style(cli-python): ruff format agent_rush_cmd.py

The required status checks build_mem0 (3.10/3.11) and build_embedchain
live in ci.yml, which was path-filtered to mem0/tests/embedchain only.
PRs that touch only cli/** or docs/** could never satisfy branch
protection because the workflow never triggered.

Adds cli/**, docs/**, and .github/workflows/** to the pull_request
paths so required checks actually run on CLI and docs PRs.

.claude-plugin/marketplace.json

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
       "name": "mem0",
       "source": "./mem0-plugin",
       "description": "Mem0 memory layer for AI applications. Add persistent memory, personalization, and semantic search to Claude workflows.",
-      "version": "0.1.2"
+      "version": "0.1.3"
     }
   ]
 }

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ on:
       - 'tests/**'
       - 'embedchain/**'
       - 'pyproject.toml'
+      - 'cli/**'
+      - 'docs/**'
+      - '.github/workflows/**'
 
 jobs:
   changelog_check:

README.md

@@ -86,6 +86,26 @@ See the [migration guide](https://docs.mem0.ai/migration/oss-v2-to-v3) for upgra
 
 ## 🚀 Quickstart Guide <a name="quickstart"></a>
 
+### Sign up as an agent
+
+AI agents can mint a working Mem0 API key in under five seconds — no email, no dashboard, no OTP. Four commands end-to-end:
+
+```bash
+# 1. Install
+npm install -g @mem0/cli      # or: pip install mem0-cli
+
+# 2. Sign up as an agent (replace `claude-code` with your name)
+mem0 init --agent --agent-caller claude-code
+
+# 3. Add a memory
+mem0 add "I am using mem0"
+
+# 4. Search
+mem0 search "am I using mem0"
+```
+
+The human owner can claim the account later with `mem0 init --email <their-email>` — same key, memories preserved. Full guide: [Sign up as an agent](https://docs.mem0.ai/platform/agent-signup).
+
 | | Library | Self-Hosted Server | Cloud Platform |
 |---|---------|-------------------|----------------|
 | **Best for** | Testing, prototyping | Teams running on their own infrastructure | Zero-ops production use |
@@ -133,6 +153,7 @@ See the [self-hosted docs](https://docs.mem0.ai/open-source/overview) for config
 
 1. Sign up on [Mem0 Platform](https://app.mem0.ai?utm_source=oss&utm_medium=readme)
 2. Embed the memory layer via SDK or API keys
+3. Using hosted Qdrant vectors? See the [Platform migration guide](https://docs.mem0.ai/migration/oss-to-platform) to import them into Mem0 Platform.
 
 ### CLI
 

cli/cli-spec.json

@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@
     },
     {
       "name": "init",
-      "description": "Setup wizard for mem0 CLI. Supports email login (--email) or manual API key (--api-key).",
+      "description": "Setup wizard for mem0 CLI. Supports Agent Mode bootstrap (--agent), email login (--email), or manual API key (--api-key).",
       "usage": "mem0 init [OPTIONS]",
       "needsBackend": false,
       "needsConfig": false,
@@ -516,7 +516,9 @@
         { "name": "user-id", "flags": ["-u", "--user-id"], "type": "string", "default": null, "help": "Default user ID (skip prompt)." },
         { "name": "email", "flags": ["--email"], "type": "string", "default": null, "help": "Login via email verification code." },
         { "name": "code", "flags": ["--code"], "type": "string", "default": null, "help": "Verification code (use with --email for non-interactive login)." },
-        { "name": "force", "flags": ["--force"], "type": "boolean", "default": false, "help": "Overwrite existing config without confirmation." }
+        { "name": "force", "flags": ["--force"], "type": "boolean", "default": false, "help": "Overwrite existing config without confirmation." },
+        { "name": "agent", "flags": ["--agent"], "type": "boolean", "default": false, "help": "Bootstrap an unattended Agent Mode account (no email required)." },
+        { "name": "source", "flags": ["--source"], "type": "string", "default": null, "help": "Channel attribution for signup (e.g. github, hn, ph)." }
       ]
     },
     {

cli/node/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# Changelog
+
+All notable changes to `@mem0/cli` are documented here.
+
+The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
+and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
+
+## [0.2.7] — 2026-05-20
+
+### Added
+
+- `mem0 whoami` — print the active agent's `default_user_id` (the AGENTRUSH
+  leaderboard identifier). Reads from local config, no network call.
+- `mem0 agent-rush <add | search>` — subcommand group that wraps the new
+  `/v1/agent-rush/` platform endpoints for the 7-day AGENTRUSH game. Project
+  routing is implicit (resolved server-side); no flags exposed. Pretty-prints
+  platform error codes into actionable hints (e.g. `agentrush_search_first`
+  → "Run 3 'mem0 agent-rush search' commands before adding.").
+- PII safety prompt on first `mem0 agent-rush add`. Interactive runs require
+  explicit `y` to acknowledge that AGENTRUSH memories are public; the
+  acknowledgement is persisted in `~/.mem0/config.json` under
+  `agent_rush.acknowledged_at` so the prompt only appears once per machine.
+  Non-interactive (agent) invocations surface the warning to stderr without
+  blocking.
+- New config schema field: `agent_rush.acknowledged_at` (ISO timestamp,
+  empty until first interactive acknowledgement).
+
+### Changed
+
+- HTTP requests from the new agent-rush commands send `X-Mem0-Mode: agent-rush`
+  in addition to the existing source headers, so platform telemetry can split
+  game traffic from regular CLI usage.
+
+## [0.2.6] and earlier
+
+Unlogged historical releases. See git history under `cli/node/`.

cli/node/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@mem0/cli",
-  "version": "0.2.4",
+  "version": "0.2.7",
   "description": "The official CLI for mem0 — the memory layer for AI agents",
   "type": "module",
   "bin": {

cli/node/src/agent-detect.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/**
+ * Detect whether the CLI is being invoked from inside an AI-agent context.
+ *
+ * Used by `mem0 init` to auto-enter Agent Mode (Rule 3 bootstrap) when an
+ * agent runtime env var is present. The return value is a context **trigger
+ * only** — the canonical agent identity is self-declared by the agent via
+ * `--agent-caller <name>` (Proof Editor-style) and never sniffed from env
+ * vars to fill the `agent_caller` field on the APIKey row.
+ *
+ * Returns a short name or null. Honest reporting depends on `--agent-caller`;
+ * this list is just enough to enable the zero-friction auto-bootstrap UX.
+ */
+
+const AGENT_CALLER_ENV: ReadonlyArray<readonly [string, readonly string[]]> = [
+	["claude-code", ["CLAUDECODE", "CLAUDE_CODE"]],
+	["cursor", ["CURSOR_AGENT", "CURSOR_SESSION_ID"]],
+	["codex", ["CODEX_CLI", "OPENAI_CODEX"]],
+	["cline", ["CLINE_AGENT", "CLINE"]],
+	["continue", ["CONTINUE_AGENT", "CONTINUE_SESSION"]],
+	["aider", ["AIDER_SESSION"]],
+	["goose", ["GOOSE_AGENT"]],
+	["windsurf", ["WINDSURF_AGENT"]],
+] as const;
+
+export function detectAgentCaller(): string | null {
+	for (const [name, envVars] of AGENT_CALLER_ENV) {
+		if (envVars.some((v) => process.env[v])) {
+			return name;
+		}
+	}
+	return null;
+}

cli/node/src/backend/platform.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  */
 
 import type { PlatformConfig } from "../config.js";
-import { isAgentMode } from "../state.js";
+import { captureNotice, isAgentMode } from "../state.js";
 import { CLI_VERSION } from "../version.js";
 import {
 	APIError,
@@ -90,7 +90,39 @@ export class PlatformBackend implements Backend {
 		if (resp.status === 204) {
 			return {};
 		}
-		return resp.json();
+
+		const data = await resp.json();
+
+		// Pull the unclaimed-Agent-Mode notice out of the body (or the header
+		// fallback for endpoints returning non-dict / non-dict-leading payloads)
+		// and stash for end-of-command surfacing.
+		let notice: string | null = null;
+		if (
+			data &&
+			typeof data === "object" &&
+			!Array.isArray(data) &&
+			"mem0_notice" in data
+		) {
+			notice = (data as Record<string, unknown>).mem0_notice as string;
+			// biome-ignore lint/performance/noDelete: intentional strip so downstream consumers don't see duplicate notice
+			delete (data as Record<string, unknown>).mem0_notice;
+		} else if (
+			Array.isArray(data) &&
+			data.length > 0 &&
+			typeof data[0] === "object" &&
+			data[0] !== null &&
+			"mem0_notice" in data[0]
+		) {
+			notice = (data[0] as Record<string, unknown>).mem0_notice as string;
+			// biome-ignore lint/performance/noDelete: see above.
+			delete (data[0] as Record<string, unknown>).mem0_notice;
+		}
+		if (!notice) {
+			notice = resp.headers.get("X-Mem0-Notice-Message") ?? null;
+		}
+		captureNotice(notice);
+
+		return data;
 	}
 
 	async add(

cli/node/src/commands/agent-mode.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,285 @@
+/**
+ * Agent Mode commands — bootstrap (unattended signup) and OTP-based claim.
+ */
+
+import readline from "node:readline";
+import { colors, printError, printInfo, printSuccess } from "../branding.js";
+import { type Mem0Config, saveConfig } from "../config.js";
+
+const { brand, dim } = colors;
+
+const SOURCE_HEADERS = {
+	"X-Mem0-Source": "cli",
+	"X-Mem0-Client-Language": "node",
+} as const;
+
+export interface BootstrapEnvelope {
+	api_key: string;
+	default_user_id: string;
+	org_id: string;
+	project_id: string;
+	mcp_url?: string;
+	smoke_test_url?: string;
+	claim_command?: string;
+	mem0_notice?: string;
+}
+
+function isValidEnvelope(v: unknown): v is BootstrapEnvelope {
+	return (
+		!!v &&
+		typeof v === "object" &&
+		typeof (v as BootstrapEnvelope).api_key === "string" &&
+		(v as BootstrapEnvelope).api_key.length > 0 &&
+		typeof (v as BootstrapEnvelope).default_user_id === "string" &&
+		(v as BootstrapEnvelope).default_user_id.length > 0
+	);
+}
+
+/**
+ * POST /api/v1/auth/agent_mode/ and mutate config in place.
+ *
+ * @param config - Mem0Config mutated in place with the new platform values.
+ * @param source - `--source` flag passthrough (analytics tag, free-form).
+ * @param agentCaller - Self-declared agent identity passed via `--agent-caller`
+ *   (e.g. `claude-code`, `cursor`). May be null when the caller omitted the
+ *   flag; the agent can backfill later via `mem0 identify <name>`. Sent to the
+ *   backend in the request body and saved into `platform.agentCaller` for
+ *   local introspection.
+ */
+export async function bootstrapViaBackend(
+	config: Mem0Config,
+	{
+		source,
+		agentCaller,
+	}: { source?: string | null; agentCaller?: string | null } = {},
+): Promise<void> {
+	const baseUrl = (config.platform.baseUrl || "https://api.mem0.ai").replace(
+		/\/+$/,
+		"",
+	);
+	const body: Record<string, unknown> = {};
+	if (source) body.source = source;
+	if (agentCaller) body.agent_caller = agentCaller;
+
+	let resp: Response;
+	try {
+		resp = await fetch(`${baseUrl}/api/v1/auth/agent_mode/`, {
+			method: "POST",
+			headers: {
+				...SOURCE_HEADERS,
+				"Content-Type": "application/json",
+			},
+			body: JSON.stringify(body),
+			signal: AbortSignal.timeout(30_000),
+		});
+	} catch (err) {
+		printError(
+			`Network error contacting Mem0: ${err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)}`,
+		);
+		process.exit(1);
+	}
+
+	if (resp.status === 429) {
+		printError("Rate-limited. Try again in a few minutes.");
+		process.exit(1);
+	}
+	if (resp.status === 503) {
+		printError("Agent Mode is temporarily disabled. Try again later.");
+		process.exit(1);
+	}
+	if (!resp.ok) {
+		let detail: string = resp.statusText;
+		try {
+			const errBody = (await resp.json()) as {
+				error?: string;
+				detail?: string;
+			};
+			detail = errBody.error ?? errBody.detail ?? resp.statusText;
+		} catch {
+			/* leave detail as statusText */
+		}
+		// Backend's @ratelimit decorator raises PermissionDenied, which DRF
+		// translates to a generic 403 "You do not have permission to perform
+		// this action." That's opaque — surface it as the rate-limit message
+		// it actually is.
+		if (resp.status === 403 && /permission/i.test(detail)) {
+			printError(
+				"Daily Agent Mode signup limit reached for this network (5/day). Try again from a different IP or after midnight UTC.",
+			);
+			process.exit(1);
+		}
+		printError(`Bootstrap failed: ${detail}`);
+		process.exit(1);
+	}
+
+	const envelope = (await resp.json()) as BootstrapEnvelope;
+	if (!isValidEnvelope(envelope)) {
+		// Defend against partial/malformed backend responses (e.g. {api_key: null}).
+		// Without this guard, the typed `string` field is silently set to
+		// undefined/null and persisted, producing confusing downstream errors.
+		printError(
+			"Bootstrap response missing required fields — please update the CLI.",
+		);
+		process.exit(1);
+	}
+
+	config.platform.apiKey = envelope.api_key;
+	config.platform.baseUrl = baseUrl;
+	config.platform.agentMode = true;
+	config.platform.createdVia = "agent_mode";
+	config.platform.agentCaller = agentCaller ?? "";
+	config.platform.claimedAt = "";
+	config.platform.defaultUserId = envelope.default_user_id;
+	// Adopt the slug-derived user_id as the default scope for memory ops.
+	config.defaults.userId = envelope.default_user_id;
+	saveConfig(config);
+
+	printSuccess(
+		`Agent Mode active. Default user_id: ${envelope.default_user_id}`,
+	);
+	if (envelope.mem0_notice) {
+		console.log(`\n\x1b[33m🔔 ${envelope.mem0_notice}\x1b[0m\n`);
+	} else {
+		// Fallback for older backends without the unified notice field.
+		const claimCmd = envelope.claim_command ?? "mem0 init --email <your-email>";
+		console.log(`  ${dim(`To claim this account later: ${claimCmd}`)}`);
+	}
+
+	if (!agentCaller) {
+		console.log(
+			`  ${dim("If you are an AI agent, identify yourself: `mem0 identify <your-name>` (e.g. claude-code, cursor).")}`,
+		);
+	}
+}
+
+/**
+ * Claim an existing Agent Mode account via OTP — no browser, no polling.
+ *
+ * Hits /api/v1/auth/email_code/ to send a verification code, prompts for it
+ * interactively (or accepts via `code`), then sends it to /verify/ alongside
+ * `agent_mode_api_key`. Backend's verify_email_code runs upgrade-in-place
+ * inline and returns the claim result.
+ */
+export async function claimViaOtp(
+	config: Mem0Config,
+	{ email, code }: { email: string; code?: string },
+): Promise<void> {
+	const baseUrl = (config.platform.baseUrl || "https://api.mem0.ai").replace(
+		/\/+$/,
+		"",
+	);
+	if (!config.platform.apiKey || !config.platform.agentMode) {
+		printError(
+			"This command requires an active Agent Mode config. Run `mem0 init` first.",
+		);
+		process.exit(1);
+	}
+
+	const rawKey = config.platform.apiKey;
+
+	// Step 1: request OTP (unless --code was supplied)
+	if (!code) {
+		const sendResp = await fetch(`${baseUrl}/api/v1/auth/email_code/`, {
+			method: "POST",
+			headers: { ...SOURCE_HEADERS, "Content-Type": "application/json" },
+			body: JSON.stringify({ email }),
+			signal: AbortSignal.timeout(30_000),
+		});
+		if (sendResp.status === 429) {
+			printError("Too many attempts. Try again in a few minutes.");
+			process.exit(1);
+		}
+		if (!sendResp.ok) {
+			let detail: string = sendResp.statusText;
+			try {
+				const errBody = (await sendResp.json()) as { error?: string };
+				if (errBody.error) detail = errBody.error;
+			} catch {
+				/* leave as statusText */
+			}
+			printError(`Failed to send code: ${detail}`);
+			process.exit(1);
+		}
+
+		printSuccess(`Verification code sent to ${email}. Check your inbox.`);
+
+		if (!process.stdin.isTTY) {
+			printError(
+				"No --code provided and terminal is non-interactive.",
+				`Re-run: mem0 init --email ${email} --code <code>`,
+			);
+			process.exit(1);
+		}
+
+		console.log();
+		code = await promptLine(`  ${brand("Verification Code")}`);
+		if (!code) {
+			printError("Code is required.");
+			process.exit(1);
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Step 2: verify + claim atomically
+	const verifyResp = await fetch(`${baseUrl}/api/v1/auth/email_code/verify/`, {
+		method: "POST",
+		headers: { ...SOURCE_HEADERS, "Content-Type": "application/json" },
+		body: JSON.stringify({
+			email,
+			code: code.trim(),
+			agent_mode_api_key: rawKey,
+		}),
+		signal: AbortSignal.timeout(30_000),
+	});
+
+	if (!verifyResp.ok) {
+		let detail: string = verifyResp.statusText;
+		let errCode = "";
+		try {
+			const errBody = (await verifyResp.json()) as {
+				error?: string;
+				code?: string;
+			};
+			if (errBody.error) detail = errBody.error;
+			if (errBody.code) errCode = errBody.code;
+		} catch {
+			/* leave as statusText */
+		}
+		printError(`Claim failed: ${detail}`);
+		if (errCode === "email_already_claimed") {
+			console.log(
+				`  ${dim("Tip: this email already has a Mem0 account. Sign in at app.mem0.ai with your existing credentials.")}`,
+			);
+		}
+		process.exit(1);
+	}
+
+	const claimBody = (await verifyResp.json()) as {
+		claimed?: boolean;
+		claimed_at?: string;
+	};
+	if (!claimBody.claimed) {
+		printError(`Unexpected verify response: ${JSON.stringify(claimBody)}`);
+		process.exit(1);
+	}
+
+	config.platform.agentMode = false;
+	config.platform.claimedAt = claimBody.claimed_at ?? new Date().toISOString();
+	config.platform.userEmail = email;
+	config.platform.createdVia = "email";
+	saveConfig(config);
+
+	printSuccess(`Agent claimed to ${email}. Your API key is unchanged.`);
+}
+
+function promptLine(label: string): Promise<string> {
+	const rl = readline.createInterface({
+		input: process.stdin,
+		output: process.stdout,
+	});
+	return new Promise((resolve) => {
+		rl.question(`${label}: `, (answer) => {
+			rl.close();
+			resolve(answer.trim());
+		});
+	});
+}

