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  OneChat
 #########
 
-OneChat is a Go program. It prints its name. It is in early development.
-Linux is supported.
+OneChat is one AI agent in a single chat that never ends. A daemon owns
+the agent and its files, and a terminal client talks to it. It is in
+early development. Linux is supported.
 
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  Data directory
@@ -63,6 +64,48 @@ before they expire. The file belongs to OneChat only. Do not share it
 with the Codex CLI, because each program rotates the refresh token and
 logs the other out.
 
+*******
+ Agent
+*******
+
+Start the daemon, and then the client in another terminal:
+
+.. code:: console
+
+   onechat daemon
+   onechat chat
+
+The daemon owns the root agent in ``agent/`` in the data directory and
+listens on the Unix socket ``onechat.sock`` there. In the client, each
+line is a message to the agent, the line ``/stop`` interrupts the
+running turn, and Ctrl-D ends the client. The client shows the replies,
+the tool calls, and the first lines of each tool result as they happen.
+The daemon is the only process that uses the token file while it runs,
+so ``onechat login`` and ``onechat probe`` refuse to start until it
+stops.
+
+The agent runs commands with bash as the user in its working directory,
+with no sandbox. It has the rights of the user, also on the token file.
+
+``agent/config.json`` holds the settings of the agent. The first start
+writes it with the defaults and a random ID. Do not change the ID: the
+prompt cache key comes from it.
+
+.. code:: json
+
+   {
+     "name": "OneChat",
+     "id": "0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef",
+     "model": "gpt-6.1-sol",
+     "effort": "medium",
+     "workdir": "/home/user"
+   }
+
+``workdir`` is an absolute path, and its default is the home directory.
+``agent/instructions.md`` holds the user's instructions: who they are,
+how their files are organized, and how they want work done. The prompt
+ends with them, and a change applies at the next call.
+
 *******
  Probe
 *******