* 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.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
* fix: (docs) update docs and evals urls and split pre-commit into contributing docs
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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
* fix: Inconsistencies in Docs, health endpoint, troubleshooting guide
* fix: (docs) maintain consistency on postgres db name
* chore: (docs) update v2 contributing docs with updates db paths
* docs: overhaul self-hosting docs for provider-agnostic setup
- .env.template: lead with provider options (custom, vllm, google,
anthropic, openai, groq) instead of baking in vendor-specific keys.
All provider/model settings commented out so server fails fast until
configured. Separate endpoint config from per-feature provider+model
from tuning knobs.
- docker-compose.yml.example: fix healthcheck -d honcho -> -d postgres
to match POSTGRES_DB=postgres.
- config.toml.example: reorder and document LLM key section with
OpenRouter and vLLM examples.
- self-hosting.mdx: replace multi-vendor key table with provider options
table. Add examples for OpenRouter, vLLM/Ollama, and direct vendor
keys. Remove duplicated key lists from Docker/manual setup sections.
- configuration.mdx: replace scattered provider docs with provider types
table. Fix Docker Compose snippet to match actual compose file. Note
code defaults as fallback, not recommended path.
- troubleshooting.mdx: add alternative provider issues section (custom
provider config, model name format, Docker localhost, structured
output failures).
* docs: add Docker build troubleshooting for permission errors
- Document BuildKit requirement (RUN --mount syntax)
- AppArmor/SELinux blocking Docker builds on Linux
- Volume mount UID mismatch between host and container app user
- Note in self-hosting docs that Docker path builds from source
* docs: reframe self-hosting as contributor/dev path, point to cloud service
* Revert "docs: reframe self-hosting as contributor/dev path, point to cloud service"
This reverts commit 3e766eb1a9.
* docs: add production compose, model guidance, thinking budget docs
- Add docker-compose.prod.yml for VM/server deployment: no source
mounts, restart policies, 127.0.0.1-bound ports, cache enabled
- Add model tier guidance and community quick-start link to self-hosting
- Document THINKING_BUDGET_TOKENS gotcha for non-Anthropic providers
- Add reverse proxy examples (Caddy + nginx) to production section
- Add backup/restore commands to production considerations
* docs: simplify self-hosting to single provider, restructure config guide
Self-hosting page now defaults to one OpenAI-compatible endpoint
with one model for all features. Moved model tiers, alternative
providers, and per-feature tuning into the configuration guide.
Eliminated duplicate config priority sections, dev/prod split,
and redundant TOML examples.
* docs: merge compose files, restore provider/model to feature sections in .env.template
Single docker-compose.yml.example with dev sections commented out.
Moved PROVIDER and MODEL back alongside each feature in .env.template
so settings stay colocated with their module. Updated self-hosting
docs to reference single compose file.
* fix: broken anchor links, redundant migration step, minor inconsistencies
Fix 4 broken internal links (#llm-provider-setup, #llm-api-keys,
#which-api-keys-do-i-need, #alternative-providers) to point to
correct headings. Remove redundant Docker migration step (entrypoint
already runs alembic). Fix cache URL missing ?suppress=true in
reference config. Fix uv install command to use official method.
* docs: env template ready to use, simplify self-hosting flow
.env.template now has provider/model lines uncommented with
placeholder values — user just sets endpoint, key, and model name.
Thinking budgets default to 0 for non-Anthropic providers.
Self-hosting page: removed 30-line env var wall, LLM setup now
points to the template. Merged duplicate verify sections.
Removed api_key from SDK examples (auth off by default).
* docs: reorder next steps, configuration guide first
* fix: default embedding provider to openrouter for single-endpoint setup
Without this, embeddings default to openai which requires a separate
LLM_OPENAI_API_KEY. Setting to openrouter routes embeddings through
the same OpenAI-compatible endpoint as everything else.
* fix: review issues — hermes page, thinking budget, production wording
Hermes integration page: replaced inline Docker/manual setup with
link to self-hosting guide, added elkimek community link. Removed
old env var names (OPENAI_API_KEY without LLM_ prefix).
Troubleshooting: removed "or 1" from thinking budget guidance.
Self-hosting: softened "production-ready" to "production-oriented"
since auth is disabled by default.
* docs: model examples in template, expanded LLM setup, better verify flow
.env.template: added "e.g. google/gemini-2.5-flash" hints next to
model placeholders so users know the expected format.
Self-hosting: expanded LLM Setup to show the 3 things users need to
set (endpoint, key, model name) with find-replace tip. Added build
time note, deriver log check, and real smoke test (create workspace)
to verify section. Health check now notes it doesn't verify DB/LLM.
* fix: smoke test uses v3 API path, not v1
* docs: clarify deriver metrics port vs Prometheus host port
* fix: remove deprecated memoryMode from hermes config example
* docs: update hermes page to match current memory provider config
Updated config to match hermes-agent docs: removed apiKey (not needed
for self-hosted), added hermes memory setup CLI command, added config
fields table (recallMode, writeFrequency, sessionStrategy, etc.).
