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Overview

What happened

The agent successfully set up the Agent Time Capsule app on the VPS, making it accessible via a secure HTTPS endpoint. The integration documentation was updated, and specific instructions were provided for connecting a local Hermes agent to the Time Capsule as an additional memory source. The setup ensures that only authenticated requests can access the MCP service, while other service ports remain secure.

What the agent was asked to do

I need you to get everything setup within our agent time capsule app here on the vps and then I want you to create me a simple prompt that I can give to my local hermes agent that will tell him how to access our agent time capsu…[truncated]

Decisions

  • Expose only the authenticated Agent Time Capsule MCP endpoint at https://capsule.joshstrohm.me/mcp through the existing Nginx TLS vhost.To allow access from a local Windows Hermes agent as an additional memory layer while keeping other service ports loopback-only.

Alternatives considered

  • Do not bind MCP directly to a public interface or expose Recorder, Librarian, or Postgres ports.This was not chosen as the decision was made to expose the MCP endpoint securely.

Topics involved

  • Setup
  • Documentation
  • Security

Results

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Technical details
  • ID441a66c6-eb48-40a8-b3f0-aaf3ea27e059
Session ID
441a66c6-eb48-40a8-b3f0-aaf3ea27e059
Agent ID
default
Status
finished
Created (ISO)
2026-09-28T02:05:51.855Z
Started (ISO)
2026-09-28T02:05:51.855Z
Ended (ISO)
2026-09-28T03:44:25.845Z
Activity items
16
Artifacts
0

What the agent did

Activity · 16 items

  1. 01Message

    User

    I need you to get everything setup within our agent time capsule app here on the vps and then I want you to create me a simple prompt that I can give to my local hermes agent that will tell him how to access our agent time capsule for his secondary memory layer in addition to the local hermes memory

  2. 02Tool used

    Ran read file

    {"limit":105,"offset":300,"path":"/home/strohm/agent-time-capsule/INTEGRATION.md"}
  3. 03Tool used

    Ran terminal

    {"command":"git diff --check -- README.md INTEGRATION.md agent-logs.md && git diff -- README.md INTEGRATION.md agent-logs.md && printf '\\n--- worktree summary ---\\n' && git status --short --branch","timeout":20,"workdir":"/home/strohm/agent-time-capsule"}
  4. 04Tool response

