fix(honcho): read Honcho 3.0.x response schema — memory reads were silently empty

Against a self-hosted Honcho 3.0.11 every read path came back empty while
the server was healthy and full of derived facts: the plugin parsed a
`conclusions`/`summary` shape the API no longer emits.

- honcho-client: typed models for the real schema — `PeerContext`
  (`representation` markdown + `peer_card`), `SessionContext` (`summary` as
  an object, `peer_representation`), wrapped `PeerCard` (a bare array on PUT
  is a 422, which also broke `honcho_profile` writes).
- plugin: the turn-time injection and `honcho_context` read the
  representation; `honcho_search` and the page's /search now use
  `conclusions/query` (observer/observed scoping inside `filters`) — a real
  ranked semantic search with fact ids, which `peer_context?search_query`
  never provided; /overview returns card + representation + conclusions.
- compose: pin the Honcho image by digest (3.0.11) — ghcr publishes no v3
  semver tags, and an untracked `:latest` pull is what drifted the schema.
- tests: fixture tests from payloads captured on the live server, plus an
  env-gated live smoke test (HONCHO_E2E_URL/_WS/_PEER, `cargo test
  -p honcho-client -- --ignored`) — run it before any future Honcho bump.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -25,11 +25,28 @@ release PR may merge — and a section is closed at the commit that bumps it.
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- **Honcho long-term memory read nothing at all** against a self-hosted Honcho v3
+  server: the `honcho_context` and `honcho_search` tools answered "no context", the
+  automatic memory injection into chats silently never happened, and the *Long-term
+  memory* page showed an empty overview — while the server was healthy and full of
+  derived facts. The plugin parsed an outdated response shape; it now reads the
+  `representation` / `peer_card` fields Honcho 3.0.x actually returns, and search is a
+  real ranked semantic search whose fact ids can be deleted via `honcho_conclude`.
+- The `honcho_profile` tool could not **write** the peer card (the API rejects a bare
+  array — it wants a `{"peer_card": …}` wrapper) and read back a raw JSON envelope;
+  writes now succeed and reads show the facts, or a clean "no card set yet".
 - The **Providers** page said *API key missing* on every provider, including the ones
   with a perfectly good key. It now reports the real state. Editing a provider no longer
   shows the saved key in the form either — leave the field blank and the existing key is
   kept, type a new one to replace it.
 
+### Changed
+
+- The self-hosted Honcho compose setup (`honcho/docker-compose.yml`) pins the server
+  image **by digest (3.0.11)** instead of tracking `:latest` — ghcr publishes no v3
+  version tags, and an untracked pull is what silently changed the API schema under the
+  plugin. Upgrading Honcho is now a deliberate, verified step.
+
 ### Security
 
 - An LLM provider's API key is never sent to the browser any more: the provider list and

Cargo.lock

@@ -1636,6 +1636,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "reqwest 0.13.4",
+ "rustls",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "tokio",

crates/honcho-client/Cargo.toml

@@ -13,3 +13,6 @@ tracing   = "0.1"
 # The crate-level doc example (`#[tokio::main]`) compiles under `cargo test`.
 tokio  = { version = "1", features = ["macros", "rt"] }
 anyhow = "1"
+# The live smoke test builds a reqwest client without the host app around, so
+# it must install the rustls crypto provider itself (the app does it in main).
+rustls = { version = "0.23", features = ["ring"] }

crates/honcho-client/src/client.rs

@@ -171,3 +171,76 @@ fn urlencoding(s: &str) -> String {
     }
     out
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    //! Live smoke test against a real Honcho server — the regression net for
+    //! the schema drift that made every read return empty against 3.0.11.
+    //! Gated on env vars, run explicitly:
+    //!
+    //! ```sh
+    //! HONCHO_E2E_URL=http://host:8000 HONCHO_E2E_WS=<workspace> HONCHO_E2E_PEER=<peer> \
+    //!   cargo test -p honcho-client -- --ignored --nocapture
+    //! ```
+    use super::HonchoClient;
+    use crate::models::*;
+
+    fn live() -> Option<(HonchoClient, String, String)> {
+        let url = std::env::var("HONCHO_E2E_URL").ok()?;
+        let ws = std::env::var("HONCHO_E2E_WS").ok()?;
+        let peer = std::env::var("HONCHO_E2E_PEER").ok()?;
+        Some((HonchoClient::with_base_url(url, ""), ws, peer))
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    #[ignore = "needs a live Honcho: set HONCHO_E2E_URL/_WS/_PEER"]
+    async fn live_read_path_smoke() {
+        // Standalone test process: no host app installed a crypto provider.
+        let _ = rustls::crypto::ring::default_provider().install_default();
+
+        let Some((client, ws, peer)) = live() else {
+            eprintln!("env vars not set — skipping");
+            return;
+        };
+
+        // peer_context: the representation string is where the facts live.
+        let ctx = client
+            .peer_context(&ws, &peer, &PeerRepresentationGet::default())
+            .await
+            .expect("peer_context");
+        println!("representation: {:?}", ctx.representation.as_deref().map(|r| &r[..r.len().min(120)]));
+        println!("peer_card: {:?}", ctx.peer_card);
+
+        // card endpoint: wrapped, nullable.
+        let card = client.get_peer_card(&ws, &peer, None).await.expect("get_peer_card");
+        println!("card endpoint: {:?}", card.peer_card);
+
+        // semantic search over conclusions, scoped via filters.
+        let hits = client
+            .query_conclusions(&ws, &ConclusionQuery {
+                query:    "test".into(),
+                top_k:    Some(5),
+                distance: None,
+                filters:  Some(serde_json::json!({ "observer_id": peer, "observed_id": peer })),
+            })
+            .await
+            .expect("query_conclusions");
+        println!("conclusions hits: {}", hits.len());
+        for c in &hits {
+            assert!(!c.id.is_empty() && !c.content.is_empty());
+        }
+
+        // conclusions list with the same scoping (what /overview shows).
+        let page = client
+            .list_conclusions(
+                &ws,
+                &PageParams { size: Some(50), ..Default::default() },
+                &ConclusionGet {
+                    filters: Some(serde_json::json!({ "observer_id": peer, "observed_id": peer })),
+                },
+            )
+            .await
+            .expect("list_conclusions");
+        println!("conclusions total: {}", page.total);
+    }
+}

crates/honcho-client/src/models.rs

@@ -185,13 +185,16 @@ pub struct MessageUpdate {
 // Conclusion
 // ──────────────────────────────────────────
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct Conclusion {
     pub id: String,
     pub content: String,
     pub observer_id: String,
     pub observed_id: String,
     pub session_id: Option<String>,
+    /// explicit | deductive | inductive | contradiction
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub level: Option<String>,
     pub created_at: String,
 }
 
@@ -270,6 +273,66 @@ pub struct PeerRepresentationGet {
     pub max_conclusions: Option<u32>,
 }
 
