# Conserver.io

## Home

- [Welcome to the Home of the vCons](https://www.conserver.io/readme.md): vCon is the open container for conversations. Signed, consent aware, and portable, it lets organizations record what was said, by whom, and under what authority, in a way that machines and auditors ca
- [vCons](https://www.conserver.io/vcons.md)
- [A vCon Primer](https://www.conserver.io/vcons/a-vcon-primer.md): Thomas McCarthy-Howe, CTO, Strolid.
- [vCons are...](https://www.conserver.io/vcons/vcons-are....md): A Brief Introduction to vCons and the Conserver
- [Why Conversations Need a File](https://www.conserver.io/vcons/why-vcons.md): Conversations have always existed. The durable digital artifact that represents them has not, unlike every other digitized asset like images or documents. That is what vCon is for.
- [Concepts](https://www.conserver.io/vcons/concepts.md): Important Ideas for vCons and the Conserver
- [Privacy Primer](https://www.conserver.io/vcons/privacy-primer.md): A short orientation to data privacy and communications privacy for people building or reviewing vCon-based systems.
- [The Journey of a vCon](https://www.conserver.io/vcons/vcon-conveyor-infographic.md)
- [More Information](https://www.conserver.io/vcons/more-information.md): Learning More
- [vCon Library (Python)](https://www.conserver.io/vcon-library.md)
- [Quickstart](https://www.conserver.io/vcon-library/quickstart.md): The Python vCon library
- [Library API Reference](https://www.conserver.io/vcon-library/library-api-reference.md): Complete API documentation for the vCon Python library (v0.9.4), targeting draft-ietf-vcon-vcon-core-02 with syntax parameter "0.4.0".
- [vCon Library Guide for LLMs](https://www.conserver.io/vcon-library/vcon-library-guide-for-llms.md): Stick this in your robot's context window.
- [vCon-JS Library](https://www.conserver.io/vcon-js-library.md): The TypeScript / JavaScript implementation of vCon, parallel to the Python library.
- [Quickstart](https://www.conserver.io/vcon-js-library/quickstart.md): Create a vCon in TypeScript or JavaScript — parties, dialog, analysis, serialize.
- [API Reference](https://www.conserver.io/vcon-js-library/api-reference.md): Public API of vcon-js 0.4.0 — every exported class, method, and constant.
- [LLM Guide](https://www.conserver.io/vcon-js-library/llm-guide.md): Drop this in an LLM's context window when you want it to generate vcon-js code.
- [vCon Adapters](https://www.conserver.io/vcon-adapters.md): Patterns, templates, and operational guidance for building services that turn foreign conversation data into vCons.
- [Quick Start From Template](https://www.conserver.io/vcon-adapters/quick-start-from-template.md): Scaffold a new vCon adapter in five minutes from the official template repo.
- [Operational Patterns](https://www.conserver.io/vcon-adapters/operational-patterns.md): How to deliver vCons reliably in production — signing, idempotency, retries, dead-letter queues, health, metrics.
- [Spec Compliance Checklist](https://www.conserver.io/vcon-adapters/spec-compliance-checklist.md): The must/never list for every adapter PR. Mirrors the smoke tests in vcon-adapter-template.
- [Extensions Cookbook](https://www.conserver.io/vcon-adapters/extensions-cookbook.md): Worked examples for the extensions adapters use most — WTF transcription, lawful basis, SIP signaling, agent session.
- [vCon Adapter Development Guide](https://www.conserver.io/vcon-adapters/vcon-adapter-development-guide.md): Design patterns for adapter authors going beyond the template — custom architectures, listener shapes, multi-source merging, batch processing.
- [LLM Guide: Creating vCon Adapters](https://www.conserver.io/vcon-adapters/llm-guide-creating-vcon-adapters.md): Drop-into-context guide for LLMs generating vCon adapter code. Spec target: draft-ietf-vcon-vcon-core-02, syntax 0.4.0. Pairs with the vcon-adapter-template repo.
- [Extensions](https://www.conserver.io/extensions.md): vCon extensions add structured data for specific use cases without breaking the core spec.
- [Lawful Basis](https://www.conserver.io/extensions/lawful-basis.md): Records the legal grounds for processing conversation data, with cryptographic proof and granular per-purpose consent.
- [Lifecycle (SCITT)](https://www.conserver.io/extensions/lifecycle.md): Append-only audit ledger anchored in SCITT for vCon creation, transmission, consent, and deletion events.
