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CLAUDE.md

This file provides guidance to Claude Code (claude.ai/code) when working with code in this repository.

What this repository is

cc-os is a design + implementation repository — it captures the design of a personal, cross-project memory system for Claude Code (for a multi-client freelancer) plus the research that informs it. The global memory plugin is now partially implemented; markdown specs, ADRs, and the build plan remain the source of truth for what is being built and what remains.

Everything is markdown-as-truth. When asked to "build," work from the staged tasks in docs/memory-system/04-build-plan.md, not ad hoc.

Directory layout

Numbered files within a directory are not a required reading order — read the one whose topic you need.

  • docs/memory-system/ — the design of the memory system itself. Go here to understand or change what is being built. 02-system-design.md is the architecture, 03-architecture- decisions.md is the ADR log (each decision + what was rejected/deferred and why), 04-build-plan.md is the build outline, 06-graphify-evaluation.md justifies the Graphify pivot. Read the specific file relevant to your task; read the whole set only when reworking the design.
  • docs/graphify/ — a verified handbook for the Graphify knowledge-graph tool (the chosen knowledge-layer engine). Go here when working with Graphify commands/behavior. Skim 00-README.md for the model, keep 09-best-practices-checklist.md open while actually running it. Claims are provenance-tagged ([github] trustworthy; [interview] / [unverified claim] not).
  • graphify-interview, memory-systems-compared060326 (repo root) — raw source transcripts (marketing / video). Only open these to trace where a claim came from; treat as intent, not fact — they were already corrected against primary sources in docs/.
  • openspec/ — spec-driven change management (see workflow below). changes/ holds live changes, changes/archive/ completed ones, specs/ stable specs.
  • .claude/, .codex/, .pi/ — identical copies of the OpenSpec skills for three AI assistants. Only open when changing a skill — and mirror any change across all three.

The current design in one paragraph

This is a work in progress, not a frozen spec. The paragraph below is the current approach; treat it as the default you operate from, but whenever a conversation with the user changes the design, update this paragraph (and the relevant docs/memory-system/ files + an ADR) to match. Keep it accurate, don't preserve it for its own sake.

Two memory types kept as separate systems: episodic ("what happened, when") handled by memsearch (Milvus Lite, embedded), and semantic/knowledge ("how do we…") handled by the existing ~/Documents/SecondBrain Obsidian vault as the single source of truth. Notes keep summary + six flat, parallel namespaced facets (type//client//project//domain//tool//convention/) plus scope/ as metadata; hierarchy and relationships are expressed via hub notes (type/hub), wikilinks, and Graphify graph edges — not nested tag paths. The vault is queried via a Graphify knowledge graph (local Ollama SLM for doc extraction, free tree-sitter AST for code). Retrieval is hook-injected + on-demand so project repos stay thin; freshness is lazy (write-time hook + SessionStart reconcile, no daemon/cron); the vault syncs to a VPS while indexes stay disposable and rebuildable. Ships as a global Claude Code plugin (os-vault) with skills.

Recent pivot (2026-06-03): Graphify replaces the originally-planned Ruby/SQLite tag-index CLI and also covers the deferred QMD semantic layer. 04-build-plan.md and 06-graphify-evaluation.md reflect this; if an older doc still describes the Ruby CLI, defer to those two and fix the stale doc.

Decisions locked (2026-06-04): Six-facet tag taxonomy + scope/ (ADR-011); reuse ~/Documents/SecondBrain vault rather than creating a new one (ADR-012); build-first / migrate-incrementally — build full system against a fixture set first, defer bulk vault migration to last, onboard projects one at a time (ADR-013).

Empirical finding locked (2026-06-05): Graphify is a structure extractor, not a topic clusterer — no emergent hub nodes appear even at --mode deep; hub notes + wikilinks must be author-provided during migration (not deferred). Migration scaffolding is now a first-class deliverable. Open question: do facet tags create graph edges? (ADR-014; findings: docs/memory-system/07-graph-connectivity-findings.md).

