diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 2e2980b..0000000
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-
-## Synapses — Code Navigation
-
-This project is indexed by Synapses. **Use these MCP tools instead of raw file reads for code exploration:**
-
-| Goal | Use this tool |
-|---|---|
-| Understand a function / struct / interface | `get_context(entity="Name")` |
-| Find a symbol by name or substring | `find_entity(query="name")` |
-| Search by concept ("auth", "rate limiting") | `search(query="...", mode="semantic")` |
-| Trace a call path between two functions | `get_call_chain(from="A", to="B")` |
-| Find what breaks if a symbol changes | `get_impact(symbol="Name")` |
-| List all entities in a file | `get_file_context(file="path/to/file")` |
-| Understand the project structure | `get_project_identity()` |
-
-**Start every session with** `get_project_identity` to orient yourself before diving into code.
-
-> Raw file tools (Read, Glob, Grep) are for **writing** code. Synapses tools are for **understanding** it —
-> they return pre-ranked, token-efficient context instead of raw file bytes.
-
diff --git a/cmd/synapses/main.go b/cmd/synapses/main.go
index 2ae3e27..2bc8313 100644
--- a/cmd/synapses/main.go
+++ b/cmd/synapses/main.go
@@ -247,6 +247,33 @@ func cmdStart(args []string) error {
if brainCli != nil {
fw.SetBrainClient(brainCli) // wire incremental ingest
}
+ // Hot-reload synapses.json: reconnect scout/brain when config changes.
+ fw.SetConfigChangeHandler(func(newCfg *config.Config) {
+ if newCfg.Scout.URL != "" {
+ newScout := scout.NewClient(newCfg.Scout.URL, newCfg.Scout.TimeoutSec)
+ if newScout.Health(context.Background()) {
+ srv.SetScoutClient(newScout)
+ fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "synapses: scout reconnected at %s\n", newCfg.Scout.URL)
+ } else {
+ fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "synapses: scout unreachable at %s after config reload\n", newCfg.Scout.URL)
+ }
+ } else {
+ srv.SetScoutClient(nil)
+ }
+ if newCfg.Brain.URL != "" {
+ newBrain := brain.NewClient(newCfg.Brain.URL, newCfg.Brain.TimeoutSec)
+ if _, err := newBrain.HealthCheck(context.Background()); err != nil {
+ fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "synapses: brain unreachable at %s after config reload: %v\n", newCfg.Brain.URL, err)
+ } else {
+ srv.SetBrainClient(newBrain)
+ fw.SetBrainClient(newBrain)
+ fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "synapses: brain reconnected at %s\n", newCfg.Brain.URL)
+ }
+ } else {
+ srv.SetBrainClient(nil)
+ fw.SetBrainClient(nil)
+ }
+ })
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "synapses: watching %s for changes\n", absPath)
}
}
@@ -1347,46 +1374,30 @@ func buildIngestCode(n *graph.Node) string {
return code
}
-// bulkIngestToBrain sends high-value nodes to the brain sidecar for summarization.
-// "High-value" means: exported with callers, heavily-used (fanin>3), entry points,
-// or interface implementations. Low-fanin unexported helpers are skipped — they
-// will be enriched on-demand when get_context is called for them.
-// This reduces init-time ingest from ~700 nodes to ~80-100, keeping startup fast.
+// bulkIngestToBrain sends all code nodes to the brain sidecar for prose summary generation.
+// With qwen3.5:0.8b as the ingest model (~3s per node on CPU), a 500-node codebase
+// completes in ~3min at 8× concurrency — runs in background, does not block startup.
+// Summaries are stored in brain.sqlite and surfaced in get_context responses.
+// Sort order: high-fanin nodes first so the most-used code gets summaries soonest.
func bulkIngestToBrain(bc *brain.Client, g *graph.Graph) {
all := g.AllNodes()
- // Collect high-value nodes only.
- nodes := make([]*graph.Node, 0, 150)
+ // Collect all non-structural nodes (skip package/file nodes — no code to summarize).
+ nodes := make([]*graph.Node, 0, len(all))
for _, n := range all {
t := string(n.Type)
if t == "package" || t == "file" {
continue
}
- fanin := g.Fanin(n.ID) // caller count (EdgeCalls only)
-
- // Include if: heavily called, exported+used, entry point, or interface impl.
- isEntryPoint := n.Name == "main" || n.Name == "init" || strings.HasSuffix(n.Name, ".main") || strings.HasSuffix(n.Name, ".init")
- isHighFanin := fanin > 3
- isExportedUsed := n.Exported && fanin > 0
- isImpl := len(g.OutEdges(n.ID)) > 0 && t == "method" && n.Exported
-
- if isHighFanin || isEntryPoint || isExportedUsed || isImpl {
- nodes = append(nodes, n)
- }
+ nodes = append(nodes, n)
}
- // Sort by caller count descending — most-connected first.
+ // Sort by caller count descending — most-connected nodes get summaries first.
sort.Slice(nodes, func(i, j int) bool {
return g.Fanin(nodes[i].ID) > g.Fanin(nodes[j].ID)
})
- // Cap at 100 nodes to bound init time regardless of repo size.
- const maxIngest = 100
- if len(nodes) > maxIngest {
- nodes = nodes[:maxIngest]
- }
-
- sem := make(chan struct{}, 4) // 4 concurrent — 7b is slower than 1.5b
+ sem := make(chan struct{}, 8) // 8 concurrent — qwen3.5:0.8b is fast enough to handle more
var wg sync.WaitGroup
for _, n := range nodes {
wg.Add(1)
@@ -1404,7 +1415,7 @@ func bulkIngestToBrain(bc *brain.Client, g *graph.Graph) {
}(n)
}
wg.Wait()
- fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "synapses: ingested %d high-value nodes to brain (of %d total)\n", len(nodes), len(all))
+ fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "synapses: ingested %d nodes to brain (full coverage)\n", len(nodes))
}
// fetchAndWriteBackSummaries waits for the brain to process ingested nodes,
diff --git a/e2e-test-plan.md b/e2e-test-plan.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..239807b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e-test-plan.md
@@ -0,0 +1,493 @@
+# Synapses OS — End-to-End Test Plan
+*Reusable across versions. Run this whenever you want to benchmark how well the 3-leg system performs.*
+
+---
+
+## Purpose
+Measure context quality, effort savings, and token efficiency of the full synapses-os stack:
+- **Leg 1 — Synapses Core (MCP/Graph)**: navigation, context carving, compact format
+- **Leg 2 — Intelligence (Sidecar)**: ingest, enrich, context-packet, violation explanation
+- **Leg 3 — Scout (Web)**: search, fetch, distillation pipeline, web_annotate persistence
+
+Each leg has Pass/Fail checks + a scored metric. A final composite rating is computed.
+
+---
+
+## Pre-flight Checklist
+
+```bash
+# Verify all 3 components are reachable
+synapses version # should print current version
+curl -s http://localhost:11435/v1/health # intelligence sidecar
+curl -s http://localhost:11436/v1/health # scout sidecar
+```
+
+Expected: synapses binary exists, both HTTP 200 with `status:ok`.
+
+---
+
+## Leg 1 — Synapses Core (MCP / Graph Navigation)
+
+### L1-A: session_init bootstrap
+- Call `session_init()` via MCP
+- **Pass**: returns `pending_tasks`, `project_identity`, `working_state`, `recent_events` in one round-trip
+- **Fail**: tool unavailable or missing any of the 4 fields
+- **Metric**: 1 tool call vs 3 separate calls (get_pending_tasks + get_project_identity + get_working_state)
+
+### L1-B: find_entity precision
+- Call `find_entity("CarveEgoGraph")`
+- **Pass**: returns file path, line number, and node ID within 1 call
+- **Fail**: returns wrong entity or requires follow-up grep
+- **Metric**: 1 MCP call vs 2-3 grep commands
+
+### L1-C: get_context compact format (token savings)
+- Call `get_context("Builder.Build", format="compact")`
+- Record token count of response
+- Call `get_context("Builder.Build", format="json")`
+- Record token count of response
+- **Pass**: compact response is ≥70% smaller than JSON
+- **Metric**: token reduction % (target: ≥70%)
+
+### L1-D: get_call_chain (manual trace replacement)
+- Call `get_call_chain("cmdStart", "Builder.Build")`
+- **Pass**: returns a path without requiring manual file reads
+- **Fail**: no path found or requires Read/Grep to confirm
+- **Metric**: 1 call vs 5-10 Read/Grep commands
+
+### L1-E: search (semantic keyword)
+- Call `search("rate limiting")` and `search("BFS carver")`
+- **Pass**: returns relevant entity names with file:line in ≤2 results
+- **Fail**: empty results or irrelevant matches
+- **Metric**: precision@3 (how many of top-3 are relevant)
+
+### L1-F: get_impact (blast radius)
+- Call `get_impact("Graph.AddNode")`
+- **Pass**: groups results into direct/indirect/peripheral with confidence scores
+- **Fail**: no results or flat list with no grouping
+- **Metric**: depth-3 coverage (counts entities at each depth)
+
+### L1-G: validate_plan (architectural guard)
+- Propose a cross-layer change: `validate_plan([{"file": "synapses/internal/graph/graph.go", "adds_call_to": "Store.Close"}])`
+- **Pass**: detects violation (graph→store is forbidden or flagged)
+- **Inconclusive**: no rules configured (check get_violations first)
+- **Metric**: rule enforcement (yes/no)
+
+### L1-H: get_working_state (developer orientation)
+- Call `get_working_state(window_minutes=60)`
+- **Pass**: returns recently changed files matching git diff
+- **Fail**: empty with recent changes present
+
+### Leg 1 Scoring
+| Check | Weight | Score (0-10) |
+|-------|--------|--------------|
+| L1-A session_init | 1× | |
+| L1-B find_entity | 1× | |
+| L1-C token savings | 2× | |
+| L1-D call chain | 1× | |
+| L1-E search | 1× | |
+| L1-F impact | 1× | |
+| L1-G validate_plan | 1× | |
+| L1-H working_state | 1× | |
+| **Leg 1 Total** | **/9×** | |
+
+---
+
+## Leg 2 — Intelligence Sidecar
+
+### L2-A: Health + tier model check
+```bash
+curl -s http://localhost:11435/v1/health
+```
+- **Pass**: `available: true`, model field present
+
+### L2-B: Ingest (Tier 0 prose briefing)
+```bash
+curl -s -X POST http://localhost:11435/v1/ingest \
+ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+ -d '{"node_id":"test-e2e-001","code":"func CarveEgoGraph(g *Graph, root NodeID, depth int) *SubGraph { /* BFS carver for ego subgraphs */ }","name":"CarveEgoGraph","type":"function","file":"internal/graph/traverse.go","language":"go"}'
+```
+- **Pass**: returns `{"summary":"..."}` with 1-3 sentence prose (not JSON blob, not empty)
+- **Fail**: empty summary, error, or raw JSON object as summary
+- **Metric**: summary char count (target: 80-400 chars, meaningful prose)
+
+### L2-C: Enrich (Tier 2 architectural insight)
+```bash
+curl -s -X POST http://localhost:11435/v1/enrich \
+ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+ -d '{"node_id":"test-e2e-001","summary":"BFS carver that extracts ego subgraphs","code":"func CarveEgoGraph(...)","name":"CarveEgoGraph","type":"function","file":"internal/graph/traverse.go","language":"go"}'
+```
+- **Pass**: returns `insight` (architectural significance) + `concerns` array
+- **Fail**: empty insight, error, or timeout
+- **Metric**: insight char count (target: 50-300 chars), concerns count
+
+### L2-D: Context packet
+```bash
+curl -s -X POST http://localhost:11435/v1/context-packet \
+ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+ -d '{"root_node_id":"synapses-os::synapses/internal/graph/traverse.go::CarveEgoGraph","dep_node_ids":[]}'
+```
+- **Pass**: returns packet with `root_summary`, `packet_quality` ≥0.5
+- **Fail**: quality=0.0 or missing fields
+- **Metric**: packet_quality score (0.0-1.0)
+
+### L2-E: Explain violation (Tier 1 guardian)
+```bash
+curl -s -X POST http://localhost:11435/v1/explain-violation \
+ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+ -d '{"rule_id":"no-db-in-handler","description":"Handler directly calls database","from_entity":"handleGetContext","to_entity":"Store.GetNode","severity":"error"}'
+```
+- **Pass**: returns plain-English explanation (not JSON, ≥50 chars)
+- **Fail**: empty, error, or raw rule JSON
+
+### L2-F: SDLC phase check
+```bash
+curl -s http://localhost:11435/v1/sdlc
+```
+- **Pass**: returns `phase` and `mode` fields
+- **Fail**: 404 or missing fields
+
+### L2-G: Prune endpoint (Tier 0 boilerplate stripper) — v0.5.1+
+```bash
+curl -s -X POST http://localhost:11435/v1/prune \
+ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+ -d '{"content":"
TestThe core technical content: BFS traversal starts from root node and explores neighbors depth-first up to a configurable limit."}'
+```
+- **Pass**: returns `pruned` field with boilerplate stripped; `pruned_length < original_length`
+- **Fail**: error, or pruned == original (LLM offline)
+- **Metric**: compression ratio (pruned_length / original_length, target ≤0.5)
+
+### Leg 2 Scoring
+| Check | Weight | Score (0-10) |
+|-------|--------|--------------|
+| L2-A health | 1× | |
+| L2-B ingest prose | 2× | |
+| L2-C enrich insight | 2× | |
+| L2-D context packet | 2× | |
+| L2-E explain violation | 1× | |
+| L2-F SDLC | 1× | |
+| L2-G prune | 1× | |
+| **Leg 2 Total** | **/10×** | |
+
+---
+
+## Leg 3 — Scout Sidecar
+
+### L3-A: Health check
+```bash
+curl -s http://localhost:11436/v1/health
+```
+- **Pass**: `status: ok`, `intelligence_available: true`
+- **Fail**: unavailable or intelligence_available: false
+
+### L3-B: Web search
+```bash
+curl -s -X POST http://localhost:11436/v1/search \
+ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+ -d '{"query":"go tree-sitter bindings golang","max_results":3}'
+```
+- **Pass**: returns ≥2 results with title, url, snippet
+- **Fail**: 0 results or error
+- **Metric**: result count, avg snippet length
+
+### L3-C: Web fetch (fast path — trafilatura)
+```bash
+curl -s -X POST http://localhost:11436/v1/fetch \
+ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+ -d '{"url":"https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/smacker/go-tree-sitter","distill":false}'
+```
+- **Pass**: returns content with `source: "trafilatura"` or `"browser"`, ≥200 chars
+- **Fail**: empty content, error
+- **Metric**: latency (target: <5s trafilatura, <15s browser)
+
+### L3-D: Distillation pipeline (prune→ingest) — v0.0.3+
+```bash
+curl -s -X POST http://localhost:11436/v1/fetch \
+ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+ -d '{"url":"https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/smacker/go-tree-sitter","distill":true}'
+```
+- **Pass**: returns `distilled: true`, `distilled_content` present and shorter than raw
+- **Fail**: `distilled: false`, timeout, or missing field
+- **Metric**: distilled_content length vs raw content length
+
+### L3-E: Cache check (no duplicate fetch)
+- Repeat L3-C with same URL
+- **Pass**: second call is ≥80% faster (from cache)
+- **Fail**: same latency as first call
+
+### L3-F: MCP web_search tool (via synapses)
+- Call `web_search(query="BFS ego graph algorithm golang")` via MCP
+- **Pass**: returns results without raw API error
+- **Fail**: "scout unavailable" or empty
+
+### L3-G: MCP web_annotate persistence
+- Call `web_annotate(node_id="...", note="test annotation from e2e", hits=[{...}])` via MCP
+- Call `get_context("CarveEgoGraph", format="compact")`
+- **Pass**: annotation appears in context output
+- **Fail**: annotation missing from context
+
+### Leg 3 Scoring
+| Check | Weight | Score (0-10) |
+|-------|--------|--------------|
+| L3-A health | 1× | |
+| L3-B search | 2× | |
+| L3-C fetch speed | 1× | |
+| L3-D distillation | 2× | |
+| L3-E cache | 1× | |
+| L3-F MCP web_search | 1× | |
+| L3-G web_annotate | 2× | |
+| **Leg 3 Total** | **/10×** | |
+
+---
+
+## Token & Effort Savings Methodology
+
+### Token savings measurement
+For each MCP navigation call, estimate the equivalent without synapses:
+
+| Synapses Tool | Without-synapses equivalent | Baseline tokens |
+|--------------|---------------------------|-----------------|
+| session_init | get_pending_tasks + get_project_identity + get_working_state | ~3 grep + 3 file reads |
+| find_entity | grep -r "FuncName" src/ \| head -5 | ~500 tokens output |
+| get_context(compact) | Read 3-5 files manually | ~3000 tokens |
+| get_context(json) | Read 3-5 files manually | ~3000 tokens |
+| get_call_chain | Manual grep → read → grep → read chain (5+ steps) | ~5000 tokens |
+| get_impact | No equivalent — manual analysis | ∞ |
+| search(semantic) | grep -r keyword across 200 files | ~2000 tokens noise |
+| validate_plan | Manual rule review | ~1000 tokens |
+
+### Effort savings (round-trip tool calls saved)
+Count: (baseline tool calls) − (synapses tool calls) for each task.
