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+"""
+Mnemosyne — The Living Holographic Archive
+
+A sovereign, on-chain anchored memory system that ingests documents,
+conversations, and artifacts into a searchable holographic index.
+
+No network calls at ingest time. SQLite + FTS5 only. Pluggable embedding backend.
+"""
+
+__version__ = "0.1.0"