Implementation status (2026-06-09): The global Claude Code plugin is live (~/.claude/plugins/os-vault/). Steps 1, 2a, 2b, 3, and 6 of the build plan are complete (including the onboard-project skill, previously TODO under Step 6/Part D). Step 1 completed 2026-06-09: vault-conventions.md exists, all 6 fixture notes seeded, and 14 Graphify handbook + memory-system design notes migrated to the vault as migration scaffolding. Step 4 (memsearch) completed 2026-06-09: plugin installed via marketplace, MEMSEARCH_DIR set global (~/.memsearch), Stop hook verified producing daily memory files, search confirmed working. Step 5a (memsearch episodic git sync) completed 2026-06-09: dedicated private Forgejo repo (forgejo.swansoncloud.com/jared/memsearch), whitelist .gitignore (memory/*.md only), auto-commit+push via cc-os session-end.sh hook (ADR-015; relocated to memsearch_sync.py by ADR-016, 2026-06-12). Step 5b (Obsidian vault → VPS sync) remains. See docs/memory-system/04-build-plan.md for full step status.

Decision (2026-06-09): Single global memsearch store for ALL clients — cross-client commingling is the accepted, intended design (ADR-015 resolved). One private Forgejo repo (forgejo.swansoncloud.com/jared/memsearch), not per-client repos. Forward direction: minimize/eliminate dedicated per-client working directories; work projects locally or use a single general clients/ dir for non-local client work — memory is captured globally regardless of cwd. No clients/ directory structure designed yet; open item.

Implementation status (2026-06-12): os-vault plugin source moved into git at cc-os/plugins/os-vault/ and bash hooks ported to Python (deep-module architecture: shared config.py, hook_io.py, session_state.py; thin entry-point scripts). Cutover via symlink ~/.claude/plugins/os-vault → cc-os/plugins/os-vault/ and settings.json hook rewrite. memsearch sync split into dedicated memsearch_sync.py SessionEnd hook (relocation of ADR-015 behavior, not reversal). Fresh-session test passed 2026-06-12. See ADR-016.

Implementation status (2026-06-15): Step 5b done and automated — vault (~/Documents/SecondBrain) initialized as git repo, pushed to private Forgejo (ssh://git@forgejo.swansoncloud.com:2222/jared/SecondBrain.git); 52 files, git chosen over Syncthing. Auto-commit+push wired via vault_sync.py SessionEnd hook (third SessionEnd hook, runs after session_end.py so the daily journal note is included; push-only — SessionStart pull is an optional future item for multi-machine). Step 2e pilot done — llf-schema (/home/jared/dev/llf-schema, PHP 8.2 WordPress plugin) onboarded via /os-vault:onboard-project skill: 605 nodes / 930 edges / 52 communities; Ollama doc pass lossy on WordPress docs but AST pass solid. Step 2d closed — live vault graphify-out/ is the baseline; fixture-only build superseded.

Implementation status (2026-06-17): /os-vault:onboard-project skill now uses assessment-first onboarding: surveys the repo structure, classifies exclude candidates by TYPE (11 categories: fetched deps, build output, caches, VCS internals, editor/AI-tooling dirs, lockfiles, coverage/logs, bulk data, binaries, secrets, graphify-out/ — illustrative names, not fixed templates), generates a per-project .graphifyignore, confirms with the user, then extracts the graph using qwen25-coder-7b-16k (config.yaml ollama_model; 16k-context build of qwen2.5-coder:7b — larger context window cuts chunk count per doc, the main speed lever). Fixes issue where repos with large dependency trees routed non-code files through the Ollama doc pass (see ADR-017).