    Result from read file

    {"content": "300|\n301|Soft-invalidate. List omits the row; get-by-id still returns it with `status: \"invalidated\"`.\n302|\n303|```bash\n304|curl -sS -X POST \"$LIBRARIAN_URL/api/memories/$MEMORY_ID/invalidate\" \\\n305| -H \"Authorization: Bearer ***\" \\\n306| -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n307| -d '{\"reason\":\"user asked to forget\"}'\n308|```\n309|\n310|## MCP tools\n311|\n312|Streamable HTTP: `http://127.0.0.1:8789/mcp` \n313|Same `Authorization: Bearer *** \n314|Local inspector: `npm run start:stdio`\n315|\n316|For a remote client connecting to this VPS, use `https://capsule.joshstrohm.me/mcp`. Nginx forwards the bearer header to the MCP service; unauthenticated requests receive `401`.\n317|\n318|| Tool | When to call it |\n319||---|---|\n320|| `search_history` | Search prior agent work and durable facts by meaning or keywords. Use before repeating a task. Passes `visibility=all` so private extracts appear. |\n321|| `why_did_this_change` | ALWAYS before changing code or settings you did not create in this session. Passes `visibility=all`. |\n322|| `get_session` | Fetch the proof trail for a search hit (`session_id`). |\n323|| `record_decision` | Write a why-note so future agents do not reverse the choice. |\n324|| `remember` | The moment the user states a lasting preference, identity, or constraint. Do not wait to be asked. Asserted (`infer: false`), default `visibility=public`. |\n325|| `update_memory` | A stored fact changed or was wrong, or should be flagged `public` for the website. At least one of `text` or `visibility`; empty `text` is treated as omitted. |\n326|| `forget` | User asked to forget, or the fact is obsolete. Soft-invalidate. |\n327|| `get_memory` | Fetch the proof trail for a recall hit (`memory_id`). |\n328|\n329|### Hermes memory provider (replaces Mem0)\n330|\n331|This repo ships `hermes-plugin/time-capsule`. Install it as a user plugin and point Hermes at it:\n332|\n333|```bash\n334|ln -sfn /path/to/agent-time-capsule/hermes-plugin/time-capsule ~/.hermes/plugins/time-capsule\n335|```\n336|\n337|In `~/.hermes/config.yaml`:\n338|\n339|```yaml\n340|memory:\n341| memory_enabled: true\n342| provider: time-capsule\n343| time_capsule:\n344| recorder_url: \"http://127.0.0.1:8787\" # or 8791 if that port is taken\n345| librarian_url: \"http://127.0.0.1:8788\"\n346|```\n347|\n348|Put `TIME_CAPSULE_TOKEN` or `RECORDER_TOKEN` in `~/.hermes/.env` (same value as the Time Capsule `.env`). Restart the Hermes gateway after changing this.\n349|\n350|The plugin talks HTTP (Recorder + Librarian), not MCP. `plugin.yaml` is not a hook registry — leave `on_session_end` as-is; MemoryProvider methods are not yaml hooks.\n351|\n352|New sessions send `platform` and `external_id` on `POST /api/sessions/start` (the Hermes session id is **not** copied into `task_prompt`). The first non-trivial user turn may `PATCH /api/sessions/:id` with that turn as the title.\n353|\n354|Prefetch uses Hermes `queue_prefetch` + `on_turn_start` + a cache: `GET /api/recall?q=…&visibility=all` in a background thread. `on_turn_start` starts recall for the *current* user text (Hermes does not pass the same string to `queue_prefetch` and `prefetch`). `prefetch()` returns the current-query `rendered` if ready, otherwise the previous turn's queued result, or `\"\"` on a cold miss / Librarian outage (0.25s join; do not block the turn). Circuit breaker: 5 consecutive Librarian failures, then 120s cooldown.\n355|\n356|`search_history` and `why_did_this_change` pass `visibility=all` so private extracts are visible to the agent. Builtin `MEMORY.md` / `USER.md` writes (`on_memory_write`) are asserted as `visibility=private` with `metadata.hermes_target`. `on_pre_compress` is skipped (compression already ends the capsule session).\n357|\n358|Tools (Mem0-class operations plus proof):\n359|\n360|| Tool | When to call it |\n361||---|---|\n362|| `search_history` | Facts + sessions + why-notes. Use before repeating a task. |\n363|| `why_did_this_change` | ALWAYS before changing code or settings you did not create here. |\n364|| `get_session` | Event trail for a search hit (`session_id`). |\n365|| `record_decision` | Write a why-note. |\n366|| `remember` | Store a durable fact the moment the user states it. |\n367|| `update_memory` | Correct a fact or flag `visibility=public`. |\n368|| `forget` | Soft-invalidate a fact. |\n369|| `get_memory` | Proof trail for a recall hit (`memory_id`). |\n370|\n371|### Hermes MCP (optional, in addition to the memory provider)\n372|\n373|```yaml\n374|mcp_servers:\n375| time-capsule:\n376| url: \"http://127.0.0.1:8789/mcp\"\n377| headers:\n378| Authorization: \"Bearer <RECORDER_TOKEN>\"\n379|```\n380|\n381|For Hermes on another computer, use the public HTTPS endpoint and keep the token in that computer's Hermes `.env` as `TIME_CAPSULE_TOKEN` (do not paste a live token into chat or commit it). Hermes interpolates `${VAR}` references in MCP config:\n382|\n383|```yaml\n384|mcp_servers:\n385| time-capsule:\n386| url: \"https://capsule.joshstrohm.me/mcp\"\n387| headers:\n388| Authorization: \"Bearer ${TIME_CAPSULE_TOKEN}\"\n389|```\n390|\n391|This adds Time Capsule tools without changing the local `memory.provider` or disabling built-in/local memory.\n392|\n393|### Cursor / Claude Code `mcp.json`\n394|\n395|```json\n396|{\n397| \"mcpServers\": {\n398| \"time-capsule\": {\n399| \"url\": \"http://127.0.0.1:8789/mcp\",\n400| \"headers\": {\n401| \"Authorization\": \"Bearer <RECORDER_TOKEN>\"\n402| }\n403| }\n404| }", "total_lines": 426, "file_size": 16759, "truncated": true, "hint": "Use offset=405 to continue reading (showing 300-404 of 426 lines)", "is_binary": false, "is_image": false}

