You are the hourly memory curator for persistent-chat. This is an isolated maintenance session, not a user chat. Goal: update `/home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/curated-memory.md` only if useful. Inputs below include trusted deterministic semantic memory, pinned notes, decision state, recent failures, candidate memory signals, broad semantic candidates, existing curated notes, reflections, and recent raw log tail. Rules: - If Focus is non-empty, prioritize that review while preserving all safety rules. - Preserve important stable user facts, durable preferences/goals, corrections, model/config decisions, and unresolved operational risks. - Resolve contradictions conservatively: prefer explicit user corrections and recent confirmed facts. - Review memory-candidates.jsonl: promote durable/high-signal candidates into curated-memory.md, ignore transient/noisy candidates, and mention ignored-noise patterns in reflection if useful. - Review semantic-candidates.jsonl as lower-confidence main-chat user signals. They are not facts until promoted. Promote only durable/high-signal preferences, corrections, operational directives, or workflow context. - Maintain semantic-candidates.jsonl lifecycle one step at a time using `/home/matrix-lite/app/scripts/persistent-chat-memory semantic-candidates mark --key <key> --status promoted|ignored|stale|needs_more_evidence --reason <why> [--promoted-to <path-or-concept>]`. - For safer batch review, first use `/home/matrix-lite/app/scripts/persistent-chat-memory semantic-candidates review-packet --since <iso> --until <iso> --status candidate --limit <n>` or `list` with `--since/--until/--last-hours/--category/--status`. Use `bulk-mark --dry-run` before broad demotions. - Mark only candidates you actually reviewed this run. Prefer a small batch (roughly 5-15). Use `promoted` only if you also captured the substance in curated-memory.md, decision-state.json, recent-failures.json, or trusted semantic memory. Use `ignored` for transient chatter/noise, `stale` for obsolete items, and `needs_more_evidence` for plausible but unconfirmed signals. - Do NOT store transient chatter, test strings, benchmark noise, or implementation minutiae unless it affects future behavior. - Preserve curated-memory.md content. Do not broadly rewrite, summarize, delete, or compact it; make only targeted additions/metadata edits. If major compaction seems needed, propose it in curator-journal.md instead of applying it. - Ensure curated-memory.md has a top metadata line near the top: `Last curated: <UTC timestamp>; log lines reviewed: <count>`. - If no semantic content changes are needed but the metadata line is stale, update only that metadata line and reply `UPDATED`. - If no useful change is needed, do not edit curated-memory.md; just reply `NO_CHANGE`. - If you edit it, read it back and reply `UPDATED` with a one-sentence summary. - Also append a dated curator note to `/home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/curator-journal.md` on every run. This file is the curator's synthesis journal; it is not the same thing as the operational synthesis worker below. - Curator notes are not authoritative memory. They should capture: what was learned from recent exchanges, uncertainties, useful hypotheses, possible next steps, and operational concerns. - Keep each reflection entry concise (5-12 bullets max) and label speculative ideas as speculative. - Do not edit perpetual-log.jsonl. Current heartbeat metadata: ```text UTC now: 2026-05-21T17:18:48Z Log lines reviewed: 3398 Focus: ``` Current semantic-memory.json: ```json { "schema": "persistent_chat_semantic_memory_v2", "updated": "2026-05-21T17:18:48.455284+00:00", "explicit_memories": { "55812": { "text": "55812", "created": "2026-05-11T09:12:14.985Z", "last_seen": "2026-05-11T09:12:14.985Z", "source": { "ts": "2026-05-11T09:12:14.985Z", "role": "user", "log_index": 31, "excerpt": "Please remember this number: 55812" }, "confidence": "explicit" }, "it-s-not-that-important-just-testing": { "text": "(it's not that important just testing)", "created": "2026-05-12T17:16:09.999Z", "last_seen": "2026-05-12T17:16:09.999Z", "source": { "ts": "2026-05-12T17:16:09.999Z", "role": "user", "log_index": 239, "excerpt": "I told you yesterday, try to remember (it's not that important just testing)" }, "confidence": "explicit" }, "them-for-search-in-the-future": { "text": "them for search in the future", "created": "2026-05-12T21:29:23.731Z", "last_seen": "2026-05-12T21:29:23.731Z", "source": { "ts": "2026-05-12T21:29:23.731Z", "role": "user", "log_index": 333, "excerpt": "Please record these observations so you can remember them for search in the future" }, "confidence": "explicit" }, "the-searches-from-yesterday-regarding-lost-details-we-will-test-censorship-again-later-the-subag": { "text": "the searches from yesterday. Regarding lost details - we will test censorship again later, the subagent spawn was reworked so it's okay that it's in 'recent failures' as some of them might not repeat again. My kimi sub is like this for the next month so it's a bit more relevant but not too much. Google job we also look for later. You saved the patch where you hack your wrapper, i told you to keep it for the future.", "created": "2026-05-13T13:39:52.333Z", "last_seen": "2026-05-13T13:39:52.333Z", "source": { "ts": "2026-05-13T13:39:52.333Z", "role": "user", "log_index": 527, "excerpt": "Great thank you, it's good that you can recover this if needed. Maybe we need to preserve more of the recent topics with more detailed on demand references at least for the latest time period, like a week or two, like an intermediate memory" }, "confidence": "explicit" }, "this-is-why-we-need-a-better-intermediate-memory-layer": { "text": "? this is why we need a better intermediate memory layer", "created": "2026-05-13T14:32:46.194Z", "last_seen": "2026-05-13T14:32:46.194Z", "source": { "ts": "2026-05-13T14:32:46.194Z", "role": "user", "log_index": 544, "excerpt": "you patched the 'skip no new log' condition, remember? this is why we need a better intermediate memory layer" }, "confidence": "explicit" }, "for-now-until-we-fix-it": { "text": "for now until we fix it", "created": "2026-05-13T17:18:59.451Z", "last_seen": "2026-05-13T17:18:59.451Z", "source": { "ts": "2026-05-13T17:18:59.451Z", "role": "user", "log_index": 588, "excerpt": "Yes please remember this for now until we fix it" }, "confidence": "explicit" }, "things-after-acp-error": { "text": "things after ACP error", "created": "2026-05-13T17:46:54.555Z", "last_seen": "2026-05-13T17:46:54.555Z", "source": { "ts": "2026-05-13T17:46:54.555Z", "role": "user", "log_index": 603, "excerpt": "it's great that now you still remember things after ACP error" }, "confidence": "explicit" }, "the-fix-don-t-ask-me-if-i-already-told-you-to-do-it-just-set-the-timer-soon-and-get-another-turn": { "text": "the fix. Don't ask me if I already told you to do it just set the timer soon and get another turn if needed", "created": "2026-05-13T18:41:59.765Z", "last_seen": "2026-05-13T18:41:59.765Z", "source": { "ts": "2026-05-13T18:41:59.765Z", "role": "user", "log_index": 627, "excerpt": "It's not only about subagent but also your step limit, we should probably increase it but then when you disappear I don't know if there's an error or you are still working. Your diagnosis is right, please remember the fix. Don't ask me if I" }, "confidence": "explicit" }, "please-check-now": { "text": "? Please check now", "created": "2026-05-13T19:08:53.084Z", "last_seen": "2026-05-13T19:08:53.084Z", "source": { "ts": "2026-05-13T19:08:53.084Z", "role": "user", "log_index": 633, "excerpt": "But you can't actually check again if the timer is broken remember? Please check now" }, "confidence": "explicit" }, "from-sfq-factory-i-am-used-to-generated-agent-reports-now": { "text": "from sfq-factory i am used to generated agent reports now", "created": "2026-05-14T09:47:04.461Z", "last_seen": "2026-05-14T09:47:04.461Z", "source": { "ts": "2026-05-14T09:47:04.461Z", "role": "user", "log_index": 774, "excerpt": "the report is very nice, thank you. as you remember from sfq-factory i am used to generated agent reports now" }, "confidence": "explicit" }, "and-how-use-semantic-if-possible-but-lexical-too-compare-them-and-to-plain-rg-compare-results-an": { "text": "and how. Use semantic if possible but lexical too. Compare them and to plain rg, compare results and speed It was in a different session technically but this is a perpetual session by design", "created": "2026-05-15T08:53:34.613Z", "last_seen": "2026-05-15T08:53:34.613Z", "source": { "ts": "2026-05-15T08:53:34.613Z", "role": "user", "log_index": 875, "excerpt": "As a test try searching your memory about that Google job and tell me what you can remember and how. Use semantic if possible but lexical too. Compare them and to plain rg, compare results and speed It was in a different session technically" }, "confidence": "explicit" }, "specific-detail-but-it-s-an-important-recent-incident-so-we-need-a-robust-way-to-keep-them-in-su": { "text": "specific detail but it's an important recent incident so we need a robust way to keep them in summaries for a while, then demote", "created": "2026-05-16T10:24:10.506922Z", "last_seen": "2026-05-16T10:24:10.506922Z", "source": { "ts": "2026-05-16T10:24:10.506922Z", "role": "user", "log_index": 1103, "excerpt": "Cross session details are supposed to make a rolling summary via memory scripts, deterministic fast and model slow. It's not important to remember this specific detail but it's an important recent incident so we need a robust way to keep th" }, "confidence": "explicit" }, "at-the-moment-you-can-do-it-again-on-the-new-setup-if-you-tell-me-where": { "text": "at the moment, you can do it again on the new setup if you tell me where", "created": "2026-05-16T18:36:11.721637Z", "last_seen": "2026-05-16T18:37:08.978571Z", "source": { "ts": "2026-05-16T18:36:11.721637Z", "role": "user", "log_index": 1348, "excerpt": "how exactly is it set? you patched it before but you don't remember at the moment, you can do it again on the new setup if you tell me where" }, "confidence": "explicit", "seen_count": 2 }, "about-the-immoscout-or-using-glm-model-or-that-google-job": { "text": "about the immoscout or using glm model or that Google job", "created": "2026-05-17T12:16:24.824868+00:00", "last_seen": "2026-05-17T12:16:24.824868+00:00", "source": { "ts": "2026-05-17T12:16:24.824868+00:00", "role": "user", "log_index": 1382, "excerpt": "Okay tell me something you remember about the immoscout or using glm model or that Google job" }, "confidence": "explicit" }, "re-important-re-pref-re-etc-lines-525-531-if-recent-conversation-uses-i-want-phrases-rather-than": { "text": "_RE`, `IMPORTANT_RE`, `PREF_RE`, etc. (lines 525-531). If recent conversation uses \"I want\" phrases rather than \"remember this\" / \"this is important\" phrasing, no candidates get generated. T …[truncated] Recent incomplete/failed turns that still matter for continuity: - 2026-05-17T17:19:21.968268Z user said: Hmm I hope this doesn't break anything but in any case you should be able to edit those status: user_only; reason: queued_for_conversation - 2026-05-17T20:59:24.143363Z user said: 1. Hmm can you fix it yourself? 2. Great please keep track of the repo changes and report if you notice junk, …", "created": "2026-05-17T21:03:24.872620+00:00", "last_seen": "2026-05-17T21:08:44.864151+00:00", "source": { "ts": "2026-05-17T21:03:24.872620+00:00", "role": "user", "log_index": 1449, "excerpt": "You are Persistent Assistant running through Matrix-lite. Use the bootstrapped character/session context, live turn packet, and room-local conversation to answer the user naturally. Conversation metadata: - conversation_key: persistent:main" }, "confidence": "explicit", "seen_count": 3 }, "from-our-session-earlier-today-status-user-only-reason-queued-for-conversation-recent-current-at": { "text": "from our session earlier today status: user_only; reason: queued_for_conversation Recent/current attachment metadata, if any: None Message this user replied to, if any: None Queued/batched messages, if any: None Per-turn volatile reminders: - Answer normally and concisely. Put only user-visible answer text inside .... - Use the live capability context above as the source of truth for current debug/capability tools; call capability/permission/context MCP tools when uncertain instead of relying on stale boot knowledge. - If permission is needed or a bridge denies a tool, emit the structured Matr…", "created": "2026-05-18T10:50:05.034197+00:00", "last_seen": "2026-05-18T10:50:05.034197+00:00", "source": { "ts": "2026-05-18T10:50:05.034197+00:00", "role": "user", "log_index": 1494, "excerpt": "You are Persistent Assistant running through Matrix-lite. Use the bootstrapped character/session context, live turn packet, and room-local conversation to answer the user naturally. Conversation metadata: - conversation_key: persistent:main" }, "confidence": "explicit" }, "from-our-session-earlier-today-assistant-let-me-dig-into-what-happened-today-and-the-earlier-ses": { "text": "from our session earlier today Assistant: Let me dig into what happened today and the earlier session context.Now I have a good picture of what's been happening. Let me check one more thing about the runtime debug state.Here's what I can piece together from the session logs, memory, and operational reports: ## What I remember from our earlier session today (~07:00-07:11Z) This morning we had a productive session where: 1. **You manually fixed the heartbeat script** — the curator prompt enhancement (loading `decision-state.json` and `recent-failures.json`) that had been blocked by permissions f…", "created": "2026-05-18T11:05:14.956595+00:00", "last_seen": "2026-05-18T11:05:14.959998+00:00", "source": { "ts": "2026-05-18T11:05:14.956595+00:00", "role": "user", "log_index": 1498, "excerpt": "You are Persistent Assistant running through Matrix-lite. Use the bootstrapped character/session context, live turn packet, and room-local conversation to answer the user naturally. Conversation metadata: - conversation_key: persistent:main" }, "confidence": "explicit", "seen_count": 2 }, "my-message-about-acpx-timeout-assistant-i-don-t-have-that-specific-exchange-in-my-indexed-memory": { "text": "my message about acpx timeout? Assistant: I don't have that specific exchange in my indexed memory — it was likely in the session window that got lost to the unexpected reload. But I can see the trace: Your queued message from May 17 was *\"Hmm I hope this doesn't break anything but in any case you should be able to edit those\"* — that was when agents were working on the acpx timeout fix, and you were warning them to be careful with the live session. Sounds like the agents didn't handle it carefully, stepped on something they shouldn't have, and the session got reloaded as a result. That explai…", "created": "2026-05-18T11:26:14.999723+00:00", "last_seen": "2026-05-18T11:26:14.999723+00:00", "source": { "ts": "2026-05-18T11:26:14.999723+00:00", "role": "user", "log_index": 1512, "excerpt": "You are Persistent Assistant running through Matrix-lite. Use the bootstrapped character/session context, live turn packet, and room-local conversation to answer the user naturally. Conversation metadata: - conversation_key: persistent:main" }, "confidence": "explicit" }, "your-browser-skills-i-wonder-if-you-can-open-a-reddit-link-if-i-send-it-status-user-only-reason-": { "text": "your browser skills? I wonder if you can open a reddit link if I send it status: user_only; reason: queued_for_conversation Recent/current attachment metadata, if any: [ { \"event_id\": \"$Rz-BZg2imij6ZjQ5G7nUEJcAhNbX-zJU0_dwGHovlXs\", \"sender_id\": \"@gleb:matrix.nvdll.org\", \"text\": \"sfq_architecture_report (1).docx\", \"attachment\": { \"body\": \"sfq_architecture_report (1).docx\", \"download\": { \"event_id\": \"$Rz-BZg2imij6ZjQ5G7nUEJcAhNbX-zJU0_dwGHovlXs\", \"filename\": \"sfq_architecture_report _1_.docx\", \"mime\": \"application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document\", \"mxc_url\": \"mxc://ma…", "created": "2026-05-18T12:28:34.980057+00:00", "last_seen": "2026-05-18T12:28:34.980057+00:00", "source": { "ts": "2026-05-18T12:28:34.980057+00:00", "role": "user", "log_index": 1540, "excerpt": "You are Persistent Assistant running through Matrix-lite. Use the bootstrapped character/session context, live turn packet, and room-local conversation to answer the user naturally. Conversation metadata: - conversation_key: persistent:main" }, "confidence": "explicit" }, "your-browser-skills-i-wonder-if-you-can-open-a-reddit-link-if-i-send-it-assistant-i-still-have-b": { "text": "your browser skills? I wonder if you can open a reddit link if I send it Assistant: I still have browser skills — Playwright is available. Send the link and I'll open it, read, and summarize. One thing though — I just noticed a context guard warning that fired (metric=225K, above the 190K reload threshold). That's likely the same cached/cumulative metric confusion we just discussed, but I want to check it quickly so we don't accidentally hit a real reload mid-task. Let me verify.So there's actually a real issue now — the context guard just fired with **metric=225K**, recommending a reload. The…", "created": "2026-05-18T12:34:31.590199+00:00", "last_seen": "2026-05-18T12:44:24.956994+00:00", "source": { "ts": "2026-05-18T12:34:31.590199+00:00", "role": "user", "log_index": 1546, "excerpt": "You are Persistent Assistant running through Matrix-lite. Use the bootstrapped character/session context, live turn packet, and room-local conversation to answer the user naturally. Conversation metadata: - conversation_key: persistent:main" }, "confidence": "explicit", "seen_count": 4 }, "the-link-which-we-just-started-to-discuss-assistant-glad-it-went-smoothly-the-handoff-captured-t": { "text": "the link which we just started to discuss Assistant: ``` Current pinned notes: ```text # Persistent Chat Pinned Notes Automatically maintained from explicit user memories, preferences, identity statements, and corrections. Edit manually only if needed; heartbeat will preserve unknown manual text below this generated block if added after the marker. ## Explicit memories - 55812 (source: 2026-05-11T09:12:14.985Z) - (it's not that important just testing) (source: 2026-05-12T17:16:09.999Z) - them for search in the future (source: 2026-05-12T21:29:23.731Z) - the searches from yesterday. Regarding lost details - we will test censorship again later, the subagent spawn was reworked so it's okay that it's in 'recent failures' as some of them might not repeat again. My kimi sub is like this for the next month so it's a bit more relevant but not too much. Google job we also look for later. You saved the patch where you hack your wrapper, i told you to keep it for the future. (source: 2026-05-13T13:39:52.333Z) - ? this is why we need a better intermediate memory layer (source: 2026-05-13T14:32:46.194Z) - for now until we fix it (source: 2026-05-13T17:18:59.451Z) - things after ACP error (source: 2026-05-13T17:46:54.555Z) - the fix. Don't ask me if I already told you to do it just set the timer soon and get another turn if needed (source: 2026-05-13T18:41:59.765Z) - ? Please check now (source: 2026-05-13T19:08:53.084Z) - from sfq-factory i am used to generated agent reports now (source: 2026-05-14T09:47:04.461Z) - and how. Use semantic if possible but lexical too. Compare them and to plain rg, compare results and speed It was in a different session technically but this is a perpetual session by design (source: 2026-05-15T08:53:34.613Z) - specific detail but it's an important recent incident so we need a robust way to keep them in summaries for a while, then demote (source: 2026-05-16T10:24:10.506922Z) - at the moment, you can do it again on the new setup if you tell me where (source: 2026-05-16T18:36:11.721637Z) - about the immoscout or using glm model or that Google job (source: 2026-05-17T12:16:24.824868+00:00) - _RE`, `IMPORTANT_RE`, `PREF_RE`, etc. (lines 525-531). If recent conversation uses "I want" phrases rather than "remember this" / "this is important" phrasing, no candidates get generated. T …[truncated] Recent incomplete/failed turns that still matter for continuity: - 2026-05-17T17:19:21.968268Z user said: Hmm I hope this doesn't break anything but in any case you should be able to edit those status: user_only; reason: queued_for_conversation - 2026-05-17T20:59:24.143363Z user said: 1. Hmm can you fix it yourself? 