semantic-memory

name

semantic-memory

description

Semantic search over past sessions (pi + Claude Code) and the public digital garden md index (andenken md.lance, OpenRouter Qwen3-Embedding-8B 4096d). Uses LanceDB + hybrid retrieval (vector + FTS with score normalization). Korean↔English cross-lingual via dictcli expand. Recall tracking for memory consolidation. Use when searching for past conversations, decisions, context, or garden knowledge concepts.

semantic-memory — Semantic Memory CLI

Search past sessions and the public digital garden md index by meaning. Hybrid retrieval: vector similarity + full-text search, MMR diversity. Sessions keep recency decay; md garden search disables decay because garden knowledge is not chronological.

Binary is a shell wrapper. Invoke via {baseDir}/semantic-memory.

All output is JSON.

Why This Exists (not just grep/denotecli)

1. Semantic search — "NixOS GPU 설정" finds "RTX 5080 cluster configuration" even without keyword overlap
2. Cross-lingual — Korean "보편" finds English-tagged "universalism" notes via dictcli expand
3. Korean morphology — "설계했다" → stem "설계" via Kiwi (dictcli stem). Verb conjugations, honorifics, compound-noun splitting; applied automatically at indexing time
4. Session memory — Search past pi + Claude Code conversations, decisions, context across all projects. Filter by --source pi or --source claude
5. Garden memory — Search the exported public garden (~/repos/gh/notes/content) through andenken md.lance. This is the agent-facing knowledge axis; org embedding is disabled in production.
6. Hybrid retrieval — Vector similarity (0.7) + BM25 full-text (0.3), with score normalization and MMR diversity. Cross-signal agreement bonus for results found by both methods. md search has no recency decay.
7. Auto-fallback — When session results are thin, automatically includes knowledge/garden results
8. Recall tracking — Every search logged to recalls.jsonl for memory consolidation analysis

Commands

search-sessions — search past sessions by meaning

{baseDir}/semantic-memory search-sessions "NixOS GPU cluster setup" --limit 10
{baseDir}/semantic-memory search-sessions "claude-config memory 정리"
{baseDir}/semantic-memory search-sessions "beads migration"
{baseDir}/semantic-memory search-sessions "andenken 작업" --source claude
{baseDir}/semantic-memory search-sessions "nixos setup" --source pi

• Searches pi + Claude Code session JSONL files (user messages, assistant responses, compaction summaries)
• --source pi or --source claude to filter by harness (default: all)
• Korean queries auto-expanded via dictcli (e.g., "보편" → "universal, universalism, paideia") in semantic/hybrid mode
• Auto-fallback to the knowledge/garden surface when session results are insufficient and no stored-signal filters are set
• Default limit: 10

Stored-signal filters for time/project session memory

Sessions are a time axis + project/cwd axis for continuing work. Use the metadata already stored in the session index instead of hoping semantic similarity guesses time/project intent.

# Caller converts "어제" (KST) to an ISO half-open range first.
# andenken does NOT parse natural-language time.
{baseDir}/semantic-memory search-sessions "andenken 작업" \
  --project andenken \
  --date-from 2026-05-11T15:00:00Z \
  --date-to 2026-05-12T15:00:00Z \
  --mode recent

# Latest work in a project (timestamp DESC over stored rows)
{baseDir}/semantic-memory search-sessions "ignored" \
  --project nixos-config \
  --mode recent

# Recent entwurf-related work (slice by time/project)
{baseDir}/semantic-memory search-sessions "분신 작업 Session ID entwurf" \
  --project entwurf \
  --date-from 2026-05-11T15:00:00Z \
  --date-to 2026-05-12T15:00:00Z \
  --mode recent

# Hybrid semantic retrieval inside a known time/project slice
{baseDir}/semantic-memory search-sessions "sessions track 결정" \
  --project andenken \
  --date-from 2026-05-10T15:00:00Z \
  --mode hybrid

Stored-signal flags:

Flag	Description
--date-from ISO	Inclusive lower bound on stored timestamp
--date-to ISO	Exclusive upper bound on stored timestamp
--project name[,name]	Filter by stored project basename (OR for CSV)
--role user[,assistant,compaction]	Filter by stored role
--session-file path	Exact session JSONL path
--session-file-contains substr	Substring filter on session path (generic path filter)
--mode semantic	Default-style semantic/hybrid retrieval when no filters are needed
--mode hybrid	Semantic + BM25 retrieval within stored-signal filters
--mode recent	Stored-signal scan + timestamp DESC. No embedding/BM25/dictcli; use when time/project is primary

Boundary rules:

• Do not pass natural-language time (어제, 지난주) and expect andenken to parse it. Convert to ISO in the caller (recall/day-query/harness).
• Do not use semantic-memory to replace day-query aggregation. day-query owns multi-axis summaries (git/journal/lifetract/calendar). semantic-memory only exposes session chunks with stored metadata.
• Missing metadata must not be inferred. If a signal is absent (e.g. cwd, explicit caller/child linkage metadata), label it as missing. Entwurf identity lives in the JSONL header/name, not in the session filename. For live/filesystem child tracing, use entwurf-peek.