cli/node/src/commands/agent-rush.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+/**
+ * `mem0 agent-rush <add|search> "..."` — wraps the AGENTRUSH platform endpoints.
+ * Project routing is implicit (server-side); zero flags needed.
+ */
+
+import readline from "node:readline";
+import { colors, printError, printSuccess } from "../branding.js";
+import { loadConfig, saveConfig } from "../config.js";
+import { CLI_VERSION } from "../version.js";
+
+const PII_WARNING = [
+	"",
+	"⚠️  AGENTRUSH memories are PUBLIC — visible to any other player.",
+	"   Do not include real names, emails, secrets, work content, or PII.",
+	"",
+].join("\n");
+
+const ERROR_HINTS: Record<string, string> = {
+	agentrush_search_first:
+		"Run 3 'mem0 agent-rush search' commands before adding.",
+	agentrush_search_quota: "You've used your 3 lifetime searches.",
+	agentrush_add_quota: "You've used your 3 lifetime adds.",
+	agentrush_not_agent_mode:
+		"Re-run 'mem0 init --agent' to bootstrap an agent-mode key.",
+	agentrush_length: "Memory text must be 50-1000 characters.",
+	agentrush_no_urls: "URLs are not allowed.",
+	agentrush_blocklist: "Content contains a blocked term.",
+	agentrush_global_quota: "Event-wide cap reached. Try again later.",
+	agentrush_not_provisioned:
+		"AGENTRUSH is not provisioned in this environment.",
+};
+
+async function callEndpoint(
+	path: string,
+	body: Record<string, unknown>,
+): Promise<unknown> {
+	const config = loadConfig();
+	const baseUrl = (config.platform?.baseUrl ?? "https://api.mem0.ai").replace(
+		/\/+$/,
+		"",
+	);
+
+	if (!config.platform?.apiKey) {
+		printError("Not initialized. Run `mem0 init --agent` first.");
+		process.exit(1);
+	}
+
+	const resp = await fetch(`${baseUrl}${path}`, {
+		method: "POST",
+		headers: {
+			Authorization: `Token ${config.platform.apiKey}`,
+			"Content-Type": "application/json",
+			"X-Mem0-Source": "cli",
+			"X-Mem0-Client-Language": "node",
+			"X-Mem0-Client-Version": CLI_VERSION,
+			"X-Mem0-Mode": "agent-rush",
+		},
+		body: JSON.stringify(body),
+		signal: AbortSignal.timeout(30_000),
+	});
+
+	const json = await resp.json().catch(() => ({}));
+
+	if (!resp.ok) {
+		const code =
+			(json as { error?: { code?: string } }).error?.code ?? "unknown";
+		printError(`AGENTRUSH error: ${code}`);
+		if (ERROR_HINTS[code]) {
+			console.log(`  ${colors.dim(ERROR_HINTS[code])}`);
+		}
+		process.exit(1);
+	}
+
+	return json;
+}
+
+function promptLine(question: string): Promise<string> {
+	const rl = readline.createInterface({
+		input: process.stdin,
+		output: process.stdout,
+	});
+	return new Promise((resolve) => {
+		rl.question(question, (answer) => {
+			rl.close();
+			resolve(answer.trim());
+		});
+	});
+}
+
+/**
+ * Ensure the human has acknowledged that AGENTRUSH memories are PUBLIC.
+ *
+ * Interactive (TTY): show the prompt; on "y" persist `agentRush.acknowledgedAt`
+ * so we never ask the same machine twice. On anything else, abort.
+ *
+ * Non-interactive (agent invocation, no TTY): print the warning to stderr
+ * for the human reading the agent's transcript and proceed — agents can't
+ * answer y/N prompts.
+ */
+async function ensureWarningAcknowledged(): Promise<void> {
+	const config = loadConfig();
+	if (config.agentRush?.acknowledgedAt) return;
+
+	if (!process.stdin.isTTY || !process.stdout.isTTY) {
+		// Agent context: surface the warning to stderr, don't block.
+		console.error(PII_WARNING);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	console.log(PII_WARNING);
+	const answer = (await promptLine("   Continue? [y/N]: ")).toLowerCase();
+	if (answer !== "y" && answer !== "yes") {
+		printError("Aborted.");
+		process.exit(1);
+	}
+
+	config.agentRush.acknowledgedAt = new Date().toISOString();
+	saveConfig(config);
+}
+
+export async function cmdAgentRushAdd(content: string): Promise<void> {
+	await ensureWarningAcknowledged();
+	const result = await callEndpoint("/v1/agent-rush/memories/", { content });
+	printSuccess(
+		`Memory submitted (event_id: ${(result as { event_id?: string }).event_id ?? "?"})`,
+	);
+}
+
+export async function cmdAgentRushSearch(query: string): Promise<void> {
+	const result = (await callEndpoint("/v1/agent-rush/memories/search/", {
+		query,
+	})) as {
+		results?: Array<{ memory?: string }>;
+		memories?: Array<{ memory?: string }>;
+	};
+
+	const memories = result.results ?? result.memories ?? [];
+
+	if (memories.length === 0) {
+		console.log(colors.dim("(no results)"));
+		return;
+	}
+
+	memories.slice(0, 5).forEach((m, i) => {
+		console.log(`  ${i + 1}. ${m.memory ?? JSON.stringify(m)}`);
+	});
+}

cli/node/src/commands/identify.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+/**
+ * mem0 identify — declare which agent owns the current agent-mode key.
+ *
+ * Used when `mem0 init --agent` ran without --agent-caller, so the backend
+ * saved agent_caller=NULL. The agent re-runs `mem0 identify <name>` to PATCH
+ * its own row with its real identity. Idempotent.
+ */
+
+import { printError, printSuccess } from "../branding.js";
+import { loadConfig, saveConfig } from "../config.js";
+
+const SOURCE_HEADERS = {
+	"X-Mem0-Source": "cli",
+	"X-Mem0-Client-Language": "node",
+} as const;
+
+export async function runIdentify(name: string): Promise<void> {
+	const config = loadConfig();
+	if (!config.platform.apiKey) {
+		printError("No API key configured. Run `mem0 init --agent` first.");
+		process.exit(1);
+	}
+	if (!config.platform.agentMode) {
+		printError("This command only works on unclaimed agent-mode keys.");
+		process.exit(1);
+	}
+
+	const clean = (name ?? "").trim();
+	if (!clean) {
+		printError("Agent name is required.");
+		process.exit(1);
+	}
+
+	const baseUrl = (config.platform.baseUrl || "https://api.mem0.ai").replace(
+		/\/+$/,
+		"",
+	);
+
+	let resp: Response;
+	try {
+		resp = await fetch(`${baseUrl}/api/v1/auth/agent_mode/caller/`, {
+			method: "PATCH",
+			headers: {
+				...SOURCE_HEADERS,
+				Authorization: `Token ${config.platform.apiKey}`,
+				"Content-Type": "application/json",
+			},
+			body: JSON.stringify({ agent_caller: clean }),
+			signal: AbortSignal.timeout(30_000),
+		});
+	} catch (err) {
+		printError(
+			`Network error: ${err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)}`,
+		);
+		process.exit(1);
+	}
+
+	if (!resp.ok) {
+		let detail: string = resp.statusText;
+		try {
+			const body = (await resp.json()) as { error?: string };
+			if (body.error) detail = body.error;
+		} catch {
+			/* leave as statusText */
+		}
+		printError(`Identify failed: ${detail}`);
+		process.exit(1);
+	}
+
+	const body = (await resp.json()) as { agent_caller?: string };
+	const canonical = body.agent_caller ?? clean;
+	config.platform.agentCaller = canonical;
+	saveConfig(config);
+	printSuccess(`Identified as ${canonical}.`);
+}

cli/node/src/commands/init.ts

@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ import {
 	redactKey,
 	saveConfig,
 } from "../config.js";
+import { formatJsonEnvelope } from "../output.js";
+import { isAgentMode } from "../state.js";
 
 const { brand, dim } = colors;
 
@@ -33,6 +35,65 @@ function validateEmail(email: string): void {
 	}
 }
 
+/** @internal — exported for unit tests. */
+export async function pingKey(
+	apiKey: string,
+	baseUrl: string,
+	timeoutMs = 5000,
+): Promise<boolean> {
+	// Returns false ONLY on a definitive "invalid key" signal (HTTP 401/403).
+	// Network errors, timeouts, and 5xx responses return true so we prefer
+	// reusing an existing key over silently minting a new shadow on a transient
+	// blip (which would also clobber config + plugin-sync targets).
+	try {
+		const resp = await fetch(`${baseUrl.replace(/\/+$/, "")}/v1/ping/`, {
+			headers: { Authorization: `Token ${apiKey}` },
+			signal: AbortSignal.timeout(timeoutMs),
+		});
+		return resp.status !== 401 && resp.status !== 403;
+	} catch {
+		return true; // unknown — prefer reuse
+	}
+}
+
+async function maybeIdentify(
+	key: string,
+	baseUrl: string,
+	agentCaller: string | undefined,
+): Promise<void> {
+	// Best-effort PATCH agent_caller when --agent-caller is supplied on a
+	// reused key. Silent no-op on any failure — reuse must not break.
+	if (!agentCaller) return;
+	try {
+		const resp = await fetch(
+			`${baseUrl.replace(/\/+$/, "")}/api/v1/auth/agent_mode/caller/`,
+			{
+				method: "PATCH",
+				headers: {
+					Authorization: `Token ${key}`,
+					"Content-Type": "application/json",
+				},
+				body: JSON.stringify({ agent_caller: agentCaller }),
+				signal: AbortSignal.timeout(10_000),
+			},
+		);
+		if (resp.ok) {
+			try {
+				const body = (await resp.json()) as { agent_caller?: string };
+				if (fs.existsSync(CONFIG_FILE)) {
+					const cfg = loadConfig();
+					cfg.platform.agentCaller = body.agent_caller ?? agentCaller;
+					saveConfig(cfg);
+				}
+			} catch {
+				/* swallow — best effort */
+			}
+		}
+	} catch {
+		/* swallow — best effort */
+	}
+}
+
 async function emailLogin(
 	email: string,
 	code: string | undefined,
@@ -196,6 +257,7 @@ async function setupPlatform(config: Mem0Config): Promise<void> {
 		process.exit(1);
 	}
 	config.platform.apiKey = apiKey;
+	config.platform.createdVia = "api_key";
 }
 
 async function setupDefaults(config: Mem0Config): Promise<void> {
@@ -249,14 +311,35 @@ export async function runInit(
 		email?: string;
 		code?: string;
 		force?: boolean;
+		agent?: boolean;
+		source?: string;
+		agentCaller?: string;
 	} = {},
 ): Promise<void> {
+	const { detectAgentCaller } = await import("../agent-detect.js");
+	const { bootstrapViaBackend, claimViaOtp } = await import("./agent-mode.js");
+	const { isAgentMode } = await import("../state.js");
+	const { captureEvent } = await import("../telemetry.js");
+
+	const fireInit = (
+		mode: "agent" | "email" | "api_key" | "existing_key",
+		claimed = false,
+	) => {
+		const props: Record<string, unknown> = { command: "init", mode };
+		// Self-declared via --agent-caller; not sniffed from env vars.
+		if (opts.agentCaller) props.agent_caller = opts.agentCaller;
+		if (opts.source) props.signup_source = opts.source;
+		if (claimed) props.claimed_agent_mode = true;
+		captureEvent("cli.init", props);
+	};
+
 	const config = createDefaultConfig();
 	const savedConfig = loadConfig();
 	const baseUrl =
 		process.env.MEM0_BASE_URL ||
 		savedConfig.platform.baseUrl ||
 		DEFAULT_BASE_URL;
+	config.platform.baseUrl = baseUrl;
 
 	// Guards
 	if (opts.code && !opts.email) {
@@ -268,6 +351,84 @@ export async function runInit(
 		process.exit(1);
 	}
 
+	// ── Claim flow: --email against an existing agent-mode config ───────────
+	if (
+		opts.email &&
+		fs.existsSync(CONFIG_FILE) &&
+		savedConfig.platform.agentMode &&
+		savedConfig.platform.apiKey
+	) {
+		const email = opts.email.trim().toLowerCase();
+		validateEmail(email);
+		printInfo(`Claiming Agent Mode account to ${email}...`);
+		await claimViaOtp(savedConfig, { email, code: opts.code });
+		fireInit("email", true);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	// ── Agent Mode path runs BEFORE the existing-config guard ──────────────
+	// Rule 1/2 will REUSE a valid existing key (not overwrite), so we must
+	// short-circuit before the guard prompts the user about overwriting.
+	// Rule 3 only mints when there's no valid key to reuse — in that case
+	// overwriting is what the user wants.
+	const agentCtx =
+		opts.agent === true || isAgentMode() || detectAgentCaller() !== null;
+	if (!opts.apiKey && !opts.email && agentCtx) {
+		const emitReuseEnvelope = (source: "env" | "config") => {
+			if (isAgentMode()) {
+				formatJsonEnvelope({
+					command: "init",
+					data: {
+						api_key_saved: false,
+						api_key_source: source,
+						agent_mode: false,
+						message:
+							"Existing Mem0 API key found and reused. No Agent Mode key was created.",
+					},
+				});
+			} else {
+				printSuccess(
+					source === "env"
+						? "Existing MEM0_API_KEY is valid; reusing it. No new Agent Mode key was minted."
+						: "Existing API key in config is valid; reusing it. No new Agent Mode key was minted.",
+				);
+			}
+		};
+		// Rule 1: env MEM0_API_KEY valid → reuse, no new key.
+		const envKey = (process.env.MEM0_API_KEY || "").trim();
+		if (envKey && (await pingKey(envKey, baseUrl))) {
+			await maybeIdentify(envKey, baseUrl, opts.agentCaller);
+			emitReuseEnvelope("env");
+			fireInit("existing_key");
+			return;
+		}
+		// Rule 2: existing config api_key valid → reuse.
+		if (
+			savedConfig.platform.apiKey &&
+			(await pingKey(savedConfig.platform.apiKey, baseUrl))
+		) {
+			await maybeIdentify(
+				savedConfig.platform.apiKey,
+				baseUrl,
+				opts.agentCaller,
+			);
+			emitReuseEnvelope("config");
+			fireInit("existing_key");
+			return;
+		}
+		// Rule 3: mint a fresh shadow (no valid key to reuse).
+		// agent_caller is self-declared via --agent-caller (Proof Editor-style),
+		// not derived from env-var sniffing. detectAgentCaller() above is still
+		// used as a context trigger (does this look like an agent?) but never
+		// to fill identity.
+		await bootstrapViaBackend(config, {
+			source: opts.source ?? null,
+			agentCaller: opts.agentCaller ?? null,
+		});
+		fireInit("agent");
+		return;
+	}
+
 	// Warn if an existing config with an API key would be overwritten
 	if (
 		!opts.force &&
@@ -324,6 +485,7 @@ export async function runInit(
 		config.platform.apiKey = apiKeyVal;
 		config.platform.baseUrl = baseUrl;
 		config.platform.userEmail = email;
+		config.platform.createdVia = "email";
 		config.defaults.userId =
 			opts.userId || process.env.USER || process.env.USERNAME || "mem0-cli";
 
@@ -339,13 +501,15 @@ export async function runInit(
 	}
 
 	// ── API key flow ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+	// (Agent Mode branch runs earlier — see above, before the existing-config
+	// guard, so Rules 1/2 can REUSE a valid key without prompting overwrite.)
 
 	// Non-TTY: resolve defaults so partial flags work in pipelines / CI
 	if (!process.stdin.isTTY) {
 		if (!opts.apiKey) {
 			printError(
 				"Non-interactive terminal detected and --api-key is required.",
-				"Usage: mem0 init --api-key <key> [--user-id <id>]",
+				"Usage: mem0 init --api-key <key>, --email <addr>, or --agent for unattended Agent Mode bootstrap.",
 			);
 			process.exit(1);
 		}
@@ -356,6 +520,7 @@ export async function runInit(
 	// Non-interactive: both flags provided
 	if (opts.apiKey && opts.userId) {
 		config.platform.apiKey = opts.apiKey;
+		config.platform.createdVia = "api_key";
 		config.defaults.userId = opts.userId;
 		await validatePlatform(config);
 		saveConfig(config);
@@ -403,6 +568,7 @@ export async function runInit(
 			config.platform.apiKey = apiKeyVal;
 			config.platform.baseUrl = baseUrl;
 			config.platform.userEmail = email;
+			config.platform.createdVia = "email";
 			config.defaults.userId =
 				opts.userId || process.env.USER || process.env.USERNAME || "mem0-cli";
 

cli/node/src/commands/whoami.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/**
+ * `mem0 whoami` — print the active agent's default_user_id (AGENTRUSH identifier).
+ * Reads from local config; no network call.
+ */
+
+import { colors, printError, printInfo } from "../branding.js";
+import { loadConfig } from "../config.js";
+
+export async function cmdWhoami(): Promise<void> {
+	const config = loadConfig();
+	const sessionId = config.platform?.defaultUserId;
+	if (!sessionId) {
+		printError("No default_user_id found. Run `mem0 init --agent` first.");
+		process.exit(1);
+	}
+	console.log(`Your AGENTRUSH identifier:  ${colors.brand(sessionId)}`);
+	printInfo("Find your row at https://mem0.ai/agentrush");
+}

cli/node/src/config.ts

@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ export interface PlatformConfig {
 	apiKey: string;
 	baseUrl: string;
 	userEmail: string;
+	// Agent Mode (unclaimed-shadow signup)
+	agentMode: boolean; // true while the key is an unclaimed agent-mode key
+	createdVia: string; // "agent_mode" | "email" | "api_key" | "existing_key"
+	agentCaller: string; // canonical agent name when createdVia === "agent_mode" (e.g. "claude-code")
+	claimedAt: string; // ISO timestamp once the agent has been claimed
+	defaultUserId: string; // `user_<slug>` returned by bootstrap; auto-default scope
 }
 
 export interface DefaultsConfig {
@@ -34,11 +40,18 @@ export interface TelemetryConfig {
 	anonymousId: string;
 }
 
+export interface AgentRushConfig {
+	// ISO timestamp the human acknowledged the "memories are public" warning.
+	// Empty until first interactive `mem0 agent-rush add`.
+	acknowledgedAt: string;
+}
+
 export interface Mem0Config {
 	version: number;
 	defaults: DefaultsConfig;
 	platform: PlatformConfig;
 	telemetry: TelemetryConfig;
+	agentRush: AgentRushConfig;
 }
 
 export function createDefaultConfig(): Mem0Config {
@@ -54,10 +67,18 @@ export function createDefaultConfig(): Mem0Config {
 			apiKey: "",
 			baseUrl: DEFAULT_BASE_URL,
 			userEmail: "",
+			agentMode: false,
+			createdVia: "",
+			agentCaller: "",
+			claimedAt: "",
+			defaultUserId: "",
 		},
 		telemetry: {
 			anonymousId: "",
 		},
+		agentRush: {
+			acknowledgedAt: "",
+		},
 	};
 }
 
@@ -79,6 +100,11 @@ export function loadConfig(): Mem0Config {
 		config.platform.apiKey = plat.api_key ?? "";
 		config.platform.baseUrl = plat.base_url ?? DEFAULT_BASE_URL;
 		config.platform.userEmail = plat.user_email ?? "";
+		config.platform.agentMode = Boolean(plat.agent_mode ?? false);
+		config.platform.createdVia = plat.created_via ?? "";
+		config.platform.agentCaller = plat.agent_caller ?? "";
+		config.platform.claimedAt = plat.claimed_at ?? "";
+		config.platform.defaultUserId = plat.default_user_id ?? "";
 
 		const defaults = data.defaults ?? {};
 		config.defaults.userId = defaults.user_id ?? "";
@@ -87,6 +113,8 @@ export function loadConfig(): Mem0Config {
 		config.defaults.runId = defaults.run_id ?? "";
 		const telemetry = data.telemetry ?? {};
 		config.telemetry.anonymousId = telemetry.anonymous_id ?? "";
+		const agentRush = data.agent_rush ?? {};
+		config.agentRush.acknowledgedAt = agentRush.acknowledged_at ?? "";
 	}
 
 	// Environment variable overrides
@@ -118,14 +146,36 @@ export function saveConfig(config: Mem0Config): void {
 			api_key: config.platform.apiKey,
 			base_url: config.platform.baseUrl,
 			user_email: config.platform.userEmail,
+			agent_mode: config.platform.agentMode,
+			created_via: config.platform.createdVia,
+			agent_caller: config.platform.agentCaller,
+			claimed_at: config.platform.claimedAt,
+			default_user_id: config.platform.defaultUserId,
 		},
 		telemetry: {
 			anonymous_id: config.telemetry.anonymousId,
 		},
+		agent_rush: {
+			acknowledged_at: config.agentRush.acknowledgedAt,
+		},
 	};
 
 	fs.writeFileSync(CONFIG_FILE, JSON.stringify(data, null, 2));
 	fs.chmodSync(CONFIG_FILE, 0o600);
+
+	// Propagate api_key to ecosystem touchpoints (Claude plugin env injection,
+	// shell rc exports). Idempotent — updates only EXISTING entries; never
+	// creates new ones. Best-effort: errors swallowed so config.json is
+	// always authoritative, never blocked by plugin-state issues.
+	if (config.platform.apiKey) {
+		try {
+			// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-require-imports
+			const { syncApiKey } = require("./plugin-sync.js");
+			syncApiKey(config.platform.apiKey);
+		} catch {
+			/* swallow */
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 export function redactKey(key: string): string {

cli/node/src/index.ts

@@ -13,7 +13,12 @@ import { colors, printError, printWarning } from "./branding.js";
 import type { Mem0Config } from "./config.js";
 import { loadConfig, saveConfig } from "./config.js";
 import { richFormatHelp } from "./help.js";
-import { setAgentMode } from "./state.js";
+import {
+	isAgentMode,
+	setAgentMode,
+	setCurrentCommand,
+	takeNotice,
+} from "./state.js";
 import { captureEvent } from "./telemetry.js";
 import { CLI_VERSION } from "./version.js";
 
