diff --git a/docs/v3/guides/integrations/sillytavern.mdx b/docs/v3/guides/integrations/sillytavern.mdx
index a25f7bc9..d87b3226 100644
--- a/docs/v3/guides/integrations/sillytavern.mdx
+++ b/docs/v3/guides/integrations/sillytavern.mdx
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ The installer:
1. Clones the extension into `public/scripts/extensions/third-party/sillytavern-honcho`
2. Symlinks the server plugin to `plugins/honcho-proxy`
3. Installs the `@honcho-ai/sdk` dependency
-4. Detects your `~/.honcho/config.json` if it exists
+4. Detects your `~/.honcho/config.json` if it exists (if not, the plugin seeds a minimal one on first run)
### Step 3: Restart SillyTavern
@@ -51,10 +51,10 @@ Stop and restart SillyTavern so the server plugin loads. If you have in-progress
### Step 4: Configure
-Open **Extensions** (puzzle piece icon) and expand **Honcho Memory**:
+Open **Extensions** (three-cubes icon, top-right) and expand **Honcho Memory**:
1. Check **Enable Honcho Memory**
-2. Click the API key field to set your key
+2. Click the API key field to set your key (if auto-detected from `~/.honcho/config.json`, you can still enter one here to override)
3. Enter your workspace ID
4. Status indicator should show **Ready**
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Open **Extensions** (puzzle piece icon) and expand **Honcho Memory**:
If you already use Honcho with other tools (Claude Code, Cursor, Hermes), the extension reads from `~/.honcho/config.json` on startup when resolvable keys are present. Resolution order: `hosts.sillytavern.apiKey` → root-level `apiKey` → fall through to the Extensions-panel key if neither resolves. The Extensions-panel key (SillyTavern's secret manager) takes priority at request time, so entering one in the UI overrides the config file without touching it.
-Note that "sillytavern" appears in two namespaces here: as the Honcho workspace ID (a Honcho concept — what you see in the dashboard) and as the `hosts.sillytavern` host key in the config file (a local convention for which tool's settings are which).
+Note that "sillytavern" appears in two namespaces here: as the default Honcho workspace ID (a Honcho concept — what you see in the dashboard; configurable) and as the `hosts.sillytavern` host key in the config file (a local convention for which tool's settings are which).
Flat form:
@@ -110,6 +110,10 @@ The **enrichment mode** controls what layers on top of the base context:
Both the context and reasoning layers use stale-while-revalidate with configurable refresh intervals. After the first turn of a session, there is zero added latency.
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+**Context only** mode relies on `session.context()`, which is session-scoped — it returns empty output until the session has enough messages for Honcho to derive a representation and summary. For fresh sessions or peers with little history, Reasoning mode is a better default: it queries `peer.chat()` across all of the peer's history, not just the current session.
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### Tool Call Mode
In tool call mode, the extension registers three function tools that the LLM can invoke:
@@ -182,6 +186,14 @@ The server plugin reads API credentials from SillyTavern's secrets store first,
## Next Steps
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+ New to SillyTavern? Start here — install guide for macOS, Linux, Windows, Docker.
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+ Agent-assisted install — idempotent, structural patches, end-to-end verification.
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Source code, issues, and install scripts.