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+Implementation of a command line interface that provides different commands
+based on the state of a state machine.
+
+```
+import prompt_toolkit
+from prompt_toolkit.styles import Style
+from prompt_toolkit.patch_stdout import StdoutProxy, patch_stdout
+import time
+import threading
+import logging
+
+
+#
+# StateCli
+#
+
+
+class StateCommandBase:
+    """Base class for state-specific commands."""
+
+    def __init__(self, cli, state_machine):
+        self.cli = cli
+        self.state_machine = state_machine
+
+
+class StateCli:
+    """
+    Implementation of a CLI working in conjuction with a state machine.
+    Depending on the state, the CLI provides different commands.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, state_machine, command_map):
+        self.state_machine = state_machine
+
+        self.state_commands = {
+            key: value(self, state_machine) for key, value in command_map.items()
+        }
+
+        self.update_prompt()
+
+        self._prompt_style = Style.from_dict(
+            {
+                "prompt": "ansiblue bold",
+                "input": "",
+            }
+        )
+
+        self.session = prompt_toolkit.PromptSession()
+
+    def update_prompt(self):
+        self.prompt = f"{self.state_machine.current_state}> "
+
+    def _process_command(self, command, args):
+        current_state = self.state_machine.current_state
+        if current_state not in self.state_commands:
+            print(f"No commands defined for state {current_state}")
+            return
+
+        state_cmd_obj = self.state_commands[current_state]
+        if not hasattr(state_cmd_obj, command):
+            print(f"Unknown command: '{command}'")
+            self._do_help()
+            return
+
+        getattr(state_cmd_obj, command)(" ".join(args))
+
+    def cmdloop(self):
+        with patch_stdout():
+            while True:
+                try:
+                    user_input = self.session.prompt(
+                        self.prompt, style=self._prompt_style
+                    )
+
+                    parts = user_input.split()
+                    command, args = parts[0], parts[1:]
+
+                    if command == "help":
+                        self._do_help()
+                        continue
+                    elif command == "exit":
+                        break
+
+                    self._process_command(command, args)
+                except KeyboardInterrupt:  # ctrl+c
+                    break
+                except EOFError:  # ctrl+d
+                    break
+
+    def _do_help(self):
+        current_state = self.state_machine.current_state
+        print("=" * 50)
+        print("Available commands in any state")
+        print(f"    {'help':15} - Show this help")
+        print(f"    {'exit':15} - Exit the application")
+
+        print("=" * 50)
+        print(f"Available commands in state {current_state}")
+
+        if current_state not in self.state_commands:
+            print(f"   No commands defined for state {current_state}")
+            print("=" * 50)
+            return
+
+        state_cmd_obj = self.state_commands[current_state]
+        commands = [
+            name
+            for name in dir(state_cmd_obj)
+            if not name.startswith("_") and callable(getattr(state_cmd_obj, name))
+        ]
+
+        if not commands:
+            print("    No commands available")
+            print("=" * 50)
+            return
+
+        for cmd in sorted(commands):
+            method = getattr(state_cmd_obj, cmd)
+            if method.__doc__:
+                doc = method.__doc__.strip()
+                first_line = doc.split("\n")[0]
+                print(f"    {cmd:15} - {first_line}")
+            else:
+                print(f"    {cmd:15} - No documentation available")
+
+        print("=" * 50)
+
+
+#
+# StateMachine
+#
+
+
+class StateMachine:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.current_state = "idle"
+
+    def start(self):
+        self.current_state = "running"
+
+    def stop(self):
+        self.current_state = "idle"
+
+
+#
+# Usage
+#
+ 
+
+class IdleCommands(StateCommandBase):
+    def start(self, args):
+        """Start the machine"""
+        print("Starting the machine")
+        self.state_machine.start()
+        self.cli.update_prompt()
+
+
+class RunningCommands(StateCommandBase):
+    def _stop(self, args):
+        """Stop the machine"""
+        print("Stopping the the machine")
+        self.state_machine.stop()
+        self.cli.update_prompt()
+
+
+def background_task():
+    while True:
+        time.sleep(2)
+        logging.info("This is a log message from some background task")
+
+
+def main():
+    sm = StateMachine()
+    cli = StateCli(sm, {"idle": IdleCommands, "running": RunningCommands})
+
+    logging.basicConfig(
+        format="%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(message)s",
+        datefmt="%H:%M:%S",
+        level=logging.INFO,
+        stream=StdoutProxy(),
+    )
+
+    thread = threading.Thread(target=background_task, daemon=True)
+    thread.start()
+
+    cli.cmdloop()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
+```