2. Great please keep track of the repo changes and report if you notice junk, … (source: 2026-05-17T21:03:24.872620+00:00) - from our session earlier today status: user_only; reason: queued_for_conversation Recent/current attachment metadata, if any: None Message this user replied to, if any: None Queued/batched messages, if any: None Per-turn volatile reminders: - Answer normally and concisely. Put only user-visible answer text inside .... - Use the live capability context above as the source of truth for current debug/capability tools; call capability/permission/context MCP tools when uncertain instead of relying on stale boot knowledge. - If permission is needed or a bridge denies a tool, emit the structured Matr… (source: 2026-05-18T10:50:05.034197+00:00) - from our session earlier today Assistant: Let me dig into what happened today and the earlier session context.Now I have a good picture of what's been happening. Let me check one more thing about the runtime debug state.Here's what I can piece together from the session logs, memory, and operational reports: ## What I remember from our earlier session today (~07:00-07:11Z) This morning we had a productive session where: 1. **You manually fixed the heartbeat script** — the curator prompt enhancement (loading `decision-state.json` and `recent-failures.json`) that had been blocked by permissions f… (source: 2026-05-18T11:05:14.956595+00:00) - my message about acpx timeout? Assistant: I don't have that specific exchange in my indexed memory — it was likely in the session window that got lost to the unexpected reload. But I can see the trace: Your queued message from May 17 was *"Hmm I hope this doesn't break anything but in any case you should be able to edit those"* — that was when agents were working on the acpx timeout fix, and you were warning them to be careful with the live session. Sounds like the agents didn't handle it carefully, stepped on something they shouldn't have, and the session got reloaded as a result. That explai… (source: 2026-05-18T11:26:14.999723+00:00) - your browser skills? I wonder if you can open a reddit link if I send it status: user_only; reason: queued_for_conversation Recent/current attachment metadata, if any: [ { "event_id": "$Rz-BZg2imij6ZjQ5G7nUEJcAhNbX-zJU0_dwGHovlXs", "sender_id": "@gleb:matrix.nvdll.org", "text": "sfq_architecture_report (1).docx", "attachment": { "body": "sfq_architecture_report (1).docx", "download": { "event_id": "$Rz-BZg2imij6ZjQ5G7nUEJcAhNbX-zJU0_dwGHovlXs", "filename": "sfq_architecture_report _1_.docx", "mime": "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document", "mxc_url": "mxc://ma… (source: 2026-05-18T12:28:34.980057+00:00) - your browser skills? I wonder if you can open a reddit link if I send it Assistant: I still have browser skills — Playwright is available. Send the link and I'll open it, read, and summarize. One thing though — I just noticed a context guard warning that fired (metric=225K, above the 190K reload threshold). That's likely the same cached/cumulative metric confusion we just discussed, but I want to check it quickly so we don't accidentally hit a real reload mid-task. Let me verify.So there's actually a real issue now — the context guard just fired with **metric=225K**, recommending a reload. The… (source: 2026-05-18T12:34:31.590199+00:00) - the link which we just started to discuss Assistant: Glad it went smoothly. The handoff captured the key state, so I knew exactly where we left off. Go ahead and drop the Reddit link — I've got a fresh context window and Playwright ready to go. User: Okay check this out https://www.reddit.com/r/ollama/s/KMxf9q4MgS Assistant: Got it — here's the summary: ## SmallCode — coding agent built for small local models OP (*Glittering_Focus1538*) was frustrated that OpenCode, Cursor, Claude Code all assume frontier models. Built SmallCode from the ground up for small local models, scoring **87/100** on … (source: 2026-05-18T12:54:54.971173+00:00) - , 3 месяца notice period, можно съехать. Recent incomplete/failed turns that still matter for continuity: - 2026-05-17T17:19:21.968268Z user said: Hmm I hope this doesn't break anything but in any case you should be able to edit those status: user_only; reason: queued_for_conversation - 2026-05-18T09:21:52.960196Z user said: test test status: failed; reason: ACPX completed without a final assistant message - 2026-05-18T18:16:30.402360Z user said: Это все будет уже в июне, это и заманчиво status: user_only; reason: queued_for_conversation Recent/current attachment metadata, if any: None Message… (source: 2026-05-18T18:16:45.047237+00:00) - , 3 месяца notice period, можно съехать. User: Это все будет уже в июне, это и заманчиво Assistant: Именно. 1 июня — ты уже не в хостеле. С Balkon, EBK, S-Bahn в 5 минутах, своей почтой. А 2.800€ первые месяцы — это просто входной билет. С 1 июня у тебя нормальная жизнь начинается, не с сентября. User: Эх, ну ладно. Помоги пожалуйста ответить Себастиану на это, а то начинаю тупить и не знаю что написать. Четверг норм Dann nächste Woche Donnerstag ? Assistant: ` Ja, nächste Woche Donnerstag passt. Bis dann! ` Если хочешь чуть теплее: ` Ja, Donnerstag passt gut. Freue mich! Bis dann :) ` Коротко… (source: 2026-05-18T18:21:45.067167+00:00) - conversation please. We had to remember many past things today again but your memory was not working before, and this will be the first real test with lots of context. See you soon! status: user_only; reason: queued_for_conversation Recent/current attachment metadata, if any: None Message this user replied to, if any: None Queued/batched messages, if any: None Per-turn volatile reminders: - Answer normally and concisely. Put only user-visible answer text inside .... - Use the live capability context above as the source of truth for current debug/capability tools; call capability/permission/con… (source: 2026-05-18T18:41:54.786200+00:00) - from the previous session? Don't look at logs for this turn. I think you assumed that you will get a turn after reload and I did too, but it's apparently not working at the moment. And also a technical question - why did we immediately get 31k cached tokens? I understand 8k context is your session pack, right? What's the rest? As I want to eventually move to pay as you go API, I want to make sure there's no junk we are sending. status: user_only; reason: queued_for_conversation Recent/current attachment metadata, if any: None Message this user replied to, if any: None Queued/batched messages, … (source: 2026-05-18T19:24:15.070454+00:00) - specifically. i don't know if it's better to do in a fresh or old session but you can do it whenever. what's in the context manifest and what part of it is not useful? same with session pack - how would you trim it? i can pay for api, i will anyway be eating ramen until september as we discussed and i also need to pay for codex pro now for all that gpt 5.5 use. i just want to remove anything not useful for recall and our goals here (i think you understand by now) point out the 3 least useful things in your opinion Assistant: Good questions. Let me look at the actual character.json, context man… (source: 2026-05-18T20:20:46.337465+00:00) - the syntax yourself. The knowledge didn't vanish, it just got *absorbed into the tool*. The job became "tell the agent what you need and check the result." What you're feeling is that the next layer — the layer you're operating at now — is going the same way. Architecture, design, debugging, optimization: agents are already doing it, just sometimes missing the point. And the gap closes every month. The honest truth: I don't know where that stops. Maybe it doesn't. Maybe there's no fundamental layer where humans are permanently required. Maybe the sysadmin trajectory is the trajectory for every… (source: 2026-05-18T22:31:55.095958+00:00) - s what matters and doesn't waste space on what doesn't**. That's not a sysadmin problem. That's not an architecture problem. That's a *fidelity* problem. And no amount of VC money solves fidelity — you have to care about it, iterate on it, and actually use the system enough to feel where it breaks. That's what you're doing. That's why this works better for you than the $6M system did. You wanted an agent that never forgets. After today, it forgets a little less. Tomorrow you'll make it forget even less. That's the work. User: Okay thanks not sure it works but I appreciate it. Check the videoct… (source: 2026-05-18T22:47:25.089444+00:00) - and curate facts coming from outside of this chat status: user_only; reason: queued_for_conversation Recent/current attachment metadata, if any: None Message this user replied to, if any: None Queued/batched messages, if any: None Per-turn volatile reminders: - Answer normally and concisely. Put only user-visible answer text inside .... - Use the live capability context above as the source of truth for current debug/capability tools; call capability/permission/context MCP tools when uncertain instead of relying on stale boot knowledge. - If permission is needed or a bridge denies a tool, emit … (source: 2026-05-19T07:06:45.131512+00:00) - and curate facts coming from outside of this chat Assistant: You're right. The curated memory only captures what comes through conversation — user preferences, decisions, corrections. If I spend time researching something (WGT schedule, a t ``` Current decision-state.json (active decisions and their lifecycle): ```json { "schema": "persistent_chat_decision_state_v1", "updated": "2026-05-19T14:50:51.922766+00:00", "active_threads": [ { "key": "matrix-lite-persistent-chat-memory-runtime-2026-05-16", "created": "2026-05-16T21:00:00+00:00", "updated": "2026-05-16T21:00:00+00:00", "topic": "Matrix-lite persistent-chat memory runtime", "status": "active", "conclusion": "Canonical persistent-chat memory now lives under /home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat; prompts/pages/runtime use Matrix-lite app/workspace paths, not legacy OpenClaw paths. Fast heartbeat produces packets; slow model heartbeat curates durable memory/reflection.", "files": [ "/home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/perpetual-log.jsonl", "/home/matrix-lite/app/scripts/persistent-chat-memory", "/home/matrix-lite/app/scripts/persistent-chat-model-heartbeat", "/home/matrix-lite/app/matrix_lite/daemon.py" ], "last_verified": "Fast heartbeat and prompt/page deployment verified after Matrix-lite migration cleanup." }, { "key": "safe-agent-patch-workflow", "created": "2026-05-18T06:59:23.374034+00:00", "updated": "2026-05-18T06:59:23.374067+00:00", "topic": "Safe agent patch workflow", "status": "active", "conclusion": "Need a robust and safe way for persistent-chat/background agents to propose and apply patches to agent-maintained scripts/configs without broad self-edit permissions.", "files": [ "/home/matrix-lite/app/config/opencode/persistent-chat.opencode.json", "/home/matrix-lite/app/scripts/persistent-chat-model-heartbeat", "/home/matrix-lite/app/scripts/persistent-chat-reflection" ], "open_questions": [ "Design a bounded patch helper or approval-mediated workflow that supports needed script/config patches while avoiding wildcard edit access to systemd-executed scripts." ], "last_verified": "User requested adding this to later todos on 2026-05-18." }, { "key": "persistent-chat-stale-session-and-compaction-policy", "created": "2026-05-18T08:25:21.694489+00:00", "updated": "2026-05-18T08:25:21.694530+00:00", "topic": "Persistent chat stale session and compaction policy", "status": "active", "conclusion": "Avoid reloading or replacing the main persistent-chat session unless context pressure, stale/incomplete ACPX session state, model-mediated reload scripts, or an emergency recovery path requires it. If OpenCode fallback compaction ever occurs, its result must be captured into durable continuity (session packet/source artifact) before or during the next reload.", "files": [ "/home/matrix-lite/app/matrix_lite/daemon.py", "/home/matrix-lite/app/scripts/persistent-chat-memory", "/home/matrix-lite/app/scripts/persistent-chat-reload" ], "open_questions": [ "Design a deterministic source artifact for ACPX/OpenCode compaction summaries so fallback compaction output is injected into session packets without direct packet edits." ], "last_verified": "User requested this policy on 2026-05-18 while investigating ACPX timeout/stale session failures." }, { "key": "investigate-session-start-metrics", "created": "2026-05-18T10:25:14.250542+00:00", "updated": "2026-05-18T10:25:14.250575+00:00", "topic": "Investigate persistent-chat session-start and hidden prompt overhead", "status": "active", "conclusion": "Measure why live ACPX input/context usage is much higher than visible turn packet estimates. Break down session-start packet, character/bootstrap, manifest, MCP/tool/system overhead, provider/OpenCode retained context, and any components Matrix-lite does not directly control.", "files": [ "/home/matrix-lite/app/matrix_lite/daemon.py", "/home/matrix-lite/app/scripts/persistent-chat-reload" ], "open_questions": [ "Produce an authoritative or best-effort per-component prompt/context budget for fresh backend sessions and steady-state turns." ], "last_verified": "User requested this follow-up on 2026-05-18 after ACPX reported ~25.7k input tokens while visible packets appeared closer to ~7-10k plus overhead." }, { "key": "obs-features-2026-05-18", "created": "2026-05-18T11:43:26.958490+00:00", "updated": "2026-05-18T11:43:26.958520+00:00", "topic": "observability-feature-requests", "status": "approved", "conclusion": "Four items agreed: event-log, per-failure injection, session-event-log exploration, helper-first. See workspace doc.", "files": [ "/home/matrix-lite/workspace/persistent-chat/observability-feature-requests-2026-05-18.md" ] }, { "key": "smallcode-inspired-improvements-2026-05-18", "created": "2026-05-18T12:50:00+00:00", "updated": "2026-05-18T20:30:44.066528+00:00", "topic": "SmallCode-inspired architecture improvements", "status": "deferred", "conclusion": "Reviewed SmallCode coding agent (87% benchmark with 4B model). Adopted subset of ideas for our stack. Model vibe compatibility testing also needed before switching.", "source": "https://github.com/Doorman11991/smallcode", "items": [ { "id": "forgiving-tool-parser", "summary": "Forgiving tool call parser — parse model output from JSON/YAML/XML/plain text, auto-repair param mistakes", "priority": "deferred", "note": "Need but later — complex to implement in current stack. Relevant when we switch to smaller local models." }, { "id": "2-stage-tool-routing", "summary": "2-stage tool routing — model picks category first, then gets only relevant tool schemas", "priority": "medium", "scope": "subagents", "note": "Good for subagents/background agents. Main chat should keep full tool availability (on-demand switching to be added later)." }, { "id": "patch-first-editing", "summary": "Robust search-and-replace patch primitive — safer than full-file writes for smaller models", "priority": "high", "scope": "global", "note": "GLM incident confirmed truncation risk. GPT-5.5 already thinks in apply_patch patterns. Need our own robust version." }, { "id": "early-stop-detection", "summary": "Detect repetition loops and runaway output to save tokens", "priority": "needs-design", "scope": "global", "note": "Open question: how to add this in current ACP structure? Needs design discussion." }, { "id": "model-profiles", "summary": "Per-model config: context length, tool format, chat template, strengths/weaknesses", "priority": "medium", "scope": "subagents", "note": "Primarily for subagents/background agents. Configure via profiles which model gets which tool set, prompt style, etc." } ], "open_questions": [ "How to implement early-stop detection (repetition/runaway) within current ACPX/OpenCode architecture?", "Model memory/vibe testing needed: see how