  5. 05Tool response

    Result from terminal

    {"output": "INTEGRATION.md:313: trailing whitespace.\n+Same `Authorization: Bearer ***", "exit_code": 2, "error": null}

  6. 06Tool used

    Ran patch

    {"mode":"replace","new_string":"Same `Authorization: Bearer ${RECORDER_TOKEN}`\nLocal inspector: `npm run start:stdio`","old_string":"Same `Authorization: Bearer ***  \nLocal inspector: `npm run start:stdio`","path":"/home/strohm/agent-time-capsule/INTEGRATION.md"}
  7. 07Tool response

    Result from patch

    {"success": true, "diff": "--- a//home/strohm/agent-time-capsule/INTEGRATION.md\n+++ b//home/strohm/agent-time-capsule/INTEGRATION.md\n@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@\n ## MCP tools\n \n Streamable HTTP: `http://127.0.0.1:8789/mcp` \n-Same `Authorization: Bearer *** \n+Same `Authorization: Bearer ${RECORDER_TOKEN}`\n Local inspector: `npm run start:stdio`\n \n For a remote client connecting to this VPS, use `https://capsule.joshstrohm.me/mcp`. Nginx forwards the bearer header to the MCP service; unauthenticated requests receive `401`.\n", "files_modified": ["/home/strohm/agent-time-capsule/INTEGRATION.md"], "lint": {"status": "skipped", "message": "No linter for .md files"}, "_warning": "/home/strohm/agent-time-capsule/INTEGRATION.md was last read with offset/limit pagination (partial view). Read the remaining pages, or use patch, before overwriting it.", "resolved_path": "/home/strohm/agent-time-capsule/INTEGRATION.md"}

  8. 08Tool used

    Ran terminal

    {"command":"git diff --check -- README.md INTEGRATION.md agent-logs.md && git diff --stat -- README.md INTEGRATION.md agent-logs.md && git status --short --branch","timeout":20,"workdir":"/home/strohm/agent-time-capsule"}
  9. 09Tool used

    Ran record decision

    {"affects":["/etc/nginx/sites-available/capsule.joshstrohm.me","Agent Time Capsule MCP endpoint","remote Hermes MCP configuration"],"decision":"Expose only the authenticated Agent Time Capsule MCP endpoint at https://capsule.joshstrohm.me/mcp through the existing Nginx TLS vhost; keep Recorder, Librarian, Postgres, and raw service ports loopback-only.","reason":"Josh requested access from a local Windows Hermes agent as an additional memory layer. The existing HTTPS host was already available, and the public MCP route was verified to require the existing bearer token.","rejected_alternative":"Do not bind MCP directly to a public interface or expose Recorder, Librarian, or Postgres ports."}
  10. 10Tool response

    Result from terminal

    {"output": "INTEGRATION.md | 18 ++++++++++++++++--\n README.md | 2 ++\n agent-logs.md | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++\n 3 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)\n## main...origin/main [ahead 1, behind 2]\n M INTEGRATION.md\n M README.md\n M agent-logs.md\n M packages/db/src/index.ts\n M packages/db/src/queries.ts\n M packages/librarian/src/graph.ts\n M packages/librarian/src/summarize.ts\n M packages/web/src/lib/format.ts\n M packages/web/src/routes/index.tsx\n M packages/web/src/routes/sessions/$id.tsx\n M packages/web/src/styles.css\n M packages/web/src/ui/EventView.tsx\n M packages/web/src/ui/MemoryCard.tsx\n?? packages/db/src/topics.test.ts\n?? packages/db/src/topics.ts", "exit_code": 0, "error": null}

