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🔗 Linked Issue

Closes #859


🏷️ PR Type

  • type:bug — Bug fix
  • type:feature — New feature
  • type:docs — Documentation only
  • type:refactor — Code refactoring (no behavior change)
  • type:chore — Maintenance, dependencies, tooling
  • type:breaking-change — Breaking change

📝 Summary

  • Reframes the root README around an early operating contract for AI coding agents.
  • Keeps installation, integrations, local-first and Cloud guidance, TUI imagery, and project navigation clear for human readers.
  • Moves deep operational, repair, CLI, environment, and beta detail behind authoritative documentation links.

📂 Changes

File Change
README.md Adds agent-first memory guidance, structured-save examples, intent-based MCP discovery, and a concise human onboarding path.

🧪 Test Plan

  • Unit tests pass locally: go test ./...
  • E2E tests pass locally: go test -tags e2e ./internal/server/...
  • Manually tested the affected functionality

Manual documentation verification:

  • Read back the complete rendered structure and checked the agent workflow against current docs and MCP profiles.
  • Verified relative documentation links and local image targets.
  • Ran git diff --check -- README.md successfully.
  • Broad Go suites were not run for this passive documentation-only change; CI remains authoritative.

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  • I ran unit tests locally: go test ./...
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  • Docs updated (if behavior changed)
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💬 Notes for Reviewers

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Documentation
    • Updated the introduction to highlight Engram’s single-binary, dependency-free setup.
    • Expanded compatibility guidance for MCP agents, including Cursor and Windsurf.
    • Added agent operating guidance, memory-structuring tips, tool selection advice, and setup instructions.
    • Added guidance on local-first usage and portability.
    • Refreshed TUI screenshots and navigation details.
    • Added a consolidated documentation resources table and contributing guidance.

@dnlrsls dnlrsls added the type:docs Documentation only label Aug 29, 2026
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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

README.md now uses an agent-first structure. It updates supported MCP agents, adds operating and setup guidance, describes local-first portability, refreshes TUI content, and replaces detailed operational sections with documentation links.

Changes

Agent-first README

Layer / File(s) Summary
Agent guidance and setup
README.md
The introduction highlights the single-binary implementation and adds Cursor and Windsurf. A new “For agents” section defines operating guidance, memory structure, MCP tool intent, installation, agent setup, and local-first portability.
TUI and documentation navigation
README.md
The TUI section uses a local screenshot and updated navigation text. A documentation table replaces Git Sync, Cloud Integration, beta testing, CLI, and environment-variable sections. A new Contributing section describes the issue-first workflow.

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 3d9cc

This documentation-only change does not alter product behavior or runtime systems, and no actionable merge-blocking risk remains after normal checks and review.

Suggested reviewers: gentleman-programming, alan-thegentleman

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Description Check ✅ Passed Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the primary change: restructuring the root README as an agent-first document.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The README changes address issue #859 by adding agent operating guidance, structured memory examples, intent-based MCP guidance, human onboarding, documentation links, and preserved installation, inte…
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The changes are limited to README information architecture, screenshots, navigation, documentation links, and related onboarding content. No unrelated code or scope-expanding changes are present.
Docstring Coverage ✅ Passed No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 0…
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Explanation

The README changes address issue #859 by adding agent operating guidance, structured memory examples, intent-based MCP guidance, human onboarding, documentation links, and preserved installation, integration, Cloud, local-first, branding, and TUI content.

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No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 0 files. (1 skipped: 1 unsupported.)

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In `@README.md`:
- Around line 138-152: Add documentation-table links for docs/DOCTOR.md and
docs/BETA_TESTING.md, using clear descriptions for operational diagnosis/repair
and isolated beta testing flows. Keep the existing Documentation entries
unchanged apart from adding these two guide references.
- Line 50: Update the “Recover after compaction” guidance so recovery always
calls mem_session_summary first and then mem_context before continuing, removing
the conditional wording that permits skipping mem_context.
- Line 49: Update the “Leave a handoff” guidance to require a
mem_session_summary before ending every session, not only meaningful work, and
specify all required sections: Goal, Instructions, Discoveries, Accomplished,
Next Steps, and Relevant Files.
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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
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In `@README.md`:
- Around line 123-132: Update the cloud upgrade guidance to refer to an existing
local database and make the sequence conditional: after `repair --dry-run`, run
`repair --apply` before `bootstrap` when changes are reported; otherwise proceed
directly to `bootstrap`.
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