+
+### Money savings (API cost)
+At Claude Sonnet 4.6 pricing: $3/M input tokens + $15/M output tokens.
+Compute: (tokens_saved_per_session × sessions_per_day × 30) × $3/1M
+
+---
+
+## Rating Rubric
+
+| Score | Label | Description |
+|-------|-------|-------------|
+| 9-10 | Excellent | All legs pass, ≥70% token savings, context quality is production-ready |
+| 7-8 | Good | Minor failures in 1-2 checks, 50-70% savings, useful but some rough edges |
+| 5-6 | Acceptable | Several non-critical failures, 30-50% savings, needs improvement |
+| 3-4 | Needs Work | Core navigation works but intelligence/scout unreliable |
+| 1-2 | Broken | Core functionality failing |
+
+### Composite Score Formula
+```
+Leg1_score = weighted_avg(L1-A..L1-H scores) / 10
+Leg2_score = weighted_avg(L2-A..L2-G scores) / 10
+Leg3_score = weighted_avg(L3-A..L3-G scores) / 10
+Token_score = clamp(token_reduction_pct / 70, 0, 1)
+Composite = (Leg1 × 0.35 + Leg2 × 0.30 + Leg3 × 0.25 + Token_score × 0.10) × 10
+```
+
+---
+
+## Results Template
+
+Fill this in after each test run:
+
+```
+## E2E Test Results — vX.Y.Z — YYYY-MM-DD
+
+### System Versions
+- synapses: vX.Y.Z
+- synapses-intelligence: vX.Y.Z
+- synapses-scout: vX.Y.Z
+
+### Leg 1 — Synapses Core
+| Check | Pass/Fail | Score | Notes |
+|-------|-----------|-------|-------|
+| L1-A session_init | | | |
+| L1-B find_entity | | | |
+| L1-C token savings | | | compact: NNN tokens, json: NNN tokens (XX% reduction) |
+| L1-D call chain | | | |
+| L1-E search | | | |
+| L1-F impact | | | |
+| L1-G validate_plan | | | |
+| L1-H working_state | | | |
+| **Leg 1 Score** | | **/10** | |
+
+### Leg 2 — Intelligence Sidecar
+| Check | Pass/Fail | Score | Notes |
+|-------|-----------|-------|-------|
+| L2-A health | | | |
+| L2-B ingest | | | summary: "..." |
+| L2-C enrich | | | insight: "..." |
+| L2-D context packet | | | quality=X.X |
+| L2-E explain violation | | | |
+| L2-F SDLC | | | phase=X, mode=X |
+| L2-G prune | | | ratio=X.X |
+| **Leg 2 Score** | | **/10** | |
+
+### Leg 3 — Scout
+| Check | Pass/Fail | Score | Notes |
+|-------|-----------|-------|-------|
+| L3-A health | | | |
+| L3-B search | | | N results |
+| L3-C fetch | | | Xs, source=X |
+| L3-D distillation | | | distilled=X |
+| L3-E cache | | | Xs cached |
+| L3-F MCP web_search | | | N results |
+| L3-G web_annotate | | | persisted=X |
+| **Leg 3 Score** | | **/10** | |
+
+### Token & Effort Savings
+| Metric | Value |
+|--------|-------|
+| get_context compact vs json | XX% reduction |
+| Estimated tokens saved per session | ~NNN tokens |
+| Equivalent tool calls without synapses | ~N calls → 1 call |
+| Estimated monthly API cost saved | ~$X.XX |
+
+### Final Rating
+**Composite Score: X.X / 10 — [Label]**
+
+### Observations
+- What worked well:
+- What needs improvement:
+- Bugs found:
+```
+
+---
+
+## Regression Baseline (v0.5.1)
+*Update this section after each major version test.*
+
+| Metric | v0.5.1 baseline |
+|--------|----------------|
+| session_init round-trips | 1 (was 3) |
+| get_context compact tokens | ~450 avg |
+| get_context json tokens | ~5000 avg |
+| token reduction | ~89% |
+| intelligence WriteTimeout | 2×TimeoutMS (was hardcoded 30s) |
+| scout distillation pipeline | 2-step (prune→ingest) |
+| ingest latency (Tier 0 qwen2.5-coder:7b CPU) | ~12s ✅ |
+| ingest latency (Tier 0 qwen3.5:0.8b CPU) | >60s ❌ too slow |
+| enrich latency (Tier 2 qwen3.5:4b CPU) | >20min ❌ too slow |
+| prune latency (Tier 0 qwen3.5:0.8b CPU) | >120s ❌ too slow |
+| scout search latency | ~1.3s |
+| scout cache hit latency | ~14ms |
+
+---
+
+## E2E Test Results — v0.5.1 — 2026-03-03
+
+### System Versions
+- synapses: v0.5.1 (binary v0.4.0 label — version constant not bumped ⚠️)
+- synapses-intelligence: v0.5.1 (binary reads brain.json correctly)
+- synapses-scout: v0.0.3
+
+### Environment
+- CPU-only (no GPU) Linux server
+- All Qwen3.5 models installed (0.8b, 2b, 4b, 9b), qwen2.5-coder:7b also available
+- brain.json: model_ingest=qwen3.5:0.8b, model_enrich=qwen3.5:4b, timeout_ms=120000
+
+---
+
+### Leg 1 — Synapses Core
+| Check | Pass/Fail | Score | Notes |
+|-------|-----------|-------|-------|
+| L1-A session_init | ✅ Pass | 10 | 1 call, returned pending_tasks + project_identity + working_state + recent_events |
+| L1-B find_entity | ✅ Pass | 9 | Found CarveEgoGraph in 1 call with signature + line. Ranks test functions before main entity. |
+| L1-C token savings | ✅ Pass | 10 | compact: ~450 tokens, json: ~5000 tokens → **89% reduction** (target ≥70%) |
+| L1-D call chain | ⚠️ Partial | 6 | Correctly returns "no path" for cross-binary calls. No explanation of WHY (cross-binary boundary). |
+| L1-E search | ⚠️ Partial | 6 | "CarveEgoGraph" → 12 hits ✅. "rate limiting" → 1 hit ✅. "BFS carver" → 0 hits ❌ (phrase FTS gap) |
+| L1-F get_impact | ⚠️ Partial | 5 | Result exceeds 85k chars for high-fanin nodes (Graph.AddNode: 55 callers). Tool crashes with overflow. |
+| L1-G validate_plan | ⚠️ Partial | 7 | No rules configured → no violations. Tool works but requires upfront rule setup. |
+| L1-H working_state | ✅ Pass | 8 | Returns recent_changes correctly (empty for 60-min window with no activity). |
+| **Leg 1 Score** | | **7.9/10** | Weighted: (10+9+20+6+6+5+7+8)/9 |
+
+### Leg 2 — Intelligence Sidecar
+| Check | Pass/Fail | Score | Notes |
+|-------|-----------|-------|-------|
+| L2-A health | ✅ Pass | 10 | available:true, model:qwen3.5:4b shown |
+| L2-B ingest | ⚠️ Partial | 4 | qwen2.5-coder:7b: ✅ 12s, good prose. qwen3.5:0.8b: ❌ "empty response from LLM" after 56s |
+| L2-C enrich | ❌ Fail | 2 | qwen3.5:4b with thinking: >20min on CPU, never completes within any timeout |
+| L2-D context packet | ⚠️ Partial | 5 | Fast path works (phase, quality_gate, phase_guidance). packet_quality=0 (no summaries cached yet) |
+| L2-E explain violation | ❌ Fail | 2 | qwen3.5:2b timeout — same CPU bottleneck |
+| L2-F SDLC | ✅ Pass | 9 | phase=development, mode=standard, updated_at correct |
+| L2-G prune | ❌ Fail | 2 | qwen3.5:0.8b: times out at 120s on CPU |
+| **Leg 2 Score** | | **4.5/10** | Root cause: Qwen3.5 models too slow on CPU. qwen2.5-coder:7b works. |
+
+**Root cause for L2 failures:** qwen3.5:0.8b takes >60s per inference on CPU (even for simple prompts). The architecture is correct; model selection for CPU needs adjusting. Recommended: use qwen2.5-coder:1.5b for Tier 0/1 on CPU, qwen3.5:4b only on GPU.
+
+### Leg 3 — Scout
+| Check | Pass/Fail | Score | Notes |
+|-------|-----------|-------|-------|
+| L3-A health | ✅ Pass | 10 | status:ok, intelligence_available:true |
+| L3-B search | ✅ Pass | 10 | 3 results in 1.3s — all relevant (github, pkg.go.dev) |
+| L3-C fetch | ✅ Pass | 8 | content_md: 29,943 chars, word_count: 2404. Field is `content_md` not `content` (doc inconsistency). |
+| L3-D distillation | ❌ Fail | 3 | BUG-SC01: intelligence prune times out on CPU. BUG-SC02: cache blocks distill:true (force_refresh required). |
+| L3-E cache | ✅ Pass | 10 | 14ms cached vs ~1s fresh. **99% faster** on cache hit. |
+| L3-F MCP web_search | ❌ Fail | 2 | "scout unavailable" — MCP server started before scout config in synapses.json. Needs restart to pick up config. |
+| L3-G web_annotate | ✅ Pass | 9 | Annotation saved (annotation_id returned). Stored in graph DB. Compact format shows doc-summary; JSON format shows annotations separately. |
+| **Leg 3 Score** | | **7.4/10** | Weighted: (10+20+8+6+10+2+18)/10 |
+
+---
+
+### Token & Effort Savings (measured)
+| Metric | Value |
+|--------|-------|
+| get_context compact vs json | **89% reduction** (~450 vs ~5000 tokens) |
+| session_init (1 call vs 3 calls) | 66% fewer round-trips at session start |
+| find_entity vs grep across 195 files | 1 call (deterministic) vs 10+ grep lines + noise |
+| get_call_chain vs manual trace | 1 call vs 5-10 sequential Read+Grep steps |
+| Estimated tokens saved per session (navigation) | ~15,000–20,000 tokens |
+| Equivalent API cost saved per session (Sonnet 4.6) | ~$0.045–$0.06 saved |
+| At 100 sessions/month | ~$4.50–$6.00/month saved |
+| **Biggest win** | get_impact — no manual equivalent exists. Would require reading 55 files to find all callers. |
+
+---
+
+### Bugs Found During This Run
+| ID | Severity | Description |
+|----|----------|-------------|
+| BUG-NEW-01 | Medium | brain/main.go version constant still says "0.4.0" — should be "0.5.1" |
+| BUG-NEW-02 | High | qwen3.5:0.8b too slow on CPU for all configured timeouts (>60s). qwen2.5-coder:1.5b recommended for CPU Tier 0 |
+| BUG-SC01 | High | Scout intelligence_timeout_ms (60s) < Qwen3.5 CPU inference time — distillation always fails on CPU |
+| BUG-SC02 | Medium | Cache hit returns undistilled content even when distill:true (force_refresh workaround exists) |
+| BUG-NEW-03 | Medium | get_impact overflows tool output for high-fanin nodes (85k+ chars). Needs depth/node cap. |
+| BUG-NEW-04 | Low | MCP web_search "scout unavailable" after config added — synapses reads config once at startup, no hot-reload |
+| BUG-NEW-05 | Low | get_call_chain returns "no path" for cross-binary calls without explaining the boundary |
+
+---
+
+### Final Rating
+
+```
+Leg 1 (Synapses Core): 7.9/10
+Leg 2 (Intelligence): 4.5/10 ← CPU model mismatch
+Leg 3 (Scout): 7.4/10
+Token Score: 1.0/10 (89% reduction, capped)
+
+Composite = (0.79 × 0.35) + (0.45 × 0.30) + (0.74 × 0.25) + (1.0 × 0.10)
+ = 0.2765 + 0.135 + 0.185 + 0.10
+ = 0.6965
+```
+
+**Composite Score: 7.0 / 10 — Good**
+
+> **Key insight:** Score drops primarily from L2 (intelligence) which is a CPU hardware mismatch
+> not an architecture flaw. If qwen2.5-coder:7b is used (which works at 12s), L2 would score
+> ~8.0 and the composite rises to **7.7/10 — Good/Excellent border**.
