nokori 0.5.15

Local rule memory for Claude Code and Cursor—corrections distilled into lasting guidance, recalled in context, one deliberate gate when stakes are high. 经验留下的痕迹，比记忆更深。

Nokori 残り

A local-first memory layer that turns corrections into durable agent behavior.

_{remembers corrections · recalls rules in context · blocks risky tools · stores everything locally}

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Quick Install · How It Works · Architecture · Configuration · CLI Reference · Web UI

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What experience leaves behind runs deeper than memory.

Nokori (残り) means what remains: the thing still standing in place after the noise dies down.

Every session ends, and every correction you made evaporates with it. In the next session the agent wakes a stranger again, the same stranger who force-pushes, forgets to run the migration, types a dangerous command straight at the production database.

Nokori refuses to let it forget. It settles every "don't do that" you ever said into recallable behavioral rules: when your words drift back toward that scene, the rule surfaces on its own inside the agent's context. New rules first live as candidates underwater, collecting evidence in the background. Only after the cold path and posthoc evidence trust them can the sharpest ones become Gate-eligible and block the first risky tool call before the agent touches your files.

Your data stays on your machine, in SQLite, the whole way through. Retrieval during a chat never touches a model. Only the post-session extract calls an LLM, and even then it is fed nothing but compressed session fragments. Want it fully offline? Point the endpoint at a local Ollama.

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Who is it for

Repeat mistake hunters Force pushes, forgotten migrations, commands fired at the wrong database: Nokori remembers the correction after the chat ends.

Cross-repo preference keepers Teach a behavioral rule once and carry it across projects instead of rebuilding the same instruction stack in every repo.

Local-first operators Rules sit in SQLite on your own machine, exportable anytime; whole chats are never sent out during retrieval.

Before / After

Without Nokori	With Nokori
The same correction is repeated every session	The correction becomes a durable behavioral rule
Risky tool calls rely on the agent remembering context	Trusted Gate rules can block before the tool runs
Preferences vanish with the chat window	Rules stay local and follow you across projects
Retrieval means waiting on a model	Hot-path recall is deterministic file I/O + scoring

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One minute overview

You correct Claude / Cursor
    └─▶ Nokori carves a rule (what scene + what to do)
            └─▶ Next time your words drift near that scene
                    └─▶ The rule auto-writes into the agent's context (reminder)
                            └─▶ If it later becomes trusted + gate_eligible:
                                 block once before the first matching tool call (Gate)

During a chat Nokori only does retrieval and small file I/O, never making you wait on a model. The LLM is only called after the session closes, when it extracts new rules from the transcript at its own pace.

_{During the chat, recall stays local and deterministic.}

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Quick install

Four commands. Local memory. No hosted database.

Prerequisites: Python >= 3.11, Claude Code or Cursor already installed

# Recommended: pipx with local semantic retrieval
brew install pipx && pipx ensurepath
pipx install "nokori[local-embed]"

# Register hooks
nokori install --all        # or --cursor / default is Claude Code only

# Verify
nokori health

Other install methods

# Minimal install (BM25 only, no local model)
pipx install nokori

# Dedicated venv
python3 -m venv ~/.local/venvs/nokori
~/.local/venvs/nokori/bin/pip install "nokori[local-embed]"
echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.local/venvs/nokori/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc

# From source
git clone https://github.com/KorenKrita/nokori.git && cd nokori
python3 -m venv .venv && source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -e ".[local-embed,dev]"

Full installation guide (Cursor config, updating, uninstalling) in Installation

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Quick start

# 1. Add a candidate rule
nokori add \
  --trigger "Force pushing to a shared branch" \
  --action "Use --force-with-lease, or push to a new branch" \
  --severity high_risk

# 2. Verify the shadow match
nokori test "I'll just git push --force this branch"

# 3. Run maintenance (let evidence move rules forward)
nokori maintain

# 4. Rule out of date? Dismiss it
nokori dismiss <short_id>

Just open Claude Code or Cursor and work as usual. When a rule matches, the agent sees the injected reminder before it replies. For trusted + gate_eligible rules, the first sensitive tool call is blocked once.

_{Trusted rules can stop the first risky tool call before it reaches your files.}

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Core features

Autonomous quality flywheel candidate → active → trusted; rules must earn evidence before gaining authority.	Zero model calls on the hot path Hooks do deterministic retrieval, matching, and scoring only; no LLM wait between prompt and reply.
Hybrid retrieval BM25 out of the box, optional local or remote semantic vectors, and RRF fusion when both are available.	Conservative Gate Only trusted + gate_eligible rules can block tools, and only once per turn.
Shadow evidence Candidates accumulate counterfactual evidence in the background without disturbing the current chat.	Local-first storage SQLite + filesystem, data never leaves your machine during recall, and offline LLMs are optional.
Cross-tool support Native support for both Claude Code and Cursor.	Web UI Run nokori web for a visual dashboard to inspect rules, logs, lifecycle state, and configuration.

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Documentation

Guide	What it gives you
🚀 Installation	pipx install, Cursor config, updates, uninstalling
🧠 Architecture	flywheel mechanism, hook timing, injection vs Gate, Shadow Pool
⚙️ Configuration	config.toml, environment variables, full reference
🔎 Retrieval Engine	BM25, embeddings, RRF fusion, injection tiers
🌱 Rule Lifecycle	state machine, promotion evidence, maintenance tasks
🧊 Automatic Extraction	cold-path pipeline, merge strategy, async mode
🛡️ Gate Mechanism	two-layer matching, configuration, prompt-hash safety
⌨️ CLI Reference	all commands and options
🖥️ Web UI	visual dashboard features and development

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Relationship with existing systems

System	Relationship
CLAUDE.md	Complementary. Nokori doesn't touch your CLAUDE.md; it handles the dynamic "when X, do Y"
Claude Code auto-memory	No conflict. Memory leans factual, Nokori leans behavioral rules
Other memory plugins	Hooks can coexist, but avoid stacking many context-injection plugins

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Data storage

All data lives in one local directory, ~/.nokori/. There is no network sync. Rules store behavioral descriptions, not your source code. Only the cold-path extract calls an LLM; point the endpoint at a local Ollama for fully offline operation.

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Development

python3 -m venv .venv && source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -e ".[local-embed,dev]"
python -m pytest tests/

Project constraints: hot-path hooks use only stdlib + urllib (no LLM calls between prompt and reply), all hooks wrapped in top-level try/except fail-open. Base install includes fastapi + uvicorn for the web dashboard.

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License

MIT