From 1211e5addb881f797ae21dbb1aef9cb7e9b705fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cpacker <packercharles@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 15:16:42 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix: create Memo for fresh users in headless mode
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Adds same "fresh user → create Memo" logic to headless mode that
interactive mode has. Now `letta -p "hello"` works for fresh users
without needing --new-agent.

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Co-Authored-By: Letta <noreply@letta.com>
---
 src/headless.ts | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/headless.ts b/src/headless.ts
index 759b53e..f197f27 100644
--- a/src/headless.ts
+++ b/src/headless.ts
@@ -448,8 +448,16 @@ export async function handleHeadlessCommand(
     }
   }
 
+  // Priority 6: Fresh user with no LRU - create Memo (same as interactive mode)
+  if (!agent) {
+    const { ensureDefaultAgents } = await import("./agent/defaults");
+    const memoAgent = await ensureDefaultAgents(client);
+    if (memoAgent) {
+      agent = memoAgent;
+    }
+  }
+
   // All paths should have resolved to an agent by now
-  // If not, it's an unexpected state - error out instead of auto-creating
   if (!agent) {
     console.error("No agent found. Use --new-agent to create a new agent.");
     process.exit(1);