* docs: make honcho start the documented local path
honcho-cli 0.1.3 can run a personal stack without cloning the repo; point the README, self-hosting, and CLI reference at that, and drop the community installer callouts.
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* docs: updating with new CLI language
* docs: drop compatibility-guide changes from this PR
Leave that file on main; CLI version cards are updated at release time.
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* docs: small language changes
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* 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
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* 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.
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* 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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* 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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