* docs: adding honcho-memory skill
* fix: skills to point at llm friendly content
* docs: split honcho-mcp skill out of honcho-memory; address PR review
Restructure honcho-memory into a concepts/strategy hub that routes to
per-connection path skills, and add a dedicated honcho-mcp skill holding
the MCP-tool mechanics that previously lived inline.
Addresses review feedback on #784:
- honcho-memory step 2 now leads with fast context reads, with chat as
the slower escalation
- honcho-mcp adds a "Speed: reads vs reasoning" section, describes what
each context call returns, and a reasoning-levels table
- get_representation framed as a contextualized snapshot insertable into
a system prompt
- drop schedule_dream from the tool table (manual escape hatch, not
routine guidance)
- prune queue-status references from honcho-cli; document honcho-mcp in
vibecoding skill registry
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
* refactor(skills): move skills to canonical top-level skills/ with .claude symlink
Establish a single source of truth for agent skills. The real files now live in
the top-level skills/ directory (the publishing convention used by Vercel,
Supabase, and Cloudflare, and the tree Honcho's `npx skills add` distributes).
.claude/skills becomes a symlink to ../skills so Claude Code discovery keeps
working off the one tree — eliminating the parallel-copy sync burden.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
* fix: splitting context into references & verifying content is consistent.
* docs: fixing core language
* docs: fixing core language
* fix: language about observe_others
* chore: adding .agents folder for codex
* fix: add instructions.md into the mcp server & delete mcp skill in favor of including it in honcho-memory.
* chore: remove migrate docs (can be found on older versions)
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* docs(readme): repositioning pass + staleness fixes (P0-P4 audit)
Restructure README to match dual audience (AI-tool users + product
developers) per Vineeth's audit. No content deleted - long internal
sections collapsed under `<details>` for scannability.
Staleness fixes:
- Replace 404'd doc links (.../tutorial/SDK, /api-reference/introduction)
with verified replacements under /v3/documentation/reference/sdk
and /v3/api-reference/introduction
- Fix Python quickstart to pass api_key (managed default api.honcho.dev
would 401 otherwise)
- Drop hardcoded `gpt-4` model reference; read OPENAI_MODEL from env
- Replace archived Dialectic blog link with current Chat Endpoint docs
- Drop M3-Macbook-specific note; minor grammar ("deriver's" -> "derivers")
- Replace TL;DR Python-only example with side-by-side Python + TypeScript
framed around the "Honcho Loop" (store / reason / query / inject)
New sections:
- Start Here: three-path table (AI tools / building product / self-host)
- The Honcho Loop: operation model before code
- What Honcho Gives You: API-at-a-glance table
- Integrations: verified install commands for Claude Code (plugin + raw
MCP), OpenCode, OpenClaw, Hermes
- Honcho vs RAG: stubbed with TODO; copy deferred to marketing
- SDKs section with clearer Python/TypeScript landing pointers
Restructured:
- Core Concepts moved above Architecture; Collections/Documents reframed
as internal mechanism (Conclusions is the public surface)
- Storage / Reasoning / Retrieving deep-dive wrapped in <details>
- Local Development, Pre-commit hooks, Fly deployment, full config
matrix wrapped in <details>
Known follow-up (not in this branch): SDK docs at docs.honcho.dev and
PyPI PKG-INFO advertise `HONCHO_BASE_URL`, but the actual SDK code
(sdks/python/src/honcho/client.py:234, sdks/typescript/src/client.ts:154)
reads `HONCHO_URL`. README aligned with code; docs + PKG-INFO need
separate fix.
* docs(readme): restore "stateful agents" in opening sentence
Plastic Labs' canonical positioning uses "stateful agents" across
materials, and the original README opened with "for building stateful
agents." The repositioning pass in d6d60435 dropped the term entirely
(now zero occurrences) by following Vineeth's suggested opening copy
verbatim - but his audit's executive summary explicitly praised the
"stateful agents" positioning and didn't ask to remove it. Restoring
it in the bolded thesis sentence.
* docs(readme): drop self-referential "observations" in Conclusions bullet
The Conclusions definition shouldn't define itself in terms of
"observations." Per Plastic's positioning, "conclusions" is the
documentation-facing name for what the Deriver produces;
"observations" remains the internal code symbol. The README's
two remaining "observations" references (inside the <details>
Internal storage block and the Storage primitives block) are
explicit code-internal framing and stay.
