memorymaster 3.4.0

Production-grade memory reliability system for AI coding agents. Lifecycle-managed claims with citations, conflict detection, steward governance, and MCP integration.

MemoryMaster

Production-grade memory reliability system for AI coding agents.

Lifecycle-managed claims with citations, conflict detection, steward governance, hybrid retrieval, and MCP integration. Give your AI agents persistent, trustworthy memory.

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MemoryMaster gives AI coding agents persistent, verifiable memory with a full claim lifecycle, citation tracking, conflict detection, and human-in-the-loop governance. It prevents the #1 problem with agent memory: drift, stale assumptions, and unsafe disclosure.

Stats

Metric	Count
Source modules	35+ (20,000+ lines)
Tests	1029 across 68 test modules
MCP tools	22
CLI commands	64
Import connectors	10+ (Git, Slack, Jira, email, GitHub, conversations)
Utility scripts	30+ (connectors, benchmarks, drills)

Architecture

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                        Agent Runtime                            │
│  (Claude Code / Codex / any MCP-compatible agent)               │
└────────────┬────────────────────────────────┬───────────────────┘
             │ MCP (22 tools)                 │ CLI (64 commands)
             v                                v
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                      MemoryMaster Core                          │
│                                                                 │
│  ┌──────────┐  ┌───────────┐  ┌──────────┐  ┌───────────────┐  │
│  │ Ingestor │  │ Extractor │  │ Validator │  │ State Engine  │  │
│  │ (events) │->│ (claims)  │->│ (probes)  │->│ (6-state FSM) │  │
│  └──────────┘  └───────────┘  └──────────┘  └───────────────┘  │
│                                                                 │
│  ┌──────────┐  ┌───────────┐  ┌──────────┐  ┌───────────────┐  │
│  │ Retrieval│  │ Compactor │  │ Steward  │  │  Dashboard    │  │
│  │ (hybrid) │  │ (archive) │  │ (govern) │  │  (HTML+SSE)   │  │
│  └──────────┘  └───────────┘  └──────────┘  └───────────────┘  │
│                                                                 │
│  ┌──────────┐  ┌───────────┐  ┌──────────┐  ┌───────────────┐  │
│  │ Entity   │  │  Skill    │  │ Daily    │  │  Vault        │  │
│  │ Graph    │  │ Evolver   │  │ Notes    │  │  Exporter     │  │
│  └──────────┘  └───────────┘  └──────────┘  └───────────────┘  │
│                                                                 │
│  ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐   │
│  │ Dream Bridge — bidirectional sync with Claude Code       │   │
│  │ Auto Dream: seed claims out, ingest corrections back     │   │
│  └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘   │
└────────┬──────────────┬──────────────┬──────────┬───────────────┘
         │              │              │          │
         v              v              v          v
┌──────────────┐ ┌───────────┐ ┌───────────┐ ┌──────────────────┐
│ SQLite /     │ │  Qdrant   │ │  Ollama   │ │ Claude Code      │
│ Postgres     │ │ (vectors) │ │  (LLM)    │ │ Auto Dream       │
│              │ │           │ │           │ │ + Obsidian Vault  │
└──────────────┘ └───────────┘ └───────────┘ └──────────────────┘

Key Features

Feature	Description
6-State Lifecycle	candidate -> confirmed -> stale -> superseded -> conflicted -> archived
Citation Tracking	Every claim links to source evidence with provenance
Hybrid Retrieval	Vector search (sentence-transformers/Gemini) + FTS5 + freshness + confidence ranking
Context Optimizer	query_for_context(budget=4000) -- auto-curated memory that fits your token budget
Claims Engine	Structured extraction from unstructured text with deduplication and conflict detection
Entity Graph	LLM-powered entity extraction with typed relationships between claims
Skill Evolution	Track and evolve agent skills based on accumulated knowledge patterns
Steward Governance	Multi-probe validators (filesystem, format, citation, semantic, tool) with proposal review
LLM Steward	Automated claim validation using configurable LLM providers with round-robin key rotation
Conflict Resolution	5-tier auto-resolution: confidence > freshness > citations > LLM > manual
Auto-Redaction	JWT, GitHub tokens, Bearer, AWS keys, SSH keys + custom patterns scrubbed at ingest
Daily Notes	Automatic session summarization with ghost note detection (second brain pattern)
Obsidian Export	Export claims as linked Markdown files for use with My-Brain-Is-Full-Crew
Git Versioning	Snapshot/rollback/diff via SQLite backup API
Multi-tenancy	Row-level tenant isolation at the service layer
Dual Backend	SQLite (zero-config) and Postgres (full feature parity with pgvector)
10+ Connectors	Git, Slack, Jira, email, GitHub, and conversation imports
Real-time Dashboard	HTML UI with SSE streaming, conflict view, and triage actions
Federated Query	Cross-project querying across multiple memory databases
Dream Bridge	Bidirectional sync with Claude Code's Auto Dream — seed quality-filtered claims into .claude/memory/, ingest corrections back, with sensitivity filtering and dedup
GitNexus Bridge	Convert code intelligence (symbols, call graphs, execution flows) into memory claims for code-aware agent memory
LLM Wiki	Karpathy/Farza-style compiled wiki articles (compiled truth + append-only timeline) with description/tags/date frontmatter for progressive disclosure
Obsidian Bases	Auto-generated .base dashboards (all-claims, gotchas, decisions, recent, needs-review) regenerated on every wiki-absorb
7-Hook Stack	Recall + Classify (UserPromptSubmit), Validate-Wiki (PostToolUse), Session-Start (SessionStart), Auto-Ingest (Stop), PreCompact — full memory lifecycle without manual intervention

