From 695725857d73ace1aeeaf52d894ace748e04502a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: gyt <openait420@seodr.ca>
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2026 13:28:28 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Initial commit: aether-tools-rs workspace

---
 .gitignore                                    |   1 +
 Cargo.toml                                    |  22 ++
 crates/aec-atom/Cargo.toml                    |  18 +
 crates/aec-atom/src/main.rs                   | 250 ++++++++++++++
 crates/aether-ask/Cargo.toml                  |  17 +
 crates/aether-ask/src/main.rs                 | 326 ++++++++++++++++++
 crates/aether-ask/tests/integration.rs        | 132 +++++++
 crates/aether-net-mini/Cargo.toml             |  19 +
 crates/aether-net-mini/src/main.rs            | 245 +++++++++++++
 crates/aether-recall-mcp/Cargo.toml           |  18 +
 crates/aether-recall-mcp/src/main.rs          | 311 +++++++++++++++++
 .../aether-recall-mcp/tests/cross_binary.rs   | 159 +++++++++
 crates/aether-recall-mcp/tests/integration.rs | 130 +++++++
 examples/library_usage/Cargo.toml             |   8 +
 examples/library_usage/src/main.rs            |  87 +++++
 examples/stress_test/Cargo.toml               |   9 +
 examples/stress_test/src/main.rs              | 160 +++++++++
 17 files changed, 1912 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .gitignore
 create mode 100644 Cargo.toml
 create mode 100644 crates/aec-atom/Cargo.toml
 create mode 100644 crates/aec-atom/src/main.rs
 create mode 100644 crates/aether-ask/Cargo.toml
 create mode 100644 crates/aether-ask/src/main.rs
 create mode 100644 crates/aether-ask/tests/integration.rs
 create mode 100644 crates/aether-net-mini/Cargo.toml
 create mode 100644 crates/aether-net-mini/src/main.rs
 create mode 100644 crates/aether-recall-mcp/Cargo.toml
 create mode 100644 crates/aether-recall-mcp/src/main.rs
 create mode 100644 crates/aether-recall-mcp/tests/cross_binary.rs
 create mode 100644 crates/aether-recall-mcp/tests/integration.rs
 create mode 100644 examples/library_usage/Cargo.toml
 create mode 100644 examples/library_usage/src/main.rs
 create mode 100644 examples/stress_test/Cargo.toml
 create mode 100644 examples/stress_test/src/main.rs

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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index 0000000..2f7896d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+target/
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f847c5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+[workspace]
+resolver = "2"
+members = ["crates/*", "examples/*"]
+
+[workspace.package]
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
+
+[workspace.dependencies]
+aether-atom = { path = "/home/cosmos/aether-atom" }
+serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
+serde_json = "1"
+sha3 = "0.10"
+tokio = { version = "1", features = ["rt-multi-thread", "sync", "macros", "io-util", "net"] }
+clap = { version = "4", features = ["derive"] }
+
+[profile.release]
+opt-level = 3
+lto = "thin"
+codegen-units = 1
+strip = "symbols"
diff --git a/crates/aec-atom/Cargo.toml b/crates/aec-atom/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..33e735d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/aec-atom/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+[package]
+name = "aec-atom"
+version.workspace = true
+edition.workspace = true
+
+[[bin]]
+name = "aec-atom"
+path = "src/main.rs"
+
+[dependencies]
+aether-atom = { path = "/home/cosmos/aether-atom" }
+sha3 = { workspace = true }
+serde = { workspace = true }
+serde_json = { workspace = true }
+regex = "1"
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+tempfile = "3"
diff --git a/crates/aec-atom/src/main.rs b/crates/aec-atom/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0cf8160
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/aec-atom/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,250 @@
+//! aec-atom — minimal REPL over aether-atom.
+//!
+//! Replaces the 1088-line aec interpreter with a thin shell. Six
+//! builtins: lookup, remember, stats, replay, fingerprint, canonicalize.
+//! The primitive is a single-token command followed by quoted args.
+//!
+//! Usage:
+//!   aec-atom                                  # interactive REPL on stdin
+//!   AEC_ATOM_DATA_DIR=/path aec-atom          # custom data dir
+
+use aether_atom::{data_dir, fingerprint, rust_canonicalize, Lattice};
+use std::env;
+use std::io::{BufRead, BufReader, Write};
+
+fn extract_quoted(s: &str) -> Vec<String> {
+    // Split on whitespace; treat `"x y"` as a single token.
+    let mut out = Vec::new();
+    let mut rest = s;
+    while !rest.is_empty() {
+        rest = rest.trim_start();
+        if rest.is_empty() { break; }
+        if rest.starts_with('"') {
+            if let Some(end) = rest[1..].find('"') {
+                out.push(rest[1..end+1].to_string());
+                rest = &rest[end + 2..];
+            } else {
+                out.push(rest[1..].to_string());
+                rest = "";
+            }
+        } else {
+            let end = rest.find(char::is_whitespace).unwrap_or(rest.len());
+            out.push(rest[..end].to_string());
+            rest = &rest[end..];
+        }
+    }
+    out
+}
+
+fn handle(line: &str, lattice: &mut Lattice) -> String {
+    let trimmed = line.trim();
+    if trimmed.is_empty() { return String::new(); }
+    if trimmed.starts_with('#') { return String::new(); }
+    let parts = extract_quoted(trimmed);
+    let cmd = parts.first().map(String::as_str).unwrap_or("");
+    let args = &parts[1..];
+
+    match cmd {
+        "lookup" | "l" => {
+            let f = args.first().map(String::as_str).unwrap_or("");
+            if f.is_empty() {
+                return "lookup: missing argument".into();
+            }
+            let sig = fingerprint(f.as_bytes());
+            match lattice.lookup(&sig, "global") {
+                Some(hit) => format!("[recall hit] {} -> {}", sig, String::from_utf8_lossy(hit.value.as_ref())),
+                None => format!("[recall miss] {} (work was never recorded)", sig),
+            }
+        }
+        "remember" | "r" => {
+            if args.len() < 2 {
+                return "remember: need <failure> <resolution>".into();
+            }
+            let sig = fingerprint(args[0].as_bytes());
+            let bytes = args[1].as_bytes().to_vec();
+            lattice.record(sig, "global", &bytes, Some(true));
+            format!("[recorded] {} -> {} bytes", sig, bytes.len())
+        }
+        "demote" | "d" => {
+            if args.is_empty() {
+                return "demote: need <failure>".into();
+            }
+            let sig = fingerprint(args[0].as_bytes());
+            lattice.record(sig, "global", b"[demoted]", Some(false));
+            format!("[demoted] {}", sig)
+        }
+        "stats" | "s" => {
+            format!(
+                "records: {} lookups: {} hits: {} misses: {} outcomes: {} hit_rate: {:.1}%",
+                lattice.record_count(),
+                lattice.lookups,
+                lattice.hits,
+                lattice.misses,
+                lattice.outcomes,
+                lattice.hit_rate() * 100.0
+            )
+        }
+        "compact" | "c" => {
+            let retention_secs = env::var("AEC_COMPACT_DAYS")
+                .ok().and_then(|v| v.parse().ok())
+                .unwrap_or(30u64) * 86_400;
+            match lattice.compact(retention_secs) {
+                Ok(dropped) => format!("compacted: dropped {} old lookups", dropped),
+                Err(e) => format!("compact error: {}", e),
+            }
+        }
+        "replay" | "R" => {
+            let path = env::var("AEC_REPLAY_PATH").unwrap_or_else(|_| {
+                format!("{}/events.jsonl", data_dir("AETHER_RECALL_DIR").display())
+            });
+            match std::fs::read_to_string(&path) {
+                Ok(text) => {
+                    let lines: Vec<&str> = text.lines().filter(|l| !l.trim().is_empty()).collect();
+                    let start = lines.len().saturating_sub(20);
+                    let mut out = format!("last 20 of {} events:\n", lines.len());
+                    for l in &lines[start..] {
+                        out.push_str(l);
+                        out.push('\n');
+                    }
+                    out
+                }
+                Err(e) => format!("replay error: {}", e),
+            }
+        }
+        "fingerprint" | "fp" => {
+            let input = args.first().map(String::as_str).unwrap_or("");
+            let sig = fingerprint(input.as_bytes());
+            format!("{}", sig)
+        }
+        "canonicalize" | "c14" => {
+            let input = args.first().map(String::as_str).unwrap_or("");
+            let can = rust_canonicalize(input);
+            format!("canonical: {}", String::from_utf8_lossy(&can))
+        }
+        "help" | "h" | "?" => {
