feat(persistence): add embedded seekDB support

.env.example

@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ POWERCONTEXT_SERVER_DATABASE_VEC1_EXTENSION=.powercontext/vec1.so
 # POWERCONTEXT_SERVER_DATABASE_KIND=oceanbase
 # POWERCONTEXT_SERVER_DATABASE_URL=mysql+aoceanbase://user:password@host:2881/powercontext?charset=utf8mb4
 
+# To use embedded seekDB instead, install powercontext[server,seekdb] and replace the SQLite database values.
+# Omit DATABASE_PATH to use the Server data directory's seekdb subdirectory ($POWERCONTEXT_HOME/seekdb when set).
+# POWERCONTEXT_SERVER_DATABASE_KIND=seekdb
+# POWERCONTEXT_SERVER_DATABASE_PATH=.powercontext/seekdb
+
 # Source windows are flushed explicitly unless the optional interval is set.
 POWERCONTEXT_SERVER_RUNTIME_SOURCE_WINDOW_LIMIT=100
 # POWERCONTEXT_SERVER_RUNTIME_SCHEDULE_SECONDS=60

docs/en/docs/how-to/install-and-run.md

@@ -49,6 +49,39 @@ disable the Dashboard explicitly.
 
 `Ctrl-C` performs a clean shutdown. Restarting the command reopens the same database.
 
+## Use embedded seekDB
+
+Embedded seekDB is available on Linux and macOS when a compatible `pylibseekdb` wheel is available. Windows does not
+support this embedded backend. Install or replace the tool with the optional seekDB extra:
+
+```bash
+uv tool install --force "powercontext[cli,server,seekdb] @ git+https://github.com/oceanbase/powercontext.git@master"
+```
+
+When switching from SQLite, remove `POWERCONTEXT_SERVER_DATABASE_URL` and
+`POWERCONTEXT_SERVER_DATABASE_VEC1_EXTENSION` from `.env`, or unset them in the shell. Those settings are not valid
+for seekDB. Then select the backend and start the Server:
+
+```bash
+unset POWERCONTEXT_SERVER_DATABASE_URL
+unset POWERCONTEXT_SERVER_DATABASE_VEC1_EXTENSION
+export POWERCONTEXT_SERVER_DATABASE_KIND=seekdb
+powercontext server run
+```
+
+PowerContext always uses seekDB's built-in `test` database. Leave `POWERCONTEXT_SERVER_DATABASE_PATH` unset to store
+the instance in the `seekdb` subdirectory of the PowerContext user data directory. If `POWERCONTEXT_HOME` is set, the
+default is `$POWERCONTEXT_HOME/seekdb`; set `POWERCONTEXT_SERVER_DATABASE_PATH` only when a different location is
+required.
+
+In another terminal, verify that the Server and database are ready:
+
+```bash
+powercontext doctor
+powercontext ready
+powercontext capabilities
+```
+
 ## Verify the installation
 
 ```bash

docs/zh/docs/how-to/install-and-run.md

@@ -46,6 +46,38 @@ powercontext server run
 
 按 `Ctrl-C` 可正常关闭。再次运行该命令会打开同一个数据库。
 
+## 使用嵌入式 seekDB
+
+在有兼容 `pylibseekdb` wheel 的 Linux 和 macOS 系统上可以使用嵌入式 seekDB；Windows 不支持该嵌入式
+后端。安装或替换工具时加入可选的 seekDB extra：
+
+```bash
+uv tool install --force "powercontext[cli,server,seekdb] @ git+https://github.com/oceanbase/powercontext.git@master"
+```
+
+从 SQLite 切换时，需要从 `.env` 中删除 `POWERCONTEXT_SERVER_DATABASE_URL` 和
+`POWERCONTEXT_SERVER_DATABASE_VEC1_EXTENSION`，或在 shell 中取消这两个变量；seekDB 不接受这些配置。
+然后选择 seekDB 后端并启动 Server：
+
+```bash
+unset POWERCONTEXT_SERVER_DATABASE_URL
+unset POWERCONTEXT_SERVER_DATABASE_VEC1_EXTENSION
+export POWERCONTEXT_SERVER_DATABASE_KIND=seekdb
+powercontext server run
+```
+
+PowerContext 固定使用 seekDB 内置的 `test` 数据库。未设置 `POWERCONTEXT_SERVER_DATABASE_PATH` 时，实例保存在
+PowerContext 用户数据目录的 `seekdb` 子目录中；如果设置了 `POWERCONTEXT_HOME`，默认路径为
+`$POWERCONTEXT_HOME/seekdb`。只有需要其他位置时才设置 `POWERCONTEXT_SERVER_DATABASE_PATH`。
+
+在另一个终端确认 Server 和数据库已经就绪：
+
+```bash
+powercontext doctor
+powercontext ready
+powercontext capabilities
+```
+
 ## 验证安装
 