Prerequisites

Required

• Python 3.10+ with pip
• Claude Code or Codex or any MCP-compatible agent (for the hooks + MCP integration)

Optional but recommended

• A free Gemini API key from aistudio.google.com — powers the auto-ingest hook at ~zero cost. Fallbacks: OPENAI_API_KEY, ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, or a local Ollama.
• Node.js 18+ — only if you want graphify (architecture maps) or GitNexus (code impact analysis)
• Obsidian 1.6+ with the Bases core plugin — only if you want to browse the wiki visually
• Docker — only if you want Qdrant for hybrid vector search (SQLite FTS5 is the default and works out of the box)

Install via Agent (One-Prompt) ⚡

The fastest way to install MemoryMaster end-to-end is to let an AI agent do it. Open Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, or any agent with shell access in the project directory you want to instrument, and paste the prompt below. The agent handles pip install, MCP wiring, all 7 hooks, steward cron, LLM provider selection, and verification — you only approve steps and provide an API key when asked.

📋 Click to copy the one-prompt install

Install MemoryMaster end-to-end in this directory. Execute each step and verify it before moving to the next. Stop and ask me if any step needs a secret, credential, or destructive action.

Step 1 — Prerequisites
  • Run `python --version` and confirm 3.10+. If lower, stop and ask me to upgrade.
  • Run `python -m pip --version` to confirm pip is available.

Step 2 — Install the package
  • `pip install "memorymaster[mcp,security]"`
  • Confirm `python -c "import memorymaster; print(memorymaster.__version__)"` reports 3.3.1 or higher.

Step 3 — Initialize the project DB
  • `memorymaster --db memorymaster.db init-db`
  • Confirm the file exists and is non-empty.

Step 4 — Run the interactive setup
  • `memorymaster-setup`
  • This installs 7 Claude Code hooks (recall, classify, validate-wiki, session-start, auto-ingest, precompact, steward-cron), wires the MCP server into ~/.claude.json and ~/.codex/, schedules the steward cron (every 6h), and appends a MemoryMaster section to CLAUDE.md / AGENTS.md in the current project.

Step 5 — LLM provider for the auto-ingest hook
  • If any of GEMINI_API_KEY / ANTHROPIC_API_KEY / OPENAI_API_KEY is already set, report which one and continue.
  • Otherwise, tell me the cheapest option is a free Gemini Flash Lite key from aistudio.google.com and stop until I paste one. Never invent or reuse keys.

Step 6 — Verify the MCP server
  • Tell me to fully restart Claude Code / Codex so the new MCP config loads, then wait for me to confirm.
  • After restart, call mcp__memorymaster__query_memory with text "install smoke test". Expect an empty result set (not an error).
  • Call mcp__memorymaster__list_claims with limit 5. Expect an empty or short list.

Step 7 — Optional: graphify (architecture map, saves ~70x tokens on codebase exploration)
  • `npm install -g graphify`
  • `graphify claude install` — installs the global Claude hook
  • `graphify hook install` — per-project post-commit hook
  • `graphify analyze` — index this project (first run may take a few minutes)

Step 8 — Optional: GitNexus (symbol-level impact analysis before edits)
  • `npx gitnexus analyze` in this project

Step 9 — Report
Print a table with:
  • Component → status (✓ installed / — skipped / ✗ failed)
  • Env vars still required (if any)
  • 3 smoke-test commands I can run myself
  • Absolute paths to: memorymaster.db, modified ~/.claude.json, modified CLAUDE.md

Hard constraints:
  • Do not create new accounts. Do not set credentials for me.
  • Do not edit files outside: this project, ~/.claude/, ~/.codex/, ~/.memorymaster/.
  • If any step fails, report the exact error and stop. Do not retry silently.
  • Do not run `pip install --upgrade pip` or touch system Python.