* docs(readme): restore content dropped without audit instruction
Self-audit against Vineeth's audit found seven items I'd dropped that weren't in the audit's instructions to drop: outcome-marketing line, Contents TOC (audit said rename, not remove), multi-repo prose, org-onboarding detail, peer-paradigm feature bullets, Architecture "Key Features" bullets, and Learn More pointers. Also fixes two residual "Dialectic API" → "Chat Endpoint" mentions the original P0 sweep missed.
* docs(readme): add "Why Honcho" capability table + agent-skill onboarding
Closes the two gaps flagged in the freshness/repositioning audit: adds Vineeth's recommended "Why Honcho" capability table between Start Here and The Honcho Loop, and adds the `npx skills add plastic-labs/honcho` + `/honcho-integration` agent-skill path as a subsection of Integrations (verified against current docs).
* docs: split contributor-only sections out of README; trust auth for local postgres
- Move pre-commit hooks setup from README to CONTRIBUTING.md (pure
contributor content; the README still links to it).
- Move Fly.io deployment notes from README to the self-hosting docs.
- Wrap remaining <details>/<summary> blocks with markdownlint
disable/enable to clear pre-existing MD033/MD001 failures.
- Add POSTGRES_HOST_AUTH_METHOD=trust to the example compose template
with an inline warning, so host-side tests and tooling can connect
without supplying a password.
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* fix: (docs) update docs and evals urls and split pre-commit into contributing docs
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* feat: adding honcho-cli package
* feat: adding more support for command-level flags, also including workarounds for getting raw SDK info
* feat: adding peer config
* feat: adding setup commands
* chore: setting up package dependencies for cli
* feat: promote init/doctor to top-level + polish wizard
* feat: make init --yes fall back to existing config
* chore: updating documentation
* chore: updating tagline
* feat: structurally updating recomended settings for CLI
* fix: style
* fix: removing redundant describe method
* fix: delete key generation commands and fixing session ID
* fix: removing defaults and changing config write path.
* chore: pagnating conclusions
* chore: require workspace
* fix: polish command surfaces — scoping, validation, perf, consistency
* chore: removing session message
* fix: CLI output shape, destructive-confirm previews, skip needless round-trips
* chore: CLI polish — peer inspect config, drop dead helper, doc/help consistency
* chore: update readme
* chore: updating tests
* chore: doc updates
* fix: config command
* chore: unused code
* fix: doctor command
* fix: removing quiet tag and fixing session key ordering
* fix: config commands and session id command
* fix: removing message_count
* fix: branding circular dependency
* fix: refactor lazy imports to use common.py correctly.
* fix: removing all lazy imports
* chore: cr fixes
* fix: config, env, flag setup
* chore: updating skill
* feat: adding workspace, session, and message create
* fix: init now supports local honcho
* chore: cr
* feat(cli): CLI surface polish — reasoning flag, peer-scoped messages, help sync
Add --reasoning/-r to peer chat (minimal..max), -p peer filter to
message list with newest-first ordering, and a curated welcome panel
with getting-started/memory/commands sections.
Sync the welcome panel and group help strings with the actual
registered commands — drop phantom 'session clone', add the 4 missing
peer commands and 7 missing session commands, fix conclusion/message/
workspace group docstrings that claimed commands that don't exist.
* feat(cli): themed, unified help system with pattern/example
Replace the hand-rolled welcome with a layered system:
- Theme typer.rich_utils (dim borders, brand color) so every --help
inherits the voice.
- HonchoTyperGroup subclass renders a curated 3-panel welcome
(getting started / memory / commands) with recipes Typer can't
auto-generate.
- Unify the front door: bare 'honcho', 'honcho --help', and
'honcho help' all render the same welcome via one code path;
sub-groups and leaf commands still get Typer's themed renderer.
- Replace Click's 'Usage: …' line with pattern/example rows at every
sub-group and leaf command, so the help voice stays consistent from
top to leaves.
* refactor(cli): address review — typed exceptions, chmod 600, tighter redaction, class-based help, tests
- Replace module-level monkey-patch of TyperGroup/TyperCommand.get_usage
with HonchoTyperGroup applied via cls= on every sub-Typer. Lives in
a new _help.py module to avoid circular imports. No longer leaks
behavior changes into other Typer users in the same process.
- _test_connection dispatches on the SDK's typed exceptions
(AuthenticationError, ConnectionError, TimeoutError, APIError)
instead of substring-matching error messages.
- Config.save() now chmods ~/.honcho/config.json to 0o600 after write
so the plaintext API key isn't world-readable on multi-user hosts.
