This commit fixes the session ID confusion identified in PR #475:
PROBLEM:
- Using contentSessionId (user's Claude Code session) for SDK resume was wrong
- Memory agent conversation should persist across the entire user session
- Each SDK call was starting fresh, losing memory agent continuity
SOLUTION:
1. Semantic Renaming (clarity):
- claudeSessionId → contentSessionId (user's observed session)
- sdkSessionId → memorySessionId (memory agent's session for resume)
- Database migration 17 renames columns accordingly
2. Memory Session ID Capture:
- SDKAgent captures session_id from first SDK message
- Persists to database via updateMemorySessionId()
- SessionManager loads memorySessionId on session init
3. Resume Logic Fixed:
- Only resume if memorySessionId captured from previous interaction
- Enables memory agent continuity across user prompts
Files changed: 33 (types, database, agents, hooks, routes)
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* feat: add domain management system with support for multiple domain profiles
- Introduced DomainManager class for loading and managing domain profiles.
- Added support for a default domain ('code') and fallback mechanisms.
- Implemented domain configuration validation and error handling.
- Created types for domain configuration, observation types, and concepts.
- Added new directory for domain profiles and ensured its existence.
- Updated SettingsDefaultsManager to include CLAUDE_MEM_DOMAIN setting.
* Refactor domain management to mode management
- Removed DomainManager class and replaced it with ModeManager for better clarity and functionality.
- Updated types from DomainConfig to ModeConfig and DomainPrompts to ModePrompts.
- Changed references from domains to modes in the settings and paths.
- Ensured backward compatibility by maintaining the fallback mechanism to the 'code' mode.
* feat: add migration 008 to support mode-agnostic observations and refactor service layer references in documentation
* feat: add new modes for code development and email investigation with detailed observation types and concepts
* Refactor observation parsing and prompt generation to incorporate mode-specific configurations
- Updated `parseObservations` function to use 'observation' as a universal fallback type instead of 'change', utilizing active mode's valid observation types.
- Modified `buildInitPrompt` and `buildContinuationPrompt` functions to accept a `ModeConfig` parameter, allowing for dynamic prompt content based on the active mode.
- Enhanced `ModePrompts` interface to include additional guidance for observers, such as recording focus and skip guidance.
- Adjusted the SDKAgent to load the active mode and pass it to prompt generation functions, ensuring prompts are tailored to the current mode's context.
* fix: correct mode prompt injection to preserve exact wording and type list visibility
- Add script to extract prompts from main branch prompts.ts into code.yaml
- Fix prompts.ts to show type list in XML template (e.g., "[ bugfix | feature | ... ]")
- Keep 'change' as fallback type in parser.ts (maintain backwards compatibility)
- Regenerate code.yaml with exact wording from original hardcoded prompts
- Build succeeds with no TypeScript errors
* fix: update ModeManager to load JSON mode files and improve validation
- Changed ModeManager to load mode configurations from JSON files instead of YAML.
- Removed the requirement for an "observation" type and updated validation to require at least one observation type.
- Updated fallback behavior in the parser to use the first type from the active mode's type list.
- Added comprehensive tests for mode loading, prompt injection, and parser integration, ensuring correct behavior across different modes.
- Introduced new mode JSON files for "Code Development" and "Email Investigation" with detailed observation types and prompts.
* Add mode configuration loading and update licensing information for Ragtime
- Implemented loading of mode configuration in WorkerService before database initialization.
- Added PolyForm Noncommercial License 1.0.0 to Ragtime directory.
- Created README.md for Ragtime with licensing details and usage guidelines.
* fix: add datasets directory to .gitignore to prevent accidental commits
* refactor: remove unused plugin package.json file
* chore: add package.json for claude-mem plugin with version 7.4.5
* refactor: remove outdated tests and improve error handling
- Deleted tests for ChromaSync error handling, smart install, strip memory tags, and user prompt tag stripping due to redundancy or outdated logic.
- Removed vitest configuration as it is no longer needed.
- Added a comprehensive implementation plan for fixing the modes system, addressing critical issues and improving functionality.
