chore: standardize daemon naming on "KTX daemon"

Replace inconsistent names ("KTX Python daemon", "KTX local embeddings
daemon", "KTX managed daemon", "Python daemon") with the single name
"KTX daemon" in CLI output, errors, command descriptions, test
assertions, smoke scripts, docs, AGENTS.md, issue templates, and
codecov flags. The daemon is a portable compute server with endpoints
for SQL analysis, semantic layer, LookML, database introspection, and
embeddings; the previous labels misrepresented it as embeddings-only or
exposed implementation details ("Python", "managed").

The "KTX Python runtime" concept (installed interpreter + packages) is
deliberately left as-is — it is a separate concept from the daemon
process.

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yml

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ body:
         - Connector (SQL Server)
         - Connector (SQLite)
         - Python semantic layer
-        - Python daemon
+        - KTX daemon
         - Docs
         - Other
     validations:

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.yml

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ body:
         - Connectors
         - Context engine
         - Python semantic layer
-        - Python daemon
+        - KTX daemon
         - Docs
         - Other
     validations:

AGENTS.md

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ KTX is a pnpm + uv workspace.
 - LLM package: `packages/llm`
 - Database connectors: `packages/connector-*`
 - Python semantic layer: `python/ktx-sl`
-- Python daemon: `python/ktx-daemon`
+- KTX daemon: `python/ktx-daemon`
 - Examples and fixtures: `examples/`
 - Workspace scripts: `scripts/`
 - Local agent skills and internal planning docs are private overlays. Do not
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ shared contracts or package exports are affected.
   test file
 - TypeScript dead-code tooling/config changes: `pnpm run dead-code`
 - Python semantic layer: `uv run pytest python/ktx-sl/tests -q`
-- Python daemon: `uv run pytest python/ktx-daemon/tests -q`
+- KTX daemon: `uv run pytest python/ktx-daemon/tests -q`
 - Python files: also run `uv run pre-commit run --files [FILES]` when
   pre-commit is configured
 

codecov.yml

@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ component_management:
       paths:
         - python/ktx-sl/semantic_layer/**
     - component_id: py_daemon
-      name: Python daemon
+      name: KTX daemon
       paths:
         - python/ktx-daemon/src/ktx_daemon/**
 

docs-site/content/agents-setup.md

@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ Success requires (canonical shape - supersedes the example in the docs):
 
 Do **not** run `--deep` ingest in this flow - that requires LLM time and is out of scope.
 
-### Optional: directly probe the embeddings daemon
+### Optional: directly probe the KTX daemon
 
 If the user asks for stronger verification that `sentence-transformers` is actually serving (not just that setup said "ok"), do all of:
 
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ If the user asks for stronger verification that `sentence-transformers` is actua
 3. `curl -sS http://127.0.0.1:<port>/health` → expect HTTP 200 with `{"status":"healthy",…}`.
 4. `curl -sS -X POST http://127.0.0.1:<port>/embeddings/compute -H 'content-type: application/json' -d '{"text":"hello"}'` → expect `{"embedding": [...384 floats...]}`.
 
-Discover the port from setup's log line `Started KTX local embeddings daemon: http://127.0.0.1:<port>` or from the daemon's OpenAPI at `GET /openapi.json`. Note: the routes are `/health` and `/embeddings/compute` - not `/healthz` or `/embeddings`.
+Discover the port from setup's log line `Started KTX daemon: http://127.0.0.1:<port>` or from the daemon's OpenAPI at `GET /openapi.json`. Note: the routes are `/health` and `/embeddings/compute` - not `/healthz` or `/embeddings`.
 