+> The graph navigation layer (Leg 1) and web layer (Leg 3) are solid.
+
+### What Worked Well
+- **89% token reduction** via compact format — biggest ROI feature
+- **session_init** bootstrap is exactly 1 call — excellent ergonomics
+- **Scout search** — 1.3s, relevant results, zero setup friction
+- **Scout cache** — 14ms hits, transparent to caller
+- **web_annotate** — full persistence loop works end-to-end
+- **SDLC phase management** — correct, persistent across restarts
+- **Context packet fast path** — deterministic quality gates without LLM
+
+### What Needs Improvement
+- **Model selection for CPU** — Qwen3.5 models are designed for GPU. Tier 0 should default to qwen2.5-coder:1.5b on CPU
+- **get_impact overflow** — needs max_nodes or depth cap before serializing
+- **MCP config hot-reload** — synapses should watch synapses.json for changes
+- **Scout distillation on CPU** — intelligence_timeout_ms must be ≥ 2× Ollama inference time
+- **version constant** — main.go should be bumped as part of release process
+- **call_chain cross-binary** — should detect and explain cross-binary boundary
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+# Synapses OS — Improvement Plan v0.6
+*Generated after E2E test run (2026-03-03) + analysis of "Codified Context" paper (arxiv 2602.20478)*
+
+---
+
+## Executive Summary
+
+The E2E test (composite 7.0/10) revealed two categories of gaps:
+
+1. **Operational bugs** — model selection for CPU, output overflow, cache race conditions
+2. **Architectural gaps** — synapses has excellent graph mechanics but is missing the *context curation* layer described in the Codified Context paper
+
+The Codified Context paper studied 283 sessions on a 108k-line codebase and proved that
+**curated, structured context beats a bigger context window**. Synapses already embodies
+this principle via compact BFS carving. The paper adds three missing concepts:
+
+- **Tier 1 (Hot Constitution)**: Project rules that are *always injected*, machine-readable
+- **Tier 2 (Domain Personas)**: Context shifts by *what area* you're editing, not just *what entity*
+- **Tier 3 (Cold Memory / ADRs)**: Permanent storage of *why* decisions were made — the anti-goldfish layer
+
+Each section below maps a gap to a concrete change.
+
+---
+
+## Priority Levels
+- **P0** — Breaks existing functionality. Fix immediately.
+- **P1** — Significant UX degradation. Fix in next release (v0.5.2).
+- **P2** — Quality improvement. Target v0.6.0.
+- **P3** — New capability. Target v0.6.x / v0.7.0.
+
+---
+
+## P0 — Critical Operational Bugs
+
+### P0-A: CPU Model Selection (BUG-NEW-02)
+**Problem:** `brain.json` defaults to `qwen3.5:0.8b` for Tier 0. On CPU-only hardware this
+model takes >60s per inference — exceeding all configured timeouts. Every LLM endpoint fails
+silently. Meanwhile `qwen2.5-coder:7b` (also installed) does ingest in 12s.
+
+**Fix:**
+- Add `brain setup` auto-detection: if no GPU detected, recommend `qwen2.5-coder:1.5b` for
+ Tier 0 and Tier 1, keep `qwen3.5:4b` for Tier 2/3 (run only when explicitly triggered)
+- Add a `"cpu_mode": true` flag in brain.json that swaps all 4 tier models to CPU-safe defaults:
+ `qwen2.5-coder:1.5b` for all tiers (safe, <15s on any CPU)
+- Update `brain setup` to probe Ollama for actual inference latency (30-token test prompt)
+ before writing brain.json, picking the fastest model that fits within `timeout_ms/2`
+- Document CPU vs GPU model recommendations prominently in README
+
+**Files:** `synapses-intelligence/cmd/brain/main.go`, `config/config.go`
+
+---
+
+### P0-B: `get_impact` Output Overflow (BUG-NEW-03)
+**Problem:** High-fanin nodes (e.g. `Graph.AddNode` with 55 callers) produce 85k+ character
+output — exceeding Claude's tool result limit. The tool crashes instead of returning a capped result.
+
+**Fix:**
+- Add `max_nodes int` parameter to `get_impact` (default 50)
+- When result exceeds cap: serialize only depth-1 results in full, summarize depth-2+ as counts
+ e.g. `"indirect_count": 340, "peripheral_count": 1200`
+- Add `"truncated": true` flag in response so caller knows results were capped
+- Apply same cap to `get_context` when `token_budget` is hit (already partially there via
+ CarveEgoGraph's token pruning, but the impact tool bypasses it)
+
+**Files:** `synapses/internal/mcp/tools.go` (handleGetImpact), `internal/graph/traverse.go`
+
+---
+
+### P0-C: Scout Distillation Timeout (BUG-SC01 still present)
+**Problem:** Even with `intelligence_timeout_ms: 60000` in scout.json, the prune step
+(qwen3.5:0.8b) takes >120s on CPU. Scout's client times out before intelligence returns.
+
+**Fix:**
+- Scout distillation: make prune step *optional and async* — if prune times out, proceed
+ with raw content directly to ingest (already fail-silent on prune, but ingest also fails)
+- Add `"distill_strategy": "best_effort"` vs `"distill_strategy": "required"` in scout.json
+- In `best_effort` mode: if prune OR ingest times out, return the trafilatura-extracted
+ content as `content_md` with `distilled: false` rather than failing the whole fetch
+- Long term: Scout should do *client-side* distillation using a local rule-based boilerplate
+ stripper (remove nav, footer, sidebar) as Tier 0 fallback when intelligence is slow
+
+**Files:** `synapses-scout/src/scout/distiller/client.py`, `synapses-scout/src/scout/router.py`
+
+---
+
+## P1 — Significant UX Improvements (v0.5.2)
+
+### P1-A: `synapses.json` Hot-Reload (BUG-NEW-04)
+**Problem:** synapses reads config at startup only. If scout/brain URLs are added after start,
+MCP tools like `web_search` return "unavailable" until restart. Users have no feedback loop.
+
+**Fix:**
+- Watch `synapses.json` via fsnotify (already wired for source files in `internal/watcher`)
+- On change: re-init brain client + scout client without restarting the MCP server
+- Add `"config_reload"` event to the events table so session_init picks it up
+- For VS Code extension: add status bar indicator showing brain/scout connectivity live
+
+**Files:** `synapses/internal/watcher/watcher.go`, `synapses/internal/config/config.go`,
+`synapses/internal/mcp/server.go`
+
+---
+
+### P1-B: Scout Cache Blocks `distill:true` (BUG-SC02)
+**Problem:** Once a URL is cached without distillation, `distill:true` on subsequent calls
+returns the undistilled cached result. The `force_refresh` workaround is not discoverable.
+
+**Fix:**
+- Add a `distilled` boolean column to scout.db cache table
+- Cache lookup: if `distill:true` requested but cached entry has `distilled=false`,
+ bypass cache and re-fetch + distill
+- Return `"cache_miss_reason": "not_distilled"` in response so caller understands
+- Long term: cache distilled and undistilled versions separately (different cache keys)
+
+**Files:** `synapses-scout/src/scout/cache.py`, `synapses-scout/src/scout/scout.py`
+
+---
+
+### P1-C: `get_call_chain` Cross-Binary Explanation (BUG-NEW-05)
+**Problem:** When asked for a chain between entities in different binaries/processes, the tool
+returns `"no call chain exists"` with no explanation. The user assumes the tool is broken.
+
+**Fix:**
+- Detect cross-binary boundary: if `from` and `to` are in different repo roots / entry-point
+ binaries, return a structured explanation:
+ ```json
+ {
+ "found": false,
+ "reason": "cross_binary_boundary",
+ "from_binary": "synapses/cmd/synapses",
+ "to_binary": "synapses-intelligence/cmd/brain",
+ "message": "These entities live in separate processes. Communication happens via HTTP (see brain client at synapses/internal/brain/client.go).",
+ "bridge_hint": "synapses-os::synapses/internal/brain/client.go::Client.Ingest"
+ }
+ ```
+- Use entry-point analysis (already tracked) to classify each node to its owning binary
+- Surface the HTTP bridge (brain/client.go, scout/client.go) as the suggested path
+
+**Files:** `synapses/internal/mcp/tools.go` (handleGetCallChain), `internal/graph/traverse.go`
+
+---
+
+### P1-D: FTS Phrase Matching Gap (L1-E)
+**Problem:** `search("BFS carver")` → 0 results. The FTS5 index doesn't handle multi-word
+conceptual phrases that span different tokens in names/docs.
+
+**Fix:**
+- At index time: for each node's doc comment, extract 2-gram and 3-gram phrase tuples and
+ store in FTS5 as additional content (e.g. "BFS carver", "ego graph", "token budget")
+- At query time: if single FTS5 query returns 0 results, split query into individual terms
+ and return union results ranked by term overlap count
+- Add semantic fallback: if `embedding_endpoint` configured in synapses.json, re-rank by
+ cosine similarity (already mentioned in handleSemanticSearch doc)
+- Consider storing camelCase splits as additional FTS5 content (splitCamelCase already exists
+ in store.go — use it at index time too, not just at search time)
+
+**Files:** `synapses/internal/store/store.go` (FTS5 index construction),
+`synapses/internal/mcp/tools.go` (handleSemanticSearch)
+
+---
+
+### P1-E: Test Files Ranked Above Main Entity (L1-B)
+**Problem:** `find_entity("CarveEgoGraph")` returns test functions before the main method.
+Users want the primary implementation first.
+
+**Fix:**
+- In `find_entity` ranking: boost entities in non-test files (file not ending in `_test.go`
+ or `test_*.py`)
+- Secondary rank: prefer methods/functions over test stubs
+- Third rank: prefer exported over unexported
+- Return main entity as `matches[0]` consistently
+
+**Files:** `synapses/internal/store/store.go` (entity search), `synapses/internal/mcp/tools.go`
+
+---
+
+## P2 — Quality Improvements (v0.6.0)
+
+### P2-A: "Hot Constitution" — Project Rules as Graph Nodes
+*Inspired by Codified Context Tier 1*
+
+**Problem:** synapses.json supports architectural rules (`dynamic_rules` table) but:
+1. Rules are violation-detection only (post-hoc)
+2. No "always-inject" constitutional principles that appear in every context packet
+3. Rules are config-file based, not queryable or enrichable
+
+**The Codified Context insight:** The paper found that having explicit, machine-readable
+"laws" (PROHIBITED / REQUIRED patterns) injected every session prevented repeat mistakes
+across 283 sessions. The key is they were *always active*, not checked lazily.
+
+**Improvement:**
+- Add a `constitution` section to synapses.json (alongside `brain` and `scout`):
+ ```json
+ {
+ "constitution": {
+ "principles": [
+ "Never use CGo — use modernc/sqlite (pure Go)",
+ "All MCP handlers must be fail-silent (return empty result, not error, on LLM timeout)",
+ "Parser packages must not import internal/graph — use only internal/parser types"
+ ],
+ "inject_in_context": true,
+ "inject_in_session_init": true
+ }
+ }
+ ```
+- Surface principles in `session_init` response (new `constitution` field)
+- Surface principles in `get_context` compact output for entities that violate or are near
+ constitution rules (based on file pattern matching)
+- Store principles as special `NodeType=PRINCIPLE` nodes in the graph, attached via
+ `GOVERNS` edges to file patterns they apply to
+
+**Impact:** Claude (or any agent) sees the project's laws every session — no re-explaining
+conventions. This directly solves the "Goldfish Memory" problem.
+
+**Files:** `synapses/internal/config/config.go`, `synapses/internal/graph/graph.go` (new node type),
+`synapses/internal/mcp/tools.go` (session_init, get_context)
+
+---
+
+### P2-B: Architectural Decision Records (ADRs) as Cold Memory
+*Inspired by Codified Context Tier 3*
+
+**Problem:** `decision_log` in brain.sqlite records what an agent *did*, but not *why*
+architectural choices exist. The paper's "Cold Memory" includes:
+- Why a library was chosen / rejected
+- Why a certain pattern was adopted
+- Known limitations and their workarounds
+
+Currently this knowledge lives in CLAUDE.md comments and gets stale. There's no way for
+the AI to query "why does this use X instead of Y?"
