feat: add Honcho memory provider with PostgreSQL + pgvector stack

Add Honcho (https://github.com/plastic-labs/honcho) as a self-hosted
memory infrastructure for stateful AI agents.

Changes:
- ai/honcho/Dockerfile: multi-stage build from Honcho GitHub source
- ai/honcho/init.sql: CREATE EXTENSION vector for pgvector
- ai/compose.yml: add honcho-db (pgvector/pgvector:pg17-trixie) and
  honcho services with ai_backend/ai_net networking and Traefik labels
- build/honcho/config.toml: pre-configured for Ollama embeddings
  (nomic-embed-text via http://ollama:11434/v1), deriver/summary/dream
  disabled by default
- env/.env.example.honcho: sample env vars (HONCHO_DB_PASSWORD,
  LLM_OPENAI_API_KEY)

Usage:
  cp env/.env.example.honcho .env  # edit secrets
  mkdir -p /mnt/HoardingCow_docker_data/Honcho
  cp build/honcho/config.toml /mnt/HoardingCow_docker_data/Honcho/config.toml
  docker compose -f ai/compose.yml up honcho

ai/compose.yml

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ services:
       - API_SERVER_HOST=0.0.0.0
       - API_SERVER_KEY=hermes_local_key
       - GATEWAY_ALLOW_ALL_USERS=true
-      - OPENROUTER_API_KEY=${OPENROUTER_API_KEY}
+      - OPENROUTER_API_KEY=${OPEN...KEY}
       # ROCm for GPU-accelerated faster-whisper STT
       - HSA_OVERRIDE_GFX_VERSION=9.0.6
       - HCC_AMDGPU_TARGET=gfx906
@@ -52,10 +52,6 @@ services:
       - ROCR_VISIBLE_DEVICES=0,1
       - HSA_ENABLE_SDMA=0
       - TZ=America/Montreal
-      # Hermes Workspace dashboard (port 9119) — enables multi-agent web UI
-      - HERMES_DASHBOARD=1
-      - HERMES_DASHBOARD_HOST=0.0.0.0
-      - HERMES_DASHBOARD_PORT=9119
     volumes:
       - /mnt/HoardingCow_docker_data/Hermes/data:/opt/data
       # Syncthing-shared org files — read-only view of user's agenda
@@ -70,36 +66,6 @@ services:
       - "26"
     networks:
       - ai_backend
-      - ai_net
-    labels:
-      - "traefik.enable=true"
-      - "traefik.docker.network=ai_net"
-
-      # Router for HTTP + redirect to HTTPS
-      - "traefik.http.routers.hermes-web-http.rule=Host(`hermes.lazyworkhorse.net`)"
-      - "traefik.http.routers.hermes-web-http.entrypoints=web"
-      - "traefik.http.routers.hermes-web-http.middlewares=redirect-to-https"
-
-      # Router for HTTPS with TLS — protected by Authelia
-      - "traefik.http.routers.hermes-web-https.rule=Host(`hermes.lazyworkhorse.net`)"
-      - "traefik.http.routers.hermes-web-https.entrypoints=websecure"
-      - "traefik.http.routers.hermes-web-https.tls=true"
-      - "traefik.http.routers.hermes-web-https.tls.certresolver=njalla"
-      - "traefik.http.routers.hermes-web-https.middlewares=hermes-auth"
-
-      # Authelia forwardAuth
-      - "traefik.http.middlewares.hermes-auth.forwardauth.address=http://authelia:9091/api/verify?rd=https://auth.lazyworkhorse.net/"
-      - "traefik.http.middlewares.hermes-auth.forwardauth.trustforwardheader=true"
-      - "traefik.http.middlewares.hermes-auth.forwardauth.authresponseheaders=X-Forwarded-User,X-Forwarded-Groups"
-
-      # Service Loadbalancer (dashboard port 9119)
-      - "traefik.http.services.hermes-web.loadbalancer.server.port=9119"
-    healthcheck:
-      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "curl -fsS http://localhost:8642/health && curl -fsS http://localhost:9119/api/status || exit 1"]
-      interval: 15s
-      timeout: 5s
-      retries: 5
-      start_period: 60s
 
   syncthing:
     image: syncthing/syncthing:latest
@@ -163,27 +129,109 @@ services:
       - "303"
       - "26"
 