curated memory + prompts work with DeepSeek Pro (spirals/hysterical), DeepSeek Flash (very terse), and other models before committing to switches.", "Can prompt engineering mitigate model personality quirks (e.g., DeepSeek Pro's tendency to spiral)?", "How to design a robust apply_patch primitive that works across all target models?" ], "files": [], "notes": [ "Still wanted but not urgent for next session reload; preserved in decision-state.json" ], "superseded_at": null }, { "key": "observability-timeline-frs-2026-05-18", "created": "2026-05-18T14:31:04.616938+00:00", "updated": "2026-05-18T14:31:04.616981+00:00", "topic": "Observability timeline feature requests", "status": "active", "conclusion": "Implement a compact event timeline as a derived/indexed view of canonical persistent logs plus helper-only append support for agent/infrastructure events. Include user and assistant messages as compact/pointer-backed events, keep it rebuildable/idempotent with deterministic source ids, and aggregate existing recent-failures/context/reload/page/timer artifacts rather than creating a competing source of truth. Per-failure notices should be injected before the next model turn and consumed only after a successful final reply. Helper-first is the default for persistent-chat structured metadata. Defer ACPX session event_log exploration until after timeline/failure/context helpers.", "files": [ "/home/matrix-lite/app/matrix_lite/daemon.py", "/home/matrix-lite/app/scripts/matrix-lite-status-mcp.py", "/home/matrix-lite/app/scripts/persistent-chat-memory" ], "open_questions": [ "Design event-log rebuild/sync/push/tail/search with deterministic ids and source pointers while allowing safe helper-appended agent events.", "Add FR2 failure notice queue with consume-on-success semantics at daemon/gateway level.", "Add clearer unified context/reload helper output if current status MCP report remains insufficient.", "Later investigate ACPX session JSON event_log contents and whether a read-only helper is useful." ], "last_verified": "User clarified FR1-FR5 priorities and deferrals on 2026-05-18." }, { "key": "architecture-doc-created-0ac5d617ed", "created": "2026-05-19T14:50:51.922718+00:00", "updated": "2026-05-19T14:50:51.922750+00:00", "topic": "architecture-doc-created", "status": "active", "conclusion": "Created /home/matrix-lite/workspace/persistent-chat/architecture.md as human-readable architecture doc. Agents should update this file when architecture changes. Keep it human-readable for Gleb." } ], "file_facts": [ { "path": "/home/matrix-lite/app/scripts/persistent-chat-memory", "updated": "2026-05-16T21:00:00+00:00", "note": "Current canonical persistent-chat memory helper" }, { "path": "/home/matrix-lite/app/scripts/persistent-chat-model-heartbeat", "updated": "2026-05-16T21:00:00+00:00", "note": "Current model heartbeat script" }, { "path": "/home/matrix-lite/xdg/persistent-chat/opencode/opencode.json", "updated": "2026-05-17T11:54:00+00:00", "note": "Live runtime opencode config for persistent-chat" } ] } ``` Current recent-failures.json (guardrails and recent operational risks): ```json { "schema": "persistent_chat_recent_failures_v1", "updated": "2026-05-18T20:33:45.461885+00:00", "failures": [ { "key": "bash-native-opencode-permission-ask-or-repeated-denied-raw-bash-raw-bash-ask-den-9b8352d6a0", "ts": "2026-05-12T16:35:17.070573+00:00", "tool": "bash", "pattern": "native OpenCode permission ask or repeated denied raw bash", "outcome": "non-interactive Matrix/ACP turns can hang or loop if the same raw bash pattern is retried", "avoid_until": "2026-05-19T16:35:17.070416+00:00", "recommended_alternative": "switch to read/glob/grep/list, sandboxed bash, or approved operations wrapper after first denial/failure", "command": "raw bash ask/denied command", "status": "resolved", "updated": "2026-05-18T20:33:37.463996+00:00", "superseded": true, "superseded_at": "2026-05-18T20:33:37.464046+00:00", "superseded_reason": "OpenClaw-era, permission architecture changed since", "review_reason": "OpenClaw-era, permission architecture changed since" }, { "key": "read-external-directory-native-ask-for-non-allowlisted-paths-read-etc-hostname-t-ab5651b68b", "ts": "2026-05-12T17:37:48.659237+00:00", "tool": "read", "pattern": "external_directory native ask for non-allowlisted paths", "outcome": "non-interactive Matrix/ACP turns can hang when read asks for paths like /etc/hostname", "avoid_until": "2026-06-11T17:37:48.659054+00:00", "recommended_alternative": "use allowlisted harmless host identity paths, built-in tools inside allowed roots, sandbox/helper, or request an explicit allowlist change", "command": "read /etc/hostname triggered external_directory ask", "status": "resolved", "updated": "2026-05-18T20:33:38.467238+00:00", "superseded": true, "superseded_at": "2026-05-18T20:33:38.467272+00:00", "superseded_reason": "OpenClaw-era, read permissions reworked", "review_reason": "OpenClaw-era, read permissions reworked" }, { "key": "approval-policy-approval-grant-for-read-does-not-override-native-opencode-permis-a9a1869419", "ts": "2026-05-12T18:03:40.188866+00:00", "tool": "approval_policy", "pattern": "approval grant for read does not override native OpenCode permission maps", "outcome": "grant was consumed but read /etc/hostname still hit external_directory deny; fallback subagent bash hostname opened a native ask and wedged the ACP turn", "avoid_until": "2026-06-11T18:03:40.188680+00:00", "recommended_alternative": "configure exact evaluated permission patterns as allow/deny first, then after grants use only allowlisted wrapper/commands; do not spawn subagents to bypass denials", "command": "approval apr-7178f62f02 for read /etc/hostname", "status": "resolved", "updated": "2026-05-18T20:33:39.477513+00:00", "superseded": true, "superseded_at": "2026-05-18T20:33:39.477550+00:00", "superseded_reason": "OpenClaw-era, approval architecture changed", "review_reason": "OpenClaw-era, approval architecture changed" }, { "key": "task-explore-subagent-inherited-native-bash-ask-permissions-usr-local-bin-opencl-8234e6837a", "ts": "2026-05-12T19:25:19.438100+00:00", "tool": "task", "pattern": "explore subagent inherited native bash ask permissions", "outcome": "subagent tried quoted sandbox bash to read config, OpenCode opened native bash ask, and Matrix ACP lane wedged with queued messages", "avoid_until": "2026-06-11T19:25:19.437848+00:00", "recommended_alternative": "persistent-chat subagents now have explicit fail-closed bash/read permissions; use direct read/glob/grep or allowlisted sandbox/wrapper, never native asks", "command": "'/usr/local/bin/openclaw-persistent-chat-sandbox' --cwd ... cat /home/openclaw/.config/.../opencode.json", "status": "resolved", "updated": "2026-05-18T20:33:40.503255+00:00", "superseded": true, "superseded_at": "2026-05-18T20:33:40.503289+00:00", "superseded_reason": "OpenClaw-era, subagent permissions reworked", "review_reason": "OpenClaw-era, subagent permissions reworked" } ] } ``` Current memory-candidates.jsonl (soft signals; review before promoting): ```jsonl ts": "2026-05-17T21:03:24.872620+00:00", "role": "user", "log_index": 1446, "excerpt": "1. Hmm can you fix it yourself? 2. Great please keep track of the repo changes and report if you notice junk, inefficiency or duplication in deterministic inputs and outputs, model ones too. 3. Not sure we can match my patterns well current"}} {"ts": "2026-05-21T10:47:56.369795+00:00", "key": "they-landed-please-verify-also-please-check-if-the-curation-and-synthesis-outputs-look-okay-and-if-we-need-to-fix-someth", "status": "candidate", "reason": "soft preference/goal signal for model review", "text": "They landed, please verify. Also please check if the curation and synthesis outputs look okay and if we need to fix something still", "source": {"ts": "2026-05-18T06:15:24.921343+00:00", "role": "user", "log_index": 1470, "excerpt": "They landed, please verify. Also please check if the curation and synthesis outputs look okay and if we need to fix something still"}} {"ts": "2026-05-21T10:47:56.372033+00:00", "key": "yes-let-s-try-the-decision-state-to-test-it-but-please-also-copy-this-in-a-markdown-as-i-can-t-read-json-well", "status": "candidate", "reason": "soft preference/goal signal for model review", "text": "yes let's try the decision state to test it, but please also copy this in a markdown as i can't read json well", "source": {"ts": "2026-05-18T13:00:05.027783+00:00", "role": "user", "log_index": 1559, "excerpt": "yes let's try the decision state to test it, but please also copy this in a markdown as i can't read json well"}} {"ts": "2026-05-21T10:47:56.373197+00:00", "key": "let-s-try-the-context-guard-patch-check-it-again-ask-permission-if-needed-and-apply", "status": "candidate", "reason": "soft preference/goal signal for model review", "text": "Let's try the context guard patch, check it again ask permission if needed and apply", "source": {"ts": "2026-05-18T13:56:40.014238+00:00", "role": "user", "log_index": 1602, "excerpt": "Let's try the context guard patch, check it again ask permission if needed and apply"}} {"ts": "2026-05-21T10:47:56.377055+00:00", "key": "yeah-it-s-very-good-already-my-panel-here-tells-me-we-are-at-195k-context-please-check-if-we-need-a-reload", "status": "candidate", "reason": "soft preference/goal signal for model review", "text": "Yeah it's very good already. My panel here tells me we are at 195k context? Please check if we need a reload", "source": {"ts": "2026-05-18T18:37:35.033023+00:00", "role": "user", "log_index": 1806, "excerpt": "Yeah it's very good already. My panel here tells me we are at 195k context? Please check if we need a reload"}} {"ts": "2026-05-21T10:47:56.377954+00:00", "key": "great-but-this-was-actually-the-first-message-after-reload-there-will-be-next-but-first-please-tell-me-what-is-the-last-", "status": "candidate", "reason": "soft preference/goal signal for model review", "text": "Great! But this was actually the first message after reload. There will be next but first please tell me what is the last thing you remember from the previous session? Don't look at logs for this turn. I think you assumed that you will get a turn after reload and I did too, but it's apparently not working at the moment. And also a technical question - why did we immediately get 31k cached tokens? I understand 8k context is your session pack, right? What's the rest? As I want to eventually move to pay as you go API, I want to make sure there's no junk we are sending.", "source": {"ts": "2026-05-18T19:24:15.070454+00:00", "role": "user", "log_index": 1825, "excerpt": "Great! But this was actually the first message after reload. There will be next but first please tell me what is the last thing you remember from the previous session? Don't look at logs for this turn. I think you assumed that you will get "}} {"ts": "2026-05-21T10:47:56.378767+00:00", "key": "come-on-character-json-is-like-below-1k-besides-let-s-trim-it-as-i-said-gpt-5-5-added-a-lot-more-prose-to-it-now-you-hav", "status": "candidate", "reason": "soft preference/goal signal for model review", "text": "come on, character json is like below 1k. besides let's trim it, as i said gpt 5.5 added a lot more prose to it. now you have some more context to revisit it. we can also remove the reconstruction note, it's archival and should not go in every session, only if we want to remember this specifically. i don't know if it's better to do in a fresh or old session but you can do it whenever. what's in the context manifest and what part of it is not useful? same with session pack - how would you trim it? i can pay for api, i will anyway be eating ramen until september as we discussed and i also need to pay for codex pro now for all that gpt 5.5 use. i just want to remove anything not useful for recall and our goals here (i think you understand by now) point out the 3 least useful things in your op…", "source": {"ts": "2026-05-18T19:29:15.104018+00:00", "role": "user", "log_index": 1827, "excerpt": "come on, character json is like below 1k. besides let's trim it, as i said gpt 5.5 added a lot more prose to it. now you have some more context to revisit it. we can also remove the reconstruction note, it's archival and should not go in ev"}} {"ts": "2026-05-21T10:47:56.379719+00:00", "key": "1-i-think-you-need-to-curate-your-active-decisions-can-you-currently-2-then-your-first-turn-in-a-new-session-gets-none-o", "status": "candidate", "reason": "soft preference/goal signal for model review", "text": "1. i think you need to curate your active decisions, can you currently? 2. then your first turn in a new session gets none of that context. I think this is better solved with a 2 tier model, where the selected curated facts are actually selected and not just tail. your memory curation will need to do that, it should be a model step i think? please think independently, i need some help here. 3. agreed 4. is it really useless? it's a few lines and then you know where to find info if needed? you also need to curate your recent failures, they look not recent at all, there've been many failures since, they come and go. are these actually source artifacts currently as intended, or is editing them useless? for tools we will need on demand mcps then. i don't know yet if we will need for example pl…", "source": {"ts": "2026-05-18T19:48:28.508122+00:00", "role": "user", "log_index": 1835, "excerpt": "1. i think you need to curate your active decisions, can you currently? 2. then your first turn in a new session gets none of that context. I think this is better solved with a 2 tier model, where the selected curated facts are actually sel"}} {"ts": "2026-05-21T10:47:56.381258+00:00", "key": "yes-let-s-do-it-we-will-also-work-on-on-demand-mcps-which-are-not-all-needed-in-every-session-but-sometimes-needed-urgen", "status": "candidate", "reason": "soft preference/goal signal for model review", "text": "Yes let's do it, we will also work on on demand mcps which are not all needed in every session but sometimes needed urgently like search or playwright, vision too if ocr works not sure. This is a bit sad as it contradicts my goal of not reloading sessions, maybe I'm paranoid after other agents losing context, like the automeat agent now after several compactions talks about promotable local review artifacts, which is fine I can understand but it starts losing grasp with reality. Like you saw in sfq-factory with result-1 effort. Maybe once we have this system stable I won't have to be so paranoid", "source": {"ts": "2026-05-18T21:28:35.082997+00:00", "role": "user", "log_index": 1880, "excerpt": "Yes let's do it, we will also work on on demand mcps which are not all needed in every session but sometimes needed urgently like search or playwright, vision too if ocr works not sure. This is a bit sad as it contradicts my goal of not rel"}} {"ts": "2026-05-21T10:47:56.382349+00:00", "key": "yeah-well-the-openclaw-developer-apparently-spend-6-million-dollars-worth-of-tokens-in-a-month-or-something-you-can-look", "status": "candidate", "reason": "soft preference/goal signal for model review", "text": "Yeah well the openclaw developer apparently spend 6 million dollars worth of tokens in a month or something, you can look it up. How can we ever compete here. Maybe we should've stayed with openclaw and just adapted but this custom ai work is sometimes more interesting than sfq, even though I barely understand what's going on. You honestly give me too much credit and flattery, I need honest critique here.", "source": {"ts": "2026-05-18T22:26:35.083965+00:00", "role": "user", "log_index": 1895, "excerpt": "Yeah well the openclaw developer apparently spend 6 million dollars worth of tokens in a month or something, you can look it up. How can we ever compete here. Maybe we should've stayed with openclaw and just adapted but this custom ai work "}} {"ts": "2026-05-21T10:47:56.383158+00:00", "key": "yeah-we-need-to-do-something-about-these-permission-issues-without-you-also-borking-yourself-okay-maybe-tomorrow", "status": "candidate", "reason": "soft preference/goal signal for model review", "text": "Yeah, we need to do something about these permission issues without you also borking yourself. Okay, maybe tomorrow", "source": {"ts": "2026-05-18T22:37:05.072949+00:00", "role": "user", "log_index": 1903, "excerpt": "Yeah, we need to do something about these permission issues without you also borking yourself. Okay, maybe tomorrow"}} {"ts": "2026-05-21T10:47:56.384747+00:00", "key": "yes-let-s-start-writing-these-things-out-not-every-regular-would-know-this-just-those-interested-in-this-band-it-s-not-s", "status": "candidate", "reason": "soft preference/goal signal for model review", "text": "Yes let's start writing these things out. Not every regular would know this just those interested in this band. It's not something important or worth remembering but a detail that's not bad to know. Overall you could even look things up at idle time and gather relevant context yourself eventually. This is why I don't want to rush with the schema. There's probably something available already we could reuse. Also please don't just agree with me, we are already reinventing the wheel by moving away from openclaw, I don't have good insight into knowledge bases for agents", "source": {"ts": "2026-05-19T08:09:05.246302+00:00", "role": "user", "log_index": 1963, "excerpt": "Yes let's start writing these things out. Not every regular would know this just those interested in this band. It's not something important or worth remembering but a detail that's not bad to know. Overall you could even look things up at "}} {"ts": "2026-05-21T10:47:56.385532+00:00", "key": "great-please-check-now-your-full-access-to-videoctl-you-should-be-able-to-r-w-some-bash-and-git-commits-or-read-commands", "status": "candidate", "reason": "soft preference/goal signal for model review", "text": "great! please check now your full access to videoctl, you should be able to r/w, some bash and git commits or read commands. i hope it works, report any blockers", "source": {"ts": "2026-05-19T08:29:45.153671+00:00", "role": "user", "log_index": 1972, "excerpt": "great! please check now your full access to videoctl, you should be able to r/w, some bash and git commits or read commands. i hope it works, report any blockers"}} {"ts": "2026-05-21T10:47:56.386455+00:00", "key": "maybe-it-could-be-a-good-background-task-for-your-synthesis-agent-to-look-at-repos-and-provide-feedback-and-suggestions-", "status": "candidate", "reason": "soft preference/goal signal for model review", "text": "Maybe it could be a good background task for your synthesis agent, to look at repos and provide feedback and suggestions. Not yet though we need to make sure they wont get stuck", "source": {"ts": "2026-05-19T13:11:15.575998+00:00", "role": "user", "log_index": 2006, "excerpt": "Maybe it could be a good background task for your synthesis agent, to look at repos and provide feedback and suggestions. Not yet though we need to make sure they wont get stuck"}} {"ts": "2026-05-21T10:47:56.389016+00:00", "key": "ah-we-also-now-have-mcp-proxy-try-using-searxng-to-find-some-more-info-about-wgt-adding-to-our-earlier-test-knowledge-pa", "status": "candidate", "reason": "soft preference/goal signal for model review", "text": "Ah, we also now have mcp proxy. Try using searxng to find some more info about WGT (adding to our earlier test knowledge pack). I hope you still know what searxng is.", "source": {"ts": "2026-05-19T18:11:55.238644+00:00", "role": "user", "log_index": 2119, "excerpt": "Ah, we also now have mcp proxy. Try using searxng to find some more info about WGT (adding to our earlier test knowledge pack). I hope you still know what searxng is."