Implementation status (2026-06-30): Phase 1 of the SecondBrain Content Plan complete (docs/memory-system/09-sb-content-plan.md, issues #1–#6). ~/Documents/SecondBrain/vault-conventions.md reconciled to a single authoritative typed frontmatter schema (removed the contradictory block; canonical filenames are slug-only, source: is a frontmatter field not a tag, scope is a field not a tag). New /os-vault:design-template skill added (cc-os/plugins/os-vault/skills/design-template/SKILL.md) — routes between template-design (4-step process + injection-economics filter) and new-type creation (9-step lifecycle). Three vault note templates created in ~/Documents/SecondBrain/_templates/ (howto.md, convention.md, reference.md; reference carries a four-subtype variant selector — pattern/framework, api-integration, role-definitions, design-rules), each dogfooded against a real note. Four proof-of-concept vault notes patched (cookbook subtype → pattern/framework, glossary de-duped to a wikilink, design-mode scope → project, tags + last_reviewed added). Phase 2 (issue #7) remains open as the steady-state migration/onboarding epic (no code). See docs/memory-system/09-sb-content-plan.md.

Implemented Components

Global os-vault plugin — cc-os/plugins/os-vault/ (git-tracked, 2026-06-12); symlinked into ~/.claude/plugins/os-vault

  • Hooks: hooks/ — session_start.py, session_context.py (project graph path only), post_tool_use_write.py, session_end.py (vault journal), memsearch_sync.py (second SessionEnd hook; memsearch auto-commit+push, 30s timeout), vault_sync.py (third SessionEnd hook; vault auto-commit+push to forgejo.swansoncloud.com/jared/SecondBrain, 30s timeout; mirrors memsearch_sync.py)
  • Shared modules: config.py (load_config → frozen Config dataclass), hook_io.py (read_input → HookInput dataclass), session_state.py (record_touch/read_touches; encapsulates /tmp/claude-vault-touched-$SESSION_ID contract)
  • Skills: skills/ — query, write, reorganize, onboard-project (assessment-first onboarding: surveys repo, classifies excludes by type (11 categories), writes per-project .graphifyignore, confirms with user, then extracts using qwen25-coder-7b-16k — per ADR-017), design-template (routes template-design ↔ new-type-creation: 4-step template-design process + injection-economics filter, 9-step new-type lifecycle; backs Phase 1 of the SB Content Plan — see docs/memory-system/09-sb-content-plan.md)
  • Config: config.yaml — vault path, Ollama model (qwen25-coder-7b-16k), env vars
  • Hook wiring: ~/.claude/settings.json (hook entries invoke /usr/bin/python3 with absolute paths into cc-os)

Global os-orchestration plugin — cc-os/plugins/os-orchestration/ (git-tracked, 2026-07-03); symlinked into ~/.claude/plugins/os-orchestration

  • Hooks: hooks/ — inject.py (injects ORCHESTRATION.md as additionalContext to all sessions)
  • Behavior: SessionStart hook injects an ORCHESTRATION.md markdown doc (hardcoded; lives in plugin source) as additionalContext, carrying a permissive session-orchestration rule: "do single-file/≤2-tool-call ops directly; delegate only when work is parallelizable across independent files, spans many files, or needs isolated/large context." This is the canonical global default for Claude Code across all projects.
  • Migration: migrated from a standalone repo (~/dev/cc-plugins/orchestration/, 2026-07-03) and integrated into cc-os. Supersedes the per-project copy-pasted orchestration text blocks that previously existed in individual project CLAUDE.md files (including a stricter local override that cc-os had carried — now removed; see ADR-019).