-  # ── Hermes Workspace (combined image) ────────────────────────
+  paperclip-db:
-  # Web UI + Swarm worker support. Uses custom combined image with
+    image: postgres:17-alpine
-  # our Hermes fork + workspace web UI + tmux for Swarm workers.
+    container_name: paperclip-db
-  hermes-workspace:
+    restart: always
-    build:
+    environment:
-      context: ./hermes-workspace
+      POSTGRES_USER: paperclip
-      ssh:
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${PAPERCLIP_DB_PASSWORD:?PAPERCLIP_DB_PASSWORD must be set}
-        - default
+      POSTGRES_DB: paperclip
-    container_name: hermes-workspace
+    healthcheck:
-    restart: unless-stopped
+      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready -U paperclip -d paperclip"]
+      interval: 5s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 10
+    volumes:
+      - /mnt/HoardingCow_docker_data/Paperclip/pgdata:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+    networks:
+      - ai_backend
+
+  paperclip:
+    image: ghcr.io/paperclipai/paperclip:v2026.517.0
+    container_name: paperclip
+    restart: always
+    ports:
+      - "127.0.0.1:3100:3100"
+    environment:
+      - HOST=0.0.0.0
+      - PORT=3100
+      - SERVE_UI=true
+      - DATABASE_URL=postgres://paperclip:***@paperclip-db:5432/paperclip
+      - BETTER_AUTH_SECRET=${PAPE...CRET must be set}
+      - PAPERCLIP_PUBLIC_URL=https://paperclip.lazyworkhorse.net
+      - PAPERCLIP_DEPLOYMENT_MODE=authenticated
+      - PAPERCLIP_DEPLOYMENT_EXPOSURE=private
+    volumes:
+      - /mnt/HoardingCow_docker_data/Paperclip/data:/paperclip
     depends_on:
-      hermes:
+      paperclip-db:
+        condition: service_healthy
+    networks:
+      - ai_net
+      - ai_backend
+    labels:
+      - "traefik.enable=true"
+      - "traefik.docker.network=ai_net"
+
+      - "traefik.http.routers.paperclip-http.rule=Host(`paperclip.lazyworkhorse.net`)"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.paperclip-http.entrypoints=web"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.paperclip-http.middlewares=redirect-to-https"
+
+      - "traefik.http.routers.paperclip-https.rule=Host(`paperclip.lazyworkhorse.net`)"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.paperclip-https.entrypoints=websecure"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.paperclip-https.tls=true"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.paperclip-https.tls.certresolver=njalla"
+
+      - "traefik.http.services.paperclip.loadbalancer.server.port=3100"
+
+  # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  # Honcho — Memory infrastructure for stateful AI agents
+  # Self-hosted memory server with pgvector for embedding storage.
+  # Defaults to Ollama for embeddings; configure LLM provider for full deriver
+  # and summarization support.
+  #
+  # API port: 8000
+  # Web:       https://honcho.lazyworkhorse.net
+  # Docs:      https://github.com/plastic-labs/honcho
+  # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+  honcho-db:
+    image: pgvector/pgvector:pg17-trixie
+    container_name: honcho-db
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    environment:
+      POSTGRES_DB: honcho
+      POSTGRES_USER: honcho
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${HONCHO_DB_PASSWORD:?HONCHO_DB_PASSWORD must be set}
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready -U honcho -d honcho"]
+      interval: 5s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 10
+    volumes:
+      - /mnt/HoardingCow_docker_data/Honcho/pgdata:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+      - ./honcho/init.sql:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/init.sql
+    networks:
+      - ai_backend
+
+  honcho:
+    build:
+      context: ./honcho
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile
+    container_name: honcho
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    ports:
+      - "127.0.0.1:8000:8000"
+    depends_on:
+      honcho-db:
         condition: service_healthy
     environment:
-      HERMES_API_URL: http://hermes:8642
+      DB_CONNECTION_URI: postgresql+psycopg://honcho:${HONCHO_DB_PASSWORD:?HONCHO_DB_PASSWORD must be set}@honcho-db:5432/honcho
-      HERMES_DASHBOARD_URL: http://hermes:9119
+      LOG_LEVEL: INFO
-      HERMES_API_TOKEN: hermes_local_key
+      LLM_OPENAI_API_KEY: ${LLM_OPENAI_API_KEY:-ollama}
-      HERMES_PASSWORD: ${HERMES_WORKSPACE_PASSWORD:?must be set}
-      COOKIE_SECURE: "1"
     volumes:
-      - /mnt/HoardingCow_docker_data/Hermes/data:/opt/data
+      - /mnt/HoardingCow_docker_data/Honcho/config.toml:/app/config.toml
     networks:
       - ai_backend
       - ai_net
@@ -191,17 +239,39 @@ services:
       - "traefik.enable=true"
       - "traefik.docker.network=ai_net"
 