Quick Start (Manual)

# Install
pip install memorymaster

# Initialize database
memorymaster --db memorymaster.db init-db

# Full setup: hooks, MCP, steward cron, Obsidian skills
memorymaster-setup      # after pip install
# or, from a cloned repo:
python scripts/setup-hooks.py

The setup command configures everything interactively:

• Recall hook — injects relevant claims into every Claude Code prompt
• Classify hook — regex signal matcher (DECISION/BUG/GOTCHA/CONSTRAINT/ARCHITECTURE/ENVIRONMENT/REFERENCE) that injects routing hints, Spanish + English
• Validate-wiki hook — PostToolUse warning for wiki articles missing frontmatter or wikilinks
• SessionStart hook — injects recent claims + cycle summary + pending candidates at session start
• Auto-ingest hook — uses a cheap LLM (Gemini Flash Lite/GPT-4o-mini/Haiku/Ollama) to extract learnings from each session, with a block-based checkpoint every 15 human messages
• PreCompact hook — forces save to MemoryMaster before Claude Code compacts context (permanent context loss prevention)
• MCP server — 22 tools available in all Claude Code & Codex sessions
• Steward cron — validates and curates claims every 6 hours
• CLAUDE.md / AGENTS.md — appends instructions so Claude and Codex actually use MemoryMaster
• Obsidian skills — read/write/search your vault from Claude Code

Manual Quick Start

# Initialize database
memorymaster --db memorymaster.db init-db

# Ingest a claim with citation
memorymaster --db memorymaster.db ingest \
  --text "Server uses PostgreSQL 16" \
  --source "session://chat|turn-3|user confirmed"

# Run validation cycle
memorymaster --db memorymaster.db run-cycle

# Query memory (hybrid retrieval)
memorymaster --db memorymaster.db query "database version" --retrieval-mode hybrid

# Context optimizer -- THE killer feature for agents
memorymaster --db memorymaster.db context "auth patterns" --budget 4000 --format xml

Docker Compose

Run the full stack (MemoryMaster + Qdrant + Ollama) with one command:

docker compose up -d

See INSTALLATION.md for detailed setup options including Kubernetes/Helm.

MCP Server (Claude Code / Codex)

pip install "memorymaster[mcp]"

Add to your .mcp.json (see .mcp.json.example):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "memorymaster": {
      "command": "memorymaster-mcp",
      "env": {
        "MEMORYMASTER_DEFAULT_DB": "/path/to/memorymaster.db",
        "MEMORYMASTER_WORKSPACE": "/path/to/your/project"
      }
    }
  }
}

22 MCP tools: init_db, ingest_claim, run_cycle, run_steward, classify_query, query_memory, query_for_context, list_claims, redact_claim_payload, pin_claim, compact_memory, list_events, search_verbatim, open_dashboard, list_steward_proposals, resolve_steward_proposal, extract_entities, entity_stats, find_related_claims, quality_scores, recompute_tiers, federated_query

How It All Works (E2E)

YOU SEND A MESSAGE
       │
       ▼
┌──────────────────┐
│ Recall Hook      │  UserPromptSubmit: searches DB for relevant claims,
│ (read memory)    │  injects as invisible context so Claude knows things
│                  │  from previous sessions automatically
└──────────────────┘
       │
       ▼
  CLAUDE / CODEX WORKS
  (edits, debugs, commits)
       │
       ▼
┌──────────────────┐
│ Stop Hook        │  When Claude stops: sends last messages to cheap LLM
│ (write memory)   │  (Gemini Flash Lite / GPT-4o-mini / Haiku / Ollama),
│                  │  extracts max 3 non-obvious learnings, ingests as
│                  │  candidate claims (confidence 0.6)
└──────────────────┘
       │
       ▼
  CLAIM IN DB (status: candidate)
       │
       ├──── every 6h ──── STEWARD CRON validates candidates,
       │                    promotes good ones to confirmed,
       │                    decays old claims, exports to Obsidian vault
       │
       ├──── every 15m ─── OPENCLAW SYNC merges claims bidirectionally
       │                    between your PC and the server (no overwrites)
       │
       └──── every 24h ─── CLAUDE AUTO DREAM consolidates memory files,
                            dream-bridge syncs with MemoryMaster DB