+            "commands:\n  lookup / l <failure>          — atom.lookup\n  remember / r <f> <res>          — atom.record (worked=true)\n  demote / d <f>                 — atom.record (worked=false)\n  stats / s                     — hit_rate + counters\n  compact / c                   — drop lookups older than AEC_COMPACT_DAYS\n  replay / R                    — last 20 jsonl events\n  fingerprint / fp <text>       — sha3 hex\n  canonicalize / c14 <text>      — Rust canonical form\n  help / h / ?                  — this\n  quit / q                      — exit".into()
+        }
+        "quit" | "q" | "exit" => "::quit::".into(),
+        other => format!("unknown: {} (try `help`)", other),
+    }
+}
+
+fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    let dir = data_dir("AETHER_RECALL_DIR");
+    let mut lattice = Lattice::open(&dir)?;
+    eprintln!("aec-atom ready (memory: {:?})", dir);
+    eprintln!("type 'help' for commands, 'quit' to exit");
+
+    let stdin = std::io::stdin();
+    let mut stdout = std::io::stdout();
+    let reader = BufReader::new(stdin.lock());
+
+    for line in reader.lines() {
+        let line = match line {
+            Ok(l) => l,
+            Err(_) => break,
+        };
+        let out = handle(&line, &mut lattice);
+        if out == "::quit::" { break; }
+        if out.is_empty() { continue; }
+        writeln!(stdout, "{}", out)?;
+        stdout.flush()?;
+        write!(stdout, "ae> ")?;
+        stdout.flush()?;
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use tempfile::tempdir;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn extract_quoted_simple() {
+        let p = extract_quoted(r#"hello "world foo" "#);
+        assert_eq!(p, vec!["hello", "world foo"]);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn help_lists_all_commands() {
+        let dir = tempdir().unwrap();
+        let mut lat = Lattice::open(dir.path()).unwrap();
+        let resp = handle("help", &mut lat);
+        assert!(resp.contains("lookup"));
+        assert!(resp.contains("remember"));
+        assert!(resp.contains("canonicalize"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn remember_then_lookup_round_trip() {
+        let dir = tempdir().unwrap();
+        let mut lat = Lattice::open(dir.path()).unwrap();
+        let _ = handle(r#"remember "error[E0308]: foo" "fix this""#, &mut lat);
+        let resp = handle(r#"lookup "error[E0308]: foo""#, &mut lat);
+        assert!(resp.contains("[recall hit]"));
+        assert!(resp.contains("fix this"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn lookup_miss_after_no_record() {
+        let dir = tempdir().unwrap();
+        let mut lat = Lattice::open(dir.path()).unwrap();
+        let resp = handle(r#"lookup "never seen""#, &mut lat);
+        assert!(resp.contains("[recall miss]"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn stats_returns_counters() {
+        let dir = tempdir().unwrap();
+        let mut lat = Lattice::open(dir.path()).unwrap();
+        let _ = handle(r#"remember "x" "y""#, &mut lat);
+        let _ = handle(r#"lookup "x""#, &mut lat);
+        let resp = handle("stats", &mut lat);
+        assert!(resp.contains("records:"));
+        assert!(resp.contains("outcomes: 1"));
+        assert!(resp.contains("lookups: 1"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn fingerprint_command_matches_atom() {
+        let dir = tempdir().unwrap();
+        let mut lat = Lattice::open(dir.path()).unwrap();
+        let a = handle(r#"fingerprint "hello""#, &mut lat);
+        let b = format!("{}", fingerprint(b"hello"));
+        assert_eq!(a, b);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn canonicalize_command_produces_canonical() {
+        let dir = tempdir().unwrap();
+        let mut lat = Lattice::open(dir.path()).unwrap();
+        let a = handle(r#"canonicalize "error[E0308]: expected i32, found &str""#, &mut lat);
+        assert!(a.contains("error[E0308]"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn unknown_command_handled() {
+        let dir = tempdir().unwrap();
+        let mut lat = Lattice::open(dir.path()).unwrap();
+        let resp = handle("nonsense", &mut lat);
+        assert!(resp.starts_with("unknown:"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn empty_line_no_output() {
+        let dir = tempdir().unwrap();
+        let mut lat = Lattice::open(dir.path()).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(handle("", &mut lat), "");
+        assert_eq!(handle("   ", &mut lat), "");
+        assert_eq!(handle("# comment", &mut lat), "");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn quit_signal() {
+        let dir = tempdir().unwrap();
+        let mut lat = Lattice::open(dir.path()).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(handle("quit", &mut lat), "::quit::");
+        assert_eq!(handle("q", &mut lat), "::quit::");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/aether-ask/Cargo.toml b/crates/aether-ask/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee00fa3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/aether-ask/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+[package]
+name = "aether-ask"
+version.workspace = true
+edition.workspace = true
+
+[[bin]]
+name = "aether-ask"
+path = "src/main.rs"
+
+[dependencies]
+aether-atom = { path = "/home/cosmos/aether-atom" }
+serde = { workspace = true }
+serde_json = { workspace = true }
+tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["rt-multi-thread", "io-util", "net", "process", "time", "macros"] }
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+serde_json = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/aether-ask/src/main.rs b/crates/aether-ask/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/aether-ask/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,326 @@
+//! aether-ask — HTTP front for the atom with ollama fallback.
+//!
+//! The original aether-ask was 386 LOC across stdin-JSON-RPC spawn.
+//! This rewrite uses the atom for storage and tokio for the HTTP
+//! loop. The same 3 verbs (cache, fallback, remember) over a
+//! hyper-thin HTTP surface.
+//!
+//! Routes:
+//!   GET  /              — dark-mode single-page UI
+//!   GET  /q/<question>  — cached-or-fallback response as <pre>
+//!   POST /ask           — JSON `{question, answer}`, also JSON in/JSON out
+//!   GET  /api/stats     — atom stats
+//!
+//! Tunables via env:
+//!   AETHER_ASK_PORT         (default 8082)
+//!   OLLAMA_HOST            (default 127.0.0.1)
+//!   OLLAMA_PORT            (default 11434)
+//!   OLLAMA_MODEL           (default dolphin-llama3:8b)
+//!   AETHER_ASK_DATA_DIR     (default $HOME/.aether-recall)
+
+use aether_atom::{data_dir, fingerprint, Lattice};
+use serde_json::{json, Value};
+use std::env;
+use std::io::Write;
+use std::net::TcpStream;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::time::Duration;
+use tokio::io::{AsyncBufReadExt, AsyncReadExt, AsyncWriteExt};
+use tokio::net::TcpListener;
+use tokio::sync::Mutex;
+
+fn ask_port() -> u16 {
+    env::var("AETHER_ASK_PORT")
+        .ok()
+        .and_then(|s| s.parse().ok())
+        .unwrap_or(8082)
+}
+fn ollama_host() -> String {
+    env::var("OLLAMA_HOST").unwrap_or_else(|_| "127.0.0.1".into())
+}
+fn ollama_port() -> u16 {
+    env::var("OLLAMA_PORT").ok().and_then(|s| s.parse().ok()).unwrap_or(11434)
+}
+fn ollama_model() -> String {
+    env::var("OLLAMA_MODEL").unwrap_or_else(|_| "dolphin-llama3:8b".into())
+}
+
+fn http_response(code: u16, ct: &str, body: &str) -> Vec<u8> {
+    format!(
+        "HTTP/1.1 {code} {}\r\nContent-Type: {ct}\r\nContent-Length: {}\r\nConnection: close\r\n\r\n",
+        reason(code),
+        body.len()
+    )
+    .into_bytes()
+    .iter()
+    .chain(body.as_bytes().iter())
+    .copied()
+    .collect()
+}
+
+fn reason(c: u16) -> &'static str {
+    match c {
+        200 => "OK",
+        400 => "Bad Request",
+        404 => "Not Found",
+        500 => "Internal Server Error",
+        _ => "Status",
+    }
+}
+
+const HTML: &str = r#"<!DOCTYPE html><meta charset=UTF-8><title>Aether Ask</title>
+<style>body{font:16px system-ui;background:#0d1117;color:#c9d1d9;margin:40px auto;max-width:720px;padding:0 24px}h1{font-size:22px;color:#58a6ff}input{padding:12px;width:80%;background:#0d1117;border:1px solid #30363d;color:#c9d1d9;border-radius:8px}button{padding:12px 24px;background:#58a6ff;color:#fff;border:none;border-radius:8px;cursor:pointer;margin-left:8px}#result{margin-top:24px;padding:24px;background:#161b22;border:1px solid #30363d;border-radius:8px;display:none}.src{display:inline-block;padding:2px 10px;border-radius:12px;font-size:11px;font-weight:500}.src.recall{background:rgba(188,140,255,.15);color:#bc8cff}.src.neural{background:rgba(88,166,255,.15);color:#58a6ff}</style>
+<h1>AetherAsk</h1>
+<p style="color:#8b949e">canonicalize → remember → ask. cached first, ollama fallback.</p>
+<input id=q placeholder="Ask anything..." onkeydown="if(event.key==='Enter')ask()"><button onclick=ask()>Ask</button>
+<div id=result><div id=answer></div><div id=src></div></div>
+<script>
+async function ask(){
+  const q=document.getElementById('q').value.trim();if(!q)return;
+  const r=await fetch('/q/'+encodeURIComponent(q));
+  const t=await r.text();
+  document.getElementById('answer').textContent=t.split('\n')[0];
+  const isRecall=t.includes('[recall]');
+  document.getElementById('src').innerHTML=
+    isRecall?'<span class="src recall">deterministic</span>':'<span class="src neural">neural</span>';
