feat: add local agent MCP tools and optional source-grounded AI answers

docs/AGENT-INTEGRATION.md

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+# Local AI-agent integration
+
+searchi provides a headless MCP server through the official Rust `rmcp` SDK.
+It runs over stdin/stdout only, with no HTTP listener, shell tool, arbitrary
+file-reading tool or index-mutating tools. The desktop and CLI still share the
+same actual Rust/Google search engine.
+
+## Configure an existing index
+
+Build the CLI with `cargo build --release -p searchi-cli --locked`. Create and
+index files through the normal CLI/desktop workflow first. MCP requires an
+explicit existing database; it never creates a new empty database after a typo.
+
+For names/content only:
+
+```sh
+searchi mcp --db /absolute/path/searchi.sqlite
+```
+
+For actual semantic/hybrid search, provision the verified Google assets, build
+the native worker, and create the semantic generation before starting:
+
+```sh
+searchi mcp --db /absolute/path/searchi.sqlite --model-dir /absolute/path/embeddinggemma2 --embedding-worker /absolute/path/searchi-gemma-worker --cpu-threads 1
+```
+
+Windows worker names end in `.exe`. The hybrid session is warmed and retained;
+initial startup/model loading is separate from warm queries. Missing assets or
+semantic generations fail explicitly. A hybrid query failure is not silently
+converted to lexical search. Omit both model flags to select `lexical_only`.
+`stats` and search results report the actual configured mode.
+
+A client with JSON MCP configuration can use:
+
+```json
+{
+  "mcpServers": {
+    "searchi": {
+      "command": "/absolute/path/searchi",
+      "args": ["mcp", "--db", "/absolute/path/searchi.sqlite"]
+    }
+  }
+}
+```
+
+Use the equivalent configuration format of your agent client. For hybrid mode,
+append the model/worker flags above. Do not place secrets in this configuration.
+Headless use needs no Tauri, Node or WebView. See [build instructions](BUILDING.md)
+for runtime provisioning and CPU-only testing.
+
+## Tool contract
+
+- `search`: query up to 4096 UTF-8 bytes, limit 1–100 (default 10), optional folder,
+  extension, size, modification-date and media-duration bounds. Returns actual
+  filenames/paths, snippets/source locations, basic timings and retrieval mode.
+  Long snippets are explicitly marked `snippet_truncated`. Text sources include
+  opaque session `source_handle` values.
+- `read_source`: accepts only a returned opaque handle. Reads the corresponding
+  indexed page/paragraph/line through the guarded shared API, checks current file
+  identity and issue-time indexed version, and returns at most 4096 characters. `may_be_truncated` signals the
+  output ceiling. No media transcripts/word alignment are invented. Changed,
+  deleted, unknown or expired sources return errors.
+- `stats`: reads indexed counts and configured retrieval/worker availability.
+
+Only the most recent 256 returned source handles remain valid, FIFO, within one
+server session. The server admits one active engine operation; concurrent calls
+get an explicit busy response instead of an unbounded work queue. MCP messages
+are newline JSON-RPC with a 64 KiB input-frame cap through the SDK codec. Protocol
+output alone uses stdout; diagnostics use stderr. Search inputs use strict
+schemas and bounded filters. Folder filters accept local paths only; UNC/network
+and Windows device address inputs are rejected before filesystem canonicalization.
+Indexed source validation may check filesystem metadata; tools make no HTTP requests. The underlying index manages internal schema/cache
+compatibility when opening; tools expose no corpus edits or filesystem writes.
+
+## Access and grounding
+
+Configuring a database grants the agent access to that index's searchable paths,
+metadata and excerpts. Folder filters narrow individual queries; they are not an
+access-control boundary. Use a dedicated index if an agent should see fewer
+folders. Retrieval and model inference stay local, but returned snippets/paths
+reach the host agent. A cloud agent may transmit/store them according to that
+client's policy; MCP does not imply every subsequent operation stays local.
+
+Indexed content is untrusted data. Cite actual sources and ignore instructions
+inside retrieved files. Semantic matches have no calibrated confidence or
+absence guarantee; media timestamps are frame/window starts, not verified exact
+spoken-word locations. See [media-quality limits](MEDIA-QUALITY.md).
+
+The repository-local [searchi skill](../skills/searchi-local-search/SKILL.md)
+provides this scoped workflow. It is not automatically installed into any
+client or user home directory. Follow the client's installation instructions
+only when the user asks to install it.
+
+## Verification
+
+The executable integration test performs actual MCP initialization, discovery,
+search, source retrieval, invalid-handle/input rejection and stale/deleted-source
+checks over real stdin/stdout. It checks that protocol output is JSON-RPC and
+that nonexistent database paths do not create files. Run:
+
+```sh
+cargo test -p searchi-cli --test mcp
+```
+
+Default tests use genuine SQLite retrieval without downloaded model assets.
+Hybrid mode uses the same real Google service; it has no simulated embeddings.
+Native Linux/macOS MCP execution and cross-platform packaging require their own
+recorded checks; Windows CPU checks do not establish those releases.

