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Soul-driven AI agent with permission-hardened tools, token budgets, and multi-channel access. Runs 24/7 from CLI or Telegram.
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<strong>Soul-driven AI agent with permission-hardened tools, token budgets, and multi-channel access.</strong>
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Remembers what matters. Asks before it acts. Runs 24/7 from CLI, Telegram, or Web. 31 built-in tools, Kanban boards, extensible skills, SQLite-backed Second Brain memory.
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<a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/@cosmicstack/mercury-agent"><img src="https://img.shields.io/npm/v/@cosmicstack/mercury-agent" alt="npm"></a>
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<strong>🔖 Current Stable: v1.1.13</strong>
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English | <a href="README.zh-CN.md">简体中文</a>
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## Quick Start
**One-liner install (no Node.js required)** — downloads the latest standalone binary for your OS:
```bash
# macOS / Linux
curl -fsSL https://mercuryagent.sh/install.sh | sh
```
```powershell
# Windows
irm https://mercuryagent.sh/install.ps1 | iex
```
Or via npm if you already have Node.js 20+:
```bash
npx @cosmicstack/mercury-agent
```
Or install the npm package globally:
```bash
npm i -g @cosmicstack/mercury-agent
mercury
```
First run triggers the setup wizard (name, provider, optional Telegram). After setup, Mercury opens the Ink TUI startup screen and asks for your permission mode (`Ask Me` or `Allow All`) before chat starts.
To reconfigure later (change keys, name, settings):
```bash
mercury doctor
mercury doctor --platform
```
## Why Mercury?
Every AI agent can read files, run commands, and fetch URLs. Most do it silently. **Mercury asks first — and remembers what matters.**
- **Permission-hardened** — Shell blocklist (`sudo`, `rm -rf /`, etc. never execute). Folder-level read/write scoping. Pending approval flow. Ask Me or Allow All per session. No surprises.
- **Second Brain** — Persistent, structured memory with SQLite + FTS5 full-text search. 10 memory types, auto-extraction, conflict resolution, auto-consolidation. Mercury learns your preferences, goals, and habits without manual entry.
- **Soul-driven** — Personality defined by markdown files you own (`soul.md`, `persona.md`, `taste.md`, `heartbeat.md`). No corporate wrapper.
- **Token-aware** — Daily budget enforcement. Auto-concise when over 70%. `/budget` command to check, reset, or override.
- **Live streaming** — Real-time token streaming on CLI with cursor-save/restore and markdown re-rendering. Telegram streaming with editable status messages.
- **Always on** — Run as a background daemon on any OS. Auto-restarts on crash. Starts on boot. Cron scheduling, heartbeat monitoring, and proactive notifications.
- **Extensible** — Install community skills with a single command. Schedule skills as recurring tasks. Based on the [Agent Skills](https://agentskills.io) specification.
Mercury now seeds a default `web-search` skill on first run in `~/.mercury/skills/web-search/SKILL.md`.
## Daemon Mode
**One command to make Mercury persistent:**
```bash
mercury up
```
This installs the system service (if not installed), starts the background daemon, and ensures Mercury is running. Use this as your go-to command.
If Mercury is already running, `mercury up` just confirms it and shows the PID.
### Other daemon commands
```bash
mercury restart # Restart the background process
mercury stop # Stop the background process
mercury start -d # Start in background (without service install)
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Would you bet a product on this? Bounded 0–100 and slow moving.
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