What gets installed by setup-hooks.py

Component	What it does	Runs when
Recall hook	Injects relevant claims into every prompt	Every message you send
Auto-ingest hook	LLM extracts learnings from transcript	Every time Claude stops
MCP server (global)	22 tools for query/ingest/steward	Always available
CLAUDE.md append	Instructions for Claude to use MemoryMaster	Read at session start
AGENTS.md append	Instructions for Codex to use MemoryMaster	Read at session start
Steward cron	Validates, decays, compacts claims	Every 6 hours
Obsidian skills	Read/write/search vault via CLI	On demand

Supported LLM providers for auto-ingest

Provider	Env var	Default model	Cost
Google Gemini (default)	GEMINI_API_KEY	gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview	~free
OpenAI	OPENAI_API_KEY	gpt-4o-mini	~$0.001/call
Anthropic	ANTHROPIC_API_KEY	claude-haiku-4-5-20251001	~$0.001/call
Ollama (local)	OLLAMA_URL	llama3.2:3b	free

Operator Runtime

Process conversation turns from a JSONL inbox with automatic claim extraction, retrieval, and maintenance:

memorymaster --db memory.db run-operator \
  --inbox-jsonl turns.jsonl \
  --retrieval-mode hybrid \
  --policy-mode cadence \
  --max-idle-seconds 120 \
  --log-jsonl artifacts/operator/events.jsonl

Features: restart-safe checkpointing, durable pending-turn queue, progressive tiered retrieval, configurable maintenance cadence, <private>...</private> block exclusion.

Dashboard

memorymaster --db memory.db run-dashboard --port 8765

Open http://127.0.0.1:8765/dashboard for:

• Claims table with status filters
• Timeline feed with transition history
• Conflict comparison view
• Review queue with approve/reject actions
• Live SSE operator event stream

API endpoints: /health, /api/claims, /api/events, /api/timeline, /api/conflicts, /api/review-queue, /api/triage/action, /api/operator/stream

Steward Governance

The steward probes confirmed claims for staleness using multiple validators:

Probe	What it checks
filesystem_grep	Does the claim value appear in workspace files?
deterministic_format	Is the object value well-formed (IP, URL, email, date)?
deterministic_citation_locator	Do cited sources still exist and match?
semantic_probe	Does surrounding context still support the claim?
tool_probe	Does running the relevant tool confirm the value?

# Non-destructive audit (proposals only)
memorymaster --db memory.db --workspace . run-steward --mode manual --max-cycles 1

# Apply transitions
memorymaster --db memory.db --workspace . run-steward --mode manual --apply

# Review and resolve proposals
memorymaster --db memory.db steward-proposals --limit 50
memorymaster --db memory.db resolve-proposal --action approve --claim-id 42

Connectors

Import from any source into the operator inbox:

# Git commits
python scripts/git_to_turns.py --input export.json --output turns.jsonl

# Slack messages
python scripts/slack_live_to_turns.py --input config.json --output turns.jsonl

# Jira / GitHub / Email / Conversations
python scripts/jira_live_to_turns.py --input config.json --output turns.jsonl
python scripts/github_live_to_turns.py --input config.json --output turns.jsonl
python scripts/email_live_to_turns.py --input config.json --output turns.jsonl
python scripts/conversation_importer.py --input chat.json --output turns.jsonl

Obsidian Integration (My-Brain-Is-Full-Crew)

Export claims as linked Obsidian-compatible Markdown files:

memorymaster --db memory.db export-vault --output ./obsidian-vault/
memorymaster --db memory.db export-vault --output ./vault/ --scope project:myapp --confirmed-only

Use with My-Brain-Is-Full-Crew for Obsidian vault management, daily notes, and ghost note detection.

# Daily activity summary
memorymaster --db memory.db daily-note

# Find knowledge gaps (topics queried but underexplored)
memorymaster --db memory.db ghost-notes

Dream Bridge (Claude Code Auto Dream Sync)

MemoryMaster integrates with Claude Code's Auto Dream memory consolidation system. While Auto Dream provides basic session-to-memory consolidation, MemoryMaster adds structured claims, quality scoring, entity graphs, and security filtering on top.

The problem Auto Dream solves: Claude Code accumulates memories across sessions, but they drift, contradict each other, and degrade over time. Auto Dream consolidates them every 24 hours.

What MemoryMaster adds: A quality layer — structured claims with confidence scores, decay, deduplication, conflict resolution, and a sensitivity filter that blocks credentials, private IPs, personal paths, and code snippets from leaking into memory files.