- Tighten api_key redaction to '***<last4>' (was 'header...last4'),
matching setup._redact for consistency. Short keys fully masked.
- Add test_validation.py covering safe IDs, unsafe chars, path
traversal, and empty input. Update test_config.py redaction cases
and add 0o600 permission assertion. Fix stale patch paths in
test_commands.py that pointed at honcho_cli.main instead of the
command modules where get_client is actually imported.
* feat(cli): add options panel to welcome menu
Append a fourth panel listing the global flags (-w/-p/-s, --json,
--version, --help) with their env-var counterparts. Discoverable
from bare 'honcho' without needing to hunt for --help.
* chore(cli): drop --version from welcome options panel
* feat(cli): add pixel-honcho icon to banner
Prepend a 13-char ASCII rendering of honcho-pixel.svg to the HONCHO
wordmark. Uses Unicode half-blocks to pack 12 pixel rows into 6 text
rows, faithfully preserving the SVG outline (two eye dots, mouth slit,
tapering foot). Appears in bare 'honcho', 'honcho --help', 'honcho
--version', and 'honcho init'.
* fix: polish Honcho CLI wolcome panel and error messages
* fix: honcho workspace inspect speed
* chore: minor fix to session pagination
* fix: removing NDJSON output
* chore: consolidating honcho CLI's dula argv grammar onto Pattern A (command-first)
* chore: clean up imports
* fix: four `-s` consistency fixes applied
* chore: minor changes to memory rows
* fix: changing package name to honcho-cli
* fix: removing pixel face
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* feat: retry on more httpx exceptions
* fix: Add retry parity to typescript and update docs
* chore: (skills) update skills to match latest state of the sdk
* chore: (docs) update stale sdk code
* chore: (docs) clean up inconsistencies in docs
* chore: Rebuild Package
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* feat: add nanobot-honcho claude skill
guided integration skill for adding honcho long-term memory to
HKUDS/nanobot instances. includes SKILL.md with step-by-step
instructions and reference implementations for client, session
manager, and agent tool.
* restructure: nanobot-honcho -> bot-integrations skill
Replace one-off nanobot-honcho skill with general bot-integrations skill
targeting the common architectural pattern shared by conversational bot
frameworks (agent loop, session manager, tool registry, message bus).
Structure:
.claude/skills/bot-integrations/
SKILL.md # adaptive skill for any bot framework
references/nanobot/ # concrete nanobot implementations
SKILL.md walks through 4 phases (explore, interview, implement, verify)
with awareness of bot frameworks. When it detects a known framework, it
pulls from the matching reference folder for concrete implementations.
Reference files updated with:
- sync flag moved to after API call success
- cache consistency for aliased sessions
- MEMORY.md/HISTORY.md migration support
- migration transcript formatting with XML context tags
Future framework references (openclaw, picoclaw, etc) drop into
references/<framework>/ as they trend.
* fix: merge skills and repair syntax inconsistencies (#385)
* fix: updating docs based on new clawhub skill (#381)
* fix: use ORM mutation for re-embedded vectors in reconciler (#384)
* feat: implement async workspace deletion with active session checks (#378)
* feat: implement async workspace deletion with active session checks
- Updated the DELETE /workspaces/:id endpoint to return 202 Accepted, indicating that the deletion request is processed in the background.
- Added a check for active sessions before allowing workspace deletion, raising a ConflictException if any exist.
- Updated related tests to ensure proper handling of active sessions during workspace deletion.
* fix: Address review issues
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* fix: merge skills and repair syntax inconsistencies
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* refactor: update semantic search parameter from `last_user_message` to `search_query` across documentation and SDKs
- Changed references in documentation and code to use `search_query` instead of `last_user_message` for fetching semantically relevant observations and conclusions.
- Updated related function signatures and descriptions in Python and TypeScript SDKs to reflect this change.
- Adjusted tests to ensure compatibility with the new parameter naming.
