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 A 9P server that exposes [ollie](../ollie) agent sessions as a virtual filesystem. Mount it with `9pfuse` and interact with AI sessions using ordinary shell tools.
 
+The goal is integration, not self-sufficiency. Rather than providing orchestration, scheduling, or workflow primitives, olliesrv exposes a stable surface — sessions as directories, conversation as files — and defers everything else to the surrounding environment. Scripting, chaining, monitoring, and automation come from composing olliesrv with tools that already exist, not from building those capabilities into the server.
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 ## Filesystem layout
 
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