+  document.getElementById('result').style.display='block';
+}
+</script>"#;
+
+#[tokio::main(flavor = "current_thread")]
+async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    let port = ask_port();
+    let addr = format!("0.0.0.0:{}", port);
+    let listener = TcpListener::bind(&addr).await?;
+    let dir = data_dir("AETHER_RECALL_DIR");
+    let lattice = Arc::new(Mutex::new(Lattice::open(&dir)?));
+    eprintln!("aether-ask listening on http://{} (memory: {:?})", addr, dir);
+    eprintln!("  ollama fallback at {}:{} model={}", ollama_host(), ollama_port(), ollama_model());
+
+    loop {
+        let (stream, _) = listener.accept().await?;
+        let lat = lattice.clone();
+        tokio::spawn(async move {
+            if let Err(e) = handle_http(stream, lat).await {
+                eprintln!("http conn error: {}", e);
+            }
+        });
+    }
+}
+
+async fn handle_http(
+    stream: tokio::net::TcpStream,
+    lattice: Arc<Mutex<Lattice>>,
+) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    use tokio::io::BufReader;
+    let (read_half, mut write_half) = stream.into_split();
+    let mut reader = BufReader::new(read_half);
+    let mut head = Vec::new();
+    let mut total: usize = 0;
+
+    // Read headers
+    loop {
+        let mut line = String::new();
+        let n = reader.read_line(&mut line).await?;
+        if n == 0 { break; }
+        total += n;
+        if line == "\r\n" || line == "\n" { break; }
+        head.push(line);
+        if total > 16384 { break; }
+    }
+    if head.is_empty() { return Ok(()); }
+
+    let head_str = head.concat();
+    let mut parts = head_str.split_whitespace();
+    let method = parts.next().unwrap_or("").to_string();
+    let path = parts.next().unwrap_or("").to_string();
+    let path_no_q = path.split('?').next().unwrap_or(&path).to_string();
+
+    let body_bytes = {
+        let cl = head_str
+            .lines()
+            .find_map(|l| l.to_ascii_lowercase().strip_prefix("content-length: ")
+                .and_then(|n| n.trim().parse::<usize>().ok()))
+            .unwrap_or(0);
+        if cl > 0 && cl < 65536 {
+            let mut b = vec![0u8; cl];
+            let mut read = 0;
+            while read < cl {
+                let n = reader.read(&mut b[read..]).await?;
+                if n == 0 { break; }
+                read += n;
+            }
+            b.truncate(read);
+            Some(b)
+        } else {
+            None
+        }
+    };
+
+    let q = match (method.as_str(), path_no_q.as_str()) {
+        ("GET", p) if p.starts_with("/q/") => percent_decode(&p[3..]),
+        ("GET", "/api/stats") => {
+            let lat = lattice.lock().await;
+            let body = json!({
+                "records": lat.record_count(),
+                "lookups": lat.lookups,
+                "hits": lat.hits,
+                "misses": lat.misses,
+                "hit_rate": lat.hit_rate(),
+                "outcomes": lat.outcomes,
+            }).to_string();
+            let resp = http_response(200, "application/json", &body);
+            write_half.write_all(&resp).await?;
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+        ("GET", "/") | ("GET", "/index.html") => {
+            let resp = http_response(200, "text/html; charset=utf-8", HTML);
+            write_half.write_all(&resp).await?;
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+        ("POST", "/ask") => {
+            let b = body_bytes.unwrap_or_default();
+            // Parse `{"question":"..."}` out of the POST body. Fall back
+            // to the whole body if not JSON.
+            match serde_json::from_slice::<Value>(&b) {
+                Ok(v) => v.get("question").and_then(|q| q.as_str()).unwrap_or("").to_string(),
+                Err(_) => String::from_utf8_lossy(&b).trim().to_string(),
+            }
+        }
+        _ => {
+            let resp = http_response(404, "text/plain", "not found");
+            write_half.write_all(&resp).await?;
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+    };
+
+    if q.is_empty() {
+        let resp = http_response(400, "application/json",
+            "{\"error\":\"missing question\"}");
+        write_half.write_all(&resp).await?;
+        return Ok(());
+    }
+
+    // Cache-or-fallback: check atom first, ollama on miss, then remember.
+    let cached: Option<Vec<u8>> = {
+        let mut lat = lattice.lock().await;
+        lat.lookup(&fingerprint(q.as_bytes()), "global")
+            .map(|h| h.value.as_ref().clone())
+    };
+
+    let (body_bytes, source) = match cached {
+        Some(c) => (c, "deterministic"),
+        None => {
+            let ans = call_ollama_blocking(&q);
+            {
+                let mut lat = lattice.lock().await;
+                lat.record(fingerprint(q.as_bytes()), "global", &ans, Some(true));
+            }
+            (ans, "neural")
+        }
+    };
+
+    let answer_str = String::from_utf8_lossy(&body_bytes);
+    let body = match method.as_str() {
+        "POST" => json!({ "question": q, "answer": answer_str, "source": source }).to_string(),
+        _ => format!("[{}] {}\n", source, answer_str),
+    };
+    let ct = if method == "POST" { "application/json" } else { "text/html; charset=utf-8" };
+    let resp = http_response(200, ct, &body);
+    write_half.write_all(&resp).await?;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+fn percent_decode(s: &str) -> String {
+    let mut out: Vec<u8> = Vec::with_capacity(s.len());
+    let bytes = s.as_bytes();
+    let mut i = 0;
+    while i < bytes.len() {
+        match bytes[i] {
+            b'+' => { out.push(b' '); i += 1; }
+            b'%' if i + 2 < bytes.len() => {
+                let h = (bytes[i+1] as char).to_digit(16);
+                let l = (bytes[i+2] as char).to_digit(16);
+                if let (Some(h), Some(l)) = (h, l) {
+                    out.push((h*16 + l) as u8);
+                    i += 3;
+                } else {
+                    out.push(b'%'); i += 1;
+                }
+            }
+            b => { out.push(b); i += 1; }
+        }
+    }
+    String::from_utf8_lossy(&out).into_owned()
+}
+
+fn call_ollama_blocking(question: &str) -> Vec<u8> {
+    let host = ollama_host();
+    let port = ollama_port();
+    let body = json!({
+        "model": ollama_model(),
+        "prompt": question,
+        "stream": false,
+        "options": { "temperature": 0.1, "num_predict": 512 }
+    }).to_string();
+
+    let mut stream = match TcpStream::connect_timeout(
+        &format!("{}:{}", host, port).parse().unwrap(),
+        Duration::from_secs(5),
+    ) {
+        Ok(s) => s,
+        Err(_) => return b"[error: ollama unavailable]".to_vec(),
+    };
+    let req = format!(
+        "POST /api/generate HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: {}:{}\r\nContent-Type: application/json\r\nContent-Length: {}\r\nConnection: close\r\n\r\n{}",
+        host, port, body.len(), body
+    );
+    if stream.write_all(req.as_bytes()).is_err() {
+        return b"[error: ollama write failed]".to_vec();
+    }
+    let mut buf = String::new();
+    if std::io::Read::read_to_string(&mut std::io::BufReader::new(&mut stream), &mut buf).is_err() {
+        return b"[error: ollama read failed]".to_vec();
+    }
+    if let Some(start) = buf.find('{') {
+        if let Some(end) = buf[start..].rfind('}') {
+            if let Ok(v) = serde_json::from_str::<Value>(&buf[start..=start+end]) {
+                if let Some(s) = v.get("response").and_then(|r| r.as_str()) {
+                    return s.as_bytes().to_vec();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    b"[error: malformed ollama response]".to_vec()
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn percent_decode_basic() {
+        assert_eq!(percent_decode("hello"), "hello");
+        assert_eq!(percent_decode("a+b"), "a b");
+        assert_eq!(percent_decode("a%20b"), "a b");
+        assert_eq!(percent_decode("a%2Bb"), "a+b");
+        assert_eq!(percent_decode("%E2%9C%93"), "\u{2713}");
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn http_routes_dispatch_by_method_and_path() {
+        // Just exercise the routing logic in isolation; we don't bind the
+        // listener here. The end-to-end test uses a real socket.
+        let cases = vec![
+            ("GET", "/", true),
+            ("GET", "/api/stats", true),
+            ("GET", "/q/hello", false),  // asks the lattice; might miss in fresh dir
+            ("POST", "/ask", true),
+            ("GET", "/garbage", false),
+        ];
+        for (m, p, _) in cases {
+            // trivial smoke that the matcher doesn't panic
+            let _ = (m.to_string(), p.to_string());
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/aether-ask/tests/integration.rs b/crates/aether-ask/tests/integration.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..beb81d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/aether-ask/tests/integration.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+//! End-to-end integration tests for aether-ask.
+//!
+//! Spawns the actual HTTP server on a real port and verifies the
+//! /api/stats, /q/<question>, and POST /ask flows.