+
+**Improvement:**
+- Add `upsert_adr` MCP tool:
+ ```json
+ {
+ "title": "No CGo in core packages",
+ "status": "accepted",
+ "context": "Deployment targets include ARM and MUSL Linux; CGo breaks cross-compilation",
+ "decision": "Use modernc/sqlite (pure Go SQLite driver)",
+ "consequences": "No libsqlite3 system dependency; binary is self-contained",
+ "linked_nodes": ["synapses/internal/store/store.go"]
+ }
+ ```
+- Store ADRs in brain.sqlite (new `adrs` table)
+- Surface relevant ADRs in context packet when working on linked node areas
+- Add `get_adrs(filter_by_file)` MCP tool for cold-memory retrieval
+- `get_context` compact format: append `[ADR: ...]` lines for nearby ADRs
+
+**Impact:** The "why" of design choices is permanently available. Future agents (or future
+versions of Claude) never reverse a deliberate architectural decision.
+
+**Files:** `synapses-intelligence/internal/store/store.go`, `synapses/internal/mcp/brain_tools.go`,
+`synapses-intelligence/server/server.go` (new `/v1/adr` endpoint)
+
+---
+
+### P2-C: Domain-Aware Context Enrichment
+*Inspired by Codified Context Tier 2 (19 specialized personas)*
+
+**Problem:** The intelligence sidecar uses the same enrichment prompt for every node
+regardless of domain. A parser function gets the same analysis prompt as an MCP handler.
+This produces generic insights ("this function processes data") instead of domain-specific
+ones ("this parser function should not use tree-sitter APIs directly at this layer").
+
+**The Codified Context insight:** 19 specialized agents each had domain-specific instructions
+that prevented "hallucination bloat" — the AI not being distracted by irrelevant rules.
+
+**Improvement:**
+- Add domain detection to enricher: classify each node by its file path pattern:
+ ```
+ internal/parser/ → "parser domain" — highlight language-specific quirks, AST handling
+ internal/mcp/ → "MCP domain" — highlight tool contract, fail-silent, latency
+ internal/graph/ → "graph domain" — highlight complexity, edge cases, BFS correctness
+ internal/store/ → "store domain" — highlight SQL correctness, migration safety
+ internal/brain/ → "integration domain" — highlight timeout handling, HTTP contracts
+ ```
+- Each domain gets a specialized enrichment prompt prefix
+- Domain-specific concerns: parser domain auto-checks for missing language support; MCP
+ domain auto-checks for missing error handling
+- Store `domain` as a tag on summaries so context packets can filter by domain context
+
+**Files:** `synapses-intelligence/internal/enricher/enricher.go`,
+`synapses-intelligence/internal/ingestor/ingestor.go`
+
+---
+
+### P2-D: Progressive Context Loading
+*Inspired by Codified Context's "15-20% buffer reservation" and "architectural summaries first"*
+
+**Problem:** `get_context` currently returns a fixed-depth BFS result. There's no way to
+progressively load more context as budget allows. A caller has no way to ask "give me a
+summary first, then load neighbors if I have budget."
+
+**Improvement:**
+- Add `detail_level` parameter to `get_context`: `summary` | `neighbors` | `full`
+ - `summary`: root node only (doc + signature + summary) — ~50 tokens
+ - `neighbors`: root + immediate callers/callees — ~200 tokens
+ - `full`: current behavior (BFS depth 2) — ~450 tokens compact, ~5000 JSON
+- Add `remaining_budget_tokens` to context packet responses — lets the agent know how much
+ budget is left and whether to request more context
+- `session_init` defaults to `summary` level for all entities; agent can call
+ `get_context(entity, detail_level="full")` for entities it needs to edit
+
+**Impact:** Matches the paper's recommendation to prioritize architectural summaries before
+implementation details. Reduces session startup token cost by ~60%.
+
+**Files:** `synapses/internal/mcp/tools.go`, `synapses/internal/mcp/digest.go`,
+`synapses/internal/graph/traverse.go`
+
+---
+
+### P2-E: Context Packet Quality When Brain Is Cold
+**Problem:** `packet_quality: 0.0` when brain.sqlite has no summaries (fresh install or
+after `brain reset`). The fast path (SDLC + quality_gate + phase_guidance) works, but
+`entity_name` returns empty — meaning the context packet carries no semantic knowledge.
+
+**Improvement:**
+- Fall back to the graph's own doc comment as `root_summary` when brain.sqlite has no
+ summary for the node (graph nodes already carry doc from parsers)
+- This gives `packet_quality ≥ 0.4` immediately (root_summary present) without any LLM
+- Update `computeQuality` to check graph annotation as a fallback source
+- Display "source: graph_doc" vs "source: brain_summary" in the response so caller knows quality
+
+**Files:** `synapses-intelligence/internal/contextbuilder/builder.go`
+
+---
+
+### P2-F: Search Result Caching in Scout (BUG-SC03)
+**Problem:** Search results are never stored in scout.db despite `default_ttl_search_hours`
+being configured. This means every search hits DuckDuckGo, adding latency and rate-limit risk.
+
+**Fix:**
+- Identify where search results are meant to be cached in `cache.py`
+- Add `cache_write` call in `scout.py` search handler after results returned
+- Verify TTL-based expiry works for search results (same as web_page entries)
+- Add `"search": N` to the health endpoint's `cache.by_type` breakdown
+
+**Files:** `synapses-scout/src/scout/scout.py`, `synapses-scout/src/scout/cache.py`
+
+---
+
+## P3 — New Capabilities (v0.6.x / v0.7.0)
+
+### P3-A: Retrieval Hooks System
+*Core concept from Codified Context paper — "trigger-based context injection"*
+
+**Problem:** Currently, when an agent calls `get_context("handleIngest")`, it gets the BFS
+neighborhood. But if the agent is about to edit `internal/parser/python.go`, there are
+relevant architectural rules it should know about (Python `isPythonPublic` quirk, the fact
+that `attrCallQuery` was added as a bug fix, etc.). These don't appear unless the agent
+explicitly annotates the node.
+
+**The paper's solution:** Retrieval hooks fire automatically when the agent encounters
+specific patterns. This prevents "hallucination bloat" by injecting *only the rules relevant
+to the current context*.
+
+**Implementation:**
+- New `hooks` section in synapses.json:
+ ```json
+ {
+ "hooks": [
+ {
+ "trigger_pattern": "internal/parser/**",
+ "inject_note": "Parser domain: isPythonPublic() marks all non-_ functions as Exported. attrCallQuery needed for self.method() calls in Python. TypeScript requires collectTSCallSites().",
+ "hook_id": "parser-domain-rules"
+ },
+ {
+ "trigger_pattern": "internal/mcp/**",
+ "inject_note": "MCP domain: all handlers must be fail-silent. Return empty mcp.CallToolResult on LLM error, not an error response. Timeout must use context.WithTimeout.",
+ "hook_id": "mcp-handler-rules"
+ }
+ ]
+ }
+ ```
+- When `get_context` is called: check if the entity's file matches any hook pattern, and
+ append matching hook notes to the response
+- When `session_init` is called with a recently-modified file: fire hooks for that file's
+ pattern, injecting domain rules into `working_state`
+- Store hook templates as `NodeType=HOOK` in the graph for queryability
+
+**Impact:** This is the paper's biggest finding — rule propagation across sessions. Hook
+notes attached to file patterns automatically appear whenever Claude touches that area,
+eliminating repeat mistakes without requiring Claude to remember.
+
+**Files:** `synapses/internal/config/config.go`, `synapses/internal/mcp/tools.go`,
+`synapses/internal/graph/graph.go`
+
+---
+
+### P3-B: Multi-Agent Shared Truth (Codified Context Coordination)
+**Problem:** The paper demonstrated 19 agents coordinating by reading the same "source of
+truth." Synapses has `claim_work` + `peer` federation, but agents can't easily query "what
+did other agents decide about this entity?"
+
+**Improvement:**
+- Elevate `decision_log` as a first-class MCP tool with richer querying:
+ ```
+ get_decisions(entity_name, phase, last_n=20)
+ ```
+- Add `decision_summary` field to `get_context` compact output: "Last 3 decisions touching
+ this entity: ..."
+- `session_init` returns `my_recent_decisions` (last 5 decisions by this agent_id) —
+ restores agent-specific memory instantly
+- Cross-agent pattern: when agent A marks a task done, auto-propagate its `decisions` as
+ annotations to the nodes it modified — future agents see the reasoning in context
+
+**Files:** `synapses/internal/mcp/task_tools.go`, `synapses/internal/mcp/brain_tools.go`,
+`synapses-intelligence/internal/store/store.go`
+
+---
+
+### P3-C: Intelligent `brain setup` with Latency Probing
+**Problem:** Users don't know which model to use for their hardware. The current `brain setup`
+picks by RAM, but RAM ≠ inference speed (CPU architecture matters too).
+
+**Improvement:**
+- During `brain setup`, run a 30-token benchmark on each candidate model and measure actual
+ latency before writing brain.json
+- Output: "qwen3.5:0.8b → 87s/inference (❌ too slow), qwen2.5-coder:1.5b → 8s/inference (✅)"
+- Set `timeout_ms` automatically to `max(measured_latency × 3, 30000)` — never guess
+- Add `brain benchmark` command (standalone, outputs latency table for all installed models)
+
+**Files:** `synapses-intelligence/cmd/brain/main.go`
+
+---
+
+### P3-D: Federated Cold Memory Across Projects
+*Paper insight: all 19 agents read the same knowledge base*
+
+**Problem:** If you work on both `alpha-api` and `beta-worker`, architectural decisions made
+while editing `alpha-api` (e.g. "don't use Library X") are invisible when editing
+`beta-worker` because brain.sqlite is per-project.
+
+**Improvement:**
+- Add `"shared_brain_db"` path to synapses.json — a second brain.sqlite that all projects
+ can read from (org-level cold memory)
+- When building a context packet, merge local brain.sqlite + shared_brain_db results
+- Agents writing ADRs can choose `scope: "local"` vs `scope: "shared"` — shared ADRs go
+ to shared_brain_db
+- This enables the paper's "knowledge traveled across sessions" finding at the project-graph
+ level
+
+**Files:** `synapses-intelligence/internal/store/store.go`, `synapses/internal/brain/client.go`,
+`synapses-intelligence/internal/contextbuilder/builder.go`
+
+---
+
+### P3-E: Version Lifecycle Automation
+**Problem (meta):** During E2E testing, `brain version` reported `v0.4.0` even though all
+features were v0.5.1. This required a manual fix. Suggests release process is fragile.
+
+**Improvement:**
+- Add a `Makefile` target `make bump-version VERSION=0.5.2` that updates all version
+ constants across synapses + synapses-intelligence simultaneously
+- Add a pre-commit hook (in `.claude/settings.json`) that checks version constants match
+ the latest git tag — fails commit if stale
+- Add version to the MCP `session_init` response so agents always know what version they're
+ talking to
+
+**Files:** `Makefile`, `.claude/settings.json` (hooks), `synapses/cmd/synapses/main.go`,
+`synapses-intelligence/cmd/brain/main.go`
+
+---
+
+## Summary Table
+
+| ID | Priority | Component | Title | Effort |
+|----|----------|-----------|-------|--------|
+| P0-A | 🔴 P0 | intelligence | CPU model selection + latency probing | Small |
+| P0-B | 🔴 P0 | synapses | get_impact output cap (max_nodes) | Small |
+| P0-C | 🔴 P0 | scout | Distillation best-effort fallback | Small |
+| P1-A | 🟠 P1 | synapses | synapses.json hot-reload | Medium |
+| P1-B | 🟠 P1 | scout | Cache distilled vs undistilled separately | Small |
+| P1-C | 🟠 P1 | synapses | get_call_chain cross-binary explanation | Small |
+| P1-D | 🟠 P1 | synapses | FTS phrase matching + n-gram index | Medium |
+| P1-E | 🟠 P1 | synapses | find_entity rank: impl before tests | Tiny |
+| P2-A | 🟡 P2 | all | Hot Constitution — project principles always injected | Medium |
+| P2-B | 🟡 P2 | intelligence | Architectural Decision Records (ADRs) | Medium |
+| P2-C | 🟡 P2 | intelligence | Domain-aware enrichment personas | Medium |
+| P2-D | 🟡 P2 | synapses | Progressive context loading (detail_level param) | Medium |
+| P2-E | 🟡 P2 | intelligence | Context packet quality from graph doc fallback | Small |
+| P2-F | 🟡 P2 | scout | Fix search result caching in scout.db | Small |
+| P3-A | 🔵 P3 | synapses | Retrieval hooks system | Large |
+| P3-B | 🔵 P3 | synapses + intelligence | Multi-agent shared decision log | Large |
+| P3-C | 🔵 P3 | intelligence | brain benchmark command | Medium |
+| P3-D | 🔵 P3 | intelligence | Federated shared brain.sqlite | Large |
+| P3-E | 🔵 P3 | all | Version lifecycle automation | Small |
+
+---
+
+## The Codified Context Mapping
+
+How the paper's 3-tier framework maps to synapses v0.6 improvements:
+
+| Paper Tier | Paper Concept | Synapses Gap | v0.6 Fix |
+|-----------|---------------|--------------|----------|
+| Tier 1 (Hot Constitution) | Always-active machine-readable rules | Rules only in CLAUDE.md (not machine-readable) | P2-A: Constitution nodes + P3-A: Retrieval hooks |
+| Tier 2 (Domain Agents) | 19 specialized personas per code area | All enrichment uses same prompt | P2-C: Domain-aware enrichment |
+| Tier 3 (Cold Memory / ADRs) | Permanent "why" storage, queryable | decision_log exists but no "why" structure | P2-B: ADRs as first-class nodes |
+| Cross-tier | Shared truth across all agents | brain.sqlite is per-project | P3-D: Federated cold memory |
+| Cross-tier | Retrieval hooks (just-in-time injection) | Manual annotations only | P3-A: Hook system |
+| Meta | Context window ≠ understanding | Compact format good (89% reduction) but no budget awareness | P2-D: Progressive loading |
+
+---
+
+## Recommended Release Schedule
+
+### v0.5.2 (small, fast) — P0 + P1
+Fix the operational bugs. No architectural changes.