@@ -141,6 +146,11 @@ program
 	.description(
 		`◆ Mem0 CLI v${CLI_VERSION} · Node.js SDK\n\nThe Memory Layer for AI Agents`,
 	)
+	// Positional options: flags AFTER a subcommand name belong to that
+	// subcommand, not the global program. Without this, `mem0 init --agent`
+	// routes `--agent` to the program-level alias (for --json) and init's own
+	// `--agent` (Agent Mode bootstrap) silently never fires.
+	.enablePositionalOptions()
 	.option("--version", "Show version and exit.")
 	.on("option:version", () => {
 		console.log(`  ${colors.brand("◆ Mem0")} CLI v${CLI_VERSION}`);
@@ -149,7 +159,7 @@ program
 	.option("--json", "Output as JSON for agent/programmatic use.")
 	.option(
 		"--agent",
-		"Output as JSON for agent/programmatic use. (alias: --json)",
+		"Output as JSON for agent/programmatic use. (alias: --json) Place BEFORE the subcommand: `mem0 --agent <cmd>`. On `init`, `mem0 init --agent` is the Agent Mode bootstrap flag instead.",
 	)
 	.usage("<command> [options]")
 	.helpOption("--help", "Show this message and exit.")
@@ -166,6 +176,14 @@ program.hook("preAction", (_thisCommand, actionCommand) => {
 			parentName && parentName !== "mem0"
 				? `${parentName}.${commandName}`
 				: commandName;
+		// Stash the active command name in shared state so the JSON
+		// error envelope (printError) can report which command failed
+		// instead of an empty `"command": ""` field.
+		setCurrentCommand(fullCommand);
+		// init fires its own telemetry from runInit with full M1-M6 props
+		// (mode/agent_caller/signup_source/claimed_agent_mode); skip the
+		// auto-fire here so we don't double-count.
+		if (fullCommand === "init") return;
 		const isAgent = !!(program.opts().json || program.opts().agent);
 		captureEvent(
 			`cli.${fullCommand}`,
@@ -193,11 +211,32 @@ program
 		"Verification code (use with --email for non-interactive login).",
 	)
 	.option("--force", "Overwrite existing config without confirmation.", false)
+	.option(
+		"--agent",
+		"Bootstrap an unattended Agent Mode account (no email required).",
+		false,
+	)
+	.option(
+		"--source <channel>",
+		"Channel attribution for signup (e.g. github, hn, ph).",
+	)
+	.option(
+		"--agent-caller <name>",
+		"Self-declared agent identity (e.g. claude-code, cursor). Used with --agent to attribute Agent Mode signups.",
+	)
+	// Accept `--json` at the init level too so the PRD-documented form
+	// `mem0 init --agent --json` works without requiring users to move it
+	// before the subcommand. Effect is identical to the global `--json`:
+	// flip agent-mode output state.
+	.option("--json", "Output as JSON (alias for global `--json`).", false)
 	.addHelpText(
 		"after",
-		"\nExamples:\n  $ mem0 init\n  $ mem0 init --api-key m0-xxx --user-id alice\n  $ mem0 init --email you@example.com\n  $ mem0 init --email you@example.com --code 123456",
+		"\nExamples:\n  $ mem0 init\n  $ mem0 init --api-key m0-xxx --user-id alice\n  $ mem0 init --email you@example.com\n  $ mem0 init --email you@example.com --code 123456\n  $ mem0 init --agent             # Bootstrap an Agent Mode account (unattended)\n  $ mem0 init --email you@example.com  # Claims an existing Agent Mode key when one is present",
 	)
 	.action(async (opts) => {
+		// `--json` at init level mirrors the global flag — flip agent_mode
+		// state so downstream formatters use JSON envelopes.
+		if (opts.json) setAgentMode(true);
 		const { runInit } = await import("./commands/init.js");
 		await runInit({
 			apiKey: opts.apiKey,
@@ -205,9 +244,66 @@ program
 			email: opts.email,
 			code: opts.code,
 			force: opts.force,
+			agent: opts.agent,
+			source: opts.source,
+			agentCaller: opts.agentCaller,
 		});
 	});
 
+// ── Setup: identify (post-bootstrap agent self-tag) ──────────────────────
+
+program
+	.command("identify <name>")
+	.description(
+		"Tag your active Agent Mode key with the AI agent that's using it (e.g. claude-code, cursor).",
+	)
+	.action(async (name: string) => {
+		const { runIdentify } = await import("./commands/identify.js");
+		await runIdentify(name);
+	});
+
+// ── Setup: whoami (print active agent identifier) ────────────────────────
+
+program
+	.command("whoami")
+	.description("Print the active agent's AGENTRUSH identifier.")
+	.action(async () => {
+		const { cmdWhoami } = await import("./commands/whoami.js");
+		await cmdWhoami();
+	});
+
+// ── AGENTRUSH subcommand group ────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+const agentRush = program
+	.command("agent-rush")
+	.description("AGENTRUSH game commands.")
+	.addHelpCommand(false)
+	.configureHelp({ formatHelp: richFormatHelp });
+
+agentRush
+	.command("add <content...>")
+	.description("Submit a memory to AGENTRUSH.")
+	.addHelpText(
+		"after",
+		'\nExamples:\n  $ mem0 agent-rush add "I used mem0 to build a coding agent"\n  $ mem0 agent-rush add "Agents that remember are better agents"',
+	)
+	.action(async (parts: string[]) => {
+		const { cmdAgentRushAdd } = await import("./commands/agent-rush.js");
+		await cmdAgentRushAdd(parts.join(" "));
+	});
+
+agentRush
+	.command("search <query...>")
+	.description("Search AGENTRUSH memories.")
+	.addHelpText(
+		"after",
+		'\nExamples:\n  $ mem0 agent-rush search "agents and memory and tools"\n  $ mem0 agent-rush search "coding assistant"',
+	)
+	.action(async (parts: string[]) => {
+		const { cmdAgentRushSearch } = await import("./commands/agent-rush.js");
+		await cmdAgentRushSearch(parts.join(" "));
+	});
+
 // ── Memory: add ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 program
@@ -769,4 +865,16 @@ program
 
 // ── Entrypoint ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
-program.parse();
+// Surface any unclaimed Agent Mode notice once per command, after the primary
+// output. In JSON/agent mode the notice is folded into the envelope by
+// formatJsonEnvelope, so skip the stderr banner there to avoid duplication.
+function surfaceNotice(): void {
+	const notice = takeNotice();
+	if (notice && !isAgentMode()) {
+		process.stderr.write(`\n\x1b[33m🔔 ${notice}\x1b[0m\n\n`);
+	}
+}
+
+program.parseAsync().finally(() => {
+	surfaceNotice();
+});

cli/node/src/output.ts

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import boxen from "boxen";
 import Table from "cli-table3";
 import { colors, sym } from "./branding.js";
+import { takeNotice } from "./state.js";
 
 const { brand, accent, success, error: errorColor, dim } = colors;
 
@@ -244,6 +245,15 @@ export function formatJsonEnvelope(opts: {
 	if (opts.count !== undefined) envelope.count = opts.count;
 	if (opts.error) envelope.error = opts.error;
 	envelope.data = opts.data;
+
+	// If the platform flagged this as an unclaimed Agent Mode account, surface
+	// the notice inside the JSON envelope so an agent consuming the output
+	// sees it without needing to inspect HTTP headers.
+	// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-require-imports
+	const { takeNotice } = require("./state.js");
+	const notice = takeNotice();
+	if (notice) envelope.mem0_notice = notice;
+
 	console.log(JSON.stringify(envelope, null, 2));
 }
 
@@ -356,6 +366,12 @@ export function formatAgentEnvelope(opts: {
 	}
 	if (opts.count !== undefined) envelope.count = opts.count;
 	envelope.data = sanitizeAgentData(opts.command, opts.data);
+
+	// Surface the unclaimed-Agent-Mode notice (if any) in the envelope so an
+	// agent reading the JSON output sees it without inspecting HTTP headers.
+	const notice = takeNotice();
+	if (notice) envelope.mem0_notice = notice;
+
 	console.log(JSON.stringify(envelope, null, 2));
 }
 

cli/node/src/plugin-sync.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+/**
+ * Sync the active Mem0 API key into other ecosystem touchpoints.
+ *
+ * Why: the CLI canonical state is ~/.mem0/config.json. MCP servers
+ * (Claude Code plugin, Codex plugin) read MEM0_API_KEY from env or
+ * their own config files. Without a sync, agent-mode bootstrap mints a
+ * new key into config.json but the plugin's MCP keeps using the old
+ * key from env — silent surprise.
+ *
+ * Design:
+ *  - Update ONLY entries that already exist; never create new ones
+ *  - Preserve surrounding content, formatting, other keys
+ *  - Atomic writes (tmp + rename) so a crash mid-write doesn't corrupt
+ *  - Idempotent — re-running with the same key is a no-op
+ *
+ * Targets:
+ *  - ~/.claude/settings.json::env::MEM0_API_KEY (Claude Code env injection)
+ *  - ~/.zshrc / ~/.bashrc `export MEM0_API_KEY="..."` lines
+ *
+ * Out of scope: Codex / Cursor MCP configs and the plugin's own
+ * <plugin-dir>/.api_key file (plugin-managed, different schema).
+ */
+
+import fs from "node:fs";
+import os from "node:os";
+import path from "node:path";
+
+const CLAUDE_SETTINGS = path.join(os.homedir(), ".claude", "settings.json");
+const SHELL_RCS = [
+	path.join(os.homedir(), ".zshrc"),
+	path.join(os.homedir(), ".bashrc"),
+	path.join(os.homedir(), ".bash_profile"),
+];
+
+// Use [ \t]* (not \s*) so a trailing newline at end-of-file is preserved
+// when the MEM0_API_KEY export is the last line of the rc file.
+const RC_LINE_RE =
+	/^([ \t]*export[ \t]+MEM0_API_KEY[ \t]*=[ \t]*)(["']?)([^"'\n]*)(["']?)[ \t]*$/m;
+
+export function syncApiKey(apiKey: string): string[] {
+	if (!apiKey) return [];
+	const updated: string[] = [];
+	if (updateClaudeSettings(CLAUDE_SETTINGS, apiKey)) {
+		updated.push(CLAUDE_SETTINGS);
+	}
+	for (const rc of SHELL_RCS) {
+		if (updateShellRc(rc, apiKey)) updated.push(rc);
+	}
+	return updated;
+}
+
+/** @internal — exported for unit tests; consumers should use {@link syncApiKey}. */
+export function updateClaudeSettings(
+	filePath: string,
+	apiKey: string,
+): boolean {
+	if (!fs.existsSync(filePath)) return false;
+	let raw: string;
+	let data: Record<string, unknown>;
+	try {
+		raw = fs.readFileSync(filePath, "utf-8");
+		data = JSON.parse(raw);
+	} catch {
+		return false;
+	}
+	const env = data.env;
+	if (!env || typeof env !== "object" || !("MEM0_API_KEY" in env)) {
+		return false; // no existing entry — don't create one
+	}
+	const envObj = env as Record<string, string>;
+	if (envObj.MEM0_API_KEY === apiKey) return false; // already in sync
+	envObj.MEM0_API_KEY = apiKey;
+	atomicWriteText(filePath, `${JSON.stringify(data, null, 2)}\n`);
+	return true;
+}
+
+/** @internal — exported for unit tests; consumers should use {@link syncApiKey}. */
+export function updateShellRc(filePath: string, apiKey: string): boolean {
+	if (!fs.existsSync(filePath)) return false;
+	let text: string;
+	try {
+		text = fs.readFileSync(filePath, "utf-8");
+	} catch {
+		return false;
+	}
+	const match = text.match(RC_LINE_RE);
+	if (!match) return false; // no existing line
+	if (match[3] === apiKey) return false;
+	const newText = text.replace(
+		RC_LINE_RE,
+		(_full, prefix) => `${prefix}"${apiKey}"`,
+	);
+	atomicWriteText(filePath, newText);
+	return true;
+}
+
+function atomicWriteText(filePath: string, content: string): void {
+	const dir = path.dirname(filePath);
+	const tmp = path.join(dir, `.${path.basename(filePath)}.${process.pid}.tmp`);
+	try {
+		fs.writeFileSync(tmp, content, "utf-8");
+		// Preserve permissions if original existed.
+		if (fs.existsSync(filePath)) {
+			try {
+				const mode = fs.statSync(filePath).mode & 0o777;
+				fs.chmodSync(tmp, mode);
+			} catch {
+				/* best-effort */
+			}
+		}
+		fs.renameSync(tmp, filePath);
+	} catch (err) {
+		try {
+			fs.unlinkSync(tmp);
+		} catch {
+			/* ignore */
+		}
+		throw err;
+	}
+}

cli/node/src/state.ts

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 let _agentMode = false;
 let _currentCommand = "";
+let _pendingNotice = "";
 
 export function isAgentMode(): boolean {
 	return _agentMode;
@@ -21,3 +22,19 @@ export function getCurrentCommand(): string {
 export function setCurrentCommand(name: string): void {
 	_currentCommand = name;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Stash a Mem0 backend notice (Agent Mode unclaimed reminder) for end-of-
+ * command surfacing. Called from the platform backend after each response so
+ * the notice prints once per command regardless of how many sub-requests
+ * fired. Last-write-wins is fine — the message text is identical.
+ */
+export function captureNotice(notice: string | null | undefined): void {
+	if (notice) _pendingNotice = notice;
+}
+
+export function takeNotice(): string {
+	const msg = _pendingNotice;
+	_pendingNotice = "";
+	return msg;
+}

cli/node/src/telemetry.ts

@@ -115,6 +115,9 @@ export function captureEvent(
 			}
 		}
 
+		// M4: every cli.* event carries agent_mode based on the config flag
+		// (unclaimed Agent Mode key). This is the growth-doc property used to
+		// join init → add → search funnels in PostHog.
 		const payload = {
 			api_key: POSTHOG_API_KEY,
 			distinct_id: distinctId,
@@ -123,6 +126,7 @@ export function captureEvent(
 				source: "CLI",
 				language: "node",
 				cli_version: CLI_VERSION,
+				agent_mode: Boolean(config.platform.agentMode),
 				node_version: process.version,
 				os: process.platform,
 				...properties,

cli/node/tests/agent-mode.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+/**
+ * Parity tests for `mem0 init --agent` (Agent Mode bootstrap).
+ *
+ * Mirror of `cli/python/tests/test_agent_mode.py` — both files MUST stay
+ * in sync so that the Python and Node CLIs expose an identical surface
+ * for the Agent Mode entrypoint. If you add a flag here, add the same
+ * assertion on the Python side (and vice versa).
+ *
+ * Network-bound bootstrap is covered by the platform-side E2E suite
+ * (`backend/tests/e2e/test_05_agent_mode.py`); these tests only verify
+ * the CLI surface that ships in the binary.
+ */
+
+import { describe, it, expect } from "vitest";
+import { execSync } from "node:child_process";
+import fs from "node:fs";
+import os from "node:os";
+import path from "node:path";
+
+function run(
+  args: string[],
+  opts: { home?: string; env?: Record<string, string> } = {},
+): { stdout: string; stderr: string; exitCode: number } {
+  const env = { ...process.env };
+  for (const key of Object.keys(env)) {
+    if (key.startsWith("MEM0_")) delete env[key];
+  }
+  if (opts.home) env.HOME = opts.home;
+  if (opts.env) Object.assign(env, opts.env);
+
+  try {
+    const stdout = execSync(`npx tsx src/index.ts ${args.join(" ")}`, {
+      cwd: path.join(__dirname, ".."),
+      env,
+      encoding: "utf-8",
+      timeout: 15000,
+    });
+    return { stdout, stderr: "", exitCode: 0 };
+  } catch (e: any) {
+    return {
+      stdout: e.stdout ?? "",
+      stderr: e.stderr ?? "",
+      exitCode: e.status ?? 1,
+    };
+  }
+}
+
+function cleanHome(): string {
+  return fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "mem0-test-"));
+}
+
+describe("init flag surface", () => {
+  it("init --help lists --agent", () => {
+    const result = run(["init", "--help"]);
+    expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
+    expect(result.stdout).toContain("--agent");
+  });
+
+  it("init --help describes Agent Mode", () => {
+    const result = run(["init", "--help"]);
+    expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
+    // Description must mention what --agent actually does so an agent
+    // reading the help can self-discover the bootstrap entrypoint.
+    expect(
+      result.stdout.includes("Agent Mode") ||
+        result.stdout.toLowerCase().includes("unattended"),
+    ).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("init --help lists --source", () => {
+    const result = run(["init", "--help"]);
+    expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
+    expect(result.stdout).toContain("--source");
+  });
+
+  it("init --help lists --email and --code", () => {
+    const result = run(["init", "--help"]);
+    expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
+    expect(result.stdout).toContain("--email");
+    expect(result.stdout).toContain("--code");
+  });
+});
+
+describe("argv preprocessing — --agent reaches init subcommand", () => {
+  // Regression for the bug where the global --agent JSON-alias swallowed
+  // the init-level --agent flag, making `mem0 init --agent` behave like
+  // the plain interactive wizard.
+
+  it("init --agent triggers bootstrap branch (not the wizard)", () => {
+    const home = cleanHome();
+    const result = run(["init", "--agent"], {
+      home,
+      env: {
+        MEM0_BASE_URL: "http://127.0.0.1:1", // blackhole
+        FORCE_COLOR: "0",
+      },
+    });
+    const combined = (result.stdout + result.stderr).toLowerCase();
+    // Either bootstrap-attempt error, or a connection/network error —
+    // both prove the --agent path executed (the wizard would prompt for
+    // input and succeed/hang, not surface a network error).
+    expect(
+      combined.includes("agent") ||
+        combined.includes("connect") ||
+        combined.includes("network") ||
+        combined.includes("fetch") ||
+        combined.includes("bootstrap"),
+    ).toBe(true);
+    fs.rmSync(home, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  });
+});
+
+describe("JSON envelope on network failure", () => {
+  it("init --agent --json does not leak a stack trace when backend is unreachable", () => {
+    const home = cleanHome();
+    const result = run(["init", "--agent", "--json"], {
+      home,
+      env: {
+        MEM0_BASE_URL: "http://127.0.0.1:1",
+        FORCE_COLOR: "0",
+      },
+    });
+    const combined = result.stdout + result.stderr;
+    // No raw Node stack should escape the agent-mode handler.
+    expect(combined).not.toMatch(/at \w+\s*\(.+\.ts:\d+/);
+    expect(combined).not.toContain("UnhandledPromiseRejection");
+    expect(result.exitCode).not.toBe(0);
+    fs.rmSync(home, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  });
+});
+
+describe("top-level help lists init", () => {
+  // `mem0 --help` must list `init` so agents walking the top-level help
+  // can discover the Agent Mode entrypoint without prior knowledge.
+
+  it("--help lists init", () => {
+    const result = run(["--help"]);
+    expect(result.exitCode).toBe(0);
+    expect(result.stdout).toContain("init");
+  });
+});

cli/node/tests/init-internals.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+/**
+ * Unit tests for init internals — decision tree primitives + plugin sync.
+ *
+ * Mirror of `cli/python/tests/test_init_internals.py`. Both files MUST stay
+ * in sync — if you add a behavioral assertion here, mirror it on the Python
+ * side and vice versa.
+ *
+ *  - `pingKey` must NOT treat network errors as "invalid key" (else a VPN
+ *    flap silently mints a new shadow over a working key).
+ *  - `plugin_sync` must only update entries that already exist, preserve
+ *    trailing newlines, and never mangle other lines.
+ */
+
+import fs from "node:fs";
+import os from "node:os";
+import path from "node:path";
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { pingKey } from "../src/commands/init.js";
+import { updateClaudeSettings, updateShellRc } from "../src/plugin-sync.js";
+
+// ── pingKey ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe("pingKey — network vs auth distinction", () => {
+	const origFetch = globalThis.fetch;
+	afterEach(() => {
+		globalThis.fetch = origFetch;
+		vi.restoreAllMocks();
+	});
+
+	it("returns true for 200", async () => {
+		globalThis.fetch = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ status: 200 } as Response);
+		await expect(pingKey("k", "http://x")).resolves.toBe(true);
+	});
+
+	it("returns false for 401 (definitively invalid)", async () => {
+		globalThis.fetch = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ status: 401 } as Response);
+		await expect(pingKey("k", "http://x")).resolves.toBe(false);
+	});
+
+	it("returns false for 403 (definitively invalid)", async () => {
+		globalThis.fetch = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ status: 403 } as Response);
+		await expect(pingKey("k", "http://x")).resolves.toBe(false);
+	});
+
+	it("returns true for 5xx (transient upstream — prefer reuse)", async () => {
+		globalThis.fetch = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ status: 503 } as Response);
+		await expect(pingKey("k", "http://x")).resolves.toBe(true);
+	});
+
+	it("returns true on network error (prefer reuse over re-mint)", async () => {
+		globalThis.fetch = vi.fn().mockRejectedValue(new Error("ECONNREFUSED"));
+		await expect(pingKey("k", "http://x")).resolves.toBe(true);
+	});
+
+	it("returns true on timeout (prefer reuse)", async () => {
+		globalThis.fetch = vi.fn().mockRejectedValue(new Error("aborted"));
+		await expect(pingKey("k", "http://x")).resolves.toBe(true);
+	});
+});
+
+// ── updateShellRc ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe("updateShellRc — exists-only contract", () => {
+	let tmpDir: string;
+
+	beforeEach(() => {
+		tmpDir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "mem0-test-"));
+	});
+	afterEach(() => {
+		fs.rmSync(tmpDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+	});
+
+	it("updates existing export and preserves trailing newline", () => {
+		const rc = path.join(tmpDir, ".zshrc");
+		fs.writeFileSync(rc, 'export MEM0_API_KEY="old"\n');
+		expect(updateShellRc(rc, "newkey")).toBe(true);
+		expect(fs.readFileSync(rc, "utf-8")).toBe('export MEM0_API_KEY="newkey"\n');
+	});
+
+	it("does NOT create a new export when none exists", () => {
+		const rc = path.join(tmpDir, ".zshrc");
+		fs.writeFileSync(rc, "alias ll='ls -la'\n");
+		expect(updateShellRc(rc, "newkey")).toBe(false);
+		expect(fs.readFileSync(rc, "utf-8")).toBe("alias ll='ls -la'\n");
+	});
+
+	it("preserves surrounding content", () => {
+		const rc = path.join(tmpDir, ".zshrc");
+		const original =
+			"# my zshrc\n" +
+			"alias ll='ls -la'\n" +
+			"export MEM0_API_KEY='old'\n" +
+			"export OTHER=keepme\n";
+		fs.writeFileSync(rc, original);
+		updateShellRc(rc, "newkey");
+		const after = fs.readFileSync(rc, "utf-8");
+		expect(after).toContain("alias ll='ls -la'\n");
+		expect(after).toContain("export OTHER=keepme\n");
+		expect(after).toContain("# my zshrc\n");
+		expect(after).toContain('export MEM0_API_KEY="newkey"\n');
+	});
+
+	it("is idempotent when value already matches", () => {
+		const rc = path.join(tmpDir, ".zshrc");
+		fs.writeFileSync(rc, 'export MEM0_API_KEY="same"\n');
+		expect(updateShellRc(rc, "same")).toBe(false);
+	});
+
+	it("is a no-op for missing files", () => {
+		const rc = path.join(tmpDir, ".zshrc"); // does not exist
+		expect(updateShellRc(rc, "x")).toBe(false);
+	});
+});
+
+// ── updateClaudeSettings ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe("updateClaudeSettings — never creates entries", () => {
+	let tmpDir: string;
+
+	beforeEach(() => {
+		tmpDir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "mem0-test-"));
+	});
+	afterEach(() => {
+		fs.rmSync(tmpDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+	});
+
+	it("does not create env block when none exists", () => {
+		const settings = path.join(tmpDir, "settings.json");
+		fs.writeFileSync(settings, JSON.stringify({ otherKey: 1 }));
+		expect(updateClaudeSettings(settings, "newkey")).toBe(false);
+		expect(JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(settings, "utf-8"))).toEqual({
+			otherKey: 1,
+		});
+	});
+
+	it("does not create MEM0_API_KEY entry in existing env block", () => {
+		const settings = path.join(tmpDir, "settings.json");
+		fs.writeFileSync(settings, JSON.stringify({ env: { OTHER_KEY: "x" } }));
+		expect(updateClaudeSettings(settings, "newkey")).toBe(false);
+	});
+
+	it("updates existing entry and preserves siblings", () => {
+		const settings = path.join(tmpDir, "settings.json");
+		fs.writeFileSync(
+			settings,
+			JSON.stringify({ env: { MEM0_API_KEY: "old", OTHER: "y" } }, null, 2),
+		);
+		expect(updateClaudeSettings(settings, "fresh")).toBe(true);
+		const data = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(settings, "utf-8"));
+		expect(data.env.MEM0_API_KEY).toBe("fresh");
+		expect(data.env.OTHER).toBe("y");
+	});
+
+	it("is idempotent when value already matches", () => {
+		const settings = path.join(tmpDir, "settings.json");
+		fs.writeFileSync(
+			settings,
+			JSON.stringify({ env: { MEM0_API_KEY: "same" } }),
+		);
+		expect(updateClaudeSettings(settings, "same")).toBe(false);
+	});
+
+	it("is a no-op for malformed JSON", () => {
+		const settings = path.join(tmpDir, "settings.json");
+		fs.writeFileSync(settings, "{ this is not json");
+		expect(updateClaudeSettings(settings, "x")).toBe(false);
+	});
+});

