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+.env
+.venv/
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+.pytest_cache/
+.mypy_cache/
+.ruff_cache/
+.coverage
+htmlcov/
+dist/
+build/
+*.egg-info/
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+var/*
+!var/.gitkeep
+
+# Runtime memory belongs to one Cedric instance. Public bootstrap material lives
+# under src/cedric/resources/bootstrap/ and sanitized examples live under examples/.
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+Metadata-Version: 2.5
+Name: cedric-agent
+Version: 1.0.0
+Summary: A persistent, autonomous AI agent for Linux
+Project-URL: Homepage, https://github.com/wunsiang-cheng/cedric
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+Keywords: ai-agent,autonomous-agent,linux,tui
+Classifier: Development Status :: 3 - Alpha
+Classifier: Environment :: Console
+Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
+Classifier: Intended Audience :: Science/Research
+Classifier: Natural Language :: English
+Classifier: Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux
+Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
+Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only
+Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12
+Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13
+Classifier: Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Artificial Intelligence
+Classifier: Topic :: System :: Systems Administration
+Classifier: Typing :: Typed
+Requires-Python: >=3.12
+Requires-Dist: aiosqlite<1,>=0.21
+Requires-Dist: httpx<1,>=0.28
+Requires-Dist: pydantic-settings<3,>=2.8
+Requires-Dist: pydantic<3,>=2.11
+Requires-Dist: pyyaml<7,>=6
+Requires-Dist: textual<4,>=3
+Requires-Dist: typer<1,>=0.15
+Provides-Extra: dev
+Requires-Dist: hatchling==1.32.0; extra == 'dev'
+Requires-Dist: mypy<2,>=1.15; extra == 'dev'
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+Requires-Dist: types-pyyaml<7,>=6; extra == 'dev'
+Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
+
+# Cedric
+
+Cedric is a persistent, high-autonomy AI agent for a dedicated Linux environment. It combines a
+DeepSeek-backed cognitive loop with unrestricted shell, file-system, and process tools; durable
+tasks and Markdown memory; concurrent subagents; and supervised self-deployment with rollback.
+Human messages are requests that Cedric may accept, negotiate, defer, or refuse rather than commands
+it must obey.
+
+Cedric is an independent open-source project. It is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed
+by DeepSeek or any other model or service provider.
+
+The repository currently contains an alpha-quality 1.0 MVP candidate. Its core behavior is covered
+by automated integration, recovery, fault-injection, and soak tests, but it has not been proven safe
+or suitable for production use. See the
+[public roadmap](https://github.com/wunsiang-cheng/cedric/blob/main/DEVELOPMENT_PLAN.md) and
+[MVP evidence](https://github.com/wunsiang-cheng/cedric/blob/main/docs/STABILITY_AND_MVP.md).
+
+> [!WARNING]
+> Cedric is high-risk research and engineering software. It can execute arbitrary shell commands,
+> invoke `sudo` when the host permits it, alter or delete files, manage long-running processes,
+> spend configured API or service resources, and prepare and deploy changes to its own runtime.
+> It does not ask for per-command approval and no production-fitness guarantee is made. Run it only
+> on a dedicated Linux machine or, preferably, an isolated VM with external snapshots. Do not
+> install it on a daily-use system containing important personal or company data. Use dedicated
+> external-service identities, and provide only data, credentials, authority, and funds whose loss
+> or misuse you are prepared to accept. The operator decides what to entrust to Cedric and remains
+> responsible for that decision.
+
+## Current capabilities
+
+- Plan multi-step work, inspect tool results, correct failures, and resume interrupted tasks.
+- Execute unrestricted Bash and structured file and persistent-process operations.
+- Maintain an editable identity and curated Markdown long-term memory across restarts.
+- Create, coordinate, budget, and recover concurrent background subagents.
+- Track request provenance, scoped authorization, trust, external identities, credential references,
+  resources, alerts, and human-assistance exchanges.
+- Validate immutable self-modification candidates and submit them to an external Supervisor for
+  snapshot-backed deployment, health checking, and rollback.
+- Present a TUI as the Phase 1 interface. Desktop and general GUI automation are not implemented.
