QUICKSTART / LOCAL ALPHA

From fresh clone to first Evidence Ledger.

This path is intentionally boring: no signup, no hosted SaaS, no cloud sync. It proves the local API, demo memory path, and MCP-facing context query from public source.

COPY / PASTE

Run the current public path

Use Node 22+ and pnpm 10. The quickstart dry run prints a redacted activation report and the exact follow-up commands.

git clone https://github.com/Lore-Context/lore-context
cd lore-context
pnpm install
pnpm quickstart -- --dry-run --activation-report
pnpm openapi:check
pnpm smoke:mcp

✓NodeNode.js 22 or newer is required.

✓pnpmThe repository pins pnpm 10.30.1.

✓PortIf port 3000 is occupied, set LORE_API_URL to another local port.

✓TraceThe first query returns a trace ID that opens the Evidence Ledger path.

The npm package @lore-context/quickstart is not required for Show HN readiness. Until it is published and tested, the canonical public path is git clone plus pnpm quickstart.