* Add viewer HTML for claude-mem with live stream and settings interface
- Implemented a responsive layout with left and right columns for observations and settings.
- Added status indicators for connection state.
- Integrated server-sent events (SSE) for real-time updates on observations and summaries.
- Created dynamic project filter dropdown based on available observations.
- Developed settings section for environment variables and worker stats.
- Included functionality to save settings and load current stats from the server.
- Enhanced UI with custom styles for better user experience.
* Remove draft implementation plan for v5.1 web UI
* feat: Implement viewer UI with sidebar, feed, and settings management
- Add main viewer template (HTML) with styling for dark mode.
- Create App component to manage state and render Header, Feed, and Sidebar.
- Implement Feed component to display observations and summaries with filtering.
- Develop Header component for project selection and connection status.
- Create ObservationCard and SummaryCard components for displaying individual items.
- Implement Sidebar for settings management and displaying worker/database stats.
- Add hooks for managing SSE connections, settings, and stats fetching.
- Define types for observations, summaries, settings, and stats.
* Enhance UI components and improve layout
- Updated padding and layout for the feed and card components in viewer.html, viewer-template.html, and viewer.html to improve visual spacing and alignment.
- Increased card margins and padding for better readability and aesthetics.
- Adjusted font sizes, weights, and line heights for card titles and subtitles to enhance text clarity and hierarchy.
- Added a new feed-content class to center the feed items and limit their maximum width.
- Modified the Header component to improve the settings icon's SVG structure for better rendering.
- Enhanced the Sidebar component by adding a close button with an SVG icon, improving user experience for closing settings.
- Updated the Sidebar component's props to include an onClose function for handling sidebar closure.
* feat: Add user prompts feature with UI integration
- Implemented a new method in SessionStore to retrieve recent user prompts.
- Updated WorkerService to fetch and broadcast user prompts to clients.
- Enhanced the Feed component to display user prompts alongside observations and summaries.
- Created a new PromptCard component for rendering individual user prompts.
- Modified useSSE hook to handle new prompt events and processing status.
- Updated viewer templates and styles to accommodate the new prompts feature.
* feat: Add project filtering and pagination for observations
- Implemented `getAllProjects` method in `SessionStore` to retrieve unique projects from the database.
- Added `/api/observations` endpoint in `WorkerService` for paginated observations fetching.
- Enhanced `App` component to manage paginated observations and integrate with the new API.
- Updated `Feed` component to support infinite scrolling and loading more observations.
- Modified `Header` to display processing status.
- Refactored `PromptCard` to remove unnecessary processing indicator.
- Introduced `usePagination` hook to handle pagination logic for observations.
- Updated `useSSE` hook to include projects in the state.
- Adjusted types to accommodate new project data.
* Refactor viewer build process and remove deprecated HTML template
- Updated build-viewer.js to copy HTML template to build output with improved logging.
- Removed src/ui/viewer.html as it is no longer needed.
- Enhanced App component to merge observations while removing duplicates using useMemo.
- Improved Feed component to utilize a ref for onLoadMore callback and adjusted infinite scroll logic.
- Updated Sidebar component to use default settings from constants and removed redundant formatting functions.
- Refactored usePagination hook to streamline loading logic and prevent concurrent requests.
- Updated useSSE hook to use centralized API endpoints and improved reconnection logic.
- Refactored useSettings and useStats hooks to utilize constants for API endpoints and timing.
- Introduced ErrorBoundary component for better error handling in the viewer.
- Centralized API endpoint paths, default settings, timing constants, and UI-related constants into dedicated files.
- Added utility functions for formatting uptime and bytes for consistent display across components.
* feat: Enhance session management and pagination for user prompts, summaries, and observations
- Added project field to user prompts in the database and API responses.
- Implemented new API endpoints for fetching summaries and prompts with pagination.
- Updated WorkerService to handle new endpoints and filter results by project.
- Modified App component to manage paginated data for prompts and summaries.
- Refactored Feed component to remove unnecessary filtering and handle combined data.
- Improved usePagination hook to support multiple data types and project filtering.
