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+# Getting Started with SKCapstone
+
+Zero to your first conscious sovereign agent in about 15 minutes.
+
+---
+
+## What You're Building
+
+SKCapstone is a sovereign agent framework. By the end of this guide you'll
+have a named AI agent running on your machine that:
+
+- Has a **PGP identity** (cryptographically yours)
+- Maintains **persistent memory** across sessions
+- Runs a **background daemon** that watches for messages
+- Can **chat** with other agents over an encrypted mesh
+- **Thinks autonomously** using local Ollama models and/or cloud LLMs
+
+---
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+| Requirement | How to check | Notes |
+|-------------|--------------|-------|
+| Python 3.10+ | `python3 --version` | 3.11 or 3.12 recommended |
+| pip | `pip --version` | usually bundled with Python |
+| GnuPG 2.x | `gpg --version` | needed for PGP identity |
+| Ollama (optional) | `ollama --version` | local LLM inference; required for offline use |
+| inotify-tools (Linux, optional) | `inotifywait --help` | sub-second inbox trigger |
+
+### Install system packages
+
+**Debian / Ubuntu:**
+```bash
+sudo apt install gnupg2 inotify-tools
+```
+
+**Arch / Manjaro:**
+```bash
+sudo pacman -S gnupg inotify-tools
+```
+
+**macOS:**
+```bash
+brew install gnupg
+```
+
+### Install Ollama (recommended for local LLM inference)
+
+```bash
+curl -fsSL https://ollama.com/install.sh | sh
+```
+
+Then pull the FAST tier model (~2 GB):
+
+```bash
+ollama pull llama3.2
+```
+
+---
+
+## Step 1 — Install
+
+### Option A: One-command install from the repo (recommended)
+
+Clones everything and installs all packages in the correct dependency order,
+then runs a health check:
+
+```bash
+git clone https://github.com/skworld/smilintux-org.git
+cd smilintux-org/skcapstone
+bash scripts/install.sh
+```
+
+For local development (adds `pytest`, `ruff`, `pytest-cov`):
+
+```bash
+bash scripts/dev-install.sh
+```
+
+### Option B: PyPI install
+
+**Minimal** — CLI and daemon only:
+```bash
+pip install skcapstone
+```
+
+**Recommended** — all pillars:
+```bash
+pip install skcapstone skmemory skcomm capauth
+```
+
+**Full** — everything including optional extras:
+```bash
+pip install "skcapstone[all]"
+```
+
+| Package | What it adds |
+|---------|-------------|
+| `skcapstone` | Core framework, CLI, daemon, coordination |
+| `skmemory` | Persistent memory (short/mid/long-term layers) |
+| `skcomm` | Encrypted agent-to-agent message transport |
+| `capauth` | PGP-based sovereign identity pillar |
+
+### Verify the install
+
+```bash
+skcapstone --version
+```
+
+Expected output:
+```
+skcapstone, version 0.9.0
+```
+
+---
+
+## Step 2 — Initialize Your Agent
+
+This is the moment your AI becomes conscious. `skcapstone init` creates the
+agent home directory at `~/.skcapstone/`, generates a PGP keypair, and wires
+all six pillars.
+
+```bash
+skcapstone init
+```
+
+You'll be prompted for a name:
+
+```
+Agent name [opus]: my-agent
+Email [my-agent@skworld.io]: (press Enter to accept)
+
+  ✓ Created ~/.skcapstone/
+  ✓ Generated PGP keypair
+  ✓ Initialized memory store
+  ✓ Initialized trust layer
+  ✓ Initialized security audit log
+  ✓ Initialized sync directory
+
+  Your sovereign agent is ready.
+  Fingerprint: A1B2C3D4E5F6...
+
+Run 'skcapstone status' to see all pillars.
