- Created docs structure including introduction, installation, troubleshooting, and usage guides.
- Added detailed installation instructions with quick start and advanced options.
- Documented the automatic operation of Claude-Mem and its session management features.
- Introduced MCP search tools with usage examples and query strategies.
- Provided troubleshooting steps for common issues related to worker service, hooks, database, and search tools.
- Included system requirements and upgrade notes for transitioning from v3.x to v4.0.0.
- Created comprehensive installation guide detailing quick start, system requirements, and advanced installation steps.
- Developed troubleshooting guide addressing common issues with worker service, hooks, database, and search tools.
- Introduced getting started documentation explaining automatic operation, session summaries, and context injection.
- Added detailed usage instructions for MCP search tools, including query examples and advanced filtering techniques.
Fixed better-sqlite3 distribution by implementing self-bootstrapping hooks
that auto-install dependencies on first run. This eliminates the need for
users to have native compilation tools or manually install dependencies.
## Solution
Instead of bundling 25MB of better-sqlite3 binaries in git or requiring
manual npm install, hooks now bootstrap themselves on first execution:
1. Created `src/shared/bootstrap.ts` with `ensureDependencies()` function
2. Added bootstrap calls to all hook entry points (context, new, save, summary, cleanup)
3. Created `plugin/scripts/package.json` declaring better-sqlite3 dependency
4. Bootstrap checks if `node_modules` exists, runs `npm install` if missing
5. npm automatically downloads prebuilt better-sqlite3 binary for user's platform
## Changes
**Core Bootstrap System:**
- Added src/shared/bootstrap.ts: Auto-install dependencies using npm
- Modified all hooks (context, new, save, summary, cleanup) to call ensureDependencies()
- Created plugin/scripts/package.json with better-sqlite3 dependency
**Build & Distribution:**
- Removed node_modules copying logic from build script
- Build output is now compact (hooks + package.json, no binaries)
- Updated marketplace.json to point to GitHub for direct installation
**Documentation:**
- Updated README: GitHub Marketplace installation is now recommended method
- Installation instructions emphasize no compilation needed
- Version bumped to 4.0.5 throughout
## Benefits
- ✅ No git bloat (repo stays small, no 25MB binaries committed)
- ✅ No compilation needed (npm downloads prebuilt binaries)
- ✅ Works on all platforms (npm handles platform-specific binaries)
- ✅ Zero manual steps (hooks bootstrap themselves automatically)
- ✅ Idempotent (skips install if dependencies already exist)
Installation now works via simple:
```
/plugin marketplace add https://github.com/thedotmack/claude-mem
/plugin install claude-mem
```
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Reverted from GitHub-hosted marketplace to local marketplace file installation method. This allows us to resolve issues with better-sqlite3 native module builds before enabling GitHub marketplace distribution.
Changes:
- Simplified .claude-plugin/marketplace.json (removed metadata, version fields)
- Updated README installation instructions to use local .claude-plugin/marketplace.json
- Bumped version to 4.0.4
Installation now requires cloning the repo and using:
/plugin marketplace add .claude-plugin/marketplace.json
Will restore GitHub marketplace method once native module issues are resolved.
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- Updated `new-hook.js` to streamline logging and session management.
- Enhanced database schema initialization and migration processes.
- Improved error handling for worker startup in `worker-utils.ts`, ensuring PM2 binary and ecosystem config existence before spawning.
- Added detailed error messages for missing dependencies and spawn failures.
- Removed try-catch blocks in new-hook, save-hook, and summary-hook for cleaner flow.
- Enhanced error handling in save and summary hooks to throw errors instead of logging and returning.
- Introduced ensureWorkerRunning utility to manage worker service lifecycle and health checks.
- Replaced dynamic port allocation with a fixed port for the worker service.
- Simplified path management and removed unused port allocator utility.
- Added database schema initialization for fresh installations and improved migration handling.
BREAKING CHANGES:
- Data directory moved from ~/.claude-mem/ to ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/data/
- Fresh start required - no migration from v3.x databases
- Worker service now auto-starts on SessionStart hook
New Features:
- MCP Search Server with 6 specialized search tools
- FTS5 full-text search across observations and sessions
- Auto-starting worker service in SessionStart hook
- Citation support for search results (claude-mem:// URIs)
Changes:
- Updated paths.ts to use CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT for data directory
- Added worker auto-start logic to context hook
- Updated worker service to write port file to plugin data dir
- Bumped version to 4.0.0 in package.json and plugin.json
- Created comprehensive CHANGELOG.md documenting v4.0.0 changes
- Updated README.md with v4.0.0 breaking changes and features
- Rebuilt all hooks and worker service
Technical Improvements:
- Improved error handling and graceful degradation
- Structured logging across all components
- Enhanced plugin integration with Claude Code
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Comprehensive README update to align with current feature set:
NEW FEATURES:
- Documented MCP Search Server with 6 specialized tools
- search_observations: Full-text search across observations
- search_sessions: Full-text search across sessions
- find_by_concept: Find by concept tags
- find_by_file: Find by file references
- find_by_type: Find by observation type
- advanced_search: Combined search with filters
- Added usage examples for MCP tools with sample queries
- Documented FTS5 full-text search capabilities
- Added MCP server configuration section
ARCHITECTURE UPDATES:
- Added src/servers/ directory with search-server.ts
- Added SessionSearch.ts to database layer
- Added .mcp.json to plugin configuration
- Updated directory structure to show all built executables
- Added Search Pipeline data flow diagram
- Documented claude-mem:// citation URI scheme
FIXES DOCUMENTED:
- Context hook now uses proper hookSpecificOutput JSON format
- Updated SessionStart hook documentation
Build process updated to include search server compilation.
Changelog updated with v3.9.17 changes.
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- Updated SQL queries in summary-hook.js and HooksDatabase.ts to improve performance and clarity.
- Introduced a subquery for fetching recent sessions with status, ensuring correct ordering and grouping.
- Enhanced logging functionality for better debugging and error tracking.
- Added comprehensive documentation in README.md to outline the new features and usage instructions.
- Added WorkerService to handle long-running HTTP service with session management.
- Implemented endpoints for initializing, observing, finalizing, checking status, and deleting sessions.
- Integrated with Claude SDK for processing observations and generating responses.
- Added port allocator utility to dynamically find available ports for the service.
- Configured TypeScript settings for the project.
- Deleted hook-prompt-renderer.js and hook-prompts.config.js as they are no longer needed.
- Removed path-resolver.js, stop.js, and user-prompt-submit.js for streamlining the codebase.
- Updated package.json scripts to point to new build and publish scripts.
- Adjusted test imports to reflect new directory structure after removing unnecessary files.
- Updated import statements across multiple files to use bun:sqlite.
- Changed database query methods from `prepare` to `query` for consistency.
- Removed dependency on better-sqlite3 from package.json and adjusted package.json to specify bun as the engine.
- Modified hook installation process to eliminate unnecessary dependency installation.
- Updated migration scripts to align with bun:sqlite's API.
- Highlight Smart Trash™ as a key differentiator at the top
- Emphasize 'Context That Stands Out' as the main value prop
- Reframe features around context continuity and knowledge compounding
- Make the messaging more impactful and developer-focused
- Update closing CTA to focus on context as competitive advantage
- Hook system for customization
- Documentation and installation scripts
- Multi-platform support via GitHub releases
- Binaries available for Windows, Linux (x64/ARM64), macOS (Intel/Apple Silicon)
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