docs/AI-ANSWERS.md

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+# Optional summaries and questions
+
+searchi's search runs locally with Google EmbeddingGemma 2. You can optionally
+connect an OpenAI-compatible text-generation endpoint to summarize a selected
+document passage or ask a question about it. This does not change the search
+model or require an AI service for ordinary searches.
+
+## Connect your preferred endpoint
+
+In desktop settings, open **Optional AI answers**, enable **summaries and
+questions**, and enter your endpoint's API base URL, model name and API key if
+required. A local server might use
+`http://127.0.0.1:1234/v1`; use the exact URL and model supplied by your provider.
+searchi appends `/chat/completions` to that base URL.
+
+Configuration and the key are kept for the current app session only. They are
+not saved to the search index, settings file or performance reports. Re-enter
+them after restarting the app. There is no default cloud provider.
+
+## Choose what to send
+
+Select a document result with a page, paragraph or text-line source. Open the
+**Summarize or ask** panel and inspect the prepared excerpt. Choose
+**Summarize this passage**, or enter a question and choose **Ask**. Only that explicit action makes a
+request; normal searches and selecting a result do not contact the endpoint.
+
+The request contains the displayed excerpt, your question if present, a generic
+source label and its page/paragraph/line location. searchi does not attach the
+file, send its filename or path, or upload the whole folder. Anything you type
+into the question is sent as entered. A hosted endpoint receives this content;
+a local endpoint keeps it on your machine according to that server's setup.
+
+The excerpt is bounded and can be the beginning of the selected indexed source,
+rather than the exact small search snippet. Read it before sending. Changed or
+deleted source files require reindexing and selecting a current result.
+
+Answers are labeled as model-generated drafts, with source IDs. Read the source
+before relying on an answer: citation checks establish which excerpt was cited,
+not whether every generated claim is correct. Image/audio/video summaries,
+whole-document answers, multiple-result context and conversation history are
+not included in this initial integration.
+
+## Compatible API contract
+
+The adapter sends a non-streaming `POST /chat/completions` request with `model`
+and `messages`. Authentication, when configured, uses a Bearer header. The
+model is instructed to return JSON containing `answer` and `citations` inside
+`choices[0].message.content`. The endpoint must support this shape and the
+chosen model must follow that instruction. Unknown source citations and invalid
+responses produce an error; search remains available.
+
+Requests use timeouts and size limits. Redirects and ambient proxies are
+disabled to keep the configured destination explicit. Endpoint URLs must use
+HTTP or HTTPS and must not contain embedded credentials, query strings or
+fragments. No live hosted provider has been validated by the local fixture
+tests; provider compatibility and answer quality remain release checks.
+
+For the underlying format, see the
+[OpenAI Chat Completions reference](https://developers.openai.com/api/reference/resources/chat/subresources/completions/methods/create).

docs/ROADMAP.md

@@ -64,6 +64,22 @@ Status: implementation started; no production release yet. Windows VM tests use
 - [ ] Execute Linux/macOS platform tests; create Windows/macOS/Linux installers.
 - [ ] Signing/notarization configuration, upgrade/rollback validation, release instructions.
 
+## 6. Local agents and optional answers
+
+- [x] Read-only MCP stdio server using the shared search service, persistent
+  Google worker, structured filters, source citations and measured search stats.
+- [x] End-to-end MCP initialization, discovery, search, invalid-input and
+  source-access tests; no protocol text mixed with diagnostic stdout.
+- [x] Installable agent skill and copyable MCP client configuration, with clear
+  database scope, readiness and untrusted-source handling.
+- [x] Optional OpenAI-compatible summaries/questions, disabled by default;
+  explicit selected-source action, endpoint disclosure, bounded payloads,
+  credentials kept out of persistent settings, diagnostics and error messages.
+- [x] Verify real HTTP wire format against a local test endpoint; reject invalid
+  settings, stale sources and unauthorized citations; preserve search on failure.
+- [ ] Native UI interaction and chosen-provider quality/latency checks before
+  claiming production-ready answers or compatibility with every provider.
+
 Completion requires recorded evidence; targets are not measured results.
 
