Invert the build order to build-first / migrate-incrementally and
redesign Step 2c as a Claude reference-set benchmark.
- ADR-013 records the build-order inversion; CLAUDE.md locked-decisions
pointer updated
- New benchmark deliverable under docs/memory-system/benchmark/:
shared extraction spec + copy/paste dispatch prompt + reference-outputs
- Runbook (05): Step 1 = fixture selection with bulk migration deferred;
Step 2c = Claude-tiers-only reference set, quality-only metrics, Opus
as gold-standard rubric (produces references, not a model choice)
- 04-build-plan reconciled to the new build order and benchmark design
- Sync incremental-migration + reference-extraction-benchmark specs into
openspec/specs/; archive the completed change
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The handoff document was a session artifact; it is no longer needed.
Update all architecture docs to reflect the design pivot: Graphify
knowledge graph supersedes the earlier Ruby/SQLite tag-index CLI and
the deferred QMD semantic layer. The vault metadata (summary + tags)
is retained; only the bespoke index is removed. Update ADRs 003, 005,
and 006 to note they are superseded by ADR-010 (Graphify), and update
all system-design doc references from the three-layer model to the
final two-layer model (episodic + knowledge).
Graphify eliminates the need for the Ruby/SQLite tag index (Step 2 on
the critical path). It provides entity extraction and relationship
inference over vault docs via a local SLM, and deterministic code
graphs for projects via AST — both at significantly lower complexity.
This commit records the architecture decision and evaluation that
justifies the pivot.
Vault graphs still require author-maintained summaries (human router
hint), but tagging discipline is now optional. Project code graphs are
free (no LLM cost). Stale-node drift requires periodic `--force`
rebuilds; strategy documented for SessionStart hooks.
The three-layer memory system remains unchanged: episodic (memsearch),
knowledge (Graphify + vault), integration (custom glue). See
06-graphify-evaluation.md for the open questions and limitations.
This documents the complete architecture for a personal, cross-project
memory system for Claude Code: three-layer (episodic/knowledge/deferred-
semantic) design using Milvus Lite for fast local storage with lazy
remote sync. Includes video synthesis, architecture decisions with
rejected alternatives (MemPalace, Mem0, Postgres, LightRAG), concrete
build plan with scripts and hooks, and initial handoff for implementation.
jared