 ```bash

pyproject.toml

@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ builtin = [
     "pyobvector>=0.2.28,<0.3",
     "sqlalchemy[asyncio]>=2,<3",
 ]
+seekdb = [
+    "powercontext[builtin]",
+    "pylibseekdb>=1.3.0.post4,<2; sys_platform == 'linux' or sys_platform == 'darwin'",
+]
 client = [
     "httpx[socks]>=0.28,<1",
     "opentelemetry-api>=1.30,<2",

src/powercontext/builtin/persistence/seekdb/__init__.py

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2026 OceanBase.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+"""Embedded seekDB async relational profile."""
+
+from powercontext.builtin.persistence.seekdb.profile import (
+    SeekDBConfig,
+    SeekDBProfile,
+    SeekDBUnavailableError,
+)
+
+__all__ = (
+    "SeekDBConfig",
+    "SeekDBProfile",
+    "SeekDBUnavailableError",
+)

src/powercontext/builtin/persistence/seekdb/profile.py

@@ -0,0 +1,175 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2026 OceanBase.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+"""Embedded seekDB profile using its local runtime and async MySQL socket."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import asyncio
+from collections.abc import AsyncIterator, Mapping
+from contextlib import asynccontextmanager, suppress
+from importlib import import_module
+from pathlib import Path
+from types import ModuleType
+from typing import Any, Literal, Protocol, cast
+
+from pydantic import BaseModel, ConfigDict, field_validator
+from pyobvector import AsyncOceanBaseDialect
+from sqlalchemy import Table
+from sqlalchemy.dialects import registry as dialect_registry
+from sqlalchemy.engine import URL
+from sqlalchemy.engine.interfaces import DBAPIConnection
+from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncEngine, create_async_engine
+
+from powercontext.builtin.persistence.database import AsyncDatabase
+from powercontext.builtin.persistence.errors import PersistenceError
+from powercontext.builtin.persistence.schema import create_tables
+
+_DIALECT_DRIVER = "mysql+aseekdb"
+_DIALECT_REGISTRY_NAME = "mysql.aseekdb"
+
+
+class AsyncSeekDBDialect(AsyncOceanBaseDialect):
+    """OceanBase-compatible dialect with seekDB-safe connection shutdown."""
+
+    supports_statement_cache = AsyncOceanBaseDialect.supports_statement_cache
+
+    def do_close(self, dbapi_connection: DBAPIConnection) -> None:
+        # seekDB resets the socket while aiomysql drains COM_QUIT. SQLAlchemy's
+        # terminate path handles that reset and falls back to closing the transport.
+        self.do_terminate(dbapi_connection)
+
+
+class _SeekDBInstance(Protocol):
+    def connection_options(self) -> Mapping[str, object]: ...
+
+    def close(self) -> None: ...
+
+
+class SeekDBUnavailableError(PersistenceError):
+    """Raised when the embedded seekDB binding is unavailable."""
+
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        super().__init__("Embedded seekDB requires powercontext[seekdb] on a supported Linux or macOS platform")
+
+
+class SeekDBConfig(BaseModel):
+    """Validated configuration for one embedded seekDB instance."""
+
+    model_config = ConfigDict(extra="forbid")
+
+    kind: Literal["seekdb"] = "seekdb"
+    path: Path
+    database: Literal["test"] = "test"
+    echo: bool = False
+    pool_pre_ping: bool = True
+
+    @field_validator("path", mode="before")
+    @classmethod
+    def require_path(cls, value: object) -> object:
+        if isinstance(value, str) and not value.strip():
+            raise ValueError("seekDB path must not be empty")  # noqa: TRY003
+        return value
+
+
+class SeekDBProfile:
+    """An initialized embedded seekDB profile with explicit runtime ownership."""
+
+    def __init__(self, *, database: AsyncDatabase, tables: tuple[Table, ...]) -> None:
+        self.database = database
+        self.tables = tables
+
+    @classmethod
+    @asynccontextmanager
+    async def open(
+        cls,
+        config: SeekDBConfig,
+        *,
+        tables: tuple[Table, ...],
+    ) -> AsyncIterator[SeekDBProfile]:
+        """Start seekDB locally and connect through its async Unix socket."""
+
+        path = config.path.expanduser().resolve()
+        path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        module = _load_binding()
+        instance = await _open_instance(module, path)
+        try:
+            engine = _create_engine(config, instance.connection_options())
+            database = AsyncDatabase.own(engine)
+            profile = cls(database=database, tables=tables)
+            try:
+                async with database.transaction() as connection:
+                    await create_tables(connection, tables)
+                yield profile
+            finally:
+                close_task = asyncio.create_task(database.close())
+                try:
+                    await asyncio.shield(close_task)
+                except asyncio.CancelledError:
+                    await close_task
+                    raise
+        finally:
+            instance.close()
+
+
+def _load_binding() -> ModuleType:
+    try:
+        return import_module("pylibseekdb")
+    except ModuleNotFoundError as error:
+        if error.name != "pylibseekdb":
+            raise
+        raise SeekDBUnavailableError from None
+
+
+async def _open_instance(module: ModuleType, path: Path) -> _SeekDBInstance:
+    open_task = asyncio.create_task(cast(Any, module).aopen(str(path)))
+    try:
+        return cast(_SeekDBInstance, await asyncio.shield(open_task))
+    except asyncio.CancelledError:
+        with suppress(BaseException):
+            instance = cast(_SeekDBInstance, await open_task)
+            instance.close()
+        raise
+
+
+def _create_engine(config: SeekDBConfig, connection_options: Mapping[str, object]) -> AsyncEngine:
+    options = dict(connection_options)
+    username = str(options.pop("user", "root"))
+    password_value = options.pop("password", None)
+    host = str(options.pop("host", "localhost"))
+    port_value = options.pop("port", None)
+    # seekDB's handshake currently omits the autocommit status flag, so
+    # aiomysql otherwise mistakes the default-on session for an explicit
+    # transaction and rollback becomes ineffective.
+    options["init_command"] = "SET autocommit = 0"
+    url = URL.create(
+        _DIALECT_DRIVER,
+        username=username,
+        password=None if password_value is None else str(password_value),
+        host=host,
+        port=None if port_value is None else int(cast(int | str, port_value)),
+        database=config.database,
+        query={"charset": "utf8mb4"},
+    )
+    _register_seekdb_dialect()
+    return create_async_engine(
+        url,
+        connect_args=options,
+        echo=config.echo,
+        pool_pre_ping=config.pool_pre_ping,
+    )
+
+
+def _register_seekdb_dialect() -> None:
+    dialect_registry.register(_DIALECT_REGISTRY_NAME, __name__, "AsyncSeekDBDialect")

