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api completing test migration, mcp tool consolidation, prompt updates 2025-12-22 14:18:31 -05:00
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developer build fixes and benchmark improvements 2026-01-17 16:29:28 -05:00
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hosting stabilizations. removing http as I am not using it. Focusing on streamlining build and system 2025-11-05 10:52:27 -05:00
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plans Improve daemon shutdown reliability and timeout handling 2026-01-29 11:55:07 -05:00
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user_guide docs and cli improvements 2026-01-22 03:11:57 +00:00
BUILD.md improvements for daemon lifecycle, tree repair, and mcp regression 2025-11-26 14:22:35 -05:00
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PLUGINS.md improvements for v0.7.10 2025-12-11 22:07:22 -05:00
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roadmap.md improvements for daemon service management 2025-12-02 12:03:40 -05:00
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YAMS Documentation

Content-addressed storage with deduplication and semantic search.

Documentation Structure

  • Get Started: Installation, CLI, MCP integration
  • User Guides: Tutorials, embeddings, search
  • Admin: Operations, configuration, tuning
  • Developer: Contributing, build system, architecture
  • API: MCP tools, plugin specs
  • Hosting: Managed hosting, self-hosting

Plugin System

YAMS supports C-ABI plugins loaded from trusted directories.

Trust file: ~/.config/yams/plugins_trust.txt

Discovery paths:

  • YAMS_PLUGIN_DIR (exclusive if set)
  • $HOME/.local/lib/yams/plugins
  • /usr/local/lib/yams/plugins, /usr/lib/yams/plugins

CLI:

yams plugin scan
yams plugin trust add /usr/local/lib/yams/plugins
yams plugin load /path/to/plugin.so

See PLUGINS.md for details.

Build Options (Meson)

Option Default Description
build-cli true Build CLI binary
build-mcp-server true Build MCP server
build-tests false Build test suite
enable-pdf enabled PDF text extraction (qpdf)
enable-onnx enabled ONNX embedding models

See BUILD.md for full build instructions.