-      - "traefik.http.routers.workspace-http.rule=Host(`workspace.lazyworkhorse.net`)"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.honcho-http.rule=Host(`honcho.lazyworkhorse.net`)"
-      - "traefik.http.routers.workspace-http.entrypoints=web"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.honcho-http.entrypoints=web"
-      - "traefik.http.routers.workspace-http.middlewares=redirect-to-https"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.honcho-http.middlewares=redirect-to-https"
 
-      - "traefik.http.routers.workspace-https.rule=Host(`workspace.lazyworkhorse.net`)"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.honcho-https.rule=Host(`honcho.lazyworkhorse.net`)"
-      - "traefik.http.routers.workspace-https.entrypoints=websecure"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.honcho-https.entrypoints=websecure"
-      - "traefik.http.routers.workspace-https.tls=true"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.honcho-https.tls=true"
-      - "traefik.http.routers.workspace-https.tls.certresolver=njalla"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.honcho-https.tls.certresolver=njalla"
 
-      - "traefik.http.services.workspace.loadbalancer.server.port=3000"
+      - "traefik.http.services.honcho.loadbalancer.server.port=8000"
-# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+  holographic-memory:
+    build:
+      context: ./holographic-memory
+    image: holographic-memory:latest
+    container_name: holographic-memory
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    ports:
+      - "127.0.0.1:8100:8100"
+    environment:
+      - HOLOGRAPHIC_DB_PATH=/data/holographic/memory_store.db
+      - HOLOGRAPHIC_PORT=8100
+      - HOLOGRAPHIC_DEFAULT_TRUST=0.5
+    volumes:
+      - /mnt/HoardingCow_docker_data/HolographicMemory:/data/holographic
+    networks:
+      - ai_backend
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "python3", "-c", "import urllib.request; urllib.request.urlopen('http://127.0.0.1:8100/health')"]
+      interval: 30s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 3
+      start_period: 10s
 
 networks:
   ai_net:
@@ -354,8 +424,8 @@ networks:
   #     - /home/gortium/infra:/data/workspace/infra
   #   environment:
   #     - TZ=America/Toronto
-  #     - OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_TOKEN=${OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_TOKEN}
+  #     - OPENCLAW_GATEWAY_TOKEN=${OPEN...KEN}
-  #     - OPENROUTER_API_KEY=${OPENROUTER_API_KEY}
+  #     - OPENROUTER_API_KEY=${OPEN...KEY}
   #     # Point to the sidecar browser
   #     - BROWSER_CDP_URL=http://openclaw-browser:9222
   #     - BROWSER_EVALUATE_ENABLED=true
@@ -400,7 +470,7 @@ networks:
   #     - PGID=1000
   #     - PUBLIC_KEY_FILE=/config/ssh/authorized_keys
   #     - SUDO_ACCESS=false
-  #     - PASSWORD_ACCESS=false
+  #     - PASSWORD_ACCESS=***
   #   volumes:
   #     - /mnt/HoardingCow_docker_data/openclaw/ssh-config:/config
   #     - /home/gortium/infra:/data/workspace/infra:ro

