Signet Architecture Understanding - 2026-02-16

Core Concept

Signet provides a universal agent identity that lives at ~/.agents/. This is the agent's home directory, analogous to how each AI platform has its own home:

~/.claude → Claude Code's home
~/.config/opencode → OpenCode's home
~/.openclaw → OpenClaw's home
~/.agents → the agent's home (universal standard)

Development vs Installed Client

~/signet/signetai/ = source code repository (what we're building)
~/.agents/ = installed client (what users get after running signet setup)

The npm package bundles everything needed and creates the ~/.agents directory structure on install.

Architecture

Master Agent Profile (database in ~/.agents)
              │
              ▼
        Signet Daemon
              │
    ┌─────────┼─────────┬─────────┐
    ▼         ▼         ▼         ▼
~/.claude  ~/.agents  ~/.codex   etc.
CLAUDE.md  AGENTS.md  AGENTS.md
    │         │         │
    ▼         ▼         ▼
Claude Code OpenClaw  Codex

Key Principles

Database is source of truth - Markdown files are generated projections
Harness adapters - Each platform has an adapter that:
- Knows the native config path (e.g., ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md)
- Generates harness-specific format from database
- Parses changes back to database
Hook adapters - Platform-specific integrations that work within each tool's constraints while providing the same functionality (memory persistence, context injection)
Not all tools look at ~/.agents by default - We must play into each platform's limitations and regenerate their native config files

Work Done This Session

Created ~/signet/signetai/packages/cli/templates/ with bundled memory scripts
Scripts included: memory.py, embeddings.py, hybrid_search.py, vector_store.py, export_embeddings.py, regenerate_memory.py, migrate.py, migrations/
Updated CLI setup wizard to copy templates to ~/.agents/ and initialize database with schema v5
Templates include AGENTS.md.template, MEMORY.md.template, config.yaml.template

Next Steps

Implement harness adapters (Claude Code, OpenClaw, OpenCode)
Build the daemon that watches database and regenerates configs
Test full setup flow for new users

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