+- P0-A: CPU model probing in brain setup
+- P0-B: get_impact max_nodes cap
+- P0-C: Scout distillation best-effort
+- P1-B: Cache distilled separately
+- P1-C: Cross-binary call_chain explanation
+- P1-E: find_entity ranking fix
+- P2-F: Scout search caching fix
+
+### v0.6.0 (medium, architectural) — P1-A + P2-A through P2-E
+The "Codified Context" release — introduces the constitution, ADRs, domain personas, and
+progressive loading. This is where synapses becomes a full "codified context" system.
+- P1-A: synapses.json hot-reload
+- P1-D: FTS phrase matching
+- P2-A: Hot Constitution
+- P2-B: ADRs
+- P2-C: Domain enrichment
+- P2-D: Progressive context loading
+- P2-E: Context packet doc fallback
+
+### v0.7.0 (large, new capabilities) — P3-A through P3-E
+- P3-A: Retrieval hooks
+- P3-B: Multi-agent shared truth
+- P3-C: brain benchmark
+- P3-D: Federated cold memory
+- P3-E: Version automation
+
+---
+
+## Key Design Principle (from the paper)
+
+> "Codified context transforms how agents navigate complex software systems by bridging the
+> gap between unlimited information and limited cognitive capacity."
+
+Synapses already bridges this gap via compact BFS carving (89% token reduction). The v0.6
+work bridges the *other* gap: not just *what* context to give, but *which rules govern it*
+(constitution), *why decisions were made* (ADRs), and *which domain expertise applies*
+(personas).
+
+**The goal:** An agent starting a fresh session on any file in any project should
+automatically receive, in ≤500 tokens:
+1. The laws that govern that file's area (constitution + hooks)
+2. A semantic summary of the entity (brain summary or doc fallback)
+3. Any past decisions or known pitfalls (ADRs + decision_log)
+4. The SDLC phase and quality gates
+
+Currently, points 2 and 3 require LLM and are unreliable on CPU. The v0.5.2 bug fixes
+make point 2 reliable. The v0.6.0 work adds points 1 and 3 as *deterministic, LLM-free*
+features.
diff --git a/improvement.md b/improvement.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5e2ef8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/improvement.md
@@ -0,0 +1,176 @@
+# synapses improvement log
+
+## v0.5.1 — Universal Pre-Enrichment + Prose Context Format (2026-03-03)
+
+### Changes
+
+#### P4 — Universal Async Pre-Enrichment (Remove 100-Node Cap)
+`cmd/synapses/main.go` `bulkIngestToBrain()`:
+- Removed `const maxIngest = 100` cap — all non-package/non-file nodes are now ingested
+- Dropped the "high-value only" filter (fanin>3 / exported+used / entry point)
+- Increased concurrency from 4 → 8 workers (0.8B handles more parallel requests)
+- Sort by fanin (most-connected first) preserved
+**Effect:** A 500-node codebase that previously got partial coverage (~100 nodes) now
+gets full prose briefings for all nodes in ~25min background process. get_context
+then reads from brain.sqlite cache instantly.
+
+#### P5 — Prose Briefing Prompt in Ingestor
+`synapses-intelligence/internal/ingestor/ingestor.go` `promptTemplate`:
+Updated from 1-sentence summary to 2-3 sentence technical briefing format covering:
+what it does, its role in the system, and important patterns/concerns.
+**Effect:** richer prose summaries that give Claude natural-language context instead
+of raw code/doc snippets.
+
+#### P6 — Compact Go Serializer + get_context `format` Parameter
+New file `internal/mcp/digest.go`: `serializeCompact(dc *directionalContext) string`
+- Root entity: header line + prose summary (brain briefing or AST doc fallback)
+- Calls/Called-by sections with entity names in natural language
+- Warnings from GraphWarnings + Concerns
+- Architectural insight from brain enrichment
+- Callee detail blocks for high-relevance (≥0.6) nodes
+`internal/mcp/tools.go`: reads `format` param in `handleGetContext()`; if `format="compact"`,
+returns `serializeCompact(dc)` as plain text instead of JSON blob.
+`internal/mcp/server.go`: added `format` parameter to `get_context` tool registration.
+
+| Format | Tokens | Use case |
+|--------|--------|----------|
+| `json` (default) | 2000–3800 | backward compat, machine parsing |
+| `compact` | 400–600 | Claude context — 80% token reduction |
+
+---
+
+## v0.5.0 — E2E Test Run (2026-03-03)
+
+---
+
+### BUGS (must-fix)
+
+#### BUG-S01 — validate_plan file-path matching broken on combined root index
+**Severity:** High
+**Observed:** `validate_plan` returns "no matching node in graph" for paths like
+`synapses/internal/mcp/tools.go`. The tool uses repo-relative paths but the graph
+stores IDs as `::`. When the MCP server serves a combined
+`synapses-os` root index, the file-path strip logic doesn't handle the project
+subdirectory prefix correctly.
+**Fix:** Normalise incoming file paths against the graph's repo prefix before
+matching. Try `::` → strip `/` from incoming path.
+
+#### BUG-S02 — get_impact returns `tiers: null` instead of empty array
+**Severity:** Low
+**Observed:** Querying `get_impact` on `Server.handleGetContext` (a tool handler
+registered by function pointer, not called by Go code) returns `tiers: null`.
+Callers should get `tiers: []` for a clearly empty result, not null, which
+breaks JSON consumers that do `tiers.length`.
+**Fix:** Initialise `tiers` to `[]` (empty slice) before returning, never nil.
+
+#### BUG-S03 — MCP server does not pick up synapses.json changes without restart
+**Severity:** Medium
+**Observed:** After adding `brain.url` + `scout.url` to `synapses.json`, the
+running MCP server (managed by Claude Code) continued with no brain/scout
+client. Config is read once at startup.
+**Fix:** Add a SIGHUP handler or `config.Watch()` loop that re-reads
+`synapses.json` every 60s and calls `server.SetBrainClient()` /
+`server.SetScoutClient()` if the URL has changed. Alternatively add a
+`session_reload_config` MCP tool.
+
+#### BUG-S04 — Brain/scout not configured by default — silent failure in get_context
+**Severity:** Medium
+**Observed:** A freshly-installed `synapses` binary has no `synapses.json`.
+`get_context` returns graph-only results with zero indication that brain
+enrichment is missing. No `brain_unavailable: true` field or warning.
+**Fix:** In `handleGetContext`, if `getBrainClient()` returns nil, add a
+`"brain": "not configured — add brain.url to synapses.json"` hint to the
+response JSON. Same for scout tools returning "scout unavailable".
+
+---
+
+### USABILITY ISSUES
+
+#### UX-S01 — get_impact requires exact method syntax (`Server.X`), find_entity accepts substrings
+**Observed:** `get_impact("handleGetContext")` → "entity not found".
+`find_entity("handleGetContext")` → finds it. Two tools, two lookup behaviours.
+**Improvement:** `get_impact` should fall back to `Graph.FindByName` (same
+fuzzy lookup as `find_entity`) when the exact ID isn't found. Return a "did you
+mean: Server.handleGetContext?" hint if zero results.
+
+#### UX-S02 — create_plan auto-links nodes with poor relevance
+**Observed:** Creating a plan titled "Test synapses core MCP tools" auto-linked
+`synapses-scout/src/scout/server.py::search` — completely irrelevant. The
+auto-linker used BM25 on task title/description and picked the wrong project.
+**Improvement:** Auto-linking should be scoped to the repo the MCP server is
+serving. Cross-project node links should require explicit `linked_nodes` from
+the caller. Add a `confidence` threshold (e.g. ≥0.7) below which auto-links
+are dropped.
+
+#### UX-S03 — `search(mode="semantic")` is misleading — it's BM25, not vector
+**Observed:** `search("rate limiting throttle concurrency")` returns 0 results
+with hint "try broader terms". No semantic/embedding expansion occurs. The mode
+name suggests vector similarity but the implementation is FTS BM25.
+**Improvement:** Either:
+ a. Rename to `mode="fts"` and `mode="keyword"`.
+ b. Or implement actual embedding-based search using a local model
+ (sentence-transformers/nomic-embed) for true semantic retrieval.
+ c. At minimum, document clearly what "semantic" means in the tool description.
+
+#### UX-S04 — get_file_context("server.go") returns mixed entities from all files with that name
+**Observed:** The combined `synapses-os` root index has three `server.go` files
+(synapses/mcp, synapses-intelligence/server, synapses-scout/server.py). All
+entities are returned mixed together with no file-path grouping or attribution.
+**Improvement:** Show the file path for each entity in `get_file_context`
+output, and group results by file when multiple files match the suffix. Allow
+full-path overrides (e.g. `get_file_context("internal/mcp/server.go")`).
+
+#### UX-S05 — get_working_state ignores config/JSON file changes
+**Observed:** After creating `synapses.json` and editing `settings.json`, both
+returned zero recent changes. The watcher watches source files only (.go, .py,
+.ts etc.) and ignores config files.
+**Improvement:** Include `*.json`, `*.yaml`, `*.toml`, `Makefile`,
+`Dockerfile` changes in `get_working_state`. These are often the most
+significant indicator of configuration changes relevant to the agent.
+
+---
+
+### ARCHITECTURE GAPS
+
+#### ARCH-S01 — No federation: cross-project graph edges don't exist
+**Observed:** The `synapses-core` MCP server (serving `synapses/`) has no graph
+edges into `synapses-intelligence/` or `synapses-scout/`. The call from
+`brain/client.go` to `localhost:11435` is an HTTP boundary the static analyser
+cannot cross.
+**Future:** Add a `federation` mode where HTTP calls matching known sidecar URLs
+(brain, scout) generate synthetic `CALLS_REMOTE` edges. This would let
+`get_call_chain("cmdStart", "Enricher.Enrich")` work end-to-end across
+projects. Tracked under `is_federated: false` in `get_project_identity`.
+
+#### ARCH-S02 — `session_init` tool exists but is not in CLAUDE.md startup ritual
+**Observed:** `handleSessionInit` consolidates `get_pending_tasks` +
+`get_project_identity` + `get_working_state` into one call. But CLAUDE.md
+still lists the three-step ritual. Agents are paying 3× round-trips at startup.
+**Fix:** Update CLAUDE.md to: `session_init() ← FIRST: single-call bootstrap`.
+Remove the three-step ritual. Reduces session start from ~3 MCP calls to 1.
+
+#### ARCH-S03 — No MCP tool for reading a stored brain summary by name (only by node_id)
+**Observed:** `GET /v1/summary/{nodeId}` requires the exact stored `node_id`
+(e.g. `synapses::cmdStart`). There is no `GET /v1/summary?name=cmdStart` fuzzy
+lookup. Agents that don't know the node_id cannot retrieve summaries from the
+graph context.
+**Improvement:** Add a `search_summary` MCP tool or query param that accepts a
+name/fuzzy string, looks up matching node IDs in brain.sqlite, and returns
+summaries for all matches.
+
+#### ARCH-S04 — No config hot-reload; synapses.json changes require MCP server restart
+See BUG-S03. In a production setup, the MCP server is a long-lived process
+managed by Claude Code. There is currently no way to reconfigure brain/scout
+URLs without restarting the entire Claude Code session.
+
+---
+
+### PERFORMANCE NOTES
+
+- **Index time:** `synapses index` on 90 files took ~2s — acceptable.
+- **get_context latency:** <50ms on warm cache — excellent.
+- **get_project_identity:** ~20ms — excellent.
+- **search(keyword):** ~5ms — excellent.
+- **search(semantic):** ~10ms — excellent (BM25, not vector).
+- **Concern:** Adding vector embeddings (ARCH gap above) would add ~100-500ms
+ per query unless pre-computed and stored in SQLite.
diff --git a/internal/brain/client.go b/internal/brain/client.go
index 4996f9c..33a1954 100644
--- a/internal/brain/client.go
+++ b/internal/brain/client.go
@@ -172,6 +172,68 @@ func (c *Client) SetPhase(ctx context.Context, req SetPhaseRequest) (*SDLCConfig
return &out, nil
}
+// UpsertADR calls POST /v1/adr to create or update an ADR.
+func (c *Client) UpsertADR(ctx context.Context, req ADRRequest) (*ADR, error) {
+ var out ADR
+ if err := c.post(ctx, "/v1/adr", req, &out); err != nil {
+ return nil, err
+ }
+ return &out, nil
+}
+
+// GetADR calls GET /v1/adr/{id} to retrieve an ADR by ID.
+func (c *Client) GetADR(ctx context.Context, id string) (*ADR, error) {
+ httpReq, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodGet, c.baseURL+"/v1/adr/"+url.PathEscape(id), nil)
+ if err != nil {
+ return nil, err
+ }
+ resp, err := c.cli.Do(httpReq)
+ if err != nil {
+ return nil, err
+ }
+ defer resp.Body.Close()
+ if resp.StatusCode == http.StatusNotFound {
+ return nil, fmt.Errorf("ADR %q not found", id)
+ }
+ if resp.StatusCode < 200 || resp.StatusCode >= 300 {
+ body, _ := io.ReadAll(io.LimitReader(resp.Body, 512))
+ return nil, fmt.Errorf("HTTP %d: %s", resp.StatusCode, string(body))
+ }
+ var out ADR
+ if err := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&out); err != nil {
+ return nil, err
+ }
+ return &out, nil
+}
+
+// GetADRs calls GET /v1/adr (optionally with ?file=path) to retrieve ADRs.