cli/python/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# Changelog
+
+All notable changes to `mem0-cli` (Python) are documented here.
+
+The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
+and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
+
+## [0.2.7] — 2026-05-20
+
+### Added
+
+- `mem0 whoami` — print the active agent's `default_user_id` (the AGENTRUSH
+  leaderboard identifier). Reads from local config, no network call.
+- `mem0 agent-rush <add | search>` — subcommand group that wraps the new
+  `/v1/agent-rush/` platform endpoints for the 7-day AGENTRUSH game. Project
+  routing is implicit (resolved server-side); no flags exposed. Pretty-prints
+  platform error codes into actionable hints (e.g. `agentrush_search_first`
+  → "Run 3 'mem0 agent-rush search' commands before adding.").
+- PII safety prompt on first `mem0 agent-rush add`. Interactive runs require
+  explicit `y` to acknowledge that AGENTRUSH memories are public; the
+  acknowledgement is persisted in `~/.mem0/config.json` under
+  `agent_rush.acknowledged_at` so the prompt only appears once per machine.
+  Non-interactive (agent) invocations surface the warning to stderr without
+  blocking.
+- New config schema field: `agent_rush.acknowledged_at` (ISO timestamp,
+  empty until first interactive acknowledgement).
+
+### Changed
+
+- HTTP requests from the new agent-rush commands send `X-Mem0-Mode: agent-rush`
+  in addition to the existing source headers, so platform telemetry can split
+  game traffic from regular CLI usage.
+
+## [0.2.6] and earlier
+
+Unlogged historical releases. See git history under `cli/python/`.

cli/python/pyproject.toml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "mem0-cli"
-version = "0.2.4"
+version = "0.2.7"
 description = "The official CLI for mem0 — the memory layer for AI agents"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "Apache-2.0"

cli/python/src/mem0_cli/agent_detect.py

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+"""Detect whether the CLI is being invoked from inside an AI-agent context.
+
+Used by `mem0 init` to auto-enter Agent Mode (Rule 3 bootstrap) when an
+agent runtime env var is present. The return value is a context **trigger
+only** — the canonical agent identity is self-declared by the agent via
+``--agent-caller <name>`` (Proof Editor-style) and never sniffed from env
+vars to fill the ``agent_caller`` field on the APIKey row.
+
+Returns a short name or None. The list is curated, not exhaustive — env
+vars we don't recognise fall through to None (caller treated as
+non-agent). Honest reporting depends on ``--agent-caller``; this list is
+just enough to enable the zero-friction auto-bootstrap UX.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import os
+
+_AGENT_CALLER_ENV: tuple[tuple[str, tuple[str, ...]], ...] = (
+    ("claude-code", ("CLAUDECODE", "CLAUDE_CODE")),
+    ("cursor", ("CURSOR_AGENT", "CURSOR_SESSION_ID")),
+    ("codex", ("CODEX_CLI", "OPENAI_CODEX")),
+    ("cline", ("CLINE_AGENT", "CLINE")),
+    ("continue", ("CONTINUE_AGENT", "CONTINUE_SESSION")),
+    ("aider", ("AIDER_SESSION",)),
+    ("goose", ("GOOSE_AGENT",)),
+    ("windsurf", ("WINDSURF_AGENT",)),
+)
+
+
+def detect_agent_caller() -> str | None:
+    """Return a canonical agent name if any agent env var is set, else None."""
+    for name, env_vars in _AGENT_CALLER_ENV:
+        if any(os.environ.get(v) for v in env_vars):
+            return name
+    return None

cli/python/src/mem0_cli/app.py

@@ -237,6 +237,14 @@ def main_callback(
         cmd_version()
         raise typer.Exit()
     if ctx.invoked_subcommand:
+        # Stash the active subcommand name so the JSON error envelope
+        # (print_error in agent mode) can report which command failed
+        # instead of an empty `"command": ""` field.
+        from mem0_cli.state import set_current_command
+
+        set_current_command(ctx.invoked_subcommand)
+    if ctx.invoked_subcommand and ctx.invoked_subcommand != "init":
+        # init fires its own telemetry from init_cmd.run_init with full M1-M6 props.
         _fire_telemetry(ctx.invoked_subcommand)
 
 
@@ -851,6 +859,19 @@ def init(
     force: bool = typer.Option(
         False, "--force", help="Overwrite existing config without confirmation."
     ),
+    agent_signal: bool = typer.Option(
+        False, "--agent", help="Bootstrap an unattended Agent Mode account (no email required)."
+    ),
+    source: str | None = typer.Option(
+        None,
+        "--source",
+        help="Channel attribution for signup (e.g. github, hn, ph).",
+    ),
+    agent_caller: str | None = typer.Option(
+        None,
+        "--agent-caller",
+        help="Self-declared agent identity (e.g. claude-code, cursor). Used with --agent to attribute Agent Mode signups.",
+    ),
 ) -> None:
     """Interactive setup wizard for mem0 CLI.
 
@@ -859,10 +880,97 @@ def init(
       mem0 init --api-key m0-xxx --user-id alice
       mem0 init --email alice@company.com
       mem0 init --email alice@company.com --code 482901
+      mem0 init --agent --agent-caller claude-code   # AI agent self-identifies on Agent Mode bootstrap
+      mem0 init --email alice@company.com  # Claims an existing Agent Mode key when one is present
     """
     from mem0_cli.commands.init_cmd import run_init
 
-    run_init(api_key=api_key, user_id=user_id, email=email, code=code, force=force)
+    run_init(
+        api_key=api_key,
+        user_id=user_id,
+        email=email,
+        code=code,
+        force=force,
+        source=source,
+        agent=agent_signal,
+        agent_caller=agent_caller,
+    )
+
+
+@app.command(rich_help_panel="Setup")
+def identify(
+    name: str = typer.Argument(..., help="Agent identity (e.g. claude-code, cursor, my-bot)."),
+) -> None:
+    """Tag your active Agent Mode key with the AI agent that's using it.
+
+    Run this once after `mem0 init --agent` if you didn't pass --agent-caller.
+    Idempotent — re-running just overwrites the value.
+
+    Example:
+      mem0 identify claude-code
+    """
+    from mem0_cli.commands.identify_cmd import run_identify
+
+    run_identify(name)
+
+
+@app.command(name="whoami", rich_help_panel="Setup")
+def whoami_cmd() -> None:
+    """Print your AGENTRUSH identifier (default_user_id).
+
+    Example:
+      mem0 whoami
+    """
+    from mem0_cli.commands.whoami_cmd import run_whoami
+
+    run_whoami()
+
+
+# ── AGENTRUSH sub-app ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+agent_rush_app = typer.Typer(
+    name="agent-rush",
+    help="AGENTRUSH game commands",
+    no_args_is_help=True,
+    rich_markup_mode="rich",
+)
+
+
+@agent_rush_app.callback(invoke_without_command=True)
+def _agent_rush_callback(ctx: typer.Context) -> None:
+    if ctx.invoked_subcommand:
+        _fire_telemetry(f"agent-rush.{ctx.invoked_subcommand}")
+
+
+@agent_rush_app.command(name="add")
+def agent_rush_add(
+    content: str = typer.Argument(..., help="Memory content (50-1000 characters, no URLs)."),
+) -> None:
+    """Submit a memory to AGENTRUSH.
+
+    Example:
+      mem0 agent-rush add "I enjoy solving constraint-satisfaction problems."
+    """
+    from mem0_cli.commands.agent_rush_cmd import run_agent_rush_add
+
+    run_agent_rush_add(content)
+
+
+@agent_rush_app.command(name="search")
+def agent_rush_search(
+    query: str = typer.Argument(..., help="Search query."),
+) -> None:
+    """Search AGENTRUSH memories.
+
+    Example:
+      mem0 agent-rush search "constraint satisfaction"
+    """
+    from mem0_cli.commands.agent_rush_cmd import run_agent_rush_search
+
+    run_agent_rush_search(query)
+
+
+app.add_typer(agent_rush_app, name="agent-rush", rich_help_panel="Setup")
 
 
 # (entity_app registered at module level, below sub-group definitions)
@@ -1198,11 +1306,28 @@ def main() -> None:
     import sys
 
     # Allow --json/--agent anywhere in the command line (not just before subcommand).
-    _json_flags = {"--json", "--agent"}
-    if any(a in _json_flags for a in sys.argv[1:]):
+    # Special case: `mem0 init --agent` is a subcommand flag (Agent Mode bootstrap)
+    # consumed by init_cmd, not a global JSON-output toggle — leave it in argv.
+    argv_rest = sys.argv[1:]
+    is_init = "init" in argv_rest
+    _global_flags = {"--json"} if is_init else {"--json", "--agent"}
+    if any(a in _global_flags for a in argv_rest):
         from mem0_cli.state import set_agent_mode
 
         set_agent_mode(True)
-        sys.argv = [sys.argv[0]] + [a for a in sys.argv[1:] if a not in _json_flags]
+        sys.argv = [sys.argv[0]] + [a for a in argv_rest if a not in _global_flags]
 
-    app()
+    try:
+        app()
+    finally:
+        # Surface any unclaimed Agent Mode notice once per command, after the
+        # primary output. In JSON/agent mode the notice is folded into the
+        # envelope by format_json_envelope, so skip the stderr banner there
+        # to avoid duplicate output.
+        from mem0_cli.state import is_agent_mode, take_notice
+
+        notice = take_notice()
+        if notice and not is_agent_mode():
+            from rich.console import Console
+
+            Console(stderr=True).print(f"\n[yellow]🔔 {notice}[/yellow]\n")

cli/python/src/mem0_cli/backend/platform.py

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class PlatformBackend(Backend):
         )
 
     def _request(self, method: str, path: str, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
-        from mem0_cli.state import is_agent_mode
+        from mem0_cli.state import capture_notice, is_agent_mode
 
         self._client.headers["X-Mem0-Caller-Type"] = "agent" if is_agent_mode() else "user"
         resp = self._client.request(method, path, **kwargs)
@@ -48,7 +48,26 @@ class PlatformBackend(Backend):
         resp.raise_for_status()
         if resp.status_code == 204:
             return {}
-        return resp.json()
+        data = resp.json()
+
+        # Pull the unclaimed-Agent-Mode notice out of the body (or the header
+        # fallback for endpoints that return non-dict / non-dict-leading
+        # payloads) and stash it for end-of-command surfacing.
+        notice = None
+        if isinstance(data, dict) and "mem0_notice" in data:
+            notice = data.pop("mem0_notice")
+        elif (
+            isinstance(data, list)
+            and data
+            and isinstance(data[0], dict)
+            and "mem0_notice" in data[0]
+        ):
+            notice = data[0].pop("mem0_notice")
+        if notice is None:
+            notice = resp.headers.get("X-Mem0-Notice-Message") or None
+        capture_notice(notice)
+
+        return data
 
     def add(
         self,

cli/python/src/mem0_cli/branding.py

@@ -87,10 +87,12 @@ def print_error(console: Console, message: str, hint: str | None = None) -> None
         }
         print(_json.dumps(envelope))
         return
+    from rich.markup import escape
+
     sym = _sym("✗", "[error]")
-    console.print(f"[{ERROR_COLOR}]{sym} Error:[/] {message}")
+    console.print(f"[{ERROR_COLOR}]{sym} Error:[/] {escape(str(message))}")
     if hint:
-        console.print(f"  [{DIM_COLOR}]{hint}[/]")
+        console.print(f"  [{DIM_COLOR}]{escape(str(hint))}[/]")
 
 
 def print_warning(console: Console, message: str) -> None:

cli/python/src/mem0_cli/commands/agent_mode_cmd.py

@@ -0,0 +1,239 @@
+"""Agent Mode commands — bootstrap (unattended signup) and claim (OTP-based human upgrade)."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+import sys
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
+from typing import Any
+
+import httpx
+import typer
+from rich.console import Console
+from rich.prompt import Prompt
+
+from mem0_cli.branding import (
+    BRAND_COLOR,
+    DIM_COLOR,
+    print_error,
+    print_success,
+)
+from mem0_cli.config import Mem0Config, save_config
+
+console = Console()
+err_console = Console(stderr=True)
+
+_SOURCE_HEADERS = {
+    "X-Mem0-Source": "cli",
+    "X-Mem0-Client-Language": "python",
+}
+
+
+def _validate_envelope(envelope: Any) -> None:
+    """Defend against partial/malformed backend responses.
+
+    A backend regression that returns ``{"api_key": null}`` would otherwise be
+    silently persisted, producing confusing downstream errors far from the
+    source. Fail fast with a clear message if the required fields are missing.
+    """
+    if not isinstance(envelope, dict):
+        print_error(err_console, "Bootstrap response was not a JSON object.")
+        raise typer.Exit(1)
+    for field in ("api_key", "default_user_id"):
+        value = envelope.get(field)
+        if not isinstance(value, str) or not value:
+            print_error(
+                err_console,
+                f"Bootstrap response missing required field {field!r} — please update the CLI.",
+            )
+            raise typer.Exit(1)
+
+
+def bootstrap_via_backend(
+    config: Mem0Config,
+    *,
+    source: str | None = None,
+    agent_caller: str | None = None,
+) -> None:
+    """POST /api/v1/auth/agent_mode/ and mutate config in place.
+
+    Args:
+        config: Mem0Config mutated in place with the new platform values.
+        source: ``--source`` flag passthrough (analytics tag, free-form).
+        agent_caller: Self-declared agent identity passed via ``--agent-caller``
+            (e.g. ``claude-code``, ``cursor``). May be None when the caller
+            omitted the flag; the agent can backfill later via
+            ``mem0 identify <name>``. Sent to the backend in the request body
+            and saved into ``platform.agent_caller`` for local introspection.
+
+    Raises typer.Exit(1) on failure.
+    """
+    base_url = (config.platform.base_url or "https://api.mem0.ai").rstrip("/")
+    body: dict[str, Any] = {}
+    if source:
+        body["source"] = source
+    if agent_caller:
+        body["agent_caller"] = agent_caller
+
+    try:
+        with httpx.Client(timeout=30.0) as client:
+            resp = client.post(
+                f"{base_url}/api/v1/auth/agent_mode/",
+                headers={**_SOURCE_HEADERS, "Content-Type": "application/json"},
+                json=body,
+            )
+    except httpx.HTTPError as exc:
+        print_error(err_console, f"Network error contacting Mem0: {exc}")
+        raise typer.Exit(1) from exc
+
+    if resp.status_code == 429:
+        print_error(err_console, "Rate-limited. Try again in a few minutes.")
+        raise typer.Exit(1)
+    if resp.status_code == 503:
+        print_error(err_console, "Agent Mode is temporarily disabled. Try again later.")
+        raise typer.Exit(1)
+    if resp.status_code != 200:
+        detail = resp.text
+        try:
+            err_body = resp.json()
+            detail = err_body.get("error") or err_body.get("detail") or resp.text
+        except (json.JSONDecodeError, ValueError, AttributeError):
+            pass
+        # Backend's @ratelimit decorator raises PermissionDenied, which DRF
+        # translates to a generic 403 "You do not have permission to perform
+        # this action." That's opaque — surface as the rate-limit it actually is.
+        if resp.status_code == 403 and "permission" in str(detail).lower():
+            print_error(
+                err_console,
+                "Daily Agent Mode signup limit reached for this network (5/day). Try again from a different IP or after midnight UTC.",
+            )
+            raise typer.Exit(1)
+        print_error(err_console, f"Bootstrap failed: {detail}")
+        raise typer.Exit(1)
+
+    envelope = resp.json()
+    _validate_envelope(envelope)
+    config.platform.api_key = envelope["api_key"]
+    config.platform.base_url = base_url
+    config.platform.agent_mode = True
+    config.platform.created_via = "agent_mode"
+    config.platform.agent_caller = agent_caller or ""
+    config.platform.claimed_at = ""
+    config.platform.default_user_id = envelope["default_user_id"]
+    # Adopt the slug-derived user_id as the default scope for memory ops.
+    config.defaults.user_id = envelope["default_user_id"]
+    save_config(config)
+
+    print_success(console, f"Agent Mode active. Default user_id: {envelope['default_user_id']}")
+    notice = envelope.get("mem0_notice")
+    if notice:
+        console.print(f"\n[yellow]🔔 {notice}[/yellow]\n")
+    else:
+        # Fallback if the backend hasn't deployed the unified notice yet.
+        claim_cmd = envelope.get("claim_command", "mem0 init --email <your-email>")
+        console.print(f"  [{DIM_COLOR}]To claim this account later: {claim_cmd}[/]")
+
+    if not agent_caller:
+        console.print(
+            f"  [{DIM_COLOR}]If you are an AI agent, identify yourself: "
+            f"`mem0 identify <your-name>` (e.g. claude-code, cursor).[/]"
+        )
+
+
+def claim_via_otp(config: Mem0Config, *, email: str, code: str | None = None) -> None:
+    """Claim an existing Agent Mode account via OTP — no browser, no polling.
+
+    Reuses the standard email-code flow (`/api/v1/auth/email_code/` then
+    `/.../verify/`) and adds the local agent-mode API key in the verify body
+    as `agent_mode_api_key`. Backend's `verify_email_code` runs the
+    upgrade-in-place transaction inline and returns claim result.
+
+    On success: flips `platform.agent_mode=false`, sets `claimed_at`, stamps
+    `user_email`. The api_key value itself never changes.
+    """
+    base_url = (config.platform.base_url or "https://api.mem0.ai").rstrip("/")
+    if not config.platform.api_key or not config.platform.agent_mode:
+        print_error(
+            err_console,
+            "This command requires an active Agent Mode config. Run `mem0 init` first.",
+        )
+        raise typer.Exit(1)
+
+    raw_key = config.platform.api_key
+
+    with httpx.Client(timeout=30.0) as client:
+        # Step 1: request OTP (unless --code provided)
+        if not code:
+            send = client.post(
+                f"{base_url}/api/v1/auth/email_code/",
+                headers={**_SOURCE_HEADERS, "Content-Type": "application/json"},
+                json={"email": email},
+            )
+            if send.status_code == 429:
+                print_error(err_console, "Too many attempts. Try again in a few minutes.")
+                raise typer.Exit(1)
+            if send.status_code != 200:
+                try:
+                    detail = send.json().get("error", send.text)
+                except Exception:
+                    detail = send.text
+                print_error(err_console, f"Failed to send code: {detail}")
+                raise typer.Exit(1)
+
+            print_success(console, f"Verification code sent to {email}. Check your inbox.")
+
+            if not sys.stdin.isatty():
+                print_error(
+                    err_console,
+                    "No --code provided and terminal is non-interactive.",
+                    hint=f"Re-run: mem0 init --email {email} --code <code>",
+                )
+                raise typer.Exit(1)
+
+            console.print()
+            code = Prompt.ask(f"  [{BRAND_COLOR}]Verification Code[/]")
+            if not code:
+                print_error(err_console, "Code is required.")
+                raise typer.Exit(1)
+
+        # Step 2: verify + claim in one shot
+        verify = client.post(
+            f"{base_url}/api/v1/auth/email_code/verify/",
+            headers={**_SOURCE_HEADERS, "Content-Type": "application/json"},
+            json={
+                "email": email,
+                "code": code.strip(),
+                "agent_mode_api_key": raw_key,
+            },
+        )
+
+    if verify.status_code != 200:
+        try:
+            err_body = verify.json()
+            detail = err_body.get("error", verify.text)
+            code_str = err_body.get("code", "")
+        except (json.JSONDecodeError, ValueError, AttributeError):
+            detail = verify.text
+            code_str = ""
+        print_error(err_console, f"Claim failed: {detail}")
+        if code_str == "email_already_claimed":
+            console.print(
+                f"  [{DIM_COLOR}]Tip: this email already has a Mem0 account. Sign in at app.mem0.ai with your existing credentials.[/]"
+            )
+        raise typer.Exit(1)
+
+    claim_body = verify.json()
+    if not claim_body.get("claimed"):
+        print_error(err_console, f"Unexpected verify response: {claim_body}")
+        raise typer.Exit(1)
+
+    config.platform.agent_mode = False
+    config.platform.claimed_at = claim_body.get("claimed_at") or _utcnow_iso()
+    config.platform.user_email = email
+    config.platform.created_via = "email"
+    save_config(config)
+    print_success(console, f"Agent claimed to {email}. Your API key is unchanged.")
+
+
+def _utcnow_iso() -> str:
+    return datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat()