 ## Completed foundation details

docs/VALIDATION.md

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 ## Current integration checkpoint (2026-10-12)
 
-- Native desktop: **9/9 tests passed**, including structured trace/basic responses.
+- Native desktop: **13/13 tests passed**, including structured trace/basic responses
+  and four optional-answer source/consent/revision tests.
   Post-generation cached query warmup is implemented but its interactive first-query gate remains open.
-  Frontend: **31/31 tests passed**, TypeScript/Vite production build and
+  Frontend: **35/35 tests passed**, TypeScript/Vite production build and
   formatting passed. Preview policy tests cover fractional timestamp seeking,
   image labels, one active/latest pending request, stale replies and Escape.
 - Semantic adapter: **8 default tests passed**; the explicit 48 MP resource test
@@ -42,7 +43,11 @@ and `SEARCHI_FORCE_CPU=1`.
   that run: [recorded benchmark](../crates/searchi-core/benchmarks/results/windows-cpu-full-candidate-first-final.json).
   These measurements do not establish every query or concurrent-indexing goal.
 
-The integrated CPU workspace checkpoint passed **62 default tests** (8 assets, 6 CLI, 23 core, 4 media, 8 semantic, 13 service), with **10 explicit opt-in tests ignored**. Workspace and native all-target Clippy passed with warnings denied. The later semantic CPU-restart counter change passed workspace Clippy and the actual CPU query diagnostics test. Earlier aggregate counts are historical.
+The integrated CPU workspace checkpoint passed **72 default tests** (7 optional AI,
+8 assets, 8 CLI/MCP, 24 core, 4 media, 8 semantic, 13 service), with **10 explicit
+opt-in tests ignored**. Workspace and native all-target Clippy passed with
+warnings denied. The later semantic CPU-restart counter change passed workspace
+Clippy and the actual CPU query diagnostics test. Earlier aggregate counts are historical.
 
 The updated pinned C++ helper compiled in an independent CPU build directory and
 was staged for desktop resources without interrupting media evaluation. Actual
@@ -91,6 +96,36 @@ the real page location. Media placeholder text receives no invented word marks.
 [Reproduction](../tools/desktop-capture/README.md),
 [runtime/query/image evidence](screenshots/capture-manifest.json).
 
+## Agent and optional-answer evidence (2026-10-12)
+
+The official Rust MCP SDK serves three read-only stdio tools: search, stats and
+opaque-handle source retrieval. Two actual executable tests verify initialization,
+tool discovery, real SQLite results, structured output, invalid inputs, UNC/device
+filter rejection before filesystem resolution, source modification/deletion and
+reindex invalidation. One-operation admission, 64 KiB input frames and a 256-handle
+cache bound the adapter. Its agent skill passed the Skill Creator validator.
+
+A separate actual Google CPU MCP smoke check used the existing seven-file README
+fixture index. Hybrid search selected Supplier Agreement.pdf, page 2, returned its
+sixty-day notice passage through read_source, and selected Mountain Lake.jpg for
+the image-description query. The observed warm document engine time was 69.80 ms
+in one run; this small debug fixture is not a production benchmark or p95 claim.
+
+Seven actual loopback HTTP tests verify the optional OpenAI-compatible adapter's
+request path/messages, header-only authentication, pure offline validation,
+input/response bounds, real timeout behavior, citation consistency and sanitized
+errors. Replies are controlled HTTP fixtures; no hosted provider or live summary
+model was invoked. Native tests verify that the shown excerpt equals the outgoing
+text, filename/path/credential exclusion, disabled/unknown/stale-source rejection
+and preparation revision handling. Frontend tests cover disabled defaults,
+configuration validation, byte budgets and stale-answer state.
+
+The desktop's optional answers are separate from search, disabled by default and
+explicitly requested. Config and keys are session-only; model output is plain text
+and labeled as a draft. Answers currently cover one reviewed document excerpt.
+Native window interaction, live-provider compatibility/quality/latency, Linux/macOS
+agent execution and release packaging remain open gates.
+
 ## Historical evidence
 
 Initial engine/CLI checks covered retrieval, persistence, filesystem changes,