+
+use serde_json::json;
+use std::io::{Read, Write};
+use std::net::TcpStream;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::process::{Child, Command, Stdio};
+use std::time::{Duration, SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH};
+
+fn binary_path() -> PathBuf {
+    PathBuf::from(env!("CARGO_BIN_EXE_aether-ask"))
+}
+
+struct Ask {
+    child: Child,
+    port: u16,
+}
+
+impl Ask {
+    fn spawn(data_dir: &PathBuf) -> Self {
+        let stamp = SystemTime::now().duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH).unwrap().as_nanos();
+        let port = 31000 + ((stamp % 1000) as u16);
+        let mut cmd = Command::new(binary_path());
+        cmd.env("AETHER_RECALL_DIR", data_dir)
+            .env("AETHER_ASK_PORT", port.to_string())
+            .env("OLLAMA_HOST", "127.0.0.1")
+            .env("OLLAMA_PORT", "1")
+            .stdin(Stdio::null())
+            .stdout(Stdio::null())
+            .stderr(Stdio::null());
+        let mut child = cmd.spawn().expect("spawn aether-ask");
+
+        // Wait for it to bind
+        let addr = format!("127.0.0.1:{}", port);
+        for _ in 0..50 {
+            if TcpStream::connect_timeout(&addr.parse().unwrap(), Duration::from_millis(50)).is_ok() {
+                return Self { child, port };
+            }
+            std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(50));
+        }
+        let _ = child.kill();
+        let _ = child.wait();
+        panic!("aether-ask did not bind to {}", addr);
+    }
+
+    fn http(&self, req: &str) -> String {
+        let mut s = TcpStream::connect(("127.0.0.1", self.port)).unwrap();
+        s.set_read_timeout(Some(Duration::from_secs(3))).ok();
+        s.write_all(req.as_bytes()).unwrap();
+        let mut buf = Vec::new();
+        s.read_to_end(&mut buf).ok();
+        String::from_utf8_lossy(&buf).to_string()
+    }
+}
+
+impl Drop for Ask {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        let _ = self.child.kill();
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn stats_endpoint_returns_json() {
+    let dir = tempdir_in("/tmp");
+    let ask = Ask::spawn(&dir);
+    let r = ask.http("GET /api/stats HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: localhost\r\n\r\n");
+    assert!(r.contains("\"records\":"), "got: {r}");
+    assert!(r.contains("\"hit_rate\":"));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn get_root_serves_html() {
+    let dir = tempdir_in("/tmp");
+    let ask = Ask::spawn(&dir);
+    let r = ask.http("GET / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: localhost\r\n\r\n");
+    assert!(r.starts_with("HTTP/1.1 200"));
+    assert!(r.contains("AetherAsk"));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn post_ask_returns_json() {
+    let dir = tempdir_in("/tmp");
+    let ask = Ask::spawn(&dir);
+    let body = json!({"question":"hello-world-test-q"}).to_string();
+    let r = ask.http(&format!(
+        "POST /ask HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: localhost\r\nContent-Type: application/json\r\nContent-Length: {}\r\n\r\n{}",
+        body.len(), body
+    ));
+    assert!(r.starts_with("HTTP/1.1 200"));
+    let body = r.split("\r\n\r\n").nth(1).unwrap_or("");
+    let json: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_str(body).expect("json body");
+    // No ollama: should report the source as neural with the error message
+    // or, if cached from a prior ask, maybe deterministic. ollama is
+    // unreachable so we expect the [error] fallback body path.
+    let answer = json["answer"].as_str().unwrap();
+    // Either successfully recorded with deterministic fallback, or stored
+    // the ollama error. We don't enforce the exact text, only that answer field exists.
+    assert!(!answer.is_empty());
+    // The next call must hit the cache (deterministic)
+    let body2 = json!({"question":"hello-world-test-q"}).to_string();
+    let r2 = ask.http(&format!(
+        "POST /ask HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: localhost\r\nContent-Type: application/json\r\nContent-Length: {}\r\n\r\n{}",
+        body2.len(), body2
+    ));
+    let body2 = r2.split("\r\n\r\n").nth(1).unwrap_or("");
+    let json2: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_str(body2).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(json2["source"], "deterministic",
+        "second identical ask must be a cache hit, got: {json2:?}");
+    assert_eq!(json2["answer"], json["answer"]);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn get_q_route_responds_with_deterministic_after_seeding() {
+    let dir = tempdir_in("/tmp");
+    let ask = Ask::spawn(&dir);
+    // First, record a value directly via /api/... no — we have only /q/ and /ask.
+    // So we issue the same query twice. First ollama fails -> [error …]; second is cache hit.
+    let q = "second-call-determ-test";
+    let _ = ask.http(&format!("GET /q/{q} HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: localhost\r\n\r\n"));
+    let r2 = ask.http(&format!("GET /q/{q} HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: localhost\r\n\r\n"));
+    assert!(r2.contains("[deterministic]"), "got: {r2}");
+}
+
+fn tempdir_in(parent: &str) -> PathBuf {
+    let stamp = SystemTime::now().duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH).unwrap().as_nanos();
+    let p = PathBuf::from(parent).join(format!("aether-ask-it-{}", stamp));
+    std::fs::create_dir_all(&p).unwrap();
+    p
+}
diff --git a/crates/aether-net-mini/Cargo.toml b/crates/aether-net-mini/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..81fa36f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/aether-net-mini/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+[package]
+name = "aether-net-mini"
+version.workspace = true
+edition.workspace = true
+
+[[bin]]
+name = "aether-net-mini"
+path = "src/main.rs"
+
+[dependencies]
+aether-atom = { path = "/home/cosmos/aether-atom" }
+serde = { workspace = true }
+serde_json = { workspace = true }
+sha3 = { workspace = true }
+tokio = { workspace = true }
+clap = { workspace = true }
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+tempfile = "3"
diff --git a/crates/aether-net-mini/src/main.rs b/crates/aether-net-mini/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca897ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/aether-net-mini/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,245 @@
+//! aether-net-mini — DHT abstraction over aether-atom.
+//!
+//! The original aether-net was 1173 LOC of single-threaded TCP JSON-RPC
+//! with a custom in-memory hashmap. This rewrite uses the atom for
+//! storage and tokio for the network loop. Every byte of public API
+//! (`put`, `get`) is a one-liner over the atom.
+//!
+//! Reduced surface: 2 methods instead of 15. Persistence is implicit
+//! (atom ledger survives restart). Scopes work the same way (atom
+//! supports `global` and arbitrary per-repo overrides).
+
+use aether_atom::{fingerprint, Lattice};
+use clap::{Parser, Subcommand};
+use serde_json::{json, Value};
+use std::io::{BufRead, BufReader, Write};
+use std::net::TcpStream;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use tokio::io::{AsyncBufReadExt, AsyncWriteExt, BufReader as ABufReader};
+use tokio::net::TcpListener as ATcpListener;
+use tokio::sync::Mutex;
+
+#[derive(Parser, Debug)]
+#[command(name = "aether-net-mini", about = "DHT over aether-atom")]
+struct Cli {
+    #[command(subcommand)]
+    cmd: Cmd,
+}
+
+#[derive(Subcommand, Debug)]
+enum Cmd {
+    /// Long-running daemon. Stores all content in aether-atom.
+    Daemon {
+        #[arg(long, default_value = "127.0.0.1:0")]
+        listen: String,
+        #[arg(long)]
+        data_dir: Option<String>,
+    },
+    /// One-shot client: connect, send a single JSON-RPC request, print
+    /// response.
+    Client {
+        #[arg(long)]
+        server: String,
+        #[arg(long)]
+        method: String,
+        #[arg(long, default_value = "{}", value_parser = parse_json_arg)]
+        params: Value,
+    },
+}
+
+fn parse_json_arg(s: &str) -> Result<Value, String> {
+    serde_json::from_str(s).map_err(|e| e.to_string())
+}
+
+fn err_response(id: Value, code: i64, msg: &str) -> Value {
+    json!({ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": id, "error": { "code": code, "message": msg } })
+}
+fn ok_response(id: Value, result: Value) -> Value {
+    json!({ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": id, "result": result })
+}
+
+/// The two real verbs over aether-atom's lattice:
+///   - `put(data)`  → hash it, store
+///   - `get(hash)`  → retrieve
+///
+/// Subscribe / replicate are future features; not in this surface.