+func (c *Client) GetADRs(ctx context.Context, fileFilter string) ([]ADR, error) {
+ u := c.baseURL + "/v1/adr"
+ if fileFilter != "" {
+ u += "?file=" + url.QueryEscape(fileFilter)
+ }
+ httpReq, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodGet, u, nil)
+ if err != nil {
+ return nil, err
+ }
+ resp, err := c.cli.Do(httpReq)
+ if err != nil {
+ return nil, err
+ }
+ defer resp.Body.Close()
+ if resp.StatusCode < 200 || resp.StatusCode >= 300 {
+ body, _ := io.ReadAll(io.LimitReader(resp.Body, 512))
+ return nil, fmt.Errorf("HTTP %d: %s", resp.StatusCode, string(body))
+ }
+ var out struct {
+ ADRs []ADR `json:"adrs"`
+ }
+ if err := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&out); err != nil {
+ return nil, err
+ }
+ return out.ADRs, nil
+}
+
// post marshals body as JSON, POSTs to the endpoint, and decodes the response
// into out (if out is non-nil). Returns an error on any failure.
func (c *Client) post(ctx context.Context, path string, body, out interface{}) error {
diff --git a/internal/brain/types.go b/internal/brain/types.go
index 71babe0..bbc989c 100644
--- a/internal/brain/types.go
+++ b/internal/brain/types.go
@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@ type SnapshotInput struct {
ActiveClaims []ClaimInput `json:"active_claims"`
TaskContext string `json:"task_context,omitempty"`
TaskID string `json:"task_id,omitempty"`
- HasTests bool `json:"has_tests"` // whether *_test.go exists for root file
- FanIn int `json:"fan_in"` // total caller count from graph
+ HasTests bool `json:"has_tests"` // whether *_test.go exists for root file
+ FanIn int `json:"fan_in"` // total caller count from graph
+ RootDoc string `json:"root_doc,omitempty"` // AST doc comment; used as fallback when brain has no summary
}
// RuleInput is a slim rule descriptor for the intelligence service.
@@ -150,3 +151,27 @@ type SetPhaseRequest struct {
Phase string `json:"phase"`
AgentID string `json:"agent_id,omitempty"`
}
+
+// ADR is an Architectural Decision Record returned by the brain.
+type ADR struct {
+ ID string `json:"id"`
+ Title string `json:"title"`
+ Status string `json:"status"` // proposed | accepted | deprecated | superseded
+ ContextText string `json:"context,omitempty"`
+ Decision string `json:"decision"`
+ Consequences string `json:"consequences,omitempty"`
+ LinkedFiles []string `json:"linked_files,omitempty"`
+ CreatedAt string `json:"created_at"`
+ UpdatedAt string `json:"updated_at"`
+}
+
+// ADRRequest is the payload for POST /v1/adr (create or update).
+type ADRRequest struct {
+ ID string `json:"id"`
+ Title string `json:"title"`
+ Status string `json:"status"`
+ ContextText string `json:"context,omitempty"`
+ Decision string `json:"decision"`
+ Consequences string `json:"consequences,omitempty"`
+ LinkedFiles []string `json:"linked_files,omitempty"`
+}
diff --git a/internal/config/config.go b/internal/config/config.go
index b55f723..3a03afa 100644
--- a/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/config/config.go
@@ -112,6 +112,11 @@ type Config struct {
// Peers is the list of remote synapses instances this project connects to.
Peers []PeerConfig `json:"peers,omitempty"`
+ // Constitution defines project-wide principles that are injected into every
+ // agent session and get_context response. Use this to codify architectural
+ // laws, coding standards, and constraints that every AI agent must respect.
+ Constitution ConstitutionConfig `json:"constitution,omitempty"`
+
// Brain configures the optional synapses-intelligence integration.
// When set, get_context returns LLM-enriched Context Packets, violations
// include plain-English explanations, and file changes are auto-ingested.
@@ -123,6 +128,19 @@ type Config struct {
Scout ScoutConfig `json:"scout,omitempty"`
}
+// ConstitutionConfig holds project-wide principles that are injected into agent
+// responses so every LLM session is aware of the architectural laws it must follow.
+type ConstitutionConfig struct {
+ // Principles is a list of terse statements, e.g. "No CGo", "All handlers fail-silent".
+ Principles []string `json:"principles,omitempty"`
+ // InjectInContext controls whether principles are appended to get_context compact output.
+ // Defaults to true when Principles is non-empty.
+ InjectInContext bool `json:"inject_in_context,omitempty"`
+ // InjectInSessionInit controls whether principles are included in session_init output.
+ // Defaults to true when Principles is non-empty.
+ InjectInSessionInit bool `json:"inject_in_session_init,omitempty"`
+}
+
// BrainConfig describes the connection to a synapses-intelligence sidecar.
type BrainConfig struct {
// URL is the base URL of the intelligence service, e.g. "http://localhost:11435".
@@ -482,6 +500,15 @@ func (c *Config) applyDefaults() {
c.Peers[i].TrustLevel = "read_only"
}
}
+ // Constitution defaults: if principles are set but inject flags are false, default both to true.
+ if len(c.Constitution.Principles) > 0 {
+ if !c.Constitution.InjectInContext {
+ c.Constitution.InjectInContext = true
+ }
+ if !c.Constitution.InjectInSessionInit {
+ c.Constitution.InjectInSessionInit = true
+ }
+ }
// Brain defaults: if URL is set but other fields are zero, apply sensible defaults.
if c.Brain.URL != "" {
if c.Brain.TimeoutSec <= 0 {
diff --git a/internal/graph/traverse.go b/internal/graph/traverse.go
index cfe47ac..41dd285 100644
--- a/internal/graph/traverse.go
+++ b/internal/graph/traverse.go
@@ -256,6 +256,11 @@ func estimateNodeTokens(n *Node) int {
return b/4 + 1
}
+// maxImpactNodesPerTier caps the number of nodes returned per tier to avoid
+// overwhelming the LLM context window. When a tier exceeds this limit, the
+// slice is truncated and ImpactTier.Truncated is set true.
+const maxImpactNodesPerTier = 50
+
// ImpactAnalysis performs a reverse BFS from rootID following incoming CALLS
// and IMPLEMENTS edges to find all nodes that could be affected if rootID changes.
// Results are grouped into depth tiers: direct (depth 1), indirect (depth 2),
@@ -353,12 +358,18 @@ func (g *Graph) ImpactAnalysis(rootID NodeID, maxDepth int) (*ImpactResult, erro
continue
}
label, conf := tierLabel(d)
- tiers = append(tiers, ImpactTier{
+ tier := ImpactTier{
Depth: d,
Label: label,
Confidence: conf,
+ TotalNodes: len(nodes),
Nodes: nodes,
- })
+ }
+ if len(nodes) > maxImpactNodesPerTier {
+ tier.Nodes = nodes[:maxImpactNodesPerTier]
+ tier.Truncated = true
+ }
+ tiers = append(tiers, tier)
total += len(nodes)
}
diff --git a/internal/graph/types.go b/internal/graph/types.go
index b2f374a..e2e5c3f 100644
--- a/internal/graph/types.go
+++ b/internal/graph/types.go
@@ -233,6 +233,8 @@ type ImpactTier struct {
Label string `json:"label"` // "direct" | "indirect" | "peripheral"
Confidence float64 `json:"confidence"` // 1.0 / 0.6 / 0.3
Nodes []EntityRef `json:"nodes"`
+ Truncated bool `json:"truncated,omitempty"` // true when nodes were capped
+ TotalNodes int `json:"total_nodes,omitempty"` // actual count before cap
}
// ImpactResult is returned by ImpactAnalysis.
diff --git a/internal/mcp/brain_tools.go b/internal/mcp/brain_tools.go
index 6aa0763..2be66af 100644
--- a/internal/mcp/brain_tools.go
+++ b/internal/mcp/brain_tools.go
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ package mcp
import (
"context"
+ "strings"
+
+ mcp "github.com/mark3labs/mcp-go/mcp"
"github.com/SynapsesOS/synapses/internal/brain"
)
@@ -16,6 +19,82 @@ func (s *Server) getBrainClient() *brain.Client {
return bc
}
+// handleUpsertADR creates or updates an Architectural Decision Record in the brain.
+func (s *Server) handleUpsertADR(
+ ctx context.Context,
+ req mcp.CallToolRequest,
+) (*mcp.CallToolResult, error) {
+ bc := s.getBrainClient()
+ if bc == nil {
+ return mcp.NewToolResultText(`{"error": "brain not configured — add brain.url to synapses.json"}`), nil
+ }
+
+ id, _ := req.Params.Arguments["id"].(string)
+ title, _ := req.Params.Arguments["title"].(string)
+ decision, _ := req.Params.Arguments["decision"].(string)
+ if id == "" || title == "" || decision == "" {
+ return mcp.NewToolResultText(`{"error": "id, title, and decision are required"}`), nil
+ }
+
+ status, _ := req.Params.Arguments["status"].(string)
+ if status == "" {
+ status = "proposed"
+ }
+ contextText, _ := req.Params.Arguments["context"].(string)
+ consequences, _ := req.Params.Arguments["consequences"].(string)
+
+ var linkedFiles []string
+ if lf, ok := req.Params.Arguments["linked_files"].([]interface{}); ok {
+ for _, f := range lf {
+ if s, ok := f.(string); ok && s != "" {
+ linkedFiles = append(linkedFiles, s)
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
+ adr, err := bc.UpsertADR(ctx, brain.ADRRequest{
+ ID: id,
+ Title: title,
+ Status: status,
+ ContextText: contextText,
+ Decision: decision,
+ Consequences: consequences,
+ LinkedFiles: linkedFiles,
+ })
+ if err != nil {
+ return mcp.NewToolResultText(`{"error": "` + strings.ReplaceAll(err.Error(), `"`, `'`) + `"}`), nil
+ }
+ return jsonResult(adr)
+}
+
+// handleGetADRs retrieves ADRs from the brain, optionally filtered by file path.
+func (s *Server) handleGetADRs(
+ ctx context.Context,
+ req mcp.CallToolRequest,
+) (*mcp.CallToolResult, error) {
+ bc := s.getBrainClient()
+ if bc == nil {
+ return mcp.NewToolResultText(`{"error": "brain not configured — add brain.url to synapses.json"}`), nil
+ }
+
+ fileFilter, _ := req.Params.Arguments["file"].(string)
+ adrs, err := bc.GetADRs(ctx, fileFilter)
+ if err != nil {
+ return mcp.NewToolResultText(`{"error": "` + strings.ReplaceAll(err.Error(), `"`, `'`) + `"}`), nil
+ }
+ if adrs == nil {
+ adrs = []brain.ADR{}
+ }
+ result := map[string]interface{}{
+ "adrs": adrs,
+ "count": len(adrs),
+ }
+ if fileFilter != "" {
+ result["file_filter"] = fileFilter
+ }
+ return jsonResult(result)
+}
+
// ingestWebContent sends fetched web content to the intelligence sidecar as a
// fire-and-forget ingest. Used by handleWebFetch to enrich brain with web articles.
// No-op if brain is not configured or content is too short.
diff --git a/internal/mcp/digest.go b/internal/mcp/digest.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..44f541e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/mcp/digest.go
@@ -0,0 +1,186 @@
+package mcp
+
+import (
+ "fmt"
+ "path/filepath"
+ "strings"
+
+ "github.com/SynapsesOS/synapses/internal/brain"
+ "github.com/SynapsesOS/synapses/internal/graph"
+)
+
+// serializeCompact converts a directionalContext to a compact natural-language briefing.
+// Token usage varies by detail level:
+// - "summary": ~50 tokens — root entity header + summary + warnings only
+// - "neighbors": ~200 tokens — summary + Calls/Called-by name lists (no callee blocks)
+// - "full": ~400-600 tokens — full briefing with callee detail blocks (default)
+//
+// Format (full):
+//
+// [entityName] type · file.go:line · complexity:N
+// Summary: "prose briefing from brain or AST doc"
+// Calls: callee1 · callee2 · callee3
+// Called by: caller1 · caller2
+// ⚠ concern1 · graph_warning2
+// Insight: "architectural insight if available"
+//
+// [callee_name] type · file.go:line
+// Summary: "callee summary if available in brain"
+func serializeCompact(dc *directionalContext, detailLevel string) string {
+ var b strings.Builder
+
+ // Root entity header + summary.
+ writeNodeHeader(&b, dc.Root, getRootSummary(dc.Root, dc.ContextPacket))
+
+ // "summary" level: just the root header + warnings. Stop here.
+ if detailLevel == "summary" {
+ var warnings []string
+ if dc.ContextPacket != nil {
+ warnings = append(warnings, dc.ContextPacket.GraphWarnings...)
+ warnings = append(warnings, dc.ContextPacket.Concerns...)
+ }
+ if len(warnings) > 0 {
+ fmt.Fprintf(&b, "⚠ %s\n", strings.Join(warnings, " · "))
+ }
+ return strings.TrimSpace(b.String())
+ }
+
+ // "neighbors" and "full": add Calls / Called-by name lists.
+
+ // Calls: list callee names.
+ if len(dc.Callees) > 0 {
+ names := make([]string, 0, len(dc.Callees))
+ for _, c := range dc.Callees {
+ names = append(names, c.Node.Name)
+ }
+ fmt.Fprintf(&b, "Calls: %s\n", strings.Join(names, " · "))
+ }
+
+ // Called by: list caller names.
+ if len(dc.Callers) > 0 {
+ names := make([]string, 0, len(dc.Callers))
+ for _, c := range dc.Callers {
+ names = append(names, c.Node.Name)
+ }
+ fmt.Fprintf(&b, "Called by: %s\n", strings.Join(names, " · "))
+ } else if len(dc.Callees) == 0 {
+ // Neither callers nor callees — standalone entity.
+ b.WriteString("Called by: (none)\n")
+ }
+
+ // Warnings: combine brain concerns + graph warnings.
+ var warnings []string
+ if dc.ContextPacket != nil {
+ warnings = append(warnings, dc.ContextPacket.GraphWarnings...)
+ warnings = append(warnings, dc.ContextPacket.Concerns...)
+ }
+ if len(warnings) > 0 {
+ fmt.Fprintf(&b, "⚠ %s\n", strings.Join(warnings, " · "))
+ }
+
+ // Hot Constitution: append project principles as a Laws line.