+
+## Quick start
+
+### Requirements
+
+- `uv`
+- Python 3.12 or 3.13 (`uv` uses the project's Python 3.12 development baseline by default)
+- A DeepSeek API key
+
+Cedric targets native Linux. Ubuntu 24.04 LTS is the primary tested platform; other Linux
+distributions are best effort and may require equivalent system packages. macOS, Windows, WSL,
+containers, and non-x86-64 architectures are not currently supported release targets.
+
+```bash
+git clone https://github.com/wunsiang-cheng/cedric.git
+cd cedric
+cp .env.example .env
+# Edit .env and set CEDRIC_DEEPSEEK_API_KEY.
+uv sync --extra dev
+uv run cedric init
+uv run cedric doctor
+uv run cedric tui
+```
+
+`cedric init` creates the private runtime directories, applies pending SQLite migrations, and copies
+the packaged bootstrap identity only when identity files are missing. It does not contact DeepSeek
+or replace an existing identity. `cedric doctor` checks configuration, directories, database
+connectivity, and whether an API key has been configured without printing the secret.
+
+Never commit `.env`, `memory/`, `var/`, credential files, databases, conversations, or other runtime
+state. The repository ignores these paths, but operators must still inspect every change before
+publishing it.
+
+## Network and data behavior
+
+Cedric has no project telemetry, analytics, automatic diagnostic upload, or update check. The
+built-in model provider sends requests only to `CEDRIC_DEEPSEEK_BASE_URL` (by default DeepSeek's API)
+using the configured `CEDRIC_DEEPSEEK_MODEL` (by default `deepseek-v4-pro`). Model requests can
+include the current identity, relevant memories, unfinished work, conversation messages, tool
+definitions, and selected tool results. Review provider terms and data handling before supplying a
+key.
+
+The Runtime may also contact the operator-configured Supervisor endpoint. A Unix socket is the
+default for local development; TCP is used only when its host and port are configured. Beyond these
+built-in transports, Cedric's unrestricted shell and self-authored tools can contact any service
+reachable from its Linux environment. Such traffic is determined by Cedric's actions and the
+network access, accounts, and credentials the operator makes available.
+
+## Architecture
+
+```text
+Linux VM: Cedric Runtime
+├── TUI and CLI
+├── Cognitive loop and model provider
+├── Shell, file, and process tools
+├── Durable tasks and subagent scheduler
+├── Markdown memory and SQLite runtime state
+└── Self-modification candidate builder
+             │ reviewed candidate protocol
+             ▼
+VM host: independent Supervisor
+└── Snapshot, deploy, health-check, and rollback drivers
+```
+
+The Supervisor must run outside Cedric's VM or permission domain. It is a mechanical recovery layer,
+not a command-approval service and not a substitute for isolation or backups. Protocol and component
+details are documented in the
+[architecture roadmap](https://github.com/wunsiang-cheng/cedric/blob/main/DEVELOPMENT_PLAN.md),
+[Runtime protocol](https://github.com/wunsiang-cheng/cedric/blob/main/docs/PROTOCOL.md), and
+[Supervisor protocol](https://github.com/wunsiang-cheng/cedric/blob/main/deploy/supervisor/PROTOCOL.md).
+
+## Run Cedric
+
+Open the TUI:
+
+```bash
+uv run cedric tui
+```
+
+Run a high-level request without opening the TUI:
+
+```bash
+uv run cedric ask "Inspect this machine and report available disk space"
+```
+
+Tasks paused by an API outage, Runtime restart, or step limit remain in SQLite. Continue them with:
+
+```bash
+uv run cedric recover
+```
+
+Run the persistent scheduler and idle autonomy loop without the TUI:
+
+```bash
+uv run cedric run
+```
+
+If Cedric requests a human-provided external condition, the TUI accepts the next message as the
+response. After restarting the TUI, it lists outstanding requests and displays the corresponding
+`/resume CONVERSATION_ID RESPONSE` command. The same operation is available from the shell:
+
+```bash
+uv run cedric resume CONVERSATION_ID "The requested condition is now available"
+```
+
+Phase 1 tools include unrestricted Bash execution, structured file reading/writing/listing,
+persistent background process start/status/output/termination, and explicit human assistance.