src/powercontext/builtin/runtime/composition.py

@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
     OceanBaseMemoryVectorIndex,
 )
 from powercontext.builtin.persistence.oceanbase.profile import OceanBaseConfig, OceanBaseProfile
+from powercontext.builtin.persistence.seekdb.profile import SeekDBConfig, SeekDBProfile
 from powercontext.builtin.persistence.sqlite.experience_index import SQLiteExperienceFTSIndex
 from powercontext.builtin.persistence.sqlite.memory_index import SQLiteMemoryFTSIndex, SQLiteMemoryVec1Index
 from powercontext.builtin.persistence.sqlite.profile import SQLiteConfig, SQLiteProfile
@@ -345,18 +346,19 @@ async def open_builtin_contexts(
                 memory_rerank_candidate_limit=config.runtime.memory_rerank_candidate_limit,
             )
         return
-    if not isinstance(database, OceanBaseConfig):
-        raise BuiltinConfigurationError("database")
-
     experience_index = OceanBaseExperienceFTSIndex()
     indexes = [OceanBaseMemoryFTSIndex()]
     if embedding_model is not None:
         indexes.append(OceanBaseMemoryVectorIndex(embedding_model.profile))
     index = CompositeMemoryIndex(*indexes)
-    async with OceanBaseProfile.open(
-        database,
-        tables=BUILTIN_TABLES + report_tables + index.tables,
-    ) as profile:
+    tables = BUILTIN_TABLES + report_tables + index.tables
+    if isinstance(database, OceanBaseConfig):
+        profile_context = OceanBaseProfile.open(database, tables=tables)
+    elif isinstance(database, SeekDBConfig):
+        profile_context = SeekDBProfile.open(database, tables=tables)
+    else:
+        raise BuiltinConfigurationError("database")
+    async with profile_context as profile:
         async with profile.database.transaction() as connection:
             await index.initialize(connection)
             await experience_index.initialize(connection)

src/powercontext/builtin/runtime/config.py

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 from powercontext.builtin.artifacts.memory.prompts import MemoryExtractionProfile
 from powercontext.builtin.artifacts.skill import CodexSkillRoot
 from powercontext.builtin.persistence.oceanbase import OceanBaseConfig
+from powercontext.builtin.persistence.seekdb import SeekDBConfig
 from powercontext.builtin.persistence.sqlite import SQLiteConfig
 
 
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ def require_host_for_roots(self) -> ExternalSkillsConfig:
         return self
 
 
-DatabaseConfig = SQLiteConfig | OceanBaseConfig
+DatabaseConfig = SQLiteConfig | OceanBaseConfig | SeekDBConfig
 
 
 def normalize_database_discriminator(value: Any) -> Any: