feat: add long-term memory systems with fused retrieval and memory explorer

Phase 5 (ADR-0003). pkg/concepts fixes the epistemic vocabulary
(observation, fact, memory, claim, hypothesis, belief, prediction,
assumption, inference, opinion), memory kinds and relation names.

internal/memory stores episodic, semantic, procedural and
autobiographical memories in one mind-scoped table with trust-derived
credibility, importance, salience and decaying activation. Retrieval
fuses full-text rank (any-term by default), optional pgvector similarity,
recency, activation, importance and credibility, and returns the
component scores so every recall can be explained. Decay lowers
activation and never deletes; retraction and supersession keep rows for
provenance. Relationships are constrained to one mind at insert time.
Embeddings live in a conditional pgvector table keyed by model so vector
spaces are never mixed; without an embedder the system degrades to text
and graph retrieval.

Attention gates encoding: the attend handler turns admitted observations
into episodic memories (operator changes become autobiographical ones)
with memory_created events; the retrieve process proposes recalled
memories as candidates and admitted recalls are reinforced with
memory_retrieved events carrying their scoring components.

Memory explorer UI (search with component breakdown, timeline, filters,
operator knowledge entry), memory detail with provenance, relationships,
citing events and an inaccurate-memory correction; API; noemactl memory
commands; decay and embed-missing background jobs.
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Andy Dixon
2026-06-20 23:47:50 +01:00
parent e9c1b25c80
commit 03631e5685
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package cognition
import (
"context"
"encoding/json"
"fmt"
"github.com/andydixon/noema/internal/brain"
"github.com/andydixon/noema/internal/memory"
"github.com/andydixon/noema/internal/workspace"
"github.com/andydixon/noema/pkg/concepts"
"github.com/andydixon/noema/pkg/events"
"github.com/andydixon/noema/pkg/ids"
)
// Handlers are the executive actions for admitted thought kinds.
type Handlers struct {
Memory *memory.Store
}
// Register installs the handlers on a registry.
func (h Handlers) Register(r *brain.Registry) {
r.Handle("attend", h.attend)
r.Handle("retrieve", h.retrieve)
}
// attend encodes the attended event as a memory and holds it in working
// memory. Only attended events become episodes: attention gates encoding.
func (h Handlers) attend(ctx context.Context, c *brain.Cycle, t workspace.Thought) error {
evID, _ := t.Content["source_event"].(string)
var mem memory.Memory
if h.Memory != nil && evID != "" {
ev, err := c.Runtime.Events().Get(ctx, ids.ID(evID))
if err == nil {
n := memory.New{MindID: c.State.Mind.ID, Kind: concepts.Episodic, Epistemic: concepts.Observation, Content: ev.Summary, Source: ev.Source,
Trust: events.TrustLow, Confidence: ev.Confidence, Importance: t.Score, Salience: ev.Salience, Valence: ev.Valence, Arousal: ev.Arousal, OccurredAt: ev.OccurredAt, OriginEvent: ev.ID,
Detail: map[string]any{"event_type": ev.Type, "participants": []string{}}}
switch ev.Type {
case events.Observation:
var p events.ObservationPayload
if json.Unmarshal(ev.Payload, &p) == nil {
if p.Text != "" {
n.Content = p.Text
}
n.Trust = p.Trust
n.Detail["channel"], n.Detail["reference"], n.Detail["method"] = p.Channel, p.Reference, p.Method
if p.Actor != "" {
n.Detail["participants"] = []string{p.Actor}
}
}
case events.OperatorAction:
n.Kind, n.Trust, n.Importance = concepts.Autobiographical, events.TrustOperator, max(t.Score, 0.6)
n.Content = "An operator changed me: " + ev.Summary
default:
n.Trust = events.TrustSystem
}
mem, err = h.Memory.Create(ctx, c.Tx, n)
if err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("encode memory: %w", err)
}
c.Emit(events.New{Type: events.MemoryCreated, Source: "brain.memory", Summary: fmt.Sprintf("encoded %s memory: %s", mem.Kind, truncate(mem.Content, 120)),
