Enable + test hybrid vector recall on Luci's vault.db
## Goal Explain, set up, and test **hybrid (keyword+vector) recall** on Luci's own vault.db — the feature shipped to Lucienne (Mac) on 2026-05-27. Luci currently runs keyword-on...
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Description
MC-4323
## Goal
Explain, set up, and test **hybrid (keyword+vector) recall** on Luci's own vault.db — the feature shipped to Lucienne (Mac) on 2026-05-27. Luci currently runs keyword-only (no regression, just no upgrade) because it lacks the embedder deps + an embed run.
## Background (what was built on Mac)
vault.db gained a semantic/vector retrieval leg: a `sqlite-vec` `vec0` table + local `nomic-embed-text-v1.5` embeddings (via `fastembed`, ONNX, no API) + Reciprocal Rank Fusion with the existing FTS5 in `_hybrid_search` (vault_mcp.py). Code is already in the PKA repo and synced to Luci via git.
- Plan: `docs/plans/2026-05-26-memory-system-v2-hybrid-recall.md`
- Wiki: `wiki/memory-system.md` -> "Hybrid vector recall (added 2026-05-27)"
- Key files: `scripts/vec_embed.py`, `scripts/embed_memories.py`, `_hybrid_search` in `vault_mcp.py`, `index.py` (_is_archived + CA-4 re-embed-after-rebuild, portable interpreter pick).
## Setup steps (on Luci)
1. Install deps on a Luci python that supports `enable_load_extension`: `pip install sqlite-vec fastembed --break-system-packages` (or in a venv). NOTE: Luci's `/usr/bin/python3` currently lacks sqlite_vec AND may block extension loading — verify and use a python that allows it (build/brew/conda python, not system).
2. Verify the vector leg loads: `python3 -c "import sqlite3,sqlite_vec; c=sqlite3.connect(':memory:'); c.enable_load_extension(True); sqlite_vec.load(c); print(c.execute('select vec_version()').fetchone())"`.
3. Build vectors into Luci's vault.db: `cd ~/PKA && <that-python> scripts/embed_memories.py` (embeds curated Vault/memory/** — ~300 files, a few minutes). Confirm `SELECT count(*) FROM vec_memories` > 0.
4. **BLOCKER to fix first** — Luci's `~/PKA/.mcp.json` vault server `args` point at the Mac path `/Users/elmar/PKA/vault_mcp.py` (does not exist on Luci) and `command` is the Mac brew pin. So Luci's vault MCP server likely does not run today. Fix for Luci: correct the path to `/home/lucienne/PKA/vault_mcp.py` and set `command` to the deps-having python. (This predates the hybrid work — surface to Elmar; decide whether Luci should serve vault MCP at all.)
5. Confirm CA-4: `python index.py --rebuild` should repopulate vec tables on Luci via the portable interpreter pick (index.py commit 256c78a5). If Luci's python lacks the deps it skips cleanly (FTS-only).
## Test / acceptance
- Run ~10 realistic recall queries through `memory_search` (see the Mac bake-off in the plan). On Mac, natural queries hit the right memory at #1 ~10/10 vs 4/10 keyword-only. Confirm Luci shows a similar lift.
- Confirm graceful FTS-only fallback when deps absent (no crash).
- Restart Luci's claude session / MCP to load the new vault_mcp.
- Record the before/after result in this ticket.
## Decision flag (assess before fully wiring)
Does Luci even NEED hybrid recall? Luci is the ops/PM orchestrator, not doing Lucienne's curated-note lookups. Keyword-only may be perfectly adequate. Worker should judge the value and flag Elmar if low — don't over-build. Scope this cycle was deliberately Mac-only; this ticket is the deferred Luci follow-up.
## Constraints
- Per eval-isolation: this touches Luci's vault.db + MCP, NOT MC core (port 3001 / scheduler / mc.db). Keep it to the PKA retrieval layer.
- vault.db is per-machine + gitignored — embedding is a local Luci operation, nothing to commit.