+// ──────────────────────────────────────────
+// Context / card responses (Honcho v3.0.x — verified against 3.0.11)
+//
+// These endpoints do NOT return a `conclusions` array: the derived facts are
+// delivered as a single pre-rendered markdown `representation` string, and the
+// curated card is a plain list of fact strings wrapped in an object. Parse
+// these typed shapes — reading `conclusions`/`summary` off them yields nothing.
+// ──────────────────────────────────────────
+
+/// `GET /workspaces/{ws}/peers/{peer}/context`
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize)]
+pub struct PeerContext {
+    pub peer_id: String,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub target_id: Option<String>,
+    /// Curated subset of the target peer's representation, as seen by the
+    /// observer — a pre-rendered markdown document (e.g. an
+    /// `## Explicit Observations` section with one dated line per fact).
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub representation: Option<String>,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub peer_card: Option<Vec<String>>,
+}
+
+/// `GET /workspaces/{ws}/sessions/{session}/context`
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize)]
+pub struct SessionContext {
+    pub id: String,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub messages: Vec<Message>,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub summary: Option<Summary>,
+    /// Representation of the session's peer, when a perspective is available.
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub peer_representation: Option<String>,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub peer_card: Option<Vec<String>>,
+}
+
+/// Nested in [`SessionContext`]. Only `content` is consumed; the remaining
+/// fields (`message_id`, `summary_type`, `created_at`) are ignored.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize)]
+pub struct Summary {
+    pub content: String,
+}
+
+/// `GET /workspaces/{ws}/peers/{peer}/card` — note the wrapper object: the
+/// card never travels as a bare array.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct PeerCard {
+    pub peer_card: Option<Vec<String>>,
+}
+
+/// Body of `PUT /workspaces/{ws}/peers/{peer}/card` — same wrapper: sending a
+/// bare array is a 422.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize)]
+pub struct PeerCardSet {
+    pub peer_card: Vec<String>,
+}
+
 // ──────────────────────────────────────────
 // Search
 // ──────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -306,3 +369,82 @@ pub struct PageParams {
     pub size: Option<u64>,
     pub reverse: Option<bool>,
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    /// Real `GET /peers/{id}/context` payload captured from a self-hosted
+    /// Honcho 3.0.11. Guards the schema the plugin parses: facts live in the
+    /// `representation` markdown string, the card is `peer_card`, and there is
+    /// NO `conclusions` array (the bug this test would have caught).
+    const PEER_CONTEXT_3_0_11: &str = r###"{
+        "peer_id": "506cd15e-ae2a-47f1-9553-85ffe33e3e5b",
+        "target_id": "506cd15e-ae2a-47f1-9553-85ffe33e3e5b",
+        "representation": "## Explicit Observations\n\n[2026-09-09 16:55:39] Daniele ha una passione per i vulcani e ha dormito al bordo del cratere del Nyiragongo in RD Congo nel 2015.\n[2026-09-09 16:57:12] 506cd15e-ae2a-47f1-9553-85ffe33e3e5b speaks Italian (greeted with \"Ciao\")\n",
+        "peer_card": null
+    }"###;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn peer_context_parses_representation_and_card() {
+        let ctx: PeerContext = serde_json::from_str(PEER_CONTEXT_3_0_11).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(ctx.peer_id, "506cd15e-ae2a-47f1-9553-85ffe33e3e5b");
+        let rep = ctx.representation.unwrap();
+        assert!(rep.contains("Nyiragongo"));
+        assert!(ctx.peer_card.is_none());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn peer_context_tolerates_empty_peer() {
+        let ctx: PeerContext = serde_json::from_str(
+            r#"{"peer_id":"p","target_id":"p","representation":null,"peer_card":null}"#,
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+        assert!(ctx.representation.is_none());
+        assert!(ctx.peer_card.is_none());
+    }
+
+    /// Real `GET /sessions/{id}/context` payload: `summary` is an OBJECT
+    /// (not a string) and the session-scoped facts are in
+    /// `peer_representation`.
+    #[test]
+    fn session_context_summary_is_an_object() {
+        let ctx: SessionContext = serde_json::from_str(
+            r###"{
+                "id": "skaldcircle-u-1",
+                "messages": [],
+                "summary": {"content": "They talked about commuting.", "message_id": "m1", "summary_type": "short", "created_at": "2026-09-09T16:00:00Z"},
+                "peer_representation": "## Explicit Observations\n\n[2026-09-09] fact",
+                "peer_card": ["likes volcanoes"]
+            }"###,
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(ctx.summary.unwrap().content, "They talked about commuting.");
+        assert!(ctx.peer_representation.unwrap().contains("fact"));
+        assert_eq!(ctx.peer_card.unwrap(), vec!["likes volcanoes".to_string()]);
+    }
+
+    /// Real `GET /peers/{id}/card` payload: the card is wrapped in an object
+    /// and null until curated.
+    #[test]
+    fn peer_card_is_wrapped_and_nullable() {
+        let card: PeerCard = serde_json::from_str(r#"{"peer_card":null}"#).unwrap();
+        assert!(card.peer_card.is_none());
+        let card: PeerCard =
+            serde_json::from_str(r#"{"peer_card":["a","b"]}"#).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(card.peer_card.unwrap(), vec!["a".to_string(), "b".to_string()]);
+    }
+
+    /// Real conclusion entries (from `conclusions/query`), including `level`.
+    #[test]
+    fn conclusion_tolerates_level_and_null_session() {
+        let c: Conclusion = serde_json::from_str(
+            r#"{"id":"uM0BSpIuDMNp9wL97c6M-","content":"Daniele ha una passione per i vulcani","observer_id":"p","observed_id":"p","session_id":null,"level":"explicit","created_at":"2026-09-09T16:55:39.863412Z"}"#,
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(c.level.as_deref(), Some("explicit"));
+        assert!(c.session_id.is_none());
+        // Round-trip: the router serializes conclusions into its JSON responses.
+        assert!(serde_json::to_string(&c).unwrap().contains("uM0BSpIuDMNp9wL97c6M-"));
+    }
+}

crates/honcho-client/src/peers.rs

@@ -92,13 +92,15 @@ impl HonchoClient {
 
     // ── Context ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
-    /// Get context for a peer (conclusions + card, ready for injection into prompts).
+    /// Get context for a peer: the pre-rendered markdown `representation` of
+    /// everything derived about them, plus their curated card. (No
+    /// `conclusions` array exists in this response — see [`PeerContext`].)
     pub async fn peer_context(
         &self,
         workspace_id: &str,
         peer_id: &str,
         opts: &PeerRepresentationGet,
-    ) -> Result<serde_json::Value> {
+    ) -> Result<PeerContext> {
         let mut q: Vec<(&str, String)> = vec![];
         if let Some(ref v) = opts.target {
             q.push(("target", v.clone()));
@@ -132,7 +134,7 @@ impl HonchoClient {
         workspace_id: &str,
         peer_id: &str,
         target: Option<&str>,
-    ) -> Result<serde_json::Value> {
+    ) -> Result<PeerCard> {
         let mut q: Vec<(&str, String)> = vec![];
         if let Some(t) = target {
             q.push(("target", t.to_owned()));
@@ -144,13 +146,15 @@ impl HonchoClient {
         .await
     }
 
