tessera — quickstart

❯ cargo install tessera
downloaded tessera v2.1.0 (0BSD) · 3.4s

❯ tessera sync --open
synced 412 tickets (37 open) · 1 backend · 12s
❯ tessera index --all
tessera: 110 indexed, 0 skipped, 0 deleted, 1919 symbols
❯ tessera mcp
serving stdio MCP · core profile · 7 tools (1.2k schema tokens)

# instead of reading src/reaper.rs (22,800 tokens):
code_workpack "reap_droplets"
  → card + 6 references + 2 tests · ~100 tokens

# instead of guessing which discussion settled this:
recall query="tokyo region"
  → decision #297 (active, 2026-05) + supersedes #295 · 41 tokens

# the bad news, kept public:
code_tree (uncapped)   367,045 returned vs 52,160 displaced · +315k
code_tree (paged)       10,723 returned vs 22,820 displaced · −12k

remember kind="decision" scope="repo:tessera"
  text="bridge sessions run one tessera mcp child over the agent tunnel"
  → stored id 3 · supersede chain armed
# drafts only a human can push; state docs use compare-and-set

❯ tessera report savings
net displacement 1.6×–302.8× on 1,204 calls
calls that did not pay for themselves: 17 (listed)