Objective: Local Development Mode

[JaimeStill]

Objective

Get the kernel running on a local development machine without containers or external infrastructure.

Scope

• Local mode without containers or external infrastructure
• Filesystem-backed persistence through memory subsystem
• Graceful shutdown and basic observability

Subsystems

• kernel/ — local mode configuration, startup/shutdown
• memory/ — filesystem persistence implementation

Dependencies

Depends on Objectives: Kernel Core Loop, Kernel Interface, Skills and MCP Integration.

Planning Notes

Observer Pattern Subsumes Structured Logging

The structured logging concern originally planned for this objective has been absorbed by Objective #2 (Kernel Interface), sub-issue #25 (Kernel observer). The kernel now adopts the orchestrate/observability.Observer pattern, which replaces the ad-hoc *slog.Logger with structured event emission. A slog adapter provides backward-compatible logging output.

This objective should focus on subsystem-level observer integration if needed beyond what Objective #2 establishes:

• memory — Observer events for key operations (list, load, save, delete)
• tools — Observer events for registration and execution
• session — Observer events for message operations
• agent — Observer events for provider requests

The kernel-level observer integration (iteration events, tool calls, run lifecycle) is fully handled by Objective #2.