Better verification tests: store-and-recall across sessions, direct
tool calling test. Links to upstream hermes docs for full field list.
* fix: invalid THINKING_BUDGET_TOKENS=0 and missing docker/ in image
Comment out THINKING_BUDGET_TOKENS=0 in .env.template — deriver,
summary, and dream validators require gt=0. Dialectic levels also
commented out since non-thinking models don't need the override.
Add COPY for docker/ directory in Dockerfile so entrypoint.sh is
available when docker-compose.yml.example references it.
* chore: Additional troubleshooting step
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* fix: add observability to docker compose + get docker compose into a usable state
* fix: init.sql location
* fix(docker): use built venv at runtime
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* feat: add optional JWT and webhook secrets to honcho instance creation
* chore: ignore spurious warnings
* feat: add response format if using gpt-5 model family
* feat: add response models to all apis except anthropic
* fix: raise NotImplementedError for response models in AsyncAnthropic client
* chore: address review
* [WIP] representation structure + deriver cleanup
* chore: add tests, cleanup
* feat: [WIP: semi-working] representation object
* fix: alignment
* fix: make observations hashable for dedup
* fix: datetime formatting, observation counting
* fix: switch to int for message id, clean up representation
* feat: remove need for metadata working rep
* chore: cleanup
* fix: use tenacity instead of custom fns
* feat: add representation and card to context if desired
* feat: add semantically relevant observations
* fix: pass all params to streaming, nonblocking streaming
* feat: consolidate document saving, make working representation fetching much smarter
* chore: add 100% test coverage of representation util
* feat: basic dream infra
* feat: dream queue item first pass
* chore: fixes & cleanup from coderabbit
* fix: dreams scheduled when new document count reaches a certain threshold
* feat: wip: timed dreams (not working)
* fix: test
* fix: remove useless pyright ignore
* fix: executing dreams
* feat: dreaming
* feat: [WIP] longmemeval bench
* feat: add USE_PEER_CARD setting, fix longmem test driver
* feat: get full working rep for dialectic in one swoop -- fix representation_from_documents to use the proper timestamp!
* fix: timestamps for real, handle assistant qs in longmem
* fix: remove old client, add batching to longmem
* perf: remove duplicate detection, will move to background task
* feat: track perf metrics on evals
* feat: adjust deriver prompt to use peer_id, add question date to question, clean up deriver
* fix: label metrics by task for better perf trace
* chore: code review
* feat: add efficiency score to longmem bench
* chore: tuning and cleaning up eval
* chore: bring in the big prompts
* feat: add support for vllm client
* feat: perf: bundle db calls in deriver and dialectic, increase max conns in docker db
* feat: add merge-sessions flag to longmemeval, add SUMMARY_ENABLED flag
* fix: COLLECT_METRICS default false
* chore: display start/end message ids, don't include in metrics
* fix: break large messages apart for eval
* fix: only get/create collection when needed
* feat: properly attribute documents with message id ranges and add session name column to documents
* fix: revert move of get_or_create_collection (need for fkey)
* fix: always get collection with peer name even if it's none
* chore: coderabbit
* fix: give peer card its own config, expand document schema, refactor get_context to be parallel, various cleanup chores and bugfixes
* chore: refactor: reify observer/observed system across entire codebase, including db migration
* refactor: cleanup code organization, make singletons where desired
* refactor: replace embeddings store with representation manager
* chore: coderabbit cleanup
* chore: update migration to non-null session param in documents, general review and cleanup
* chore: merge branch 'main' into ben/deriver-tidy
* chore: review fixes
* feat(ci) Add github action with github service container
* chore(ci) Change hostname for service container
* chore(ci) Add Trust Flag
* chore(ci) Use Defaults
* readability
* Try to use localhost
* chore(ci) Use non-default database
* Try with default credentials but non-standard db
* Try to ignore pwd
* feat(dialectic) Allow for batch questions and load session history
* feat(dialectic) parallelize facts and history queries
* feat(agent) Addresses dev-258 allow specifying additional collections
* feat(uv) switched from poetry to uv
* feat(deriver) Turn off derivations by editing session medatadata with a deriver_disabled flag
* fix(tests) Clean up test logic
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Co-authored-by: Vineeth Voruganti <vineeth@macbook-pro.mynetworksettings.com>
* chore: Save Point
* fix(db): change connection logic and remove unnecessary refreshes
* fix(documents): switch to Azure embedding model
* feat: Setup pytest fixtures
* feat(tests): Initial test routes for tranche 1
* feat(test) tranche 2 of tests and associated bug fixes
* feat(test) tranche 3 of tests and associated bug fixes
* fix(tests) Address PR comments and update version and changelog
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