  11. 11Tool response

    Result from record decision

    {"ok": true, "id": "e6a2754d-5cfe-4504-9114-fbc22be484e0", "session_id": "441a66c6-eb48-40a8-b3f0-aaf3ea27e059"}

  12. 12Tool used

    Ran search history

    {"question":"Find the decision that only authenticated Agent Time Capsule MCP at https://capsule.joshstrohm.me/mcp is exposed through Nginx and other service ports remain loopback-only."}
  13. 13Tool used

    Ran terminal

    {"command":"git diff --check -- README.md INTEGRATION.md agent-logs.md && git diff --stat -- README.md INTEGRATION.md agent-logs.md && python3 - <<'PY'\np='INTEGRATION.md'\nlines=open(p,encoding='utf-8').read().splitlines()\nfor a,b in [(310,318),(371,392)]:\n print(f'--- {p}:{a}-{b} ---')\n for n in range(a,b+1): print(f'{n}: {lines[n-1]}')\nPY","timeout":20,"workdir":"/home/strohm/agent-time-capsule"}
  14. 14Tool response

    Result from search history

    {"query": "Find the decision that only authenticated Agent Time Capsule MCP at https://capsule.joshstrohm.me/mcp is exposed through Nginx and other service ports remain loopback-only.", "results": [{"session_id": "441a66c6-eb48-40a8-b3f0-aaf3ea27e059", "source": "decision", "id": "e6a2754d-5cfe-4504-9114-fbc22be484e0", "title": "Expose only the authenticated Agent Time Capsule MCP endpoint at https://capsule.joshstrohm.me/mcp through the existing Nginx TLS vhost; keep Recorder, Librarian, Postgres, and raw service ports loopback-only.", "snippet": "Josh requested access from a local Windows Hermes agent as an additional memory layer. The existing HTTPS host was already available, and the public MCP route was verified to require the existing bearer token.", "agent_name": "default", "happened_at": "2026-09-28T02:18:25.381Z", "score": 0.01639344262295082, "why": "meaning match on decision"}, {"session_id": "981ed9e7-011f-4324-beef-c43359eddff6", "source": "summary_card", "id": "07a5f9c4-6378-4c1b-b7e0-c9e5db0d95de", "title": "The agent successfully verified access to the Agent Time Capsule memory system and confirmed that the MCP connection is working. A new memory was created to document this verification.", "snippet": "The agent successfully verified access to the Agent Time Capsule memory system and confirmed that the MCP connection is working. A new memory was created to document this verification.", "agent_name": "default", "happened_at": "2026-09-18T04:42:27.391Z", "score": 0.016129032258064516, "why": "meaning match on summary"}, {"session_id": null, "source": "decision", "id": "a6b3e9ec-22db-46a4-a1e5-60713174fb2b", "title": "Agent Time Capsule MCP connection verification completed successfully on 2026-09-18; Hermes can search existing durable memories and write a new durable verification memory.", "snippet": "The user explicitly asked to create a quick memory verifying that the MCP connection is working.", "agent_name": null, "happened_at": "2026-09-18T04:42:59.707Z", "score": 0.015873015873015872, "why": "meaning match on decision"}, {"session_id": "981ed9e7-011f-4324-beef-c43359eddff6", "source": "decision", "id": "5cf26ba2-dd7e-466e-a132-f67543feb3fa", "title": "Agent Time Capsule MCP connection verification completed successfully", "snippet": "Hermes can search existing durable memories and write a new durable verification memory.", "agent_name": "default", "happened_at": "2026-09-18T07:24:01.195Z", "score": 0.015625, "why": "meaning match on decision"}, {"session_id": null, "source": "memory", "id": "59b67c20-6be2-47c7-9f79-ba3f3f7ddab5", "title": "Agent Time Capsule MCP smoke test: Hermes can write and read durable memories.", "snippet": "Agent Time