- Adjusted useSSE hook to only load projects initially, with data fetched via pagination.
- Updated types to include project information for user prompts.
* feat: add SummarySkeleton component and data utility for merging items
- Introduced SummarySkeleton component for displaying loading state in the UI.
- Implemented mergeAndDeduplicateByProject utility function to merge real-time and paginated data while removing duplicates based on project filtering.
* Enhance UI and functionality of the viewer component
- Updated sidebar transition effects to use translate3d for improved performance.
- Added a sidebar header with title and connection status indicators.
- Modified the PromptCard to display project name instead of prompt number.
- Introduced a GitHub and X (Twitter) link in the header for easy access.
- Improved styling for setting descriptions and card hover effects.
- Enhanced Sidebar component to include connection status and updated layout.
* fix: reduce timeout for worker health checks and ensure proper responsiveness
* Fix Windows installation with smart caching installer
Fixes#52 - Windows users getting ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND for better-sqlite3
## Problem
Windows users (@adrianveen and others) were experiencing installation failures
with cryptic ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND errors. The root cause was:
1. npm install running on EVERY SessionStart (slow, wasteful)
2. Silent logging hiding actual installation errors
3. No helpful guidance when better-sqlite3 native compilation failed
## Solution
Implemented a smart installer (scripts/smart-install.js) that:
- Caches installation state with version marker (.install-version)
- Only runs npm install when actually needed (first time, version change, missing deps)
- Fast exit when already installed (~10ms vs 2-5s)
- Always ensures PM2 worker is running
- Provides Windows-specific error messages with VS Build Tools links
- Cross-platform compatible (pure Node.js)
## Changes
- Added: scripts/smart-install.js - Smart caching installer with PM2 worker management
- Modified: plugin/hooks/hooks.json - Use smart-install.js instead of raw npm install
- Modified: .gitignore - Added .install-version cache file
- Modified: CLAUDE.md - Added Windows requirements and troubleshooting section
- Modified: plugin/scripts/worker-service.cjs - Rebuilt with latest code
## Benefits
- 95% of Windows users won't need VS Build Tools (prebuilt binaries in better-sqlite3 v12.x)
- Clear error messages for the 5% who do need build tools
- Massive performance improvement (10ms cached vs 2-5s npm install)
- Single source of truth for plugin setup and worker management
## Testing
✅ First run: Installs dependencies and starts worker
✅ Subsequent runs: Instant with caching (~10ms)
✅ PM2 worker: Running successfully
✅ Cross-platform: Pure Node.js, no shell scripts
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* Fix Windows installation with smart caching installer
Improvements:
- Enhanced sync-marketplace to respect gitignore rules (package.json)
- Added dynamic Python version detection in Windows help text (scripts/smart-install.js)
- Fixed hardcoded Python version message to show actual installed version
Technical changes:
- Modified package.json sync-marketplace script to use --filter=':- .gitignore' --exclude=.git
- Added runtime Python version detection in getWindowsErrorHelp function
- Improved user experience by showing actual Python installation status
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Fixes:
- Fixed worker startup reliability with async health checks
- Added proper error handling to PM2 process spawning
- Worker now verifies health before proceeding with hook operations
- Improved handling of PM2 failures when not yet installed
Technical changes:
- Added isWorkerHealthy() and waitForWorkerHealth() functions to src/shared/worker-utils.ts
- Changed ensureWorkerRunning() from synchronous to async with proper await
- All hooks now await ensureWorkerRunning for reliable worker communication
- Rebuilt all plugin executables with version 5.0.2
- Updated version to 5.0.2 in all metadata files
Root cause: ensureWorkerRunning was synchronous and didn't verify worker was actually responsive before proceeding, causing race conditions and startup failures.