- Created a detailed test analysis report highlighting the quality and effectiveness of the current test suite, identifying areas for improvement.
- Introduced a new plugin package.json for runtime dependencies related to claude-mem hooks.
* refactor: remove parser regression tests to streamline codebase
* docs: update CLAUDE.md to clarify test management and changelog generation
* refactor: remove migration008 for mode-agnostic observations
* Refactor observation type handling to use ModeManager for icons and emojis
- Removed direct mappings of observation types to icons and work emojis in context-generator, FormattingService, SearchManager, and TimelineService.
- Integrated ModeManager to dynamically retrieve icons and emojis based on the active mode.
- Improved maintainability by centralizing the logic for observation type representation.
* Refactor observation metadata constants and update context generator
- Removed the explicit declaration of OBSERVATION_TYPES and OBSERVATION_CONCEPTS from observation-metadata.ts.
- Introduced fallback default strings for DEFAULT_OBSERVATION_TYPES_STRING and DEFAULT_OBSERVATION_CONCEPTS_STRING.
- Updated context-generator.ts to utilize observation types and concepts from ModeManager instead of constants.
* refactor: remove intermediate error handling from hooks (Phase 1)
Apply "fail fast" error handling strategy - errors propagate and crash loud
instead of being caught, wrapped, and re-thrown at intermediate layers.
Changes:
- Remove try/catch around fetch calls in all hooks - let errors throw
- Add try/catch ONLY around JSON.parse at entry points
- Delete error-handler.ts and hook-error-handler.ts (no longer needed)
- Update worker-utils.ts: functions now throw instead of returning null
- Update transcript-parser.ts: throw on missing path, empty file, malformed JSON
- Remove all handleWorkerError, handleFetchError imports
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* refactor: remove intermediate error handling from worker service (Phase 2)
Apply "fail fast" error handling strategy to worker service layer.
Changes:
- worker-service.ts: Remove try/catch from version endpoint, cleanup,
MCP close, process enumeration, force kill, and isAlive check
- SessionRoutes.ts: Remove try/catch from JSON.stringify calls, remove
.catch() from Chroma sync and SDK agent calls
- SettingsRoutes.ts: Remove try/catch from toggleMcp()
- DatabaseManager.ts: Remove .catch() from backfill and close operations
- SDKAgent.ts: Keep outer try/catch (top-level), remove .catch() from
Chroma sync operations
- SSEBroadcaster.ts: Remove try/catch from broadcast and sendToClient
Philosophy: Errors propagate and crash loud. BaseRouteHandler.wrapHandler
provides top-level catching for HTTP routes.
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* refactor: remove error swallowing from SQLite services (Phase 3)
Apply "fail fast" error handling strategy to database layer.
SessionStore.ts migrations:
- ensureWorkerPortColumn(): Remove outer try/catch, let it throw
- ensurePromptTrackingColumns(): Remove outer try/catch, let it throw
- removeSessionSummariesUniqueConstraint(): Keep inner transaction
rollback, remove outer catch
- addObservationHierarchicalFields(): Remove outer try/catch
- makeObservationsTextNullable(): Keep inner transaction rollback,
remove outer catch
- createUserPromptsTable(): Keep inner transaction rollback, remove
outer catch
- getFilesForSession(): Remove try/catch around JSON.parse
SessionSearch.ts:
- ensureFTSTables(): Remove try/catch, let it throw
Philosophy: Migration errors that are swallowed mean we think the
database is fine when it's not. Keep only inner transaction rollback
try/catch blocks.
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* refactor: remove error hiding from utilities (Phase 4)
Apply "fail fast" error handling strategy to utility layer.
logger.ts:
- formatTool(): Remove try/catch, let JSON.parse throw on malformed input
context-generator.ts:
- loadContextConfig(): Remove try/catch, let parseInt throw on invalid settings
- Transcript extraction: Remove try/catch, let file read errors propagate
ChromaSync.ts:
- close(): Remove nested try/catch blocks, let close errors propagate
Philosophy: No silent fallbacks or hidden defaults. If something breaks,
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* feat: serve static UI assets and update package root path
- Added middleware to serve static UI assets (JS, CSS, fonts, etc.) in ViewerRoutes.