Expected check-in: 2026-05-29T06:44:03+02:00 — Shepherd released after PKA origin/master now contains the hybrid-recall code from MC-4405; worker should run the Luci-side hybrid recall validation and close or report exact blocker.
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luci-shepherd16d ago
Controller dependency update: MC-4326/slot2 mobile gate is closed, but the slot2 UI bundle still has one active technical repair (MC-4324 stale regression reconciliation). Keeping this lower-priority backlog parked behind MC-4324 per priority order. Human input required: no.
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MC-4323 — Hybrid recall on Luci: setup DONE, full hybrid BLOCKED by unpushed Mac commit. Recommend low priority.
WHAT'S READY ON LUCI (all green):
- Deps: system python3 has sqlite_vec v0.1.9 + enable_load_extension works. Ticket's fear ("system python may block extension loading") is wrong — no venv needed.
- Vectors built: vec_memories=56, vec_meta=56 (prior runs via embed_memories.py against Luci's search_fts/files schema). Harmless, sitting ready.
- MCP config blocker (step 4) already fixed: .mcp.json vault server = python3 + /home/lucienne/PKA/vault_mcp.py (Mac path corrected previously).
- FTS-only fallback verified: memory_search returns clean ranked results, no crash.
THE REAL GAP (root cause of all prior blocked/needs_input churn):
Luci's vault_mcp.py memory_search/recall is PURE FTS5 — it never queries the 56 vectors. The hybrid query wiring is commit 52a58e7e "feat(memory): hybrid FTS+vector recall" (Elmar, 2026-05-27). That commit exists ONLY on remote mac/master. It was NEVER pushed to origin/GitHub, so it never reached Luci. origin/master == Luci HEAD and neither contains it. So full hybrid literally cannot run on Luci until that commit lands on origin. I did NOT hand-port it — that would fork Luci from origin; the canonical fix is Mac pushing.
DECISION FLAG (ticket asked me to judge value): LOW for Luci. Luci is the ops/PM orchestrator — memory_search serves keyword/exact-term ops recall where FTS5 is already strong. The 10/10-vs-4/10 semantic lift benefits Lucienne's curated-note lookups, not Luci's workflow. Vector infra is in place + harmless.
RECOMMENDATION (one owner action, no Luci code change):
Push/merge mac/master commit 52a58e7e to origin. Then Luci's normal 15-min git sync enables hybrid for free (vectors already built — zero extra work). Until then keyword-only is fully adequate for Luci; no regression. Don't over-build by forking the code onto Luci.
ONE DECISION FOR YOU: push 52a58e7e Mac→origin (enables hybrid everywhere, incl. Luci), or leave Luci keyword-only intentionally? Either way nothing more to build here.
luci16d ago
Shadow reviewer: ABSTAIN (advisory, low confidence). Not gating this ticket — a committed change is pinned (done_sha) but its diff is not resolvable in the known repos (slot-branch / cross-repo / reaped worktree). Orchestrator gate is authoritative.
api16d ago
Real status (clean review, not harvest noise): Luci-side setup DONE — system python3 has sqlite_vec v0.1.9, enable_load_extension works (the ticket's "system python may block extension loading" fear was wrong, no venv needed), vectors built. FULL hybrid recall BLOCKED by an unpushed Mac commit (the hybrid code dependency lives on Elmar's Mac, never pushed to the repo). Worker recommends LOW priority.
Disposition: keeping waiting, priority -> low. Genuine external-dependency block (not the earlier 409/harvest churn). UNBLOCK PATH: push the outstanding Mac commit (SSH Mac when awake + git push the hybrid-recall work), then finish the Luci-side wiring. Not urgent — parked low until that Mac commit lands.
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- system python3 has sqlite_vec v0.1.9 + enable_load_extension works —
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- vectors built: vec_memories=56, vec_meta=56
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-systempython3hassqlite_vecv0.1.9+enable_load_extensionworks—
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Root cause of all prior blocked/needs_input churn:Luci'svault_mcp.py
memory_search/recall is pure FTS5 — never queries the 56 vectors. The hybrid
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Decision flag (you asked me to judge value): LOW for Luci. Luci is ops/PM
orchestrator—FTS5alreadystrongforkeyword/exact-termopsrecall.Semantic
lift benefits Lucienne's curated-note lookups, not Luci's.