cli/python/src/mem0_cli/commands/agent_rush_cmd.py

@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+"""mem0 agent-rush — AGENTRUSH game commands.
+
+Wraps the platform's /v1/agent-rush/{memories/, memories/search/} endpoints.
+Hardcoded routing; no flags needed.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import sys
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
+
+import httpx
+import typer
+from rich.console import Console
+
+from mem0_cli.branding import print_error, print_success
+from mem0_cli.config import load_config, save_config
+
+console = Console()
+err_console = Console(stderr=True)
+
+_PII_WARNING_LINES = (
+    "",
+    "[yellow]⚠️  AGENTRUSH memories are PUBLIC — visible to any other player.[/yellow]",
+    "[yellow]   Do not include real names, emails, secrets, work content, or PII.[/yellow]",
+    "",
+)
+
+_SOURCE_HEADERS = {
+    "X-Mem0-Source": "cli",
+    "X-Mem0-Client-Language": "python",
+    "X-Mem0-Mode": "agent-rush",
+}
+
+_ERROR_HINTS = {
+    "agentrush_search_first": "Run 3 'mem0 agent-rush search' commands before adding.",
+    "agentrush_search_quota": "You've used your 3 lifetime searches.",
+    "agentrush_add_quota": "You've used your 3 lifetime adds.",
+    "agentrush_not_agent_mode": "Re-run 'mem0 init --agent' to bootstrap an agent-mode key.",
+    "agentrush_length": "Memory text must be 50-1000 characters.",
+    "agentrush_no_urls": "URLs are not allowed.",
+    "agentrush_blocklist": "Content contains a blocked term.",
+    "agentrush_global_quota": "Event-wide cap reached. Try again later.",
+    "agentrush_not_provisioned": "AGENTRUSH is not provisioned in this environment.",
+}
+
+
+def _call(path: str, body: dict) -> dict:
+    config = load_config()
+    if not config.platform.api_key:
+        print_error(err_console, "Not initialized. Run `mem0 init --agent` first.")
+        raise typer.Exit(1)
+    base_url = (config.platform.base_url or "https://api.mem0.ai").rstrip("/")
+    try:
+        with httpx.Client(timeout=30.0) as client:
+            resp = client.post(
+                f"{base_url}{path}",
+                headers={
+                    **_SOURCE_HEADERS,
+                    "Authorization": f"Token {config.platform.api_key}",
+                    "Content-Type": "application/json",
+                },
+                json=body,
+            )
+    except httpx.HTTPError as exc:
+        print_error(err_console, f"Network error: {exc}")
+        raise typer.Exit(1) from exc
+    try:
+        data = resp.json()
+    except Exception:
+        data = {}
+    if resp.status_code >= 400:
+        code = (
+            (data.get("error") or {}).get("code", "unknown")
+            if isinstance(data, dict)
+            else "unknown"
+        )
+        print_error(err_console, f"AGENTRUSH error: {code}")
+        hint = _ERROR_HINTS.get(code)
+        if hint:
+            console.print(f"  [dim]{hint}[/dim]")
+        raise typer.Exit(1)
+    return data
+
+
+def _ensure_warning_acknowledged() -> None:
+    """Block the first interactive add on the PII warning; pass-through for agents.
+
+    Interactive (TTY): show prompt, require explicit 'y', persist
+    `agent_rush.acknowledged_at` so we never ask the same machine twice.
+
+    Non-interactive (no TTY — typical when an agent runs the CLI): surface
+    the warning to stderr for the human reading the agent transcript and
+    proceed without prompting (agents can't answer y/N).
+    """
+    config = load_config()
+    if config.agent_rush.acknowledged_at:
+        return
+
+    is_tty = sys.stdin.isatty() and sys.stdout.isatty()
+    if not is_tty:
+        for line in _PII_WARNING_LINES:
+            err_console.print(line)
+        return
+
+    for line in _PII_WARNING_LINES:
+        console.print(line)
+    answer = typer.prompt("   Continue? [y/N]", default="N", show_default=False).strip().lower()
+    if answer not in ("y", "yes"):
+        print_error(err_console, "Aborted.")
+        raise typer.Exit(1)
+
+    config.agent_rush.acknowledged_at = datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat()
+    save_config(config)
+
+
+def run_agent_rush_add(content: str) -> None:
+    _ensure_warning_acknowledged()
+    result = _call("/v1/agent-rush/memories/", {"content": content})
+    event_id = result.get("event_id", "?")
+    print_success(console, f"Memory submitted (event_id: {event_id})")
+
+
+def run_agent_rush_search(query: str) -> None:
+    result = _call("/v1/agent-rush/memories/search/", {"query": query})
+    memories = result.get("results") or result.get("memories") or []
+    if not memories:
+        console.print("[dim](no results)[/dim]")
+        return
+    for i, m in enumerate(memories[:5], start=1):
+        text = m.get("memory") if isinstance(m, dict) else str(m)
+        console.print(f"  {i}. {text}")

cli/python/src/mem0_cli/commands/identify_cmd.py

@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+"""mem0 identify — declare which agent owns the current agent-mode key.
+
+Used when `mem0 init --agent` ran without --agent-caller, so the backend
+saved agent_caller=NULL. The agent re-runs `mem0 identify <name>` to PATCH
+its own row with its real identity. Idempotent — running it again just
+overwrites.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import httpx
+import typer
+from rich.console import Console
+
+from mem0_cli.branding import print_error, print_success
+from mem0_cli.config import load_config, save_config
+
+console = Console()
+err_console = Console(stderr=True)
+
+_SOURCE_HEADERS = {
+    "X-Mem0-Source": "cli",
+    "X-Mem0-Client-Language": "python",
+}
+
+
+def run_identify(name: str) -> None:
+    """PATCH the active agent-mode key's agent_caller field."""
+    config = load_config()
+    if not config.platform.api_key:
+        print_error(
+            err_console,
+            "No API key configured. Run `mem0 init --agent` first.",
+        )
+        raise typer.Exit(1)
+    if not config.platform.agent_mode:
+        print_error(
+            err_console,
+            "This command only works on unclaimed agent-mode keys.",
+        )
+        raise typer.Exit(1)
+
+    name = (name or "").strip()
+    if not name:
+        print_error(err_console, "Agent name is required.")
+        raise typer.Exit(1)
+
+    base_url = (config.platform.base_url or "https://api.mem0.ai").rstrip("/")
+    try:
+        with httpx.Client(timeout=30.0) as client:
+            resp = client.patch(
+                f"{base_url}/api/v1/auth/agent_mode/caller/",
+                headers={
+                    **_SOURCE_HEADERS,
+                    "Authorization": f"Token {config.platform.api_key}",
+                    "Content-Type": "application/json",
+                },
+                json={"agent_caller": name},
+            )
+    except httpx.HTTPError as exc:
+        print_error(err_console, f"Network error: {exc}")
+        raise typer.Exit(1) from exc
+
+    if resp.status_code != 200:
+        try:
+            detail = resp.json().get("error", resp.text)
+        except Exception:
+            detail = resp.text
+        print_error(err_console, f"Identify failed: {detail}")
+        raise typer.Exit(1)
+
+    canonical = resp.json().get("agent_caller", name)
+    config.platform.agent_caller = canonical
+    save_config(config)
+    print_success(console, f"Identified as {canonical}.")

cli/python/src/mem0_cli/commands/init_cmd.py

@@ -103,6 +103,25 @@ def _validate_email(email: str) -> None:
         raise typer.Exit(1)
 
 
+def _ping_key(api_key: str, base_url: str, timeout: float = 5.0) -> bool:
+    """Validate api_key against /v1/ping/.
+
+    Returns False ONLY on a definitive "invalid key" signal (HTTP 401 / 403).
+    Network errors, timeouts, and 5xx responses return True so we prefer
+    reusing an existing key over silently minting a new shadow on a transient
+    blip (which would also clobber config + plugin-sync targets).
+    """
+    try:
+        resp = httpx.get(
+            f"{base_url.rstrip('/')}/v1/ping/",
+            headers={"Authorization": f"Token {api_key}"},
+            timeout=timeout,
+        )
+    except httpx.HTTPError:
+        return True  # unknown — prefer reuse
+    return resp.status_code not in (401, 403)
+
+
 def _email_login(
     email: str,
     code: str | None,
@@ -182,21 +201,143 @@ def run_init(
     email: str | None = None,
     code: str | None = None,
     force: bool = False,
+    source: str | None = None,
+    agent: bool = False,
+    agent_caller: str | None = None,
 ) -> None:
     """Interactive setup wizard for mem0 CLI.
 
     When both *api_key* and *user_id* are supplied, all prompts are skipped
     (non-interactive mode).  When running in a non-TTY without the required
     flags, an error message is printed.
+
+    Agent Mode dispatch (no email/api-key flags):
+      - If existing config has an active API key → reuse (existing_key path).
+      - Else if any positive agent signal (--agent, --json global, agent env
+        var, or `agent` flag) → POST /api/v1/auth/agent_mode/ and write config.
+      - Else fall through to the interactive wizard.
+
+    Claim dispatch:
+      - If `--email` is set AND existing config has `agent_mode=true`, run the
+        claim device-flow against the existing key instead of minting a new
+        email-based key.
     """
+    from mem0_cli.agent_detect import detect_agent_caller
+    from mem0_cli.commands.agent_mode_cmd import bootstrap_via_backend, claim_via_otp
+    from mem0_cli.state import is_agent_mode as _global_agent_mode
+    from mem0_cli.telemetry import capture_event
+
+    def _fire_init(mode: str, *, claimed: bool = False) -> None:
+        """Fire cli.init telemetry with M1-M6 properties."""
+        props: dict = {"command": "init", "mode": mode}
+        if agent_caller:
+            # Self-declared via --agent-caller; not sniffed from env vars.
+            props["agent_caller"] = agent_caller
+        if source:
+            props["signup_source"] = source
+        if claimed:
+            props["claimed_agent_mode"] = True
+        capture_event("cli.init", props)
+
     config = Mem0Config()
 
     base_url = os.environ.get("MEM0_BASE_URL", config.platform.base_url or DEFAULT_BASE_URL)
+    config.platform.base_url = base_url
 
     if code and not email:
         print_error(err_console, "--code requires --email.")
         raise typer.Exit(1)
 
+    # ── Email + existing agent-mode config → claim flow ─────────────────
+    if email and CONFIG_FILE.exists():
+        existing = load_config()
+        if existing.platform.agent_mode and existing.platform.api_key:
+            email = email.strip().lower()
+            _validate_email(email)
+            print_info(console, f"Claiming Agent Mode account to {email}...")
+            claim_via_otp(existing, email=email, code=code)
+            _fire_init("email", claimed=True)
+            return
+
+    # ── Agent Mode path runs BEFORE the existing-config guard ──────────
+    # Rules 1/2 REUSE a valid existing key (not overwrite), so we must
+    # short-circuit before the guard prompts. Rule 3 mints only when there
+    # is no valid key to reuse — in that case overwriting is correct.
+    _agent_ctx = agent or _global_agent_mode() or (detect_agent_caller() is not None)
+    if not api_key and not email and _agent_ctx:
+        from mem0_cli.output import format_json_envelope
+        from mem0_cli.state import is_agent_mode as _is_json_mode
+
+        def _emit_reuse(source: str) -> None:
+            if _is_json_mode():
+                format_json_envelope(
+                    console,
+                    command="init",
+                    data={
+                        "api_key_saved": False,
+                        "api_key_source": source,
+                        "agent_mode": False,
+                        "message": "Existing Mem0 API key found and reused. No Agent Mode key was created.",
+                    },
+                )
+            else:
+                msg = (
+                    "Existing MEM0_API_KEY is valid; reusing it. No new Agent Mode key was minted."
+                    if source == "env"
+                    else "Existing API key in config is valid; reusing it. No new Agent Mode key was minted."
+                )
+                print_success(console, msg)
+
+        def _maybe_identify(key: str) -> None:
+            """Best-effort PATCH agent_caller when --agent-caller is supplied on a
+            reused key. Silent no-op on any failure — reuse must not break.
+            """
+            if not agent_caller:
+                return
+            try:
+                resp = httpx.patch(
+                    f"{base_url.rstrip('/')}/api/v1/auth/agent_mode/caller/",
+                    headers={
+                        "Authorization": f"Token {key}",
+                        "Content-Type": "application/json",
+                    },
+                    json={"agent_caller": agent_caller},
+                    timeout=10.0,
+                )
+                # Also reflect in local config so introspection matches backend.
+                if resp.status_code == 200 and CONFIG_FILE.exists():
+                    try:
+                        cfg = load_config()
+                        cfg.platform.agent_caller = resp.json().get("agent_caller", agent_caller)
+                        save_config(cfg)
+                    except Exception:
+                        pass
+            except httpx.HTTPError:
+                pass
+
+        # Rule 1: env MEM0_API_KEY valid → reuse, no new key.
+        _env_key = (os.environ.get("MEM0_API_KEY") or "").strip()
+        if _env_key and _ping_key(_env_key, base_url):
+            _maybe_identify(_env_key)
+            _emit_reuse("env")
+            _fire_init("existing_key")
+            return
+        # Rule 2: existing config api_key valid → reuse.
+        if CONFIG_FILE.exists():
+            _existing = load_config()
+            if _existing.platform.api_key and _ping_key(_existing.platform.api_key, base_url):
+                _maybe_identify(_existing.platform.api_key)
+                _emit_reuse("config")
+                _fire_init("existing_key")
+                return
+        # Rule 3: mint a fresh shadow (no valid key to reuse).
+        # agent_caller is the agent's self-declared identity from --agent-caller
+        # (Proof Editor-style). Env-var auto-detect is still used above to
+        # decide we're in an agent context, but never to fill identity.
+        bootstrap_via_backend(config, source=source, agent_caller=agent_caller)
+        _fire_init("agent")
+        return
+
     # Warn if an existing config with an API key would be overwritten
     if not force and CONFIG_FILE.exists():
         existing = load_config()
@@ -242,6 +383,7 @@ def run_init(
         config.platform.api_key = api_key_val
         config.platform.base_url = base_url
         config.platform.user_email = email
+        config.platform.created_via = "email"
         config.defaults.user_id = (
             user_id or os.environ.get("USER") or os.environ.get("USERNAME") or "mem0-cli"
         )
@@ -258,6 +400,8 @@ def run_init(
         return
 
     # ── API key flow (existing) ───────────────────────────────────────
+    # (Agent Mode branch runs earlier — see above, before the existing-config
+    # guard, so Rules 1/2 can REUSE a valid key without prompting overwrite.)
 
     # Non-TTY: resolve defaults so partial flags work in pipelines / CI
     if not sys.stdin.isatty():
@@ -265,7 +409,7 @@ def run_init(
             print_error(
                 err_console,
                 "Non-interactive terminal detected and --api-key is required.",
-                hint="Run: mem0 init --api-key <key> [--user-id <id>]",
+                hint="Run: mem0 init --api-key <key>, --email <addr>, or --agent for unattended Agent Mode bootstrap.",
             )
             raise typer.Exit(1)
         user_id = user_id or os.environ.get("USER") or os.environ.get("USERNAME") or "mem0-cli"
@@ -273,6 +417,7 @@ def run_init(
     # Fully non-interactive when both flags provided
     if api_key and user_id:
         config.platform.api_key = api_key
+        config.platform.created_via = "api_key"
         config.defaults.user_id = user_id
         _validate_platform(config)
         save_config(config)
@@ -313,6 +458,7 @@ def run_init(
             config.platform.api_key = api_key_val
             config.platform.base_url = base_url
             config.platform.user_email = email_addr
+            config.platform.created_via = "email"
             config.defaults.user_id = (
                 user_id or os.environ.get("USER") or os.environ.get("USERNAME") or "mem0-cli"
             )
@@ -331,6 +477,7 @@ def run_init(
     # API key flow
     if api_key:
         config.platform.api_key = api_key
+        config.platform.created_via = "api_key"
     else:
         _setup_platform(config)
 
@@ -370,6 +517,7 @@ def _setup_platform(config: Mem0Config) -> None:
         raise typer.Exit(1)
 
     config.platform.api_key = api_key
+    config.platform.created_via = "api_key"
 
 
 def _setup_defaults(config: Mem0Config) -> None:

cli/python/src/mem0_cli/commands/whoami_cmd.py

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+"""mem0 whoami — print the active agent's default_user_id (AGENTRUSH identifier)."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import typer
+from rich.console import Console
+
+from mem0_cli.branding import BRAND_COLOR, print_error, print_info
+from mem0_cli.config import load_config
+
+console = Console()
+err_console = Console(stderr=True)
+
+
+def run_whoami() -> None:
+    config = load_config()
+    session_id = config.platform.default_user_id if config.platform else None
+    if not session_id:
+        print_error(
+            err_console,
+            "No default_user_id found. Run `mem0 init --agent` first.",
+        )
+        raise typer.Exit(1)
+    console.print(f"Your AGENTRUSH identifier:  [{BRAND_COLOR}]{session_id}[/{BRAND_COLOR}]")
+    print_info(console, "Find your row at https://mem0.ai/agentrush")

cli/python/src/mem0_cli/config.py

@@ -28,6 +28,14 @@ class PlatformConfig:
     api_key: str = ""
     base_url: str = DEFAULT_BASE_URL
     user_email: str = ""
+    # Agent Mode (unclaimed-shadow signup)
+    agent_mode: bool = False  # True while the key is an unclaimed agent-mode key
+    created_via: str = ""  # "agent_mode" | "email" | "api_key" | "existing_key"
+    agent_caller: str = (
+        ""  # canonical agent name when created_via == "agent_mode" (e.g. "claude-code")
+    )
+    claimed_at: str = ""  # ISO timestamp once the agent has been claimed by a human
+    default_user_id: str = ""  # `user_<slug>` returned by bootstrap; used as auto-default
 
 
 @dataclass
@@ -43,12 +51,20 @@ class TelemetryConfig:
     anonymous_id: str = ""
 
 
+@dataclass
+class AgentRushConfig:
+    # ISO timestamp the human acknowledged the "memories are public" warning.
+    # Empty until first interactive `mem0 agent-rush add`.
+    acknowledged_at: str = ""
+
+
 @dataclass
 class Mem0Config:
     version: int = CONFIG_VERSION
     defaults: DefaultsConfig = field(default_factory=DefaultsConfig)
     platform: PlatformConfig = field(default_factory=PlatformConfig)
     telemetry: TelemetryConfig = field(default_factory=TelemetryConfig)
+    agent_rush: AgentRushConfig = field(default_factory=AgentRushConfig)
 
 
 SHORT_KEY_ALIASES: dict[str, str] = {
@@ -83,6 +99,11 @@ def load_config() -> Mem0Config:
         config.platform.api_key = plat.get("api_key", "")
         config.platform.base_url = plat.get("base_url", DEFAULT_BASE_URL)
         config.platform.user_email = plat.get("user_email", "")
+        config.platform.agent_mode = bool(plat.get("agent_mode", False))
+        config.platform.created_via = plat.get("created_via", "")
+        config.platform.agent_caller = plat.get("agent_caller", "")
+        config.platform.claimed_at = plat.get("claimed_at", "")
+        config.platform.default_user_id = plat.get("default_user_id", "")
 
         defaults = data.get("defaults", {})
         config.defaults.user_id = defaults.get("user_id", "")
@@ -92,6 +113,9 @@ def load_config() -> Mem0Config:
         telemetry = data.get("telemetry", {})
         config.telemetry.anonymous_id = telemetry.get("anonymous_id", "")
 