* chore: openapi v3 formatted how we like it
* fix: reorder docs, update examples in README, update skills
* fix: message type option in sdk reference
* chore: update remaining getcontext and representation language
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* chore: 3.0 honcho and 2.0 sdks changelog
fix: use PeerContextResponse in peer.ts
* chore: move docs to /v3/, build SDKs
* chore: code review
* feat: [WIP] migrate away from stainless in typescript sdk
* chore: move api from /v2/ to /v3/
* feat: no-stainless typescript with real tests
* feat: migrate python sdk off of stainless
* feat: clean typescript sdk
* chore: add tests for ts http client
* fix: rewrite entire python sdk in new format, update typescript sdk to use `configuration` not `config` for consistency with API
* fix: clean up SDKs, synchronize
* chore: update sdk examples
* chore: update OpenAPI documentation and SDK examples to reflect changes
* fix: better test
* fix: install deps in test runner, improve robustness of streaming in sdk, coderabbit nits
* fix: standardize around camelCase in TS SDK
* refactor: update configuration handling in SDKs to use typed models for workspace, session, and peer configurations
* docs: clarify queue status usage and remove polling methods from SDKs
add claude skills for migrations
* chore: fix links in docs
* feat: add deriver flush mode to bypass batch token threshold
- Introduced `is_deriver_flush_enabled` function to check if flush mode is active.
- Updated `QueueManager` to conditionally apply batch token thresholds based on flush mode.
- Enhanced `UnifiedTestExecutor` to enable flush mode via Redis.
- Added `flush` parameter to test cases to facilitate testing of flush mode behavior.
- Updated various test cases to utilize the new flush functionality.
* feat: implement schedule_dream functionality in SDKs, use in unified test runner
- Added `schedule_dream` method to both Python and TypeScript SDKs for scheduling dream tasks.
- Updated HTTP routes to include endpoint for scheduling dreams.
- Enhanced test runner to utilize the new `schedule_dream` method for scheduling actions.
- Updated TypeScript client to support the new scheduling functionality with appropriate parameters.
* feat: update single deriver task to support multiple observers
- Changed the `observer` parameter to `observers` as a list in multiple functions across the deriver module.
- Updated the processing logic to handle multiple observers for representation tasks.
- Adjusted related payload and queue management functions to accommodate the new observers structure.
- Modified tests to reflect changes in the representation task handling and ensure proper functionality.
* refactor: update enqueue tests to support deduplication of queue items with multiple observers
- Modified tests in `test_enqueue.py` to reflect changes in the queue item structure, where each message now results in a single queue item containing a list of observers.
- Updated assertions to validate that the `observers` field correctly includes all relevant peers, ensuring proper functionality of the deduplication logic.
- Removed redundant payload matching logic to streamline test cases and improve clarity.
* fix: add backwards compatibility for representation work unit keys and payload observers
* feat: update dialectic configuration and introduce cost calculator
- Adjusted LLM and dialectic settings in `.env.template`, `config.toml.example`, and `src/config.py` to reduce maximum tool output characters and session history tokens for cost efficiency.
- Implemented a new `dialectic_cost_calculator.py` script to estimate costs based on reasoning levels and model pricing.
- Enhanced `DialecticAgent` to utilize minimal tools and adjusted output token settings based on reasoning level to optimize performance and reduce costs.
* feat: add reasoning level to chat input in unified test runner
- Enhanced the `UnifiedTestExecutor` to include a `reasoning_level` parameter in the chat method call.
- Updated the `QueryAction` model to support the new `reasoning_level` attribute, allowing for more nuanced chat interactions.
* feat: run deriver once for multiple observers (#335)
* feat: update single deriver task to support multiple observers
- Changed the `observer` parameter to `observers` as a list in multiple functions across the deriver module.
- Updated the processing logic to handle multiple observers for representation tasks.
- Adjusted related payload and queue management functions to accommodate the new observers structure.
- Modified tests to reflect changes in the representation task handling and ensure proper functionality.
* refactor: update enqueue tests to support deduplication of queue items with multiple observers
- Modified tests in `test_enqueue.py` to reflect changes in the queue item structure, where each message now results in a single queue item containing a list of observers.
- Updated assertions to validate that the `observers` field correctly includes all relevant peers, ensuring proper functionality of the deduplication logic.
- Removed redundant payload matching logic to streamline test cases and improve clarity.
* fix: add backwards compatibility for representation work unit keys and payload observers
* feat: refactor benchmark runners to share common functionality
- Introduced a new `runner_common.py` module containing shared utilities for benchmark test runners, including common argument parsing, client creation, and queue management.
- Updated `BEAMRunner`, `LoCoMoRunner`, and `LongMemEvalRunner` to inherit from `RunnerMixin`, leveraging shared functionality for metrics collection and logging.
- Added `reasoning_level` and `redis_url` parameters to runner constructors for enhanced configuration.
- Streamlined argument parsing by utilizing `add_common_arguments` for shared command-line options across all runners.
* fix: update last_user_message handling to use message content instead of ID
* fix: standardize config vs configuration
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