Anto01 f2372eff9e fix(P1+P2): alias-aware project state lookup + slash command corpus fallback
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
----------------------------------------------------------------
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.
2026-04-07 07:47:03 -04:00

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.py provides a live API client for project refresh, project-state inspection, and retrieval-quality audits.
  • docs/operations.md captures 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 model
  • docs/architecture/engineering-ontology-v1.md — V1 object and relationship inventory
  • docs/architecture/engineering-query-catalog.md — 20 v1-required queries
  • docs/architecture/memory-vs-entities.md — canonical home split
  • docs/architecture/promotion-rules.md — Layer 0 to Layer 2 pipeline
  • docs/architecture/conflict-model.md — contradictory facts detection and resolution
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