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A surface-owned, auto-spawned daemon can't be shared once the CLI is also a first-class client — so drop auto-spawn and manage the daemon as an OS service. - design §4: daemon lifecycle = explicit OS service; surfaces connect-only - heph-nvim.md: rewrite the daemon-lifecycle section (connect-only) + history - new how-to/run-the-daemon.md (heph daemon start/stop/restart/status); indexed - install-heph.md: post-install is `heph daemon start`; plugin no longer spawns - tech-spec §14: mark the managed-daemon entry superseded - changelog fragment Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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title: Install heph (and isolate dev)
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modified: 2026-06-02
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tags:
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- how-to
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---
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# Install heph (and isolate dev)
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How to install `heph`/`hephd` from the forge and run the `heph.nvim` plugin,
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**isolated** from in-repo development so the two never share data. No prebuilt
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binaries yet — everything builds from source (works on macOS/arm64,
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linux/arm64, linux/amd64).
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## 1. Install the binaries from the forge
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Build and install `heph` + `hephd` to `~/.cargo/bin` (on `PATH`) from a forge
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ref. Until v1 is tagged, install from the branch:
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```bash
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cargo install --locked \
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--git ssh://forgejo@forge.ops.eblu.me:2222/eblume/hephaestus.git \
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--branch feature/v1-prototype \
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heph hephd
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```
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Re-run with `--tag vX.Y.Z` once a release is cut. This needs forge SSH access
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(an unlocked 1Password / ssh-agent key).
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The **installed** daemon owns the default paths — socket
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`$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/heph/hephd.sock`, DB `$XDG_DATA_HOME/heph/heph.db` — i.e. your
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real data.
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## 2. The Neovim plugin
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`heph.nvim` lives in a subdirectory of the monorepo, and lazy.nvim can't load a
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subdir plugin from a bare git URL (it puts the clone *root* on `runtimepath`).
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For now, point lazy at a dedicated checkout via `dir`:
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```bash
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git clone --branch feature/v1-prototype \
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ssh://forgejo@forge.ops.eblu.me:2222/eblume/hephaestus.git \
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~/.local/share/heph/checkout
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```
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```lua
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-- lazy.nvim spec
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{
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dir = vim.fn.expand("~/.local/share/heph/checkout/heph.nvim"),
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config = function()
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require("heph").setup({}) -- connect-only: talks to the daemon you started
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end,
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}
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```
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The plugin is **connect-only** — it talks to a `hephd` you run as a service, it
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does not start one itself. Start the daemon once:
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```bash
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heph daemon start # launchd agent (macOS) / systemd user service (Linux)
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```
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See [[run-the-daemon]] for `start`/`stop`/`restart`/`status`. Update the plugin
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by `git pull`ing the checkout (and after a `cargo install` upgrade, `heph daemon
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restart` to pick up the new `hephd`). (A future split of `heph.nvim` into its own
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forge repo will make this a normal `{ "eblume/heph.nvim" }` spec.)
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## 3. Isolate development
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In-repo development must not touch the installed store. Run the dev daemon on
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separate paths and point a dev Neovim at it:
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```bash
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mise run dev # runs the working-tree hephd on .dev/hephd.sock + .dev/heph.db
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```
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```bash
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# dev Neovim — the plugin reads these envs and targets the dev daemon
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HEPH_SOCKET="$PWD/.dev/hephd.sock" HEPH_DB="$PWD/.dev/heph.db" nvim
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```
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The installed plugin (no envs) talks to the installed daemon; the dev Neovim
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talks to the dev daemon. They never share a socket or DB. `.dev/` is gitignored.
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## Related
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- [[heph-nvim]] — the plugin surface and its managed-daemon lifecycle
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- [[tech-spec]] — §3.1 runtime modes; the daemon's exclusive DB lock
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