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Honcho Memory

  • Plugin id: honcho
  • Category: Long-term memory (external service)
  • Runs: talks to a Honcho server (self-hosted or hosted) over HTTP — needs network access to it

What it does

Streams a user's completed chat turns to an external Honcho server so it can build long-term memory about them across sessions — facts, preferences, a curated "peer card" — and feeds retrieved context back into future turns automatically. Also adds tools the assistant can call directly: memory_query, honcho_profile, honcho_search, honcho_context, honcho_conclude.

This is different from the app's built-in private memory (user-memory/…, stored encrypted in the user's own database). Honcho is an external system and stores conversation content in cleartext, so it is strictly opt-in per user and off by default — enabling the plugin does nothing on its own until each individual user turns it on for themselves.

Requirements

  • A running Honcho server reachable from this machine (local install or hosted), and its base URL.
  • Optionally an API key, if that Honcho instance requires one.

Enabling & configuring (admin)

  1. Plugin catalog → Honcho Memory → enable, then Configure (or its own admin page, once enabled: sidebar → Honcho).
  2. Fields:
    • base_url (default http://localhost:8000) — the Honcho server's URL.
    • api_key — optional, only if the server requires auth.
    • workspace_id (default skald-circle) — a name identifying this instance inside Honcho. Each user becomes a separate "peer" inside the same workspace. Use a fresh, unique name for a new instance.
  3. The admin config page includes a connectivity test.

Per-user setup

Long-term memory is off for every user until they turn it on themselves. Once the plugin is enabled and the user has been granted access, they'll see a "Long-term memory" page in their sidebar with a single opt-in toggle. If a user asks the assistant to "remember things long-term" or asks why it doesn't remember past conversations, and this plugin is enabled, point them to that page rather than trying to enable it on their behalf.

Notes

  • Explain the privacy trade-off honestly if a user asks: their messages get stored in cleartext on the Honcho server, outside the encrypted database this app otherwise uses. Some users may not want that.
  • Both the "remembering" (write) and "recalling" (read/search tools) sides of this plugin are gated on the same opt-in flag — a user who hasn't opted in gets a clear "not opted in" response instead of a silent no-op.