Run the Phonton loop
Phonton is a local-first agentic development environment. The operating loop is:
goal -> plan -> edit -> verify -> review -> remember
Start with the CLI, diagnose the workspace, preview a plan, and inspect the review handoff before trusting a change.
npm install -g phonton-cli
phonton doctor
phonton plan --json "add validation using @src/config.rs"
phonton extensions doctor
phonton review latest
First path through the docs
| Step | Read | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Install | Install | Get the binary and confirm phonton doctor. |
| Configure | Configure | Set provider routing, budgets, index backend, and local trust. |
| Run | Workflow | Understand plan preview, execution, verification, and review. |
| Extend | Extensions | Inspect skills, steering, profiles, MCP manifests, and capability previews. |
| Review | Review handoff | Read changed files, checks, gaps, commands, rollback points, and plan evidence. |
| Audit | Safety model | Understand sandboxing, approvals, local-first state, and conservative benchmark language. |
v0.19.0 surfaces
phonton plan --json includes swarm and index evidence:
plan_graph
swarm_mode
swarm_reason
assignments
conflict_groups
index_backend
MCP capability preview is approval-gated and does not call tools:
phonton mcp list
phonton mcp capabilities github --yes
Qdrant is optional for code and symbol retrieval on larger codebases. SQLite keyword memory remains the authoritative decision memory store.
Public alpha
Phonton CLI is pre-1.0. It is designed for context efficiency and proof-carrying ADE workflows, but public efficiency or competitor claims require reproducible benchmark artifacts.