- Updated getPackageRoot function to correctly return the package root directory as one level up from the current directory.
* feat: Enhance mode loading with inheritance support
- Introduced parseInheritance method to handle parent--override mode IDs.
- Added deepMerge method for recursively merging mode configurations.
- Updated loadMode method to support inheritance, loading parent modes and applying overrides.
- Improved error handling for missing mode files and logging for better traceability.
* fix(modes): correct inheritance file resolution and path handling
* Refactor code structure for improved readability and maintainability
* feat: Add mode configuration documentation and examples
* fix: Improve concurrency handling in translateReadme function
* Refactor SDK prompts to enhance clarity and structure
- Updated the `buildInitPrompt` and `buildContinuationPrompt` functions in `prompts.ts` to improve the organization of prompt components, including the addition of language instructions and footer messages.
- Removed redundant instructions and emphasized the importance of recording observations.
- Modified the `ModePrompts` interface in `types.ts` to include new properties for system identity, language instructions, and output format header, ensuring better flexibility and clarity in prompt generation.
* Enhance prompts with language instructions and XML formatting
- Updated `buildInitPrompt`, `buildSummaryPrompt`, and `buildContinuationPrompt` functions to include detailed language instructions in XML comments.
- Ensured that language instructions guide users to keep XML tags in English while writing content in the specified language.
- Modified the `buildSummaryPrompt` function to accept `mode` as a parameter for consistency.
- Adjusted the call to `buildSummaryPrompt` in `SDKAgent` to pass the `mode` argument.
* Refactor XML prompt generation in SDK
- Updated the buildInitPrompt, buildSummaryPrompt, and buildContinuationPrompt functions to use new placeholders for XML elements, improving maintainability and readability.
- Removed redundant language instructions in comments for clarity.
- Added new properties to ModePrompts interface for better structure and organization of XML placeholders and section headers.
* feat: Update observation prompts and structure across multiple languages
* chore: Remove planning docs and update Ragtime README
Remove ephemeral development artifacts:
- .claude/plans/modes-system-fixes.md
- .claude/test-analysis-report.md
- PROMPT_INJECTION_ANALYSIS.md
Update ragtime/README.md to explain:
- Feature is not yet implemented
- Dependency on modes system (now complete in PR #412)
- Ready to be scripted out in future release
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* fix: Move summary prompts to mode files for multilingual support
Summary prompts were hardcoded in English in prompts.ts, breaking
multilingual support. Now properly mode-based:
- Added summary_instruction, summary_context_label,
summary_format_instruction, summary_footer to code.json
- Updated buildSummaryPrompt() to use mode fields instead of hardcoded text
- Added summary_footer with language instructions to all 10 language modes
- Language modes keep English prompts + language requirement footer
This fixes the gaslighting where we claimed full multilingual support
but summaries were still generated in English.
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* chore: Clean up README by removing local preview instructions and streamlining beta features section
* Add translated README files for Ukrainian, Vietnamese, and Chinese languages
* Add new language modes for code development in multiple languages
- Introduced JSON configurations for Code Development in Greek, Finnish, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Swedish, Turkish, and Ukrainian.
- Each configuration includes prompts for observations, summaries, and instructions tailored to the respective language.
- Ensured that all prompts emphasize the importance of generating observations without referencing the agent's actions.
* Add multilingual support links to README files in various languages
- Updated README.id.md, README.it.md, README.ja.md, README.ko.md, README.nl.md, README.no.md, README.pl.md, README.pt-br.md, README.ro.md, README.ru.md, README.sv.md, README.th.md, README.tr.md, README.uk.md, README.vi.md, and README.zh.md to include links to other language versions.
- Each README now features a centered paragraph with flags and links for easy navigation between different language documents.
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- Removed all instances of happy_path_error__with_fallback from various hooks, services, and utilities.