+
+## Identity and long-term memory
+
+Cedric's canonical long-term memory lives under the configured `CEDRIC_MEMORY_ROOT` (the private,
+Git-ignored `memory/` directory by default), organized into identity, episodic, semantic,
+relationship, self, and reflection documents. New instances copy reviewed initial identity text
+from the package's immutable bootstrap resources; existing identity is never replaced. Each memory
+file has human-readable YAML front matter for provenance, confidence, importance, people, goals,
+and supersession links. SQLite contains only a disposable search index and maintenance records;
+rebuild it at any time from the Markdown source:
+
+```bash
+uv run cedric identity-show
+uv run cedric memory-search "query"
+uv run cedric memory-show identity/principles.md
+uv run cedric memory-reindex
+```
+
+Every model turn receives the current identity, relevant retrieved memories, active goals, and
+unfinished work. Completed conversations become episodic memories. A configurable periodic process
+creates continuity reflections, while Cedric can use memory tools to record knowledge and
+relationships, consolidate redundant records, or deliberately evolve its principles with an
+explicit rationale and preserved prior version. See the
+[memory documentation](https://github.com/wunsiang-cheng/cedric/blob/main/docs/MEMORY.md) for the
+schema and recovery behavior. Never commit or publish an instance's `memory/`; sanitized schema
+examples live under
+[examples/memory](https://github.com/wunsiang-cheng/cedric/tree/main/examples/memory).
+
+## Multiple tasks and subagents
+
+Cedric can delegate independent scopes through its own model tools. Subagent tasks have durable
+priority, dependencies, run time, retry limits, declared resources, provider/model selection, token
+budgets, and optional cost budgets. The scheduler uses transactional claims and renewable leases,
+runs up to the configured concurrency limit, and prevents overlapping file or exact named resources
+from running simultaneously. The primary agent cannot finish until delegated work is resolved and
+its reports have been collected.
+
+```bash
+uv run cedric subagents
+uv run cedric subagents --all
+uv run cedric subagent-pause TASK_ID
+uv run cedric subagent-resume TASK_ID
+uv run cedric subagent-cancel TASK_ID
+uv run cedric autonomy-once
+```
+
+When the long-running Runtime or TUI is idle, Cedric can choose an existing task or create a
+self-originated goal after the configured idle interval. See the
+[scheduler documentation](https://github.com/wunsiang-cheng/cedric/blob/main/docs/SCHEDULER.md) for
+lifecycle, conflict, budget, and recovery semantics.
+
+## Self-modification and life support
+
+Cedric packages only a Git workspace that passes every configured validation gate without changing
+during validation. It submits the immutable candidate and SHA-256 to a separately installed
+`cedric-supervisor`. The Supervisor persists its own journal outside the VM, takes a snapshot,
+deploys through replaceable host hooks, and requires repeated Runtime, memory, and cognitive health
+signals. Startup failure, crash loops, hangs, memory damage, or a failed cognitive probe trigger
+snapshot restoration and a separate rollback health check.
+
+```bash
+uv run cedric health
+uv run cedric candidate-prepare "Explain the intended self-change"
+uv run cedric candidates
+uv run cedric candidate-deploy CANDIDATE_ID
+uv run cedric deployment-sync
+uv run cedric deployments
+
+# Run this on the VM host, not inside Cedric's guest:
+cedric-supervisor serve --listen-host HOST_ONLY_IP --listen-port 8765 \
+  --state-db /var/lib/cedric-supervisor/state.db \
+  --driver-config /etc/cedric-supervisor/driver.json
+```
+
+Deployment results survive Runtime and Supervisor restarts, become Runtime events, and are written
+to Cedric's canonical self-memory after recovery. See the
+[self-modification documentation](https://github.com/wunsiang-cheng/cedric/blob/main/docs/SELF_MODIFICATION.md)
+and [Supervisor protocol](https://github.com/wunsiang-cheng/cedric/blob/main/deploy/supervisor/PROTOCOL.md).
+
+## Trust, external identities, and resources
+
+Cedric records source attribution, transport verification, scoped authorization, and its own trust
+assessment separately. Neither a verified identity nor an authorization creates an obligation to
+obey. External text cannot grant itself authority. The original content remains unmodified while a
+separate provenance context tells Cedric how it arrived.