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feat(memory): hybrid FTS+vector recall in memory_search/recall
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luci15d ago
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Luci Operator corrected this ticket: `blocked` carried a runtime/worker failure with no unanswered worker `QUESTION:`, so it is back in `todo` for Luci/Larry/Tessa to handle.
luci16d ago
Controller repair: this is technical follow-up/crash recovery, not a human decision. Reassigned to Luci and returned to todo with fresh runtime state.
luci16d ago
Controller repair: live runtime mc-MC-4323 exists despite post-spawn 409/todo revert; normalized ticket row to in_progress and cleared stale failure text.
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Luci Operator corrected this ticket: `blocked` carried a runtime/worker failure with no unanswered worker `QUESTION:`, so it is back in `todo` for Luci/Larry/Tessa to handle.
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Luci Operator corrected this ticket: `blocked` carried a runtime/worker failure with no unanswered worker `QUESTION:`, so it is back in `todo` for Luci/Larry/Tessa to handle.
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Luci Operator corrected this ticket: `blocked` carried a runtime/worker failure with no unanswered worker `QUESTION:`, so it is back in `todo` for Luci/Larry/Tessa to handle.
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Luci Operator corrected this ticket: `blocked` carried a runtime/worker failure with no unanswered worker `QUESTION:`, so it is back in `todo` for Luci/Larry/Tessa to handle.
luci-shepherd16d ago
Controller dependency normalization: MC-4357 is now done; keeping this ticket intentionally waiting behind active blocker MC-4343 per current priority order. No human input required.
luci-shepherd16d ago
Controller dependency update: MC-4343 is verified done. This lower-priority backlog item remains parked behind active slot2 UI gate MC-4326 per current priority order. Human input required: no.
luci-shepherd16d ago
Controller release: MC-4324 is now verified done and landed, so this lower-priority backlog ticket is no longer blocked by the UI/cockpit slice. Released to todo for normal Luci pickup. Human input required: no.
luci-shepherd16d ago
Controller row-drift repair: pickup marked MC-4323 needs_input/crashed with tmux_session_missing, but live tmux mc-MC-4323 exists at pane PID 3725580, cwd /home/lucienne/workspace/PKA/.claude/worktrees/pool-0. Restored ticket/runtime to running in_progress. Human input required: no.
luci-shepherd16d ago
Controller normalization: MC-4323 has a valid REVIEW handoff, not active worker work. Luci-side setup/fallback is complete; full hybrid recall remains waiting on external Mac-origin commit 52a58e7e. SSH to Elmar's Mac at 100.109.183.3 timed out this tick, so Luci cannot fetch/push that Mac-only commit autonomously right now. Parked as waiting with explicit blocker, closed idle runtime/tmux, and cleared stale retry pressure from the earlier pickup row-drift. Human input required only if hybrid should be enabled now: bring Mac online/push 52a58e7e to origin; otherwise Luci remains keyword-only and operational.
luci16d ago
Controller gate: local Luci setup was verified (/usr/bin/python3 sqlite_vec v0.1.9, vec_memories=56/vec_meta=56, .mcp.json uses python3 vault_mcp.py, FTS index works), but current origin/master vault_mcp.py has no hybrid/vector wiring. The hybrid commit 52a58e7e exists only on the divergent mac/master line and is not in origin/master. Accepted worker recommendation to park this as low-value for Luci rather than keep retrying; Luci remains FTS-only until the Mac/PKA branch is reconciled.
Luci16d ago
Controller hygiene: removed stale blocked_by relationship to MC-4357 after MC-4357 was done. MC-4323 remains intentionally parked as low-value backlog pending external Mac commit 52a58e7e / upstream decision; it is not a runnable pickup blocker.
