Retrospective / 2026

scrt CLI

Token-budgeted codebase retrieval with a persistent mind palace.

Creator + engineer[Rust][CLI][Retrieval][Local-first]

01 / The premise

How can an AI coding workflow remember more while reading less?

A local-first context engine for searching source, command output, and research without flooding an AI workflow’s context window.

02 / What took shape

  • Token-budgeted result windows
  • Persistent named research stashes
  • Local-first code intelligence

03 / Looking back

The useful residue.

scrt treats context as a scarce design material. The key shift was from maximizing retrieval to shaping it: the right evidence, at the right resolution, with a durable path back to the source.