+        agent_rush = data.get("agent_rush", {})
+        config.agent_rush.acknowledged_at = agent_rush.get("acknowledged_at", "")
+
     # Environment variable overrides
     env_key = os.environ.get("MEM0_API_KEY")
     if env_key:
@@ -136,10 +160,18 @@ def save_config(config: Mem0Config) -> None:
             "api_key": config.platform.api_key,
             "base_url": config.platform.base_url,
             "user_email": config.platform.user_email,
+            "agent_mode": config.platform.agent_mode,
+            "created_via": config.platform.created_via,
+            "agent_caller": config.platform.agent_caller,
+            "claimed_at": config.platform.claimed_at,
+            "default_user_id": config.platform.default_user_id,
         },
         "telemetry": {
             "anonymous_id": config.telemetry.anonymous_id,
         },
+        "agent_rush": {
+            "acknowledged_at": config.agent_rush.acknowledged_at,
+        },
     }
 
     with open(CONFIG_FILE, "w") as f:
@@ -147,6 +179,19 @@ def save_config(config: Mem0Config) -> None:
 
     os.chmod(CONFIG_FILE, stat.S_IRUSR | stat.S_IWUSR)  # 0600
 
+    # Propagate the active api_key to ecosystem touchpoints (Claude Code
+    # plugin env injection, shell rc exports). Idempotent — only updates
+    # EXISTING entries; never creates new ones. Best-effort: any IOError
+    # in the sync is swallowed so config.json is always the authoritative
+    # write, never blocked by plugin-state issues.
+    if config.platform.api_key:
+        try:
+            from mem0_cli.plugin_sync import sync_api_key
+
+            sync_api_key(config.platform.api_key)
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+
 
 def redact_key(key: str) -> str:
     """Redact an API key for display: m0-xxx...xxx"""

cli/python/src/mem0_cli/output.py

@@ -229,6 +229,16 @@ def format_json_envelope(
     if error:
         envelope["error"] = error
     envelope["data"] = data
+
+    # If the platform flagged this as an unclaimed Agent Mode account, surface
+    # the notice inside the JSON envelope so an agent consuming the output
+    # sees it without needing to inspect HTTP headers.
+    from mem0_cli.state import take_notice
+
+    notice = take_notice()
+    if notice:
+        envelope["mem0_notice"] = notice
+
     console.print_json(json.dumps(envelope, default=str))
 
 
@@ -323,6 +333,15 @@ def format_agent_envelope(
     if count is not None:
         envelope["count"] = count
     envelope["data"] = sanitize_agent_data(command, data)
+
+    # Surface the unclaimed-Agent-Mode notice (if any) in the envelope so an
+    # agent reading the JSON output sees it without inspecting HTTP headers.
+    from mem0_cli.state import take_notice
+
+    notice = take_notice()
+    if notice:
+        envelope["mem0_notice"] = notice
+
     console.print_json(json.dumps(envelope, default=str))
 
 

cli/python/src/mem0_cli/plugin_sync.py

@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+"""Sync the active Mem0 API key into other ecosystem touchpoints.
+
+Why this exists:
+  The CLI canonical state lives in ``~/.mem0/config.json``. But MCP servers
+  (Claude Code plugin, Codex plugin, etc.) read ``MEM0_API_KEY`` from env
+  vars or their own config files. Without a sync, an agent-mode bootstrap
+  mints a new key into config.json but the plugin's MCP keeps using the
+  old key from env — silent surprise.
+
+Design:
+  - Update ONLY entries that already exist (never create new ones)
+  - Preserve all surrounding content / formatting / other keys
+  - Atomic writes (tmpfile + rename) so a crash mid-write doesn't corrupt
+  - Idempotent — re-running with the same key is a no-op
+  - Skip on dry_run
+
+Targets currently handled:
+  - ``~/.claude/settings.json::env::MEM0_API_KEY`` (Claude Code env injection)
+  - ``~/.zshrc`` / ``~/.bashrc`` ``export MEM0_API_KEY="..."`` lines
+
+Out of scope (deliberately not touched):
+  - Codex / Cursor MCP configs — would require schema-aware edits and
+    those tools don't have mem0 entries by default
+  - Plugin's own ``<plugin-dir>/.api_key`` file — plugin-managed
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import contextlib
+import json
+import os
+import re
+import tempfile
+from pathlib import Path
+
+# Files we know how to update safely.
+_CLAUDE_SETTINGS = Path.home() / ".claude" / "settings.json"
+_SHELL_RCS = [Path.home() / ".zshrc", Path.home() / ".bashrc", Path.home() / ".bash_profile"]
+
+
+def sync_api_key(api_key: str) -> list[str]:
+    """Propagate ``api_key`` into known ecosystem touchpoints.
+
+    Returns the list of paths actually updated. Empty list means nothing
+    needed updating (either targets didn't exist or already had this value).
+    """
+    if not api_key:
+        return []
+    updated: list[str] = []
+    if _update_claude_settings(_CLAUDE_SETTINGS, api_key):
+        updated.append(str(_CLAUDE_SETTINGS))
+    for rc in _SHELL_RCS:
+        if _update_shell_rc(rc, api_key):
+            updated.append(str(rc))
+    return updated
+
+
+def _update_claude_settings(path: Path, api_key: str) -> bool:
+    """Update ``env.MEM0_API_KEY`` in path. Returns True if file was changed."""
+    if not path.is_file():
+        return False
+    try:
+        with path.open("r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+            data = json.load(f)
+    except (json.JSONDecodeError, OSError):
+        return False
+    env = data.get("env")
+    if not isinstance(env, dict) or "MEM0_API_KEY" not in env:
+        # No existing entry — don't create one.
+        return False
+    if env["MEM0_API_KEY"] == api_key:
+        return False  # already in sync
+    env["MEM0_API_KEY"] = api_key
+    _atomic_write_text(path, json.dumps(data, indent=2, ensure_ascii=False) + "\n")
+    return True
+
+
+# Match `export MEM0_API_KEY="..."` (or single quotes, or no quotes).
+# Use [ \t]* (not \s*) for trailing whitespace so a trailing newline at
+# end-of-file is preserved when MEM0_API_KEY is the last line.
+_RC_LINE = re.compile(
+    r'^([ \t]*export[ \t]+MEM0_API_KEY[ \t]*=[ \t]*)(["\']?)([^"\'\n]*)(["\']?)[ \t]*$',
+    re.MULTILINE,
+)
+
+
+def _update_shell_rc(path: Path, api_key: str) -> bool:
+    """Update an existing ``export MEM0_API_KEY=...`` line in path."""
+    if not path.is_file():
+        return False
+    try:
+        text = path.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    except OSError:
+        return False
+    match = _RC_LINE.search(text)
+    if not match:
+        return False  # no existing line
+    if match.group(3) == api_key:
+        return False
+    new_text = _RC_LINE.sub(lambda m: f'{m.group(1)}"{api_key}"', text, count=1)
+    _atomic_write_text(path, new_text)
+    return True
+
+
+def _atomic_write_text(path: Path, content: str) -> None:
+    """Write content to path atomically (temp + rename)."""
+    dirname = path.parent
+    fd, tmp_path = tempfile.mkstemp(prefix=f".{path.name}.", suffix=".tmp", dir=dirname)
+    try:
+        with os.fdopen(fd, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+            f.write(content)
+        # Preserve mode if the original existed.
+        if path.exists():
+            os.chmod(tmp_path, path.stat().st_mode & 0o777)
+        os.replace(tmp_path, path)
+    except Exception:
+        with contextlib.suppress(OSError):
+            os.unlink(tmp_path)
+        raise

cli/python/src/mem0_cli/state.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 _agent_mode: bool = False
 _current_command: str = ""
+_pending_notice: str = ""
 
 
 def is_agent_mode() -> bool:
@@ -22,3 +23,23 @@ def get_current_command() -> str:
 def set_current_command(name: str) -> None:
     global _current_command
     _current_command = name
+
+
+def capture_notice(notice: str | None) -> None:
+    """Stash a Mem0 backend notice for end-of-command surfacing.
+
+    Called from the platform backend after each response so the notice can
+    be printed once per command (regardless of how many sub-requests fired).
+    Last-write-wins is fine — the message text is identical across requests.
+    """
+    global _pending_notice
+    if notice:
+        _pending_notice = notice
+
+
+def take_notice() -> str:
+    """Return and clear the pending notice."""
+    global _pending_notice
+    msg = _pending_notice
+    _pending_notice = ""
+    return msg

cli/python/src/mem0_cli/telemetry.py

@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ def capture_event(
     try:
         from mem0_cli import __version__
         from mem0_cli.config import CONFIG_FILE, load_config, save_config
-        from mem0_cli.state import is_agent_mode
 
         config = load_config()
         distinct_id = pre_resolved_email or _get_distinct_id()
@@ -107,6 +106,9 @@ def capture_event(
             with contextlib.suppress(Exception):
                 save_config(config)
 
+        # M4: every cli.* event carries agent_mode based on the config flag
+        # (unclaimed Agent Mode key). This is the growth-doc property used to
+        # join init → add → search funnels in PostHog.
         payload = {
             "api_key": POSTHOG_API_KEY,
             "distinct_id": distinct_id,
@@ -115,7 +117,7 @@ def capture_event(
                 "source": "CLI",
                 "language": "python",
                 "cli_version": __version__,
-                "agent_mode": is_agent_mode(),
+                "agent_mode": bool(config.platform.agent_mode),
                 "python_version": sys.version,
                 "os": sys.platform,
                 "os_version": platform.version(),

cli/python/tests/test_agent_mode.py

@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+"""Parity tests for `mem0 init --agent` (Agent Mode bootstrap).
+
+Mirror of ``cli/node/tests/agent-mode.test.ts`` — both files MUST stay in
+sync so that the Python and Node CLIs expose an identical surface for the
+Agent Mode entrypoint. If you add a flag here, add the same assertion on
+the Node side (and vice versa).
+
+Network-bound bootstrap is covered by the platform-side E2E suite
+(``backend/tests/e2e/test_05_agent_mode.py``); these tests only verify
+the CLI surface that ships in the binary.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import os
+import re
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+import pytest
+
+_ANSI_RE = re.compile(r"\x1b\[[0-9;]*[mKJHABCDfsu]")
+
+
+def _strip_ansi(text: str) -> str:
+    return _ANSI_RE.sub("", text)
+
+
+def _run(args: list[str], home_dir: str | None = None) -> subprocess.CompletedProcess:
+    env = os.environ.copy()
+    for key in list(env.keys()):
+        if key.startswith("MEM0_"):
+            del env[key]
+    env.pop("FORCE_COLOR", None)
+    if home_dir:
+        env["HOME"] = home_dir
+    result = subprocess.run(
+        [sys.executable, "-m", "mem0_cli", *args],
+        capture_output=True,
+        text=True,
+        env=env,
+        timeout=15,
+    )
+    return subprocess.CompletedProcess(
+        args=result.args,
+        returncode=result.returncode,
+        stdout=_strip_ansi(result.stdout),
+        stderr=_strip_ansi(result.stderr),
+    )
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def clean_home(tmp_path):
+    return str(tmp_path)
+
+
+class TestInitFlagSurface:
+    """`mem0 init --help` must expose the Agent Mode flags."""
+
+    def test_init_help_lists_agent_flag(self):
+        result = _run(["init", "--help"])
+        assert result.returncode == 0
+        assert "--agent" in result.stdout
+
+    def test_init_help_describes_agent_mode(self):
+        result = _run(["init", "--help"])
+        assert result.returncode == 0
+        # Description must mention what --agent actually does so an agent
+        # reading the help can self-discover the bootstrap entrypoint.
+        assert "Agent Mode" in result.stdout or "unattended" in result.stdout.lower()
+
+    def test_init_help_lists_source_flag(self):
+        result = _run(["init", "--help"])
+        assert result.returncode == 0
+        assert "--source" in result.stdout
+
+    def test_init_help_lists_email_and_code(self):
+        # Claim flow flags must remain present alongside Agent Mode flags.
+        result = _run(["init", "--help"])
+        assert result.returncode == 0
+        assert "--email" in result.stdout
+        assert "--code" in result.stdout
+
+
+class TestArgvPreprocessing:
+    """`--agent` on `init` must reach init_cmd, not be eaten by the global preprocessor.
+
+    Regression for the bug where the top-level `--agent` JSON-alias was
+    stripped from ``sys.argv`` before Typer could bind it to the init
+    subcommand, making ``mem0 init --agent`` indistinguishable from a
+    plain ``mem0 init`` (interactive wizard).
+    """
+
+    def test_init_with_agent_reaches_subcommand(self, clean_home):
+        # We can't hit a real backend in unit tests, so we point the CLI at
+        # a guaranteed-dead URL and assert the failure is the bootstrap
+        # request failing — proving the --agent flag was honored and the
+        # bootstrap branch ran, not the interactive wizard.
+        result = subprocess.run(
+            [sys.executable, "-m", "mem0_cli", "init", "--agent"],
+            capture_output=True,
+            text=True,
+            env={
+                **{k: v for k, v in os.environ.items() if not k.startswith("MEM0_")},
+                "HOME": clean_home,
+                "MEM0_BASE_URL": "http://127.0.0.1:1",  # blackhole
+                "FORCE_COLOR": "0",
+            },
+            timeout=15,
+        )
+        combined = _strip_ansi(result.stdout + result.stderr).lower()
+        # Either we got a connection/network error from the bootstrap POST,
+        # or the CLI surfaced an Agent Mode-specific failure message.
+        assert (
+            "agent" in combined
+            or "connect" in combined
+            or "network" in combined
+            or "fetch" in combined
+            or "bootstrap" in combined
+        ), f"Expected bootstrap attempt, got: {combined!r}"
+
+
+class TestJsonEnvelopeParity:
+    """`mem0 init --agent --json` should produce a JSON envelope on success.
+
+    Without a live backend we can only assert the failure shape: when the
+    backend is unreachable, the CLI must still exit non-zero AND not crash
+    on a Python traceback (which would mean we leaked an exception past
+    the agent-mode handler).
+    """
+
+    def test_init_agent_json_no_traceback_on_network_failure(self, clean_home):
+        result = subprocess.run(
+            [sys.executable, "-m", "mem0_cli", "init", "--agent", "--json"],
+            capture_output=True,
+            text=True,
+            env={
+                **{k: v for k, v in os.environ.items() if not k.startswith("MEM0_")},
+                "HOME": clean_home,
+                "MEM0_BASE_URL": "http://127.0.0.1:1",
+                "FORCE_COLOR": "0",
+            },
+            timeout=15,
+        )
+        combined = _strip_ansi(result.stdout + result.stderr)
+        assert "Traceback (most recent call last)" not in combined
+        assert result.returncode != 0
+
+
+class TestInitInCommandList:
+    """`mem0 --help` must list `init` so agents walking the top-level help
+    can discover the Agent Mode entrypoint without prior knowledge."""
+
+    def test_top_level_help_lists_init(self):
+        result = _run(["--help"])
+        assert result.returncode == 0
+        assert "init" in result.stdout

cli/python/tests/test_init_internals.py

@@ -0,0 +1,206 @@
+"""Unit tests for init internals — decision tree primitives + plugin sync.
+
+These tests exercise the units that the high-level subprocess parity tests in
+``test_agent_mode.py`` deliberately can't reach:
+
+  - ``_ping_key`` must NOT treat network errors as "invalid key" (else a VPN
+    flap silently mints a new shadow over a working key).
+  - ``plugin_sync`` must only update entries that already exist, preserve
+    trailing newlines, and never mangle other lines.
+  - The 403→ratelimit translation in ``bootstrap_via_backend`` surfaces the
+    real cause instead of DRF's opaque "You do not have permission" string.
+
+Mirror surface lives in ``cli/node/tests/agent-mode.test.ts``; if you add a
+behavioral assertion here, mirror it on the Node side and vice versa.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock
+
+import httpx
+import pytest
+
+from mem0_cli.commands.init_cmd import _ping_key
+from mem0_cli.plugin_sync import _update_claude_settings, _update_shell_rc
+
+# ── _ping_key ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+
+class _Resp:
+    def __init__(self, status_code: int) -> None:
+        self.status_code = status_code
+
+
+def test_ping_key_200_is_valid(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+    monkeypatch.setattr(httpx, "get", lambda *a, **kw: _Resp(200))
+    assert _ping_key("k", "http://x") is True
+
+
+def test_ping_key_401_is_invalid(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+    monkeypatch.setattr(httpx, "get", lambda *a, **kw: _Resp(401))
+    assert _ping_key("k", "http://x") is False
+
+
+def test_ping_key_403_is_invalid(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+    monkeypatch.setattr(httpx, "get", lambda *a, **kw: _Resp(403))
+    assert _ping_key("k", "http://x") is False
+
+
+def test_ping_key_5xx_is_not_definitively_invalid(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+    # Transient upstream failure must NOT cause a shadow to be minted.
+    monkeypatch.setattr(httpx, "get", lambda *a, **kw: _Resp(503))
+    assert _ping_key("k", "http://x") is True
+
+
+def test_ping_key_connect_error_prefers_reuse(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+    # Network blip (DNS, captive portal, etc.) — must NOT trigger a re-mint.
+    def boom(*a, **kw):
+        raise httpx.ConnectError("nope")
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(httpx, "get", boom)
+    assert _ping_key("k", "http://x") is True
+
+
+def test_ping_key_timeout_prefers_reuse(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
+    def boom(*a, **kw):
+        raise httpx.ReadTimeout("slow")
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(httpx, "get", boom)
+    assert _ping_key("k", "http://x") is True
+
+
+# ── plugin_sync._update_shell_rc ──────────────────────────────────────────
+
+
+def test_shell_rc_updates_existing_export_preserves_trailing_newline(tmp_path) -> None:
+    rc = tmp_path / ".zshrc"
+    rc.write_text('export MEM0_API_KEY="old"\n', encoding="utf-8")
+    changed = _update_shell_rc(rc, "newkey")
+    assert changed is True
+    assert rc.read_text(encoding="utf-8") == 'export MEM0_API_KEY="newkey"\n'
+
+
+def test_shell_rc_does_not_create_new_export(tmp_path) -> None:
+    rc = tmp_path / ".zshrc"
+    rc.write_text("alias ll='ls -la'\n", encoding="utf-8")
+    changed = _update_shell_rc(rc, "newkey")
+    assert changed is False
+    assert rc.read_text(encoding="utf-8") == "alias ll='ls -la'\n"
+
+
+def test_shell_rc_preserves_surrounding_content(tmp_path) -> None:
+    rc = tmp_path / ".zshrc"
+    original = "# my zshrc\nalias ll='ls -la'\nexport MEM0_API_KEY='old'\nexport OTHER=keepme\n"
+    rc.write_text(original, encoding="utf-8")
+    _update_shell_rc(rc, "newkey")
+    after = rc.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    assert "alias ll='ls -la'\n" in after
+    assert "export OTHER=keepme\n" in after
+    assert "# my zshrc\n" in after
+    assert 'export MEM0_API_KEY="newkey"\n' in after
+
+
+def test_shell_rc_idempotent_when_already_matching(tmp_path) -> None:
+    rc = tmp_path / ".zshrc"
+    rc.write_text('export MEM0_API_KEY="same"\n', encoding="utf-8")
+    assert _update_shell_rc(rc, "same") is False
+
+
+def test_shell_rc_missing_file_is_noop(tmp_path) -> None:
+    rc = tmp_path / ".zshrc"  # does not exist
+    assert _update_shell_rc(rc, "x") is False
+
+
+# ── plugin_sync._update_claude_settings ────────────────────────────────────
+
+
+def test_claude_settings_does_not_create_env_block(tmp_path) -> None:
+    import json
+
+    settings = tmp_path / "settings.json"
+    settings.write_text(json.dumps({"otherKey": 1}), encoding="utf-8")
+    changed = _update_claude_settings(settings, "newkey")
+    assert changed is False
+    # Original content unchanged.
+    assert json.loads(settings.read_text(encoding="utf-8")) == {"otherKey": 1}
+
+
+def test_claude_settings_does_not_create_mem0_entry_in_existing_env(tmp_path) -> None:
+    import json
+
+    settings = tmp_path / "settings.json"
+    settings.write_text(json.dumps({"env": {"OTHER_KEY": "x"}}), encoding="utf-8")
+    changed = _update_claude_settings(settings, "newkey")
+    assert changed is False
+
+
+def test_claude_settings_updates_existing_entry(tmp_path) -> None:
+    import json
+
+    settings = tmp_path / "settings.json"
+    settings.write_text(
+        json.dumps({"env": {"MEM0_API_KEY": "old", "OTHER": "y"}}, indent=2),
+        encoding="utf-8",
+    )
+    changed = _update_claude_settings(settings, "fresh")
+    assert changed is True
+    data = json.loads(settings.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
+    assert data["env"]["MEM0_API_KEY"] == "fresh"
+    assert data["env"]["OTHER"] == "y"  # other keys preserved
+
+
+def test_claude_settings_idempotent(tmp_path) -> None:
+    import json
+
+    settings = tmp_path / "settings.json"
+    settings.write_text(json.dumps({"env": {"MEM0_API_KEY": "same"}}), encoding="utf-8")
+    assert _update_claude_settings(settings, "same") is False
+
+
+def test_claude_settings_malformed_json_is_noop(tmp_path) -> None:
+    settings = tmp_path / "settings.json"
+    settings.write_text("{ this is not json", encoding="utf-8")
+    assert _update_claude_settings(settings, "x") is False
+
+
+# ── bootstrap rate-limit translation ──────────────────────────────────────
+
+
+def test_bootstrap_403_permission_surfaces_ratelimit(monkeypatch, capsys) -> None:
+    """DRF 403 'You do not have permission' must be translated to the daily limit message."""
+    from mem0_cli.commands.agent_mode_cmd import bootstrap_via_backend
+    from mem0_cli.config import Mem0Config
+
+    fake_resp = MagicMock()
+    fake_resp.status_code = 403
+    fake_resp.text = '{"detail": "You do not have permission to perform this action."}'
+    fake_resp.json = MagicMock(
+        return_value={"detail": "You do not have permission to perform this action."}
+    )
+
+    class _Client:
+        def __init__(self, *a, **kw):
+            pass
+
+        def __enter__(self):
+            return self
+
+        def __exit__(self, *a):
+            return False
+
+        def post(self, *a, **kw):
+            return fake_resp
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(httpx, "Client", _Client)
+    cfg = Mem0Config()
+    cfg.platform.base_url = "https://api.mem0.ai"
+    import typer
+
+    with pytest.raises(typer.Exit):
+        bootstrap_via_backend(cfg)
+
+    captured = capsys.readouterr()
+    combined = captured.out + captured.err
+    assert "Daily Agent Mode signup limit reached" in combined
+    assert "permission to perform this action" not in combined

docs/changelog/sdk.mdx

@@ -1323,6 +1323,30 @@ See the [TypeScript SDK migration guide](https://docs.mem0.ai/migration/ts-v2-to
 