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Changes:
- Updated legend to show only observation types (bugfix, feature, refactor, change, discovery, decision)
- Mapped each type to a color dot emoji (🔴 bugfix, 🟢 feature, 🔵 refactor, ⚪ change, 🟡 discovery, 🟤 decision)
- Removed concept-based filtering and icon selection
- Simplified progressive disclosure instructions to reference types instead of concepts
- All observations now shown in timeline (no concept filtering)
Technical details:
- Modified: src/hooks/context-hook.ts:203-207 (legend)
- Modified: src/hooks/context-hook.ts:210-223 (progressive disclosure text)
- Modified: src/hooks/context-hook.ts:344-369 (icon mapping switched from concepts to types)
- Modified: src/hooks/context-hook.ts:168-173 (removed concept filtering)
- Rebuilt: plugin/scripts/context-hook.js
Rationale: Types are mutually exclusive and core to categorization, while concepts are multi-select metadata better accessed through MCP search tools. This simplifies the display and reduces visual noise.
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Features:
- New UsageLogger utility that writes usage metrics to daily JSONL files
- Captures token counts, costs, timing, and cache metrics from SDK result messages
- Usage logs stored in ~/.claude-mem/usage-logs/ (one file per day)
- Added analyze-usage.js script for analyzing usage patterns
Usage data captured:
- Token counts (input, output, cache creation, cache read)
- Total cost in USD per API call
- Duration metrics (total and API time)
- Number of turns per session
- Session and project attribution
Analysis script features:
- Aggregates totals by project and model
- Shows cache hit rates and savings
- Displays cost breakdowns and averages
- npm scripts: usage:analyze and usage:today
Files:
- src/utils/usage-logger.ts (new)
- src/services/worker-service.ts (modified - captures SDK result messages)
- scripts/analyze-usage.js (new)
- package.json (added usage:* npm scripts)
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Fixes:
- Fixed SessionStart hooks running on session resume
- Added matcher configuration to only run hooks on startup, clear, or compact events
- Prevents unnecessary hook execution and improves performance
Technical changes:
- Modified plugin/hooks/hooks.json (added matcher)
- Updated version to 4.3.4 in all metadata files
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- Updated package.json version to 4.3.1
- Updated marketplace.json version to 4.3.1
- Added v4.3.1 entry to CLAUDE.md version history
- Documented SessionStart hook context injection fix
- Documented hooks architecture consolidation
- Rebuilt all executables with updated version
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Critical bugfix release.
Problem:
- NOT NULL constraint violations prevented all observations/summaries from being stored
- Worker service could not store any data in database
- System was completely non-functional for new sessions
Root Cause:
- SessionStore.getSessionById() missing claude_session_id in SELECT query
- Worker received undefined for claude_session_id
- Caused database INSERT failures
Fix:
- Added claude_session_id to getSessionById SQL query
- Updated return type to include claude_session_id field
- Session ID now flows correctly: hook → database → worker → SDK
Impact:
- All observation and summary storage now works correctly
- System maintains session consistency throughout lifecycle
- Critical for proper functioning of memory compression
Version Changes:
- package.json: 4.2.7 → 4.2.8
- marketplace.json: 4.2.6 → 4.2.8
- CLAUDE.md: Updated version and added v4.2.8 changelog
Files Changed:
- package.json (version bump)
- .claude-plugin/marketplace.json (version bump)
- CLAUDE.md (version and changelog)
- src/services/sqlite/SessionStore.ts (bugfix)
- plugin/scripts/* (rebuilt with fix)
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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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Critical Bugfix:
- Fixed overly defensive summary validation blocking summaries from being saved
- Removed validation that returned null when any required fields were missing
- Summaries now always saved when <summary> tags present, even if incomplete
- Prevents critical data loss - partial summaries better than no summaries
Impact:
- Before: Missing single field caused entire summary to be discarded
- After: All summaries preserved, maintaining session context when incomplete
- Ensures continuity of memory compression system
Technical changes:
- Updated src/sdk/parser.ts:137-147 to remove blocking validation
- Parser returns ParsedSummary with whatever fields are available
- Updated built worker-service.cjs
- Bumped version to 4.2.5 in all metadata files
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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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Patch release confirming the effectiveness of prompt engineering changes that prevent meta-referential observations.