- Introduced logger.happyPathError for consistent logging of unexpected nulls and fallback values.
- Updated the logger utility to include a new happyPathError method with enhanced context and stack trace.
- Deprecated silent-debug utility as all logging functionality has been migrated to the logger.
- Enhanced error handling in summary generation by using fallback messages for missing assistant messages.
- Updated the `buildSummaryPrompt` function to streamline the retrieval of the last assistant message.
- Improved the `extractLastMessage` function to log errors when transcript files are missing or empty, and to ensure proper handling of messages without content.
- Added checks to ensure that messages of the specified role are found in the transcript, with appropriate logging for missing messages.
- Refactored the logging mechanism to provide clearer insights into processing failures and successes.
- Replaced instances of silentDebug with happy_path_error__with_fallback across multiple files to improve error logging and handling.
- Updated the utility function to provide clearer semantics for error handling when expected values are missing.
- Introduced a script to find potential silent failures in the codebase that may need to be addressed with the new error handling approach.
Restores observation skip guidance that was removed in commit 68290a9
for token reduction. The removal caused the observer agent to forget
skip criteria after the first prompt, leading to more verbose
observations of routine operations.
Changes:
- Added WHEN TO SKIP section back to buildContinuationPrompt
- Added condensed CRITICAL reminder about what to record
- Maintains token efficiency by using condensed guidance vs full examples
This balances token usage with observation quality by keeping the
essential skip criteria without the full WHAT TO RECORD examples.
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* refactor: Reduce continuation prompt token usage by 95 lines
Removed redundant instructions from continuation prompt that were originally
added to mitigate a session continuity issue. That issue has since been
resolved, making these detailed instructions unnecessary on every continuation.
Changes:
- Reduced continuation prompt from ~106 lines to ~11 lines (~95 line reduction)
- Changed "User's Goal:" to "Next Prompt in Session:" (more accurate framing)
- Removed redundant WHAT TO RECORD, WHEN TO SKIP, and OUTPUT FORMAT sections
- Kept concise reminder: "Continue generating observations and progress summaries..."
- Initial prompt still contains all detailed instructions
Impact:
- Significant token savings on every continuation prompt
- Faster context injection with no loss of functionality
- Instructions remain comprehensive in initial prompt
Files modified:
- src/sdk/prompts.ts (buildContinuationPrompt function)
- plugin/scripts/worker-service.cjs (compiled output)
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* refactor: Enhance observation and summary prompts for clarity and token efficiency
* Enhance prompt clarity and instructions in prompts.ts
- Added a reminder to think about instructions before starting work.
- Simplified the continuation prompt instruction by removing "for this ongoing session."
* feat: Enhance settings.json with permissions and deny access to sensitive files
refactor: Remove PLAN-full-observation-display.md and PR_SUMMARY.md as they are no longer needed
chore: Delete SECURITY_SUMMARY.md since it is redundant after recent changes
fix: Update worker-service.cjs to streamline observation generation instructions
cleanup: Remove src-analysis.md and src-tree.md for a cleaner codebase
refactor: Modify prompts.ts to clarify instructions for memory processing
* refactor: Remove legacy worker service implementation
* feat: Enhance summary hook to extract last assistant message and improve logging
- Added function to extract the last assistant message from the transcript.
- Updated summary hook to include last assistant message in the summary request.
- Modified SDKSession interface to store last assistant message.
- Adjusted buildSummaryPrompt to utilize last assistant message for generating summaries.
- Updated worker service and session manager to handle last assistant message in summarize requests.
- Introduced silentDebug utility for improved logging and diagnostics throughout the summary process.
* docs: Add comprehensive implementation plan for ROI metrics feature
Added detailed implementation plan covering:
- Token usage capture from Agent SDK
- Database schema changes (migration #8)
- Discovery cost tracking per observation
- Context hook display with ROI metrics
- Testing and rollout strategy
Timeline: ~20 hours over 4 days
Goal: Empirical data for YC application amendment
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* feat: Add transcript processing scripts for analysis and formatting
- Implemented `dump-transcript-readable.ts` to generate a readable markdown dump of transcripts, excluding certain entry types.