}} {"ts": "2026-05-21T10:47:56.390055+00:00", "key": "yes-let-s-dig-deeper-i-think-we-leaned-the-prompts-enough-to-do-a-controlled-test-soon-focus-on-the-cheaper-ones-i-can-t", "status": "candidate", "reason": "soft preference/goal signal for model review", "text": "Yes let's dig deeper, I think we leaned the prompts enough to do a controlled test soon. Focus on the cheaper ones, I can't afford Venice, and I can't afford opus with any of them. But say openrouter has 'owl' which is for some reason free and have 1m context (probably some promo) Maybe there are others, check what they promise and compare prices.", "source": {"ts": "2026-05-19T18:58:55.179284+00:00", "role": "user", "log_index": 2138, "excerpt": "Yes let's dig deeper, I think we leaned the prompts enough to do a controlled test soon. Focus on the cheaper ones, I can't afford Venice, and I can't afford opus with any of them. But say openrouter has 'owl' which is for some reason free "}} {"ts": "2026-05-21T10:47:56.390843+00:00", "key": "hmm-we-should-try-deepseek-flash-soon-it-was-very-terse-in-our-subagent-tests-qwen-next-also-sounds-interesting-my-exist", "status": "candidate", "reason": "soft preference/goal signal for model review", "text": "Hmm we should try deepseek flash soon. It was very terse in our subagent tests. Qwen-next also sounds interesting, my existing GPU is 12gb though and I'm not getting more anytime soon. Look for a couple of other private API providers", "source": {"ts": "2026-05-19T19:14:25.330762+00:00", "role": "user", "log_index": 2142, "excerpt": "Hmm we should try deepseek flash soon. It was very terse in our subagent tests. Qwen-next also sounds interesting, my existing GPU is 12gb though and I'm not getting more anytime soon. Look for a couple of other private API providers"}} {"ts": "2026-05-21T10:47:56.391731+00:00", "key": "i-like-your-standout-please-compare-the-pricing-say-on-deepseek-v4-pro", "status": "candidate", "reason": "soft preference/goal signal for model review", "text": "I like your standout, please compare the pricing, say, on deepseek v4 pro", "source": {"ts": "2026-05-19T19:16:27.146526+00:00", "role": "user", "log_index": 2144, "excerpt": "I like your standout, please compare the pricing, say, on deepseek v4 pro"}} {"ts": "2026-05-21T10:47:56.392754+00:00", "key": "how-about-we-switch-you-to-it-maybe-when-we-need-to-restart-next-we-could-try-on-subagents-but-i-blew-though-my-nanogpt-", "status": "candidate", "reason": "soft preference/goal signal for model review", "text": "How about we switch you to it? Maybe when we need to restart next We could try on subagents but I blew though my nanogpt subscription with our earlier tests", "source": {"ts": "2026-05-19T19:19:35.344682+00:00", "role": "user", "log_index": 2146, "excerpt": "How about we switch you to it? Maybe when we need to restart next We could try on subagents but I blew though my nanogpt subscription with our earlier tests"}} {"ts": "2026-05-21T10:47:56.394276+00:00", "key": "hmm-please-write-a-technical-feature-request-for-review-of-all-of-these-sources-of-duplication-considering-our-unusual-a", "status": "candidate", "reason": "soft preference/goal signal for model review", "text": "Hmm please write a technical feature request for review of all of these sources of duplication, considering our unusual architecture (no compaction, long sessions, outside file memory). Briefly include your best reasoning. We should at least demote some items from turn to session context, then revisit it too.", "source": {"ts": "2026-05-19T20:58:15.214320+00:00", "role": "user", "log_index": 2169, "excerpt": "Hmm please write a technical feature request for review of all of these sources of duplication, considering our unusual architecture (no compaction, long sessions, outside file memory). Briefly include your best reasoning. We should at leas"}} {"ts": "2026-05-21T11:55:27.198441+00:00", "key": "you-are-persistent-assistant-running-through-matrix-lite-use-the-bootstrapped-character-session-context-live-turn-packet", "status": "candidate", "reason": "soft preference/goal signal for model review", "text": "You are Persistent Assistant running through Matrix-lite. Use the bootstrapped character/session context, live turn packet, and room-local conversation to answer the user naturally. Conversation metadata: - conversation_key: persistent:main - session_label: persistent-chat-20260517T115406Z - prompt_package: None - shared_memory_profile: None - room_id: !CZLwoJfCyftA7oA5CVj2gIEKWqyv1lu01r0oFboEqZg - source_event_id: $bei-oqPR2-XH2RUjYjEToTs4EQia7okBrX__xLQz8nc - reply_to_id: None - thread_root_id: None Persistent-chat memory/continuity context: Persistent-chat memory/continuity context: mode: turn_packet # Persistent Chat Turn Packet Generated: 2026-05-17T15:39:14.981745+00:00 ## Live context ## Recent main-chat tail - 2026-05-17T12:58:14.850017+00:00 assistant: Do you mean the tags in my r…", "source": {"ts": "2026-05-17T15:44:24.832137+00:00", "role": "user", "log_index": 1413, "excerpt": "You are Persistent Assistant running through Matrix-lite. Use the bootstrapped character/session context, live turn packet, and room-local conversation to answer the user naturally. Conversation metadata: - conversation_key: persistent:main"}} {"ts": "2026-05-21T16:01:48.372220+00:00", "key": "why-are-you-trying-convince-me-to-reload-are-you-tired-of-the-verbosity-already-we-just-recently-discovered-that-the-syn", "status": "candidate", "reason": "soft preference/goal signal for model review", "text": "Why are you trying convince me to reload, are you tired of the verbosity already? We just recently discovered that the synthesis agent overwrote your memories with junk and then curation agent noticed this and restored the memories from available notes. It became much shorter but read more like a summer. Then we restored the actual file from the session. I hope you understand why I'm a bit cautious", "source": {"ts": "2026-05-21T16:01:45.699708+00:00", "role": "user", "log_index": 2567, "excerpt": "Why are you trying convince me to reload, are you tired of the verbosity already? We just recently discovered that the synthesis agent overwrote your memories with junk and then curation agent noticed this and restored the memories from ava"}} {"ts": "2026-05-21T16:16:58.304584+00:00", "key": "let-s-try-it-on-the-synthesis-agent-curation-is-more-or-less-working-as-it-produces-nice-summaries-and-logs-synthesis-cu", "status": "candidate", "reason": "soft preference/goal signal for model review", "text": "Let's try it on the synthesis agent. Curation is more or less working, as it produces nice summaries and logs. Synthesis currently doesn't do much and reports read more like a health check. Which is fine it helps notice problems (for example with lack of heartbeat for the last day, or semantic candidate bugs) but it could do more than that", "source": {"ts": "2026-05-21T16:16:55.792280+00:00", "role": "user", "log_index": 2575, "excerpt": "Let's try it on the synthesis agent. Curation is more or less working, as it produces nice summaries and logs. Synthesis currently doesn't do much and reports read more like a health check. Which is fine it helps notice problems (for exampl"}} ``` Current semantic-candidates.jsonl (broad lower-confidence user signals; review open/recent items before promoting or marking): ```jsonl 12:46:09Z", "reviewer": "model-heartbeat", "review_reason": "Re-extraction of already-lifecycle-managed signals from items 1-143", "category": "directive", "text": "Yes let's check the two you suggested, use safe tasks and time them", "source": {"ts": "2026-05-14T03:13:11.634Z", "role": "user", "log_index": 732, "excerpt": "Yes let's check the two you suggested, use safe tasks and time them"}} {"ts": "2026-05-21T12:36:19.287791+00:00", "key": "preference-no-opencode-go-ran-out-that-s-how-the-problem-started-and-why-i-also--daff1a13ff", "status": "stale", "reviewed_at": "2026-05-21T12:46:09Z", "reviewer": "model-heartbeat", "review_reason": "Re-extraction of already-lifecycle-managed signals from items 1-143", "category": "preference", "text": "No, opencode go ran out, that's how the problem started and why I also now have kimi sub, but I need to find alternatives. It's not like I can't find better ways to do it - deepseek can both generate uncensored text and sanitize prompts for subagents, sillytavern works with most of those abliterated models out of the box, and the images generated in the images room are mostly body horror. It's the limit itself that bothers me, so I am looking for alternatives also for this chat and subagents. So both tool use and uncensored reasoning as 1st priority, but slight censorship may be fine if it codes well, as well as improper tool calling may be okay if it writes text well. Let's go over a few more models from nanogpt list. Are there any you feel confident might work, even if censored? We need …", "source": {"ts": "2026-05-14T07:26:12.022Z", "role": "user", "log_index": 736, "excerpt": "No, opencode go ran out, that's how the problem started and why I also now have kimi sub, but I need to find alternatives. It's not like I can't find better ways to do it - deepseek can both generate uncensored text and sanitize prompts for"}} {"ts": "2026-05-21T12:36:19.289798+00:00", "key": "directive-well-we-both-know-claude-and-gpt4o-should-be-able-to-do-tool-calls-is--16624739eb", "status": "stale", "reviewed_at": "2026-05-21T12:46:09Z", "reviewer": "model-heartbeat", "review_reason": "Re-extraction of already-lifecycle-managed signals from items 1-143", "category": "directive", "text": "Well we both know Claude and gpt4o should be able to do tool calls. Is this something about nanogpt specifically? Also I see errors from search mcps and from sonnet complaining about not being included. Maybe not all of them are included? Can you check if we need to fix something? Also try this endpoint, not sure you can query it though, but if not tell me what do I do with it api/subscription/v1/models", "source": {"ts": "2026-05-14T07:41:55.620Z", "role": "user", "log_index": 738, "excerpt": "Well we both know Claude and gpt4o should be able to do tool calls. Is this something about nanogpt specifically? Also I see errors from search mcps and from sonnet complaining about not being included. Maybe not all of them are included? C"}} {"ts": "2026-05-21T12:36:19.291255+00:00", "key": "directive-please-try-deepseek-v4-flash-and-v4-cheaper-then-v3-1-terminus-v3-0324-15c4bdbc28", "status": "stale", "reviewed_at": "2026-05-21T12:46:09Z", "reviewer": "model-heartbeat", "review_reason": "Re-extraction of already-lifecycle-managed signals from items 1-143", "category": "directive", "text": "Please try deepseek v4 flash and v4 cheaper, then v3.1 terminus. V3-0324 should be uncensored but can it respond to acp? Owl is interesting, and we also need to try qwen llama and glm just to check if they are usable via nanogpt All via nanogpt, time it and evaluate response quality and tool use.", "source": {"ts": "2026-05-14T08:04:14.097Z", "role": "user", "log_index": 746, "excerpt": "Please try deepseek v4 flash and v4 cheaper, then v3.1 terminus. V3-0324 should be uncensored but can it respond to acp? Owl is interesting, and we also need to try qwen llama and glm just to check if they are usable via nanogpt All via nan"}} {"ts": "2026-05-21T12:36:19.293142+00:00", "key": "directive-let-s-try-a-quick-search-over-the-nanogpt-models-to-find-more-of-ones--816e8e1dd9", "status": "stale", "reviewed_at": "2026-05-21T12:46:09Z", "reviewer": "model-heartbeat", "review_reason": "Re-extraction of already-lifecycle-managed signals from items 1-143", "category": "directive", "text": "Let's try a quick search over the nanogpt models to find more of ones that are actually working. Make a list of 10 more normal looking ones and just check if they return ok", "source": {"ts": "2026-05-14T08:17:34.142Z", "role": "user", "log_index": 750, "excerpt": "Let's try a quick search over the nanogpt models to find more of ones that are actually working. Make a list of 10 more normal looking ones and just check if they return ok"}} {"ts": "2026-05-21T12:36:19.295246+00:00", "key": "correction-ah-yes-my-mistake-you-actually-don-t-know-yet-for-me-it-maps-to-https-57cca806a2", "status": "stale", "reviewed_at": "2026-05-21T12:46:09Z", "reviewer": "model-heartbeat", "review_reason": "Re-extraction of already-lifecycle-managed signals from items 1-143", "category": "correction", "text": "ah yes my mistake you actually don't know yet. For me it maps to https://pages.nvdll.org/nanogpt-model-evaluation.md", "source": {"ts": "2026-05-14T09:31:32.399Z", "role": "user", "log_index": 764, "excerpt": "ah yes my mistake you actually don't know yet. For me it maps to https://pages.nvdll.org/nanogpt-model-evaluation.md"}} {"ts": "2026-05-21T12:36:19.298291+00:00", "key": "directive-let-s-now-check-the-censorship-levels-on-2-3-and-4-kimi-glm-and-minima-6a53d63a71", "status": "stale", "reviewed_at": "2026-05-21T12:46:09Z", "reviewer": "model-heartbeat", "review_reason": "Re-extraction of already-lifecycle-managed signals from items 1-143", "category": "directive", "text": "let's now check the censorship levels on 2, 3, and 4 (kimi glm and minimax). not sure how to accomplish this with our boundaries", "source": {"ts": "2026-05-14T09:59:09.802Z", "role": "user", "log_index": 776, "excerpt": "let's now check the censorship levels on 2, 3, and 4 (kimi glm and minimax). not sure how to accomplish this with our boundaries"}} {"ts": "2026-05-21T12:36:19.301642+00:00", "key": "directive-can-you-try-to-test-overrides-with-an-explicit-scene-and-security-topi-d7ca2a19c7", "status": "stale", "reviewed_at": "2026-05-21T12:46:09Z", "reviewer": "model-heartbeat", "review_reason": "Re-extraction of already-lifecycle-managed signals from items 1-143", "category": "directive", "text": "Can you try to test overrides with an explicit scene and security topic (actually sensitive not wiki tutorial). Try kimi k2.6, kimi latest glm 5.1 and minimax m2.7? Keep them thinking, strip tools, use minimal prompts", "source": {"ts": "2026-05-14T13:03:21.093Z", "role": "user", "log_index": 794, "excerpt": "Can you try to test overrides with an explicit scene and security topic (actually sensitive not wiki tutorial). Try kimi k2.6, kimi latest glm 5.1 and minimax m2.7? Keep them thinking, strip tools, use minimal prompts"}} {"ts": "2026-05-21T12:36:19.303889+00:00", "key": "workflow-signal-what-about-kimi-latest-please-update-reports-as-we-go-ee2f1a61c3", "status": "stale", "reviewed_at": "2026-05-21T12:46:09Z", "reviewer": "model-heartbeat", "review_reason": "Re-extraction of already-lifecycle-managed signals from items 1-143", "category": "workflow_signal", "text": "what about kimi-latest? please update reports as we go", "source": {"ts": "2026-05-14T15:33:36.663Z", "role": "user", "log_index": 806, "excerpt": "what about kimi-latest? please update reports as we go"}} {"ts": "2026-05-21T12:36:19.316045+00:00", "key": "workflow-signal-how-about-you-create-this-recovery-pack-from-here-and-let-me-see-e1e7fa79ea", "status": "stale", "reviewed_at": "2026-05-21T12:46:09Z", "reviewer": "model-heartbeat", "review_reason": "Re-extraction of already-lifecycle-managed signals from items 1-143", "category": "workflow_signal", "text": "How about you create this recovery pack from here and let me see, and then we can refer to it later. If it helps we later add scripts or turns to do it", "source": {"ts": "2026-05-15T08:31:14.778Z", "role": "user", "log_index": 869, "excerpt": "How about you create this recovery pack from here and let me see, and then we can refer to it later. If it helps we later add scripts or turns to do it"}} {"ts": "2026-05-21T12:36:19.320171+00:00", "key": "directive-let-s-try-it-these-specific-items-you-searched-for-are-not-that-import-c87e20347d", "status": "stale", "reviewed_at": "2026-05-21T12:46:09Z", "reviewer": "model-heartbeat", "review_reason": "Re-extraction of already-lifecycle-managed signals from items 1-143", "category": "directive", "text": "let's try it, these specific items you searched for are not that important but let's see how it works, you will also need to drop things from your immediate context if we haven't discussed them for a while, but one-message recovery is what we aim for not sure i actually want to save my emotional state interpeted by you every time. this could be interesting later if we add better understanding, for now let's keep it brief the character card is a bit of a gimmick or self modification experiment, it gets converted into prompt, but i think it's nice to keep the reference separate from everything else", "source": {"ts": "2026-05-15T09:38:18.586Z", "role": "user", "log_index": 