# Export top claims as Claude Code memory files
memorymaster --db memory.db dream-seed --project /path/to/project --max 30

# Import Auto Dream memories back as claims
memorymaster --db memory.db dream-ingest --project /path/to/project

# Bidirectional sync (ingest + re-export)
memorymaster --db memory.db dream-sync --project /path/to/project

# Remove all MemoryMaster-seeded files
memorymaster --db memory.db dream-clean --project /path/to/project

# Automatic: run as part of the steward cycle
memorymaster --db memorymaster.db run-cycle --with-dream-sync --dream-project /path/to/project

How it works

MemoryMaster DB ──seed──▶ .claude/projects/<slug>/memory/ ◀── Auto Dream
       ▲                              │                        (24h cycle)
       └────────── ingest ────────────┘

1. dream-seed queries claims filtered by tier (core/working), quality score, and sensitivity
2. Maps MemoryMaster categories to Auto Dream types (feedback, project, user, reference)
3. Writes markdown files with YAML frontmatter that Auto Dream can consolidate
4. dream-ingest reads non-MemoryMaster memory files back as claims (captures user corrections)
5. dream-sync (or run-cycle --with-dream-sync) does both in one pass

Safety

• Blocks private IPs (192.168.x.x, 10.x.x.x), personal paths, SSH commands
• Blocks credentials (API keys, tokens, passwords, [REDACTED] markers)
• Blocks raw code snippets (>50% shell commands)
• Near-duplicate detection (70% word overlap threshold)
• Respects Auto Dream's .dream.lock file — never writes during consolidation
• MEMORY.md index capped at 200 lines

Auto-Ingest Stop Hook (LLM-powered memory capture)

MemoryMaster includes a Claude Code Stop hook that automatically extracts learnings from each session using a lightweight LLM. When Claude finishes responding, the hook reads the session transcript, sends the last assistant messages to a cheap/fast LLM, and ingests any non-obvious learnings as candidate claims.

Supported LLM Providers

Provider	Env Var	Default Model	Cost
Google Gemini (default)	GEMINI_API_KEY	gemini-3.1-flash-lite-preview	~free
OpenAI	OPENAI_API_KEY	gpt-4o-mini	~$0.001/call
Anthropic	ANTHROPIC_API_KEY	claude-haiku-4-5-20251001	~$0.001/call
Ollama (local)	OLLAMA_URL	llama3.2:3b	free

Configuration

Set your provider and API key as environment variables:

# Google Gemini (default, cheapest cloud option)
export MEMORYMASTER_LLM_PROVIDER=google
export GEMINI_API_KEY=your-key-here

# OpenAI
export MEMORYMASTER_LLM_PROVIDER=openai
export OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-...

# Anthropic Claude
export MEMORYMASTER_LLM_PROVIDER=anthropic
export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=sk-ant-...

# Local Ollama (no API key needed)
export MEMORYMASTER_LLM_PROVIDER=ollama
export OLLAMA_URL=http://localhost:11434

# Optional: override model for any provider
export MEMORYMASTER_LLM_MODEL=gemini-2.5-flash

How it works

1. Claude Code Stop hook fires after each response
2. Script reads last assistant messages from session transcript (JSONL)
3. Sends to configured LLM with curator prompt (extracts max 3 learnings per turn)
4. Ingests as candidate claims with confidence=0.6
5. Steward cycle (every 6h) validates and promotes good candidates to confirmed

The hook never blocks — it always approves the stop. Sensitivity filter rejects any claims containing credentials, private IPs, or tokens.

Using the LLM provider in your own code

from memorymaster.llm_provider import call_llm, parse_json_response

response = call_llm("Extract key facts:", "The bug was caused by missing RLS policies")
claims = parse_json_response(response)

OpenClaw Integration

MemoryMaster integrates with OpenClaw for multi-agent orchestration. Claims, entities, and memory context flow between MemoryMaster and the OpenClaw task board via the federated-query command and the openclaw2claude MCP bridge.

# Quick install via OpenClaw installer
curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wolverin0/memorymaster/main/scripts/openclaw-install.sh | bash

GitNexus Integration (Code Intelligence)

MemoryMaster pairs with GitNexus to bridge code knowledge and agent memory. GitNexus builds a knowledge graph of your codebase (symbols, relationships, execution flows), and MemoryMaster stores the claims that emerge from working with that code.

How they work together

Layer	Tool	What it knows
Code structure	GitNexus	Functions, classes, call graphs, execution flows, blast radius
Agent memory	MemoryMaster	Facts, decisions, corrections, preferences, entity relationships
Bridge	gitnexus_to_claims.py	Converts GitNexus analysis into MemoryMaster claims

Workflow

# 1. Index your codebase with GitNexus
npx gitnexus analyze

# 2. Convert code intelligence into memory claims
python scripts/gitnexus_to_claims.py --project myapp

# 3. Query with both code and memory context
memorymaster --db memorymaster.db query "auth validation" --retrieval-mode hybrid

Impact analysis before editing

GitNexus provides blast-radius analysis that MemoryMaster can reference:

# Check what breaks if you change a function
npx gitnexus impact --target "validateUser" --direction upstream

# MemoryMaster remembers past decisions about that function
memorymaster --db memorymaster.db query "validateUser" --retrieval-mode hybrid

When both are configured as MCP servers, Claude Code gets code-aware memory — it can trace execution flows (GitNexus) and recall past decisions about those flows (MemoryMaster).