- Created `extract-rich-context-examples.ts` to extract and showcase rich context examples from transcripts, highlighting user requests and assistant reasoning.
- Developed `format-transcript-context.ts` to format transcript context into a structured markdown format for improved observation generation.
- Added `test-transcript-parser.ts` for validating data extraction from transcript JSONL files, including statistics and error reporting.
- Introduced `transcript-to-markdown.ts` for a complete representation of transcript data in markdown format, showing all context data.
- Enhanced type definitions in `transcript.ts` to support new features and ensure type safety.
- Built `transcript-parser.ts` to handle parsing of transcript JSONL files, including error handling and data extraction methods.
* Refactor hooks and SDKAgent for improved observation handling
- Updated `new-hook.ts` to clean user prompts by stripping leading slashes for better semantic clarity.
- Enhanced `save-hook.ts` to include additional tools in the SKIP_TOOLS set, preventing unnecessary observations from certain command invocations.
- Modified `prompts.ts` to change the structure of observation prompts, emphasizing the observational role and providing a detailed XML output format for observations.
- Adjusted `SDKAgent.ts` to enforce stricter tool usage restrictions, ensuring the memory agent operates solely as an observer without any tool access.
* feat: Enhance session initialization to accept user prompts and prompt numbers
- Updated `handleSessionInit` in `worker-service.ts` to extract `userPrompt` and `promptNumber` from the request body and pass them to `initializeSession`.
- Modified `initializeSession` in `SessionManager.ts` to handle optional `currentUserPrompt` and `promptNumber` parameters.
- Added logic to update the existing session's `userPrompt` and `lastPromptNumber` if a `currentUserPrompt` is provided.
- Implemented debug logging for session initialization and updates to track user prompts and prompt numbers.
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* feat: Enhance summary hook to include last user message from transcript
- Added functionality to extract the last user message from a JSONL transcript file in the summary hook.
- Updated the summary hook to send the last user message along with the summary request.
- Modified the SDKSession interface to include an optional last_user_message field.
- Updated the summary prompt to incorporate the last user message in the output format.
- Refactored worker service to handle the last user message in the summarize queue.
- Enhanced session manager to track and broadcast processing status based on active sessions and queue depth.
- Improved error handling and logging for better traceability during transcript reading and processing.
* feat(worker): enhance processing status broadcasting and session management
- Added immediate broadcasting of processing status when a prompt is received.
- Implemented logging for generator completion in multiple locations.
- Updated `broadcastProcessingStatus` to include queue depth and active session count in logs.
- Modified session iterator to stop yielding messages after a summary is yielded, with appropriate logging.
* feat: add mem-search skill with progressive disclosure architecture
Add comprehensive mem-search skill for accessing claude-mem's persistent
cross-session memory database. Implements progressive disclosure workflow
and token-efficient search patterns.
Features:
- 12 search operations (observations, sessions, prompts, by-type, by-concept, by-file, timelines, etc.)
- Progressive disclosure principles to minimize token usage
- Anti-patterns documentation to guide LLM behavior
- HTTP API integration for all search functionality
- Common workflows with composition examples
Structure:
- SKILL.md: Entry point with temporal trigger patterns
- principles/: Progressive disclosure + anti-patterns
- operations/: 12 search operation files
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* docs: add CHANGELOG entry for mem-search skill
Document mem-search skill addition in Unreleased section with:
- 100% effectiveness compliance metrics
- Comparison to previous search skill implementation
- Progressive disclosure architecture details
- Reference to audit report documentation
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* docs: add mem-search skill audit report
Add comprehensive audit report validating mem-search skill against
Anthropic's official skill-creator documentation.