 ## Phase 6 - Final report
 
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ KTX SETUP COMPLETE
 Project:     <path>
 LLM:         <backend> / <model>
 Embeddings:  <backend> / <model>
-Runtime:     managed Python ✓ (if sentence-transformers daemon was started)
+Runtime:     managed Python ✓ (if the KTX daemon was started)
 
 Connections:
   - <name> (<driver>)  status=ok  schemas=[…]  tables=<N>

docs-site/content/docs/cli-reference/ktx-admin.mdx

@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ directory. Use it from any directory to generate editor or agent schema files.
 | Subcommand | Description |
 |-----------|-------------|
 | `install` | Install the bundled Python runtime wheel into the managed runtime |
-| `start` | Start the KTX-managed Python HTTP daemon |
+| `start` | Start the KTX daemon |
-| `stop` | Stop the KTX-managed Python HTTP daemon |
+| `stop` | Stop the KTX daemon |
 | `status` | Show managed Python runtime status and readiness checks |
 
 ## `admin runtime` Options

docs-site/content/docs/community/contributing.mdx

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ documentation, connector coverage, and examples.
 | Context engine | `packages/context`, including project config, ingest orchestration, and semantic search |
 | Connectors | `packages/connector-*`, plus connector-specific tests and integration docs |
 | Python semantic layer | `python/ktx-sl` for planning and SQL generation |
-| Python daemon | `python/ktx-daemon` for the portable runtime API |
+| KTX daemon | `python/ktx-daemon` for the portable runtime API |
 | Documentation | `docs-site/content/docs` for public docs and `docs-site/tests` for docs behavior |
 
 ## Development setup

examples/README.md

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ warehouse credential.
 
 `postgres-historic/` is a manual Docker-backed smoke for Postgres
 query-history ingest via `pg_stat_statements`. It verifies setup, staged
-query-history artifacts, managed daemon batch SQL analysis, bounded pattern
+query-history artifacts, KTX daemon batch SQL analysis, bounded pattern
 WorkUnit shards, and no-WorkUnit idempotency for unchanged bucketed table
 inputs and pattern shards.
 

examples/package-artifacts/README.md

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ generated local project.
 The managed Python runtime smoke requires `uv` on `PATH`, isolates
 `KTX_RUNTIME_ROOT`, verifies `ktx admin runtime status`, runs `ktx sl query --yes` to
 install the core runtime from the bundled wheel, checks `ktx admin runtime status`,
-starts and reuses the managed daemon, and stops it.
+starts and reuses the KTX daemon, and stops it.
 
 The artifact manifest contains the public `@kaelio/ktx` npm tarball and the
 bundled `kaelio-ktx` runtime wheel. The smoke does not install standalone

packages/cli/src/commands/runtime-commands.ts

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export function registerRuntimeCommands(program: Command, context: KtxCliCommand
 
   runtime
     .command('start')
-    .description('Start the KTX-managed Python HTTP daemon')
+    .description('Start the KTX daemon')
     .addOption(createRuntimeFeatureOption())
     .option('--force', 'Restart even when a matching daemon is already running', false)
     .action(async (options: { feature: RuntimeFeature; force?: boolean }, command: CommandWithGlobalOptions) => {
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ export function registerRuntimeCommands(program: Command, context: KtxCliCommand
 
   runtime
     .command('stop')
-    .description('Stop the KTX-managed Python HTTP daemon')
+    .description('Stop the KTX daemon')
     .option('--all', 'Stop all KTX daemon processes recorded or discoverable on this machine', false)
     .action(async (options: { all?: boolean }, command: CommandWithGlobalOptions) => {
       await runRuntimeArgs(context, {

packages/cli/src/context-build-view.ts

@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ function failedStepDetail(result: KtxPublicIngestTargetResult): string | null {
 const INTERNAL_FAILURE_LINE_RE =
   /^(Report|Run|Job|Status|Adapter|Connection|Sync|Mode|Dry run|Diff|Tasks|Work units|Failed tasks|Saved memory|Provenance rows):\s*/;
 const ACTIONABLE_FAILURE_LINE_RE =
-  /^(Missing bundled Python runtime manifest|KTX Python runtime is required|KTX managed daemon|Error:|Failed\b|Could not\b|Cannot\b)/;
+  /^(Missing bundled Python runtime manifest|KTX Python runtime is required|KTX daemon HTTP|Error:|Failed\b|Could not\b|Cannot\b)/;
 
 function trimErrorPrefix(line: string): string {
   return line.replace(/^Error:\s*/, '');

packages/cli/src/ingest.test.ts

@@ -1334,7 +1334,7 @@ describe('runKtxIngest', () => {
     );
   });
 