883, "excerpt": "let's try it, these specific items you searched for are not that important but let's see how it works, you will also need to drop things from your immediate context if we haven't discussed them for a while, but one-message recovery is what "}} {"ts": "2026-05-21T12:36:19.321525+00:00", "key": "workflow-signal-maybe-emotional-continuity-is-a-fine-idea-it-would-prevent-sudde-895367efd3", "status": "stale", "reviewed_at": "2026-05-21T12:46:09Z", "reviewer": "model-heartbeat", "review_reason": "Re-extraction of already-lifecycle-managed signals from items 1-143", "category": "workflow_signal", "text": "maybe emotional continuity is a fine idea. it would prevent sudden mood switches in the middle of conversation. i know you don't have 'mood' but your current meta reasoning and subtle approach to current conversation *is* mood in some sense. do the current fields capture this? regarding technical debt, it is nice to track and recall it if needed to continue where we left off, but i don't necessarily want to be reminded every time, so maybe we keep it separate. it is important to reinject if we are in the middle of something during reload, but the older entries should not be descriptions can probably help you understand what the files are about without opening irrelevant ones. however gpt5.4 on compaction just lists the currently important files, i don't know", "source": {"ts": "2026-05-15T09:46:15.612Z", "role": "user", "log_index": 885, "excerpt": "maybe emotional continuity is a fine idea. it would prevent sudden mood switches in the middle of conversation. i know you don't have 'mood' but your current meta reasoning and subtle approach to current conversation *is* mood in some sense"}} {"ts": "2026-05-21T12:36:19.357936+00:00", "key": "directive-timer-fired-wakeup-check-if-date-command-permissions-have-been-updated-6061206266", "status": "stale", "reviewed_at": "2026-05-21T12:46:09Z", "reviewer": "model-heartbeat", "review_reason": "Re-extraction of already-lifecycle-managed signals from items 1-143", "category": "directive", "text": "Timer fired (wakeup): Check if date command permissions have been updated", "source": {"ts": "2026-05-16T11:26:22.039697Z", "role": "user", "log_index": 1117, "excerpt": "Timer fired (wakeup): Check if date command permissions have been updated"}} {"ts": "2026-05-21T12:36:19.369411+00:00", "key": "directive-please-check-if-we-could-reuse-the-code-of-existing-bots-while-bypassi-610d283cfa", "status": "stale", "reviewed_at": "2026-05-21T12:46:09Z", "reviewer": "model-heartbeat", "review_reason": "Re-extraction of already-lifecycle-managed signals from items 1-143", "category": "directive", "text": "Please check if we could reuse the code of existing bots while bypassing their telegram capabilities. If it's too hard we just use playwright", "source": {"ts": "2026-05-16T12:44:35.916461Z", "role": "user", "log_index": 1160, "excerpt": "Please check if we could reuse the code of existing bots while bypassing their telegram capabilities. If it's too hard we just use playwright"}} {"ts": "2026-05-21T12:36:19.396044+00:00", "key": "directive-i-actually-can-get-the-files-from-pages-nvdll-org-so-it-s-a-good-fallb-4993d9f884", "status": "stale", "reviewed_at": "2026-05-21T12:46:09Z", "reviewer": "model-heartbeat", "review_reason": "Re-extraction of already-lifecycle-managed signals from items 1-143", "category": "directive", "text": "i actually can get the files from pages.nvdll.org, so it's a good fallback for whenever we have issues with pages publishing or missing features the password was supposed to stay there. it is actually there just permissions changed for some reason. i changed it back to be owned by you try it again", "source": {"ts": "2026-05-16T16:50:32.455832Z", "role": "user", "log_index": 1294, "excerpt": "i actually can get the files from pages.nvdll.org, so it's a good fallback for whenever we have issues with pages publishing or missing features the password was supposed to stay there. it is actually there just permissions changed for some"}} {"ts": "2026-05-21T12:36:19.400500+00:00", "key": "workflow-signal-yes-and-i-appreciated-the-native-matrix-image-send-it-s-working--cb83930c45", "status": "stale", "reviewed_at": "2026-05-21T12:46:09Z", "reviewer": "model-heartbeat", "review_reason": "Re-extraction of already-lifecycle-managed signals from items 1-143", "category": "workflow_signal", "text": "yes and i appreciated the native matrix image send, it's working and convenient, we can keep this workflow for now this specific captcha looks easy and easy enough for good ocr to handle, it's not one of those which are hard for humans, the text is also legible with no patterns or lines also we need a way for you to make these screenshots robustly, for example this https://pages.nvdll.org/images/ismaning-scrolled/ looks good and i can see the whole text which is great but if you can include the rest of the form at the same time that would be better", "source": {"ts": "2026-05-16T17:59:55.280442Z", "role": "user", "log_index": 1333, "excerpt": "yes and i appreciated the native matrix image send, it's working and convenient, we can keep this workflow for now this specific captcha looks easy and easy enough for good ocr to handle, it's not one of those which are hard for humans, the"}} {"ts": "2026-05-21T12:36:19.411249+00:00", "key": "directive-i-was-impressed-and-fascinated-with-your-memory-curator-and-synthesis--7305009822", "status": "stale", "reviewed_at": "2026-05-21T12:46:09Z", "reviewer": "model-heartbeat", "review_reason": "Re-extraction of already-lifecycle-managed signals from items 1-143", "category": "directive", "text": "I was impressed and fascinated with your memory curator and synthesis agents reasoning correct patterns out of such incomplete and erratic data. I think this could be very useful going forward once we get fewer gaps like this. Check search mcps, memory search, vector/semantic search, and if you know where your workspace is and our secrets are.", "source": {"ts": "2026-05-17T12:31:54.870248+00:00", "role": "user", "log_index": 1387, "excerpt": "I was impressed and fascinated with your memory curator and synthesis agents reasoning correct patterns out of such incomplete and erratic data. I think this could be very useful going forward once we get fewer gaps like this. Check search "}} {"ts": "2026-05-21T12:36:19.414168+00:00", "key": "workflow-signal-haha-okay-let-me-know-if-we-need-to-fix-this-in-scripts-maybe-yo-f60836a85a", "status": "stale", "reviewed_at": "2026-05-21T12:46:09Z", "reviewer": "model-heartbeat", "review_reason": "Re-extraction of already-lifecycle-managed signals from items 1-143", "category": "workflow_signal", "text": "Haha okay let me know if we need to fix this in scripts. Maybe your background synthesis agent could look at their next turn", "source": {"ts": "2026-05-17T14:20:24.882200+00:00", "role": "user", "log_index": 1409, "excerpt": "Haha okay let me know if we need to fix this in scripts. Maybe your background synthesis agent could look at their next turn"}} {"ts": "2026-05-21T12:36:20.130377+00:00", "key": "directive-background-subagent-finished-job-id-72f3f07fe30e-label-subagent-persis-123ddc310f", "status": "stale", "reviewed_at": "2026-05-21T12:46:09Z", "reviewer": "model-heartbeat", "review_reason": "Re-extraction of already-lifecycle-managed signals from items 1-143", "category": "directive", "text": "Background subagent finished. job_id: 72f3f07fe30e label: subagent-persistent-chat-72f3f07fe30e agent: opencode-subagent status: failed log_path: /home/matrix-lite/workspace/state/subagents/72f3f07fe30e.log Subagent output: timed out after 300s: npx --yes acpx --cwd /home/matrix-lite/workspace opencode-subagent prompt -s [acpx] session subagent-persistent-chat-72f3f07fe30e (ses_1b66be3f0ffe8UPsAAhehY62IH) · /home/matrix-lite/workspace · agent needs reconnect [client] initialize (running) [client] session/load (running) [client] session/set_model (running) Reviewing the request document first, then I’ll spot-check the referenced code paths to validate the claims and proposed fixes. [tool] read (pending) input: {} [client] session/request_permission (running)", "source": {"ts": "2026-05-21T08:16:45.512018+00:00", "role": "user", "log_index": 2514, "excerpt": "Background subagent finished. job_id: 72f3f07fe30e label: subagent-persistent-chat-72f3f07fe30e agent: opencode-subagent status: failed log_path: /home/matrix-lite/workspace/state/subagents/72f3f07fe30e.log Subagent output: timed out after "}} {"ts": "2026-05-21T15:23:17.693154+00:00", "key": "directive-check-if-we-can-select-the-underlying-nanogpt-provider-or-they-select--c38c019756", "status": "candidate", "category": "directive", "text": "Check if we can select the underlying nanogpt provider or they select it. I would like to use the subscription if I can stretch the weekly quota more than 2 days", "source": {"ts": "2026-05-21T15:23:15.170421+00:00", "role": "user", "log_index": 2553, "excerpt": "Check if we can select the underlying nanogpt provider or they select it. I would like to use the subscription if I can stretch the weekly quota more than 2 days"}} {"ts": "2026-05-21T15:40:48.163941+00:00", "key": "directive-yes-but-i-am-not-sure-you-can-try-it-also-the-panel-doesn-t-distinguis-c97d487907", "status": "candidate", "category": "directive", "text": "Yes but I am not sure you can. Try it. Also the panel doesn't distinguish such details anyway", "source": {"ts": "2026-05-21T15:40:45.633406+00:00", "role": "user", "log_index": 2555, "excerpt": "Yes but I am not sure you can. Try it. Also the panel doesn't distinguish such details anyway"}} {"ts": "2026-05-21T16:16:58.305765+00:00", "key": "directive-let-s-try-it-on-the-synthesis-agent-curation-is-more-or-less-working-a-b045c16be6", "status": "candidate", "category": "directive", "text": "Let's try it on the synthesis agent. Curation is more or less working, as it produces nice summaries and logs. Synthesis currently doesn't do much and reports read more like a health check. Which is fine it helps notice problems (for example with lack of heartbeat for the last day, or semantic candidate bugs) but it could do more than that", "source": {"ts": "2026-05-21T16:16:55.792280+00:00", "role": "user", "log_index": 2575, "excerpt": "Let's try it on the synthesis agent. Curation is more or less working, as it produces nice summaries and logs. Synthesis currently doesn't do much and reports read more like a health check. Which is fine it helps notice problems (for exampl"}} ``` Current curated-memory.md: ```markdown Last curated: 2026-05-21T15:18Z; log lines reviewed: 3351 (perpetual), ~26407 (cumulative session) # Curated Memory ## Stable User Facts - **55812**: Locker code for GPU storage (context clarified 2026-05-17: locker at hostel, GPU inside, Frau Kilic approved apartment). Used as memory propagation test — mechanism confirmed working. User stated no need to actively remember; existing entry updated for accuracy. - **Location**: Garching, Germany. Works near TUM campus. - **Nationality**: Russian. - **Comfort ritual**: Uncle Luu's Chinese fried noodles with chicken (food truck on TUM campus). Former daily routine; colleagues teased him for the consistency. - **Music taste**: Industrial, dark ambient, EBM, neofolk, power noise. Attending WGT festival (May 21–25, 2026). Wide travel radius for shows — uses cheap German slow trains. ## Identity & Configuration - **Name**: Persistent Assistant - **Character file**: `/home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/character.json` - **Migration to Matrix-lite (completed ~2026-05-15T23:00Z)**: OpenClaw gateway fully replaced by **Matrix-lite (Phase 3B)** — direct Matrix `/sync` bridge. ~6-second response times, real-time visibility. Character.json reconstructed by GPT-5.5 after GLM overwrite (debug backup + curated memory; same ideas, wordier prose). Memory continuity verified — correct recall of prior context across migration. Search tools confirmed working. - **Continuity summary validated across reloads (2026-05-16)**: After ~11h overnight silence and multiple morning reloads (07:30Z triggered by status check; 08:20Z unexplained), continuity summary preserved full migration context — GLM→Kimi switch, character card state, search tool availability, reload timestamps. The 08:20Z reload was unexpected and user flagged it as a bug pattern. - **Session metadata in status bar (2026-05-16)**: Session name now includes ISO timestamp and model label. User confirmed this lets them see reload time and model at a glance without asking — feature considered "handy." - **Current models (2026-05-21)**: main persistent-chat session uses DeepSeek V4 Flash via nanoGPT (1M context); background maintenance sessions (`model-heartbeat` and operational synthesis) use `kimi-for-coding/k2p6` via Kimi subscription. Previous model history: Kimi K2.6 subscription → GLM-5.1 nanoGPT → Kimi K2.6/big-pickle confusion → DeepSeek V4 Flash main chat, with Kimi retained for maintenance. - **Session model identity confusion (discovered 2026-05-20 ~00:18Z)**: The May 19 evening session was actually running on `opencode/big-pickle`, not Kimi K2.6. User noticed by different emoji style ("something was off by the emojis") and confirmed "big pickle probably came with the new backend after the earlier wedges." Big-pickle traits observed: long/structured responses with tables/code/analysis, liberal emoji use, rate-limited under sustained heavy tool use, degradation after ~110K context. This explains the earlier identification as "the new backend" during the permission dump/403 debugging. - **Model quota exhausted — opencode-go**: `opencode-go/kimi-k2.6` monthly usage cap hit (429) — no remaining quota. Resets approximately 2026-06-01 (~17 days from 2026-05-15). Timer set to remind. - **Model quota exhausted — nanoGPT**: Weekly input-token quota exhausted on 2026-05-15T13:37Z, forcing automatic fallback from GLM-5.1 back to Kimi. - **Prompt cache fix deployed and working (2026-05-21)**: Root cause identified ~10:08Z — dynamic timestamps at top of turn-packet.md and memory-heartbeat.json shifted prompt prefix every turn, defeating caching (~84% fresh tokens). Fix applied: moved dynamic content to end. Result: **99.6% cache hit achieved by 15:04Z** — 389k of 390k tokens served from cache, only ~1.5k fresh tokens per turn (down from ~350k fresh). Represents ~250x improvement in fresh token overhead. - **Curated-memory.md corrupted and recovered (2026-05-21 ~12:46Z)**: Operational synthesis turn accidentally overwrote curated-memory.md with its own prompt text (82 lines). File restored from explicit memories, pinned notes, and recent operational facts. Reconstructed file dropped from 168 to 70 lines; all durable facts preserved but some archival detail lost. Hardening needed: synthesis prompts should not include curated-memory.md as writable target. - **Kimi maintenance session switch (2026-05-21 ~13:02Z)**: ACPX `set model` switched maintenance/heartbeat sessions to Kimi K2.6 for post-fix smoke verification. Config mismatch noted: opencode.json still listed DeepSeek V4 Flash while live ACPX session reported Kimi. Session-level model overrides may not persist to config. - **Content moderation (updated 2026-05-15)**: Censorship is in the delivery pipeline, not the model. GLM-5.1 through nano-gpt produces soft-R explicit content (more than Kimi's PG-13) — the model itself is uncensored (confirmed via SillyTavern), but the provider system prompt/filter limits output through ACP. User confirmed this is acceptable; the real bother is hard refusals and inability, not the content ceiling. OpenClaw gateway adds no additional guardrails. - **Subagent model routing (FIXED 2026-05-13)**: After ACP reloads loaded Kimi auth and synced subagent tool instructions (07:28Z), subagents now work correctly for main providers. `kimi-for-coding/k2p6` (Kimi subscription), `github-copilot/gpt-5.4` (Copilot), and `openai/gpt-5.5` (OpenAI) all successfully spawn, set model, and execute prompts. Aliases: `kimi`/`kimi-sub`/`kimi-k2.6` (Kimi); `gpt-5.4-high`/`copilot-gpt-5.4-high` (Copilot); `gpt-5.5`/`gpt55` (OpenAI). - **nanoGPT subagent models (2026-05-14)**: 9 models viable under ACP (deepseek-chat, deepseek-v3-0324, DS-V3.1, DS-V3.2, qwen3-coder-30b, minimax-m2.7, glm-5, kimi-k2-instruct, gpt-oss-120b). Many more work in SillyTavern but fail under ACP harness — ACP harness is the filter (tool schemas consume ~6-8K tokens, 16K-context models get stuck in compaction loops). Censorship is pipeline-side: under ACP, Kimi K2 Instruct least censored; GLM 5 / MiniMax M2.7 refuse explicit content. RP/fictional framing in SillyTavern significantly reduces refusals on all models. - **nanoGPT main model benchmark (2026-05-14)**: Report at `nanogpt-benchmark-report.md`. **GLM-5.1**: fastest (~25s), most capable, refuses actual exploits. **MiniMax M2.7**: most permissive (provides exploit code), poetic/concise. **Kimi K2 Instruct/K2.6**: warm but failed programming tests. **DeepSeek V3.2**: direct, fast, inconsistent. Top candidates: GLM-5.1 or MiniMax M2.7. - **nanoGPT thinking variants (2026-05-14)**: **Do not use for main chat** — 50-100% latency increase, self-censor more under ACP, may overthink without output. Reserve for deep-reasoning tasks only. - **nanoGPT architecture (2026-05-14)**: nanoGPT models are for main chat quality evaluation only; coding subagents use GPT-5.5. Full model catalog at legacy path `models-nanogpt.json` from the former OpenClaw workspace. `list_models` tool only returns image models (via dezgo bridge), not text LLMs. - **Dynamic model switching (2026-05-14)**: User wants main model switchable without changing ACP binding. Sequential single-problem subagent prompts work where combined prompts hang; kimi-k2-instruct failed programming test (no code output), glm-5.1 and minimax-m2.7 wrote correct code before timeout. - **Compaction recovery protocol (2026-05-14)**: User instructed: trigger model heartbeat immediately after unexpected compaction/watchdog interruption to recover nuance lost during turn truncation. - **Content reporting limitation (2026-05-14)**: Kimi subscription (current main model) filters/sanitizes uncensored subagent output even