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Two regression fixes from codex's review of the slash command
refactor commit (78d4e97). Both findings are real and now have
covered tests.
P1 — server-side alias resolution for project_state lookup
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The bug:
- /context/build forwarded the caller's project hint verbatim to
get_state(project_hint), which does an exact-name lookup against
the projects table (case-insensitive but no alias resolution)
- the project registry's alias matching was only used by the
client's auto-context path and the retriever's project-match
boost, never by the server's project_state lookup
- consequence: /atocore-context "... p05" would silently miss
trusted project state stored under the canonical id
"p05-interferometer", weakening project-hinted retrieval to
the point that an explicit alias hint was *worse* than no hint
The fix in src/atocore/context/builder.py:
- import get_registered_project from the projects registry
- before calling get_state(project_hint), resolve the hint
through get_registered_project; if a registry record exists,
use the canonical project_id for the state lookup
- if no registry record exists, fall back to the raw hint so a
hand-curated project_state entry that predates the registry
still works (backwards compat with pre-registry deployments)
The retriever already does its own alias expansion via
get_registered_project for the project-match boost, so the
retriever side was never broken — only the project_state lookup
in the builder. The fix is scoped to that one call site.
Tests added in tests/test_context_builder.py:
- test_alias_hint_resolves_through_registry: stands up a fresh
registry, sets state under "p05-interferometer", then verifies
build_context with project_hint="p05" finds the state, AND
with project_hint="interferometer" (the second alias) finds it
too, AND with the canonical id finds it. Covers all three
resolution paths.
- test_unknown_hint_falls_back_to_raw_lookup: empty registry,
set state under an unregistered project name, verify the
build_context call with that name as the hint still finds the
state. Locks in the backwards-compat behavior.
P2 — slash command no-hint fallback to corpus-wide context build
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The bug:
- the slash command's no-hint path called auto-context, which
returns {"status": "no_project_match"} when project detection
fails and does NOT fall back to a plain context-build
- the slash command's own help text told the user "call without
a hint to use the corpus-wide context build" — which was a lie
because the wrapper no longer did that
- consequence: generic prompts like "what changed in AtoCore
backup policy?" or any cross-project question got a useless
no_project_match envelope instead of a context pack
The fix in .claude/commands/atocore-context.md:
- the no-hint path now does the 2-step fallback dance:
1. try `auto-context "<prompt>"` for project detection
2. if the response contains "no_project_match", fall back to
`context-build "<prompt>"` (no project arg)
- both branches return a real context pack, fail-open envelope
is preserved for genuine network errors
- the underlying client surface is unchanged (no new flags, no
new subcommands) — the fallback is per-frontend logic in the
slash command, leaving auto-context's existing semantics
intact for OpenClaw and any other caller that depends on the
no_project_match envelope as a "do nothing" signal
While I was here, also tightened the slash command's argument
parsing to delegate alias-knowledge to the registry instead of
embedding a hardcoded list:
- old version had a literal list of "atocore", "p04", "p05",
"p06" and their aliases that needed manual maintenance every
time a project was added
- new version takes the last token of $ARGUMENTS and asks the
client's `detect-project` subcommand whether it's a known
alias; if matched, it's the explicit hint, if not it's part
of the prompt
- this delegates registry knowledge to the registry, where it
belongs
Unrelated improvement noted but NOT fixed in this commit:
- _rank_chunks in builder.py also has a naive substring boost
that uses the original hint without alias expansion. The
retriever already does the right thing, so this secondary
boost is redundant. Tracked as a future cleanup but not in
scope for the P1/P2 fix; codex's findings are about
project_state lookup, not about the secondary chunk boost.
Full suite: 162 passing (was 160), 1 warning. The +2 is the two
new P1 regression tests.
AtoCore
Personal context engine that enriches LLM interactions with durable memory, structured context, and project knowledge.
Quick Start
pip install -e .
uvicorn src.atocore.main:app --port 8100
Usage
# Ingest markdown files
curl -X POST http://localhost:8100/ingest \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"path": "/path/to/notes"}'
# Build enriched context for a prompt
curl -X POST http://localhost:8100/context/build \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"prompt": "What is the project status?", "project": "myproject"}'
# CLI ingestion
python scripts/ingest_folder.py --path /path/to/notes
# Live operator client
python scripts/atocore_client.py health
python scripts/atocore_client.py audit-query "gigabit" 5
API Endpoints
| Method | Path | Description |
|---|---|---|
| POST | /ingest | Ingest markdown file or folder |
| POST | /query | Retrieve relevant chunks |
| POST | /context/build | Build full context pack |
| GET | /health | Health check |
| GET | /debug/context | Inspect last context pack |
Architecture
FastAPI (port 8100)
|- Ingestion: markdown -> parse -> chunk -> embed -> store
|- Retrieval: query -> embed -> vector search -> rank
|- Context Builder: retrieve -> boost -> budget -> format
|- SQLite (documents, chunks, memories, projects, interactions)
'- ChromaDB (vector embeddings)
Configuration
Set via environment variables (prefix ATOCORE_):
| Variable | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ATOCORE_DEBUG | false | Enable debug logging |
| ATOCORE_PORT | 8100 | Server port |
| ATOCORE_CHUNK_MAX_SIZE | 800 | Max chunk size (chars) |
| ATOCORE_CONTEXT_BUDGET | 3000 | Context pack budget (chars) |
| ATOCORE_EMBEDDING_MODEL | paraphrase-multilingual-MiniLM-L12-v2 | Embedding model |
Testing
pip install -e ".[dev]"
pytest
Operations
scripts/atocore_client.pyprovides a live API client for project refresh, project-state inspection, and retrieval-quality audits.docs/operations.mdcaptures the current operational priority order: retrieval quality, Wave 2 trusted-operational ingestion, AtoDrive scoping, and restore validation.
Architecture Notes
Implementation-facing architecture notes live under docs/architecture/.
Current additions:
docs/architecture/engineering-knowledge-hybrid-architecture.md— 5-layer hybrid modeldocs/architecture/engineering-ontology-v1.md— V1 object and relationship inventorydocs/architecture/engineering-query-catalog.md— 20 v1-required queriesdocs/architecture/memory-vs-entities.md— canonical home splitdocs/architecture/promotion-rules.md— Layer 0 to Layer 2 pipelinedocs/architecture/conflict-model.md— contradictory facts detection and resolution
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