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ANOLISA User Guide

Use this manual to install, configure, and operate ANOLISA components for Agent workloads. Begin with the Quickstart for a first result, or open a component's manual for its setup and reference chapters. Shared installation, build, test, and troubleshooting instructions are grouped under Getting started.

Getting started​

User Entrypoint Layer​

  • cosh (cosh-ng): An AI-native terminal that preserves your existing shell experience, with natural-language tasks, tools, and Skills.
  • OS Skills: An OS handbook for AI Agents, covering system administration, monitoring, security, DevOps automation, and more.

AW Unified Stack Layer​

  • AW: A unified architecture connecting Agent frameworks with extensible AI-native system software.

Agent Semantic Layer​

  • AgentSight: Observe Agent execution through trajectories, LLM calls, and Token usage.
  • Agent Security Core: OS-level security kernel for AI Agents.
  • Tokenless: Reduce AI Agent Token usage through tool output compression, tool schema simplification, command rewriting, and other techniques.
  • Agent Memory: Give Agents searchable, persistent memory to retain and reuse information across sessions.
  • SkillFS: Organize Skills into stable filesystem views for Agents to discover and read on demand.
  • Workspace Checkpoint: Create Agent workspace snapshots, compare file differences, and roll back changes when needed.
  • ktuner: Inspect Linux kernel parameters, get tuning recommendations, and apply or roll back changes.

Terminology​

TermMeaning
ComponentA software unit implementing a specific capability (e.g. tokenless)
AdapterA bridge package connecting a component to an Agent framework
system modeInstallation requiring root privileges (sudo anolisa install)
user modeInstallation into user-local paths (no sudo required)