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Tom Boucher a375c4b354 feat(#956): add MemPalace memory capability (ADR-857 feature plug-in) (#1201)
* feat(#956): add MemPalace memory capability (ADR-857 feature plug-in)

Adds an opt-in, default-resilient ADR-857 feature capability that wires
MemPalace (local-first memory: MCP server + CLI) into the GSD loop:
deliberate recall before discuss/plan and verbatim + temporal-KG capture
at phase boundaries. Three memory modes (augment default; kg_backend and
replace forward-declared). Master gate mempalace.enabled (default off);
every hook onError:skip, zero gates; absent/disabled MemPalace => loop
unchanged. Transport is rendered-markdown only — MemPalace runs
out-of-process, no third-party code in gsd-core (ADR-857 §7).

Capability: capabilities/mempalace/ (manifest + 2 fragments), skills
commands/gsd/mempalace-{recall,capture}.md, agent
agents/gsd-mempalace-curator.md. Registration: ns-context router,
utility cluster, KNOWN_SKILLS, help full.md, model-catalog, copilot
install list, size baselines; regenerated capability-registry +
inventory manifest. ship:post wired into ship.md (wire-on-demand).

HELD on #1196: this capability also declares hooks at discuss:pre and
discuss:post, which are structurally un-wireable until the host-loop
conformance model covers the discuss phase (discuss-phase.md is not in
HOST_LOOP_FILES). The phase6-capstone-conformance gate therefore fails
on exactly those two orphaned points by design — see #1196. Once #1196
lands, rebase onto next and the gate goes green with no further change.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* docs(#956): backfill changeset PR number (#1201)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-14 02:09:10 -04:00

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name, description, argument-hint, allowed-tools, requires
name description argument-hint allowed-tools requires
gsd:mempalace-capture File a phase artifact into MemPalace; mirror decision facts into its temporal KG [CONTEXT.md|PLAN.md|SUMMARY.md]
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config

STOP -- DO NOT READ THIS FILE. You are already reading it. This prompt was injected into your context by the command system. Using the Read tool on this file wastes tokens. Begin executing Step 0 immediately.

Step 0 -- Banner

Before ANY tool calls, display this banner:

GSD > MEMPALACE CAPTURE

Then proceed to Step 1.

Step 1 -- Config Gate

Check whether the MemPalace capability is enabled by reading .planning/config.json directly with the Read tool.

  1. Read .planning/config.json with the Read tool.
  2. If the file does not exist, or config.mempalace is absent, or config.mempalace.enabled !== true, or config.mempalace.capture_artifacts !== true: display the disabled message and STOP.
  3. Otherwise proceed to Step 2.

Disabled message:

GSD > MEMPALACE CAPTURE

MemPalace capture is disabled (mempalace.enabled / mempalace.capture_artifacts).
Nothing was filed; the loop proceeds normally.

This step is onError: skip at discuss:post / plan:post / verify:post -- capture never fails a phase.

Step 2 -- Resolve target

  1. Artifact. Take the artifact from $ARGUMENTS. If absent, infer from the loop point: discuss:post → CONTEXT.md, plan:post → PLAN.md, verify:post → SUMMARY.md.
  2. Room. Map artifact → room:
    • CONTEXT.md → decisions
    • PLAN.md → planning
    • SUMMARY.md → milestones (Confirmed problem→fix pairs go to problems — see the capture-problems fragment used at execute:wave:post.)
  3. Wing. config.mempalace.wing if non-empty, else config.project_code, else the repo directory name.
  4. Mode / transport. Read config.mempalace.memory_mode. Prefer MCP (mempalace_*) when your MemPalace MCP server is registered and your runtime permits those tools; otherwise use the mempalace CLI (covered by this skill's Bash allow-tool), as in mempalace-recall.

Step 3 -- File verbatim (idempotent)

On any error or timeout, stop and let the phase continue -- capture is best-effort.

  1. Dedup first. Interactive: mempalace_check_duplicate on the artifact's deterministic drawer id. Headless: rely on mempalace mine's content-hash idempotency.
  2. Add the drawer (verbatim). File the exact artifact text into room: <room> of wing: <wing> with provenance (source_file, phase id). Interactive: mempalace_add_drawer. Headless: mempalace mine <path> --wing <wing> --room <room>.
  3. Mirror KG facts when config.mempalace.mirror_kg is true: extract decision/delivery facts and mempalace_kg_add them with valid_from = the phase date (e.g. (<project>, decided, <decision>) from CONTEXT; (<phase>, delivered, <capability>) from SUMMARY). Only augment is currently wired, so these are an additive mirror of .planning/graphs/. (kg_backend/replace are forward-declared and behave as augment today.)
  4. Re-running a phase MUST NOT create duplicate drawers (deterministic ids + check_duplicate).

Step 4 -- Report

Print a one-line summary: Filed <artifact> → <wing>/<room> (<n> KG facts) or MemPalace unavailable — capture skipped.

Anti-Patterns

  1. DO NOT let any MemPalace error fail the step -- capture is onError: skip.
  2. DO NOT write lossy summaries -- store the verbatim artifact text (AAAK compression is a separate, optional index).
  3. DO NOT prune or delete drawers here -- pruning (sync --apply) is the curator agent's job at ship:post, wing-scoped only.
  4. DO NOT skip the config gate or the dedup check.