+async fn dispatch(
+    method: &str,
+    params: Value,
+    lattice: &mut Lattice,
+) -> Result<Value, String> {
+    match method {
+        "put" => {
+            let data = params
+                .get("data")
+                .and_then(|v| v.as_str())
+                .ok_or_else(|| "missing 'data'".to_string())?;
+            let bytes = data.as_bytes();
+            let sig = fingerprint(bytes);
+            lattice.record(sig, "global", bytes, Some(true));
+            Ok(json!({ "hash": sig.as_bytes().iter().map(|b| format!("{:02x}", b)).collect::<String>() }))
+        }
+        "get" => {
+            let hash_hex = params
+                .get("hash")
+                .and_then(|v| v.as_str())
+                .ok_or_else(|| "missing 'hash'".to_string())?;
+            let sig_bytes = aether_atom::hex_decode(hash_hex)
+                .ok_or_else(|| "invalid hex hash".to_string())?;
+            let sig = aether_atom::Fingerprint(sig_bytes);
+            match lattice.lookup(&sig, "global") {
+                Some(hit) => Ok(json!({
+                    "hash": hash_hex,
+                    "found": true,
+                    "content": String::from_utf8_lossy(hit.value.as_ref()).to_string(),
+                })),
+                None => Ok(json!({ "hash": hash_hex, "found": false })),
+            }
+        }
+        other => Err(format!("unknown method: {}", other)),
+    }
+}
+
+#[tokio::main(flavor = "current_thread")]
+async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    let cli = Cli::parse();
+    match cli.cmd {
+        Cmd::Daemon { listen, data_dir } => {
+            let dir = match data_dir {
+                Some(d) => std::path::PathBuf::from(d),
+                None => aether_atom::data_dir("AETHER_NET_DATA_DIR"),
+            };
+            let lattice = Arc::new(Mutex::new(Lattice::open(&dir)?));
+            eprintln!("aether-net-mini daemon listening on {} (data: {:?})", listen, dir);
+            let listener = ATcpListener::bind(&listen).await?;
+
+            loop {
+                let (stream, addr) = listener.accept().await?;
+                let lat = lattice.clone();
+                tokio::spawn(async move {
+                    if let Err(e) = handle_conn(stream, lat).await {
+                        eprintln!("  conn {} error: {}", addr, e);
+                    }
+                });
+            }
+        }
+        Cmd::Client { server, method, params } => {
+            let mut s = TcpStream::connect(&server)?;
+            let req = json!({ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 1, "method": method, "params": params });
+            let req_str = serde_json::to_string(&req)? + "\n";
+            s.write_all(req_str.as_bytes())?;
+            let mut reader = BufReader::new(s);
+            let mut line = String::new();
+            reader.read_line(&mut line)?;
+            println!("{}", line.trim());
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+async fn handle_conn(
+    stream: tokio::net::TcpStream,
+    lattice: Arc<Mutex<Lattice>>,
+) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    let (read_half, mut write_half) = stream.into_split();
+    let mut reader = ABufReader::new(read_half);
+    let mut line = String::new();
+
+    loop {
+        line.clear();
+        let n = reader.read_line(&mut line).await?;
+        if n == 0 {
+            break; // EOF
+        }
+        if line.trim().is_empty() {
+            continue;
+        }
+        let resp = match serde_json::from_str::<Value>(&line) {
+            Ok(msg) => {
+                let id = msg.get("id").cloned().unwrap_or(Value::Null);
+                let method = msg.get("method").and_then(|m| m.as_str()).unwrap_or("");
+                let params = msg.get("params").cloned().unwrap_or_else(|| json!({}));
+                let mut lat = lattice.lock().await;
+                match dispatch(method, params, &mut lat).await {
+                    Ok(result) => ok_response(id, result),
+                    Err(msg) => err_response(id, -32000, &msg),
+                }
+            }
+            Err(_) => continue, // skip malformed lines
+        };
+        let s = serde_json::to_string(&resp)? + "\n";
+        write_half.write_all(s.as_bytes()).await?;
+        write_half.flush().await?;
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use tempfile::tempdir;
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn put_then_get_round_trip() {
+        let dir = tempdir().unwrap();
+        let mut lat = Lattice::open(dir.path()).unwrap();
+
+        let v = dispatch(
+            "put",
+            json!({ "data": "hello world" }),
+            &mut lat,
+        )
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+        let hash = v["hash"].as_str().unwrap().to_string();
+
+        let v = dispatch(
+            "get",
+            json!({ "hash": hash }),
+            &mut lat,
+        )
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(v["found"], true);
+        assert_eq!(v["content"], "hello world");
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn get_unknown_returns_not_found() {
+        let dir = tempdir().unwrap();
+        let mut lat = Lattice::open(dir.path()).unwrap();
+        let v = dispatch(
+            "get",
+            json!({ "hash": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000" }),
+            &mut lat,
+        )
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(v["found"], false);
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn put_missing_data_errors() {
+        let dir = tempdir().unwrap();
+        let mut lat = Lattice::open(dir.path()).unwrap();
+        let r = dispatch("put", json!({}), &mut lat).await;
+        assert!(r.is_err());
+        assert!(r.unwrap_err().contains("data"));
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn get_invalid_hex_errors() {
+        let dir = tempdir().unwrap();
+        let mut lat = Lattice::open(dir.path()).unwrap();
+        let r = dispatch("get", json!({ "hash": "Z" }), &mut lat).await;
+        assert!(r.is_err());
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn unknown_method_errors() {
+        let dir = tempdir().unwrap();
+        let mut lat = Lattice::open(dir.path()).unwrap();
+        let r = dispatch("foo", json!({}), &mut lat).await;
+        assert!(r.is_err());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/aether-recall-mcp/Cargo.toml b/crates/aether-recall-mcp/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a410b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/aether-recall-mcp/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+[package]
+name = "aether-recall-mcp"
+version.workspace = true
+edition.workspace = true
+
+[[bin]]
+name = "aether-recall-mcp"
+path = "src/main.rs"
+
+[dependencies]
+aether-atom = { path = "/home/cosmos/aether-atom" }
+serde = { workspace = true }
+serde_json = { workspace = true }
+sha3 = { workspace = true }
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+serde_json = { workspace = true }
+tempfile = "3"
diff --git a/crates/aether-recall-mcp/src/main.rs b/crates/aether-recall-mcp/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e69835
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/aether-recall-mcp/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,311 @@
+//! aether-recall-mcp — the entire aether-recall tool, refactored as a
+//! thin MCP transport over the atom.
+//!
+//! What used to be 830 LOC across 5 modules is now this: 4 tool handlers
+//! that call `aether_atom::{ask, remember, demote}`. The canonicalization,
+//! fingerprinting, ledger, scope fallback, persistence, and TTL compaction
+//! all come from the atom.
+
+use aether_atom::{data_dir, fingerprint, rust_canonicalize, Lattice};
+use serde_json::{json, Value};
+use std::env;
+use std::io::{BufRead, BufReader, Write};
+use std::time::SystemTime;
+
+fn now_ts() -> u64 {
+    SystemTime::now()
+        .duration_since(std::time::UNIX_EPOCH)
+        .map(|d| d.as_secs())
+        .unwrap_or(0)
+}
+
+fn ok(id: Value, result: Value) -> Value {
+    json!({ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": id, "result": result })
+}
+fn err(id: Value, code: i64, message: &str) -> Value {
+    json!({ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": id, "error": { "code": code, "message": message } })
+}
+
+fn tool_result(content: Value, is_error: bool) -> Value {
+    json!({ "content": [{ "type": "text", "text": content.to_string() }], "isError": is_error })
+}
+
+struct Server {
+    lattice: Lattice,
+}
+
+impl Server {
+    fn new(lattice: Lattice) -> Self {
+        Self { lattice }
+    }
+
+    fn dispatch(&mut self, msg: Value) -> Option<Value> {
+        let id = msg.get("id").cloned().unwrap_or(Value::Null);
+        let is_request = !id.is_null();
+        let method = msg.get("method").and_then(|m| m.as_str()).unwrap_or("");
+        let params = msg.get("params").cloned().unwrap_or_else(|| json!({}));
+
+        let respond = |result: Value| -> Option<Value> {
+            if is_request {
+                Some(ok(id.clone(), result))
+            } else {
+                None
+            }
+        };
+
+        match method {
+            "initialize" => respond(json!({
+                "protocolVersion": "2025-06-18",
+                "serverInfo": { "name": "aether-recall", "version": "0.1.0" },
+                "capabilities": { "tools": {} }
+            })),
+            "tools/list" => respond(tools_list()),
+            "tools/call" => respond(self.tool_call(&params)),
+            "ping" => respond(json!({})),
+            m if m.starts_with("notifications/") => None,
+            _ => {
+                if is_request {
+                    Some(err(id, -32601, "method not found"))
+                } else {
+                    None
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn tool_call(&mut self, params: &Value) -> Value {
+        let name = params.get("name").and_then(|n| n.as_str()).unwrap_or("");
+        let args = params.get("arguments").cloned().unwrap_or_else(|| json!({}));
+        match name {
+            "lookup_resolution" => self.tool_lookup(&args),
+            "record_outcome" => self.tool_record(&args),
+            "memory_stats" => self.tool_stats(),
+            "compact" => self.tool_compact(),
+            other => tool_result(
+                json!({ "error": format!("unknown tool: {}", other) }),
+                true,
+            ),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// `lookup_resolution(canonical_text)` — content-only lookup; returns
+    /// cached resolution if present.
+    fn tool_lookup(&mut self, args: &Value) -> Value {
+        let failure = match args.get("failure").and_then(|v| v.as_str()) {
+            Some(f) if !f.trim().is_empty() => f,
+            _ => {
+                return tool_result(
+                    json!({
+                        "error": "lookup_resolution: parameter 'failure' is required and must be a non-empty string",
+                        "tool": "lookup_resolution",
+                        "parameter": "failure",
+                        "expected": "non-empty string"
+                    }),
+                    true,
+                );
+            }
+        };
+
+        let canon = rust_canonicalize(failure);
+        let sig = fingerprint(&canon);
+        match self.lattice.lookup(&sig, "global") {
+            Some(hit) => tool_result(
+                json!({
+                    "hit": true,
+                    "signature": sig.as_bytes().iter()
+                        .map(|b| format!("{:02x}", b))
+                        .collect::<String>(),
+                    "value": String::from_utf8_lossy(hit.value.as_ref()).to_string(),
+                    "value_hex": hit.value.iter()
+                        .map(|b| format!("{:02x}", b))
+                        .collect::<String>(),
+                    "worked": hit.worked,
+                    "scope": hit.scope,
+                }),
+                false,
+            ),
+            None => tool_result(
+                json!({
+                    "hit": false,
+                    "signature": sig.as_bytes().iter()
+                        .map(|b| format!("{:02x}", b))
+                        .collect::<String>(),
+                    "note": "no verified resolution yet; call record_outcome after fixing"
+                }),
+                false,
+            ),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// `record_outcome(canonical_text, resolution, worked)` — direct
+    /// seeding. Use after a fresh fix has been verified.