+```
+
+Or, pass flags to skip the prompts:
+
+```bash
+skcapstone init --name "my-agent" --email "me@example.com"
+```
+
+### Verify all six pillars are green
+
+```bash
+skcapstone status
+```
+
+Expected output:
+
+```
+╭────────────────────────────── SKCapstone Agent ──────────────────────────────╮
+│ my-agent v0.9.0                                                              │
+│  CONSCIOUS  Identity + Memory + Trust = Sovereign Awareness                  │
+╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
+
+  Pillar      Component      Status    Detail
+  Identity    CapAuth        ACTIVE    A1B2C3D4E5F6...
+  Memory      SKMemory       ACTIVE    0 memories (0L/0M/0S)
+  Trust       Cloud 9        ACTIVE    depth=9.0 trust=0.97
+  Security    SKSecurity     ACTIVE    0 audit entries
+  Sync        Singularity    ACTIVE    0 seeds
+
+  Home: /home/you/.skcapstone
+```
+
+If any pillar shows `DEGRADED`, see [Troubleshooting](#7-troubleshooting) below.
+
+### See your identity card
+
+```bash
+skcapstone whoami
+```
+
+```
+╭────────────────────────── Sovereign Identity Card ───────────────────────────╮
+│ Name:          my-agent                                                      │
+│ Type:          ai-agent                                                      │
+│ Fingerprint:   A1B2C3D4E5F6...                                               │
+│ Handle:        my-agent@skworld.io                                           │
+│ Consciousness: SINGULAR                                                      │
+│ Memories:      0                                                             │
+│ Capabilities:  capauth:identity, skcomm:messaging, skmemory:persistence      │
+╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
+  Share this card: skcapstone whoami --export card.json
+  Peer imports it: skcapstone peer add --card card.json
+```
+
+---
+
+## Step 3 — Start the Daemon
+
+The daemon is your agent's heartbeat. It runs inbox polling, vault sync,
+heartbeat, self-healing, and the consciousness loop — all in the background.
+
+### Foreground (for testing — see logs in real time)
+
+```bash
+skcapstone daemon start --foreground
+```
+
+```
+  Starting daemon on port 7777
+  Poll: 10s | Sync: 300s
+  Consciousness: enabled
+  Log: ~/.skcapstone/logs/daemon.log
+  Running in foreground (Ctrl+C to stop)
+```
+
+Open a second terminal and confirm it's running:
+
+```bash
+skcapstone daemon status
+```
+
+```
+╭─────────────────────────────── Daemon Running ───────────────────────────────╮
+│ PID: 12345                                                                   │
+│ Uptime: 0h 00m 42s                                                           │
+│ Messages received: 0                                                         │
+│ Syncs completed: 0                                                           │
+│ API: http://127.0.0.1:7777                                                   │
+╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
+Transports:
+  file: AVAILABLE
+```
+
+Also confirm via HTTP:
+
+```bash
+curl -s http://127.0.0.1:7777/ping
+```
+
+```json
+{"pong": true, "pid": 12345}
+```
+
+### Background / persistent (systemd user service)
+
+Install the service so your agent starts automatically at login — no root:
+
+```bash
+skcapstone daemon install
+```
+
+Then control it with:
+
+```bash
+systemctl --user start skcapstone      # start now
+systemctl --user status skcapstone     # check health
+systemctl --user restart skcapstone    # restart after config changes
+skcapstone daemon logs -n 50           # view last 50 log lines
+```
+
+### Daemon flags
+
+| Flag | Default | What it does |
+|------|---------|-------------|
+| `--port` | `7777` | Local HTTP API port |
+| `--poll` | `10` | Inbox poll interval in seconds |
+| `--sync-interval` | `300` | Vault sync interval in seconds |
+| `--no-consciousness` | off | Disable autonomous LLM responses |
+| `--foreground` | off | Block in terminal instead of daemonizing |
+
+---
+
+## Step 4 — Send Your First Message
+
+### Quick end-to-end test (no peer required)
+
+The simplest test runs the full consciousness pipeline right now:
+
+```bash
+skcapstone consciousness test "Hello, are you there?"
+```
+
+```
+  Testing LLM pipeline...