New in v2.0

# Deduplication
memorymaster --db memory.db dedup --dry-run

# Conflict resolution
memorymaster --db memory.db resolve-conflicts

# Claims needing attention
memorymaster --db memory.db ready

# Claim audit trail
memorymaster --db memory.db history 42

# Claim relationships
memorymaster --db memory.db link 10 20 --type supersedes
memorymaster --db memory.db links 10

# Staleness detection
memorymaster --db memory.db check-staleness --workspace /path/to/project

# LLM compaction summaries
memorymaster --db memory.db compact-summaries --provider gemini --api-key $KEY

# Git-backed versioning
memorymaster --db memory.db snapshot --message "before refactor"
memorymaster --db memory.db rollback snap_abc123

# Stealth mode (local-only experimentation)
memorymaster --stealth init-db

# JSON output for all commands
memorymaster --db memory.db --json list-claims

New in v3.2 — Wiki Frontmatter Schema + Hook Automation

This release adds 4 obsidian-mind-inspired patterns that turn MemoryMaster into a fully passive memory system. You don't need to remember to call MCP tools — hooks do the work:

New Hooks

Hook	Event	What it does
memorymaster-classify.py	UserPromptSubmit	Regex signal matcher (Spanish + English, Latin-letter lookarounds for CJK safety). Detects DECISION / BUG_ROOT_CAUSE / GOTCHA / CONSTRAINT / ARCHITECTURE / ENVIRONMENT / REFERENCE in your prompts and injects routing hints so the agent calls ingest_claim after the work. Zero LLM calls, ~5 ms runtime.
memorymaster-validate-wiki.py	PostToolUse (Edit/Write)	Fires only on obsidian-vault/wiki/**/*.md. Checks frontmatter (title, description, type, scope, tags, date) and warns if the article is an orphan (no [[wikilinks]] and body > 300 chars). Returns warnings via hookSpecificOutput.additionalContext so the agent fixes them in-place.
memorymaster-session-start.py	SessionStart (startup|resume)	Queries the DB for recent claims, last cycle summary (ingest/validate/decay/supersession counts), pending candidates, and most-recently-updated wiki articles. Injects everything into the session context so the agent starts informed instead of blank. Scope auto-derived from cwd.

All hooks fail silently (exit 0) on any exception — they never block the user.

Wiki Article Frontmatter Schema

wiki_engine._write_article now emits a richer frontmatter for every absorbed article:

---
title: Qdrant
description: "Qdrant is deployed on an Ubuntu VM, accessible via localhost:6333..."
type: decision
scope: project:memorymaster
tags: ["decision", "project-memorymaster", "fact"]
claims: [7966, 8062, 8107]
created: 2026-04-09
last_updated: 2026-04-09
date: 2026-04-09
related: ["[[storage]]", "[[vector-search]]"]
---

The new fields enable progressive disclosure: an agent can scan 50 articles' frontmatter before deciding which to read in full, and Obsidian Bases can filter on type / tags / date.

Obsidian Bases Generator

memorymaster/vault_bases.py writes 5 dynamic dashboards under obsidian-vault/bases/:

Base	Shows
all-claims.base	Every wiki article, sortable by date / type / scope
gotchas.base	Articles with type=gotcha or tags.contains("gotcha")
decisions.base	Articles with type=decision or type=architecture
recent.base	Articles updated in the last 14 days
needs-review.base	Articles missing a description field

Bases regenerate automatically on wiki-absorb (use --no-bases to skip). They are pure YAML — open any .base file in Obsidian to see a live filterable view.

CLI

# Regenerate Bases manually
python -m memorymaster --db memorymaster.db bases-generate --output obsidian-vault

# Wiki absorb now also regenerates Bases automatically
python -m memorymaster --db memorymaster.db wiki-absorb --output obsidian-vault

Required Tools

• Python 3.10+ with stdlib sqlite3 (everything is stdlib — no extra deps)
• Obsidian 1.6+ with Bases core plugin enabled (for .base dashboards). The plugin ships with Obsidian — just enable it under Settings → Core plugins.

Recommended Companion Stack

MemoryMaster is the memory layer, but it's designed to work alongside a small set of tools that each specialise in one layer of agent intelligence. The Intelligence-First Rule — check the cheapest cached layer before exploring raw files — is the reason this stack saves 70× tokens on typical architectural questions.

