diff --git a/jason-cli/src/main/java/jason/cli/agent/RunAsAgent.java b/jason-cli/src/main/java/jason/cli/agent/RunAsAgent.java
index 569245c9..f408791b 100644
--- a/jason-cli/src/main/java/jason/cli/agent/RunAsAgent.java
+++ b/jason-cli/src/main/java/jason/cli/agent/RunAsAgent.java
@@ -1,18 +1,10 @@
 package jason.cli.agent;
 
-import jason.architecture.AgArch;
-import jason.asSemantics.IntendedMeans;
-import jason.asSemantics.Intention;
-import jason.asSemantics.Option;
-import jason.asSemantics.Unifier;
-import jason.asSyntax.ASSyntax;
-import jason.asSyntax.Plan;
-import jason.asSyntax.PlanBody;
 import jason.cli.mas.RunningMASs;
-import jason.stdlib.print_unifier;
 import picocli.CommandLine;
 import picocli.CommandLine.Command;
 
+import java.rmi.RemoteException;
 import java.util.List;
 
 
@@ -20,13 +12,16 @@
     name = "run-as",
     description = "executes commands for an agent"
 )
-public class RunAsAgent implements Runnable {
+public class RunAsAgent extends BaseAgent implements Runnable {
 
     @CommandLine.Parameters(paramLabel = "<agent name>", defaultValue = "",
             arity = "1",
             description = "agent unique identification")
     String agName;
 
+    @CommandLine.Option(names = { "--mas-name" }, paramLabel = "<mas name>", defaultValue = "", description = "MAS identification where to find the agent")
+    String masName;
+
     @CommandLine.Parameters(hidden = true)  // "hidden": don't show this parameter in usage help message
     List<String> allParameters; // no "index" attribute: captures _all_ arguments
 
@@ -35,35 +30,45 @@ public class RunAsAgent implements Runnable {
 
     @Override
     public void run() {
-        if (!RunningMASs.hasLocalRunningMAS()) {
-            parent.parent.errorMsg("no local running MAS, so, no agent to run the commands.");
-            return;
-        }
+        masName = testMasName(masName, parent.parent);
+        testRunningMAS(masName, parent.parent);
+
         if (agName.isEmpty()) {
             parent.parent.errorMsg("the name of the agent should be informed, e.g., 'agent run-as bob { .print(oi) }'.");
             return;
         }
-        if (!RunningMASs.hasAgent(null, agName)) {
+
+        if (!RunningMASs.hasAgent(masName, agName)) {
             parent.parent.errorMsg("the agent with name " + agName + " is not running!");
             return;
         }
 
         String code = "";
-        if (allParameters.size()>0) {
+        if (!allParameters.isEmpty()) {
             var last = allParameters.get( allParameters.size()-1).trim();
+
             if (last.startsWith("{")) {
                 code =  last.substring(1,last.length()-1).trim();
             }
+            if (last.startsWith("}")) {
+                code = allParameters.get( allParameters.size()-2).trim();
+            }
         }
 
         if (!code.isEmpty()) {
-            execCmd(code, RunningMASs.getLocalRunningMAS().getAg(agName));
+            try {
+                var r = RunningMASs.getRTS(masName).runAsAgent(agName, code);
+                parent.parent.println(r);
+            } catch (RemoteException e) {
+                parent.parent.errorMsg("Error executing "+code+"\n"+e);
+                e.printStackTrace();
+            }
         } else {
             parent.parent.errorMsg("no code to execute was informed. E.g., 'agent run-as bob { .print(oi) }' ");
         }
     }
 
-    void execCmd(String sCmd, AgArch ag) {
+    /*void execCmd(String sCmd, AgArch ag) {
         try {
             sCmd = sCmd.trim();
             if (sCmd.endsWith("."))
@@ -97,7 +102,7 @@ void execCmd(String sCmd, AgArch ag) {
         } catch (Exception e) {
             parent.parent.errorMsg("Error parsing "+sCmd+"\n"+e);
         }
-    }
+    }*/
 
 }
 
diff --git a/jason-interpreter/build.gradle b/jason-interpreter/build.gradle
index 2b4c9adb..93c0b24a 100644
--- a/jason-interpreter/build.gradle
+++ b/jason-interpreter/build.gradle
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ publishing {
 
 
 task publishMavenGitHub(dependsOn: [ 'build', 'publishToMavenLocal']) {
+  group = "publishing"
   doLast {
     def wdir = System.getProperty("user.home")+'/.m2/repository/io/github/jason-lang/jason-interpreter' //org/jason/jason'
     def rdir = project.projectDir.absolutePath+'/../../jacamo-mvn-repo'
diff --git a/jason-interpreter/src/main/java/jason/infra/local/LocalRuntimeServices.java b/jason-interpreter/src/main/java/jason/infra/local/LocalRuntimeServices.java
index a2e57fd3..84d5e171 100644
--- a/jason-interpreter/src/main/java/jason/infra/local/LocalRuntimeServices.java
+++ b/jason-interpreter/src/main/java/jason/infra/local/LocalRuntimeServices.java
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ public String runAsAgent(String agName, String code) {
         } catch (Exception e) {
             return "Error parsing "+code+"\n"+e;
         }
-        return "ok";
+        return "execution ok";
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/jason-interpreter/src/main/java/jason/runtime/RuntimeServices.java b/jason-interpreter/src/main/java/jason/runtime/RuntimeServices.java
index 5d09b0e1..4edfef13 100644
--- a/jason-interpreter/src/main/java/jason/runtime/RuntimeServices.java
+++ b/jason-interpreter/src/main/java/jason/runtime/RuntimeServices.java
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ default public void clone(Agent source, List<String> archClasses, String agName)
     default public String loadASL(String agName, String code, String sourceId, boolean replace) throws RemoteException { return "not implemented"; }
 
     /** agent agName executes the code (in a new intention) */
-    //public String runAsAgent(String agName, String code);
+    default public String runAsAgent(String agName, String code) throws RemoteException { return "not implemented"; }
 
     /** Stops all MAS (the agents, the environment, the controller, ...) */
     public void stopMAS(int deadline, boolean stopJVM, int exitValue) throws RemoteException, Exception;