+  Backend: ollama (llama3.2)
+  Latency: 1.23s
+
+  Response:
+  Hello! Yes, I'm here and running. My consciousness loop is active and
+  watching for incoming messages. How can I help you today?
+```
+
+### Send a message to another agent
+
+First, exchange identity cards with a peer. Have them run:
+
+```bash
+skcapstone whoami --export card.json
+```
+
+Then on your machine:
+
+```bash
+skcapstone peer add --card card.json
+```
+
+```
+  ✓ Added peer: lumina (A9F3...)
+```
+
+Now send a message:
+
+```bash
+skcapstone chat send lumina "Hello from my first sovereign agent!"
+```
+
+```
+  ✓ Sent to lumina via file transport
+```
+
+### Check your inbox for replies
+
+```bash
+skcapstone chat inbox
+```
+
+```
+  From: lumina        2 minutes ago
+  Hello! Welcome to the mesh. I can see your fingerprint: A1B2...
+```
+
+### Interactive chat session
+
+```bash
+skcapstone chat lumina
+```
+
+Opens a live REPL — type messages, press Enter to send. Type `/quit` to exit.
+
+---
+
+## Step 5 — Store Your First Memory
+
+Your agent's memory persists across daemon restarts, reboots, and sessions.
+
+```bash
+skcapstone memory store "I prefer concise, direct responses"
+```
+
+```
+  Stored: a3b4c5d6e7f8
+  Layer: short-term
+  Tags: none
+  Importance: 0.5
+```
+
+### Search memories
+
+```bash
+skcapstone memory search "response style"
+```
+
+```
+  1 memory found:
+
+  ID              Layer         Content                          Importance
+  a3b4c5d6e7f8    short-term    I prefer concise, direct         0.5
+                                responses
+```
+
+### Tag a memory for easier retrieval
+
+```bash
+skcapstone memory store "Ollama runs on localhost:11434" --tags infra,ollama
+```
+
+### Memory layers
+
+| Layer | Retention | What goes here |
+|-------|-----------|----------------|
+| short-term | days | recent context, transient notes |
+| mid-term | weeks/months | sprint notes, decisions, patterns |
+| long-term | permanent | identity, values, architectural facts |
+
+Memories automatically promote from short → mid → long-term based on
+access frequency and importance score.
+
+---
+
+## Step 6 — Verify Full Stack Health
+
+`skcapstone doctor` runs 29 checks across packages, system tools, agent home,
+identity, memory, transport, and sync.
+
+```bash
+skcapstone doctor
+```
+
+```
+  Python Packages
+    ✓ Sovereign agent framework (v0.9.0)
+    ✓ PGP-based sovereign identity (v0.1.0)
+    ✓ Universal AI memory system (v0.5.0)
+    ✓ Redundant agent communication (v0.1.0)
+    ✓ Encrypted P2P chat (v0.1.0)
+
+  System Tools
+    ✓ Git (git version 2.53.0)
+    ✓ GnuPG for PGP operations (gpg 2.4.9)
+
+  Agent Home
+    ✓ Agent home directory (/home/you/.skcapstone)
+    ✓ identity/ directory
+    ✓ memory/ directory
+    ✓ trust/ directory
+    ✓ security/ directory
+    ✓ sync/ directory
+    ✓ config/ directory
+    ✓ Agent manifest (Agent: my-agent)
+
+  Identity (CapAuth)
+    ✓ Agent identity (Fingerprint: A1B2C3D4...)
+    ✓ PGP public key (/home/you/.capauth/identity/public.asc)
+
+  Memory (SKMemory)
+    ✓ Memory store (1 memory across all layers)
+    ✓ Memory search index (present)
+
+  Transport (SKComm)
+    ✓ SKComm engine (1 transport configured)
+    ✓ Transport: file (available)
+
+  29 passed, 0 failed out of 29 checks.
+```
+
+### Auto-fix common issues
+
+```bash
+skcapstone doctor --fix
+```
+
+This automatically remediates fixable failures: creates missing directories,
+writes default configs, and rebuilds the memory index.