- [WTF Transcription](https://www.conserver.io/extensions/wtf-transcription.md): World Transcription Format — a vendor-neutral analysis shape for speech-to-text output.
- [Agent Session](https://www.conserver.io/extensions/agent-session.md): Captures an AI agent's session trace — prompts, tool calls, results, artifacts — alongside the human-facing conversation.
- [SIP Signaling](https://www.conserver.io/extensions/sip-signaling.md): SIP call signaling metadata, STIR/SHAKEN certificates, and signaling traces attached to a vCon.
- [Conserver](https://www.conserver.io/conserver.md): The Conserver — a Redis-backed conversation processing engine that ingests vCons, runs them through configurable chains of links, and writes the results to any of fourteen storage backends.
- [Conserver Introduction](https://www.conserver.io/conserver/conserver-introduction.md): A data platform for gathering, creating, storing and sharing vCons
- [Conserver Quick Start](https://www.conserver.io/conserver/conserver-quick-start.md): A quick start to getting the conserver up and running
- [Configuring the Conserver](https://www.conserver.io/conserver/configuring-the-conserver.md): A Complete Guide
- [Concepts](https://www.conserver.io/conserver/concepts.md)
- [Operational Benefits of Conservers](https://www.conserver.io/conserver/operational-benefits-of-conservers.md): What Conservers actually buy you in production, grounded in deployments that exist and public commentary on why they matter.
- [Inside the Conserver](https://www.conserver.io/conserver/inside-the-conserver.md): The Machinery of the Conserver
- [Standard Links](https://www.conserver.io/conserver/standard-links.md)
- [Storage](https://www.conserver.io/conserver/storage.md): The standard storages supported by the conserver
- [Day In the Life of a vCon](https://www.conserver.io/conserver/day-in-the-life-of-a-vcon.md)
- [API](https://www.conserver.io/conserver/api.md)
- [Integrating Your App](https://www.conserver.io/conserver/integrating-your-app.md): How an application talks to the Conserver — via the REST API for control, and via storage backends for read paths.
- [Conserver Tracers](https://www.conserver.io/conserver/conserver-tracers.md): Tracer Functionality in vCon Server
- [Creating Custom Links](https://www.conserver.io/conserver/creating-custom-links.md): How to create custom processing links
- [Production Deployment](https://www.conserver.io/conserver/production-deployment.md): Deploying the Conserver in Production
- [Troubleshooting](https://www.conserver.io/conserver/troubleshooting.md): Common issues and solutions
- [MCP Server](https://www.conserver.io/mcp-server.md): The vCon MCP Server — an open-source Model Context Protocol server that gives AI assistants standardized access to vCon conversation data.
- [What is the vCon MCP Server?](https://www.conserver.io/mcp-server/what-is-the-vcon-mcp-server.md)
- [MCP and AI](https://www.conserver.io/mcp-server/mcp-and-ai.md): How MCP Gives AI Assistants Real Capabilities
- [What the vCon MCP Server Can Do](https://www.conserver.io/mcp-server/what-the-vcon-mcp-server-can-do.md)
- [How the vCon MCP Server is Built](https://www.conserver.io/mcp-server/how-the-vcon-mcp-server-is-built.md)
- [Tool Reference](https://www.conserver.io/mcp-server/tool-reference.md): Every tool the vCon MCP server exposes, grouped by purpose. Quick lookup for LLM-driven workflows.
- [Contract Tools](https://www.conserver.io/mcp-server/contract-tools.md): The May 2026 discovery and contract surface — how LLM clients introspect the server before making expensive calls.
- [Transport and Deployment](https://www.conserver.io/mcp-server/transport-and-deployment.md): How to run the vCon MCP server — transport modes, authentication, environment variables, Docker and npm.
- [Field-Name Migration](https://www.conserver.io/mcp-server/field-name-migration.md): How the MCP server handles the appended→amended and must\_support→critical field renames.
- [MCP and Conserver Together](https://www.conserver.io/mcp-server/mcp-and-conserver-together.md): Different Roles, Working Together
- [Business Cases for MCP Servers and vCon](https://www.conserver.io/mcp-server/business-cases-for-mcp-servers-and-vcon.md)
- [Tools](https://www.conserver.io/tools.md): Standalone tools and adapters that produce, consume, or operate on vCons.
- [vCon Faker](https://www.conserver.io/tools/vcon-faker.md): Generate synthetic vCons with LLM-written dialog, TTS audio, and S3 upload — the standard way to create test data.
- [vCon Anthropic Chats](https://www.conserver.io/tools/vcon-anthropic-chats.md): Convert Claude AI conversation exports into vCons — the canonical adapter for LLM chat sessions.