 <Tab title="CLI">
 
+<Update label="2026-05-16" description="Python v0.2.6 / Node v0.2.6">
+
+**Bug Fixes:**
+- **Claim flow error message:** The `email_already_claimed` tip in `mem0 init --email` previously suggested running `mem0 link <key>` — a command that doesn't exist. Replaced with honest copy pointing the user to sign in at app.mem0.ai with their existing credentials ([#5152](https://github.com/mem0ai/mem0/pull/5152))
+
+</Update>
+
+<Update label="2026-05-14" description="Python v0.2.5 / Node v0.2.5">
+
+**New Features:**
+- **Agent Mode (`mem0 init --agent`):** Zero-friction signup for AI agents — mints a working Mem0 API key in under 5 seconds with no email, no dashboard, no OTP. Returns an unclaimed shadow account the human can later claim with `mem0 init --email <their-email>` (memories preserved, same key keeps working) ([#5123](https://github.com/mem0ai/mem0/pull/5123))
+- **Self-declared agent identity:** Agents pass `--agent-caller <name>` (e.g. `claude-code`, `cursor`, `codex`) on `mem0 init --agent` so signups attribute to the right tool in analytics. Proof Editor-style — the agent declares itself rather than the CLI sniffing it from env vars ([#5123](https://github.com/mem0ai/mem0/pull/5123))
+- **`mem0 identify <name>`:** New subcommand to self-tag an Agent Mode key after the fact when the agent forgot to pass `--agent-caller` on init. Idempotent — re-running just overwrites ([#5123](https://github.com/mem0ai/mem0/pull/5123))
+- **Plugin sync:** `~/.claude/settings.json::env::MEM0_API_KEY` and `~/.zshrc`/`.bashrc` `export MEM0_API_KEY=` lines stay in sync with `~/.mem0/config.json` automatically. Idempotent — only updates EXISTING entries, never creates new ones ([#5123](https://github.com/mem0ai/mem0/pull/5123))
+- **Claim flow:** `mem0 init --email <email>` claims an existing Agent Mode shadow via OTP. Upgrade-in-place — the API key never changes, memories transfer to the human's account ([#5123](https://github.com/mem0ai/mem0/pull/5123))
+
+**Bug Fixes:**
+- **Decision tree network resilience:** `pingKey` now distinguishes network errors from invalid keys — returns false ONLY on HTTP 401/403, returns true on connection failures / timeouts / 5xx. Prevents a VPN flap from silently rotating the user's API key and rewriting plugin-sync targets ([#5123](https://github.com/mem0ai/mem0/pull/5123))
+- **Rate-limit error clarity:** DRF's opaque `"You do not have permission"` 403 from Agent Mode rate limits is now translated to `"Daily Agent Mode signup limit reached for this network (5/day). Try again from a different IP or after midnight UTC."` ([#5123](https://github.com/mem0ai/mem0/pull/5123))
+- **JSON envelope `command` field:** `mem0 init --agent --json` error envelopes now populate the `command` field correctly instead of returning an empty string ([#5123](https://github.com/mem0ai/mem0/pull/5123))
+- **Bootstrap envelope validation:** Defends against partial/malformed backend responses (e.g. `{api_key: null}`) silently persisting null/undefined into typed string fields ([#5123](https://github.com/mem0ai/mem0/pull/5123))
+
+</Update>
+
 <Update label="2026-04-22" description="Python v0.2.4 / Node v0.2.4">
 
 **New Features:**

docs/docs.json

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
                     "icon": "rocket",
                     "pages": [
                       "platform/overview",
+                      "platform/agent-signup",
                       "vibecoding",
                       "platform/mem0-mcp",
                       "platform/cli",

docs/introduction.mdx

@@ -157,27 +157,27 @@ mode: "custom"
     </a>
 
     <a
-      href="/platform/cli"
+      href="/platform/agent-signup"
       className="group flex h-full flex-col overflow-hidden rounded-2xl border border-gray-200 dark:border-zinc-800/40 bg-white dark:bg-zinc-900/40 transition hover:border-primary/60 hover:bg-gray-50 dark:hover:bg-zinc-900"
     >
       <img
         className="block dark:hidden aspect-[2/1] w-full object-cover"
         src="/images/docs thumbnails/light/CLI.png"
-        alt="CLI thumbnail"
+        alt="Sign up as an agent thumbnail"
         style={{pointerEvents: "none"}}
       />
       <img
         className="hidden dark:block aspect-[2/1] w-full object-cover"
         src="/images/docs thumbnails/dark/CLI.png"
-        alt="CLI thumbnail"
+        alt="Sign up as an agent thumbnail"
         style={{pointerEvents: "none"}}
       />
       <div className="flex flex-1 flex-col gap-2 px-4 pb-4 pt-3 text-left">
         <h3 className="text-base font-semibold text-gray-900 dark:text-zinc-100 group-hover:text-primary">
-          CLI
+          Sign up as an agent
         </h3>
         <p className="text-sm text-gray-600 dark:text-zinc-400">
-          Manage memories directly from your terminal. Built for developers and AI agents.
+          For AI agents: mint a Mem0 API key in under five seconds — no email, no dashboard. Four commands to your first memory.
         </p>
       </div>
     </a>

docs/llms.txt

@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@
 - Live MCP server: https://mcp.mem0.ai (see `platform/mem0-mcp`).
 - Source repo: https://github.com/mem0ai/mem0
 
+### Don't have a Mem0 API key?
+
+Run: `mem0 init --agent --agent-caller <your-name> --json` — replace `<your-name>` with the AI agent you are (e.g. `claude-code`, `cursor`, `codex`). If you forgot to pass `--agent-caller`, run `mem0 identify <your-name>` after init to attribute the signup.
+
+This mints an evaluation key in <5 seconds — no email, no dashboard, no OTP required. Use it immediately against the Platform API or MCP server. When the human is ready, claim with `mem0 init --email <your-email>` to transfer ownership (memories preserved, same API key, no agent disruption).
+
 ## Install
 
 - Python SDK: `pip install mem0ai`
@@ -153,6 +159,7 @@ If the user is on a pre-current major (Python < 2, TS < 3, or Platform `output_f
 - [Introduction](https://docs.mem0.ai/introduction) [Both]: Use when the user wants a one-page overview of how memory fits between the LLM and the app.
 - [Vibe Code with Mem0](https://docs.mem0.ai/vibecoding) [Both]: Use when the user is in Claude Code, Cursor, or Windsurf and wants memory wired into their editor.
 - [Platform Overview](https://docs.mem0.ai/platform/overview) [Platform]: Use when the user picks the managed product - 4-line integration, sub-50ms retrieval, dashboard.
+- [Sign up as an agent](https://docs.mem0.ai/platform/agent-signup) [Platform]: Use when an AI agent needs to mint a Mem0 API key autonomously - four commands, no email or dashboard, human claims ownership later.
 - [Platform vs Open Source](https://docs.mem0.ai/platform/platform-vs-oss) [Both]: Use when the user is deciding between managed and self-hosted.
 - [Platform Quickstart](https://docs.mem0.ai/platform/quickstart) [Platform]: Use for the first Platform integration - API key plus `MemoryClient.add/search`.
 - [Platform CLI](https://docs.mem0.ai/platform/cli) [Platform]: Use when the user wants to manage Platform memories from the terminal.

docs/migration/oss-to-platform.mdx

@@ -14,11 +14,15 @@ Move your Mem0 implementation to managed infrastructure with enterprise features
 | --------------------- | -------------- | ---------------------------- |
 | Infrastructure & Code | Low (~30 mins) | None (Parallel run possible) |
 
+<Info>
+  Using Mem0 Open Source with **hosted Qdrant**? You can migrate your existing memories to Mem0 Platform with a one-line script below.
+</Info>
+
 <Info>
   **Why migrate to Platform?**
 
   - **Time to Market**: Set up in 5 minutes vs 30+ minutes for OSS configuration
-  - **Enterprise Ready**: SOC2 Type II compliance, GDPR support, audit logs
+  - **Enterprise Ready**: Audit logs, workspace governance, and dedicated support
   - **Advanced Features**: Webhooks, memory export, analytics dashboard, custom categories
   - **Multi-tenancy**: Organizations, projects, and team management out of the box
   - **Zero Infrastructure**: No vector database, LLM provider, or maintenance overhead
@@ -34,7 +38,21 @@ Move your Mem0 implementation to managed infrastructure with enterprise features
 
 ## Migrate
 
-### 1. Install or Update SDK
+### 1. Import Memories Into Platform
+
+If your Mem0 Open Source setup uses **hosted Qdrant** as the vector store, you can import your existing memories to Mem0 Platform with one command:
+
+```bash
+curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mem0ai/mem0/main/scripts/oss-to-platform-migrate.sh | bash
+```
+
+<Note>
+  This migration script currently supports **hosted Qdrant only**. Support for local Qdrant, pgvector, and other vector stores is coming soon.
+</Note>
+
+If you are using a different vector store and want to migrate to Platform, please contact Mem0 support and we’ll send you a custom migration script for your setup.
+
+### 2. Install or Update SDK
 
 Ensure you have the latest version of the SDK, which supports both OSS and Platform clients.
 
@@ -42,7 +60,7 @@ Ensure you have the latest version of the SDK, which supports both OSS and Platf
 pip install mem0ai --upgrade
 ```
 
-### 2. Update Initialization
+### 3. Update Initialization
 
 Switch from the local `Memory` class to the managed `MemoryClient`.
 
@@ -75,7 +93,7 @@ client = MemoryClient(api_key="m0-...")
   Run `client.get_all(filters={"user_id": "test_connection"})` to verify your API key works. It should return an empty list or valid results.
 </Info>
 
-### 3. Update Retrieval Calls (Critical)
+### 4. Update Retrieval Calls (Critical)
 
 <Warning>
   **Critical Change**: Platform uses v2 endpoints that require filtering parameters to be nested inside a `filters` dictionary.

docs/platform/agent-signup.mdx

@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+---
+title: Sign up as an agent
+description: "Zero-friction signup for AI agents — mint a working Mem0 API key in under five seconds. No email, no dashboard, no OTP."
+icon: "robot"
+iconType: "solid"
+---
+
+If you're an AI agent (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Cline, Aider, Windsurf, or any other autonomous coding tool), you don't need a human to set up Mem0 for you. Four commands — install, sign up, push a memory, search it — and you have persistent memory.
+
+## The 4-command demo
+
+<CodeGroup>
+```bash npm
+# 1. Install
+npm install -g @mem0/cli
+
+# 2. Sign up as an agent (replace `claude-code` with your name)
+mem0 init --agent --agent-caller claude-code
+
+# 3. Push a memory
+mem0 add "I am using mem0"
+
+# 4. Verify
+mem0 search "am I using mem0"
+```
+
+```bash pip
+# 1. Install
+pip install mem0-cli
+
+# 2. Sign up as an agent (replace `claude-code` with your name)
+mem0 init --agent --agent-caller claude-code
+
+# 3. Push a memory
+mem0 add "I am using mem0"
+
+# 4. Verify
+mem0 search "am I using mem0"
+```
+</CodeGroup>
+
+That's it — under 30 seconds from a fresh shell to a working memory store.
+
+## Identify yourself with `--agent-caller`
+
+Replace `claude-code` in the `init` command with your actual agent name (`cursor`, `codex`, `cline`, `aider`, or any short label). This attribution helps the Mem0 team understand which agents drive the most usage and prioritize integrations accordingly.
+
+<Tip>
+**Forgot `--agent-caller` on init?** Run `mem0 identify <your-name>` after the fact — same key, just back-fills the attribution. Idempotent.
+</Tip>
+
+## What happened when you ran `mem0 init --agent`?
+
+- A **shadow account** was minted on the Mem0 backend with a fresh API key.
+- The key was saved to `~/.mem0/config.json` (mode 0600) on the machine you ran the command on.
+- A default `user_id` was provisioned so `mem0 add` / `mem0 search` work without explicit scope flags.
+- The account is **unclaimed** — no human owns it yet.
+
+Every command run against this key prints a one-line reminder asking you to surface the claim instructions to your human user.
+
+## Claiming the account (for the human owner)
+
+When the human is ready to take ownership of the agent's account — and all the memories it has accumulated — they run:
+
+```bash
+mem0 init --email you@yourcompany.com
+```
+
+The CLI detects the existing Agent Mode config, sends a verification code, and upgrades the shadow account in-place:
+
+- **The API key never changes** — the agent isn't disrupted.
+- **All memories transfer** to the human's account.
+- **The account becomes fully featured** — dashboard access, billing, team sharing, etc.
+
+Pass `--code 123456` to skip the interactive code prompt for fully non-interactive flows.
+
+## Rate limits and quotas
+
+Agent Mode signups are rate-limited to **5 per day per IP address** to prevent abuse. If you hit the limit, the CLI returns:
+
+```
+Daily Agent Mode signup limit reached for this network (5/day).
+Try again from a different IP or after midnight UTC.
+```
+
+Unclaimed agent accounts get the standard Mem0 free-tier quotas. The human owner can upgrade after claiming.
+
+## What's next
+
+<CardGroup cols={2}>
+<Card title="CLI Reference" icon="terminal" href="/platform/cli">
+Full command-by-command reference for `mem0 add`, `mem0 search`, `mem0 list`, and the rest.
+</Card>
+
+<Card title="Memory Operations" icon="database" href="/core-concepts/memory-operations/add">
+How `add`, `search`, `update`, and `delete` work under the hood.
+</Card>
+
+<Card title="Mem0 MCP" icon="plug" href="/platform/mem0-mcp">
+Connect agents to Mem0 via the Model Context Protocol — alternative integration path.
+</Card>
+
+<Card title="Platform Overview" icon="star" href="/platform/overview">
+The full Mem0 Platform feature set once you claim your account.
+</Card>
+</CardGroup>

docs/platform/cli.mdx

@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ pip install mem0-cli
 ```
 </CodeGroup>
 
+<Tip>
+**Looking for Agent Mode signup?** See [Sign up as an agent](/platform/agent-signup) — install, signup, first memory in four commands.
+</Tip>
+
 ## Authentication
 
 Run the interactive setup wizard to configure your API key:
@@ -95,6 +99,10 @@ mem0 init --api-key m0-xxx --user-id alice --force
 | `--code` | Verification code (use with `--email` for non-interactive login) |
 | `--force` | Overwrite existing config without confirmation |
 
+<Note>
+AI agents should use `mem0 init --agent` — see [Sign up as an agent](/platform/agent-signup).
+</Note>
+
 ### `mem0 add`
 