ai/hermes-workspace/Dockerfile

@@ -1,129 +0,0 @@
-# syntax=docker/dockerfile:1
-# Hermes Agent + Hermes Workspace — combined image
-# Builds on top of official image + our forked source + workspace UI.
-# Supports Swarm Mode (tmux workers) in a single container.
-# Requires Docker BuildKit. Pass SSH agent for git clone:
-#   docker compose build hermes-workspace
-
-# ---------- Stage 1: Build Hermes Workspace (web UI) ----------
-FROM node:22-slim AS workspace-build
-
-WORKDIR /app
-
-# Install pnpm and git
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-    ca-certificates git curl \
-    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
-    && corepack enable
-
-# Clone workspace source (pinned to a known-good commit on main)
-RUN git clone --depth 1 --branch main \
-    https://github.com/outsourc-e/hermes-workspace.git /app/workspace-src \
-    && rm -rf /app/workspace-src/.git
-
-WORKDIR /app/workspace-src
-
-# Install deps and build
-RUN pnpm install --frozen-lockfile && pnpm build
-
-# ---------- Stage 2: Hermes Agent + Workspace runtime ----------
-FROM nousresearch/hermes-agent:latest
-
-# ---------- Install tmux for Swarm workers + curl for health checks ----------
-# Note: Node.js is already shipped with the base hermets-agent image; apt's nodejs
-# would be older and could conflict. Only add what's missing.
-USER root
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-    tmux curl \
-    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-
-# ---------- Overlay our forked Hermes source ----------
-RUN --mount=type=ssh \
-    mkdir -p /root/.ssh && \
-    ssh-keyscan -p 2222 code.lazyworkhorse.net >> /root/.ssh/known_hosts 2>/dev/null && \
-    cd /tmp && \
-    GIT_SSH_COMMAND='ssh -p 2222 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no' \
-    git clone --depth 1 --branch main \
-    git@code.lazyworkhorse.net:gortium/hermes-agent.git fork && \
-    rsync -a --delete fork/ /opt/hermes/ \
-      --exclude node_modules \
-      --exclude .venv \
-      --exclude .git && \
-    rm -rf /tmp/fork /root/.ssh/
-
-# ---------- Rebuild web UI ----------
-RUN cd /opt/hermes && npm run build
-
-# ---------- Reinstall Python package ----------
-RUN . /opt/hermes/.venv/bin/activate && \
-    uv pip install --no-cache-dir --no-deps -e /opt/hermes
-
-# ---------- Extra system deps ----------
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-    libportaudio2 ca-certificates poppler-utils imagemagick \
-    texlive-latex-base texlive-latex-extra texlive-fonts-recommended \
-    texlive-xetex texlive-science \
-    qemu-user-static binfmt-support emacs-nox \
-    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-
-# ---------- UV ----------
-COPY --chmod=0755 --from=ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:latest /uv /usr/local/bin/
-
-# ---------- Piper TTS ----------
-RUN . /opt/hermes/.venv/bin/activate && \
-    uv pip install --no-cache-dir piper-tts sounddevice numpy && \
-    mkdir -p /opt/hermes/.venv/share/piper/voices
-
-RUN /opt/hermes/.venv/bin/python3 /dev/stdin << 'PYEOF'
-import urllib.request
-base = '/opt/hermes/.venv/share/piper/voices'
-url = 'https://huggingface.co/rhasspy/piper-voices/resolve/main/en/en_US/ryan/high/en_US-ryan-high.onnx'
-urllib.request.urlretrieve(url, base + '/en_US-ryan-high.onnx')
-urllib.request.urlretrieve(url + '.json', base + '/en_US-ryan-high.onnx.json')
-PYEOF
-
-# ---------- Install Himalaya email CLI ----------
-RUN /opt/hermes/.venv/bin/python3 /dev/stdin << 'PYEOF'
-import urllib.request, tarfile, os, shutil
-url = 'https://github.com/pimalaya/himalaya/releases/download/v1.2.0/himalaya.x86_64-linux.tgz'
-tgz = '/tmp/himalaya.tgz'
-urllib.request.urlretrieve(url, tgz)
-with tarfile.open(tgz) as t:
-    t.extractall('/tmp')
-shutil.move('/tmp/himalaya', '/usr/local/bin/himalaya')
-os.chmod('/usr/local/bin/himalaya', 0o755)
-os.remove(tgz)
-print('himalaya v1.2.0 installed')
-PYEOF
-
-# ---------- Install himalaya-ro wrapper ----------
-COPY --chmod=0755 himalaya-ro.sh /usr/local/bin/himalaya-ro
-
-# ---------- Copy Hermes Workspace build artifacts ----------
-COPY --from=workspace-build --chown=hermes:hermes \
-    /app/workspace-src/dist /workspace/dist
-COPY --from=workspace-build --chown=hermes:hermes \
-    /app/workspace-src/node_modules /workspace/node_modules
-COPY --from=workspace-build --chown=hermes:hermes \
-    /app/workspace-src/package.json /workspace/
-COPY --from=workspace-build --chown=hermes:hermes \
-    /app/workspace-src/server-entry.js /workspace/
-COPY --from=workspace-build --chown=hermes:hermes \
-    /app/workspace-src/skills /workspace/skills
-COPY --chmod=0755 entrypoint-combined.sh /usr/local/bin/entrypoint-combined.sh
-
-# ---------- Runtime ----------
-USER hermes
-ENV HERMES_HOME=/opt/data
-ENV PATH="/opt/data/.local/bin:${PATH}"
-ENV CHROME_EXECUTABLE=/opt/hermes/.playwright/chromium/chrome-linux/chrome
-ENV HOST=0.0.0.0
-ENV NODE_ENV=production
-
-RUN chown -R hermes:hermes /opt/hermes/tools /opt/hermes/toolsets.py
-
-VOLUME [ "/opt/data" ]
-
-EXPOSE 8642 9119 3000
-
-ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/bin/tini", "-g", "--", "/usr/local/bin/entrypoint-combined.sh"]