-  it('passes managed daemon options to adapters and pull-config options when no explicit daemon URL is set', async () => {
+  it('passes KTX daemon options to adapters and pull-config options when no explicit daemon URL is set', async () => {
     const projectDir = join(tempDir, 'managed-daemon-ingest-project');
     await initKtxProject({ projectDir });
     await writeWarehouseConfig(projectDir);

packages/cli/src/managed-local-embeddings.test.ts

@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ describe('managedLocalEmbeddingProjectConfig', () => {
 });
 
 describe('managedLocalEmbeddingHealthConfig', () => {
-  it('uses the active managed daemon URL for the immediate health check', () => {
+  it('uses the active KTX daemon URL for the immediate health check', () => {
     expect(
       managedLocalEmbeddingHealthConfig({
         baseUrl: 'http://127.0.0.1:61234',
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ describe('managedLocalEmbeddingHealthConfig', () => {
 });
 
 describe('ensureManagedLocalEmbeddingsDaemon', () => {
-  it('ensures the local-embeddings feature and starts the managed daemon', async () => {
+  it('ensures the local-embeddings feature and starts the KTX daemon', async () => {
     const io = makeIo();
     const ensureRuntime = vi.fn(async () => runtime());
     const startDaemon = vi.fn(async () => daemonResult('started'));
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ describe('ensureManagedLocalEmbeddingsDaemon', () => {
       features: ['local-embeddings'],
       force: false,
     });
-    expect(io.stderr()).toContain('Started KTX local embeddings daemon: http://127.0.0.1:61234');
+    expect(io.stderr()).toContain('Started KTX daemon: http://127.0.0.1:61234');
   });
 
   it('reuses an already running daemon without reporting a new start', async () => {
@@ -184,6 +184,6 @@ describe('ensureManagedLocalEmbeddingsDaemon', () => {
       startDaemon: vi.fn(async () => daemonResult('reused')),
     });
 
-    expect(io.stderr()).toContain('Using KTX local embeddings daemon: http://127.0.0.1:61234');
+    expect(io.stderr()).toContain('Using KTX daemon: http://127.0.0.1:61234');
   });
 });

packages/cli/src/managed-local-embeddings.ts

@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ export async function ensureManagedLocalEmbeddingsDaemon(
   });
 
   const verb = daemon.status === 'started' ? 'Started' : 'Using';
-  options.io.stderr.write(`${verb} KTX local embeddings daemon: ${daemon.baseUrl}\n`);
+  options.io.stderr.write(`${verb} KTX daemon: ${daemon.baseUrl}\n`);
 
   return {
     baseUrl: daemon.baseUrl,

packages/cli/src/managed-python-daemon.test.ts

@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ function daemonOptionsBase(root: string) {
   } as const;
 }
 
-describe('managed Python daemon lifecycle', () => {
+describe('KTX daemon lifecycle', () => {
   let tempDir: string;
 
   beforeEach(async () => {

packages/cli/src/managed-python-daemon.ts

@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ async function waitForHealth(input: {
     return;
   }
   lastDetail = finalHealth.detail;
-  throw new Error(`KTX Python daemon failed to start: ${lastDetail}. stderr: ${input.state.stderrLog}`);
+  throw new Error(`KTX daemon failed to start: ${lastDetail}. stderr: ${input.state.stderrLog}`);
 }
 
 async function removeState(layout: ManagedPythonDaemonLayout): Promise<void> {
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ export async function startManagedPythonDaemon(
     );
     child.unref();
     if (!child.pid) {
-      throw new Error(`KTX Python daemon did not report a pid. stderr: ${layout.daemonStderrPath}`);
+      throw new Error(`KTX daemon did not report a pid. stderr: ${layout.daemonStderrPath}`);
     }
     const state: ManagedPythonDaemonState = {
       schemaVersion: 1,

packages/cli/src/managed-python-http.test.ts

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ describe('createManagedPythonDaemonBaseUrlResolver', () => {
       features: ['core'],
       force: false,
     });
-    expect(testIo.stderr()).toContain('Started KTX Python daemon: http://127.0.0.1:61234');
+    expect(testIo.stderr()).toContain('Started KTX daemon: http://127.0.0.1:61234');
   });
 
   it('reports daemon reuse without reinstalling after the first resolved URL', async () => {
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ describe('createManagedPythonDaemonBaseUrlResolver', () => {
 
     expect(ensureRuntime).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
     expect(startDaemon).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    expect(testIo.stderr()).toContain('Using existing KTX Python daemon: http://127.0.0.1:61234');
+    expect(testIo.stderr()).toContain('Using existing KTX daemon: http://127.0.0.1:61234');
   });
 });
 