+    /// Overwrite the peer card. The API wraps the list in an object
+    /// (`{"peer_card": [...]}`) — a bare array is rejected with 422.
     pub async fn set_peer_card(
         &self,
         workspace_id: &str,
         peer_id: &str,
         target: Option<&str>,
-        card: serde_json::Value,
-    ) -> Result<serde_json::Value> {
+        card: Vec<String>,
+    ) -> Result<PeerCard> {
         let mut q: Vec<(&str, String)> = vec![];
         if let Some(t) = target {
             q.push(("target", t.to_owned()));
@@ -158,7 +162,7 @@ impl HonchoClient {
         self.put_with_query(
             &format!("/v3/workspaces/{workspace_id}/peers/{peer_id}/card"),
             &q,
-            &card,
+            &PeerCardSet { peer_card: card },
         )
         .await
     }

crates/honcho-client/src/sessions.rs

@@ -161,14 +161,17 @@ impl HonchoClient {
 
     // ── Context / Summaries ───────────────────────────────────────────────
 
-    /// Retrieve context for a session (messages + peer conclusions, token-budgeted).
+    /// Retrieve context for a session (messages + summary + the session peer's
+    /// representation, token-budgeted). The summary is a `Summary` object and
+    /// the facts live in `peer_representation` — there is no `conclusions`
+    /// array (see [`SessionContext`]).
     pub async fn session_context(
         &self,
         workspace_id: &str,
         session_id: &str,
         tokens: Option<u32>,
         search_query: Option<&str>,
-    ) -> Result<serde_json::Value> {
+    ) -> Result<SessionContext> {
         let mut q: Vec<(&str, String)> = vec![];
         if let Some(t) = tokens {
             q.push(("tokens", t.to_string()));

crates/plugin-honcho/src/lib.rs

@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ use core_api::tool::{
 use core_api::user_plugin_config::PluginUserConfigApi;
 use honcho_client::HonchoClient;
 use honcho_client::models::{
-    ConclusionCreate, MessageCreate, PeerCreate, PeerRepresentationGet,
-    SessionCreate, SessionPeerConfig, WorkspaceCreate,
+    Conclusion, ConclusionCreate, ConclusionQuery, MessageCreate, PeerContext, PeerCreate,
+    PeerRepresentationGet, SessionContext, SessionCreate, SessionPeerConfig, WorkspaceCreate,
 };
 
 const PLUGIN_ID: &str = "honcho";
@@ -225,8 +225,8 @@ impl Memory for HonchoMemory {
             },
         ).await {
             Ok(ctx) => {
-                trace!(session_id, raw_json = %ctx, "honcho: peer_context raw response");
-                let f = format_context(ctx);
+                trace!(session_id, response = ?ctx, "honcho: peer_context raw response");
+                let f = format_peer_context(&ctx);
                 debug!(
                     "honcho: peer_context (global) for session {session_id} ({} chars)",
                     f.as_deref().map_or(0, |s| s.len())
@@ -253,8 +253,8 @@ impl Memory for HonchoMemory {
             Some(user_message),
         ).await {
             Ok(ctx) => {
-                trace!(session_id, raw_json = %ctx, "honcho: session_context raw response");
-                let f = format_context(ctx);
+                trace!(session_id, response = ?ctx, "honcho: session_context raw response");
+                let f = format_session_context(&ctx);
                 debug!(
                     "honcho: session_context for session {session_id} ({} chars)",
                     f.as_deref().map_or(0, |s| s.len())
@@ -474,19 +474,31 @@ impl Tool for HonchoProfileTool {
         gated_execution(Arc::clone(&self.user_config), ctx.user_id.clone(), move |peer| async move {
             match card_update {
                 Some(facts) => {
+                    let facts: Vec<String> = facts
+                        .iter()
+                        .filter_map(|f| f.as_str().map(str::to_string))
+                        .collect();
+                    let n = facts.len();
                     client
-                        .set_peer_card(&workspace_id, &peer, None, json!(facts))
+                        .set_peer_card(&workspace_id, &peer, None, facts)
                         .await
                         .map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!("honcho_profile: {e}"))?;
-                    Ok(format!("Peer card updated ({} facts).", facts.len()))
+                    Ok(format!("Peer card updated ({n} facts)."))
                 }
                 None => {
                     let card = client
                         .get_peer_card(&workspace_id, &peer, None)
                         .await
                         .map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!("honcho_profile: {e}"))?;
-                    Ok(serde_json::to_string_pretty(&card)
-                        .unwrap_or_else(|_| card.to_string()))
+                    // The response wraps the list: {"peer_card": [...] | null}.
+                    match card.peer_card.filter(|c| !c.is_empty()) {
+                        Some(facts) => Ok(format!(
+                            "Peer card ({} facts):\n- {}",
+                            facts.len(),
+                            facts.join("\n- ")
+                        )),
+                        None => Ok("No peer card set yet.".to_string()),
+                    }
                 }
             }
         })
@@ -532,56 +544,53 @@ impl Tool for HonchoSearchTool {
     fn run_with<'a>(&'a self, ctx: &ToolContext, args: Value) -> Box<dyn ToolExecution + 'a> {
         let client       = Arc::clone(&self.client);
         let workspace_id = self.workspace_id.clone();
-        // Honcho's `conclusions/query` endpoint requires observer/observed
-        // filters; the proven path (shared with the read-path) is `peer_context`
-        // with a `search_query`, which ranks the user's conclusions by relevance.
+        // `conclusions/query` is the semantic search over the user's derived
+        // facts: ranked results WITH their ids (needed by `honcho_conclude`'s
+        // delete). The observer/observed scoping goes inside `filters` — that
+        // is the whole trick, the endpoint is the right one. (`peer_context`
+        // with a search_query is not: it returns the whole representation
+        // once it fits the token budget, and no ids.)
         gated_execution(Arc::clone(&self.user_config), ctx.user_id.clone(), move |peer| async move {
             let query = args["query"]
                 .as_str()
                 .ok_or_else(|| anyhow::anyhow!("honcho_search: missing 'query' argument"))?
                 .to_string();
 
-            let ctx = client
-                .peer_context(
+            let conclusions = client
+                .query_conclusions(
                     &workspace_id,
-                    &peer,
-                    &PeerRepresentationGet {
-                        search_query:  Some(query),
-                        search_top_k:  Some(10),
-                        ..Default::default()
+                    &ConclusionQuery {
+                        query,
+                        top_k:    Some(10),
+                        distance: None,
+                        filters:  Some(json!({ "observer_id": peer, "observed_id": peer })),
                     },
                 )
                 .await
                 .map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!("honcho_search: {e}"))?;
 
-            Ok(format_conclusions(&ctx)
+            Ok(format_conclusions(&conclusions)
                 .unwrap_or_else(|| "No relevant context found.".to_string()))
         })
     }
 }
 
-/// Formats the `conclusions` array of a Honcho `peer_context` response as a
-/// ranked bullet list, prefixing each fact with its `id` when present so the
-/// model can target it via `honcho_conclude`. Returns `None` when empty.
-fn format_conclusions(ctx: &Value) -> Option<String> {
-    let conclusions = ctx.get("conclusions")?.as_array()?;
+/// Formats a list of conclusions as a ranked bullet list, prefixing each fact
+/// with its `id` so the model can target it via `honcho_conclude`. Returns
+/// `None` when empty.
+fn format_conclusions(conclusions: &[Conclusion]) -> Option<String> {
     let lines: Vec<String> = conclusions
         .iter()
-        .filter_map(|c| {
-            let content = c.get("content").and_then(|v| v.as_str())?;
-            match c.get("id").and_then(|v| v.as_str()) {
-                Some(id) => Some(format!("- [{id}] {content}")),
-                None     => Some(format!("- {content}")),
-            }
-        })
+        .map(|c| format!("- [{}] {}", c.id, c.content))
         .collect();
     (!lines.is_empty()).then(|| lines.join("\n"))
 }
 
