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LLMemory Project Status

Created: 2025-10-29
Phase: 0 Complete (Planning & Documentation)
Next Phase: Phase 1 - MVP Implementation

✅ What's Complete

Documentation (7 files)

• ✅ README.md - Project overview, quick start, features
• ✅ SPECIFICATION.md - Complete technical specification (20+ pages)
• ✅ IMPLEMENTATION_PLAN.md - Step-by-step implementation guide with checkboxes
• ✅ docs/ARCHITECTURE.md - System design, algorithms, data flows
• ✅ PROTOTYPE.md - CLI validation results
• ✅ NEXT_SESSION.md - Quick start guide for next developer
• ✅ STATUS.md - This file

Code Structure (3 files)

• ✅ package.json - Dependencies configured
• ✅ bin/memory - Executable wrapper with error handling
• ✅ src/cli.js - CLI prototype with all command structures

Configuration

• ✅ .gitignore - Standard Node.js patterns
• ✅ Directory structure created

📊 Project Statistics

• Documentation: ~15,000 words across 7 files
• Planning Time: 2 investigate agents (comprehensive analysis)
• Code Lines: ~150 (prototype only)
• Dependencies: 4 core + 5 dev + 5 optional

📁 File Structure

llmemory/
├── README.md                    # Project overview
├── SPECIFICATION.md             # Technical spec (20+ pages)
├── IMPLEMENTATION_PLAN.md       # Step-by-step guide
├── NEXT_SESSION.md              # Quick start for next dev
├── PROTOTYPE.md                 # CLI validation
├── STATUS.md                    # This file
├── package.json                 # Dependencies
├── .gitignore                   # Git ignore patterns
├── bin/
│   └── memory                   # Executable wrapper
├── src/
│   └── cli.js                   # CLI prototype
└── docs/
    └── ARCHITECTURE.md          # System design

🎯 Next Steps

Immediate: Install dependencies and start Phase 1
Location: See IMPLEMENTATION_PLAN.md - Phase 1, Step 1.2

cd llmemory
npm install                      # Install dependencies
node src/cli.js --help          # Test prototype (will work after npm install)

Then: Implement database layer (Step 1.2)

• Create src/db/connection.js
• Create src/db/schema.js
• Create src/db/queries.js

📚 Key Documents

For Overview:

• Start with README.md

For Implementation:

1. SPECIFICATION.md - What to build
2. IMPLEMENTATION_PLAN.md - How to build it (with checkboxes!)
3. ARCHITECTURE.md - Why it's designed this way

For Quick Start:

• NEXT_SESSION.md - Everything you need to continue

🧪 Testing Commands

# After npm install, these should work:
node src/cli.js --help
node src/cli.js store "test" --tags demo
node src/cli.js search "test"
node src/cli.js --agent-context

Currently shows placeholder output. Full implementation in Phase 1.

💡 Design Highlights

Three-Phase Approach:

1. Phase 1: MVP with LIKE search (<500 memories, <50ms)
2. Phase 2: FTS5 upgrade (10K memories, <100ms)
3. Phase 3: Fuzzy matching (100K+ memories, <200ms)

Key Technologies:

• SQLite with better-sqlite3
• Commander.js for CLI
• FTS5 for full-text search
• Trigram indexing for fuzzy matching

Architecture:

• CLI Layer (Commander.js)
• Search Layer (LIKE → FTS5 → Fuzzy)
• Storage Layer (SQLite)

🎓 Learning Resources

Included in documentation:

• SQLite FTS5 algorithm explanation
• BM25 relevance ranking formula
• Levenshtein edit distance implementation
• Trigram similarity calculation
• Memory format best practices

🚀 Timeline Estimate

• Phase 1 (MVP): 12-15 hours
• Phase 2 (FTS5): 8-10 hours
• Phase 3 (Fuzzy): 8-10 hours
• Total: 28-35 hours to full implementation

✨ Project Quality

Documentation Quality: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

• Comprehensive technical specifications
• Step-by-step implementation guide
• Algorithm pseudo-code included
• Examples and anti-patterns documented

Code Quality: N/A (not yet implemented)

• Prototype validates CLI design
• Ready for TDD implementation

Architecture Quality: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

• Phased approach (MVP → production)
• Clear migration triggers
• Performance targets defined
• Scalability considerations

🔍 Notable Features

Agent-Centric Design:

• Grep-like query syntax (familiar to AI agents)
• --agent-context flag with comprehensive guide
• Auto-extraction of *Remember* patterns
• Token-efficient search results

Production-Ready Architecture:

• Three search strategies (LIKE, FTS5, fuzzy)
• Intelligent cascading (exact → fuzzy)
• Relevance ranking (BM25 + edit distance + recency)
• Expiration handling
• Migration strategy

📝 Notes for Implementation

Start Here:

1. Read NEXT_SESSION.md (15 min)
2. Review SPECIFICATION.md (30 min)
3. Follow IMPLEMENTATION_PLAN.md Step 1.2 (database layer)

Testing Strategy:

• Write tests first (TDD)
• Use :memory: database for unit tests
• Integration tests with temporary file
• Performance benchmarks after each phase

Commit Strategy:

• Update checkboxes in IMPLEMENTATION_PLAN.md
• Clear commit messages (feat/fix/test/docs)
• Reference implementation plan steps

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Status: Phase 0 Complete ✅
Ready for: Phase 1 Implementation
Estimated Completion: 12-15 hours of focused work

See NEXT_SESSION.md to begin! 🚀