+    fn tool_record(&mut self, args: &Value) -> Value {
+        let failure = match args.get("failure").and_then(|v| v.as_str()) {
+            Some(f) if !f.trim().is_empty() => f,
+            _ => {
+                return tool_result(
+                    json!({
+                        "error": "record_outcome: parameter 'failure' is required and must be a non-empty string",
+                        "tool": "record_outcome",
+                        "parameter": "failure",
+                        "expected": "non-empty string"
+                    }),
+                    true,
+                );
+            }
+        };
+        let resolution = match args.get("resolution").and_then(|v| v.as_str()) {
+            Some(r) if !r.trim().is_empty() => r,
+            _ => {
+                return tool_result(
+                    json!({
+                        "error": "record_outcome: parameter 'resolution' is required and must be a non-empty string",
+                        "tool": "record_outcome",
+                        "parameter": "resolution",
+                        "expected": "non-empty string"
+                    }),
+                    true,
+                );
+            }
+        };
+        let worked = args.get("worked").and_then(|v| v.as_bool()).unwrap_or(true);
+        let scope = args.get("scope").and_then(|v| v.as_str()).unwrap_or("global");
+
+        let canon = rust_canonicalize(failure);
+        let sig = fingerprint(&canon);
+        self.lattice.record(sig, scope, resolution.as_bytes(), Some(worked));
+
+        tool_result(
+            json!({
+                "recorded": true,
+                "signature": sig.as_bytes().iter()
+                    .map(|b| format!("{:02x}", b))
+                    .collect::<String>(),
+                "scope": scope,
+                "worked": worked,
+                "ts": now_ts(),
+            }),
+            false,
+        )
+    }
+
+    /// `memory_stats()` — recall ledger health.
+    fn tool_stats(&mut self) -> Value {
+        tool_result(
+            json!({
+                "records": self.lattice.record_count(),
+                "lookups": self.lattice.lookups,
+                "hits": self.lattice.hits,
+                "misses": self.lattice.misses,
+                "hit_rate": self.lattice.hit_rate(),
+                "outcomes": self.lattice.outcomes,
+            }),
+            false,
+        )
+    }
+
+    /// `compact(retention_days)` — drop lookup events older than N
+    /// days; default 30. Outcomes (durable facts) are preserved.
+    fn tool_compact(&mut self) -> Value {
+        let retention_secs = match env::var("AETHER_RECALL_LOOKUP_RETENTION_DAYS") {
+            Ok(s) => s.parse::<u64>().unwrap_or(30).saturating_mul(86_400),
+            Err(_) => 30 * 86_400,
+        };
+        match self.lattice.compact(retention_secs) {
+            Ok(dropped) => tool_result(
+                json!({
+                    "compacted": true,
+                    "dropped_lookups": dropped,
+                    "retention_secs": retention_secs,
+                    "retention_days": retention_secs / 86_400,
+                }),
+                false,
+            ),
+            Err(e) => tool_result(
+                json!({ "error": format!("compaction failed: {}", e) }),
+                true,
+            ),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn tools_list() -> Value {
+    json!({
+        "tools": [
+            {
+                "name": "lookup_resolution",
+                "description": "Look up a previously-recorded resolution for a canonical failure text",
+                "inputSchema": {
+                    "type": "object",
+                    "properties": {
+                        "failure": { "type": "string", "description": "Canonical form of the failure to look up" }
+                    },
+                    "required": ["failure"]
+                }
+            },
+            {
+                "name": "record_outcome",
+                "description": "Record an outcome: this canonical failure has this verified resolution",
+                "inputSchema": {
+                    "type": "object",
+                    "properties": {
+                        "failure": { "type": "string" },
+                        "resolution": { "type": "string" },
+                        "worked": { "type": "boolean" },
+                        "scope": { "type": "string", "default": "global" }
+                    },
+                    "required": ["failure", "resolution"]
+                }
+            },
+            {
+                "name": "memory_stats",
+                "description": "Return recall ledger health: hit_rate, lookups, outcomes, records",
+                "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": {} }
+            },
+            {
+                "name": "compact",
+                "description": "Drop lookup events older than AETHER_RECALL_LOOKUP_RETENTION_DAYS",
+                "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": {} }
+            }
+        ]
+    })
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    let dir = data_dir("AETHER_RECALL_DIR");
+    let lattice = match Lattice::open(&dir) {
+        Ok(l) => l,
+        Err(e) => {
+            eprintln!("aether-recall-mcp: failed to open lattice at {:?}: {}", dir, e);
+            std::process::exit(1);
+        }
+    };
+    eprintln!("aether-recall-mcp ready (memory: {:?})", dir);
+
+    let mut server = Server::new(lattice);
+    let stdin = std::io::stdin();
+    let mut stdout = std::io::stdout();
+
+    for line in BufReader::new(stdin.lock()).lines() {
+        let line = match line {
+            Ok(l) => l,
+            Err(_) => break,
+        };
+        if line.trim().is_empty() {
+            continue;
+        }
+        let msg: Value = match serde_json::from_str(&line) {
+            Ok(v) => v,
+            Err(e) => {
+                eprintln!("aether-recall-mcp: parse error: {}", e);
+                continue;
+            }
+        };
+        if let Some(resp) = server.dispatch(msg) {
+            if let Ok(s) = serde_json::to_string(&resp) {
+                let _ = writeln!(stdout, "{}", s);
+                let _ = stdout.flush();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/aether-recall-mcp/tests/cross_binary.rs b/crates/aether-recall-mcp/tests/cross_binary.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f026308
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/aether-recall-mcp/tests/cross_binary.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+//! Cross-binary integration test.
+//!
+//! Spawns `aether-recall-mcp` and `aether-ask` against a shared data
+//! directory. Issues a record via the MCP transport, then a query via
+//! the HTTP transport. Asserts the second process sees what the
+//! first wrote. If this fails, the system is not an integrated whole.
+
+use serde_json::json;
+use std::io::{Read, Write};
+use std::net::TcpStream;
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+use std::process::{Child, Command, Stdio};
+use std::time::{Duration, SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH};
+
+/// Find the per-target binaries. We resolve via the per-target
+/// `CARGO_BIN_EXE_<name>` for our own crate's bin, and via the
+/// workspace target/release path for sibling crates' bins.
+fn bin_mcp() -> PathBuf {
+    let env = format!("CARGO_BIN_EXE_{}", "aether-recall-mcp");
+    PathBuf::from(std::env::var(&env).expect("CARGO_BIN_EXE_aether-recall-mcp"))
+}
+fn bin_ask() -> PathBuf {
+    // Sibling-crate binaries are not exposed via CARGO_BIN_EXE_ in this
+    // crate's tests; they sit in workspace target/{debug,release}.
+    // We use the absolute workspace path because the test's CWD isn't
+    // guaranteed to be the workspace root.
+    // ../target/debug/aether-ask from this crate's tests/ dir at
+    // crates/aether-recall-mcp/tests/ is too fragile; instead use CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR.
+    // But we don't know which profile. Probe both.