Salience: 0.3, Confidence: mem.Confidence, CausationID: t.EventID, ParentIDs: []ids.ID{t.EventID, ev.ID},
Evidence: []events.EvidenceRef{{Kind: "memory", ID: string(mem.ID)}, {Kind: "event", ID: string(ev.ID), Note: "source"}},
Metadata: map[string]any{"memory_id": mem.ID, "kind": mem.Kind}, Payload: map[string]any{"memory_id": mem.ID, "kind": mem.Kind, "importance": mem.Importance, "trust": mem.Trust}})
}
}
item := workspace.Item{Key: "attend:" + t.Subject, Content: t.Summary, Kind: "observation", SourceEvent: ids.ID(evID)}
if !mem.ID.IsZero() {
item.Ref = string(mem.ID)
}
c.Runtime.Hold(item)
return nil
}
// retrieve reinforces a recalled memory, records the retrieval with its
// scoring components, and holds it in working memory.
func (h Handlers) retrieve(ctx context.Context, c *brain.Cycle, t workspace.Thought) error {
ref, _ := t.Content["ref"].(string)
if h.Memory == nil || ref == "" {
return nil
}
mid := ids.ID(ref)
if err := h.Memory.Reinforce(ctx, c.Tx, c.State.Mind.ID, mid); err != nil {
return err
}
src, _ := t.Content["source_event"].(string)
c.Emit(events.New{Type: events.MemoryRetrieved, Source: "brain.memory", Summary: t.Summary, Salience: t.Score, Confidence: t.Confidence,
CausationID: t.EventID, ParentIDs: []ids.ID{t.EventID}, Evidence: t.Evidence,
Metadata: map[string]any{"memory_id": mid, "score": t.Content["score"]}, Payload: map[string]any{"memory_id": mid, "score": t.Content["score"], "components": t.Content["components"], "query": t.Content["query"]}})
c.Runtime.Hold(workspace.Item{Key: "memory:" + ref, Content: t.Summary, Kind: "retrieval", Ref: ref, SourceEvent: ids.ID(src)})
return nil
}
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package cognition
import (
"context"
"encoding/json"
"strings"
"github.com/andydixon/noema/internal/attention"
"github.com/andydixon/noema/internal/brain"
"github.com/andydixon/noema/internal/memory"
"github.com/andydixon/noema/pkg/events"
"github.com/andydixon/noema/pkg/ids"
)
// Retrieve recalls memories relevant to each new external event and proposes
// them as candidates. Retrieval scoring is deterministic and recorded on the
// candidate so the UI can show why a memory came to mind.
type Retrieve struct{}
// Name implements brain.Process.
func (Retrieve) Name() string { return "retrieve" }
// minRetrievalScore filters weak matches before they compete for attention.
const minRetrievalScore = 0.30
// Observe implements brain.Process.
func (Retrieve) Observe(ctx context.Context, s *brain.State) ([]brain.Candidate, error) {
if s.Services.Memory == nil {
return nil, nil
}
var out []brain.Candidate
seen := map[ids.ID]bool{}
for _, ev := range s.NewEvents {
if strings.HasPrefix(ev.Source, "brain") || (ev.Type != events.Observation && ev.Type != events.Perception) {
continue
}
text := ev.Summary
var p events.ObservationPayload
if json.Unmarshal(ev.Payload, &p) == nil && p.Text != "" {
text = p.Text
}
hits, err := s.Services.Memory.Retrieve(ctx, s.Mind.ID, memory.Query{Text: text, Limit: 5, Now: s.Now, Semantic: true})
if err != nil {
return out, err
}
for _, h := range hits {
m := h.Memory
if h.Score < minRetrievalScore || m.OriginEvent == ev.ID || seen[m.ID] {
continue
}
seen[m.ID] = true
out = append(out, brain.Candidate{Kind: "retrieve", Subject: string(m.ID), Summary: "recalled: " + truncate(m.Content, 160),
Content: map[string]any{"ref": string(m.ID), "memory_kind": m.Kind, "score": h.Score, "components": h.Components, "query": truncate(text, 200), "source_event": string(ev.ID)},
Features: attention.Features{Salience: h.Score * 0.8, ContextRelevance: h.Score, Confidence: m.Confidence, Novelty: 0.2, Consequence: 0.3 + 0.4*m.Importance, Urgency: 0.1},
Confidence: m.Confidence, SourceEvents: []ids.ID{ev.ID},
Evidence: []events.EvidenceRef{{Kind: "memory", ID: string(m.ID), Note: "retrieved"}, {Kind: "event", ID: string(ev.ID), Note: "cue"}}})
}
}
return out, nil
}