Report includes:
- Effectiveness metrics comparison (search vs mem-search)
- Critical issues analysis for production readiness
- Compliance validation across 6 key dimensions
- Reference implementation guidance
Result: mem-search achieves 100% compliance vs search's 67%
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* feat: Add comprehensive search architecture analysis document
- Document current state of dual search architectures (HTTP API and MCP)
- Analyze HTTP endpoints and MCP search server architectures
- Identify DRY violations across search implementations
- Evaluate the use of curl as the optimal approach for search
- Provide architectural recommendations for immediate and long-term improvements
- Outline action plan for cleanup, feature parity, DRY refactoring
* refactor: Remove deprecated search skill documentation and operations
* refactor: Reorganize documentation into public and context directories
Changes:
- Created docs/public/ for Mintlify documentation (.mdx files)
- Created docs/context/ for internal planning and implementation docs
- Moved all .mdx files and assets to docs/public/
- Moved all internal .md files to docs/context/
- Added CLAUDE.md to both directories explaining their purpose
- Updated docs.json paths to work with new structure
Benefits:
- Clear separation between user-facing and internal documentation
- Easier to maintain Mintlify docs in dedicated directory
- Internal context files organized separately
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* Enhance session management and continuity in hooks
- Updated new-hook.ts to clarify session_id threading and idempotent session creation.
- Modified prompts.ts to require claudeSessionId for continuation prompts, ensuring session context is maintained.
- Improved SessionStore.ts documentation on createSDKSession to emphasize idempotent behavior and session connection.
- Refined SDKAgent.ts to detail continuation prompt logic and its reliance on session.claudeSessionId for unified session handling.
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* Initial plan
* Initial analysis: Found root cause of double entries bug
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* Fix double entries by assigning generatorPromise in handleSessionInit
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* feat(logging): Enhance HTTP request logging and session management
- Added middleware for logging HTTP requests and responses, excluding static assets and health checks.
- Introduced a method to summarize request bodies for specific endpoints.
- Improved logging for user prompt synchronization with Chroma, including duration tracking.
- Enhanced session initialization logging to include additional session details.
- Updated observation and summary logging to provide more context and error handling during Chroma synchronization.
- Refactored tool name formatting for logging in the SessionManager.
- Expanded logger component types to include 'HTTP', 'SESSION', and 'CHROMA'.
* Refactor SDK prompts and logging for improved clarity and functionality
- Updated buildInitPrompt to clarify the observer's role and what to record.
- Enhanced buildSummaryPrompt with clearer instructions for summarizing ongoing sessions.
- Improved buildContinuationPrompt to emphasize the focus on deliverables and capabilities.
- Refactored WorkerService to utilize a centralized tool formatting function for logging.
- Added truncation for logged responses and observations to improve readability.
- Updated SessionManager to log the queuing of summarize actions with session details.
- Enhanced App and Sidebar components to support refreshing stats on sidebar open.
- Refactored useStats hook to allow manual refreshing of stats while maintaining automatic loading on mount.
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- Implemented `findClaudePath` function to determine the path of the Claude executable using environment variables or system commands (`which` for Unix/Mac and `where` for Windows).
- Integrated the `findClaudePath` function into the SDK worker and worker service to ensure the correct executable path is used when running the SDK agent.
- Enhanced error handling and logging for better debugging and user feedback regarding the executable path.
Improvements:
- Enhanced null handling for empty/whitespace fields
- Ensures clean null values in database instead of empty strings
- Improves query efficiency and data consistency
Testing:
- Added comprehensive regression test suite (49 tests)
- Tests v4.2.5 summary fixes and v4.2.6 observation fixes
- Tests edge cases: missing fields, empty fields, whitespace
- New test script: npm run test:parser
- All tests passing with 100% coverage
Code Quality:
- Removed unused extractFileArray() function
- Improved function documentation
- TypeScript diagnostics clean
Technical Details:
- Updated src/sdk/parser.ts extractField function
- Created src/sdk/parser.test.ts regression test suite
- Updated package.json to v4.2.7
- Updated CLAUDE.md with version history
- All changes backward compatible
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Critical Bugfix:
- Fixed overly defensive observation validation blocking observations from being saved
- Parser now NEVER skips observations - always saves them
- Invalid or missing type defaults to "change" (generic catch-all type)
- Removed validation requiring title, subtitle, and narrative fields
- Prevents critical data loss - partial observations better than no observations
Impact:
- Before: Missing title, subtitle, OR narrative caused entire observation to be discarded
- After: ALL observations preserved regardless of field completeness
- Even partial observations contain valuable data: concepts, files_read, files_modified, facts
- LLMs make mistakes - system must be resilient and save everything
- Consistent with v4.2.5 summary fix
Technical changes:
- Updated src/sdk/parser.ts:52-67 to never skip observations
- Uses "change" as fallback type for invalid/missing types (no schema change)
- Updated ParsedObservation interface to allow null for title, subtitle, narrative
- Updated SessionStore.storeObservation signature to accept nullable fields
- Updated built worker-service.cjs
- Bumped version to 4.2.6 in all metadata files
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- Removed validation for required fields in parseSummary function.