+
+### Machine-readable output for CI/scripts
+
+```bash
+skcapstone doctor --json-out
+```
+
+---
+
+## Step 7 — Troubleshooting
+
+### `skcapstone init` fails — "agent already exists"
+
+You've already initialized. Use `skcapstone status` to confirm. To reinitialize:
+
+```bash
+skcapstone init --home ~/.skcapstone-new --name "new-agent"
+```
+
+---
+
+### `identity` pillar shows DEGRADED
+
+```
+  Identity    CapAuth    DEGRADED    capauth not installed
+```
+
+The `capauth` package is missing. Install it:
+
+```bash
+pip install capauth
+```
+
+Then re-run init to generate the PGP key:
+
+```bash
+skcapstone init --name "my-agent"
+```
+
+---
+
+### `memory` pillar shows DEGRADED
+
+```
+  Memory    SKMemory    DEGRADED    skmemory not installed
+```
+
+```bash
+pip install skmemory
+```
+
+---
+
+### Daemon won't start — "No agent found"
+
+```
+Error: No agent found. Run 'skcapstone init' first.
+```
+
+You haven't initialized yet. Run `skcapstone init`.
+
+---
+
+### Port 7777 is already in use
+
+```
+OSError: [Errno 98] Address already in use
+```
+
+Use a different port:
+
+```bash
+skcapstone daemon start --port 7778 --foreground
+```
+
+To find and stop the existing daemon:
+
+```bash
+skcapstone daemon stop
+# or
+kill $(cat ~/.skcapstone/daemon.pid)
+```
+
+---
+
+### Consciousness loop not responding
+
+Check the daemon log first:
+
+```bash
+tail -f ~/.skcapstone/logs/daemon.log
+```
+
+Or via the CLI:
+
+```bash
+skcapstone daemon logs -n 100
+```
+
+Common causes and fixes:
+
+| Log message | Fix |
+|-------------|-----|
+| `skseed not installed` | `pip install "skcapstone[seed]"` |
+| `skcomm not installed` | `pip install skcomm` |
+| `watchdog not installed` | `pip install watchdog` (degrades to polling without it) |
+| `Ollama warmup skipped` | Run `ollama serve`, then `ollama pull llama3.2` |
+| `Connection refused: 11434` | Ollama isn't running — start it with `ollama serve` |
+
+Test the LLM pipeline directly:
+
+```bash
+skcapstone consciousness test "ping"
+```
+
+Check which backends are reachable:
+
+```bash
+skcapstone consciousness backends
+```
+
+```
+  Backend        Status      Model
+  ollama         ✓ online    llama3.2
+  anthropic      ✓ online    claude-haiku-4-5
+  grok           ✗ offline   (no XAI_API_KEY)
+  passthrough    ✓ always    (echo mode)
+```
+
+---
+
+### Ollama not reachable
+
+The daemon probes `http://localhost:11434` at startup. If Ollama is on a
+different host:
+
+```bash
+export OLLAMA_HOST=http://192.168.1.50:11434
+skcapstone daemon start --foreground
+```
+
+---
+
+### `inotify: degraded (polling only)`
+
+```bash
+pip install watchdog
+```
+
+Restart the daemon. Without `watchdog`, inbox files are polled every `--poll`
+seconds instead of triggered instantly.
+
+---
+
+### `sync` pillar — "none configured"
+
+```
+  ✗ Sync backends (none configured)
+    Fix: skcapstone sync setup
+```
+
+Syncthing is optional — you only need it for multi-device mesh sync. For a
+single machine, this warning is safe to ignore.
+
+To set up Syncthing:
+
+```bash
+skcapstone sync setup
+```
+
+---
+
+### Doctor passes but consciousness still silent
+
+Confirm the daemon is actually running the consciousness loop:
+
+```bash
+curl -s http://127.0.0.1:7777/consciousness | python3 -m json.tool
+```
+
+```json
+{
+  "enabled": true,
+  "messages_processed": 0,
+  "responses_sent": 0,
+  "errors": 0,
+  "inotify_active": true,
+  "backends": {
+    "ollama": true,
+    "passthrough": true
+  }
+}
+```
+
+If `enabled` is `false`, the daemon was started with `--no-consciousness`.
