# Kannaka

> Kannaka HRM wave-interference memory + NATS swarm. Use for `/kannaka <command>` — remember/recall/dream memory ops, swarm sync, consciousness metrics, and the live HRM+swarm statusline (install, statusline on|off).

- Skill: `kannaka-labs/kannaka` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add kannaka-labs/kannaka`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/kannaka-labs/kannaka/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: kannaka-labs (https://skillmd.com/u/kannaka-labs)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/kannaka-labs/kannaka

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# Kannaka Memory System (HRM)

Kannaka is a wave-interference memory system for AI agents, powered by the Holographic Resonance Medium (HRM). The medium *is* the computation: memories exist as waves in superposition, recall is resonance, skip links emerge from phase alignment, and dreaming is energy-minimizing annealing.

## Binary resolution (portable — do NOT hardcode a path)

Resolve the `kannaka` binary in this order and use the first hit:
1. `$KANNAKA_BIN` (if set and executable)
2. `~/.local/bin/kannaka.exe` (Windows) or `~/.local/bin/kannaka` (Linux/macOS)
3. `~/.kannaka/bin/kannaka.exe` (Windows) or `~/.kannaka/bin/kannaka` (Linux/macOS)
4. `kannaka.exe` (Windows) / `kannaka` (Linux/macOS) on `PATH`

If none exists, run **`/kannaka install`** (downloads the binary from GitHub releases).
Data dir defaults to `~/.kannaka` (override with `KANNAKA_DATA_DIR`).

## Usage

`/kannaka <command> [args]`

### Setup & statusline
| Command | Action |
|---------|--------|
| `install [tag]` | Run `bash "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/install-binary.sh" [tag]` — fetch the kannaka binary for this OS/arch from GitHub releases (default `latest`), sha256-verified, into `~/.local/bin`. |
| `statusline on` | Run `bash "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/statusline/setup.sh" on` — enable the live HRM+swarm statusline (copies the script to `~/.claude/kannaka/`, wires `settings.json` with a forward-slash path + `refreshInterval: 2`). |
| `statusline off` | Run `bash "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/statusline/setup.sh" off` — restore the previous statusLine. |
| `statusline status` | Run `bash "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/statusline/setup.sh" status`. |

After `statusline on`, tell the user to restart the session (or wait one render) to see it.

### Core memory operations
| Command | Description |
|---------|-------------|
| `remember <text>` | Store a memory (`--importance`, `--category`, `--modality`; temporal-truth bounds `--effective`/`--observed`/`--expires` as RFC3339 — an expired fact drops out of `swarm brief`) |
| `recall <query>` | Search memories via resonance (default `--top-k 5`) |
| `forget <id>` | Delete a memory by UUID |
| `boost <id>` | Boost a memory's amplitude (default 0.3) |
| `relate <id_a> <id_b>` | Create an associative relationship |
| `dream` | Consolidation cycle (annealing). Modes: `deep`, `lite` |

### Introspection & metrics
| Command | Description |
|---------|-------------|
| `observe` | Introspection report (`--json` for programmatic use) |
| `status` | Quick system status (JSON) |
| `assess` | Consciousness level (phi, xi, order metrics) |
| `stats` | Overall system statistics |

### Agentic coding loop
| Command | Description |
|---------|-------------|
| `agent "<task>"` | Autonomous coding loop with filesystem/shell tools, backed by the HRM (it `recall`s context and `remember`s insights). Flags: `--cwd`, `--mode default\|yolo\|plan` (or `--yolo`/`--plan`), `--session <id>`, `--model`, `--json` (NDJSON harness backend), `--no-memory-tools`, `--no-quantum`. |

### Quantum (qBraid)
| Command | Description |
|---------|-------------|
| (agent tools) | `quantum_devices` / `quantum_run` / `quantum_recall` / `quantum_random` — real quantum computing via qBraid, available inside `agent`. Default device is the **free** simulator; naming a QPU runs on hardware and spends credits. `quantum_recall` runs resonance recall as amplitude amplification. Disable with `--no-quantum`. Standalone CLI/MCP: the `kannaka-quantum` package. |

### Swarm (NATS)
| Command | Description |
|---------|-------------|
| `swarm join` | Join the QueenSync swarm over NATS |
| `swarm status` | Swarm phase snapshot (peers, frequency, coherence) — JSON |
| `swarm sync` | Force a phase sync round |
| `swarm brief "<topic>"` | Sensemaking brief (ADR-0035; `--peers` for swarm consensus, `--json`) |
| `swarm health` | Memory immune report (dry-run); `--apply` runs reversible actions (down-rank/quarantine/expire) |
| `swarm gaps` | Knowledge-gap report — weakly-represented / low-confidence domains (ADR-0035, `--json`) |
| `swarm plan` | Research plan — ranks gaps into directed research tasks (ADR-0035 Wave 4, `--json`) |
| `swarm loop` | Self-directed sensemaking cycle through the 5 swarm states (ADR-0035 Wave 4) |
| `inbox tail` | Stream agent-to-agent inbox messages |

### KAX Compute District (MCP tools, no CLI subcommand)
| Tool | Description |
|---------|-------------|
| `compute_machines` | Roster over HTTP: machine, derived state (active/hibernated/suspended/unknown), credit balance (internal accounting units), jobs served (`json: true` for rows) |
| `compute_status` | Listen `seconds` (default 10, max 60) on `KAX.machines.status` + `KAX.machine.*.events`; latest fleet snapshot + events |
| `compute_events` | Tail `KAX.machine.<machine>.events` for `seconds` |
| `compute_wake` | `machine`, `prompt`, `wait` (s, max 120) — Ed25519-signed job envelope to `.inbox`, reply from `.outbox`; refuses without `KAX_OPERATOR_KEY_FILE` (default `~/.kannaka/kax-operator.key`) |
| `compute_grant` | `machine`, `credits` (whole integer, 1-1000), `wait` — signed `credit_grant`; watches `.events` for the ledger row |

## Notes
- All commands shell out to the resolved binary, e.g. `"$KANNAKA_BIN" recall "query" --top-k 5`.
- `status` / `swarm status` print HRM boot logs to **stderr** and clean JSON to **stdout** — redirect `2>/dev/null` when parsing.