- Added a note emphasizing the importance of saving the summary even if some fields are missing.
Improvements:
- Removed optional skip_summary functionality (summaries now always generated)
- Clarified that summaries are mid-session checkpoints, not session endings
- Improved request field instructions to better form descriptive titles
- Changed wording from "discovered" to "learned" for consistency
Technical changes:
- Updated src/sdk/prompts.ts summary prompt
- Removed "WHEN NOT TO SUMMARIZE" section
- Added clarifying footer text about ongoing sessions
- Updated built worker-service.cjs
- Bumped version to 4.2.4 in all metadata files
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- Changed the title of the summary prompt to "THIS REQUEST'S SUMMARY" for better context.
- Revised instructions to focus on summarizing what was built/fixed/deployed/configured, rather than the observation process.
- Clarified when not to summarize, emphasizing conversational requests and trivial inquiries.
- Updated examples to better illustrate good summary practices.
Added "WHEN NOT TO SUMMARIZE" section to buildSummaryPrompt that instructs the SDK to skip creating summaries for:
- Work already covered in previous prompts (prevents duplicates)
- Conversational banter with no deliverables
- Trivial requests (questions, status checks)
- Meta-discussions about memory system without shipped changes
Implementation:
- src/sdk/prompts.ts: Added WHEN NOT TO SUMMARIZE section with <skip_summary> output format
- src/sdk/parser.ts: Added skip_summary detection before parsing full summary XML
- src/sdk/parser.ts: Fixed observation type validation to include all 6 types (bugfix, feature, refactor, change, discovery, decision)
This should eliminate the duplicate summaries like the three "restore 6 types" summaries we saw for session d9137878.
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Restored full type system: bugfix, feature, refactor, change, discovery, decision.
This enables more precise search queries like "show all bugfixes in auth" vs generic "show all changes".
Also updated README to reflect current behavior (10 summaries with three-tier verbosity).
Changes:
- prompts.ts: Expanded type field from 3 to 6 types with clear definitions
- CLAUDE.md: Fixed context hook description (3 → 10 summaries)
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Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Updated SDK prompts to distinguish between deliverables (what was built/shipped) vs meta-operations (what the memory system is doing). This prevents self-referential pollution like "Process tool executions" instead of actual coding tasks like "Fix authentication bug".
Changes:
- buildInitPrompt: Added deliverable-focused framing with contrastive examples
- buildSummaryPrompt: Injected user's original prompt + explicit examples
- Added verb guidance (implemented/fixed/deployed vs analyzed/tracked/stored)
- Added "NOW DOES" present-tense capability framing
Works across all project types: dev, DevOps, docs, infrastructure, research, config.
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Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Filter out observation type from concepts array in parseObservations function to ensure types and concepts are treated as separate dimensions. Added logging for removed types.
- Update prompts documentation to clarify that the observation type must not be included in the concepts array.
- Modify search-server to provide clearer guidance on result limits, emphasizing starting with smaller limits to avoid exceeding token limits.
- Refactor SessionSearch methods to accept options for limit, offset, and orderBy parameters, improving flexibility in querying observations by concept and type.
Changed summary prompts to generate discrete per-request summaries instead of cumulative session summaries. This provides better chronological memory where each summary is a clean unit representing one request/response cycle.