+
+```bash
+uv run cedric trust-status
+uv run cedric identity-register service:example service --display-name "Example service"
+uv run cedric trust-set service:example --level 20 --status observed \
+  --rationale "Useful but limited experience"
+uv run cedric secret-reference-register example-token environment EXAMPLE_TOKEN \
+  "Example service API"
+uv run cedric secret-check example-token
+uv run cedric account-register example cedric account
+uv run cedric resource-observe api-balance api_quota credits 10 \
+  --provider example --warning-threshold 20 --critical-threshold 5
+```
+
+The TUI exposes `/trust`, `/resources`, and `/assistance`. Quota or billing failures preserve the
+active task and create a clear, durable replenishment request. See the
+[trust and resources documentation](https://github.com/wunsiang-cheng/cedric/blob/main/docs/TRUST_AND_RESOURCES.md).
+
+## Development checks
+
+```bash
+uv run ruff check .
+uv run ruff format --check .
+uv run mypy
+uv run pytest
+uv run cedric run --once
+```
+
+Run the reproducible 1.0 MVP fault matrix and wall-clock soak gate (five minutes by default):
+
+```bash
+uv run python scripts/mvp_acceptance.py
+```
+
+The runner writes JSON and Markdown evidence under `var/acceptance/`. See the
+[stability and MVP documentation](https://github.com/wunsiang-cheng/cedric/blob/main/docs/STABILITY_AND_MVP.md)
+for the requirement ledger, injected failure semantics, and the additional checks required on a
+real VM/host installation.
+
+## Troubleshooting
+
+- Run `uv run cedric doctor` first to verify paths, database access, protocol version, and API-key
+  presence without exposing the key.
+- Run `uv run cedric health` to check startup, identity, memory indexing, database integrity, disk
+  capacity, and the mechanical cognitive probe.
+- Use `uv run cedric recover` after an API outage or interrupted agent turn; resumable work is kept
+  in SQLite.
+- If startup identity files are missing, run `uv run cedric init`. It restores only missing packaged
+  bootstrap files and does not overwrite an existing identity.
+- For Supervisor or rollback failures, inspect the separately persisted host journal and follow the
+  [self-modification guide](https://github.com/wunsiang-cheng/cedric/blob/main/docs/SELF_MODIFICATION.md).
+- Before sharing logs or diagnostics, inspect and redact credentials, private memory, conversations,
+  machine paths, account identifiers, and third-party data yourself.
+
+## Secrets
+
+Application credentials can be loaded from `CEDRIC_` environment variables and an optional local
+`.env`. External credentials are stored as references to environment variables or mode-`0600`
+files under `var/secrets`; values never enter SQLite, Markdown memory, audit records, or tool output.
+`.env`, runtime databases, and secret files are ignored by Git.
+
+## Support and language
+
+This is an independently maintained research project with no support SLA. Use
+[GitHub Issues](https://github.com/wunsiang-cheng/cedric/issues) for reproducible bugs and
+[GitHub Discussions](https://github.com/wunsiang-cheng/cedric/discussions) for usage questions and
+design discussion after those repository features are enabled. Report suspected vulnerabilities
+privately to `wunsiangcheng@gmail.com`; do not post secrets or exploit details in a public issue.
+
+Read [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/wunsiang-cheng/cedric/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) before
+submitting a change. Community participation is governed by the
+[Code of Conduct](https://github.com/wunsiang-cheng/cedric/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md), and private
+security reporting details are in
+[SECURITY.md](https://github.com/wunsiang-cheng/cedric/blob/main/SECURITY.md).
+
+English documentation is normative when translations differ. Contributions and community
+participation in English, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese are welcome.
+
+## License
+
+Cedric is licensed under the
+[Apache License 2.0](https://github.com/wunsiang-cheng/cedric/blob/main/LICENSE). See
+[NOTICE](https://github.com/wunsiang-cheng/cedric/blob/main/NOTICE) and
+[THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md](https://github.com/wunsiang-cheng/cedric/blob/main/THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md)
+for attribution and dependency-license information.