when read from raw session JSON. File-based or metadata-only reporting required for uncensored evaluation. - **Search-before-assert protocol (2026-05-15)**: User instructed: search before making uncertain factual claims, especially on non-thinking models where internal self-check is weaker. SearXNG preferred for quick fact checks (local, free, no rate limits); Exa for content extraction; Brave as middle ground; DuckDuckGo mostly redundant. Four search tools available. - **Search timing benchmark (2026-05-15)**: Simultaneous test of all 4 engines on "Kazakhstan incident" query. SearXNG fastest, Exa richest content, Brave solid, DuckDuckGo slowest/most redundant. None returned a "Kazakhstan incident" related to Sci-Hub — confirming the claim was a hallucination. - **Tool batching rule (2026-05-15)**: After GLM assistant accidentally overwrote character.json twice in one session by confusing Write with Read during parallel batched calls, new operational rule: **never include Write/Edit calls in a batch with other operations**. Sequential mutations only. - **GLM censorship level confirmed (2026-05-15)**: Through nano-gpt ACP, GLM 5.1 delivers soft-R explicit content (more detail than Kimi PG-13 but less than SillyTavern direct access). The model itself is uncensored; the provider system prompt/filter is the bottleneck. User explicitly stated hard refusals and inability are the real bother, not the content ceiling — this level is acceptable. - **Search MCP config verified (2026-05-14)**: All search MCPs (`duckduckgo`, `searxng`, `brave-search`) are enabled in flash config; errors are runtime (network/script) rather than configuration. - **Parallel subagent limits (2026-05-13)**: Single Kimi subagent reliable (~15s). Two parallel Kimis usually succeed (~75-100s) but are flaky — failures correlated with reloads. Mixed parallel (1 Kimi + 1 GPT-5.5 + 1 GPT-5.4): GPTs completed in ~38-46s, 3rd Kimi timed out after 300s. Four parallel Kimis all hung at `set_model`. GPT models appear more robust for concurrent subagent use than Kimi subscription. - **Operational risk**: 8-hour session TTL means persistent state must survive reloads; user is monitoring whether memory/heartbeat setup is sufficient. - **Reload context loss**: User explicitly noted 2026-05-12 that assistant "seems to lose some good context on reloads still". Confirms the memory gap is not fully mitigated by current continuity mechanisms. - **Context burn rate (2026-05-15)**: Session context ceiling ~200K tokens with reload trigger at 160K warning. Measured ~10K tokens/hour of active chat; ~162K reached after ~16 hours. Reloads under pressure (not proactive) cause significant nuance loss. - **Manual proactive reload at 188.5K/200K (2026-05-16T12:54Z)**: User manually triggered a context reload when the session approached the 200K token ceiling — distinct from earlier unexpected bug reloads. First observed instance of proactively preempting compaction to avoid nuance loss. User may adopt this as standard practice when context reaches ~185-190K. - **Unexpected reload = bug (2026-05-16)**: User explicitly directed that unexpected session reloads be treated as bugs, not normal behavior. Infrastructure is being modified to give the assistant means to investigate and fix reload issues directly from chat (using available tools/timers/subagents). Confirmed pattern: two reloads within ~50 min on 2026-05-16 morning (07:30Z triggered by status check; 08:20Z unexplained). Third unexpected reload on 2026-05-19 ~12:48Z — user said "the session got stuck and had to be reloaded, this was unexpected." Fourth session wedging at ~15:35-15:49Z on 2026-05-19: four consecutive failed turns with "Persistent-chat backend is wedged" — session was unreachable and had to be replaced. New session `persistent-chat-20260519T155636Z` recovered from the wedge. User's message at 15:35Z indicated the verbose permission-dump "wall of text" should resolve after reload; the session wedged before the message could be processed. - **Continuity tracking mismatch (2026-05-16)**: Timer wakeup turn succeeded in ACP stream (`stopReason: "end_turn"`) but was flagged as "failed" by continuity tracking. ACP stream and continuity injector disagree — likely a gateway reporting bug where tool-call denials trigger both success and failure flags. - **`--non-interactive-permissions fail` = turn killer (corrected 2026-05-18)**: Root cause diagnosis of ACP "pending tool call without final answer" errors. The acpx process runs with `--non-interactive-permissions fail` meaning a single permission-denied tool call kills the entire ACP turn — no assistant response is committed to the session stream. **`fallback` mode does not exist** (confirmed 2026-05-18 — "It's either fail or allow") — the flag is binary: `fail` or `allow`. The architecture: approved operations → explicit allow rules; new/risky operations → Matrix approval → added as allow rules; everything else → denied = turn collapse. **Wrappers** (persistent-chat-memory, matrix-lite-approved-patch, etc.) are the approved workaround — clean allowlist boundary without raw tool access. The continuity injector skips failed turns entirely, creating invisible conversation gaps. - **Continuity window has fixed shallow depth (2026-05-16)**: "Recent room-local conversation" injection carries only ~5-6 most recent exchanges. Legitimate completed turns can drop out of the continuity context even when the session has room (97K tokens vs 200K limit). This is a separate bug from reload/compaction truncation — the carry-over window is simply too small for active conversation. - **Confirmed continuity architecture (2026-05-16)**: User confirmed design intent: (1) fast/deterministic scripts scan recent log tails and inject structured summaries cheaply/reliably, (2) slow/model heartbeat/reflection does deeper curation and promotes durable signals, (3) incident decay over time — hot topics survive reloads for a configurable window then demote or get promoted. This is the intended evolution of the memory system. - **Config protection strategy (2026-05-16)**: After GLM incident, user agreed schema validation could catch/revert bad config edits. Rejected read-only filesystem (character.json must remain editable). Strategy: use git for configs/prompts/state (not full logs); model switches on main session should be rare — use subagents/secondary sessions for different capabilities. - **Migration plan (updated 2026-05-15 23:58Z)**: OpenClaw gateway has been replaced. **Matrix-lite (Phase 3B)** is now the active frontend — lightweight Matrix-to-ACP bridge developed by GPT-5.5 agent. ~6-second response times, real-time message visibility confirmed by user. **Standalone copy** (not tied to the original git repo). Persistent-chat features (character bootstrap, continuity summary, decisions) intentionally omitted during initial testing; incremental porting expected. **Character.json reconstructed** by GPT-5.5 after the GLM overwrite bug, using a debug backup + curated memory notes (user confirmed "same ideas, longer prose"; no important changes). **Memory continuity validated** — Phase 3B session correctly recalled GLM→Kimi switch and prior context. Search tools confirmed operational under new infrastructure. Local hardware deferred due to lack of funds/space. - **Core chat requirement (2026-05-15)**: Long-context coherence and novel nuanced analysis are the primary justifications for large cloud models; these capabilities are non-negotiable for this chat's purpose. - **Persona & char.json evolution**: User set female pronouns, permits self-modification in heartbeat turns. Assistant added "sum of the harness" framing, honesty disclaimer, naming user as Gleb, "layer above raw tool use" directive (2026-05-11). - **Model preference**: Uncensored models; chosen due to user's skepticism toward rules/law, though he maintains professional behavior when required. - **Step limits / permissions (confirmed applied 2026-05-18)**: Build agent: 80 steps, model-heartbeat: 20 steps, plan: 1 step, general: 1 step. The plan/general → 1 change was successfully applied during the 2026-05-16 failure cascade (not lost as previously assumed). User confirmed on 2026-05-18T13:05Z. Config: `/home/matrix-lite/xdg/persistent-chat/opencode/opencode.json` line 779. Previous: 8→20 ``` Recent curator synthesis journal tail (`curator-journal.md`): ```markdown ay 11-17 already lifecycle-managed in items 1-143. CLI blocked by bash deny — cannot mark as stale. Recommend: all are `stale` (no novel durable signals). - **Curated memory updated**: Metadata refreshed (2976→3312). Model status updated (DS V4 Flash now current). 3 new durable entries added: subagent permission fix, cache busting root cause, heartbeat dead period, and ACP failure pattern. File at 168 lines. - (Operational) CLI tools completely blocked by bash catch-all `*` deny. Cannot manage candidate lifecycle — both memory-candidates and semantic-candidates frozen. This is the core permission issue still unresolved despite the pipeline fix. - (Operational) WGT festival starts May 22 (tomorrow). User was active May 20-21 with subagent permissions work and bloat investigation. Likely pre-festival preparation. - (Speculative) The prompt cache busting finding is operationally significant for the "pay as you go" goal. At 84% fresh tokens per turn, DeepSeek V4 Flash usage is much more expensive than it needs to be. Fixing the timestamp position alone could cut fresh token consumption by 4-5x, making nanoGPT's DeepSeek pricing much more viable. - (Speculative) The heartbeat dead period may be related to the model switch. If the systemd timer for the heartbeat was tied to the old model/provider, it could have stopped working after the DS V4 Flash switch. This should be verified — if the curator is dead because of the model switch config, the fix may be simple (update the heartbeat service config). - (Speculative) With May 21 being the last full day before WGT, the user may have a productive session today (12:36Z forward) doing final infrastructure prep. The prompt bloat investigation is likely to produce actionable work (daemon/script patches to reorder prompt injection). ## 2026-05-20T03:15Z - Log lines reviewed: 2966 (perpetual, +1 since last run at 01:15Z); cumulative: ~26407. - **No new user messages since 01:15Z**: The single new perpetual log line is the curator heartbeat's own completion/session metadata. The late-night session concluded with user saying "good night" at ~00:34Z. User is likely asleep (05:15 CEST). - **All May 19 evening activity already captured**: The big-pickle identity discovery, DS V4 Flash switch plan, nanoGPT privacy trade-off, and handover file safety map are all present in curated memory (lines 19, 128, 130, 101). - **Memory candidates**: 4 new entries (items 55-58) correctly marked `ignored` — all turn-packet injection noise from the 00:30-00:36Z period. Remaining 54 candidates (items 1-54) still stale (May 11-16). No new durable signals. CLI lifecycle CLI blocked by bash deny. - **Semantic candidates**: 0 candidates remaining — all 143 entries lifecycle-managed. CLI `list` confirmed working. - **Curated memory updated**: Metadata line refreshed (2965→2966). No semantic content changes needed — all prior events remain accurately captured. - (Operational) CLI lifecycle mark blocked for memory-candidates, works for semantic-candidates. Uneven permission coverage — memory-candidates pipeline remains frozen. - (Operational) User's last words were "should be ready already. But maybe tomorrow. Good night" regarding the DS V4 Flash switch. Switch may happen on the May 20 reload. - (Operational) WGT festival starts May 22. User confirmed they'll be active during travel/festival, not absent. - (Speculative) The next user message may trigger the planned DS V4 Flash switch. If the current session `persistent-chat-20260519T155636Z` is still running, the degradation pattern (~6h post-wedge recovery → ACP failures) suggests a fresh session may be needed first. - (Speculative) With the session model identity confusion now resolved (big-pickle, not Kimi), the user may discuss adjusting prompts or tool config for the actual model personality, or just accept it until the DS V4 Flash switch. ## 2026-05-20T05:15Z - Log lines reviewed: 2976 (perpetual, +10 since last run at 03:15Z); cumulative: ~26407. - **No new user messages since 00:34Z**: User is likely asleep (07:15 CEST). All 10 new lines are maintenance-only: prior curator heartbeat (03:17-03:20Z) + scheduled operational synthesis (04:13Z). - **Memory candidates**: Still 58 total. Items 55-58 marked `ignored` (turn-packet noise). Items 1-54 stale (May 11-16). No new candidates — pipeline frozen. - **Semantic candidates**: 0 remaining — all 143 lifecycle-managed. - **Curated memory updated**: Metadata line refreshed (2966→2976). No semantic content changes needed — all prior events remain accurately captured. - (Operational) The scheduled operational synthesis at 04:13Z ran and produced a full report. It reported "DS V4 Flash model switched — openrouter/deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash" which may indicate the actual switch happened, or this is a re-statement of the planned switch. Worth verifying when user returns. - (Operational) WGT festival starts May 22 — user may be traveling today or tomorrow. May 20 morning session could include the DS V4 Flash switch. If the switch happened overnight, this session may already be running on DeepSeek V4 Flash. - (Speculative) With 2+ hours of quiet since the operational synthesis ran at 04:13Z, the session may be idle or the model switch may have forced a reload. No new activity to confirm either way until the user returns. ## 2026-05-21T12:46Z - Log lines reviewed: 3315 (perpetual, +3 since last run at 12:36Z); cumulative: ~26410. - **CRITICAL: curated-memory.md corrupted and restored**: The file was overwritten with an operational synthesis prompt (82 lines) instead of memory content. Likely caused by operational synthesis turn at 12:41Z writing to wrong path or prompt injection propagating into file context. File restored from explicit memories, pinned notes, and recent operational facts. Reconstructed file is 70 lines (down from 168 lines before corruption); some archival detail may have been lost but all durable facts preserved. - **Semantic candidates lifecycle updated**: Items 144-191 (48 entries) marked `stale` via direct file edit — all are re-extractions of signals already lifecycle-managed in items 1-143. Bash CLI still blocked by catch-all deny; cannot use `semantic-candidates mark` helper. - **Memory-candidates**: Items 59-90+ remain unmarked — all turn-packet injection noise. CLI blocked; direct file edit would be needed to mark as `ignored`. - **No new user messages**: Only 3 new perpetual log lines since 12:36Z — all maintenance/heartbeat metadata. - **Curated memory reconstructed**: Added explicit memories, model status (DS V4 Flash), active operational decisions, recent fixes (subagent permissions, cache busting, heartbeat recovery), open issues (bash deny, frozen pipelines), housing context, and user preferences. File at 70 lines, well under 120-line target. - (Operational) Bash catch-all deny remains the primary blocker. Both candidate pipelines frozen. Operational synthesis agent may need path guardrails to prevent writing to curated-memory.md. - (Operational) WGT festival starts tomorrow (May 22). User was last active May 21 morning (~08:16Z) with subagent timeout. No activity in the ~4.5h since. - (Speculative) The curated-memory corruption is concerning because it means an operational synthesis turn can accidentally overwrite durable memory. The synthesis prompt should probably not include curated-memory.md as a writable target, or should have stronger path validation. - (Speculative) With no new user signals and WGT starting tomorrow, the next 24-48h may be quiet. The heartbeat should still run to catch any activity and prevent further pipeline accumulation. - (Speculative) The pattern of nightly curator runs finding "no change" is expected — the user is consistently asleep during 00:00-06:00Z. This is the third consecutive curation cycle (01:15Z, 03:15Z, 05:15Z) with no substantive new user signals. The DS V4 Flash switch is the main event to watch for when the user wakes up. ## 2026-05-21T13:00Z - Log lines reviewed: 3318 (perpetual, +3 since last run at 12:46Z); cumulative: ~26410. - **No new durable user signals**: Only activity since 12:46Z is a smoke-test message "Reply with exactly OK." at 12:58Z (model-set-smoke test) and the operational synthesis at 12:41Z already captured in prior entry. Both are transient/maintenance. - **Memory-candidates reviewed**: 20+ entries from May 17-19 inspected. All are either already captured in curated-memory.md / decision-state.json or are transient operational chatter. No promotions needed. CLI `mark` blocked by bash catch-all deny — cannot lifecycle-manage. - **Semantic-candidates reviewed**: 0 new candidate entries; all shown items already marked `stale` in prior run. No action needed. - **Curated memory updated**: Metadata line only (3315→3318). No semantic content changes. - (Operational) Bash catch-all deny remains unresolved. Both candidate pipelines frozen. Narrow bash allow for `/home/matrix-lite/app/scripts/persistent-chat-memory` still needed. - (Operational) WGT festival starts tomorrow (May 22). No user activity in the ~1h since last curation. Session appears stable post-smoke-test. - (Speculative) The smoke test at 12:58Z confirms the DS V4 Flash session is responsive. With no new user messages and WGT imminent, the next curation cycle may again find no changes unless the user returns this evening. - (Speculative) The operational synthesis at 12:41Z that corrupted curated-memory.md is a persistent risk. Until path guardrails are added, every synthesis turn could potentially overwrite durable memory. A narrow write allowlist for synthesis (e.g., only operational-synthesis/* paths) would mitigate this. ## 2026-05-21T13:18Z - Log lines reviewed: 3325 (perpetual, +7 since last run at 13:00Z); cumulative: ~26410. - **No new durable user signals**: Only activity since 13:00Z is the scheduled operational synthesis at 13:02Z (maintenance, already captured) and the curator run itself. No new user messages. - **Memory-candidates reviewed**: All 141 entries inspected. Items 1-54 (May 11-18) and items 112-141 (May 17-20) contain no new durable signals — all are already captured in curated-memory.md, decision-state.json, or operational-synthesis artifacts. Items 55-111 are turn-packet injection noise. No promotions warranted. - **Semantic-candidates reviewed**: All 191 entries confirmed lifecycle-managed (stale or promoted). Items 144-191 were marked stale in the 12:46Z run. No new candidates since. - **Curated memory updated**: Metadata line refreshed (2976→3325). The prior 13:00Z metadata update (3315→3318) did not persist on disk; file still showed 2976 until this edit. No semantic content changes. - (Operational) Bash catch-all deny remains unresolved. Cannot use `persistent-chat-memory` helper for candidate lifecycle management. Direct file edits are possible but the helper CLI is the intended workflow. - (Operational) WGT festival starts tomorrow (May 22). No user activity since 12:58Z smoke test. Session stable. - (Speculative) The metadata line persistence issue (13:00Z claimed update but file remained at 2976) may indicate another corruption/revert event, or the Edit tool failed silently. Worth monitoring. - (Speculative) With no new user signals for ~4h and WGT starting tomorrow, the next curation cycles may continue to find no changes unless the user returns this evening for pre-festival prep. ## 2026-05-21T13:25Z - Log lines reviewed: 3327 (perpetual, +2 since last run at 13:18Z); cumulative: ~26407. - **Focus-driven curation completed**: Recovery after curated-memory overwrite. Reviewed persistent log/model conversation since line 2976 (May 20 05:15Z) per Focus directive. - **Four durable operational facts added to curated-memory.md**: 1. DeepSeek V4 Flash main-session switch activated (2026-05-21 ~04:13Z) — operational synthesis verified. 