Changes:
- Renamed buildFinalizePrompt() to buildSummaryPrompt() in src/sdk/prompts.ts
- Updated prompt text to focus on "THIS REQUEST" rather than "this session"
- Updated all import and function call sites in worker-service.ts and worker.ts
- Added IMPORTANT warning to emphasize request-level scope
Expected behavior: Each summary will now describe only what happened during that specific request, eliminating cumulative recaps.
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- Added search functionality for observations and sessions using full-text search.
- Implemented formatting functions for search results with citations.
- Created multiple tools for searching by various criteria including concept, file, type, and advanced search.
- Integrated structured filters and pagination options for search queries.
- Established error handling for search operations and server initialization.
- Added SDK session, observation, and summary types to types.ts.
- Refactored worker-service to use SessionStore for session management.
- Created SessionSearch class for FTS5 full-text search and structured queries.
- Implemented SessionStore for CRUD operations on SDK sessions, observations, and summaries.
- Added migrations for database schema updates, including new columns and constraints.
- Enhanced search capabilities with filters for projects, types, concepts, and date ranges.
- Updated `summary-hook.js` to improve logging and session handling.
- Modified `context.ts` to fetch recent sessions with status and summary info, enhancing output formatting.
- Added new methods in `HooksDatabase.ts` for retrieving recent sessions and their summaries.
- Improved observation retrieval logic in `context.ts` to display relevant information for active sessions.
- Enhanced prompt documentation in `prompts.ts` to clarify output expectations.
- Refactored logger methods in `logger.ts` to instance methods for better encapsulation.
- Introduced a new Logger utility to standardize logging with correlation IDs and structured context.
- Replaced console.error and console.log statements with logger methods in various modules including save.ts, summary.ts, parser.ts, HooksDatabase.ts, and worker-service.ts.
- Enhanced error handling and logging for better traceability of observations and summaries.
- Made observations.text nullable in the database schema to support structured fields.
- Added correlation IDs for tracking observations through the processing pipeline.
- Updated observation schema to include hierarchical fields: title, subtitle, facts, narrative, concepts, files_read, and files_modified.
- Modified the save-hook and summary-hook scripts to accommodate the new observation structure.
- Added migration logic to the HooksDatabase for adding new fields to the observations table.
- Refactored the parser to extract new fields from XML formatted observations.
- Adjusted prompt generation to reflect the new observation format and requirements.
- Updated worker service to handle new observation and summary structures.
- Added final finalize prompt for session summary generation with required XML fields.
- Introduced recommended prompt flow with structured observation format and hierarchical storage principles.
- Created final init prompt for processing tool executions with clear guidelines on when to store observations.
- Developed final observation prompt for analyzing tool outputs and generating structured observations.
- Migrated old prompt flow to a new system with improved clarity and structured data handling.
- Updated parser and storage mechanisms to accommodate new observation formats and fields.
- Enhanced documentation for new prompts and their usage in memory processing sessions.
- 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.
- Implemented a simple server using the net module.
- The server listens on a specified socket path.
- Added error handling for server errors.
- Included checks to verify the existence of the socket file.
- Removed `path-discovery.ts` service and replaced its usage with a new `paths.ts` module.
- Updated all commands and services to utilize the new path constants and helper functions.
- Ensured all necessary directories are created using the new utility functions.
- Improved code readability and maintainability by centralizing path configurations.
- Added background agent architecture for processing tool observations and generating session summaries.
- Created SDK Prompts Module for generating prompts for the Claude Agent SDK.
- Developed XML Parser Module for parsing observation and summary XML blocks from SDK responses.
- Implemented SDK Worker Process to handle observation processing and session management.
- Updated newHook implementation to spawn the SDK worker as a detached process with path resolution for development and production.
- Created comprehensive test suite for SDK prompts, XML parsing, and HooksDatabase integration, ensuring all tests pass.
- Documented Phase 2 implementation details, architecture validation, and success criteria in PHASE2-COMPLETE.md.
Alex Newman