Palace runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. Last commit 29 Oct 2026.
Local-first memory for coding agents — MCP server, single SQLite file, local embeddings
What the code does
We read the source, 3 h ago · rules 995398eba69f
What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.
child = spawn(PALACE, ["hook", event, "--client", "opencode"], {
ON CONFLICT(session_id) DO UPDATE SET
cwd = excluded.cwd,
prompts = prompts + excluded.prompts,
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This code can reach further than it looks
We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.
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Palace — questions
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