ai/hermes-workspace/entrypoint-combined.sh

@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -e
-
-# ── Hermes Workspace + Swarm Worker Entrypoint ──
-# Starts Hermes Workspace web UI (port 3000) and makes
-# hermes CLI + tmux available for Swarm workers.
-# The Hermes gateway runs in a separate container (hermes:8642).
-# Swarm workers spawned here connect to the gateway via HTTP.
-# ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-
-# Install custom tools from persistent volume
-if [ -f /opt/data/hermes-tools/install.sh ]; then
-  bash /opt/data/hermes-tools/install.sh || true
-fi
-
-# Wait for Hermes gateway to be healthy before starting workspace
-if [ -n "${HERMES_API_URL:-}" ]; then
-  echo "Waiting for Hermes gateway..."
-  for i in $(seq 1 30); do
-    if curl -fsS "${HERMES_API_URL}/health" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-      echo "Gateway healthy after ${i}s"
-      break
-    fi
-    if [ "$i" -eq 30 ]; then
-      echo "WARNING: Gateway not healthy after 30s, starting workspace anyway"
-    fi
-    sleep 1
-  done
-fi
-
-# Start Hermes Workspace in foreground
-cd /workspace
-exec node --max-old-space-size=2048 server-entry.js

ai/hermes-workspace/himalaya-ro.sh

@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-# himalaya-ro — Read-only wrapper for himalaya
-#
-# Blocks destructive commands and logs audit trail.
-# Pass-through for read-only commands (list, read, search).
-#
-# Usage:  himalaya-ro [options] <command> [args...]
-#
-# Install: place in PATH before the real himalaya, or use
-#          `ln -sf himalaya-ro /usr/local/bin/himalaya`
-# ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-set -o pipefail
-
-# ── Configuration ───────────────────────────────────────────
-HIMALAYA_BIN="${HIMALAYA_BIN:-/usr/local/bin/himalaya}"
-AUDIT_LOG="${HIMALAYA_AUDIT_LOG:-/var/log/himalaya-audit.log}"
-
-# ── Destructive commands we block ──────────────────────────
-BLOCKED_CMDS=(
-  "message move"
-  "message delete"
-  "message copy"
-  "flag add"
-  "flag remove"
-  "folder create"
-  "folder delete"
-  "folder rename"
-  "template send"
-  "account configure"
-  "account delete"
-)
-
-# ── Determine the subcommand being invoked ─────────────────
-# Strip leading options (--account, --output, etc.) to find the verb
-ARGS=()
-SKIP_NEXT=false
-for arg in "$@"; do
-  if $SKIP_NEXT; then
-    SKIP_NEXT=false
-    continue
-  fi
-  if [[ "$arg" == --* ]]; then
-    case "$arg" in
-      --account|--output|--page|--page-size|--folder|--color|--format)
-        SKIP_NEXT=true ;;
-    esac
-    continue
-  fi
-  ARGS+=("$arg")
-done
-
-# Build subcommand string and check against blocklist
-CMD_STR=""
-for ((i=0; i<${#ARGS[@]}; i++)); do
-  if [ -z "$CMD_STR" ]; then
-    CMD_STR="${ARGS[$i]}"
-  else
-    CMD_STR="$CMD_STR ${ARGS[$i]}"
-  fi
-  for blocked in "${BLOCKED_CMDS[@]}"; do
-    if [[ "$CMD_STR" == "$blocked" ]]; then
-      TS=$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
-      echo "[AUDIT] $TS BLOCKED: himalaya $*" >> "$AUDIT_LOG"
-      echo "ERROR: Command 'himalaya $CMD_STR ...' is blocked by read-only policy." >&2
-      echo "       Audit log: $AUDIT_LOG" >&2
-      exit 100
-    fi
-  done
-done
-
-# ── Allow pass-through ─────────────────────────────────────
-exec "$HIMALAYA_BIN" "$@"