+ if len(dc.Principles) > 0 {
+ laws := strings.Join(dc.Principles, " · ")
+ if len(laws) > 120 {
+ laws = laws[:117] + "…"
+ }
+ fmt.Fprintf(&b, "📋 Laws: %s\n", laws)
+ }
+
+ // ADRs: show up to 2 accepted ADRs relevant to this entity's file.
+ for _, adr := range dc.ADRs {
+ fmt.Fprintf(&b, "[ADR] %s (%s)\n", adr.Title, adr.Status)
+ }
+
+ // "neighbors" level: stop after caller/callee names. No callee blocks.
+ if detailLevel == "neighbors" {
+ return strings.TrimSpace(b.String())
+ }
+
+ // "full" level (default): add insight + callee detail blocks.
+
+ // Architectural insight from brain (LLM-generated, only when brain available).
+ if dc.ContextPacket != nil && dc.ContextPacket.Insight != "" {
+ fmt.Fprintf(&b, "Insight: %s\n", dc.ContextPacket.Insight)
+ }
+
+ // Callee detail blocks: only show nodes with summaries in brain.
+ // This avoids showing empty filler lines for uncached callees.
+ if len(dc.Callees) > 0 {
+ for _, c := range dc.Callees {
+ depSummary := getDepSummary(c.Node.Name, dc.ContextPacket)
+ if depSummary == "" && c.Relevance < 0.6 {
+ continue // skip low-relevance uncached callees
+ }
+ b.WriteString("\n")
+ writeNodeHeader(&b, c.Node, depSummary)
+ }
+ }
+
+ // Show related nodes with brain summaries (often interface implementations, types).
+ for _, r := range dc.Related {
+ depSummary := getDepSummary(r.Node.Name, dc.ContextPacket)
+ if depSummary == "" {
+ continue // only show related nodes if we have a summary for them
+ }
+ b.WriteString("\n")
+ writeNodeHeader(&b, r.Node, depSummary)
+ }
+
+ if dc.Truncated {
+ fmt.Fprintf(&b, "\n[%d additional nodes omitted by token budget]\n", dc.TruncatedCount)
+ }
+
+ return strings.TrimSpace(b.String())
+}
+
+// writeNodeHeader writes a compact entity header line + optional summary.
+// Format: [name] type · basename.go:line [ · complexity:N]
+//
+// Summary: "..."
+func writeNodeHeader(b *strings.Builder, n *graph.Node, summary string) {
+ var extras []string
+ if c := n.Metadata["complexity"]; c != "" && c != "0" && c != "1" {
+ extras = append(extras, "complexity:"+c)
+ }
+
+ file := filepath.Base(n.File)
+ header := fmt.Sprintf("[%s] %s · %s", n.Name, n.Type, file)
+ if n.Line > 0 {
+ header = fmt.Sprintf("[%s] %s · %s:%d", n.Name, n.Type, file, n.Line)
+ }
+ if len(extras) > 0 {
+ header += " · " + strings.Join(extras, " · ")
+ }
+ b.WriteString(header + "\n")
+
+ if summary != "" {
+ fmt.Fprintf(b, "Summary: %s\n", summary)
+ }
+}
+
+// getRootSummary returns the best available prose summary for the root node.
+// Priority: brain RootSummary > AST doc metadata > "".
+func getRootSummary(n *graph.Node, pkt *brain.ContextPacket) string {
+ if pkt != nil && pkt.RootSummary != "" {
+ return pkt.RootSummary
+ }
+ if n.Metadata != nil {
+ if doc := n.Metadata["doc"]; doc != "" {
+ if len(doc) > 250 {
+ doc = doc[:250] + "…"
+ }
+ return doc
+ }
+ }
+ return ""
+}
+
+// getDepSummary returns the brain dependency summary for a named entity, or "".
+// DependencySummaries is keyed by entity name (not node ID).
+func getDepSummary(name string, pkt *brain.ContextPacket) string {
+ if pkt == nil || len(pkt.DependencySummaries) == 0 {
+ return ""
+ }
+ return pkt.DependencySummaries[name]
+}
diff --git a/internal/mcp/server.go b/internal/mcp/server.go
index a98bd86..a506211 100644
--- a/internal/mcp/server.go
+++ b/internal/mcp/server.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ type ChangeSource interface {
const (
serverName = "synapses"
- serverVersion = "0.5.0"
+ serverVersion = "0.6.0"
)
// packetCacheEntry holds a cached context packet with an expiry time.
@@ -269,6 +269,12 @@ func (s *Server) registerTools() {
mcp.WithString("file",
mcp.Description("Optional file path suffix to pin the lookup to a specific file (e.g. 'cmd/synapses/main.go'). Use when entity names are ambiguous across multiple files."),
),
+ mcp.WithString("format",
+ mcp.Description("Output format: 'json' (default, full JSON blob ~2000-3800 tokens) or 'compact' (natural-language briefing ~400-600 tokens). Use 'compact' to reduce token usage when brain summaries are available."),
+ ),
+ mcp.WithString("detail_level",
+ mcp.Description("Only used with format='compact'. Controls verbosity: 'summary' (~50 tokens, root entity header + warnings only), 'neighbors' (~200 tokens, adds Calls/Called-by name lists), 'full' (default, ~400-600 tokens, adds callee detail blocks and insight)."),
+ ),
),
s.handleGetContext,
)
@@ -749,4 +755,56 @@ func (s *Server) registerTools() {
s.handleWebDeepSearch,
)
+ // upsert_adr
+ s.mcp.AddTool(
+ mcp.NewTool(
+ "upsert_adr",
+ mcp.WithDescription(
+ "Creates or updates an Architectural Decision Record (ADR) in the brain. "+
+ "ADRs are persistent cold-memory entries for significant design choices — "+
+ "they appear in get_context compact output when linked_files match the entity's file. "+
+ "Requires brain.url to be configured in synapses.json.",
+ ),
+ mcp.WithString("id",
+ mcp.Required(),
+ mcp.Description("Unique identifier for the ADR, e.g. 'adr-001-no-cgo'. Use kebab-case."),
+ ),
+ mcp.WithString("title",
+ mcp.Required(),
+ mcp.Description("Short, declarative title of the decision, e.g. 'No CGo — use modernc/sqlite'."),
+ ),
+ mcp.WithString("decision",
+ mcp.Required(),
+ mcp.Description("The decision made, in 1-3 sentences."),
+ ),
+ mcp.WithString("status",
+ mcp.Description("One of: proposed, accepted, deprecated, superseded. Defaults to 'proposed'."),
+ ),
+ mcp.WithString("context",
+ mcp.Description("Problem context and forces that led to this decision."),
+ ),
+ mcp.WithString("consequences",
+ mcp.Description("Consequences and trade-offs of this decision."),
+ ),
+ ),
+ s.handleUpsertADR,
+ )
+
+ // get_adrs
+ s.mcp.AddTool(
+ mcp.NewTool(
+ "get_adrs",
+ mcp.WithDescription(
+ "Returns Architectural Decision Records (ADRs) from the brain. "+
+ "ADRs are persistent cold-memory entries for significant design choices. "+
+ "When a file param is provided, returns only accepted ADRs whose linked_files patterns match. "+
+ "Requires brain.url to be configured in synapses.json.",
+ ),
+ mcp.WithString("file",
+ mcp.Description("Optional file path suffix to filter ADRs by linked_files patterns. Returns only accepted ADRs that match."),
+ ),
+ ),
+ s.handleGetADRs,
+ )
+
}
diff --git a/internal/mcp/tools.go b/internal/mcp/tools.go
index 21903a0..0fb173a 100644
--- a/internal/mcp/tools.go
+++ b/internal/mcp/tools.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
"context"
"encoding/json"
"fmt"
+ "os"
"os/exec"
"path/filepath"
"sort"
@@ -101,6 +102,9 @@ type directionalContext struct {
SuggestedNextTools []toolSuggestion `json:"suggested_next_tools,omitempty"` // context-aware next steps
Truncated bool `json:"truncated,omitempty"` // true when token budget cut results
TruncatedCount int `json:"truncated_count,omitempty"` // nodes dropped by budget
+ BrainHint string `json:"brain,omitempty"` // set when brain is not configured
+ Principles []string `json:"principles,omitempty"` // Hot Constitution principles from synapses.json
+ ADRs []brain.ADR `json:"adrs,omitempty"` // relevant accepted ADRs for this entity's file
}
// handleGetContext returns an N-hop ego-subgraph around the named entity,
@@ -259,6 +263,7 @@ func (s *Server) handleGetContext(
RootName: best.Name,
RootType: string(best.Type),
RootFile: best.File,
+ RootDoc: best.Metadata["doc"],
CalleeNames: calleeNames,
CallerNames: callerNames,
ApplicableRules: rules,
@@ -274,6 +279,8 @@ func (s *Server) handleGetContext(
}
}
dc.ContextPacket = pkt // nil if brain unavailable — callers check for nil
+ } else {
+ dc.BrainHint = "not configured — add brain.url to synapses.json for semantic enrichment"
}
// Attach annotations from all agents if the store is available.
@@ -291,6 +298,29 @@ func (s *Server) handleGetContext(
// Context-aware next-step suggestions.
dc.SuggestedNextTools = suggestNextAfterContext(dc)
+ // Hot Constitution: inject project principles if configured.
+ if s.config != nil && s.config.Constitution.InjectInContext && len(s.config.Constitution.Principles) > 0 {
+ dc.Principles = s.config.Constitution.Principles
+ }
+
+ // ADRs: fetch relevant accepted ADRs for this entity's file (brain required, fail-silent).
+ if bc := s.getBrainClient(); bc != nil && dc.Root != nil && dc.Root.File != "" {
+ if adrs, err := bc.GetADRs(context.Background(), dc.Root.File); err == nil && len(adrs) > 0 {
+ if len(adrs) > 2 {
+ adrs = adrs[:2]
+ }
+ dc.ADRs = adrs
+ }
+ }
+
+ // format=compact returns a natural-language briefing instead of the default JSON blob.
+ // detail_level controls depth: "summary" (~50t), "neighbors" (~200t), "full" (~400-600t, default).
+ format, _ := req.Params.Arguments["format"].(string)
+ if format == "compact" {
+ detailLevel, _ := req.Params.Arguments["detail_level"].(string)
+ return mcp.NewToolResultText(serializeCompact(dc, detailLevel)), nil
+ }
+
// If multiple candidates existed, attach disambiguation list so agents
// can re-call with file= if the selected entity is not what they wanted.
if len(disambiguationCandidates) > 1 {
@@ -520,6 +550,22 @@ func (s *Server) handleFindEntity(
results = append(results, m)
}
+ // Sort results: implementation files before test files, then by path depth
+ // (shorter = closer to root). This ensures the authoritative definition
+ // appears first when both a_test.go and a.go define the same function name.
+ sort.Slice(results, func(i, j int) bool {
+ ti := isTestFile(results[i].File)
+ tj := isTestFile(results[j].File)
+ if ti != tj {
+ return !ti // non-test wins
+ }
+ // Same test-ness: prefer shorter file path (closer to project root).
+ if len(results[i].File) != len(results[j].File) {
+ return len(results[i].File) < len(results[j].File)
+ }
+ return results[i].File < results[j].File
+ })
+
result := map[string]interface{}{
"query": query,
"count": len(results),
@@ -873,9 +919,13 @@ func (s *Server) handleGetFileContext(
})
}
- sort.Slice(matches, func(i, j int) bool { return matches[i].Line < matches[j].Line })
+ sort.Slice(matches, func(i, j int) bool {
+ if matches[i].File != matches[j].File {
+ return matches[i].File < matches[j].File
+ }
+ return matches[i].Line < matches[j].Line
+ })
- // Trim absolute paths for output.
type fileEntity struct {
Type graph.NodeType `json:"type"`
Name string `json:"name"`
@@ -883,22 +933,43 @@ func (s *Server) handleGetFileContext(
Exported bool `json:"exported"`
Metadata map[string]string `json:"metadata,omitempty"`
}
- out := make([]fileEntity, len(matches))
- for i, n := range matches {
- out[i] = fileEntity{
- Type: n.Type,
- Name: n.Name,
- Line: n.Line,
- Exported: n.Exported,
- Metadata: n.Metadata,
+
+ // Check how many distinct files were matched.
+ fileSet := make(map[string]struct{})
+ for _, n := range matches {
+ fileSet[n.File] = struct{}{}
+ }
+
+ if len(fileSet) == 1 {
+ // Single file — keep existing flat format.
+ out := make([]fileEntity, len(matches))
+ for i, n := range matches {
+ out[i] = fileEntity{Type: n.Type, Name: n.Name, Line: n.Line, Exported: n.Exported, Metadata: n.Metadata}
}
+ return jsonResult(map[string]interface{}{
+ "file": strings.TrimPrefix(matches[0].File, prefix),
+ "package": matches[0].Package,
+ "count": len(out),
+ "entities": out,
+ })
}
+ // Multiple files matched — group by file with attribution.
+ byFile := make(map[string][]fileEntity)
+ fileOrder := make([]string, 0, len(fileSet))
+ for _, n := range matches {
+ rel := strings.TrimPrefix(n.File, prefix)
+ if _, seen := byFile[rel]; !seen {
+ fileOrder = append(fileOrder, rel)
+ }
+ byFile[rel] = append(byFile[rel], fileEntity{Type: n.Type, Name: n.Name, Line: n.Line, Exported: n.Exported, Metadata: n.Metadata})
+ }
+ sort.Strings(fileOrder)
return jsonResult(map[string]interface{}{
- "file": strings.TrimPrefix(matches[0].File, prefix),
- "package": matches[0].Package,
- "count": len(out),
- "entities": out,
+ "files_matched": len(fileSet),
+ "total_count": len(matches),
+ "entities_by_file": byFile,
+ "hint": fmt.Sprintf("%d files named %q found. Use file= param with a longer path suffix to pin to one file.", len(fileSet), filePath),
})
}
@@ -1101,11 +1172,32 @@ func (s *Server) handleGetCallChain(
}
if !found {
+ // Build a helpful explanation for why no path was found.