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ describe('createManagedDaemonHttpJsonRunner', () => {
   });
 });
 
-describe('managed daemon ingest ports', () => {
+describe('KTX daemon ingest ports', () => {
-  it('creates a Looker table parser backed by the managed daemon runner', async () => {
+  it('creates a Looker table parser backed by the KTX daemon runner', async () => {
     const requestJson = vi.fn(async () => ({
       results: {
         'model.explore': {
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ describe('managed daemon ingest ports', () => {
     });
   });
 
-  it('creates a SQL analysis port backed by the managed daemon runner', async () => {
+  it('creates a SQL analysis port backed by the KTX daemon runner', async () => {
     const requestJson = vi.fn(async () => ({
       fingerprint: 'select-orders',
       normalized_sql: 'SELECT * FROM public.orders WHERE id = ?',
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ describe('managed daemon ingest ports', () => {
     });
   });
 
-  it('routes SQL batch analysis through the managed daemon runner', async () => {
+  it('routes SQL batch analysis through the KTX daemon runner', async () => {
     const requestJson = vi.fn(async () => ({
       results: {
         orders: {

packages/cli/src/managed-python-http.ts

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ function normalizedBaseUrl(baseUrl: string): string {
 function parseJsonObject(raw: string, path: string): Record<string, unknown> {
   const parsed = JSON.parse(raw) as unknown;
   if (!parsed || typeof parsed !== 'object' || Array.isArray(parsed)) {
-    throw new Error(`KTX managed daemon HTTP ${path} returned non-object JSON`);
+    throw new Error(`KTX daemon HTTP ${path} returned non-object JSON`);
   }
   return parsed as Record<string, unknown>;
 }
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ export async function postManagedDaemonJson(
           const text = Buffer.concat(chunks).toString('utf8');
           const statusCode = response.statusCode ?? 0;
           if (statusCode < 200 || statusCode >= 300) {
-            reject(new Error(`KTX managed daemon HTTP ${path} failed with ${statusCode}: ${text}`));
+            reject(new Error(`KTX daemon HTTP ${path} failed with ${statusCode}: ${text}`));
             return;
           }
           try {
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ export function createManagedPythonDaemonBaseUrlResolver(
       force: false,
     });
     const verb = daemon.status === 'started' ? 'Started' : 'Using existing';
-    options.io.stderr.write(`${verb} KTX Python daemon: ${daemon.baseUrl}\n`);
+    options.io.stderr.write(`${verb} KTX daemon: ${daemon.baseUrl}\n`);
     cachedBaseUrl = daemon.baseUrl;
     return cachedBaseUrl;
   };

packages/cli/src/public-ingest.ts

@@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ function createCapturedPublicIngestIo(): CapturedPublicIngestIo {
 const INTERNAL_STATUS_LINE_RE =
   /^(Report|Run|Job|Status|Adapter|Connection|Sync|Diff|Tasks|Work units|Failed tasks|Saved memory|Provenance rows):\s*/;
 const ACTIONABLE_FAILURE_LINE_RE =
-  /^(Missing bundled Python runtime manifest|KTX Python runtime is required|KTX managed daemon|Error:|Failed\b|Could not\b|Cannot\b)/;
+  /^(Missing bundled Python runtime manifest|KTX Python runtime is required|KTX daemon HTTP|Error:|Failed\b|Could not\b|Cannot\b)/;
 const RUNTIME_BACKED_RETRY_LINE_RE = /^Then retry the runtime-backed KTX command\.?$/;
 
 function trimErrorPrefix(line: string): string {

packages/cli/src/runtime-requirements.ts

@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ export function resolveProjectRuntimeRequirements(
     requirements.push({
       feature: 'core',
       reason: 'database-introspection',
-      detail: 'Database introspection fallback uses the Python daemon.',
+      detail: 'Database introspection fallback uses the KTX daemon.',
     });
   }
 

packages/cli/src/runtime.test.ts

@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ describe('runKtxRuntime', () => {
     expect(io.stderr()).toBe('');
   });
 