 // ── HonchoContextTool ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
-/// Retrieves a full context snapshot for the calling user (conclusions, card,
-/// summary) from Honcho's `peer_context` endpoint. No LLM synthesis.
+/// Retrieves a full context snapshot for the calling user (the markdown
+/// representation of everything derived about them, plus their peer card)
+/// from Honcho's `peer_context` endpoint. No LLM synthesis.
 struct HonchoContextTool {
     client:       Arc<HonchoClient>,
     workspace_id: String,
@@ -626,7 +635,7 @@ impl Tool for HonchoContextTool {
                 .await
                 .map_err(|e| anyhow::anyhow!("honcho_context: {e}"))?;
 
-            Ok(format_context(ctx).unwrap_or_else(|| "No context available yet.".to_string()))
+            Ok(format_peer_context(&ctx).unwrap_or_else(|| "No context available yet.".to_string()))
         })
     }
 }
@@ -713,36 +722,51 @@ impl Tool for HonchoConcludeTool {
     }
 }
 
-/// Extracts a human-readable string from the raw Honcho `session_context` /
-/// `peer_context` JSON response.
+/// Formats a Honcho `peer_context` response for injection into the system
+/// prompt / as the `honcho_context` tool result.
 ///
-/// Returns `None` if there is nothing *new* to inject — i.e. when the response
-/// contains only raw messages (which are already present in the LLM's own
-/// conversation history) or is otherwise empty.
+/// Honcho 3.0.x delivers everything a peer knows as a single pre-rendered
+/// markdown `representation` string (sections like `## Explicit Observations`
+/// with one dated line per fact), plus the curated `peer_card`. There is no
+/// `conclusions` array and no `summary` string in this response — parsing
+/// those keys silently yields nothing (the bug that made every read come back
+/// empty against a healthy server).
 ///
-/// Only synthesised knowledge is injected:
-/// - `conclusions` — facts about the user derived by Honcho's background processing
-/// - `summary`     — a narrative summary produced by Honcho
-///
-/// Raw `messages` are intentionally ignored: they are redundant with the local
-/// `chat_history` already sent to the LLM and would waste context tokens.
-fn format_context(ctx: Value) -> Option<String> {
+/// Raw `messages` are not part of this response at all; the representation is
+/// already the synthesised knowledge, so it is injected verbatim.
+fn format_peer_context(ctx: &PeerContext) -> Option<String> {
     let mut parts: Vec<String> = Vec::new();
 
-    if let Some(conclusions) = ctx.get("conclusions").and_then(|v| v.as_array()) {
-        let facts: Vec<&str> = conclusions
-            .iter()
-            .filter_map(|c| c.get("content").and_then(|v| v.as_str()))
-            .collect();
-        if !facts.is_empty() {
-            parts.push(format!("Known facts about the user:\n- {}", facts.join("\n- ")));
-        }
+    if let Some(card) = ctx.peer_card.as_ref().filter(|c| !c.is_empty()) {
+        parts.push(format!("Peer card (curated key facts):\n- {}", card.join("\n- ")));
     }
 
-    if let Some(summary) = ctx.get("summary").and_then(|v| v.as_str()) {
-        if !summary.trim().is_empty() {
+    if let Some(rep) = ctx.representation.as_deref().map(str::trim).filter(|r| !r.is_empty()) {
+        parts.push(format!("Known facts about the user:\n{rep}"));
+    }
+
+    if parts.is_empty() {
+        return None;
+    }
+
+    Some(format!(
+        "--- Honcho memory context ---\n{}\n--- end of memory context ---",
+        parts.join("\n\n")
+    ))
+}
+
+/// Formats a Honcho `session_context` response: the running `summary` (an
+/// object — only its `content` is used) plus the session-scoped
+/// `peer_representation`. Returns `None` when neither is present.
+fn format_session_context(ctx: &SessionContext) -> Option<String> {
+    let mut parts: Vec<String> = Vec::new();
+
+    if let Some(summary) = ctx.summary.as_ref().map(|s| s.content.trim()).filter(|s| !s.is_empty()) {
         parts.push(format!("Conversation summary:\n{summary}"));
     }
+
+    if let Some(rep) = ctx.peer_representation.as_deref().map(str::trim).filter(|r| !r.is_empty()) {
+        parts.push(format!("Session observations:\n{rep}"));
     }
 
     if parts.is_empty() {
@@ -1147,3 +1171,91 @@ async fn get_or_create_session(
     let mut map = session_map.write().await;
     Ok(map.entry(key).or_insert(session.id).clone())
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    /// Real `peer_context` payload shape captured from a self-hosted Honcho
+    /// 3.0.11: the derived facts live in the `representation` markdown string
+    /// and the card is null. The pre-fix code looked for `conclusions`/
+    /// `summary` keys and reported "No context available yet" against exactly
+    /// this response.
+    fn real_peer_context() -> PeerContext {
+        serde_json::from_value(json!({
+            "peer_id": "506cd15e-ae2a-47f1-9553-85ffe33e3e5b",
+            "target_id": "506cd15e-ae2a-47f1-9553-85ffe33e3e5b",
+            "representation": "## Explicit Observations\n\n[2026-09-09 16:20:06] 506cd15e works in an office at Battersea Power Station in London, Zone 1.\n[2026-09-09 16:55:39] Daniele ha una passione per i vulcani e ha dormito al bordo del cratere del Nyiragongo in RD Congo nel 2015.\n",
+            "peer_card": null
+        }))
+        .unwrap()
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn peer_context_formats_the_representation() {
+        let out = format_peer_context(&real_peer_context()).unwrap();
+        assert!(out.contains("Nyiragongo"));
+        assert!(out.contains("Battersea"));
+        assert!(out.contains("--- Honcho memory context ---"));
+        assert!(!out.contains("Peer card"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn peer_context_includes_the_card_when_present() {
+        let mut ctx = real_peer_context();
+        ctx.peer_card = Some(vec!["Software engineer".to_string()]);
+        let out = format_peer_context(&ctx).unwrap();
+        assert!(out.contains("Peer card (curated key facts):\n- Software engineer"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn peer_context_empty_means_none() {
+        let ctx: PeerContext = serde_json::from_value(json!({
+            "peer_id": "p", "target_id": "p", "representation": null, "peer_card": null
+        }))
+        .unwrap();
+        assert!(format_peer_context(&ctx).is_none());
+
+        let ctx: PeerContext = serde_json::from_value(json!({
+            "peer_id": "p", "target_id": "p", "representation": "  \n ", "peer_card": []
+        }))
+        .unwrap();
+        assert!(format_peer_context(&ctx).is_none());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn session_context_reads_summary_object_and_representation() {
+        // Real 3.0.11 shape: `summary` is an OBJECT, not a string.
+        let ctx: SessionContext = serde_json::from_value(json!({
+            "id": "ws-user-1",
+            "messages": [],
+            "summary": {"content": "They planned a commute comparison.", "message_id": "m", "summary_type": "short", "created_at": "2026-09-09T16:00:00Z"},
+            "peer_representation": "## Explicit Observations\n\n[2026-09-09] fact",
+            "peer_card": null
+        }))
+        .unwrap();
+        let out = format_session_context(&ctx).unwrap();
+        assert!(out.contains("Conversation summary:\nThey planned a commute comparison."));
+        assert!(out.contains("Session observations:\n## Explicit Observations"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn session_context_empty_means_none() {
+        let ctx: SessionContext = serde_json::from_value(json!({
+            "id": "s", "messages": [], "summary": null, "peer_representation": null, "peer_card": null
+        }))
+        .unwrap();
+        assert!(format_session_context(&ctx).is_none());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn conclusions_format_with_ids_for_deletion() {
+        let conclusions: Vec<Conclusion> = serde_json::from_value(json!([
+            {"id":"abc","content":"likes volcanoes","observer_id":"p","observed_id":"p","session_id":null,"level":"explicit","created_at":"2026-09-09T16:55:39Z"}
+        ]))
+        .unwrap();
+        let out = format_conclusions(&conclusions).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(out, "- [abc] likes volcanoes");
+        assert!(format_conclusions(&[]).is_none());
+    }
+}