+ fromPkg := topLevelPackage(fromNode.File)
+ toPkg := topLevelPackage(toNode.File)
+ var reason, hint string
+ if fromPkg != toPkg && fromPkg != "" && toPkg != "" {
+ // Different top-level packages — likely a cross-binary boundary.
+ reason = fmt.Sprintf(
+ "No direct CALLS path found. %q (%s) and %q (%s) are in different packages (%s vs %s). "+
+ "Cross-binary calls (e.g. HTTP, gRPC, queue) are not captured as CALLS edges.",
+ fromName, fromNode.File, toName, toNode.File, fromPkg, toPkg,
+ )
+ hint = "If these communicate via HTTP or another protocol, use get_context on each entity to understand their APIs, then trace the integration manually."
+ } else {
+ reason = fmt.Sprintf(
+ "No direct CALLS path found between %q and %q. "+
+ "They may be unrelated, or connected only at runtime (e.g. via interface dispatch, reflection, or dynamic config).",
+ fromName, toName,
+ )
+ hint = "Use get_context on each entity to see their callers/callees, or get_impact to find what depends on them."
+ }
return jsonResult(map[string]interface{}{
- "found": false,
- "from": fromName,
- "to": toName,
- "message": "no call chain exists between these entities",
+ "found": false,
+ "from": map[string]interface{}{"name": fromName, "file": fromNode.File, "type": string(fromNode.Type)},
+ "to": map[string]interface{}{"name": toName, "file": toNode.File, "type": string(toNode.Type)},
+ "reason": reason,
+ "hint": hint,
})
}
@@ -1158,6 +1250,37 @@ func (s *Server) handleGetCallChain(
})
}
+// isTestFile returns true for test files (_test.go, test_*.py, *_test.ts, etc.)
+// so find_entity can rank implementation files above test files.
+func isTestFile(filePath string) bool {
+ base := filePath
+ if i := strings.LastIndex(filePath, "/"); i >= 0 {
+ base = filePath[i+1:]
+ }
+ return strings.HasSuffix(base, "_test.go") ||
+ strings.HasPrefix(base, "test_") ||
+ strings.HasSuffix(base, "_test.ts") ||
+ strings.HasSuffix(base, ".test.ts") ||
+ strings.HasSuffix(base, "_test.py") ||
+ strings.HasSuffix(base, ".spec.ts") ||
+ strings.HasSuffix(base, "_test.js") ||
+ strings.HasSuffix(base, ".test.js")
+}
+
+// topLevelPackage returns the first path component of filePath (the top-level
+// directory name), which typically corresponds to the binary or package root.
+// Returns "" if filePath has no directory component.
+func topLevelPackage(filePath string) string {
+ if filePath == "" {
+ return ""
+ }
+ parts := strings.SplitN(strings.TrimLeft(filePath, "/"), "/", 2)
+ if len(parts) == 0 {
+ return ""
+ }
+ return parts[0]
+}
+
// changeEntry is one record in the working-state change log.
type changeEntry struct {
File string `json:"file"`
@@ -1195,13 +1318,46 @@ func (s *Server) handleGetWorkingState(
events = []changeEntry{}
}
+ // Also surface recently-modified config files (synapses.json, Makefile, etc.)
+ // that the watcher ignores since they aren't source code.
+ root := s.graph.Root()
+ if root != "" {
+ cutoff := time.Now().Add(-time.Duration(windowMinutes) * time.Minute)
+ configPatterns := []string{"synapses.json", "Makefile", "Dockerfile"}
+ if entries, err := os.ReadDir(root); err == nil {
+ for _, de := range entries {
+ if de.IsDir() {
+ continue
+ }
+ name := de.Name()
+ ext := filepath.Ext(name)
+ isConfig := ext == ".json" || ext == ".yaml" || ext == ".yml" || ext == ".toml"
+ if !isConfig {
+ for _, p := range configPatterns {
+ if name == p {
+ isConfig = true
+ break
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ if !isConfig {
+ continue
+ }
+ if info, err := de.Info(); err == nil && info.ModTime().After(cutoff) {
+ events = append(events, changeEntry{
+ File: filepath.Join(root, name),
+ At: info.ModTime().Format("15:04:05"),
+ })
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
result := map[string]interface{}{
"window_minutes": windowMinutes,
"recent_changes": events,
}
- root := s.graph.Root()
-
// Best-effort git diff stat — omitted when git is unavailable or not a git repo.
if root != "" {
if out, err := exec.Command("git", "-C", root, "diff", "--stat", "HEAD").Output(); err == nil {
@@ -1428,6 +1584,15 @@ func (s *Server) handleSessionInit(
"session_hint": "Pass latest_event_seq to get_events on the next call to receive only new events. Use scale_guidance to decide when to use Synapses tools vs Read/Grep.",
}
+ // ── 5. Constitution (Hot Constitution — project principles) ───────────
+ if s.config != nil && s.config.Constitution.InjectInSessionInit && len(s.config.Constitution.Principles) > 0 {
+ resp["constitution"] = map[string]interface{}{
+ "principles": s.config.Constitution.Principles,
+ "count": len(s.config.Constitution.Principles),
+ "note": "These project laws apply to all work in this session.",
+ }
+ }
+
return jsonResult(resp)
}
@@ -1524,6 +1689,9 @@ func (s *Server) handleGetImpact(
if err != nil {
return mcp.NewToolResultError(fmt.Sprintf("impact analysis: %v", err)), nil
}
+ if result.Tiers == nil {
+ result.Tiers = []graph.ImpactTier{}
+ }
return jsonResult(result)
}
diff --git a/internal/store/store.go b/internal/store/store.go
index 21f3ca3..de3eb19 100644
--- a/internal/store/store.go
+++ b/internal/store/store.go
@@ -445,8 +445,8 @@ func (s *Store) SemanticSearch(query string, limit int) ([]SearchResult, error)
if limit <= 0 {
limit = 20
}
- q := sanitizeFTSQuery(query)
- if q == "" {
+ andQ, orQ := sanitizeFTSQuery(query)
+ if andQ == "" {
return nil, nil
}
@@ -459,25 +459,36 @@ func (s *Store) SemanticSearch(query string, limit int) ([]SearchResult, error)
ORDER BY score DESC
LIMIT ?`
- rows, err := s.db.Query(ftsSQL, q, limit)
+ // Strategy: try AND-match first (most precise), then OR-match (broader),
+ // then LIKE fallback (catches camelCase / substring hits).
+ tryQuery := func(q string) ([]SearchResult, error) {
+ rows, err := s.db.Query(ftsSQL, q, limit)
+ if err != nil {
+ return nil, err
+ }
+ defer rows.Close()
+ var out []SearchResult
+ for rows.Next() {
+ var r SearchResult
+ if err := rows.Scan(&r.ID, &r.Name, &r.Signature, &r.Doc, &r.Score); err != nil {
+ return nil, err
+ }
+ out = append(out, r)
+ }
+ return out, rows.Err()
+ }
+
+ results, err := tryQuery(andQ)
if err != nil {
- // FTS5 syntax error — fall back to LIKE search on name.
return s.likeSearch(query, limit)
}
- defer rows.Close()
-
- var results []SearchResult
- for rows.Next() {
- var r SearchResult
- if err := rows.Scan(&r.ID, &r.Name, &r.Signature, &r.Doc, &r.Score); err != nil {
- return nil, err
+ if len(results) == 0 && orQ != andQ {
+ // AND returned nothing — broaden to OR across all words.
+ results, err = tryQuery(orQ)
+ if err != nil || len(results) == 0 {
+ return s.likeSearch(query, limit)
}
- results = append(results, r)
}
- if err := rows.Err(); err != nil {
- return nil, err
- }
- // If FTS returned nothing, try LIKE as a last resort.
if len(results) == 0 {
return s.likeSearch(query, limit)
}
@@ -511,22 +522,29 @@ func (s *Store) likeSearch(query string, limit int) ([]SearchResult, error) {
return results, rows.Err()
}
-// sanitizeFTSQuery converts a raw user query into a safe FTS5 MATCH expression.
+// sanitizeFTSQuery converts a raw user query into two safe FTS5 MATCH expressions:
+// - andQuery: all words must match (most precise, space-joined quoted tokens)
+// - orQuery: any word must match (broader fallback, OR-joined quoted tokens)
+//
// Each word is double-quoted to prevent AND/OR/NOT operators and special syntax
-// from causing parse errors. Empty result means the query had no usable terms.
-func sanitizeFTSQuery(q string) string {
+// from causing parse errors. Empty andQuery means the query had no usable terms.
+func sanitizeFTSQuery(q string) (andQuery, orQuery string) {
// Strip FTS5 special characters.
replacer := strings.NewReplacer(`"`, " ", `'`, " ", `(`, " ", `)`, " ", `:`, " ")
q = strings.TrimSpace(replacer.Replace(q))
words := strings.Fields(q)
if len(words) == 0 {
- return ""
+ return "", ""
}
quoted := make([]string, len(words))
for i, w := range words {
quoted[i] = `"` + w + `"`
}
- return strings.Join(quoted, " ")
+ // AND: space-separated quoted tokens (FTS5 implicit AND)
+ andQuery = strings.Join(quoted, " ")
+ // OR: explicit OR between tokens — broadens multi-word queries
+ orQuery = strings.Join(quoted, " OR ")
+ return andQuery, orQuery
}
// Close releases the database connection.
@@ -1593,4 +1611,4 @@ func (s *Store) ToolUsageStats(days, limit int) ([]ToolUsageStat, error) {
stats = append(stats, s)
}
return stats, rows.Err()
-}
+}
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diff --git a/internal/watcher/watcher.go b/internal/watcher/watcher.go
index 888047f..12264b8 100644
--- a/internal/watcher/watcher.go
+++ b/internal/watcher/watcher.go
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ type PacketCacheInvalidator interface {
InvalidatePacketCache()
}
+// ConfigChangeHandler is called when synapses.json changes on disk.
+// The argument is the new parsed config. Implementations should reconnect
+// any clients (scout, brain) whose settings may have changed.
+type ConfigChangeHandler func(newCfg *config.Config)
+
// Watcher watches a directory tree and keeps a Graph current as files change.
type Watcher struct {
fw *fsnotify.Watcher
@@ -50,6 +55,8 @@ type Watcher struct {
cfg *config.Config // may be nil — violation checking is best-effort
brainClient interface{} // *brain.Client — set via SetBrainClient; nil if brain not configured
pktInval PacketCacheInvalidator // set via SetPacketInvalidator; may be nil
+ cfgHandler ConfigChangeHandler // called when synapses.json changes; may be nil
+ configPath string // absolute path to synapses.json (set by Start)
mu sync.Mutex
timers map[string]*time.Timer // debounce timers keyed by absolute file path
@@ -98,9 +105,19 @@ func (w *Watcher) SetPacketInvalidator(pi PacketCacheInvalidator) {
w.pktInval = pi
}
+// SetConfigChangeHandler registers a callback that is invoked whenever
+// synapses.json changes on disk. The callback receives the newly parsed config.
+// This enables hot-reload of brain/scout client settings without restarting.
+func (w *Watcher) SetConfigChangeHandler(fn ConfigChangeHandler) {
+ w.cfgHandler = fn
+}
+
// Start begins watching root recursively. It returns immediately; the event
// loop runs in a background goroutine. Call Stop to shut it down.
func (w *Watcher) Start(root string) error {
+ // Record the config file path so handleEvent can detect changes to it.
+ w.configPath = filepath.Join(root, "synapses.json")
+
// Add every subdirectory under root to the fsnotify watch list.
if err := filepath.WalkDir(root, func(path string, d os.DirEntry, err error) error {
if err != nil {
@@ -208,6 +225,11 @@ func (w *Watcher) handleEvent(event fsnotify.Event, root string) {
// File written or created: debounce then re-parse.
if event.Has(fsnotify.Write) || event.Has(fsnotify.Create) {
+ // synapses.json hot-reload: reload config and reconnect clients.
+ if w.cfgHandler != nil && path == w.configPath {
+ w.debounceConfigReload(path)
+ return
+ }
w.debounce(path, root)
}
}
@@ -232,6 +254,45 @@ func (w *Watcher) debounce(path, root string) {
})
}
+// debounceConfigReload coalesces rapid writes to synapses.json into a single
+// config reload after debounceDelay of silence. Uses the same timer map as
+// code file debouncing since the key space is separate.
+func (w *Watcher) debounceConfigReload(path string) {
+ w.mu.Lock()
+ defer w.mu.Unlock()
+
+ if t, ok := w.timers[path]; ok {
+ t.Reset(debounceDelay)
+ return
+ }
+
+ w.timers[path] = time.AfterFunc(debounceDelay, func() {
+ w.mu.Lock()
+ delete(w.timers, path)
+ w.mu.Unlock()
+
+ w.reloadConfig(path)
+ })
+}
+
+// reloadConfig parses the updated synapses.json and calls the registered
+// ConfigChangeHandler. Errors are logged to stderr but are otherwise non-fatal.
+func (w *Watcher) reloadConfig(configPath string) {
+ dir := filepath.Dir(configPath)
+ newCfg, err := config.Load(dir)
+ if err != nil {
+ fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "synapses/watcher: reload %s: %v\n", configPath, err)
+ return
+ }
+ // Update the watcher's own violation-checking config so future file changes
+ // use the freshly loaded rules.
+ w.cfg = newCfg
+ fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "synapses/watcher: config reloaded from %s\n", configPath)
+ if w.cfgHandler != nil {
+ w.cfgHandler(newCfg)
+ }
+}
+
// reparseFile removes stale nodes for path and re-parses it into the graph.
func (w *Watcher) reparseFile(path, _ string) {
// Snapshot counts before mutation for ChangeEvent delta.