-  it('starts the managed Python daemon and prints the base URL', async () => {
+  it('starts the KTX daemon and prints the base URL', async () => {
     const io = makeIo();
     const deps: KtxRuntimeDeps = {
       startDaemon: vi.fn(async (): Promise<ManagedPythonDaemonStartResult> => ({
@@ -160,14 +160,14 @@ describe('runKtxRuntime', () => {
       features: ['local-embeddings'],
       force: true,
     });
-    expect(io.stdout()).toContain('Started KTX Python daemon');
+    expect(io.stdout()).toContain('Started KTX daemon');
     expect(io.stdout()).toContain('url: http://127.0.0.1:61234');
     expect(io.stdout()).toContain('pid: 4242');
     expect(io.stdout()).toContain('features: core, local-embeddings');
     expect(io.stdout()).toContain('stderr: /work/proj/.ktx/runtime/daemon.stderr.log');
   });
 
-  it('stops the managed Python daemon', async () => {
+  it('stops the KTX daemon', async () => {
     const io = makeIo();
     const deps: KtxRuntimeDeps = {
       stopDaemon: vi.fn(async (): Promise<ManagedPythonDaemonStopResult> => ({
@@ -208,11 +208,11 @@ describe('runKtxRuntime', () => {
     ).resolves.toBe(0);
 
     expect(deps.stopDaemon).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ cliVersion: '0.2.0', projectDir: '/work/proj' });
-    expect(io.stdout()).toContain('Stopped KTX Python daemon');
+    expect(io.stdout()).toContain('Stopped KTX daemon');
     expect(io.stdout()).toContain('pid: 4242');
   });
 
-  it('stops all discovered Python daemons and reports the summary', async () => {
+  it('stops all discovered KTX daemons and reports the summary', async () => {
     const io = makeIo();
     const deps: KtxRuntimeDeps = {
       stopAllDaemons: vi.fn(async (): Promise<ManagedPythonDaemonStopAllResult> => ({
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ describe('runKtxRuntime', () => {
     ).resolves.toBe(0);
 
     expect(deps.stopAllDaemons).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ cliVersion: '0.2.0', projectDir: '/work/proj' });
-    expect(io.stdout()).toContain('Stopped 2 KTX Python daemons');
+    expect(io.stdout()).toContain('Stopped 2 KTX daemons');
     expect(io.stdout()).toContain('pid: 4242 source: state url: http://127.0.0.1:61234');
     expect(io.stdout()).toContain('pid: 5252 source: process url: http://127.0.0.1:8765');
   });
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ describe('runKtxRuntime', () => {
       runKtxRuntime({ command: 'stop', cliVersion: '0.2.0', projectDir: '/work/proj', all: true }, io.io, deps),
     ).resolves.toBe(1);
 
-    expect(io.stderr()).toContain('Stopped 0 KTX Python daemons; failed 1');
+    expect(io.stderr()).toContain('Stopped 0 KTX daemons; failed 1');
     expect(io.stderr()).toContain('pid: 4242 source: state url: http://127.0.0.1:61234');
     expect(io.stderr()).toContain('process scan: ps failed');
   });

packages/cli/src/runtime.ts

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ function writeInstallResult(io: KtxCliIo, result: ManagedPythonRuntimeInstallRes
 
 function writeDaemonStart(io: KtxCliIo, result: ManagedPythonDaemonStartResult): void {
   const verb = result.status === 'reused' ? 'Using existing' : 'Started';
-  io.stdout.write(`${verb} KTX Python daemon\n`);
+  io.stdout.write(`${verb} KTX daemon\n`);
   io.stdout.write(`url: ${result.baseUrl}\n`);
   io.stdout.write(`pid: ${result.state.pid}\n`);
   io.stdout.write(`version: ${result.state.version}\n`);
@@ -68,10 +68,10 @@ function writeDaemonStart(io: KtxCliIo, result: ManagedPythonDaemonStartResult):
 