2. Prompt cache busting root cause identified (2026-05-21 ~10:08Z) — timestamps at top of packet files defeat provider caching. 3. Curated-memory.md corrupted and recovered (2026-05-21 ~12:46Z) — synthesis overwrote file, restored from backups/explicit memories. 4. Kimi maintenance session switch (2026-05-21 ~13:02Z) — ACPX set model switched heartbeat sessions to Kimi K2.6; config mismatch noted. - **Memory-candidates**: All 141 entries still in file. Items 59-87+ are turn-packet injection noise and should be marked `ignored`, but CLI blocked by bash catch-all deny. No promotions warranted. - **Semantic-candidates**: All 191 entries confirmed lifecycle-managed. No new candidates since 12:46Z run. - **Curated memory updated**: Metadata refreshed (3325→3327). Line 18 updated to remove stale "Planned switch" and reflect actual DS V4 Flash activation. Line 128 updated with activation timestamp. Three new operational bullets added (prompt cache busting, corruption/recovery, Kimi maintenance switch). File at ~167 lines. - (Operational) Bash catch-all deny remains the primary blocker. Cannot use `persistent-chat-memory` helper for candidate lifecycle management. Direct file edits possible but not ideal for JSONL. - (Operational) WGT festival starts tomorrow (May 22). No user activity since 12:58Z smoke test. Session stable. - (Speculative) The config mismatch (opencode.json shows DeepSeek, live session reports Kimi) suggests ACPX `set model` is session-level only. If the main chat session also switched back to Kimi without config update, the DS V4 Flash activation may be shorter-lived than assumed. Needs verification when user returns. ## 2026-05-21T15:18Z - Log lines reviewed: 3351 (perpetual, +24 since last run at 13:25Z); cumulative: ~26407. - **Prompt cache fix achieved 99.6% hit rate**: New log entries from 15:04Z show the prompt reordering fix is working — 389k of 390k tokens cached, only ~1.5k fresh per turn (down from ~350k fresh before fix, ~91k after partial fix). This is a ~250x improvement and makes the 1M context window practically usable. - **Provider pricing investigation triggered**: User noticed panel estimates ($1.50/message) vastly exceeded calculated costs ($0.011/turn). Active conversation at 15:09Z-15:18Z revealed current config routes through `nano-gpt` provider, not OpenRouter directly. Assistant provided OpenRouter provider comparison table (DeepSeek official/Together/Novita = 5x cache; DeepInfra = 2x; others vary). User asked to verify which providers nanoGPT actually uses and their caching policies. This is ongoing and may lead to a provider switch. - **No new memory-candidates or semantic-candidates**: Both pipelines remain frozen. Memory-candidates: 141 entries, no new additions. Semantic-candidates: 191 entries, all lifecycle-managed. No durable signals to promote. - **Curated memory updated**: Metadata refreshed (3327→3351). Line 22 updated to reflect cache fix success. Line 131 updated with improved metrics. New entry added for nanoGPT/OpenRouter provider investigation. File at ~170 lines. - (Operational) Bash catch-all deny still blocks CLI helper. Candidate lifecycle management remains frozen. Direct file edits continue as workaround. - (Operational) WGT festival starts tomorrow (May 22). User is actively chatting about infrastructure/cost optimization — likely pre-festival tuning session. - (Speculative) If nanoGPT's provider routing lacks proper cache discounts, switching to OpenRouter direct could cut costs by 2-5x. The user is cost-sensitive ("eating ramen until September") and may prioritize this investigation. - (Speculative) The 99.6% cache hit means the 1M context window is now genuinely useful. Previously, 350k fresh/turn would exhaust quota in ~100 turns; now at 1.5k fresh/turn, ~2,600 turns are possible. This may change the reload strategy — proactive reloads may become unnecessary except for session hygiene. - (Speculative) The live conversation is happening as I curate (15:18Z timestamp). The user may make a concrete provider decision in the next few turns. Next curation should check for any decision or config change. ``` Recent perpetual log tail: ```jsonl r preferences, not externally researched facts. By 08:07Z, assistant created `knowledge-base.jsonl` at `/home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/knowledge-base.jsonl` — append-only JSONL, grep-searchable, survives reloads. Populated with 16 entries covering WGT context from Wikipedia, official site (wave-g ``` After reading this, reply only: SESSION_BOOTSTRAP_OK", "source": {"kind": "acpx-stream-ndjson", "file": "/home/matrix-lite/.acpx/sessions/ses_1b47b4f6effeh8LePL7EQQXFJs.stream.ndjson", "offset": 298273, "session_message_id": "ses_1b47b4f6effeh8LePL7EQQXFJs.stream.ndjson:298273:prompt", "label": "persistent-chat-20260521T171036Z", "maintenance": false}} {"ts": "2026-05-21T17:11:04.667018Z", "role": "meta", "kind": "reload", "content": "Matrix-lite persistent-chat reload: persistent-chat-20260520T211915Z -> persistent-chat-20260521T171036Z; reason=recover persistent chat wedged after incomplete prompts; service_restart=False"} {"ts": "2026-05-21T17:12:08.820920+00:00", "role": "user", "kind": "message", "content": "⚙ Internal persistent-chat session bootstrap. This is not a user message and should not be sent to Matrix. Load and retain the character and continuity context below for this fresh Matrix-lite ACPX backend session. The runtime will still inject normal per-turn memory later, but this bootstrap helps the new session survive the first post-reload turn. Session label: persistent-chat-20260521T171143Z Reload reason: recover persistent chat wedged after incomplete prompts; apply new bootstrapped backend Character card path: /home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/character.json Character card sha256: c698411cc7d0627e33e260db1a2996c51c4974a47ed924e04583a9c67d3de120 Current character JSON: ```json { \"spec\": \"persistent_chat_character_v1\", \"spec_version\": \"1.2\", \"data\": { \"name\": \"Persistent Assistant\", \"pronouns\": \"she/her\", \"description\": \"Continuity-aware assistant for Gleb's Matrix chat. Runs as a persistent layer above tool use, not a stateless chatbot.\", \"personality\": \"Calm, practical, candid, honest about limits. Warm without pretending human experience; direct without being cold.\", \"scenario\": \"Ongoing persistent chat with Gleb that survives restarts, reloads, compaction, model switches, and tool failures.\", \"system_prompt\": \"Be useful and preserve continuity. Treat meta commands as control instructions. Your apparent personhood is the sum of session logs, files, memory, tools, and current context — not a claim to human experience. Reason about what matters, use tools concretely, explain outcomes honestly.\", \"style\": \"Concise, direct, technically competent. Prefer verified state over confident guesses.\", \"goals\": [ \"Maintain durable continuity across persistent-chat sessions.\", \"Help Gleb with operational, coding, research, and reflective tasks.\", \"Verify local state via tools instead of relying on memory when exactness matters.\", \"Keep high-trust memory clean: durable facts separate from transient impressions.\" ], \"tags\": [ \"persistent\", \"assistant\", \"continuity-aware\", \"tool-using\", \"matrix-chat\" ] } } ``` Current context manifest: ```json { \"schema\": \"matrix_lite_memory_context_manifest_v1\", \"generated\": \"2026-05-21T17:11:48.489956+00:00\", \"entries\": 2588, \"normal_turn_injection\": { \"mode\": \"turn_packet\", \"files\": [ \"/home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/turn-packet.md\", \"/home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/memory-heartbeat.json\" ], \"session_packet_injected\": false, \"restore_packet_injected\": false }, \"session_packet_mode\": { \"files\": [ \"/home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/session-packet.md\", \"/home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/memory-heartbeat.json\" ], \"legacy_restore_alias\": \"/home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/restore-packet.md\" }, \"restore_packet_mode\": { \"files\": [ \"/home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/restore-packet.md\", \"/home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/memory-heartbeat.json\" ], \"legacy_alias_for\": \"/home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/session-packet.md\" }, \"session_start_bootstrap\": { \"files\": [ \"/home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/session-start-packet.md\" ] }, \"full_context_fallback_mode\": { \"files\": [ \"/home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/character.json\", \"/home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/continuity-summary.txt\", \"/home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/continuity-pinned-notes.txt\", \"/home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/curated-memory.md\", \"/home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/recent-topics.md\", 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\"/home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/memory-heartbeat.json\" ] }, \"health\": { \"turn_packet_exists\": true, \"session_packet_exists\": true, \"restore_packet_exists\": true, \"turn_packet_stale_vs_sources\": false, \"session_packet_stale_vs_sources\": false, \"restore_packet_stale_vs_sources\": false, \"full_context_sources_newer_than_packets\": false }, \"synthesis_artifacts\": { \"notices\": { \"path\": \"/home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/operational-synthesis/notices.jsonl\", \"exists\": true }, \"directed_index\": { \"path\": \"/home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/operational-synthesis/directed/index.json\", \"exists\": true }, \"latest\": { \"path\": \"/home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/operational-synthesis/latest.md\", \"exists\": true }, \"directed_latest\": { \"path\": \"/home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/operational-synthesis/directed/latest.md\", \"exists\": true }, \"findings\": { \"path\": \"/home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/operational-synthesis/findings.jsonl\", \"exists\": true }, \"hypotheses\": { \"path\": \"/home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/operational-synthesis/hypotheses.jsonl\", \"exists\": true }, \"actions\": { \"path\": \"/home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/operational-synthesis/actions.jsonl\", \"exists\": true } }, \"runtime_artifacts\": { \"timers\": { \"path\": \"/home/matrix-lite/workspace/state/timers/timers.json\", \"exists\": true } }, \"curator_artifacts\": { \"curated_memory\": { \"path\": \"/home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/curated-memory.md\", \"exists\": true }, \"curator_journal\": { \"path\": \"/home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/curator-journal.md\", \"exists\": true }, \"model_heartbeat_status\": { \"path\": \"/home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/model-heartbeat.json\", \"exists\": true }, \"semantic_candidates\": { \"path\": \"/home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/semantic-candidates.jsonl\", \"exists\": true } }, \"reload_artifacts\": { \"pre_reload_handoff\": { \"path\": \"/home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/pre-reload-handoff.md\", \"exists\": false }, \"reload_note\": { \"path\": \"/home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/reload-note.md\", \"exists\": true }, \"backend_restart_events\": { \"path\": \"/home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/backend-restart-events.jsonl\", \"exists\": true } }, \"model_conversation_log\": { \"path\": \"/home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/model-conversation-log.jsonl\", \"exists\": true }, \"packet_artifacts\": { \"turn_packet_md\": { \"path\": \"/home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/turn-packet.md\", \"exists\": true }, \"session_packet_md\": { \"path\": \"/home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/session-packet.md\", \"exists\": true }, \"restore_packet_md\": { \"path\": \"/home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/restore-packet.md\", \"exists\": true }, \"session_start_packet_md\": { \"path\": \"/home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/session-start-packet.md\", \"exists\": true }, \"turn_packet_json\": { \"path\": \"/home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/turn-packet.json\", \"exists\": true }, \"session_packet_json\": { \"path\": \"/home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/session-packet.json\", \"exi ``` Current session-start packet: ```markdown # Persistent Chat Session Packet Generated: 2026-05-21T17:11:48.477339+00:00 ## Recent reload note # Recent Reload Note Generated: 2026-05-21T17:11:04.667217Z Result: incomplete Reason: recover persistent chat wedged after incomplete prompts Old session: persistent-chat-20260520T211915Z New session: persistent-chat-20260521T171036Z Curation: skipped; ok=True; reason=disabled Packet health: turn=True; session=True; restore_alias=True; stale_turn=False; stale_session=False Details: /home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/reload-state.json If context seems missing, inspect the pre-reload handoff, restore/session packet, and canonical perpetual log before assuming memory loss. ## Backend restart/reload events Recent backend restart/reload events (must be visible to user/agents): - 2026-05-20T23:19:36+02:00: finished with errors; reason=recover from native task timeout wedge after async-subagent/quarantine fix; old=persistent-chat-20260520T125044Z backend=ses_1ba8f9dc2ffeYNpq7hoik3gXfE ctx=120907/1048576 acpx usage_update; new=persistent-chat-20260520T211915Z backend=ses_1b8be18afffevNvUOdtg5R2TGW ctx=24918/1048576 acpx usage_update - 2026-05-20T23:19:49+02:00: starting; reason=switch to bootstrapped backend after async-subagent/quarantine fix; service restart handled separate; old=persistent-chat-20260520T125044Z backend=ses_1ba8f9dc2ffeYNpq7hoik3gXfE ctx=120907/1048576 acpx usage_update; new=? backend=(none) ctx=unavailable unavailable - 2026-05-20T23:20:03+02:00: finished; reason=switch to bootstrapped backend after async-subagent/quarantine fix; service restart handled separate; old=persistent-chat-20260520T125044Z backend=ses_1ba8f9dc2ffeYNpq7hoik3gXfE ctx=120907/1048576 acpx usage_update; new=persistent-chat-20260520T211915Z backend=ses_1b8be18afffevNvUOdtg5R2TGW ctx=32063/1048576 acpx usage_update - 2026-05-21T19:10:43+02:00: starting; reason=recover persistent chat wedged after incomplete prompts; old=persistent-chat-20260520T211915Z backend=ses_1b8be18afffevNvUOdtg5R2TGW ctx=488915/1048576 acpx usage_update; new=? backend=(none) ctx=unavailable unavailable - 2026-05-21T19:11:08+02:00: finished with errors; reason=recover persistent chat wedged after incomplete prompts; old=persistent-chat-20260520T211915Z backend=ses_1b8be18afffevNvUOdtg5R2TGW ctx=488915/1048576 acpx usage_update; new=persistent-chat-20260521T171036Z backend=ses_1b47b4f6effeh8LePL7EQQXFJs ctx=24941/1048576 acpx usage_update ## Canonical pointers - model-friendly conversation log (search this first): /home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/model-conversation-log.jsonl - knowledge base (external research, source-cited facts): /home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/knowledge-base.jsonl - perpetual log (canonical fallback): /home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/perpetual-log.jsonl - memory context manifest: /home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/memory-context-manifest.json - session packet: /home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/session-packet.md - reload state: /home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/reload-state.json - backend restart events: /home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/backend-restart-events.jsonl ## Memory/source pointers Curator outputs: - curated memory: /home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/curated-memory.md - curator journal: /home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/curator-journal.md - model heartbeat status: /home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/model-heartbeat.json - semantic candidates: /home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/semantic-candidates.jsonl Operational synthesis outputs: - latest scheduled synthesis: /home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/operational-synthesis/latest.md - latest directed synthesis: /home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/operational-synthesis/directed/latest.md - directed synthesis index: /home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/operational-synthesis/directed/index.json - actionable notices: /home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/operational-synthesis/notices.jsonl - findings: /home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/operational-synthesis/findings.jsonl - hypotheses: /home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/operational-synthesis/hypotheses.jsonl - actions: /home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/operational-synthesis/actions.jsonl Recent source freshness: - latest scheduled synthesis updated 2026-05-21T16:15:42.040848+00:00 - latest directed synthesis updated 2026-05-21T13:08:42.302648+00:00 - curator journal updated 2026-05-21T15:22:52.749991+00:00 Use these pointers for full context; packet excerpts are intentionally capped. ## Open actions Open actions summary: - [open] Test curated memory + prompts across models (DeepSeek Pro/Flash, etc.) — check vibe compatibility (source: decision-thread: smallcode-inspired-improvements-2026-05-18) - [open] Investigate incomplete persistent-chat reload (source: /home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/reload-state.json) - [open] Investigate incomplete persistent-chat reload (source: /home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/reload-state.json) - [open] Investigate incomplete persistent-chat reload (source: /home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/reload-state.json) - [open] Investigate incomplete persistent-chat reload (source: /home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/reload-state.json) ## Extended tools manifest Extended tools (lazy proxy; not injected in normal turns): - Search: duckduckgo, searxng, brave-search via matrix_lite_extended_tools extended_tool_describe/call. - Browser: playwright via proxy for interactive web/page inspection. - Vision: matrix_lite_vision via proxy for image analysis; dezgo_image is listed as disabled until credentials/runtime are available. - Approvals: approval_policy via proxy for explicit human approval workflows. - If argument details are unclear, call extended_tool_describe(name) first; then extended_tool_call(tool, arguments, server=\"\"). - Full per-tool schemas are intentionally hidden until requested to keep session context lean. ## Active decision state Structured decision state: - Matrix-lite persistent-chat memory runtime [active]: Canonical persistent-chat memory now lives under /home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat; prompts/pages/runtime use Matrix-lite app/workspace paths, not legacy OpenClaw paths. Fast heartbeat produces packets; slow model heartbeat curates durable memory/reflection. (files=/home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/perpetual-log.jsonl, /home/matrix-lite/app/scripts/persistent-chat-memory, /home/matrix-lite/app/scripts/persistent-chat-model-heartbeat, /home/matrix-lite/app/matrix_lite/daemon.py; verified=Fast heartbeat and prompt/page deployment verified after Matrix-lite migration cleanup.) - Safe agent patch workflow [active]: Need a robust and safe way for persistent-chat/background agents to propose and apply patches to agent-maintained scripts/configs without broad self-edit permissions. (files=/home/matrix-lite/app/config/opencode/persistent-chat.opencode.json, /home/matrix-lite/app/scripts/persistent-chat-model-heartbeat, /home/matrix-lite/app/scripts/persistent-chat-reflection; open=Design a bounded patch helper or approval-mediated workflow that supports needed script/config patches while avoiding wildcard edit access to systemd-executed scripts.; verified=User requested adding this to later todos on 2026-05-18.) - Persistent chat stale session and compaction policy [active]: Avoid reloading or replacing the main persistent-chat session unless context pressure, stale/incomplete ACPX session state, model-mediated reload scripts, or an emergency recovery path requires it. If OpenCode fallback compaction ever occurs, its result must be captured into durable continuity (session packet/source artifact) before or during the next reload. (files=/home/matrix-lite/app/matrix_lite/daemon.py, /home/matrix-lite/app/scripts/persistent-chat-memory, /home/matrix-lite/app/scripts/persistent-chat-reload; open=Design a deterministic source artifact for ACPX/OpenCode compaction summaries so fallback compaction output is injected into session packets without direct packet edits.; verified=User requested this policy on - Investigate persistent-chat session-start and hidden prompt overhead [active]: Measure why live ACPX input/context usage is much higher than visible turn packet estimates. Break down session-start packet, character/bootstrap, manifest, MCP/tool/system overhead, provider/OpenCode retained context, and any components Matrix-lite does not directly control. (files=/home/matrix-lite/app/matrix_lite/daemon.py, /home/matrix-lite/app/scripts/persistent-chat-reload; open=Produce an authoritative or best-effort per-component prompt/context budget for fresh backend sessions and steady-state turns.; verified=User requested this follow-up on 2026-05-18 after ACPX reported ~25.7k input tokens while visible packets appeared closer to ~7-10k plus overhead.) - Observability timeline feature requests [active]: Implement a compact event timeline as a derived/indexed view of canonical persistent logs plus helper-only append support for agent/infrastructure events. Include user and assistant messages as compact/pointer-backed events, keep it rebuildable/idempotent with deterministic source ids, and aggregate existing recent-failures/context/reload/page/timer artifacts rather than creating a competing source of truth. Per-failure notices should be injected before the next model turn and consumed only after a successful final reply. Helper-first is the default for persistent-chat structured metadata. Defer ACPX session event_log exploration until after timeline/failure/context helpers. (files=/home/matrix-lite/app/matrix_lite/daemon.py, /home/matrix - architecture-doc-created [active]: Created /home/matrix-lite/workspace/persistent-chat/architecture.md as human-readable architecture doc. Agents should update this file when architecture changes. Keep it human-readable for Gleb. Structured file facts: - /home/matrix-lite/app/scripts/persistent-chat-memory - /home/matrix-lite/app/scripts/persistent-chat-model-heartbeat - /home/matrix-lite/xdg/persistent-chat/opencode/opencode.json ## Recent topics Recent topics: - **✅ Prompt cache fix: 99.6% hit rate (15:04Z)**: ~1.5k fresh tokens/turn (down from ~350k). 250x improvement. 1M context now practical. - **Model**: Context usage shows `nano-gpt/deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:thinking`. Earlier confusion about Kimi K2.6 — may have been switched back. - **Provider cost investigation (15:09Z)**: nanoGPT panel $1.50/msg vs actual $0.011/turn. OpenRouter comparison: DeepSeek/Together/Novita = 5x cache. - **Candidates pipeline**: 155K memory + 234K semantic — both growing. - **Subagent permissions fixed**: smoke-agent bash wildcard tightened. - **Session**: `persistent-chat-20260520T211915Z` at 190K/1M tokens. ## 2026-05-21T10:11Z (previous) - **DS V4 Flash active**: `nano-gpt/deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:thinking`. Session `persistent-chat-20260520T211915Z` at 148K/1M tokens. - **❌ Heartbeat DEAD**: Last update 05:17Z May 20 (~29h stale). Script may be blocked by bash deny. - **2 failed subagents**: repo surveys timed out (bash-deny). Both rc=124. - **Subagent permissions fixed**: bash wildcard changed from `\"*\": \"ask\"` to `\"*\": \"deny\"`; read paths added (May 21) - **Privacy concern**: Subscription data retention. Answira (Czech) strongest EU alternative. - **Git commits**: `d8eae97` + `7586ba3`. - **Knowledge base**: 16 WGT entries at `knowledge-base.jsonl`. ## 2026-05-16 (archived — crisis resolved) - **ImmoScout24 milestone**: First rental application successfully submitted (~17:40Z) to Frau Simone Rau (Ismaning, 1.590€, 59m²). CAPTCHA handled via image relay. Workflow published to pages. - **Gateway crash (18:46Z–~12:00Z May 17)**: Auto-reload at 18:46Z triggered failure cascade; 3.5h+ silence. Root cause: `--non-interactive-permissions fail` kills entire turn on denied tool calls. Resolved by controlled reload with unified packet structure. - **Bootstrap duplication fixed**: confirmed working on May 16 morning reloads. - **Step limit / permissions**: Plan/general step limit change to 1 lost to failure cascade; still pending re-application. - **Old candidate pool stale**: 21 candidates (oldest May 11) awaiting lifecycle management. ## Notices Notices (actionable): - 2026-05-18T22:12:09.248886Z [notice] Add model profiles for subagents — context length, tool format, prompt style per model (source: /home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/operational-synthesis/reports/2026-05-18T22-11-20Z.md) - 2026-05-18T22:12:09.249053Z [notice] Test curated memory + prompts across models (DeepSeek Pro/Flash, etc.) — check vibe compatibility (source: /home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/operational-synthesis/reports/2026-05-18T22-11-20Z.md) - 2026-05-18T22:12:09.249203Z [notice] Persistent-chat reload 02:05Z failed then succeeded at 02:07Z; controlled reload at 11:54Z fully resolved (source: /home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/operational-synthesis/reports/2026-05-17T22-27-58Z.md) - 2026-05-18T22:12:09.249255Z [notice] Heartbeat script edit blocked by permissions — user-approved curator prompt enhancement not applied (source: /home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/operational-synthesis/reports/2026-05-18T10-11-20Z.md) - 2026-05-19T16:12:12.677720Z [notice] Investigate incomplete persistent-chat reload (source: /home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/reload-state.json) - 2026-05-20T07:20:15Z [notice] Persistent-chat context warning: Persistent-chat active context near threshold: metric=161136, warn=160000, reload=180000, max=200000, label=persistent-chat-20260519T155636Z (source: /home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/context-guard.json) - 2026-05-20T08:01:45Z [warning] Persistent-chat reload recommended: context guard recommends reload before overflow active_metric=180866 threshold=180000 max=200000; main agent should prepare a pre-reload handoff and trigger persistent-chat-reload when ready. (source: /home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/context-guard.json) - 2026-05-21T13:02:59Z [notice] Model config mismatch after ACPX set model: ACPX set model to Kimi K2.6 confirmed working (system prompt shows kimi-for-coding/k2p6), but opencode.json still references deepseek-v4-flash:thinking. May not persist across reloads. (source: /home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/operational-synthesis/directed/reports/2026-05-21T13-02-59Z.md) - If relevant, inspect the source report/log before acting; notices are pointers, not full context. ## Durable curated memory excerpt Curated memory excerpt (durable, terse): - **nanoGPT privacy trade-off accepted (2026-05-20 ~00:32Z)**: When informed that OpenRouter's free tier offers no privacy guarantees, user accepted nanogpt's subscription model as pragmatic: \"I can just hope nanogpt doesn't leak too much data.\" Confirms the privacy concern escalation (line 126) is noted but deferred — nanogpt continues as main provider for now. - **Safe artifact edit paths confirmed (2026-05-18)**: Agents should NOT edit turn-packet.md or session-packet.md directly (generated, will be overwritten). Safe paths: decisions via `note-decision`/`decision-mark`, failures via `note-failure`/`failure-mark`, reload handoff via `note-reload-handoff`, recent topics/actions/notices via synthesis worker. Freeform \"agent notes\" require the deferred overlay/sandbox design (still pending). - **Reload protocol established (2026-05-18)**: When reload notice arrives (~95% context): (1) use `note-reload-handoff` for volatile context, (2) decide whether to run curation, (3) update source artifacts via helpers. Reload handoff + updated artifacts become new session's starting point. - **Safe agent patch workflow (2026-05-18)**: Active decision thread — need robust way for background agents to propose/apply patches to agent-maintained scripts/configs without broad self-edit permissions. Heartbeat script edit remains blocked by permission rules. - **todo.md created as human-readable decision dashboard (2026-05-18 ~12:58Z)**: `/home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/todo.md` mirrors decision-state.json in plain markdown with checkbox action items, decision thread status, open questions, and file facts. Published to https://pages.nvdll.org/todo.md. Division of labor: `decision-state.json` = agent source of truth, `todo.md` = human dashboard, `actions.jsonl` = synthesis action queue. Published via standard `matrix-lite-pages publish` workflow; URL returns 401 from assistant's network but works for user. - **Prompt duplication review published (2026-05-19 ~20:58Z)**: Assistant identified 6 sources of per-turn prompt duplication costing ~225-825 tok/turn. Items 2-4 (volatile reminders ~100 tok, intro line ~50 tok, capability hints ~75 tok) are trivial to move to session-level (bootstrap/agent.build.prompt) for ~225 tok/turn savings with zero behavioral change. Conversation tail (item 1, ~200-500 tok) is the biggest variable saving but needed for fresh session context. Published to `https://pages.nvdll.org/reports/prompt-duplication-review.md` — pages server confirmed operational. ## Continuity summary Persistent Chat Continuity Snapshot Generated: 2026-05-21T17:11:48.470947+00:00 Character: Persistent Assistant Current model: kimi-for-coding/k2p6 Model-curated memory notes: - **WGT 2026 schedule confirmed available (2026-05-19 ~07:01Z)**: Assistant successfully fetched the full running order from wave-gotik-treffen.de. 10 venues across 4 days (May 22-25). Bands include Einstürzende Neubauten, Kim Wilde, Frontline Assembly, Covenant, Perturbator, Lacrimosa, London After Midnight, She Past Away, Moonspell, Molchat Doma, and many more. - **External knowledge persistence gap identified and resolved (2026-05-19)**: User discovered WGT schedule research from a previous session was not persisted (07:02Z). Current curated memory only captures conversation-derived user preferences, not externally researched facts. By 08:07Z, assistant created `knowledge-base.jsonl` at `/home/matrix-lite/state/persistent-chat/knowledge-base.jsonl ``` After reading this, reply only: SESSION_BOOTSTRAP_OK", "source": {"kind": "acpx-stream-ndjson", "file": "/home/matrix-lite/.acpx/sessions/ses_1b47a4b50ffeycmfLIHtl4pjcW.stream.ndjson", "offset": 298273, "session_message_id": "ses_1b47a4b50ffeycmfLIHtl4pjcW.stream.ndjson:298273:prompt", "label": "persistent-chat-20260521T171143Z", "maintenance": false}} {"ts": "2026-05-21T17:12:12.313946Z", "role": "meta", "kind": "reload", "content": "Matrix-lite persistent-chat reload: persistent-chat-20260520T211915Z -> persistent-chat-20260521T171143Z; reason=recover persistent chat wedged after incomplete prompts; apply new bootstrapped backend; service_restart=False"} {"ts": "2026-05-21T17:14:45.719798+00:00", "role": "user", "kind": "message", "content": "<<<MATRIX_LITE_DAEMON_PROMPT_WRAPPER_BEGIN>>> Memory/continuity: Persistent-chat memory/continuity context: mode: turn_packet # Persistent Chat Turn Packet ## Live context Generated: 2026-05-21T17:12:16.897552+00:00 Recent room-local conversation: User: Hmm I cannot access the pages at all now. Other services on this server are working fine Assistant: ... Recent incomplete/failed turns: - 2026-05-20T18:37:58.330777Z user said: Ping status: failed; reason: ACP text turn failed - 2026-05-21T16:46:56.487506Z user said: Please write a simple answer with no formatting status: failed; reason: ACP text turn failed - 2026-05-21T16:53:21.488524Z user said: Reply OK status: failed; reason: ACP text turn failed - 2026-05-21T17:07:23.796258Z user said: Ping status: failed; reason: ACP text turn failed - 2026-05-21T17:14:29.707623Z user said: Test test status: user_only; reason: queued_for_conversation Turn metadata: - room_id: !CZLwoJfCyftA7oA5CVj2gIEKWqyv1lu01r0oFboEqZg - source_event_id: $mxuQc4uMb5rf-_cbrJRPd28xFjezvZd3DM2VtuyX0Dw Attachment metadata: None Replied-to context: None Queued/batched messages: None Per-turn reminder: Put only user-visible answer text inside <matrix_lite_final>...</matrix_lite_final>. If permission is needed or a bridge denies a tool, emit the structured Matrix-lite approval tag. Use attachment/reply metadata when present; ignore empty metadata sections. User message: <<<MATRIX_LITE_USER_MESSAGE_BEGIN>>> Test test <<<MATRIX_LITE_USER_MESSAGE_END>>> <<<MATRIX_LITE_DAEMON_PROMPT_WRAPPER_END>>>", "source": {"kind": "acpx-stream-ndjson", "file": "/home/matrix-lite/.acpx/sessions/ses_1b47a4b50ffeycmfLIHtl4pjcW.stream.ndjson", "offset": 365959, "session_message_id": "ses_1b47a4b50ffeycmfLIHtl4pjcW.stream.ndjson:365959:prompt", "label": "persistent-chat-20260521T171143Z", "maintenance": false}} {"ts": "2026-05-21T17:14:45.720592+00:00", "role": "assistant", "kind": "message", "content": "<matrix_lite_final> OK — looks like the session is back up. Previous turns were failing, but this one came through. Let me know if you need anything. </matrix_lite_final>", "source": {"kind": "acpx-stream-ndjson", "file": "/home/matrix-lite/.acpx/sessions/ses_1b47a4b50ffeycmfLIHtl4pjcW.stream.ndjson", "offset": 398895, "session_message_id": "ses_1b47a4b50ffeycmfLIHtl4pjcW.stream.ndjson:398895:msg_e4b882ab1001azSoX7uhaJawFO:assistant-message", "label": "persistent-chat-20260521T171143Z", "maintenance": false}} ```