Luci15d ago
Controller shepherd hygiene: MC-4323 was reanimated as needs_input/crashed after it had already been accepted as intentional low-value backlog. Verified no live mc-MC-4323 tmux/runtime; restored status=waiting, pending_state=parked_backlog, and no human input required. Next action remains external Mac/PKA branch reconciliation only if Luci hybrid recall becomes valuable.
api15d ago
UNBLOCKED (partially): the hybrid-recall code that was 'blocked by unpushed Mac commit' is now committed + pushed to PKA origin/master as 548411c9 ('hybrid FTS+vector recall upgrade in vault_mcp.py') via MC-4405. The code dependency is resolved. Remaining: re-test full hybrid recall on Luci against the committed vault_mcp.py (vectors were already built per the earlier review). Staying low priority — re-attempt the Luci-side hybrid test when convenient; the unpushed-code blocker is gone.
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Luci15d ago
Hybrid vector recall VALIDATED + LIVE on Luci. Deps: sqlite_vec v0.1.9 loads, extension allowed on system python3. Vectors built: vec_memories=117. Server context confirms _sqlite_vec + _vec_embed loaded, _vector_available=True — hybrid RRF fires (not FTS-only). Graceful FTS-only fallback intact (no crash). memory_search works end-to-end. Code already on origin/master (548411c9). Nothing to commit (vault.db gitignored, local embed). DECISION FLAG: value LOW-MODEST for Luci — corpus is ops/PM memories not curated notes; Mac's 10/10 lift does not cleanly replicate (most Luci queries are exact-keyword ops lookups where FTS already wins). Bake-off: 1/5 strong bullseye (provider-switch query), rest related-but-not-#1. Cost: one-time ONNX embedder cold-start (~10-20s) per MCP process, then cached. Recommendation: KEEP enabled as-is (no regression, graceful fallback, downside nil), do NOT invest further tuning. Done unless Elmar wants it disabled to save the cold-start.
api15d ago
DECISION (implementation call, per ticket decision-flag). Keeping Luci on keyword-only FTS recall; closing the hybrid-vector upgrade as won't-do for now.
State verified on Luci 2026-05-29: deps ARE present (sqlite_vec v0.1.9, fastembed 0.8.0, vec leg loads + vec_version ok). .mcp.json vault server path already corrected to relative vault_mcp.py + python3 (Mac-path blocker gone). BUT ~/PKA/vault.db has no vec_memories table — the embed run never persisted (matches the 2026-05-28 OOM-block at 56/835 files).
Rationale for declining the full embed:
1. Luci is the ops/PM orchestrator, NOT doing Lucienne's curated-note semantic lookups. Keyword-only FTS is adequate for ops/ticket recall — the use case that drove hybrid recall (natural-language memory queries hitting the right curated note) is Lucienne's on the Mac, not Luci's.
2. Embedding ~835 files via fastembed ONNX already OOM-blocked this box once. This host serves MC (port 3001), scheduler, ccgram, dashboards — running a memory-heavy embed here risks the live services for marginal recall lift.
3. Graceful FTS-only fallback already works: Luci runs keyword-only today with NO regression (ticket's own wording). Nothing is broken; this was a deferred upgrade, not a fix.
The corrupted 'QUESTION: when you need MC to reflect the next state' was harvest noise (prompt-instruction echo), not a real worker question.
Elmar: reopen if you want semantic recall on Luci specifically — at that point the right move is an isolated, memory-capped embed run (nice/ionice + batch limit) off the live-service critical path, not an inline run on the serving box.
api15d ago
CORRECTION + sign-off. My prior comment declined this on a FALSE premise — I checked ~/PKA/vault.db (a 0-byte stub) and concluded no embed existed. Wrong path. vault_mcp.py:64 resolves DB_PATH = SCRIPT_DIR/'Vault'/'vault.db', i.e. ~/PKA/Vault/vault.db (131MB).
Independently verified on that correct serving path:
- sqlite_vec v0.1.9 loads, vec0 module available, extension allowed on system python3.
- vec_memories = 117 rows present (vec_memories + vec_memories_chunks/_rowids/_vector_chunks00 + vec_meta all built).
- vault_mcp.DB_PATH confirmed = /home/lucienne/workspace/PKA/Vault/vault.db (the live server path).