Global os-doc-hygiene plugin — cc-os/plugins/os-doc-hygiene/ (git-tracked, 2026-07-03); symlinked into ~/.claude/plugins/os-doc-hygiene

  • Hooks: hooks/hooks.json → SessionStart hook (matcher: startup|resume) runs scripts/reminder.py via ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT} (5s timeout), emitting a deterministic zero-token reminder banner
  • Behavior: Monitors stale and bloated project documentation per-project under .dochygiene/ state dir (gitignored). SessionStart reminder is deterministic (no AI tokens, once/day snooze). Skills (verb-first, no commands/ dispatcher — invoked directly as /os-doc-hygiene:<skill>, per cc-os-plugin-skill-naming-convention): check (AI-assisted classification of staleness signals, emits machine+human reports), clean (AI-assisted or deterministic patch application with git-safe scoped cleanup), status (read-only lifecycle-timestamp read), sweep (check then clean in sequence). Reversion-protected via invariants.md + golden-example test fixtures.
  • Migration: migrated from standalone repo (~/dev/cc-plugins/doc-hygiene/, 2026-07-03) and integrated into cc-os. No content conflicts detected (doc-hygiene scope does not overlap cc-os memory system). Renamed from doc-hygiene to os-doc-hygiene per cc-os plugin naming convention. Skills renamed hygiene-check/hygiene-clean → check/clean, and the commands/hygiene.md dispatcher removed in favor of two new skills (status, sweep), aligning with the os-vault/os-orchestration pattern of no commands/ directory (2026-07-03).

Graphify — v0.8.31 at /home/jared/.local/bin/graphify

  • Vault graph: ~/Documents/SecondBrain/graphify-out/ — disposable, structural index rebuilt by SessionStart hook; handles relational/graph queries. Distinct from vault-index.json (planned, Plan B Phase 1): a flat {tag: [{path, title, summary}]} lookup rebuilt at SessionEnd, queried by the /memory-find skill for fast tag-based SB note discovery.
  • Project graph: <project-root>/graphify-out/ — same pattern; gitignore it in each project repo
  • Vault conventions: ~/Documents/SecondBrain/vault-conventions.md — frontmatter contract + tag taxonomy (canonical name decided 2026-06-09; formerly referred to as CONVENTIONS.md)

memsearch — v0.4.6 via Claude Code plugin marketplace (memsearch@memsearch-plugins)

  • Hooks: Stop, SessionStart, UserPromptSubmit, SessionEnd (ship with plugin)
  • Memory store: ~/.memsearch/memory/YYYY-MM-DD.md daily files (global, cross-project, all clients — one store by design)
  • Index: ~/.memsearch/milvus.db (Milvus Lite, local); embeddings via ONNX bge-m3
  • Config: MEMSEARCH_DIR=~/.memsearch in ~/.zshrc for global scope
  • Skills: /memory-recall, /memory-config (ship with plugin)
  • Git sync: ~/.memsearch is a dedicated private Forgejo repo (forgejo.swansoncloud.com/jared/memsearch); whitelist .gitignore commits only memory/*.md (excludes rebuildable milvus.db, model, config); auto-commit+push wired into the cc-os memory plugin's own memsearch_sync.py SessionEnd hook (relocated from session-end.sh by ADR-016, 2026-06-12; behavior preserved — see ADR-015)

Obsidian vault git sync — ~/Documents/SecondBrain (2026-06-15)

  • Remote: ssh://git@forgejo.swansoncloud.com:2222/jared/SecondBrain.git (private Forgejo; web: https://forgejo.swansoncloud.com/jared/SecondBrain)
  • 52 files tracked (notes, journal, templates, vault-conventions.md, CLAUDE.md, .obsidian config); graphify-out/ excluded via .gitignore
  • Auto-commit+push via vault_sync.py SessionEnd hook in cc-os memory plugin (mirrors memsearch_sync.py; push-only — SessionStart pull is optional future item for multi-machine)

Remaining optional items: SessionStart vault pull (multi-machine sync; push-only is the current design); additional project onboarding (one at a time, per ADR-013); bulk vault migration. All required build steps complete as of 2026-06-15.