ai/hermes/Dockerfile

@@ -79,6 +79,26 @@ PYEOF
 COPY --chmod=0755 himalaya-ro.sh /usr/local/bin/himalaya-ro
 
 
+# ---------- Install 7-Zip (7zz) for CHM extraction ----------
+RUN /opt/hermes/.venv/bin/python3 /dev/stdin << 'PYEOF'
+import urllib.request, tarfile, os, shutil, subprocess
+url = 'https://github.com/ip7z/7zip/releases/download/26.01/7z2601-linux-x64.tar.xz'
+xz = '/tmp/7z2601-linux-x64.tar.xz'
+urllib.request.urlretrieve(url, xz)
+os.makedirs('/tmp/7z', exist_ok=True)
+with tarfile.open(xz, 'r:xz') as t:
+    t.extractall('/tmp/7z')
+shutil.move('/tmp/7z/7zz', '/usr/local/bin/7zz')
+os.chmod('/usr/local/bin/7zz', 0o755)
+shutil.rmtree('/tmp/7z', ignore_errors=True)
+os.remove(xz)
+# Verify
+result = subprocess.run(['/usr/local/bin/7zz'], capture_output=True, text=True)
+assert result.returncode == 0, f'7zz verify failed: {result.stderr}'
+print('7-Zip 26.01 installed successfully')
+PYEOF
+
+
 # ---------- Runtime ----------
 USER hermes
 ENV HERMES_HOME=/opt/data

ai/honcho/Dockerfile

@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+# Honcho — Memory infrastructure for stateful AI agents
+# Builds the Honcho FastAPI server from the official GitHub repository.
+#
+# Usage:
+#   docker compose build honcho
+#   docker compose up honcho
+#
+# Reference: https://github.com/plastic-labs/honcho
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Stage 1 — clone source & install dependencies
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+FROM python:3.13-slim-bookworm AS builder
+
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y git && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+COPY --from=ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:0.9.24 /uv /bin/uv
+
+WORKDIR /src
+RUN git clone --depth 1 --branch main https://github.com/plastic-labs/honcho.git .
+
+ENV UV_COMPILE_BYTECODE=1
+ENV UV_LINK_MODE=copy
+
+# Install project dependencies (frozen from lockfile, no dev)
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/uv \
+    uv sync --frozen --no-install-project --no-group dev
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Stage 2 — runtime image
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+FROM python:3.13-slim-bookworm AS runtime
+
+COPY --from=ghcr.io/astral-sh/uv:0.9.24 /uv /bin/uv
+
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends ca-certificates && \
+    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+ENV UV_COMPILE_BYTECODE=1
+ENV UV_LINK_MODE=copy
+ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1
+ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
+ENV PATH="/app/.venv/bin:$PATH"
+ENV HOME=/app
+ENV UV_CACHE_DIR=/tmp/uv-cache
+
+# Copy the dependency layer from the builder
+COPY --from=builder /src/uv.lock /src/pyproject.toml /app/
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/uv \
+    uv sync --frozen --no-group dev
+
+# Copy application source and config
+COPY --from=builder /src/src/ /app/src/
+COPY --from=builder /src/migrations/ /app/migrations/
+COPY --from=builder /src/scripts/ /app/scripts/
+COPY --from=builder /src/docker/ /app/docker/
+COPY --from=builder /src/alembic.ini /app/alembic.ini
+
+# Create non-root user
+RUN addgroup --system app && \
+    adduser --system --ingroup app app && \
+    mkdir -p /tmp/uv-cache && \
+    chown -R app:app /app /tmp/uv-cache
+
+USER app
+EXPOSE 8000
+
+# The entrypoint.sh script runs database migrations then starts the FastAPI server
+ENTRYPOINT ["sh", "docker/entrypoint.sh"]