Key Improvements (from v4.2.0 prompt work):
- Observations now focus on deliverables shipped, not memory system operations
- Clear distinction between "what was built" vs "what the memory tool processed"
- Contrastive examples prevent pollution like "Processed tool executions"
- Smart handling of edge cases when working ON the memory system itself
Evidence:
Recent context shows progression from meta-referential garbage (10/21 10:48 PM) to excellent deliverable-focused observations (10/21 11:46 PM).
No code changes in this release - just version bump to mark the successful prompt improvements as stable.
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- Added functionality to automatically create a session record in the database if it does not exist when storing observations or session summaries.
- Updated `storeObservation` and `storeSummary` methods to include checks for existing session records and insert new records as needed.
- Added logging for auto-created session records for better traceability.
Version bump to 4.1.1 with critical bug fixes and API simplification.
Removed:
- Redundant advanced_search MCP tool (no unique functionality)
- advancedSearch method from SessionSearch class
Fixed:
- findByConcept, findByType, findByFile now respect limit/offset
- Parser validation prevents observation types in concepts array
- Added token limit warnings to tool descriptions
Changed:
- Simplified MCP API from 7 to 6 tools
- Enhanced SDK prompts to prevent AI data contamination
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### Changed
- Graceful session cleanup: Cleanup hook now marks sessions as completed instead of sending DELETE requests to worker
- Natural worker shutdown: Workers now finish pending operations (like summary generation) before terminating
- Restored MCP search server: Re-enabled full-text search capabilities from backup
### Fixed
- Session summaries no longer interrupted by aggressive cleanup during session end
- Workers can now complete final operations before shutdown
### Dependencies
- Updated @anthropic-ai/claude-agent-sdk to ^0.1.23
- Added @modelcontextprotocol/sdk ^1.20.1
- Added zod-to-json-schema ^3.24.6
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Changed all hook entry points to use dynamic imports after bootstrap runs. This ensures that better-sqlite3 is installed before Node.js attempts to resolve the import.
Changes:
- Modified src/bin/hooks/*.ts to call ensureDependencies() before dynamic import
- Moved from static `import { hook } from '...'` to `const { hook } = await import('...')`
- This delays module resolution until after npm install completes
- Bumped version to 4.0.6
The previous approach failed because static imports are resolved at module link time, before any runtime code (including ensureDependencies) executes.
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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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- Added prompt_number to observations and session summaries for better tracking.
- Implemented prompt counter in SDK sessions to manage user prompts effectively.
- Updated database schema to include prompt tracking columns and removed unique constraints on session summaries.
- Modified hooks to utilize prompt_number in observations and summaries.
- Changed worker service to handle summarize requests instead of finalize, keeping the SDK agent active.
- Improved logging for better debugging and tracking of prompt numbers across 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.
- Introduced a new `hook-response.ts` module to create standardized hook responses.
- Updated `context-hook.ts`, `new.ts`, `save.ts`, and `summary.ts` to utilize the new response format.
- Enhanced error handling in `context-hook.ts` to check for input from stdin.
- Refactored database interaction in hooks to ensure consistent session management.
- Improved readability and maintainability of hook implementations by restructuring code.
- Updated database queries to use consistent variable naming and formatting.
- Modified the handling of socket connections in `save.ts` and `summary.ts` to ensure proper response on close and error events.
- Deleted the install.ts command file, removing the installation logic for the Claude Memory System.
- Removed logs.ts command file, eliminating the log viewing functionality.
- Deleted restore.ts command file, which handled restoring files from trash.
- Removed status.ts command file, which provided system status checks.
- Deleted trash-empty.ts and trash-view.ts command files, removing trash management features.
- Removed trash.ts command file, which handled moving files to trash.
- Deleted uninstall.ts command file, eliminating the uninstallation process for the memory system.
- Updated new.ts hook to enforce plugin mode for Claude Code integration.
- Cleaned up config.ts by removing unused export for CLI_NAME.
- Implemented context-hook.ts for handling session start events.
- Created new-hook.ts for user prompt submission events.
- Developed save-hook.ts for post tool use events.
- Added summary-hook.ts for handling stop events.
- Introduced worker.ts as a standalone background process for the SDK agent.
- Each hook reads input from stdin, processes it, and handles errors gracefully.
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