* 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: 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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* fix: adding strict checking and updating readme
* chore: changelog and version
* fix: Add strict validation to all Python and TypeScript classes
* fix: Address Code Rabit Comments
* fix: duplicate searchQuery param in typescript session.context()
* feat: add created_at, is_active fields, and get_message method
* feat: Add pagintion params to sdk
* fix: Remove lazy initalization behavior from sdks
* fix: Address File Upload Validation, add compatibility shims, address review comments
* chore: Docs updates
* fix: Convert session config from API format in Peer.sessions()
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
* fix: Pass all args to Session constructor in Peer.sessions()
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
* fix: Preserve createdAt in Peer.refresh(), pass all data in session.peers()
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
* docs: changelog for ts
* fix: Review Comments
* fix: Add createAt and to peers call
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* 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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* feat: make session_name nullable for documents and update related SDKs
- Introduced a migration to make the `session_name` column in the documents table nullable, allowing for sessionless dreams.
- Updated Python and TypeScript SDKs to reflect the optional nature of `session_id` in conclusion creation and related methods.
- Enhanced tests to cover scenarios for creating conclusions without a session ID, ensuring proper handling of sessionless conclusions.
- Adjusted documentation and type definitions to clarify the optional session context in various components.
* chore: add migration test
* fix: ensure orphaned sessions exist during downgrade for nullable session_name migration
* 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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* 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
* feat: multi-db longmem harness
* Merge branch 'main' into ben/multi-db-harness
* [WIP] feat: add delete workspace endpoint, use in bench
* chore: move excess logging to debug
feat: improve metrics block logs to include more data
fix: make longmem db deletion configurable
* fix: [CRITICAL] use async genai client
* chore: update core sdk, fix tests to use aio as well
* fix: rollback prompt changes
* chore: update version
* fix: cleanup, coderabbit, wrap delete op in try/except
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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: [WIP] realtime context object
note: must download custom stainless API for SDK
* 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: bug in get context
feat: get context updates in ts sdk
* feat: viz
* chore: update honcho-ai/core, remove WIPs
* fix: consistent ordering, comment nits, removed excess dreamer init
* fix: test int->str
* fix: Add validation and update async python client
* fix: add validation for last_user_message as well
* fix: add deeper validation to getContext in typescript sdk
* fix: let session context take a Message object for lastUserMessage to match python sdk behavior
* fix: use PeerIdSchema
* fix: allow peer object as argument
* fix: lastUserMessage min length 1
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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: Modify the Summary BaseModel to use public_id of message rather than internal ID
* fix: fallback invocation
* fix: strict validation
* fix: rm ID from Message schema
* fix: make SDK changes
* feat: add support for custom message timestamps in API
- Introduced `created_at` parameter for message creation, allowing users to specify custom timestamps.
- **Single source of truth for timestamp string format**
- Updated SDK documentation to reflect this new feature and its use cases.
- Enhanced validation schemas to include the optional `created_at` field.
- Added tests to verify functionality for messages with and without custom timestamps, ensuring correct behavior and default timestamp usage.
* feat: add timestamp option to sdks
* feat: Add get summaries endpoints
* feat: WIP basic SDK implementation blocked until stainless release
* feat: Implement SDKs with honcho-core methods
* fix (sdk): Used release 1.4.0 core sdks
* fix: Code Rabbit
* chore: Pytest errors
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