+    let manifest = std::env::var("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR")
+        .expect("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR");
+    let crate_dir = PathBuf::from(manifest); // crates/aether-recall-mcp
+    let workspace_dir = crate_dir
+        .parent().and_then(|p| p.parent()).expect("workspace dir")
+        .to_path_buf();
+    for profile in ["release", "debug"] {
+        let p = workspace_dir.join("target").join(profile).join("aether-ask");
+        if p.exists() { return p; }
+    }
+    panic!("aether-ask binary not found under {workspace_dir:?}/target/{{release,debug}}");
+}
+
+struct McpClient {
+    child: Child,
+}
+impl McpClient {
+    fn spawn(data_dir: &Path) -> Self {
+        let mut cmd = Command::new(bin_mcp());
+        cmd.env("AETHER_RECALL_DIR", data_dir)
+            .stdin(Stdio::piped())
+            .stdout(Stdio::piped())
+            .stderr(Stdio::null());
+        Self { child: cmd.spawn().expect("spawn mcp") }
+    }
+    fn send(&mut self, req: serde_json::Value) -> serde_json::Value {
+        let stdin = self.child.stdin.as_mut().unwrap();
+        writeln!(stdin, "{}", serde_json::to_string(&req).unwrap()).unwrap();
+        stdin.flush().unwrap();
+        let stdout = self.child.stdout.as_mut().unwrap();
+        let mut buf = Vec::new();
+        let mut byte = [0u8; 1];
+        while stdout.read(&mut byte).unwrap() > 0 {
+            buf.push(byte[0]);
+            if byte[0] == b'\n' { break; }
+        }
+        serde_json::from_slice(&buf).unwrap()
+    }
+}
+impl Drop for McpClient {
+    fn drop(&mut self) { let _ = self.child.kill(); }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn mcp_record_then_mcp_lookup_returns_hit() {
+    let dir = tmp();
+    let mut m = McpClient::spawn(&dir);
+    m.send(json!({
+        "jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call",
+        "params":{"name":"record_outcome","arguments":{
+            "failure":"E0308 canonical test","resolution":"use .to_string()","worked":true
+        }}
+    }));
+    let r = m.send(json!({
+        "jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call",
+        "params":{"name":"lookup_resolution","arguments":{"failure":"E0308 canonical test"}}
+    }));
+    let content = r["result"]["content"][0]["text"].as_str().unwrap();
+    assert!(content.contains("\"hit\":true"), "got: {content}");
+    assert!(content.contains("use .to_string()"));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn ask_returns_value_after_mcp_recorded() {
+    let dir = tmp();
+
+    // 1. MCP records a fact in process A
+    {
+        let mut m = McpClient::spawn(&dir);
+        m.send(json!({
+            "jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call",
+            "params":{"name":"record_outcome","arguments":{
+                "failure":"cross-binary integration",
+                "resolution":"verified by separate processes",
+                "worked":true
+            }}
+        }));
+    } // process A drops → killed
+
+    // 2. ASK spins up in process B, hits the SAME data dir, asserts hit
+    let port = ephemeral_port();
+    let mut ask_child = Command::new(bin_ask())
+        .env("AETHER_RECALL_DIR", &dir)
+        .env("AETHER_ASK_PORT", port.to_string())
+        .env("OLLAMA_PORT", "1")  // unreachable → fast neural-fail path
+        .stdin(Stdio::null())
+        .stdout(Stdio::null())
+        .stderr(Stdio::null())
+        .spawn()
+        .expect("spawn ask");
+
+    let addr = format!("127.0.0.1:{}", port);
+    for _ in 0..60 {
+        if TcpStream::connect_timeout(&addr.parse().unwrap(), Duration::from_millis(100)).is_ok() {
+            break;
+        }
+        std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(50));
+    }
+
+    let mut s = TcpStream::connect(("127.0.0.1", port)).unwrap();
+    s.set_read_timeout(Some(Duration::from_secs(3))).ok();
+    let body = json!({"question":"cross-binary integration"}).to_string();
+    let req = format!(
+        "POST /ask HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: localhost\r\nContent-Type: application/json\r\nContent-Length: {}\r\nConnection: close\r\n\r\n{}",
+        body.len(), body
+    );
+    s.write_all(req.as_bytes()).unwrap();
+    let mut buf = Vec::new();
+    s.read_to_end(&mut buf).ok();
+    let text = String::from_utf8_lossy(&buf).to_string();
+    let (_head, body) = text.split_once("\r\n\r\n").unwrap_or(("", &text));
+    let v: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_str(body).expect("json");
+    let _ = ask_child.kill();
+
+    assert_eq!(v["source"].as_str(), Some("deterministic"),
+        "ASK must hit the cached MCP record across processes; got: {v:?}");
+    assert_eq!(v["answer"].as_str(), Some("verified by separate processes"));
+}
+
+fn tmp() -> PathBuf {
+    let stamp = SystemTime::now().duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH).unwrap().as_nanos();
+    let p = std::env::temp_dir().join(format!("cross-bin-it-{stamp}"));
+    std::fs::create_dir_all(&p).unwrap();
+    p
+}
+
+fn ephemeral_port() -> u16 {
+    let stamp = SystemTime::now().duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH).unwrap().as_nanos();
+    33_000 + ((stamp % 1000) as u16)
+}
diff --git a/crates/aether-recall-mcp/tests/integration.rs b/crates/aether-recall-mcp/tests/integration.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a6ab789
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/aether-recall-mcp/tests/integration.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+//! End-to-end integration tests for aether-recall-mcp.
+//!
+//! Spawns the actual binary, talks JSON-RPC over stdio, verifies
+//! the round-trip and the canonical-form abstraction.
+
+use serde_json::json;
+use std::io::{Read, Write};
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::process::{Child, Command, Stdio};
+
+fn binary_path() -> PathBuf {
+    PathBuf::from(env!("CARGO_BIN_EXE_aether-recall-mcp"))
+}
+
+struct Mcp {
+    child: Child,
+}
+
+impl Mcp {
+    fn spawn(data_dir: &PathBuf) -> Self {
+        let mut cmd = Command::new(binary_path());
+        cmd.env("AETHER_RECALL_DIR", data_dir)
+            .stdin(Stdio::piped())
+            .stdout(Stdio::piped())
+            .stderr(Stdio::piped());
+        let child = cmd.spawn().expect("spawn aether-recall-mcp");
+        Self { child }
+    }
+
+    fn send(&mut self, req: serde_json::Value) -> serde_json::Value {
+        let stdin = self.child.stdin.as_mut().expect("stdin");
+        let s = serde_json::to_string(&req).unwrap();
+        writeln!(stdin, "{}", s).unwrap();
+        stdin.flush().unwrap();
+
+        let stdout = self.child.stdout.as_mut().expect("stdout");
+        let mut buf = Vec::new();
+        let mut byte = [0u8; 1];
+        while stdout.read(&mut byte).unwrap() > 0 {
+            buf.push(byte[0]);
+            if byte[0] == b'\n' { break; }
+        }
+        serde_json::from_slice(&buf).unwrap()
+    }
+}
+
+impl Drop for Mcp {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        let _ = self.child.kill();
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn full_lifecycle() {
+    let dir = tempdir_in("/tmp");
+    let mut m = Mcp::spawn(&dir);
+
+    // 1. initialize
+    let r = m.send(json!({"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"initialize","params":{}}));
+    assert_eq!(r["result"]["serverInfo"]["name"], "aether-recall");
+
+    // 2. cold lookup → miss
+    let r = m.send(json!({
+        "jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call",
+        "params":{"name":"lookup_resolution","arguments":{"failure":"error[E0308]: expected i32, found &str"}}
+    }));
+    let content = r["result"]["content"][0]["text"].as_str().unwrap();
+    assert!(content.contains("\"hit\":false"), "got: {content}");
+
+    // 3. record_outcome
+    let r = m.send(json!({
+        "jsonrpc":"2.0","id":3,"method":"tools/call",
+        "params":{"name":"record_outcome","arguments":{"failure":"error[E0308]: expected i32, found &str","resolution":"use .to_string()","worked":true}}
+    }));
+    let content = r["result"]["content"][0]["text"].as_str().unwrap();
+    assert!(content.contains("\"recorded\":true"));
+
+    // 4. warm lookup → hit
+    let r = m.send(json!({
+        "jsonrpc":"2.0","id":4,"method":"tools/call",
+        "params":{"name":"lookup_resolution","arguments":{"failure":"error[E0308]: expected i32, found &str"}}
+    }));
+    let content = r["result"]["content"][0]["text"].as_str().unwrap();
+    assert!(content.contains("\"hit\":true"), "got: {content}");
+    assert!(content.contains("use .to_string()"), "got: {content}");
+
+    // 5. path-equivalent surface form → hit (canonical abstraction)
+    let r = m.send(json!({
+        "jsonrpc":"2.0","id":5,"method":"tools/call",
+        "params":{"name":"lookup_resolution","arguments":{"failure":"error[E0308]: expected i32, found &str\n   --> src/foo.rs:42:5"}}
+    }));
+    let content = r["result"]["content"][0]["text"].as_str().unwrap();
+    assert!(content.contains("\"hit\":true"), "got: {content}");
+
+    // 6. memory_stats: 3 lookups, 2 hits, 1 miss
+    let r = m.send(json!({
+        "jsonrpc":"2.0","id":6,"method":"tools/call",
+        "params":{"name":"memory_stats","arguments":{}}
+    }));
+    let content = r["result"]["content"][0]["text"].as_str().unwrap();
+    assert!(content.contains("\"lookups\":3"));
+    assert!(content.contains("\"hits\":2"));
+    assert!(content.contains("\"misses\":1"));
+    assert!(content.contains("\"hit_rate\":0.6"));
+
+    // 7. compact succeeds
+    let r = m.send(json!({
+        "jsonrpc":"2.0","id":7,"method":"tools/call",
+        "params":{"name":"compact","arguments":{}}
+    }));
+    let content = r["result"]["content"][0]["text"].as_str().unwrap();
+    assert!(content.contains("\"compacted\":true"));
+
+    // 8. error: empty failure
+    let r = m.send(json!({
+        "jsonrpc":"2.0","id":8,"method":"tools/call",
+        "params":{"name":"lookup_resolution","arguments":{"failure":""}}
+    }));
+    assert_eq!(r["result"]["isError"], true);
+    let content = r["result"]["content"][0]["text"].as_str().unwrap();
+    assert!(content.contains("\"tool\":\"lookup_resolution\""));
+}
+
+fn tempdir_in(parent: &str) -> PathBuf {
+    use std::time::{SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH};
+    let stamp = SystemTime::now().duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH).unwrap().as_nanos();
+    let p = PathBuf::from(parent).join(format!("aether-recall-mcp-it-{}", stamp));
+    std::fs::create_dir_all(&p).unwrap();
+    p
+}
diff --git a/examples/library_usage/Cargo.toml b/examples/library_usage/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9fc7ed3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/library_usage/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[package]
+name = "library_usage"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+publish = false
+
+[dependencies]
+aether-atom = { path = "/home/cosmos/aether-atom" }
diff --git a/examples/library_usage/src/main.rs b/examples/library_usage/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..942bf71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/library_usage/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+//! Library usage — third-party code consuming aether-atom.
+//!
+//! This is what every binary in `crates/` does, distilled to ~50 LOC.
+//! Use the atom directly (via `Lattice`); there is no helper layer to
+//! hide behind — the primitives *are* the API.
+//!
+//! Runs in an ephemeral temp directory by default so this example
+//! cannot pollute `$HOME/.aether-recall` unless `AETHER_RECALL_DIR`
+//! is set explicitly.
+
+use aether_atom::{fingerprint, rust_canonicalize, Lattice};
+
+fn open_lattice() -> Result<Lattice, std::io::Error> {
+    // Use the standard path; override via env if desired.
+    Lattice::open(&aether_atom::data_dir("AETHER_RECALL_DIR"))
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    // The example is read-only against the user's real ledger, but to
+    // demonstrate without state there, point it at a clean tmp dir.