Priority	Tool	What it adds	How to install
1	graphify	Pre-computed architecture map (god nodes, communities, surprising connections) in graphify-out/GRAPH_REPORT.md. The cheapest layer — answers architectural questions without reading a single source file.	npm install -g graphify → graphify claude install → graphify hook install → graphify analyze
2	memorymaster ← you are here	22 MCP tools (ingest_claim, query_memory, run_cycle, find_related_claims, etc.), 7 hooks, wiki, steward	memorymaster-setup (interactive; or python scripts/setup-hooks.py from clone)
3	GitNexus	Symbol-level impact analysis — "what breaks if I change function X" via a pre-built call graph	npx gitnexus analyze. See GitNexus Integration.
4	Serena	LSP-powered symbol-level read/edit — read or rewrite one function without opening the whole file	Global MCP config, see oraios/serena
5	context7	Live library docs — never guess an API signature	Already a first-party Claude Code MCP; nothing to install
opt	Obsidian CLI	Vault-aware search from the terminal	npm install -g obsidian-cli (requires Obsidian 1.12+)
opt	Qdrant	External vector search backend for semantic recall (SQLite FTS5 is the default)	docker run -p 6333:6333 qdrant/qdrant

Installation

# Option A — from PyPI (recommended for users)
pip install memorymaster
memorymaster-setup               # interactive installer

# Option B — from a clone (recommended for contributors)
git clone https://github.com/wolverin0/memorymaster.git
cd memorymaster
pip install -e ".[dev,mcp,security]"
python scripts/setup-hooks.py    # 3-line shim calling memorymaster.setup_hooks:main

# Either way, the installer copies hooks from memorymaster/config_templates/hooks/
# to ~/.claude/hooks/ and registers them in ~/.claude/settings.json automatically.

Verify Installation

After install (either path — pip or agent-driven), run these three commands to confirm everything is wired:

# 1. Package + version
python -c "import memorymaster; print('memorymaster', memorymaster.__version__)"
# expect: memorymaster 3.3.1  (or higher)

# 2. DB + CLI
python -m memorymaster --db memorymaster.db query "install smoke test"
# expect: empty result set, no traceback

# 3. MCP server reachable from an agent
# In Claude Code or Codex (after restarting the client so MCP reloads):
#   mcp__memorymaster__list_claims(limit=5)
# expect: empty list or a short list of pre-existing claims, no error

If all three pass, the hooks are in ~/.claude/hooks/, the MCP server is registered in ~/.claude.json, and the steward cron is scheduled. The next message you send in that session will trigger the recall hook, and the first time Claude stops, the auto-ingest hook will capture learnings.

Troubleshooting

Symptom	Cause	Fix
MCP tools don't appear in agent	Client didn't reload config	Fully quit and reopen Claude Code / Codex — stdio MCP servers only load at startup
Claims land under project:<name>:<hash> scope	Running MCP is pre-v3.3.1	Restart the agent so the new _project_scope() loads. See New in v3.3.
Auto-ingest hook silent, no claims growing	No LLM provider env var set	Set GEMINI_API_KEY (free) or ANTHROPIC_API_KEY / OPENAI_API_KEY
wiki-absorb says "no claims to absorb"	Scope mismatch between cwd and claims	memorymaster --db memorymaster.db query "test" — check scope column on results; then re-run absorb with --scope project:<name>
Steward cron not running	Windows doesn't have cron	memorymaster-setup installs a Task Scheduler entry on Windows, a launchd plist on macOS, and a crontab line on Linux — check your platform's scheduler UI
ruff check fails after install	You're on the dev path and haven't pinned ruff	pip install -e ".[dev]" — dev extras include pinned lint tools

Tests

32 E2E tests in tests/test_obsidian_mind_patterns.py validate all 5 components:

python -m pytest tests/test_obsidian_mind_patterns.py -v
# 32 passed

New in v3.3 — Entity Registry + Typed Relationships + Scope Fix

v3.3 adds three GBrain-inspired patterns and ships a critical data-layer fix surfaced by a 24h audit.

Entity Registry

memorymaster/entity_registry.py introduces canonical entities with alias resolution. When you ingest a claim about qdrant, Qdrant, or QDRANT vector DB, they all resolve to the same entity via normalize_alias(). New tables:

Table	Purpose
entities	Canonical names with entity_type, description, aliases_count
entity_aliases	Many-to-one alias → entity mapping, normalized

service.ingest() now auto-assigns entity_id on every claim. A one-time backfill mapped 684 existing subjects into 312 entities in ~23 ms. Use mcp__memorymaster__entity_stats to see the current graph, or find_related_claims to walk relationships through the entity.