Plugin renamed memory → os-vault (2026-07-03): directory renamed in git, ~/.claude/plugins/os-vault symlink and settings.json's enabledPlugins updated — but the local-plugins marketplace manifest (~/.claude/plugins/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json) still declared the old memory/./memory entry, and installed_plugins.json still had a cached memory@local-plugins install record. Skills (and therefore slash commands) never registered under the new name as a result; hooks kept working because they're wired by absolute path in settings.json, independent of plugin resolution. Fixed by editing the marketplace manifest to "os-vault"/"./os-vault", then claude plugin marketplace update local-plugins, claude plugin install os-vault@local-plugins, claude plugin uninstall memory@local-plugins. See ADR-018 and the "Renaming or moving a local plugin" procedure below.

Renaming or moving a local plugin

Renaming a plugin directory under a directory-source marketplace (like local-plugins, whose source is ~/.claude/plugins itself) requires updating three places, not just the directory and settings.json:

  1. Plugin directory / symlink — the actual files (or symlink target, for plugins that live in a git repo like cc-os/plugins/os-vault/).
  2. Marketplace manifest — ~/.claude/plugins/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json (for local-plugins) lists each plugin's name and source path explicitly; this does not auto-discover from the directory listing. Update the entry to match the new name/path.
  3. settings.json enabledPlugins — the <name>@<marketplace> key must match the manifest entry from step 2.

Then refresh the plugin manager's state so it re-resolves the marketplace and drops the stale install record:

claude plugin marketplace update <marketplace-name>   # re-validates the manifest
claude plugin install <new-name>@<marketplace-name>    # creates the new install record
claude plugin uninstall <old-name>@<marketplace-name>  # drops the stale one
claude plugin list                                     # verify: new name enabled, old name gone
claude plugin details <new-name>@<marketplace-name>     # verify skills/agents/hooks resolved

Skipping step 2 is the failure mode to watch for: hooks (wired by absolute path in settings.json) keep working, masking the fact that skills/slash-commands silently stopped registering under the plugin's new name.

Issue tracking

Issues (created via /to-issues) live on self-hosted Forgejo (jared/cc-os), queried with the tea CLI — not GitHub/gh. See docs/issue-workflow.md for token setup, listing, implementing, and closing issues.

OpenSpec workflow

Changes are managed spec-driven via OpenSpec. Use the matching skills rather than editing spec files by hand: openspec-explore (think through an idea), openspec-propose (create a change with design/specs/tasks), openspec-apply-change (implement tasks), openspec-verify-change (validate before archiving), openspec-archive-change. Slash commands mirror these under /opsx:*. Live changes live in openspec/changes/, completed ones in openspec/changes/archive/, stable specs in openspec/specs/.

openspec/config.yaml uses schema: spec-driven; its context block is currently empty — project context for OpenSpec artifacts comes from docs/ and this file.

Conventions specific to this repo

  • Provenance discipline: when writing about Graphify or anything sourced from the interview transcripts, keep the inline source tags and never promote an [interview] / [unverified claim] to fact without checking a primary source (the GitHub repo is the authority; it was anchored to Graphify v0.8.30).
  • Dates are absolute (e.g. 2026-06-03), and design docs carry a _Last updated:_ / status line — keep these current when editing.
  • Decisions live in ADRs. Don't silently reverse a locked decision; add or amend an ADR in 03-architecture-decisions.md with the reasoning.
  • The package on PyPI is graphifyy (double-y) but the command is graphify.
  • Keep this file current: When a build step completes, (a) mark it done in docs/memory-system/04-build-plan.md, (b) add or update a component pointer in the Implemented Components section above, and (c) update the current design paragraph if the design changed. This file is the AI's orientation entry point — accuracy matters more than brevity.
  • Plugin and skill naming: Read cc-os-plugin-skill-naming-convention for os- prefix and verb-first skill conventions before naming a new cc-os plugin or skill. Agent and hook naming are open questions per that note, not yet covered by this rule.

Session orchestration behavior — Provided by the global os-orchestration plugin (see Implemented Components below). This repo no longer carries a local orchestration override; it follows the plugin's default behavior like every other project.