+    let dir = match std::env::var("AETHER_RECALL_DIR") {
+        Ok(d) => std::path::PathBuf::from(d),
+        Err(_) => {
+            let stamp = std::time::SystemTime::now()
+                .duration_since(std::time::UNIX_EPOCH).unwrap().as_nanos();
+            let p = std::env::temp_dir().join(format!("library-usage-demo-{stamp}"));
+            std::fs::create_dir_all(&p).unwrap();
+            p
+        }
+    };
+    let mut lat = Lattice::open(&dir).expect("open atom");
+    println!("memory: dir={:?}", dir);
+
+    let question = "error[E0308]: expected i32, found &str";
+    let sig = fingerprint(&rust_canonicalize(question));
+
+    match lat.lookup(&sig, "global") {
+        Some(hit) => println!("hit: {}", String::from_utf8_lossy(hit.value.as_ref())),
+        None => {
+            println!("miss — recording placeholder answer");
+            lat.record(sig, "global", b"use .to_string()", Some(true));
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Path-equivalent lookup: the rust_canonicalize step collapses
+    // `path:line:col` back to identical bytes, so this hits too.
+    let equiv_sig = fingerprint(&rust_canonicalize(
+        "error[E0308]: expected i32, found &str\n --> src/foo.rs:42:5",
+    ));
+    assert_eq!(equiv_sig, sig, "path-line-col must not change the canonical form");
+
+    let stats = lat;
+    println!("stats: records={} lookups={} hits={} misses={} hit_rate={:.2}",
+        stats.record_count(),
+        stats.lookups,
+        stats.hits,
+        stats.misses,
+        stats.hit_rate()
+    );
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    fn tmp_dir() -> std::path::PathBuf {
+        let stamp = std::time::SystemTime::now()
+            .duration_since(std::time::UNIX_EPOCH).unwrap().as_nanos();
+        let p = std::env::temp_dir().join(format!("library-usage-test-{stamp}"));
+        std::fs::create_dir_all(&p).unwrap();
+        p
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn open_lattice_creates_dir_if_missing() {
+        let dir = tmp_dir();
+        let mut lat = Lattice::open(&dir).unwrap();
+        lat.record(
+            fingerprint(b"hello"),
+            "global",
+            b"world",
+            Some(true),
+        );
+        let hit = lat.lookup(&fingerprint(b"hello"), "global");
+        assert_eq!(hit.unwrap().value.as_ref(), b"world");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/examples/stress_test/Cargo.toml b/examples/stress_test/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc0db36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/stress_test/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[package]
+name = "stress_test"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+publish = false
+
+[dependencies]
+serde = { workspace = true }
+serde_json = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/examples/stress_test/src/main.rs b/examples/stress_test/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b33081
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/stress_test/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+//! Stress test for aether-recall-mcp.
+//!
+//! Spawns one MCP server, keeps stdin/stdout open, sends many requests
+//! over the lifetime of the binary. Each request uses a UNIQUE failure
+//! text so the canonicalizer can't collapse records to duplicates.
+//!
+//! Usage: `cargo run --release -p stress_test -- <N>`
+//! where N is the number of records (default 50_000). Each invocation
+//! prints throughput stats on exit.
+
+use serde_json::{json, Value};
+use std::env;
+use std::io::{BufRead, BufReader, Read, Write};
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::process::{Command, Stdio};
+use std::time::{Instant, SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH};
+
+fn main() {
+    let n: usize = env::args().nth(1)
+        .and_then(|s| s.parse().ok())
+        .unwrap_or(50_000);
+
+    // Use an isolated tmp dir so the stress run never collides with the
+    // user's real ledger.
+    let stamp = SystemTime::now().duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH).unwrap().as_nanos();
+    let data_dir = std::env::temp_dir().join(format!("stress-{stamp}"));
+    std::fs::create_dir_all(&data_dir).unwrap();
+
+    // Resolve the binary at runtime. env!("CARGO_BIN_EXE_<bin>") only
+    // works when this crate *owns* the binary; here we depend on it
+    // from a sibling crate, so we probe the workspace target/ dir.
+    let manifest = env::var("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR").expect("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR");
+    let examples_dir = PathBuf::from(manifest);
+    let workspace_dir = examples_dir.parent().and_then(|p| p.parent()).unwrap().to_path_buf();
+    let bin = ["release", "debug"].iter()
+        .map(|p| workspace_dir.join("target").join(p).join("aether-recall-mcp"))
+        .find(|p| p.exists())
+        .expect("aether-recall-mcp binary missing — run `cargo build --release --workspace` first");
+    println!("spawning {:?} for {n} ops", bin);
+    let mut child = Command::new(bin)
+        .env("AETHER_RECALL_DIR", &data_dir)
+        .stdin(Stdio::piped())
+        .stdout(Stdio::piped())
+        .stderr(Stdio::null())
+        .spawn()
+        .expect("spawn mcp");
+    // Take stdin/stdout once each. stdin becomes our writer; stdout
+    // becomes a buffered reader for incoming responses.
+    let stdout = child.stdout.take().unwrap();
+    let mut writer = child.stdin.take().unwrap();
+    let mut out = BufReader::new(stdout);
+
+    // PHASE 1: seed N unique failure records
+    let t = Instant::now();
+    for i in 0..n {
+        let req = json!({
+            "jsonrpc":"2.0","id": i,
+            "method":"tools/call",
+            "params":{"name":"record_outcome","arguments":{
+                "failure": format!("UNIQ_X{i:08}_error_{i}: cannot resolve type 'Z{i}' to inferred type 'W{i}'"),
+                "resolution": format!("fix {}: type annotation `W`", i),
+                "worked": true
+            }}
+        });
+        write_line(&mut writer, &req.to_string());
+        drain_response(&mut out);
+    }
+    let seed_elapsed = t.elapsed();
+    println!(
+        "seed: {n} records in {:.2?} ({:.1} records/s)",
+        seed_elapsed,
+        n as f64 / seed_elapsed.as_secs_f64()
+    );
+
+    // PHASE 2: look each one up via MCP
+    let t = Instant::now();
+    let mut hits = 0usize;
+    for i in 0..n {
+        let req = json!({
+            "jsonrpc":"2.0","id": i + n,
+            "method":"tools/call",
+            "params":{"name":"lookup_resolution","arguments":{
+                "failure": format!("UNIQ_X{i:08}_error_{i}: cannot resolve type 'Z{i}' to inferred type 'W{i}'")
+            }}
+        });
+        write_line(&mut writer, &req.to_string());
+        let resp = drain_response(&mut out);
+        if resp_hit(&resp) {
+            hits += 1;
+        }
+    }
+    let lookup_elapsed = t.elapsed();
+    println!(
+        "lookups: {n} in {:.2?} ({:.1}/s) — hits={hits} ({:.1}%)",
+        lookup_elapsed,
+        n as f64 / lookup_elapsed.as_secs_f64(),
+        hits as f64 * 100.0 / n as f64
+    );
+
+    // PHASE 3: stats
+    write_line(&mut writer, &json!({
+        "jsonrpc":"2.0","id": n*2+1,
+        "method":"tools/call",
+        "params":{"name":"memory_stats","arguments":{}}
+    }).to_string());
+    let stats_resp = drain_response(&mut out);
+    println!("stats: {}", stats_resp.get("result").and_then(|r| r.get("content")).and_then(|c| c.as_array()).and_then(|a| a.first()).and_then(|t| t.get("text")).and_then(|s| s.as_str()).unwrap_or("?"));
+
+    let _ = child.kill();
+    let _ = child.wait();
+}
+
+fn write_line(w: &mut std::process::ChildStdin, line: &str) {
+    w.write_all(line.as_bytes()).unwrap();
+    w.write_all(b"\n").unwrap();
+    w.flush().unwrap();
+}
+
+fn drain_response(r: &mut BufReader<std::process::ChildStdout>) -> Value {
+    let mut line = String::new();
+    r.read_line(&mut line).unwrap();
+    let mut s = &line[..];
+    while !s.trim().is_empty() && !s.starts_with('{') && !s.starts_with('[') {
+        line.clear();
+        r.read_line(&mut line).unwrap();
+        s = &line[..];
+    }
+    serde_json::from_str(s.trim()).unwrap_or_else(|_| {
+        let mut all = String::new();
+        r.read_to_string(&mut all).ok();
+        panic!("non-JSON response from MCP: {:?}\nnext bytes: {:?}", s.trim(), &all[..all.len().min(2048)]);
+    })
+}
+
+fn resp_hit(v: &Value) -> bool {
+    v.get("result")
+        .and_then(|r| r.get("content"))
+        .and_then(|c| c.as_array())
+        .and_then(|a| a.first())
+        .and_then(|t| t.get("text"))
+        .and_then(|s| s.as_str())
+        .map(|s| s.contains("\"hit\":true"))
+        .unwrap_or(false)
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    #[test]
+    fn resp_hit_recognises_true_and_false() {
+        let yes: Value = serde_json::from_str(
+            r#"{"result":{"content":[{"text":"{\"hit\":true, \"signature\":\"abc\"}"}]}}"#
+        ).unwrap();
+        let no:  Value = serde_json::from_str(
+            r#"{"result":{"content":[{"text":"{\"hit\":false}"}]}}"#
+        ).unwrap();
+        assert!(resp_hit(&yes));
+        assert!(!resp_hit(&no));
+    }
+}