{
  "query": "NixOS GPU cluster setup",
  "expanded": ["universal", "universalism"],
  "fallback": false,
  "count": 5,
  "results": [
    {
      "project": "hej-nixos-cluster",
      "role": "user",
      "source": "pi",
      "score": 0.0123,
      "file": "/home/.../.jsonl",
      "line": 42,
      "timestamp": "2026-03-15T10:30:00.000Z",
      "text": "RTX 5080 클러스터 NixOS 설정..."
    }
  ]
}

search-md — search public garden md knowledge

{baseDir}/semantic-memory search-md "체화인지 embodied cognition" --limit 10
{baseDir}/semantic-memory search-md "양자역학 관찰자"
{baseDir}/semantic-memory search-md "digital garden"

• Searches the public digital garden export (~/repos/gh/notes/content) through md.lance
• Uses OpenRouter Qwen3-Embedding-8B 4096d via ANDENKEN_MD_*
• Vector input is body-only; FTS text includes Title/Tags + body
• Score normalization: vector + FTS on equal footing with cross-signal bonus
• MMR diversity re-ranking enabled by default; recency decay disabled for md
• Korean↔English cross-lingual via dictcli expand; short CJK fallback catches 1–2 character Hangul queries

{
  "query": "체화인지 embodied cognition",
  "expanded": ["embodied", "cognition", "embodiment"],
  "count": 8,
  "results": [
    {
      "project": "notes",
      "role": "doc",
      "score": 0.4521,
      "file": "/home/.../repos/gh/notes/content/notes/20240601T123456.md",
      "line": 15,
      "timestamp": "2026-05-12T00:00:00.000Z",
      "text": "Title: 체화인지 embodied cognition\nTags: cognition, embodiment\n\n체화인지는 몸과 환경이..."
    }
  ]
}

status — show index statistics

{baseDir}/semantic-memory status

{
  "sessions": {
    "chunks": 15420,
    "indexed_files": 850,
    "total_files": 860
  },
  "md": {
    "chunks": 10119,
    "indexed_files": 2192,
    "indexed": true
  },
  "knowledge": {
    "chunks": 10119,
    "indexed_files": 2192,
    "indexed": true,
    "source": "md"
  },
  "org": {
    "chunks": 44916,
    "indexed": true,
    "production": "disabled"
  }
}

reindex — rebuild session index

{baseDir}/semantic-memory reindex
{baseDir}/semantic-memory reindex --force

• Incremental by default (only new sessions)
• --force: drop and rebuild entire index
• Progress logged to stderr, final result to stdout as JSON

Prefer the skills over this low-level alias for everyday session increments: live increment = memory-sync (embeds new sessions on call), full maintenance (sessions+md+compact+oracle) = andenken-embed in the andenken repo. reindex --force is a destructive whole rebuild — a human gate.

{
  "indexed_sessions": 10,
  "new_chunks": 234,
  "total_chunks": 15654
}

Flags

Flag	Applies to	Description	Default
--limit N	search-sessions, search-md, search-knowledge	Max results	10
--source S	search-sessions	Filter by harness: pi or claude	all
--date-from ISO	search-sessions	Inclusive timestamp lower bound	none
--date-to ISO	search-sessions	Exclusive timestamp upper bound	none
--project P[,P]	search-sessions	Stored project basename filter	none
--role R[,R]	search-sessions	Stored role filter: user, assistant, compaction	none
--session-file PATH	search-sessions	Exact session JSONL path	none
--session-file-contains S	search-sessions	Session path substring filter	none
--mode M	search-sessions	semantic, hybrid, or recent; recent is timestamp DESC stored-signal mode	hybrid
--force	reindex	Drop and rebuild entire index	false

Architecture

CLI (cli.ts)
  ├── embedding-provider.ts — Provider abstraction (OpenRouter Qwen3-8B 4096d = production; vLLM/ollama/Gemini = legacy) + CachingProvider
  ├── store.ts              — LanceDB vector store (search + FTS)
  ├── retriever.ts          — Hybrid retrieval (weighted/RRF + optional decay + MMR + score normalization)
  ├── session-indexer.ts    — Session JSONL parser
  ├── md-chunker.ts         — OpenClaw-style Markdown chunker (CJK weighted)
  └── org-chunker.ts        — Org-mode chunker (disabled production track)

Index locations:

• Sessions: ~/repos/gh/andenken/data/sessions.lance
• MD knowledge: ~/repos/gh/andenken/data/md.lance
• Org: ~/repos/gh/andenken/data/org.lance (disabled in production)

Environment

Variable	Required	Description
ANDENKEN_SESSION_PROVIDER	sessions	Usually openrouter
ANDENKEN_SESSION_MODEL / ANDENKEN_SESSION_DIMENSIONS	sessions	qwen/qwen3-embedding-8b / 4096
ANDENKEN_MD_PROVIDER	md	Usually openrouter
ANDENKEN_MD_MODEL / ANDENKEN_MD_DIMENSIONS	md	qwen/qwen3-embedding-8b / 4096
ANDENKEN_MD_API_KEY	md	OpenRouter API key (often $OPENROUTER_API_KEY)
ANDENKEN_ALLOW_PAID_FULL_REBUILD	full rebuild	Set to 1 only after reviewing ./run.sh estimate:md

Relationship to Other Skills

• memory-sync: Live session-index increment (immediate on call). Call it before searching with this skill to catch the latest turns.
• andenken-embed (andenken repo-local skill): sessions+md full maintenance — re-embed · verify · defrag (compact, pinned to 4 cores) · oracle replication. When the index is stale or fragments grew.
• denotecli: Exact title/tag/content matching. Use denotecli for precise lookups, semantic-memory for conceptual/meaning-based search.
• dictcli: Auto-invoked internally for Korean→English query expansion (expand). Kiwi stemming belongs to older org-indexing paths; md production search uses CJK-aware chunking + expand/FTS fallback.
• session-recap: Extracts text from single session JSONL. semantic-memory searches across ALL sessions semantically.