Ratatosk
Platform session runtime for the Willow fleet — the process that runs agent
turns on any node (desk, laptop, Termux phone) and speaks MCP to willow-mcp.
Role
Ratatosk is not memory (Nestor), not the desk (Grove). It is the session process: prompt → tools → loop, Grove lifecycle events, JSONL working set, tier-0 deposit sync.
Install
pip install "willow-ratatosk[mcp,cloud,local]"
# development
pip install -e ".[dev]"
Run
ratatosk --local
ratatosk --mcp
ratatosk --mcp --listen
ratatosk --mcp --deposit
Environment
| Var | Default | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
RATATOSK_GROVE_CHANNEL |
(disabled) | Grove channel for session events |
RATATOSK_MCP_COMMAND |
python -m willow_mcp |
MCP server command |
RATATOSK_APP_ID |
ratatosk |
MCP app_id |
WILLOW_HOME |
$WILLOW_HOME or XDG share |
Session data under $WILLOW_HOME/ratatosk/ |
OLLAMA_URL |
http://localhost:11434 |
Local inference |
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY |
— | Cloud mode |
willow-mcp registration
Ratatosk is a platform session identity, not a dispatch specialist. Install
its manifest under $WILLOW_HOME/mcp_apps/ratatosk/manifest.json (example in
docs/mcp-manifest.example.json). Without this, Grove tools deny with
app_id=ratatosk.
Org home
Canonical repo: willow-memory/ratatosk (Platform face, sibling to
willow-mcp and kartikeya).
Playground launcher: safe-app-store-public/apps/ratatosk.
1 maintainer
Metadata
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