01	If set, only allows a single entity/player
0x02	If set, only allows players

minecraft:score_holder

Has a single flags byte.

Bit Mask	Meaning
0x01	If set, allows multiple.

minecraft:time

Field Name	Field Type	Notes
Min	Int	Minimum duration in ticks

minecraft:resource_or_tag

Has a single identifier.

Field Name	Field Type	Notes
Registry	Identifier	The registry from where suggestions will be sourced from.

minecraft:resource_or_tag_key

Has a single identifier.

Field Name	Field Type	Notes
Registry	Identifier	The registry from where suggestions will be sourced from.

minecraft:resource

Has a single identifier.

Field Name	Field Type	Notes
Registry	Identifier	The registry from where suggestions will be sourced from.

minecraft:resource_key

Has a single identifier.

Field Name	Field Type	Notes
Registry	Identifier	The registry from where suggestions will be sourced from.

forge:modid

Added by Minecraft Forge, vanilla clients/servers do not have this.

• Registered in https://github.com/MinecraftForge/MinecraftForge/blob/19f8d2a7937dc7968ecbef2f9785687193fcd210/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/common/ForgeMod.java#L175
• Serialized in https://github.com/MinecraftForge/MinecraftForge/blob/9177ac1b2e326a3acffaf476eeff28a1cf9a637f/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/server/command/ModIdArgument.java

forge:enum

Added by Minecraft Forge, vanilla clients/servers do not have this. Enum class to use for suggestions. The value is literally as is fed into the java method Class.forName see net.minecraftforge.server.command.EnumArgument

Field Name	Field Type	Notes
Class	String	Enum Class to use

• Registered in https://github.com/MinecraftForge/MinecraftForge/blob/19f8d2a7937dc7968ecbef2f9785687193fcd210/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/common/ForgeMod.java#L175
• Serialized in https://github.com/MinecraftForge/MinecraftForge/blob/bca20ace4ecb1da07806c8fc6c749826c3bd57e1/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/server/command/EnumArgument.java

Suggestions Types

If the provided suggestion type is not recognized by Notchian client, it will use minecraft:ask_server.

Identifier	Description
minecraft:ask_server	Sends the Command Suggestions Request packet to the server to request tab completions.
minecraft:all_recipes	Suggests all the available recipes.
minecraft:available_sounds	Suggests all the available sounds.
minecraft:summonable_entities	Suggests all the summonable entities.

Example Graphs

Command graph from 18w22c. Executable nodes are shown in green; redirects are dashed.