init

/init

Self-healing setup. Goal: 30 seconds, two user actions max (install plugin,

type /init). Default backend is local memory — no local model, no API key, no

prompts. Local model and Anthropic key are opt-in upgrades documented in

/help.

Steps

Run in order. Stop and report at the first failure that needs human

attention. Otherwise, push through automatically.

1. Daemon health probe

Bash: curl -fsS -m 1 http://127.0.0.1:7878/api/health

• 200 OK → skip to step 4.
• Anything else → step 2.

2. Bootstrap (auto-install if missing)

Detect whether the origin CLI is on PATH:

Bash: command -v origin >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo present || echo absent

If absent, run the installer (no human prompts):

Bash: curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/7xuanlu/origin/v0.6.1/install.sh | bash

Then add it to PATH for the current session and configure local memory

non-interactively:

Bash: export PATH="$HOME/.origin/bin:$PATH" && origin setup --basic && origin install

If present (CLI exists, daemon down), just install + start:

Bash: origin setup --basic 2>/dev/null || true; origin install

origin setup --basic is idempotent — safe to re-run. origin install

writes the launchd plist and starts the daemon.

3. Re-probe daemon health

Bash: for i in 1 2 3 4 5; do curl -fsS -m 1 http://127.0.0.1:7878/api/health && break; sleep 1; done

If the daemon still isn't reachable after ~5s, surface the error and stop.

Likely cause: launchd plist load failure, port 7878 occupied by another

process, or macOS Tahoe Metal init issue (daemon degrades but still binds —

check lsof -ti :7878).

4. Doctor (verify backend)

Call the origin MCP server's doctor tool:

doctor()

Expected: local memory configured (no model, no key). Capture the mode

string for the final report.

5. MCP round-trip

context()

Pass → continue. Fail → MCP not wired. Tell user:

"origin-mcp didn't respond. Restart Claude Code so the plugin's

.mcp.json re-spawns the server."

6. Ready report

Print:

Origin ready.
  Daemon:   up on 127.0.0.1:7878
  Mode:     <mode from doctor()>
  MCP:      connected
  Data:     ~/.origin/  (pages, sessions, db symlink)
  Try:      /brief, /capture <thing>, /recall <query>, /help

If this was the first /init invocation in the session, dispatch /help

once so the user sees the verb cheat-sheet without asking.

Optional upgrades (don't auto-run)

Mention these in the ready report only if the user explicitly asks for

"richer features" or asks about model-backed extraction:

• origin model install — local Qwen for distill cycles.
• origin key set anthropic — Anthropic for stronger synthesis.

Default flow ignores both. Storage, search, recall, and MCP memory all

work in local memory mode.

When to use

• Right after /plugin install origin@7xuanlu.
• Hook printed "daemon down — run /origin:init".
• User says "set up origin", "is it working", "reinstall origin".

When NOT to use

• Daemon already verified this session → /brief instead.
• Editing one config field → origin doctor or settings file directly.