feat: add worker control scripts for start, stop, restart, and status

Changed worker start script

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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

.claude-plugin/marketplace.json

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   "plugins": [
     {
       "name": "claude-mem",
-      "version": "8.0.2",
+      "version": "8.0.4",
       "source": "./plugin",
       "description": "Persistent memory system for Claude Code - context compression across sessions"
     }

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,35 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 
+## [8.0.3] - 2025-12-23
+
+Fix critical worker crashes on startup (v8.0.2 regression)
+
+## [8.0.2] - 2025-12-23
+
+New "chill" remix of code mode for users who want fewer, more selective observations.
+
+## Features
+
+- **code--chill mode**: A behavioral variant that produces fewer observations
+  - Only records things "painful to rediscover" - shipped features, architectural decisions, non-obvious gotchas
+  - Skips routine work, straightforward implementations, and obvious changes
+  - Philosophy: "When in doubt, skip it"
+
+## Documentation
+
+- Updated modes.mdx with all 28 language modes (was 10)
+- Added Code Mode Variants section documenting chill mode
+
+## Usage
+
+Set in ~/.claude-mem/settings.json:
+```json
+{
+  "CLAUDE_MEM_MODE": "code--chill"
+}
+```
+
 ## [8.0.1] - 2025-12-23
 
 ## 🎨 UI Improvements

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "claude-mem",
-  "version": "8.0.2",
+  "version": "8.0.4",
   "description": "Memory compression system for Claude Code - persist context across sessions",
   "keywords": [
     "claude",
@@ -36,13 +36,13 @@
     "sync-marketplace": "node scripts/sync-marketplace.cjs",
     "sync-marketplace:force": "node scripts/sync-marketplace.cjs --force",
     "build:binaries": "node scripts/build-worker-binary.js",
-    "worker:start": "claude-mem start",
-    "worker:stop": "claude-mem stop",
-    "worker:restart": "claude-mem restart",
-    "worker:status": "claude-mem status",
     "worker:logs": "tail -n 50 ~/.claude-mem/logs/worker-$(date +%Y-%m-%d).log",
     "changelog:generate": "node scripts/generate-changelog.js",
     "discord:notify": "node scripts/discord-release-notify.js",
+    "worker:start": "bun plugin/scripts/worker-cli.js start",
+    "worker:stop": "bun plugin/scripts/worker-cli.js stop",
+    "worker:restart": "bun plugin/scripts/worker-cli.js restart",
+    "worker:status": "bun plugin/scripts/worker-cli.js status",
     "translate-readme": "bun scripts/translate-readme/cli.ts -v -o docs/i18n README.md",
     "translate:tier1": "npm run translate-readme -- zh ja pt-br ko es de fr",
     "translate:tier2": "npm run translate-readme -- he ar ru pl cs nl tr uk",

plugin/.claude-plugin/plugin.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "claude-mem",
-  "version": "8.0.2",
+  "version": "8.0.4",
   "description": "Persistent memory system for Claude Code - seamlessly preserve context across sessions",
   "author": {
     "name": "Alex Newman"

plugin/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "claude-mem-plugin",
-  "version": "8.0.2",
+  "version": "8.0.4",
   "private": true,
   "description": "Runtime dependencies for claude-mem bundled hooks",
   "type": "module",

src/services/worker/DatabaseManager.ts

@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ export class DatabaseManager {
     this.chromaSync = new ChromaSync('claude-mem');
 
     // Start background backfill (fire-and-forget)
-    this.chromaSync.ensureBackfilled();
+    this.chromaSync.ensureBackfilled().catch(error => {
+      logger.error('DB', 'Chroma backfill failed (non-fatal)', {}, error);
+    });
 
     logger.info('DB', 'Database initialized');
   }

src/services/worker/SDKAgent.ts

@@ -435,15 +435,30 @@ export class SDKAgent {
    */
   private findClaudeExecutable(): string {
     const settings = SettingsDefaultsManager.loadFromFile(USER_SETTINGS_PATH);
-    const claudePath = settings.CLAUDE_CODE_PATH ||
+    
-      execSync(process.platform === 'win32' ? 'where claude' : 'which claude', { encoding: 'utf8', windowsHide: true })
+    // 1. Check configured path
-        .trim().split('\n')[0].trim();
+    if (settings.CLAUDE_CODE_PATH) {
-
+      // Lazy load fs to keep startup fast
-    if (!claudePath) {
+      const { existsSync } = require('fs');
-      throw new Error('Claude executable not found in PATH');
+      if (!existsSync(settings.CLAUDE_CODE_PATH)) {
+        throw new Error(`CLAUDE_CODE_PATH is set to "${settings.CLAUDE_CODE_PATH}" but the file does not exist.`);
+      }
+      return settings.CLAUDE_CODE_PATH;
     }
 
-    return claudePath;
+    // 2. Try auto-detection
+    try {
+      const claudePath = execSync(
+        process.platform === 'win32' ? 'where claude' : 'which claude', 
+        { encoding: 'utf8', windowsHide: true, stdio: ['ignore', 'pipe', 'ignore'] }
+      ).trim().split('\n')[0].trim();
+      
+      if (claudePath) return claudePath;
+    } catch (error) {
+      logger.debug('SDK', 'Claude executable auto-detection failed', error);
+    }
+
+    throw new Error('Claude executable not found. Please either:\n1. Add "claude" to your system PATH, or\n2. Set CLAUDE_CODE_PATH in ~/.claude-mem/settings.json');
   }
 
   /**