 function writeDaemonStop(io: KtxCliIo, result: ManagedPythonDaemonStopResult): void {
   if (result.status === 'already-stopped') {
-    io.stdout.write('KTX Python daemon already stopped\n');
+    io.stdout.write('KTX daemon already stopped\n');
     return;
   }
-  io.stdout.write('Stopped KTX Python daemon\n');
+  io.stdout.write('Stopped KTX daemon\n');
   io.stdout.write(`pid: ${result.state?.pid ?? 'unknown'}\n`);
   io.stdout.write(`state: ${result.layout.daemonStatePath}\n`);
 }
@@ -94,11 +94,11 @@ function writeDaemonStopAll(io: KtxCliIo, result: ManagedPythonDaemonStopAllResu
     result.failed.length === 0 &&
     result.scanErrors.length === 0
   ) {
-    io.stdout.write('No KTX Python daemons found\n');
+    io.stdout.write('No KTX daemons found\n');
     return 0;
   }
   if (failed === 0) {
-    io.stdout.write(`Stopped ${result.stopped.length} KTX Python daemons\n`);
+    io.stdout.write(`Stopped ${result.stopped.length} KTX daemons\n`);
     if (result.stale.length > 0) {
       io.stdout.write(`Cleaned ${result.stale.length} stale daemon states\n`);
     }
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ function writeDaemonStopAll(io: KtxCliIo, result: ManagedPythonDaemonStopAllResu
     return 0;
   }
   io.stderr.write(
-    `Stopped ${result.stopped.length} KTX Python daemons; failed ${result.failed.length}${
+    `Stopped ${result.stopped.length} KTX daemons; failed ${result.failed.length}${
       result.stale.length > 0 ? `; cleaned stale ${result.stale.length}` : ''
     }\n`,
   );

packages/cli/src/scan.test.ts

@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ describe('runKtxScan', () => {
     expect(io.stdout()).not.toContain('/~');
   });
 
-  it('passes managed daemon options to local ingest adapters when no explicit daemon URL is set', async () => {
+  it('passes KTX daemon options to local ingest adapters when no explicit daemon URL is set', async () => {
     await initKtxProject({ projectDir: tempDir });
     const createLocalIngestAdapters = vi.fn(() => []);
     const runLocalScan = vi.fn(

packages/cli/src/setup-embeddings.test.ts

@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ describe('setup embeddings step', () => {
     );
 
     expect(result.status).toBe('failed');
-    expect(io.stderr()).toContain('Recent local embeddings daemon stderr:');
+    expect(io.stderr()).toContain('Recent KTX daemon stderr:');
     expect(io.stderr()).toContain('daemon traceback line 6');
     expect(io.stderr()).toContain('daemon traceback line 45');
     expect(io.stderr()).not.toContain('daemon traceback line 5');
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ describe('setup embeddings step', () => {
     );
 
     expect(result.status).toBe('failed');
-    expect(io.stderr()).not.toContain('Recent local embeddings daemon stderr:');
+    expect(io.stderr()).not.toContain('Recent KTX daemon stderr:');
   });
 
   it('uses fixed OpenAI defaults and only asks for credentials when OpenAI is selected', async () => {

packages/cli/src/setup-embeddings.ts

@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ function localEmbeddingSetupMessage(message: string, stderrTail: string[] = []):
     'The first run may download Python packages and the all-MiniLM-L6-v2 model.',
   ];
   if (stderrTail.length > 0) {
-    lines.push('Recent local embeddings daemon stderr:', ...stderrTail);
+    lines.push('Recent KTX daemon stderr:', ...stderrTail);
   }
   return lines.join('\n');
 }

packages/cli/src/setup-runtime.test.ts

@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ describe('runKtxSetupRuntimeStep', () => {
     expect(io.stderr()).toContain('ktx admin runtime install --yes');
   });
 