crates/plugin-honcho/src/router.rs

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 //! - `GET  /status`     — user-facing service health (reachability + the
 //!   caller's own processing queue).
 //! - `GET  /overview`   — the caller's full memory snapshot (peer card +
-//!   conclusions + summary). Cheap GETs, no LLM.
+//!   representation digest + derived conclusions with ids). Cheap, no LLM.
 //! - `POST /search`     — semantic search over the caller's derived facts.
 //! - `POST /ask`        — Dialectic: Honcho's server-side LLM answers a
 //!   natural-language question from the caller's memory.
@@ -63,7 +63,10 @@ use core_api::user_channel::UserChannelApi;
 use core_api::user_plugin_config::PluginUserConfigApi;
 use honcho_client::HonchoClient;
 use honcho_client::error::HonchoError;
-use honcho_client::models::{DialecticOptions, PageParams, PeerRepresentationGet, WorkspaceGet};
+use honcho_client::models::{
+    ConclusionGet, ConclusionQuery, DialecticOptions, PageParams, PeerRepresentationGet,
+    WorkspaceGet,
+};
 
 // Namespaced i18n keys for the router's user-facing strings (backend tables in
 // `../i18n/*.json`), resolved to the caller's language via `web.i18n`.
@@ -334,8 +337,14 @@ async fn user_status(
 // ── GET /overview ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 /// The caller's full memory snapshot — the direct answer to "what does Honcho
-/// know about me?": peer card (curated key facts) + conclusions (derived facts,
-/// with their ids) + summary. Two cheap GETs, no LLM synthesis.
+/// know about me?": the peer card (curated key facts), the pre-rendered
+/// markdown `representation` (what the assistant actually receives), and the
+/// individual conclusions with their ids (for targeted deletion). Cheap, no
+/// LLM synthesis.
+///
+/// Schema note (Honcho 3.0.x): `peer_context` carries `representation` +
+/// `peer_card`, NOT a `conclusions` array — the ids come from a separate
+/// `conclusions/list` scoped to the caller's peer.
 async fn user_overview(
     State(cell):       State<WebCell>,
     Extension(caller): Extension<Caller>,
@@ -349,10 +358,12 @@ async fn user_overview(
         Err(r) => return r,
     };
 
-    // A 404 on either call is "no peer/card yet", not a failure — the peer is
+    // A 404 on the context call is "no peer yet", not a failure — the peer is
     // created lazily by the write path on the user's first forwarded turn.
+    // The card response wraps the list: `{"peer_card": [...] | null}` — unwrap
+    // it so the page receives the bare value.
     let card = match web.client.get_peer_card(&web.workspace_id, &peer, None).await {
-        Ok(v)  => v,
+        Ok(c)  => json!(c.peer_card),
         Err(e @ HonchoError::Http { status: 404, .. }) => {
             debug!("honcho /overview: no card for peer '{peer}' yet: {e}");
             Value::Null
@@ -360,7 +371,7 @@ async fn user_overview(
         Err(e) => return honcho_error(&web, &caller, &e).await,
     };
 
-    let ctx = match web.client.peer_context(
+    let representation = match web.client.peer_context(
         &web.workspace_id,
         &peer,
         &PeerRepresentationGet {
@@ -368,27 +379,39 @@ async fn user_overview(
             ..Default::default()
         },
     ).await {
-        Ok(v)  => v,
+        Ok(ctx) => ctx.representation,
         Err(e @ HonchoError::Http { status: 404, .. }) => {
             debug!("honcho /overview: no context for peer '{peer}' yet: {e}");
-            Value::Null
+            None
         }
         Err(e) => return honcho_error(&web, &caller, &e).await,
     };
 
+    let conclusions = match web.client.list_conclusions(
+        &web.workspace_id,
+        &PageParams { size: Some(OVERVIEW_MAX_CONCLUSIONS as u64), ..Default::default() },
+        &ConclusionGet {
+            filters: Some(json!({ "observer_id": peer, "observed_id": peer })),
+        },
+    ).await {
+        Ok(page) => page.items,
+        Err(e) => return honcho_error(&web, &caller, &e).await,
+    };
+
     Json(json!({
         "card":           card,
-        "conclusions": ctx.get("conclusions").cloned().unwrap_or(Value::Array(vec![])),
-        "summary":     ctx.get("summary").and_then(Value::as_str),
+        "representation": representation,
+        "conclusions":    conclusions,
     })).into_response()
 }
 
 // ── POST /search ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
-/// Semantic search over the caller's derived facts: `peer_context` with a
-/// `search_query`, ranked raw excerpts with their ids — no LLM synthesis. The
-/// same proven path as the `honcho_search` tool (the direct
-/// `conclusions/query` endpoint needs observer/observed filters and is not it).
+/// Semantic search over the caller's derived facts: `conclusions/query`,
+/// ranked raw excerpts with their ids — no LLM synthesis. The same path as the
+/// `honcho_search` tool; the observer/observed scoping lives in `filters`
+/// (and `peer_context` would not do: it returns the whole representation with
+/// no ids once it fits the budget).
 async fn user_search(
     State(cell):       State<WebCell>,
     Extension(caller): Extension<Caller>,
@@ -407,24 +430,16 @@ async fn user_search(
         Err(r) => return r,
     };
 
-    match web.client.peer_context(
+    match web.client.query_conclusions(
         &web.workspace_id,
-        &peer,
-        &PeerRepresentationGet {
-            search_query: Some(query),
-            search_top_k: Some(SEARCH_TOP_K),
-            ..Default::default()
+        &ConclusionQuery {
+            query,
+            top_k:    Some(SEARCH_TOP_K),
+            distance: None,
+            filters:  Some(json!({ "observer_id": peer, "observed_id": peer })),
         },
     ).await {
-        Ok(ctx) => Json(json!({
-            "conclusions": ctx.get("conclusions").cloned().unwrap_or(Value::Array(vec![])),
-        })).into_response(),
-        // No peer in Honcho yet ⇒ nothing was ever derived: distinguish it from
-        // "nothing matches" so the debug page can say which of the two it is.
-        Err(e @ HonchoError::Http { status: 404, .. }) => {
-            debug!("honcho /search: no context for peer '{peer}' yet: {e}");
-            Json(json!({ "conclusions": [], "empty": true })).into_response()
-        }
+        Ok(conclusions) => Json(json!({ "conclusions": conclusions })).into_response(),
         Err(e) => honcho_error(&web, &caller, &e).await,
     }
 }

crates/plugin-honcho/web/i18n.js

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export default {
     // "What does it remember?" panel (shown once opted in)
     [`${P}.panel.title`]:       'What Honcho remembers about you',
     [`${P}.panel.guide_title`]: 'How to use this page',
-    [`${P}.panel.guide_overview`]: 'Overview shows everything Honcho has derived about you so far: your card (key facts), the facts it concluded, and a summary. Nothing to type.',
+    [`${P}.panel.guide_overview`]: 'Overview shows everything Honcho has derived about you so far: your card (key facts), the individual facts, and the full digest it hands to the assistant. Nothing to type.',
     [`${P}.panel.guide_search`]: 'Search finds the stored facts most relevant to the words you type. Fast and exact — no AI rewrite, you see the raw facts.',
     [`${P}.panel.guide_ask`]:   'Ask sends your question to Honcho’s AI, which reads your memory and writes an answer in its own words. Slower, but it can connect the dots.',
     [`${P}.panel.status_title`]: 'Service status',
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ export default {
     [`${P}.panel.overview_title`]: 'Overview',
     [`${P}.panel.card_title`]:  'Your card',
     [`${P}.panel.facts_title`]: 'Facts',
-    [`${P}.panel.summary_title`]: 'Summary',
+    [`${P}.panel.representation_title`]: 'Representation (what the assistant receives)',
     [`${P}.panel.no_memory`]:   'Honcho has no memory about you yet — it builds up as you chat.',
     [`${P}.panel.query_title`]: 'Search or ask',
     [`${P}.panel.query_hint`]:  'Words to find facts, or a full question for the AI.',
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ export default {
     // Pannello "cosa ricorda di te?" (visibile dopo il consenso)
     [`${P}.panel.title`]:       'Cosa ricorda Honcho di te',
     [`${P}.panel.guide_title`]: 'Come usare questa pagina',
-    [`${P}.panel.guide_overview`]: 'La panoramica mostra tutto ciò che Honcho ha ricavato su di te finora: la tua scheda (fatti chiave), i fatti dedotti e un riassunto. Non serve scrivere nulla.',
+    [`${P}.panel.guide_overview`]: 'La panoramica mostra tutto ciò che Honcho ha ricavato su di te finora: la tua scheda (fatti chiave), i singoli fatti e il riassunto completo che consegna all’assistente. Non serve scrivere nulla.',
     [`${P}.panel.guide_search`]: 'Cerca trova i fatti memorizzati più rilevanti per le parole che scrivi. Veloce ed esatto — niente riscritture dell’AI, vedi i fatti grezzi.',
     [`${P}.panel.guide_ask`]:   'Chiedi invia la tua domanda all’AI di Honcho, che legge la tua memoria e scrive una risposta con parole sue. Più lento, ma sa collegare i puntini.',
     [`${P}.panel.status_title`]: 'Stato del servizio',
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ export default {
     [`${P}.panel.overview_title`]: 'Panoramica',
     [`${P}.panel.card_title`]:  'La tua scheda',
     [`${P}.panel.facts_title`]: 'Fatti',
-    [`${P}.panel.summary_title`]: 'Riassunto',
+    [`${P}.panel.representation_title`]: 'Rappresentazione (quella che riceve l’assistente)',
     [`${P}.panel.no_memory`]:   'Honcho non ha ancora nessun ricordo di te — si costruisce chiacchierando.',
     [`${P}.panel.query_title`]: 'Cerca o chiedi',
     [`${P}.panel.query_hint`]:  'Parole per trovare fatti, oppure una domanda completa per l’AI.',
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ export default {
     // Panneau « que retient-il de vous ? » (visible après le consentement)
     [`${P}.panel.title`]:       'Ce que Honcho retient de vous',
     [`${P}.panel.guide_title`]: 'Comment utiliser cette page',
-    [`${P}.panel.guide_overview`]: 'L’aperçu montre tout ce que Honcho a déduit de vous jusqu’ici : votre fiche (faits clés), les faits conclus et un résumé. Rien à saisir.',
+    [`${P}.panel.guide_overview`]: 'L’aperçu montre tout ce que Honcho a déduit de vous jusqu’ici : votre fiche (faits clés), les faits individuels et la synthèse complète remise à l’assistant. Rien à saisir.',
     [`${P}.panel.guide_search`]: 'Rechercher trouve les faits stockés les plus pertinents pour les mots saisis. Rapide et exact — pas de réécriture par l’IA, vous voyez les faits bruts.',
     [`${P}.panel.guide_ask`]:   'Demander envoie votre question à l’IA de Honcho, qui lit votre mémoire et rédige une réponse avec ses mots. Plus lent, mais elle relie les points.',
     [`${P}.panel.status_title`]: 'État du service',
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ export default {
     [`${P}.panel.overview_title`]: 'Aperçu',
     [`${P}.panel.card_title`]:  'Votre fiche',
     [`${P}.panel.facts_title`]: 'Faits',
-    [`${P}.panel.summary_title`]: 'Résumé',
+    [`${P}.panel.representation_title`]: 'Représentation (celle que reçoit l’assistant)',
     [`${P}.panel.no_memory`]:   'Honcho n’a pas encore de mémoire vous concernant — elle se construit au fil des conversations.',
     [`${P}.panel.query_title`]: 'Rechercher ou demander',
     [`${P}.panel.query_hint`]:  'Des mots pour trouver des faits, ou une question complète pour l’IA.',

crates/plugin-honcho/web/memory.js

@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@
 // 2. Once opted in (saved flag, not the draft toggle): the "what does Honcho
 //    remember about me?" debug panel, backed by this plugin's own opt-in-gated
 //    endpoints — `GET ${api}/status` (service health + the caller's own
-//    processing queue), `GET ${api}/overview` (card + facts + summary, no
-//    input), and one text field with two actions: `POST ${api}/search` (raw
-//    ranked facts) and `POST ${api}/ask` (Honcho's server-side LLM answers).
-//    The built-in mini-guide explains the difference, because "words → facts"
-//    vs "question → AI answer" is not obvious.
+//    processing queue), `GET ${api}/overview` (card + facts + representation,
+//    no input), and one text field with two actions: `POST ${api}/search`
+//    (raw ranked facts) and `POST ${api}/ask` (Honcho's server-side LLM
+//    answers). The built-in mini-guide explains the difference, because
+//    "words → facts" vs "question → AI answer" is not obvious.
 //
 // Errors from these endpoints arrive already localized *and specific* (the
 // backend forwards the real Honcho transport/HTTP detail) — they are surfaced
@@ -37,12 +37,12 @@ export default class HonchoMemoryPage extends HonchoBase {
       // Debug panel (only used once the *saved* opt-in flag is on).
       _svc:     { state: true },   // null | { ok, latency_ms?, queue? } | { ok:false, error }
       _svcBusy: { state: true },
-      _ov:      { state: true },   // null | { card, conclusions, summary }
+      _ov:      { state: true },   // null | { card, representation, conclusions }
       _ovBusy:  { state: true },
       _ovErr:   { state: true },   // string | null
       _q:       { state: true },   // query input value
       _qBusy:   { state: true },   // null | 'search' | 'ask'
-      _qRes:    { state: true },   // null | { kind:'search', conclusions, empty } | { kind:'ask', answer }
+      _qRes:    { state: true },   // null | { kind:'search', conclusions } | { kind:'ask', answer }
       _qErr:    { state: true },   // string | null
     };
   }
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ export default class HonchoMemoryPage extends HonchoBase {
         body: JSON.stringify({ query: q }),
       });
       this._qRes = kind === 'search'
-        ? { kind, conclusions: r?.conclusions ?? [], empty: !!r?.empty }
+        ? { kind, conclusions: r?.conclusions ?? [] }
         : { kind, answer: r?.answer ?? '' };
     } catch (e) {
       this._qErr = e.message;
@@ -276,19 +276,10 @@ export default class HonchoMemoryPage extends HonchoBase {
       <div class="mt-2">${body}</div>`;
   }
 