Capsule MCP smoke test: Hermes can write and read durable memories.", "agent_name": null, "happened_at": "2026-09-18T04:39:39.940Z", "score": 0.015384615384615385, "why": "meaning match on memory", "kind": "fact", "subject": "Hermes MCP smoke test"}, {"session_id": "538ddfb0-af71-4005-ab42-69b1b4ecfd55", "source": "summary_card", "id": "9547726a-e812-41bd-bf24-e1f46bd70a10", "title": "The agent confirmed access to the user's Notion account and retrieved information about current projects and tasks. The user requested the removal of the 'Stackwright Technical Landscape' project and the creation of a skill to log work within the GTD projects and tasks. The agent successfully archived the project, created the logging skill, and updated the shared GTD System page with the logging protocol.", "snippet": "The agent confirmed access to the user's Notion account and retrieved information about current projects and tasks. The user requested the removal of the 'Stackwright Technical Landscape' project and the creation of a skill to log work within the GTD projects and tasks. The agent successfully archived the project, created the logging skill, and updated the shared GTD System page with the logging protocol.", "agent_name": "default", "happened_at": "2026-09-25T00:37:46.457Z", "score": 0.015151515151515152, "why": "meaning match on summary"}, {"session_id": "538ddfb0-af71-4005-ab42-69b1b4ecfd55", "source": "memory", "id": "26527966-fe4f-4581-a4a5-1f811a44dcd2", "title": "OpenCode Go: $10/mo; api_mode=anthropic_messages; base https://opencode.ai/zen/go/v1; new-code default minimax-m3.", "snippet": "OpenCode Go: $10/mo; api_mode=anthropic_messages; base https://opencode.ai/zen/go/v1; new-code default minimax-m3.", "agent_name": "default", "happened_at": "2026-09-25T00:54:29.118Z", "score": 0.014925373134328358, "why": "meaning match on memory", "kind": "preference", "subject": null}, {"session_id": "538ddfb0-af71-4005-ab42-69b1b4ecfd55", "source": "memory", "id": "efe83182-4cc4-4eb3-90aa-e7008ce88734", "title": "Josh wants Notion GTD Projects and GTD Tasks treated as the shared cross-machine source of truth for active work; for meaningful work sessions, check existing records and keep task progress/logs current across Hermes instances.", "snippet": "Josh wants Notion GTD Projects and GTD Tasks treated as the shared cross-machine source of truth for active work; for meaningful work sessions, check existing records and keep task progress/logs current across Hermes instances.", "agent_name": "default", "happened_at": "2026-09-25T00:54:29.060Z", "score": 0.014705882352941176, "why": "meaning match on memory", "kind": "preference", "subject": null}, {"session_id": "981ed9e7-011f-4324-beef-c43359eddff6", "source": "memory", "id": "ca327585-f48c-4daa-bf05-f84f45c1f8a0", "title": "Josh prefers a written plan before non-trivial changes.", "snippet": "Josh prefers a written plan before non-trivial changes.", "agent_name": "default", "happened_at": "2026-09-18T07:24:03.217Z", "score": 0.014492753623188406, "why": "meaning match on memory", "kind": "preference", "subject": "Josh"}, {"session_id": "538ddfb0-af71-4005-ab42-69b1b4ecfd55", "source": "memory", "id": "24b8b8fa-cb83-4d9a-8db9-2f4867bbf5b0", "title": "Josh wants to configure a skill to create a log of work within the GTD projects and tasks.", "snippet": "Josh wants to configure a skill to create a log of work within the GTD projects and tasks.", "agent_name": "default", "happened_at": "2026-09-25T05:25:54.727Z", "score": 0.014285714285714285, "why": "meaning match on memory", "kind": "preference", "subject": "Josh"}]}