-  it('starts the managed local embeddings daemon for configured sentence-transformers embeddings', async () => {
+  it('starts the KTX daemon for configured sentence-transformers embeddings', async () => {
     const io = makeIo();
     const ensureLocalEmbeddings = vi.fn(async () => ({
       baseUrl: 'http://127.0.0.1:61234',

scripts/local-embeddings-runtime-smoke.mjs

@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ export async function runLocalEmbeddingsRuntimeSmoke(options = {}) {
       900_000,
     );
     validateEmbeddingResponse(embeddingResponse, 384);
-    process.stdout.write('KTX local embeddings daemon computed a 384-dimensional embedding\n');
+    process.stdout.write('KTX daemon computed a 384-dimensional embedding\n');
 
     const setup = await run(commands[5].command, commands[5].args, {
       cwd: installDir,
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ export async function runLocalEmbeddingsRuntimeSmoke(options = {}) {
     });
     requireSuccess(commands[6].label, stop);
     daemonStarted = false;
-    requireOutput(commands[6].label, stop, /Stopped KTX Python daemon/);
+    requireOutput(commands[6].label, stop, /Stopped KTX daemon/);
 
     process.stdout.write('KTX local embeddings runtime smoke verified\n');
   } finally {

scripts/local-embeddings-runtime-smoke.test.mjs

@@ -129,13 +129,13 @@ describe('localEmbeddingsSmokeCommands', () => {
 describe('parseDaemonBaseUrl', () => {
   it('extracts the daemon URL from runtime start output', () => {
     assert.equal(
-      parseDaemonBaseUrl('Started KTX Python daemon\nurl: http://127.0.0.1:61234\nfeatures: local-embeddings\n'),
+      parseDaemonBaseUrl('Started KTX daemon\nurl: http://127.0.0.1:61234\nfeatures: local-embeddings\n'),
       'http://127.0.0.1:61234',
     );
   });
 
   it('rejects output without a daemon URL', () => {
-    assert.throws(() => parseDaemonBaseUrl('Started KTX Python daemon\n'), /Daemon URL was not printed/);
+    assert.throws(() => parseDaemonBaseUrl('Started KTX daemon\n'), /Daemon URL was not printed/);
   });
 });
 

scripts/package-artifacts.mjs

@@ -804,19 +804,19 @@ try {
   const runtimeStart = await run('pnpm', ['exec', 'ktx', 'admin', 'runtime', 'start']);
   requireSuccess('ktx admin runtime start', runtimeStart);
   daemonStarted = true;
-  requireOutput('ktx admin runtime start', runtimeStart, /Started KTX Python daemon/);
+  requireOutput('ktx admin runtime start', runtimeStart, /Started KTX daemon/);
   requireOutput('ktx admin runtime start', runtimeStart, /url: http:\\/\\/127\\.0\\.0\\.1:\\d+/);
   requireOutput('ktx admin runtime start', runtimeStart, /features: core/);
 
   const runtimeStartReuse = await run('pnpm', ['exec', 'ktx', 'admin', 'runtime', 'start']);
   requireSuccess('ktx admin runtime start reuse', runtimeStartReuse);
-  requireOutput('ktx admin runtime start reuse', runtimeStartReuse, /Using existing KTX Python daemon/);
+  requireOutput('ktx admin runtime start reuse', runtimeStartReuse, /Using existing KTX daemon/);
   requireOutput('ktx admin runtime start reuse', runtimeStartReuse, /features: core/);
 
   const runtimeStop = await run('pnpm', ['exec', 'ktx', 'admin', 'runtime', 'stop']);
   requireSuccess('ktx admin runtime stop', runtimeStop);
   daemonStarted = false;
-  requireOutput('ktx admin runtime stop', runtimeStop, /Stopped KTX Python daemon/);
+  requireOutput('ktx admin runtime stop', runtimeStop, /Stopped KTX daemon/);
   process.stdout.write('ktx admin runtime daemon lifecycle verified\\n');
 
   const structuralScan = await run('pnpm', ['exec', 'ktx', 'ingest', 'warehouse',

scripts/package-artifacts.test.mjs

@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ describe('verification snippets', () => {
     assert.match(source, /status: ready/);
     assert.match(source, /ktx admin runtime start/);
     assert.match(source, /ktx admin runtime start reuse/);
-    assert.match(source, /Using existing KTX Python daemon/);
+    assert.match(source, /Using existing KTX daemon/);
     assert.match(source, /ktx admin runtime stop/);
     assert.doesNotMatch(source, /ktx admin runtime prune/);
     assert.doesNotMatch(source, /staleRuntimeDir/);