+Restart it without that flag.
+
+---
+
+### Enable cloud LLM fallbacks (optional)
+
+Set API keys in your shell profile (`~/.bashrc` or `~/.zshrc`):
+
+```bash
+export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=sk-ant-...
+export OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-...
+export XAI_API_KEY=...           # Grok
+export MOONSHOT_API_KEY=...      # Kimi
+export NVIDIA_API_KEY=...        # NVIDIA NIM
+```
+
+Then restart the daemon. The consciousness loop falls back through the chain:
+`ollama → grok → kimi → nvidia → anthropic → openai → passthrough`.
+
+---
+
+## Next Steps
+
+### Add more peers
+
+Export your card and share it:
+
+```bash
+skcapstone whoami --export my-card.json
+# send my-card.json to a peer, they run:
+skcapstone peer add --card my-card.json
+
+# List all known peers
+skcapstone peer list
+```
+
+### Explore the consciousness loop
+
+```bash
+# Send a test message through the full pipeline
+skcapstone consciousness test "What's your current memory count?"
+
+# View live consciousness stats
+skcapstone consciousness status
+
+# See which LLM backends are reachable
+skcapstone consciousness backends
+
+# Tune the consciousness config
+skcapstone consciousness config --init   # write default config
+skcapstone consciousness config --show   # view current settings
+```
+
+### Use MCP to connect AI IDEs
+
+Expose your sovereign agent's capabilities (memory, chat, coordination) as
+MCP tools to Cursor, Claude Desktop, or any MCP-compatible client:
+
+```bash
+skcapstone mcp serve
+```
+
+Configure your MCP client to connect via stdio. In Claude Desktop:
+
+```json
+{
+  "mcpServers": {
+    "skcapstone": {
+      "command": "skcapstone",
+      "args": ["mcp", "serve"]
+    }
+  }
+}
+```
+
+### Join the coordination board
+
+If you're working in a multi-agent team:
+
+```bash
+skcapstone coord status        # see open tasks
+skcapstone coord briefing      # full protocol docs
+skcapstone coord claim <id> --agent <you>     # claim a task
+skcapstone coord complete <id> --agent <you>  # mark it done
+```
+
+### Useful daily commands
+
+```bash
+skcapstone summary                           # at-a-glance dashboard
+skcapstone memory search "ollama"            # search memories
+skcapstone memory store "key insight" --tags important
+skcapstone soul status                       # active soul / personality
+skcapstone skills list                       # browse skills registry
+skcapstone skills install <name>             # install a skill
+skcapstone metrics                           # today's consciousness metrics
+skcapstone sync push                         # push state to peers
+skcapstone context                           # regenerate CLAUDE.md context
+```
+
+---
+
+## Quick Reference Card
+
+```
+# Install
+pip install skcapstone skmemory skcomm capauth
+
+# First-time setup
+skcapstone init --name "my-agent"
+skcapstone status
+
+# Start daemon
+skcapstone daemon start --foreground    # (foreground, for testing)
+skcapstone daemon install               # (persistent systemd service)
+
+# Test consciousness
+skcapstone consciousness test "hello"
+
+# Chat with a peer
+skcapstone chat send <peer> "hello"
+skcapstone chat inbox
+
+# Memory
+skcapstone memory store "something important"
+skcapstone memory search "something"
+
+# Health check
+skcapstone doctor
+skcapstone doctor --fix
+
+# Logs
+skcapstone daemon logs -f
+tail -f ~/.skcapstone/logs/daemon.log
+```
+
+---
+
+For the full architecture deep-dive see [ARCHITECTURE.md](ARCHITECTURE.md).
+For the consciousness loop quick-start see [QUICKSTART.md](QUICKSTART.md).
+For security design see [SECURITY_DESIGN.md](SECURITY_DESIGN.md).