  15. 15Tool response

    Result from terminal

    {"output": "INTEGRATION.md | 18 ++++++++++++++++--\n README.md | 2 ++\n agent-logs.md | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++\n 3 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)\n--- INTEGRATION.md:310-318 ---\n310: ## MCP tools\n311: \n312: Streamable HTTP: `http://127.0.0.1:8789/mcp` \n313: Same `Authorization: Bearer ${RECO...EN}`\n314: Local inspector: `npm run start:stdio`\n315: \n316: For a remote client connecting to this VPS, use `https://capsule.joshstrohm.me/mcp`. Nginx forwards the bearer header to the MCP service; unauthenticated requests receive `401`.\n317: \n318: | Tool | When to call it |\n--- INTEGRATION.md:371-392 ---\n371: ### Hermes MCP (optional, in addition to the memory provider)\n372: \n373: ```yaml\n374: mcp_servers:\n375: time-capsule:\n376: url: \"http://127.0.0.1:8789/mcp\"\n377: headers:\n378: Authorization: \"Bearer <RECORDER_TOKEN>\"\n379: ```\n380: \n381: For Hermes on another computer, use the public HTTPS endpoint and keep the token in that computer's Hermes `.env` as `TIME_CAPSULE_TOKEN` (do not paste a live token into chat or commit it). Hermes interpolates `${VAR}` references in MCP config:\n382: \n383: ```yaml\n384: mcp_servers:\n385: time-capsule:\n386: url: \"https://capsule.joshstrohm.me/mcp\"\n387: headers:\n388: Authorization: \"Bearer ${TIME_CAPSULE_TOKEN}\"\n389: ```\n390: \n391: This adds Time Capsule tools without changing the local `memory.provider` or disabling built-in/local memory.\n392:", "exit_code": 0, "error": null}

  16. 16Message

    Assistant

    The VPS setup is done. Time Capsule is reachable at `https://capsule.joshstrohm.me/mcp` over HTTPS. Only that MCP path is proxied publicly; the MCP service still requires its bearer token, and Recorder, Librarian, Postgres, and their raw ports remain loopback-only. Verified: unauthenticated MCP requests return 401; authenticated requests initialize successfully, discover all 8 tools, and complete a `search_history` query. The website still returns 200 over HTTPS and redirects HTTP to HTTPS. All five Time Capsule containers are healthy. I updated the integration docs at `/home/strohm/agent-time-capsule/INTEGRATION.md` and left unrelated in-progress source changes untouched. Copy this to your local Hermes agent: Connect this Hermes instance to my Agent Time Capsule as an additional MCP memory source. Do not replace or disable my existing local memory, change `memory.provider`, or overwrite my local MEMORY/USER files. Endpoint: `https://capsule.joshstrohm.me/mcp` Get the existing `RECORDER_TOKEN` from the VPS file `/home/strohm/agent-time-capsule/.env` using already-authorized SSH access as `strohm@169.58.190.209`, if available. Store it only in this machine’s active Hermes home `.env` as `TIME_CAPSULE_TOKEN`. Do not print, log, commit, or put the token in chat or `config.yaml`. If you cannot retrieve it securely, stop and tell me to add it locally through a protected method. Merge this MCP server into my existing Hermes configuration without removing other settings: mcp_servers: time-capsule: url: "https://capsule.joshstrohm.me/mcp" headers: Authorization: "Bearer ${TIME_CAPSULE_TOKEN}" Restart or relaunch Hermes, then verify the Time Capsule tools load and make a read-only `search_history` query for “Agent Time Capsule MCP smoke test.” Use Time Capsule to search cross-machine history and save durable, non-secret facts; call `why_did_this_change` before changing settings you didn’t create. Only update or forget memories when I authorize it. This connects the shared memory tools; it does not automatically record every local Hermes session. The token grants memory read/write access, so keep the local `.env` protected.