RESOLVER.md — MECE Decision Tree

obsidian-vault/wiki/RESOLVER.md is an auto-generated decision tree that tells the wiki engine which article a new claim belongs to. 10 canonical types (decision, gotcha, constraint, architecture, environment, reference, bug-root-cause, fact, process, glossary) with disambiguation rules and scope routing. It's Mutually Exclusive, Collectively Exhaustive — no claim falls through the cracks, no claim lands in two articles.

Typed Relationships (5 → 14)

CLAIM_LINK_TYPES grew from 5 generic (relates_to, supersedes, derived_from, contradicts, supports) to 14. New domain-specific link types enable graph traversal that actually answers questions:

implements    configures    depends_on    deployed_on    owned_by
tested_by     documents     blocks        enables

New traverse_relationships() BFS method on the storage read layer: filter by link_types, max_depth, and direction (outgoing/incoming/both). Schema migration preserved existing links via rename → create → copy → drop.

Scope Fix + claim_type Normalization (v3.3.1)

A 24-hour audit surfaced three data-quality bugs, all fixed in v3.3.1:

Bug	Impact	Fix
_project_scope() appended a sha1(workspace)[:8] suffix unconditionally	341 claims fragmented across 6 scopes for the same project	Scope is now canonical project:<slug> by default. Set MEMORYMASTER_SCOPE_DISAMBIGUATE=1 only if you genuinely have two projects with the same directory name.
Classify hook emits ALL-CAPS labels (DECISION, GOTCHA) that flowed straight into claim_type	30 claims with uppercase types didn't match lowercase queries	service.ingest() now lowercases claim_type before write.
Auto-resolver for conflicted claims skipped orphan conflicts (no active sibling)	6 orphan conflicts accumulated indefinitely	Manual cleanup: orphans are marked superseded with replaced_by_claim_id pointing to the confirmed sibling.

Migration was applied in-place on existing databases. The v3.3.1 release notes include the full SQL. After upgrading, restart Claude Code / Codex so the running MCP server picks up the new _project_scope() — otherwise same-session ingests still land under the old hashed scope.

Security

• Auto-redaction: JWT, GitHub tokens, Bearer, AWS keys, SSH keys, and custom patterns scrubbed at ingest
• Policy-gated access: --allow-sensitive requires MEMORYMASTER_ALLOW_SENSITIVE_BYPASS=1
• Non-destructive redaction: redact-claim scrubs claim/citation data with full audit trail
• Encryption: Optional Fernet encryption for sensitive payloads (pip install "memorymaster[security]")
• RBAC: Role-based access control with per-agent role overrides via env vars

Performance

SLO-driven benchmarks with configurable profiles:

Metric	Quick Profile	Production Profile
Ingest p95	<= 60ms	<= 80ms
Ingest throughput	>= 80 ops/sec	>= 60 ops/sec
Query p95	<= 250ms	<= 400ms
Query throughput	>= 12 ops/sec	>= 8 ops/sec
Cycle p95	<= 3.5s	<= 6.0s
End-to-end runtime	<= 20s	<= 45s

python benchmarks/perf_smoke.py --slo-config benchmarks/slo_targets.json

Configuration

All behavior is tunable via environment variables or a JSON config file. See .env.example for the complete list.

Key config groups:

• Retrieval weights: Lexical, confidence, freshness, vector balance
• Decay rates: Per-volatility daily decay
• Thresholds: Validation, staleness, conflict margin
• LLM models: Extractor, resolver, entity extraction model overrides

Backends

Backend	Install	Use case
SQLite	Built-in	Local development, single-agent, zero-config
Postgres	pip install "memorymaster[postgres]"	Team deployment, multi-agent, pgvector search

Development

# Install with all dev dependencies
pip install -e ".[dev,mcp,security,embeddings,qdrant]"

# Run tests (1029 tests)
pytest tests/ -q

# Lint and format
ruff check memorymaster/ && ruff format memorymaster/

# Performance benchmarks
python benchmarks/perf_smoke.py

# Evaluation suite
python scripts/eval_memorymaster.py --strict

# Incident drill
python scripts/run_incident_drill.py --dry-run

See CONTRIBUTING.md for the full development workflow.

Documentation

Document	Description
INSTALLATION.md	Setup guide: pip, Docker, Helm, MCP config
CONTRIBUTING.md	Dev setup, testing, PR workflow
ARCHITECTURE.md	System design and subsystem details
USER_GUIDE.md	Usage, MCP integration, troubleshooting
CHANGELOG.md	Version history and release notes
ROADMAP.md	Release plan and future tracks

License

MIT -- Built by wolverin0