* feat(mcp,context): ambient recall — context_pack + delta frozen verbs + boundary runtime (#1) Two new frozen MEMORY_VERBS (context_pack, delta) on the pull surface + a Claude Code hook boundary runtime on the push surface, sharing one stateless assembler core (assembleTurnContext mode: turn|pack|delta) and a keyset session cursor (migration v126). World-only by default; include_private gated fail-closed to trusted-local. protocol_version stays 1 (additive 5→7 verbs). Survived three adversarial review waves. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> * v0.45.7.0 feat(mcp,context): ambient recall — context_pack + delta frozen verbs + boundary runtime (#1) Two new frozen MEMORY_VERBS (context_pack, delta) grow the frozen set 5→7 without a wire bump — all seven stamp protocol_version: 1. context_pack assembles a deterministic, zero-LLM, budget-packed bundle (entity cards + open threads + hot facts) for a set of standing entities; delta returns only what changed since a timestamp for cheap heartbeats, with a per-session keyset cursor for at-least-once delivery. A boundary runtime wires these into Claude Code lifecycle hooks (SessionStart warm pack, PreCompact entity banking for post-compaction rehydration); Codex and any MCP host pull the same verbs at their own boundaries. World-only by default on all arms; include_private widens only for local trusted callers. Migration v126 adds session_context_state (additive). Includes the coverage close-out wave (~55 tests): real-serve compact→ session-start round trip over the live socket, --surface verbs stdio session pinning exactly 7 tools fail-closed, HTTP-transport verb calls with per-token cursor isolation, Postgres engine-parity for keyset pagination + the session-cursor table, migration v126 shape + rewind test, sub-second latency gates, CLI-level invocations, rendered-protocol boundary assertions, and a live-Codex boundary-call check. The wave caught and fixed three real bugs: the delta CLI wedging on first wake (floating GC promise racing engine teardown), the compact hook probing the PGLite socket on a Postgres config with a leftover database_path, and the verbs-surface banner hardcoding a stale verb count. Also the /document-release sweep: stale "five verbs" → seven across the protocol doc, README, INSTALL, DEPLOY, the Claude Code MCP guide, and the query skill; deferred scope filed in TODOS. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> * fix(release): bump openclaw.plugin.json to 0.45.7.0 — the sixth version location The #4033 merge auto-resolved the OpenClaw plugin manifest at master's version while the trio moved to 0.45.7.0, failing the manifest drift test on CI shard 4. Register the file in CLAUDE.md's version-locations table (five → six) so every future ship and merge re-bumps it with the trio. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> --------- Co-authored-by: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Connect GBrain to Codex
New to this? The Give your coding agent a memory tutorial walks both paths (local-from-nothing and connect-to-an-existing-brain) end to end, plus the brain-first protocol that makes it worth it. This page is the connection reference.
Want the full agent — identity, memory, schedules, and a private repo as its durable body — not just a connection? That's
gbrain bootstrap: see the paste block in the README and docs/guides/bootstrap.md.
Recent versions of the Codex CLI (@openai/codex) support remote
streamable-HTTP MCP servers with a bearer token read from an environment
variable. The token lives in your shell env, not in Codex's config file.
Fastest path: gbrain connect
Run anywhere gbrain is installed (mint a token on the brain host first):
gbrain auth create "codex"
gbrain connect https://YOUR-DOMAIN.ngrok.app/mcp --token gbrain_xxx --agent codex
This prints a copy-paste block. Or wire it up directly and smoke-test the token:
gbrain connect https://YOUR-DOMAIN.ngrok.app/mcp --token gbrain_xxx --agent codex --install
--install runs codex mcp add for you, then makes one real call to the brain so
a wrong/expired token fails right away. Because Codex reads the token from the env
var at runtime, keep GBRAIN_REMOTE_TOKEN exported in your shell profile.
Manual setup
export GBRAIN_REMOTE_TOKEN=gbrain_xxx
codex mcp add gbrain --url https://YOUR-DOMAIN.ngrok.app/mcp \
--bearer-token-env-var GBRAIN_REMOTE_TOKEN
Codex stores the env-var name (GBRAIN_REMOTE_TOKEN), not the token itself, and
reads the value when it launches the MCP server. Add the export line to your
~/.zshrc / ~/.bashrc so it's set in every session.
Verify
In Codex, ask it to use the brain:
Call get_brain_identity, then search my brain for [topic].
get_brain_identity confirms whose brain you're connected to; list_skills shows
everything it can do.
list_skillsempty? It's gated bymcp.publish_skillson the host — enable it withgbrain config set mcp.publish_skills true. The core tools (search, query, get_page, put_page, think, find_experts) work regardless;captureis CLI-only, so write over MCP withput_page. Why brains differ on the default: tutorial A1.
Remove
codex mcp remove gbrain
Notes
- The token is a long-lived, full-access secret. Keep
GBRAIN_REMOTE_TOKENout of version control and prefer a scoped token if your host supports one. - Local stdio also works if you run the brain on the same machine:
codex mcp add gbrain -- gbrain serve --surface verbs— the memory-verb protocol (MEMORY_VERBS v1); drop the flag for the full operation catalog. - Ambient recall (Codex has no lifecycle hooks — use the pull path). At the
start of a topical thread and after a compaction, call
context_pack(entities, budget_tokens)to warm the standing entities; on a periodic wake calldelta(session_id, budget_tokens)for "what changed since my last wake" (deduped per session). Both are zero-LLM, sub-second, world-only by default, and on--surface verbs. See ambient recall for the placement frontier.