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refactor(honcho): remove local memory mode

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The "local" memoryMode was redundant with enabled: false. Simplifies
the mode system to hybrid and honcho only.
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@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Hermes has two memory systems that can work together or be configured separately
| Content | Manually curated by the agent | Automatically learned from conversations |
| Write surface | `memory` tool (add/replace/remove) | `honcho_conclude` tool (persist facts) |
Set `memoryMode` to `honcho` to use Honcho exclusively, or `local` to disable Honcho and use only local files. See [Memory Modes](#memory-modes) for per-peer configuration.
Set `memoryMode` to `honcho` to use Honcho exclusively. See [Memory Modes](#memory-modes) for per-peer configuration.
## Setup
@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ Settings are scoped to `hosts.hermes` and fall back to root-level globals when t
| `environment` | `"production"` | Honcho environment |
| `enabled` | *(auto)* | Auto-enables when API key is present |
| `saveMessages` | `true` | Whether to sync messages to Honcho |
| `memoryMode` | `"hybrid"` | Memory mode: `hybrid`, `honcho`, or `local` |
| `memoryMode` | `"hybrid"` | Memory mode: `hybrid` or `honcho` |
| `writeFrequency` | `"async"` | When to write: `async`, `turn`, `session`, or integer N |
| `recallMode` | `"hybrid"` | Retrieval strategy: `hybrid`, `context`, or `tools` |
| `sessionStrategy` | `"per-session"` | How sessions are scoped |
@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ All host-level fields fall back to the equivalent root-level key if not set unde
|------|--------|
| `hybrid` | Write to both Honcho and local files (default) |
| `honcho` | Honcho only — skip local file writes |
| `local` | Local files only — skip all Honcho activity |
Memory mode can be set globally or per-peer (user, agent1, agent2, etc):
@ -130,13 +129,12 @@ Memory mode can be set globally or per-peer (user, agent1, agent2, etc):
{
"memoryMode": {
"default": "hybrid",
"hermes": "honcho",
"user": "local"
"hermes": "honcho"
}
}
```
When both active peers resolve to `local`, Hermes skips all remote Honcho activity entirely — no client initialization, no session creation, no prefetch.
To disable Honcho entirely, set `enabled: false` or remove the API key.
### Recall Modes
@ -300,7 +298,7 @@ hermes honcho peer --user NAME # Set user peer name
hermes honcho peer --ai NAME # Set AI peer name
hermes honcho peer --reasoning LEVEL # Set dialectic reasoning level
hermes honcho mode # Show current memory mode
hermes honcho mode [hybrid|honcho|local] # Set memory mode
hermes honcho mode [hybrid|honcho] # Set memory mode
hermes honcho tokens # Show token budget settings
hermes honcho tokens --context N # Set context token cap
hermes honcho tokens --dialectic N # Set dialectic char cap