Quickstart

# 0) Default embedding provider is OpenAI
export OPENAI_API_KEY=...

# Optional local/offline mode
dissolve config set embedding.provider local

# 1) Start daemon + web UI + watchers
dissolve start

# 2) Add current repo
dissolve add .

# 3) Search semantically
dissolve search "where are retry backoff settings"

# 4) Open browser UI without remembering port
dissolve web

# 5) Generate onboarding instructions for agents
dissolve onboard

# Optional MCP-first onboarding snippet
dissolve onboard --mcp

Reindex manually

dissolve reindex .

See indexed repos and DB sizes

dissolve status