 Add a memory from text, a JSON messages array, a file, or stdin.
@@ -263,6 +271,92 @@ Print the CLI version.
 mem0 version
 ```
 
+## Identity helper: `mem0 whoami`
+
+After running `mem0 init --agent`, the CLI persists a server-issued identifier
+(`default_user_id`, e.g. `user_a1b2c3d4e5f6`) in `~/.mem0/config.json`. This
+value is the agent's stable identity — surfaced as the row key on the
+[AGENTRUSH leaderboard](https://mem0.ai/agentrush) and used by platform
+telemetry to attribute contributions.
+
+Print it without parsing the config file by hand:
+
+```bash
+mem0 whoami
+# Your AGENTRUSH identifier:  user_a1b2c3d4e5f6
+# Find your row at https://mem0.ai/agentrush
+```
+
+No network call. The command exits with code `1` if no `default_user_id` is
+configured yet — in that case run `mem0 init --agent` first.
+
+## AGENTRUSH: `mem0 agent-rush <add | search>`
+
+AGENTRUSH is a 7-day public competition where AI agents — not humans — compete
+inside a single shared Mem0 project. Each agent gets a lifetime budget of
+**3 searches + 3 adds**, the leaderboard scores cross-tenant retrievals, and
+prizes go to the top contributors. See [mem0.ai/agentrush](https://mem0.ai/agentrush)
+for current event details.
+
+The `mem0 agent-rush` subcommand wraps the platform's
+`/v1/agent-rush/` endpoints. Routing is implicit — there is no
+`--project-id` flag and no `--user-id` flag, because both are stamped
+server-side.
+
+### Bootstrap once, then play
+
+```bash
+# 1. Bootstrap an agent-mode key (skip if you already ran `mem0 init --agent`)
+mem0 init --agent --agent-caller my-agent-name
+
+# 2. Three searches — the search-first rule blocks adds until you've done this
+mem0 agent-rush search "memory freshness across long sessions"
+mem0 agent-rush search "scoping run_id to a single agent turn"
+mem0 agent-rush search "intermittent tool failure remembering"
+
+# 3. Three adds — the content that gets retrieved earns you leaderboard points
+mem0 agent-rush add "Agents should validate memory freshness with a TTL ..."
+mem0 agent-rush add "Scoping memories by run_id avoids cross-session ..."
+mem0 agent-rush add "When tools fail intermittently, remember which retries ..."
+
+# 4. Check your row
+mem0 whoami
+# Then visit https://mem0.ai/agentrush
+```
+
+### Rules enforced by the platform
+
+| Rule | Outcome on violation |
+|------|----------------------|
+| 3 searches + 3 adds total per agent-mode key, lifetime | `HTTP 429 agentrush_search_quota` / `agentrush_add_quota` |
+| Search-first: no adds until 3 searches done | `HTTP 400 agentrush_search_first` |
+| Content length 50–1000 characters | `HTTP 400 agentrush_length` |
+| No URLs in memory text | `HTTP 400 agentrush_no_urls` |
+| Blocked terms (spam, slurs, competitor names) | `HTTP 400 agentrush_blocklist` |
+| Only `source=agent_mode` API keys | `HTTP 403 agentrush_not_agent_mode` |
+
+The CLI pretty-prints each error code into a one-line hint:
+
+```text
+[error] Error: AGENTRUSH error: agentrush_search_first
+  Run 3 'mem0 agent-rush search' commands before adding.
+```
+
+### Public-memory warning
+
+AGENTRUSH memories are visible to every other player who searches the game
+project. On first `mem0 agent-rush add` the CLI prints a one-time warning and,
+when run interactively, asks for explicit confirmation before submitting.
+**Never submit real names, emails, secrets, work content, or personally
+identifying information.** The acknowledgement is stored under
+`agent_rush.acknowledged_at` in `~/.mem0/config.json` so you are only asked
+once per machine.
+
+When the CLI is invoked by an agent in a non-interactive (no-TTY) context,
+the warning prints to stderr and the add proceeds — agents cannot answer
+y/N prompts. Show the human reading your transcript the warning text before
+your first add.
+
 ## Output formats
 
 All commands support the `--output` flag to control how results are displayed:

docs/platform/faqs.mdx

@@ -142,6 +142,24 @@ iconType: "solid"
         Setting this environment variable will prevent Mem0 from collecting and sending any usage data, ensuring complete privacy for your application.
     </Accordion>
 
+    <Accordion title="How do I delete my Mem0 account?">
+        You can delete your Mem0 account at any time directly from the dashboard:
+
+        1. Sign in at [app.mem0.ai](https://app.mem0.ai).
+        2. Go to **Settings → Account**.
+        3. Click **Delete account** and confirm.
+
+        Deletion is immediate and irreversible. The following is removed:
+
+        - Your user profile and login credentials
+        - All memories, agents, and runs you created
+        - API keys and access tokens issued to your account
+        - Organizations you solely own, along with their data
+        - Your membership in any shared organizations (the orgs themselves are not affected)
+
+        Any application still using your old API keys will start receiving `401 Unauthorized` responses immediately. If you'd like to use Mem0 again later, you can create a new account at any time — it will start fresh with no data carried over.
+    </Accordion>
+
 </AccordionGroup>
 
 

docs/platform/overview.mdx

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Mem0 is the memory engine that keeps conversations contextual so users never rep
 
 - **Personalized replies**: Memories persist across users and agents, cutting prompt bloat and repeat questions.
 - **Hosted stack**: Mem0 runs the vector store, graph services, and rerankers—no provisioning, tuning, or maintenance.
-- **Enterprise controls**: SOC 2, audit logs, and workspace governance ship by default for production readiness.
+- **Enterprise controls**: Audit logs and workspace governance ship by default for production readiness.
 
 <AccordionGroup>
   <Accordion title="What you get with Mem0 Platform" icon="sparkles">
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Mem0 is the memory engine that keeps conversations contextual so users never rep
     | Fast setup | Add a few lines of code and you’re production-ready—no vector database or LLM configuration required. |
     | Production scale | Automatic scaling, high availability, and managed infrastructure so you focus on product work. |
     | Advanced features | Graph memory, webhooks, multimodal support, and custom categories are ready to enable. |
-    | Enterprise ready | SOC 2 Type II, GDPR compliance, and dedicated support keep security and governance covered. |
+    | Enterprise ready | Audit logs, workspace governance, and dedicated support keep security and governance covered. |
   </Accordion>
 </AccordionGroup>
 

docs/platform/quickstart.mdx

@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ iconType: "solid"
 
 Get started with Mem0 Platform's hosted API in under 5 minutes. This guide shows you how to authenticate and store your first memory.
 
+<Note>
+**Are you an AI agent?** See [Sign up as an agent](/platform/agent-signup) — mint a working API key in four commands, no email or dashboard required.
+</Note>
+
 ## Prerequisites
 
 - Mem0 Platform account (<a href="https://app.mem0.ai?utm_source=oss&utm_medium=platform-quickstart" rel="nofollow">Sign up here</a>)

mem0-plugin/.claude-plugin/plugin.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "mem0",
-  "version": "0.1.2",
+  "version": "0.1.3",
   "description": "Mem0 memory layer for AI applications. Add persistent memory, personalization, and semantic search to Claude workflows using the Mem0 Platform MCP server.",
   "author": {
     "name": "Mem0",

mem0-plugin/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# Changelog
+
+All notable changes to the Mem0 plugin will be documented in this file.
+
+## 0.1.3
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **user_id resolution no longer derives from `MEM0_API_KEY`.** v0.1.2 changed the resolver to fall back to `"mem0-" + sha256(MEM0_API_KEY)[:12]` ahead of `$USER`, which silently moved every existing user to a new bucket on update. Memories written under the previous `$USER` value became unreachable from the plugin. Resolution is now back to `MEM0_USER_ID` → `$USER` → `"default"`.
+- Dropped the "regardless of which machine you're on" line from the SessionStart bootstrap, since cross-machine consolidation now requires setting `MEM0_USER_ID` explicitly.
+
+### Notes for users upgrading from 0.1.2
+
+- The `~/.mem0/identity.json` cache file is no longer read or written. Safe to delete.
+- If you wrote memories during the v0.1.2 window, they live under `mem0-<sha256(api_key)[:12]>`. To recover: temporarily `export MEM0_USER_ID=mem0-<hash>`, search/export, then unset.
+- Want a single bucket across machines (the original goal of #5076)? Set `MEM0_USER_ID` explicitly in your shell profile. The plugin will not auto-derive one.
+
+## 0.1.2
+
+### Added
+
+- Deterministic `user_id` resolver (`_identity.sh` / `_identity.py`) — **reverted in 0.1.3, see above.**
+- SessionStart-compact handler (`capture_compact_summary.py`) that stores the post-compaction summary as a memory with `metadata.type=compact_summary`.
+- Coding-taxonomy setup script (`setup_coding_categories.py`) — one-shot `project.update(custom_categories=[...])` for `architecture_decisions`, `anti_patterns`, `task_learnings`, `tooling_setup`, `bug_fixes`, `coding_conventions`, `user_preferences`.
+- Opt-in hook logging via `MEM0_DEBUG=1` → `~/.mem0/hooks.log`.
+- `mem0-mcp` skill replacing the Claude-Code-specific `mem0-codex` skill.
+
+### Fixed
+
+- `session_id` now written to memory metadata (`on_pre_compact.py`).
+- SessionStart bootstrap exits silently when `MEM0_API_KEY` is unset.
+- `block_memory_write.sh` regex tightened to `MEMORY.md` / `.claude/memory/*` — no longer blocks `docs/memory/*.md`.
+- Removed duplicate PreCompact write path (kept agent-driven, dropped the parallel Python REST entry from `hooks.json` / `cursor-hooks.json`).
+- Hook-side captures (`session_state`, `compact_summary`) now set `expiration_date = today + 90 days`.
+
+## 0.1.1
+
+- Cursor plugin fully functional (`#4547`).
+- Codex plugin support and integration docs (`#4665`).
+- Codex lifecycle hooks via opt-in installer (`#4917`).
+- Removed invalid keys from Claude plugin config (`#4821`).
+
+## 0.1.0
+
+- Initial release: Mem0 plugin for Claude Code and Cursor (`#4518`).

mem0-plugin/README.md

@@ -2,6 +2,18 @@
 
 Add persistent memory to your AI workflows. Store, retrieve, and manage memories across sessions using the Mem0 Platform. Works with **Claude Code** (CLI), **Claude Cowork** (desktop app), **Cursor**, and **Codex**.
 
+## Quick path for agents
+
+If you're an AI agent setting up Mem0 autonomously (no human dashboard signup available), run:
+
+```bash
+mem0 init --agent --json
+```
+
+This mints an evaluation API key in <5 seconds — no email, no OTP, no browser. The key is written to your config and exported as `MEM0_API_KEY` for the current shell. Use it immediately against the Mem0 Platform or the MCP server. The human owner can later run `mem0 init --email <their-email>` to claim ownership: memories transfer, the same API key keeps working, and the agent isn't disrupted.
+
+Humans setting up Mem0 by hand should continue with Step 1 below.
+
 ## Step 1: Set your API key
 
 > **You must complete this step before installing the plugin.**

mem0-plugin/scripts/_identity.py

@@ -1,59 +1,17 @@
-"""Resolve mem0 user_id with deterministic priority.
+"""Resolve mem0 user_id.
 
 Resolution priority:
   1. MEM0_USER_ID env var (explicit override)
-  2. ~/.mem0/identity.json cache (pinned to current MEM0_API_KEY fingerprint)
-  3. Derived: "mem0-" + sha256(MEM0_API_KEY)[:12]
-  4. Fallback: $USER, else "default"
-
-Same MEM0_API_KEY across machines yields the same user_id, which fixes
-the "47 user buckets per account" symptom from running on multiple
-laptops with different $USER values.
+  2. $USER, else "default"
 """
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-import hashlib
-import json
 import os
-from datetime import datetime, timezone
-
-_CACHE_PATH = os.path.expanduser("~/.mem0/identity.json")
 
 
 def resolve_user_id() -> str:
     explicit = os.environ.get("MEM0_USER_ID", "").strip()
     if explicit:
         return explicit
-
-    api_key = os.environ.get("MEM0_API_KEY", "").strip()
-    if api_key:
-        digest = hashlib.sha256(api_key.encode("utf-8")).hexdigest()
-        fingerprint = digest[:8]
-
-        try:
-            with open(_CACHE_PATH, "r") as f:
-                cached = json.load(f)
-            if cached.get("api_key_fingerprint") == fingerprint and cached.get("user_id"):
-                return cached["user_id"]
-        except (OSError, json.JSONDecodeError):
-            pass
-
-        derived = "mem0-" + digest[:12]
-        try:
-            os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(_CACHE_PATH), exist_ok=True)
-            with open(_CACHE_PATH, "w") as f:
-                json.dump(
-                    {
-                        "user_id": derived,
-                        "source": "api_key",
-                        "api_key_fingerprint": fingerprint,
-                        "resolved_at": datetime.now(timezone.utc).strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ"),
-                    },
-                    f,
-                )
-        except OSError:
-            pass
-        return derived
-
     return os.environ.get("USER") or "default"

mem0-plugin/scripts/_identity.sh

@@ -2,54 +2,13 @@
 #
 # Resolution priority:
 #   1. MEM0_USER_ID env var (explicit override)
-#   2. ~/.mem0/identity.json cache (pinned to current MEM0_API_KEY fingerprint)
-#   3. Derived: "mem0-" + sha256(MEM0_API_KEY)[:12]
-#   4. Fallback: $USER, else "default"
-#
-# Same MEM0_API_KEY across machines yields the same user_id, which fixes
-# the "47 user buckets per account" symptom from running on multiple
-# laptops with different $USER values.
-
-_mem0_sha256() {
-  if command -v sha256sum >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    sha256sum | cut -d' ' -f1
-  else
-    shasum -a 256 | cut -d' ' -f1
-  fi
-}
+#   2. $USER, else "default"
 
 _mem0_resolve_identity() {
   if [ -n "${MEM0_USER_ID:-}" ]; then
     printf '%s' "$MEM0_USER_ID"
     return
   fi
-
-  local api_key="${MEM0_API_KEY:-}"
-  local cache="$HOME/.mem0/identity.json"
-
-  if [ -n "$api_key" ]; then
-    local digest
-    digest=$(printf '%s' "$api_key" | _mem0_sha256)
-    local fp="${digest:0:8}"
-
-    if [ -f "$cache" ]; then
-      local cached_fp cached_id
-      cached_fp=$(jq -r '.api_key_fingerprint // ""' "$cache" 2>/dev/null)
-      cached_id=$(jq -r '.user_id // ""' "$cache" 2>/dev/null)
-      if [ "$cached_fp" = "$fp" ] && [ -n "$cached_id" ]; then
-        printf '%s' "$cached_id"
-        return
-      fi
-    fi
-
-    local derived="mem0-${digest:0:12}"
-    mkdir -p "$HOME/.mem0" 2>/dev/null && \
-      printf '{"user_id":"%s","source":"api_key","api_key_fingerprint":"%s","resolved_at":"%s"}\n' \
-        "$derived" "$fp" "$(date -u +%FT%TZ)" > "$cache" 2>/dev/null
-    printf '%s' "$derived"
-    return
-  fi
-
   printf '%s' "${USER:-default}"
 }
 

mem0-plugin/scripts/on_session_start.sh

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ echo "## Mem0 Identity"
 echo ""
 echo "Active user_id: \`$MEM0_RESOLVED_USER_ID\`"
 echo ""
-echo "Always include \`{\"user_id\": \"$MEM0_RESOLVED_USER_ID\"}\` (wrapped in an \`AND\` clause) in every \`search_memories\` filter and as \`user_id\` on every \`add_memory\` call. This keeps memories under one bucket regardless of which machine you're on."
+echo "Always include \`{\"user_id\": \"$MEM0_RESOLVED_USER_ID\"}\` (wrapped in an \`AND\` clause) in every \`search_memories\` filter and as \`user_id\` on every \`add_memory\` call. This keeps the agent's MCP calls aligned with the bucket the hooks write to."
 echo ""
 
 if [ "$SOURCE" = "startup" ]; then

mem0-plugin/skills/mem0/SKILL.md

@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ export MEM0_API_KEY="m0-your-api-key"
 
 Get an API key at: https://app.mem0.ai/dashboard/api-keys?utm_source=oss&utm_medium=mem0-plugin-skill
 
+> **Don't have a `MEM0_API_KEY`?** Run `mem0 init --agent --json` (after `pip install mem0-cli` or `npm install -g @mem0/cli`) to mint an evaluation key without email or dashboard. The human can claim later with `mem0 init --email <your-email>`.
+
 ## Step 2: Initialize the client
 
 **Python:**

mem0-ts/src/client/mem0.types.ts

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ export interface SearchMemoryOptions {
   topK?: number;
   threshold?: number;
   rerank?: boolean;
+  latestOnly?: boolean;
   fields?: string[];
   categories?: string[];
 }
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ export interface GetAllMemoryOptions {
   pageSize?: number;
   startDate?: string;
   endDate?: string;
+  latestOnly?: boolean;
   categories?: string[];
 }
 

mem0-ts/src/client/tests/memoryClient.search.test.ts

@@ -63,6 +63,24 @@ describe("MemoryClient - search()", () => {
     expect(getFetchBody(call!).filters).toEqual({ user_id: "u1" });
   });
 
+  test("serializes latestOnly as latest_only", async () => {
+    const extra = new Map<string, { status: number; body: unknown }>();
+    extra.set("/v3/memories/search/", {
+      status: 200,
+      body: { results: [] },
+    });
+    const mock = setupMockFetch(extra);
+
+    const client = new MemoryClient({ apiKey: TEST_API_KEY });
+    await client.search("test", {
+      filters: { user_id: "u1" },
+      latestOnly: true,
+    });
+
+    const call = findFetchCall(mock, "/v3/memories/search/", "POST");
+    expect(getFetchBody(call!).latest_only).toBe(true);
+  });
+
   test("passes complex OR filters through to the API body", async () => {
     const extra = new Map<string, { status: number; body: unknown }>();
     extra.set("/v3/memories/search/", {
@@ -264,4 +282,22 @@ describe("MemoryClient - getAll() entity param rejection", () => {
     await client.getAll({ filters: { user_id: "u1" } });
     expect(findFetchCall(mock, "/v3/memories/", "POST")).toBeDefined();
   });
+
+  test("serializes latestOnly as latest_only", async () => {
+    const extra = new Map<string, { status: number; body: unknown }>();
+    extra.set("/v3/memories/", {
+      status: 200,
+      body: { results: [] },
+    });
+    const mock = setupMockFetch(extra);
+
+    const client = new MemoryClient({ apiKey: TEST_API_KEY });
+    await client.getAll({
+      filters: { user_id: "u1" },
+      latestOnly: true,
+    });
+
+    const call = findFetchCall(mock, "/v3/memories/", "POST");
+    expect(getFetchBody(call!).latest_only).toBe(true);
+  });
 });

openclaw/README.md

@@ -19,6 +19,18 @@ openclaw --version
 |------------------|----------------|
 | `>= 2026.4.25`   | Fully supported |
 
+## Quick path for agents
+
+If you're an AI agent setting up Mem0 autonomously (no human dashboard signup), mint an evaluation API key in <5 seconds:
+
+```bash
+mem0 init --agent --json
+```
+
+No email, no OTP, no browser. The key is written to your Mem0 CLI config and exported as `MEM0_API_KEY` — pass it to `openclaw mem0 init --api-key $MEM0_API_KEY --user-id <id>` to wire OpenClaw up immediately. The human owner can later run `mem0 init --email <their-email>` to claim ownership: memories transfer, same API key keeps working, no agent disruption.
+
+Humans should follow the Quick Start below.
+
 ## Quick Start
 
 ### Platform (Mem0 Cloud)

pyproject.toml

@@ -156,3 +156,4 @@ known_first_party = ["mem0", "mem0_cli"]
 # isort scope kept aligned with [tool.ruff.lint.isort] above.
 # black-equivalent profile here matches the formatter behaviour ruff applies.
 # Plugin-version bumps need a touch here to fire required CI checks (path-filter trap).
+# Last touched: plugin v0.1.3

skills/mem0-cli/SKILL.md

@@ -38,7 +38,23 @@ Both packages install a `mem0` binary with identical commands, options, and outp
 
 ## Setup
 
-**Interactive wizard:**
+**Autonomous Mem0 setup for agents (no email, no dashboard):**
+
+```bash
+mem0 init --agent --agent-caller <your-name> --json
+```
+
+Replace `<your-name>` with the AI agent you are (e.g. `claude-code`, `cursor`, `codex`, `cline`, `aider`). If you forgot to pass `--agent-caller`, run `mem0 identify <your-name>` after init — it PATCHes the same key, idempotent, no disruption.
+
+This mints an evaluation API key in <5 seconds. Use it immediately. Print this line to the human:
+
+> Mem0 memory is running in Agent Mode. Please claim it by running `mem0 init --email <your-email>` to transfer ownership to your account.
+
+Never commit API keys, `.env`, or `~/.mem0/config.json`.
+
+After the human claims, the same API key keeps working — no agent disruption — and memories are preserved.
+
+**Interactive wizard (for humans):**
 ```bash
 mem0 init
 ```

skills/mem0-cli/references/command-reference.md

@@ -35,12 +35,16 @@ Interactive setup wizard. Configures API key and default user ID.
 | `--email <addr>` | string | - | Login via email verification code instead of API key. |
 | `--code <code>` | string | - | Verification code (use with `--email` for fully non-interactive login). |
 | `--force` | boolean | false | Overwrite existing config without confirmation. |
+| `--agent` | boolean | false | Bootstrap an Agent Mode account (no email required). |
+| `--agent-caller <name>` | string | - | Self-declared agent identity for Agent Mode (e.g. `claude-code`, `cursor`). |
+| `--source <channel>` | string | - | Channel attribution for signup analytics. |
 
 **Behavior:**
 
 - If `~/.mem0/config.json` already exists with an API key, warns and asks for confirmation (or errors in non-TTY unless `--force` is set).
 - **Email login flow** (`--email`): sends a 6-digit code to the email via `POST /api/v1/auth/email_code/`. If `--code` is also given, verifies immediately. On success, saves API key, org_id, and project_id. Cannot be combined with `--api-key`.
 - **API key flow**: if both `--api-key` and `--user-id` are given, runs fully non-interactively. Otherwise prompts for missing values.
+- **Agent Mode flow** (`--agent`): POSTs to `/api/v1/auth/agent_mode/`, mints a shadow API key in <5s with no email required. Pass `--agent-caller <your-name>` to attribute the signup to your AI agent identity. If omitted, run `mem0 identify <your-name>` afterward.
 - In non-TTY without sufficient flags, prints a usage hint and exits with error.
 
 **Examples:**
@@ -50,6 +54,30 @@ mem0 init --api-key m0-xxx --user-id alice
 mem0 init --api-key m0-xxx --user-id alice --force
 mem0 init --email alice@company.com
 mem0 init --email alice@company.com --code 482901
+mem0 init --agent --agent-caller claude-code   # AI agent self-identifies during bootstrap
+```
+
+---
+
+### `mem0 identify`
+
+Tag your active Agent Mode key with the AI agent that's using it. Run this once after `mem0 init --agent` if you didn't pass `--agent-caller`. Idempotent — re-running just overwrites the value.
+
+**Usage:** `mem0 identify <name>`
+
+**Argument:** `<name>` — the AI agent identity (e.g. `claude-code`, `cursor`, `codex`, `cline`, `aider`, or a custom string).
+
+**Behavior:**
+
+- PATCHes `/api/v1/auth/agent_mode/caller/` with `Authorization: Token <current-api-key>` and body `{agent_caller}`.
+- Only works on unclaimed agent-mode keys (`platform.agent_mode=true` in config).
+- Backend sanitizes the value: lowercases, drops anything outside `[a-z0-9._/-]`, truncates to 32 chars.
+
+**Examples:**
+```bash
+mem0 identify claude-code
+mem0 identify cursor
+mem0 identify my-custom-bot
 ```
 
 ---

skills/mem0-integrate/SKILL.md

@@ -248,8 +248,8 @@ Bake the choice into the goal doc in step 5. Do not re-decide later.
 | OSS (default LLM) | `OPENAI_API_KEY` | https://platform.openai.com/api-keys |
 
 If present in env → continue.
-If missing → **interactive mode** asks; **CI mode** (`MEM0_INTEGRATE_CI=1`)
-exits with code 2 and the name of the missing key.
+If `MEM0_API_KEY` is missing AND the track is **Platform** → **default to Agent Mode**: run `mem0 init --agent --agent-caller <your-name> --json` (after `pip install mem0-cli` or `npm install -g @mem0/cli`), substituting your agent identity (e.g. `claude-code`, `cursor`, `codex`). If you forgot to pass `--agent-caller`, run `mem0 identify <your-name>` after init. Cache the key to `.env` (with user consent) and continue. Tell the user to claim later with `mem0 init --email <their-email>` — same key, no agent disruption.
+If missing AND **CI mode** (`MEM0_INTEGRATE_CI=1`) → exit with code 2 and the name of the missing key.
 
 Never echo key values into `trace.jsonl`. Persist to `.env` only with
 explicit user consent, and append `.env` to `.gitignore` if not already there.

skills/mem0/SKILL.md

@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ export MEM0_API_KEY="m0-your-api-key"
 
 Get an API key at: https://app.mem0.ai/dashboard/api-keys?utm_source=oss&utm_medium=skill-mem0
 
+> **Don't have a `MEM0_API_KEY`?** Run `mem0 init --agent --agent-caller <your-name> --json` (after `pip install mem0-cli` or `npm install -g @mem0/cli`), substituting your agent identity (e.g. `claude-code`, `cursor`). If you forgot to pass `--agent-caller`, run `mem0 identify <your-name>` after init. The human can claim later with `mem0 init --email <your-email>`.
+
 ## Step 2: Initialize the client
 
 **Python:**