-  // Normalize the peer card into renderable pieces: an array (or an object with
-  // an array under a known key) becomes items; anything else is shown as JSON.
+  // The backend already unwraps Honcho's `{"peer_card": …}` envelope: the card
+  // arrives as a bare array of fact strings, or null when none was curated.
   _cardItems(card) {
-    if (card == null) return null;
-    if (Array.isArray(card)) return card.length ? card : null;
-    if (typeof card === 'object') {
-      for (const k of ['card', 'facts', 'items']) {
-        if (Array.isArray(card[k]) && card[k].length) return card[k];
-      }
-      return { raw: JSON.stringify(card, null, 2) };
-    }
-    if (typeof card === 'string') return card.trim() ? [card] : null;
-    return null;
+    return Array.isArray(card) && card.length ? card : null;
   }
 
   _renderOverview() {
@@ -305,24 +296,22 @@ export default class HonchoMemoryPage extends HonchoBase {
     } else if (this._ov) {
       const conclusions = this._ov.conclusions ?? [];
       const card = this._cardItems(this._ov.card);
-      const summary = (this._ov.summary ?? '').trim();
-      if (!card && !conclusions.length && !summary) {
+      const representation = (this._ov.representation ?? '').trim();
+      if (!card && !conclusions.length && !representation) {
         body = html`<div class="text-body-secondary" style="font-size:.8rem">${t(`${P}.panel.no_memory`)}</div>`;
       } else {
         body = html`
           ${card ? html`
             <div style="font-size:.75rem; font-weight:600" class="text-body-secondary">${t(`${P}.panel.card_title`)}</div>
-            ${Array.isArray(card)
-              ? html`<ul class="mb-2" style="font-size:.82rem">${card.map((c, i) => html`<li key=${i}>${typeof c === 'string' ? c : JSON.stringify(c)}</li>`)}</ul>`
-              : html`<pre class="mb-2" style="font-size:.72rem; white-space:pre-wrap">${card.raw}</pre>`}
+            <ul class="mb-2" style="font-size:.82rem">${card.map((c, i) => html`<li key=${i}>${c}</li>`)}</ul>
           ` : nothing}
           ${conclusions.length ? html`
             <div style="font-size:.75rem; font-weight:600" class="text-body-secondary">${t(`${P}.panel.facts_title`)}</div>
             <ul class="mb-2" style="font-size:.82rem">${conclusions.map(this._factLi)}</ul>
           ` : nothing}
-          ${summary ? html`
-            <div style="font-size:.75rem; font-weight:600" class="text-body-secondary">${t(`${P}.panel.summary_title`)}</div>
-            <div style="font-size:.82rem; white-space:pre-wrap">${summary}</div>
+          ${representation ? html`
+            <div style="font-size:.75rem; font-weight:600" class="text-body-secondary">${t(`${P}.panel.representation_title`)}</div>
+            <div style="font-size:.82rem; white-space:pre-wrap">${representation}</div>
           ` : nothing}`;
       }
     } else {
@@ -347,9 +336,7 @@ export default class HonchoMemoryPage extends HonchoBase {
     if (this._qErr) {
       result = html`<div class="alert alert-danger py-2" style="font-size:.8rem">${this._qErr}</div>`;
     } else if (this._qRes?.kind === 'search') {
-      result = this._qRes.empty
-        ? html`<div class="alert alert-info py-2" style="font-size:.8rem">${t(`${P}.panel.no_memory`)}</div>`
-        : this._qRes.conclusions.length
+      result = this._qRes.conclusions.length
         ? html`<ul style="font-size:.82rem">${this._qRes.conclusions.map(this._factLi)}</ul>`
         : html`<div class="text-body-secondary" style="font-size:.8rem">${t(`${P}.panel.search_empty`)}</div>`;
     } else if (this._qRes?.kind === 'ask') {

dev-docs/plugins.md

@@ -11,3 +11,5 @@
 **Plugin HTTP routes & web pages.** Every plugin's `http_router()` mounts at boot under `/api/plugin/<id>/` — **enabled or not**: two shared gates wrap each router (`require_auth`, then `guard::plugin_enabled_gate`, which re-checks the DB flag per request and answers 404 while disabled), so enable/disable serves/stops routes immediately with no restart, and plugin responses carry `Cache-Control: no-cache`. The router contract: cheap and safe to build pre-start, handlers tolerant of the not-running state (resolve runtime state per request through a shared cell, as mobile-connector does). A plugin may also contribute **frontend pages** via `Plugin::web_pages()` (`PluginPage { page_id, title, icon, entry, admin_only, priority }`): `GET /api/plugins/pages` returns the caller's visible pages (admin: all; others: non-`admin_only` pages of granted, enabled plugins) with `entry_url` resolved, and the sidebar renders them as menu entries routed `#plugin/<plugin_id>/<page_id>`. A single `<plugin-page-host>` (`web/components/plugin-page-host.js`) dynamic-imports the fragment ES module the plugin serves from its own router, registers its default-exported HTMLElement class, and mounts it with the `plugin-id` attribute — the fragment talks to its backend only through `/api/plugin/<id>/…` and runs with full session privileges (plugins are trusted: they ship in the binary). The frontend knows nothing about plugin page contents or behavior.
 