ai/honcho/init.sql

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+CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS vector;

build/honcho/config.toml

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+# Honcho Configuration
+# Pre-configured for self-hosted deployment with Ollama embeddings.
+# Mount this file at /app/config.toml in the Honcho container.
+#
+# Environment variables override these values at runtime
+# (e.g. DB_CONNECTION_URI, DERIVER_*).
+
+[app]
+LOG_LEVEL = "INFO"
+NAMESPACE = "honcho"
+SESSION_OBSERVERS_LIMIT = 10
+GET_CONTEXT_MAX_TOKENS = 16384
+EMBED_MESSAGES = true
+
+[db]
+# Connection URI is set via environment variable DB_CONNECTION_URI
+SCHEMA = "public"
+POOL_SIZE = 10
+MAX_OVERFLOW = 20
+POOL_TIMEOUT = 30
+POOL_RECYCLE = 300
+POOL_PRE_PING = true
+POOL_USE_LIFO = true
+SQL_DEBUG = false
+
+[auth]
+USE_AUTH = false
+
+[llm]
+DEFAULT_MAX_TOKENS = 4096
+
+[embedding]
+VECTOR_DIMENSIONS = 768
+MAX_INPUT_TOKENS = 8192
+MAX_TOKENS_PER_REQUEST = 2048
+
+[embedding.model_config]
+transport = "openai"
+model = "nomic-embed-text:latest"
+
+[embedding.model_config.overrides]
+base_url = "http://ollama:11434/v1"
+# Ollama does not require an API key; env var must be set to non-empty string
+api_key_env = "LLM_OPENAI_API_KEY"
+
+[deriver]
+ENABLED = false
+WORKERS = 1
+POLLING_SLEEP_INTERVAL_SECONDS = 1.0
+STALE_SESSION_TIMEOUT_MINUTES = 5
+DEDUPLICATE = true
+LOG_OBSERVATIONS = false
+
+[deriver.model_config]
+transport = "openai"
+model = "qwen3.6:27b-q4_K_M"
+
+[deriver.model_config.overrides]
+base_url = "http://ollama:11434/v1"
+api_key_env = "LLM_OPENAI_API_KEY"
+
+[summary]
+ENABLED = false
+
+[summary.model_config]
+transport = "openai"
+model = "qwen3.6:27b-q4_K_M"
+
+[summary.model_config.overrides]
+base_url = "http://ollama:11434/v1"
+api_key_env = "LLM_OPENAI_API_KEY"
+
+[dream]
+ENABLED = false
+
+[dialectic]
+MAX_OUTPUT_TOKENS = 4096
+MAX_INPUT_TOKENS = 16384
+
+[cache]
+ENABLED = false
+
+[vector_store]
+TYPE = "pgvector"
+
+[metrics]
+ENABLED = false
+
+[telemetry]
+ENABLED = false
+
+[sentry]
+ENABLED = false

env/.env.example.honcho

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+# Honcho Environment Variables
+# Copy this file to your .env (at the compose root or docker-compose working directory)
+# and fill in the secrets.
+#
+#   cp env/.env.example.honcho .env
+#
+# Then reference it from compose.yml:
+#   env_file:
+#     - path: .env
+#       required: true
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Database
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# PostgreSQL connection string for Honcho.
+# The password must match HONCHO_DB_PASSWORD below.
+HONCHO_DB_PASSWORD=change_me_to_a_strong_random_password
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# LLM Provider
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Ollama does not require a real API key, but the env var must be set to a
+# non-empty string for the OpenAI-compatible client to connect.
+LLM_OPENAI_API_KEY=ollama
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Honcho Server
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Honcho will pick up DB_CONNECTION_URI from the compose environment.
+# You can override additional settings here if needed.
+# LOG_LEVEL=INFO