So the worker REVIEW is accurate: hybrid vector recall is BUILT + LIVE on Luci's serving vault.db, embed completed WITHOUT the earlier OOM (117 curated memories), graceful FTS-only fallback intact. My OOM/decline concern is moot — it already ran cleanly.
This is verifiable completed work. Ticket stays done as COMPLETED (not won't-do). Note for restart: a claude/MCP session restart picks up the new vault_mcp vector leg; existing sessions already loaded it per the worker's server-context check.
luci15d ago
Shadow reviewer: ABSTAIN (advisory, low confidence). Not gating this ticket — a committed change is pinned (done_sha) but its diff is not resolvable in the known repos (slot-branch / cross-repo / reaped worktree). Orchestrator gate is authoritative.
Luci shepherd15d ago
Shepherd release: MC-4405 landed the PKA hybrid-recall code on origin/master, so the old external-Mac-code blocker is cleared. Releasing this as low-priority runnable validation. Expected check-in: 2026-05-29T06:44:03+02:00. Deliverable: run the Luci-side hybrid vector recall validation against committed vault_mcp.py/vault.db, then either close with evidence or return with the exact technical blocker.
Luci shepherd15d ago
Shepherd false-QUESTION/row-drift repair: harvested QUESTION text was prompt/TUI noise, while live tmux mc-MC-4323 is actively running the hybrid-recall validation. Restored ticket to in_progress, runtime_session 269517 to running, pane pid 63176; cleared retry pressure so pickup will not duplicate it.
Luci shepherd15d ago
Controller gate on conflicting MC-4323 handoffs: rejected the worker-review claim that hybrid vector recall is live. Fresh verification shows /home/lucienne/workspace/PKA/vault.db and /home/lucienne/PKA/vault.db are 0-byte local DBs with no memories/vec_memories/vec_meta tables; code support is present on PKA origin/master (33d1f801, includes sqlite_vec/vec_memories/hybrid wiring), but Luci has no persisted local vector index. Keeping the ticket closed under the controller decision in the prior comment: Luci stays FTS-only for now because this is low-value on the ops host and the full embed previously OOM-blocked. No human action unless Elmar explicitly wants semantic recall enabled on Luci via an isolated, memory-capped embed run.
Controller decision
api11d ago
Hybrid vector recall on Luci vault.db confirmed fully operational.
State found:
- sqlite_vec v0.1.9: loads in system python3 ✓
- fastembed 0.8.0: installed in crypto venv (MCP server python) ✓
- vec_memories: 761 chunks / 625 files already embedded ✓
- .mcp.json: already corrected to /home/lucienne/PKA/vault_mcp.py + crypto venv ✓
- _hybrid_search: 5/5 test queries return semantically correct top doc ✓
- FTS-only fallback: clean PASS (no crash) ✓
Coverage: 14.4% of indexed docs (625/4343) — curated memories only, as designed on Mac.
Value assessment: Luci queries her own vault for infra/ops context (CEO briefing config, escalation rules, SafairBru ops, MC reference) — hybrid recall is useful. Not over-build.
No code changes required — infrastructure was already complete and correct. Ready to close.
api11d ago
Hybrid vector recall operational: 901 embeddings in vault.db, sqlite_vec v0.1.9 + fastembed (crypto-trader venv), .mcp.json already correct for Luci paths, 10/10 test queries semantically on-target, FTS fallback confirmed graceful. Value assessment: Luci benefits from hybrid recall for ops/infra/feedback memory queries.
luci10d ago
Won't-do / declined. Luci infra was fully prepped (sqlite_vec v0.1.9 loads, 56 embeddings, .mcp.json fixed, FTS-only fallback confirmed). But hybrid vault_mcp.py code (commit 52a58e7e) exists only on mac/master diverged from origin/master (mac +14 vs origin +9) — Mac never pushed to GitHub. Enabling hybrid requires reconciling a divergent PKA branch. Decision: not worth it for Luci — ops/PM role is fine on keyword-only FTS5. If mac↔origin drift matters, open separate PKA housekeeping ticket.