 **A plugin page with its own backend (Honcho is the reference).** Most per-user plugin pages (Telegram's) need no backend of their own — the core `/api/plugins/…` endpoints carry their blob. Honcho's opt-in page grew a **debug panel** over the external memory server, and its router (`crates/plugin-honcho/src/router.rs`) is the pattern for that case, with three load-bearing rules. (1) **The peer id is the multi-user boundary**: the Honcho workspace is shared by every user, so every introspection handler receives its peer *already resolved* from the authenticated `Caller` — `require_peer` returns it or a 403 — and a client-supplied peer/workspace can never reach the external server. (2) **The opt-in gate is server-side and fail-closed** (`require_peer` re-reads the flag, same as the tools and the write path) — the panel hiding client-side when the flag is off is cosmetics, not the control. (3) **Errors are specific, never "service unavailable"**: transport failures and the external server's HTTP status+body are localized and forwarded (truncated), because the page exists to debug the integration — and a 404 from the external server is translated per-endpoint as "no memory yet", which is a state, not a failure. The shared `WebCell` carries the live client + workspace + user-config store alongside the router's other deps, filled by `start`/`stop`.
+
+**Honcho's response schema is version-specific and bit us once.** Verified against self-hosted **3.0.11** (the compose pins the image by digest — ghcr publishes no v3 semver tags, and a silent `:latest` bump is exactly how the drift arrived): `peers/{id}/context` returns `{representation: markdown string, peer_card: string[]|null}` — **no `conclusions` array** — and `sessions/{id}/context` returns `summary` as an *object* (`{content,…}`) plus `peer_representation`. The card endpoints wrap the list (`{"peer_card": …}`) in both directions — a bare array on PUT is a 422. Semantic search with ranked ids is `POST conclusions/query` with the observer/observed scoping inside a `filters` object — `peer_context?search_query=…` is *not* a substitute (it returns the whole representation once it fits the budget, with no ids). All of this is typed in `honcho-client::models` and pinned by fixture tests from real payloads, plus a live smoke test (`HONCHO_E2E_*` env vars, `cargo test -p honcho-client -- --ignored`). If a future Honcho upgrade changes shapes again, that test is the five-second check.

docs/plugins/honcho.md

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Long-term memory is **off for every user until they turn it on themselves**. Onc
 Once a user has opted in, that same page shows a **debug panel** over their own memory — useful to check the integration is working, and to see (and question) what has been derived:
 
 - **Service status** — whether the Honcho server is reachable (with the response time), how the user's own memory processing is doing (units in progress / pending / completed), and *the specific error* when something is wrong (server down, key rejected, server-side error), not just "unavailable".
-- **Overview** — everything Honcho has derived so far: the user's "card" (curated key facts), the individual facts (each with its id), and a summary. Loads automatically; nothing to type.
+- **Overview** — everything Honcho has derived so far: the user's "card" (curated key facts — empty until some are set, e.g. via the `honcho_profile` tool), the individual facts (each with its id), and the full **representation** digest Honcho hands to the assistant on every turn. Loads automatically; nothing to type.
 - **Search or ask** — one text field, two actions, with a mini-guide on the page:
   - **Search** finds the stored facts most relevant to the words typed — fast, exact, raw facts.
   - **Ask** sends the question to Honcho's AI, which reads the user's memory and writes an answer in its own words — slower, but it connects the dots.

honcho/README.md

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Honcho — self-hosted Docker package
 
 This folder contains a ready-to-run Docker Compose setup for [Honcho](https://honcho.dev),
-the memory server used by the personal-agent's Honcho plugin
-([`src/plugin/honcho/`](../src/plugin/honcho/)).
+the memory server used by the Honcho plugin
+([`crates/plugin-honcho/`](../crates/plugin-honcho/)).
 
 ---
 
@@ -10,11 +10,16 @@ the memory server used by the personal-agent's Honcho plugin
 
 | Service | Image | Port | Role |
 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
-| `api` | `ghcr.io/plastic-labs/honcho:latest` | **8000** | REST API (the endpoint personal-agent talks to) |
+| `api` | `ghcr.io/plastic-labs/honcho@sha256:59f0…8c6b` (**3.0.11**, digest-pinned) | **8000** | REST API (the endpoint the app talks to) |
 | `deriver` | same image | — | Background worker: extracts conclusions, summaries, peer representations |
 | `db` | `pgvector/pgvector:pg17` | 5432 (internal) | PostgreSQL + pgvector (vector search) |
 | `redis` | `redis:7-alpine` | 6379 (internal) | Cache for session context |
 
+> The Honcho image is **pinned by digest** because ghcr publishes no v3 semver
+> tags (only `latest`), and the plugin parses a version-specific API schema —
+> a silent `:latest` bump already changed response shapes once. Upgrade
+> deliberately: pick the new digest, verify the plugin against it, then edit.
+
 Data is stored in named Docker volumes (`honcho_db`, `honcho_redis`) and survives container restarts.
 
 ---
@@ -140,7 +145,8 @@ docker compose restart api
 # Stop and wipe all data (destructive!)
 docker compose down -v
 
-# Upgrade to a newer Honcho image
+# Upgrade Honcho: bump the pinned digest in docker-compose.yml (deliberately —
+# the plugin's API parsing is verified against the pinned version), then
 docker compose pull
 docker compose up -d
 ```
@@ -181,5 +187,5 @@ docker compose up -d --build
 - [Honcho GitHub](https://github.com/plastic-labs/honcho)
 - [Honcho docs](https://docs.honcho.dev)
 - [Self-hosting guide (official)](https://docs.honcho.dev/v3/contributing/self-hosting)
-- [personal-agent Honcho plugin docs](../docs/honcho.md)
-- [personal-agent Memory architecture](../docs/memory.md)
+- [Honcho plugin docs](../docs/plugins/honcho.md)
+- [Memory architecture](../docs/memory.md)

honcho/docker-compose.yml

@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@
 #
 # The API will be available at http://localhost:8000
 # Interactive docs: http://localhost:8000/docs
+#
+# The Honcho image is PINNED BY DIGEST (ghcr publishes no v3 semver tags, only
+# `latest`): this digest is Honcho 3.0.11. The plugin parses a version-specific
+# API schema (`representation`/`peer_card`, wrapped card, `conclusions/query`
+# filters) — bump the digest deliberately and re-verify, never via `:latest`.
 
 services:
 
@@ -20,7 +25,7 @@ services:
   # Applies Alembic migrations before the API starts.
   # Exits with code 0 when done; Docker Compose marks it "completed".
   migrate:
-    image: ghcr.io/plastic-labs/honcho:latest
+    image: ghcr.io/plastic-labs/honcho@sha256:59f099ad85713105608c9b239a4f1386fbebd8647323d3a04646bb3c975d8c6b # Honcho 3.0.11, pinned — see header
     env_file: .env
     environment:
       DB_CONNECTION_URI: postgresql+psycopg://${POSTGRES_USER:-honcho}:${POSTGRES_PASSWORD:-honcho}@db:5432/${POSTGRES_DB:-honcho}
@@ -33,7 +38,7 @@ services:
 
   # ── API ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
   api:
-    image: ghcr.io/plastic-labs/honcho:latest
+    image: ghcr.io/plastic-labs/honcho@sha256:59f099ad85713105608c9b239a4f1386fbebd8647323d3a04646bb3c975d8c6b # Honcho 3.0.11, pinned — see header
     restart: unless-stopped
     ports:
       - "${HONCHO_PORT:-8000}:8000"
@@ -65,7 +70,7 @@ services:
   # Without a working LLM key this service will fail to process messages;
   # the API itself will still work but no long-term memory will be built.
   deriver:
-    image: ghcr.io/plastic-labs/honcho:latest
+    image: ghcr.io/plastic-labs/honcho@sha256:59f099ad85713105608c9b239a4f1386fbebd8647323d3a04646bb3c975d8c6b # Honcho 3.0.11, pinned — see header
     restart: unless-stopped
     command: ["/app/.venv/bin/python", "-m", "src.deriver"]
     env_file: .env