- [vCon SIPREC Adapter](https://www.conserver.io/tools/vcon-siprec-adapter.md): Ingest SIPREC-formatted SIP recording streams and produce vCons with full signaling metadata.
- [vCon Admin](https://www.conserver.io/tools/vcon-admin.md): Admin UI for browsing, editing, and exporting vCons in a conserver-backed deployment.
- [Mongo Redis Sync](https://www.conserver.io/tools/mongo-redis-sync.md): Keep a MongoDB vCon store and a Redis cache in sync — useful for hybrid deployments.
- [vCon MCP Adapters](https://www.conserver.io/tools/vcon-mcp-adapters.md): Observability adapters for the vCon MCP server — OpenTelemetry tracing for tool calls.
- [vCon Apps and Stores](https://www.conserver.io/tools/vcon-apps-and-stores.md)
- [TADHack vCon](https://www.conserver.io/tools/vcon-apps-and-stores/tadhack-vcon.md)
- [Deep Dives](https://www.conserver.io/deep-dives.md)
- [vCon Lifecycle Management using SCITT](https://www.conserver.io/deep-dives/vcon-lifecycle-management-using-scitt.md): A Privacy-First Approach to Conversation Data Management
- [Privacy-First Conversation Management](https://www.conserver.io/deep-dives/privacy-first-conversation-management.md): A Technical Whitepaper on Standardized Lawful Basis in Virtualized Conversations
- [vCons and Increasing End User Agency](https://www.conserver.io/deep-dives/vcons-and-increasing-end-user-agency.md): How vCons restore meaningful user control over personal conversational data
- [SCITT: Supply Chain Integrity, Transparency and Trust](https://www.conserver.io/deep-dives/scitt-supply-chain-integrity-transparency-and-trust.md): A Framework for Securing Modern Software Supply Chains
- [HELPS and HACKS](https://www.conserver.io/helps-and-hacks.md)
- [Coding Prompt Cheat Sheet](https://www.conserver.io/helps-and-hacks/coding-prompt-cheat-sheet.md): For when you need to tell cursor or replit what a vCon is in a prompt...
- [VCONIC TADHack 2026: Hackathon Review](https://www.conserver.io/helps-and-hacks/vconic-tadhack-2026-hackathon-review.md): A review of all 16 submissions from the VCONIC TADHack 2026 hackathon, held March 7-8, 2026 — with winners, individual project reviews, and themes.
- [Talks, Articles & Press](https://www.conserver.io/talks-articles-press.md): The public record of vCon — talks, podcasts, articles, and IETF sessions where vCon has been discussed in public venues.
- [IETF Sessions](https://www.conserver.io/talks-articles-press/ietf-sessions.md): IETF VCON working-group session recordings and minutes, in reverse chronological order.
- [Conference Keynotes](https://www.conserver.io/talks-articles-press/conference-keynotes.md): TADSummit, TADHack, and other conference talks introducing or advancing vCon.
- [Podcasts](https://www.conserver.io/talks-articles-press/podcasts.md): Podcasts and audio interviews about vCon, anchored by Jeff Pulver's ongoing Substack series.
- [Articles & Press](https://www.conserver.io/talks-articles-press/articles-and-press.md): Longform writing, press coverage, and LinkedIn commentary about vCon.
- [Use Cases / Studies](https://www.conserver.io/use-cases-studies.md)
- [Overview](https://www.conserver.io/use-cases-studies/overview.md)
- [Service Provider Migration](https://www.conserver.io/use-cases-studies/service-provider-migration.md)
- [Speech Recognition Test Set](https://www.conserver.io/use-cases-studies/speech-recognition-test-set.md)
- [AI Integration](https://www.conserver.io/use-cases-studies/ai-integration.md)
- [PII Compliance](https://www.conserver.io/use-cases-studies/pii-compliance.md)
- [Customer Experience Improvement](https://www.conserver.io/use-cases-studies/customer-experience-improvement.md)
- [Sharing Conversations with Third Parties](https://www.conserver.io/use-cases-studies/sharing-conversations-with-third-parties.md)
- [Verbal Agreements - Converted to Writing](https://www.conserver.io/use-cases-studies/verbal-agreements-converted-to-writing.md)
- [Authenticating and Certifying Conversations](https://www.conserver.io/use-cases-studies/authenticating-and-certifying-conversations.md)
- [Insights from Customer Conversations](https://www.conserver.io/use-cases-studies/insights-from-customer-conversations.md)


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