linggen-memory: Instructions file for Claude Code

CLAUDE.md

linggen-memory CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from linggen/linggen-memory. It costs 856 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

Project instructions and technical documentation for linggen-memory, a Rust program that stores and searches memories using meaning-based retrieval. They define the project's purpose, scope, design decisions, command-line interface, and release process.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use them when developing the memory database, command-line commands, embedding pipeline, release binaries, or documentation for linggen-memory.
Why use it?
They give contributors a shared reference for how the memory system should work and which responsibilities belong in this repository. They also explain what is handled by the related Linggen project.

Instructions file for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: the file is CLAUDE.md. Also seen: reads .claude/ paths; mentions Claude Code; mentions Codex.

This is linggen/linggen-memory's own configuration. It tells Claude Code how to work on linggen-memory itself, so it is not a mod to install elsewhere. Copy it as a starting point and replace the rules that are about this project. Everything linggen-memory configures →

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CLAUDE.md · 48 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 48 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Claude Code Instructions

Purpose

linggen-memory is the default memory-skill backend for Linggen — a standalone Rust binary (ling-mem) that implements the Memory_* tool family (add, search, list, update, delete, forget) over a LanceDB store with semantic retrieval.

Specs for this repo:

  • doc/product-spec.md — features, user-facing behavior, scenarios
  • doc/tech-spec.md — schema, storage, CLI contract, release process
  • DESIGN.md — rolling locked-decisions log (what was chosen and why)

The main Linggen repo owns the integration side (see ../linggen/doc/memory-spec.md and ../linggen/doc/skill-spec.md for the contract this binary must satisfy).

Status

  • Branch: main — commit & push directly on main, never branch. The archived code-indexing tool is preserved at the v0-legacy tag.

Scope

In scope for this repo:

  • LanceDB store + embedding pipeline
  • CLI subcommands on ling-mem
  • The daemon (src/daemon/: start | stop | restart | status, the serve foreground process, pidfile, background maintenance) on port 9528
  • Its HTTP surface (src/http/): the Memory.* methods at /api/memory/<verb> in the {ok, data} envelope, /api/health, days/issues/chains/stats/config, the auth gate, and POST /mcp (mcp.rs — the MCP Streamable-HTTP endpoint Claude Code, Codex and other hosts register)
  • The Data Browser UI (static/, served by http/ui.rs, embedded in release builds)
  • Platform release binaries (cross-compile via GitHub Actions)
  • All docs under doc/ about the binary itself

Out of scope (lives in ../linggen/):

  • Linggen core's provides: field and Memory_* tool dispatch
  • Core-prompt injection (the engine loads tier=core rows at session start — there is no identity.md/style.md markdown substrate; that cutover shipped)
  • Spec docs for the Linggen-memory integration contract (linggen/doc/memory-spec.md)

Working rules

  • Single-crate discipline. Don't re-introduce a workspace or sub-crates. Modules under src/<name>/ are the unit of organization.
  • Commit per sub-step. Each checklist item / sub-step in ~/.claude/plans/memory-system-rebuild.md gets its own commit (e.g. the Phase 1a substeps each landed as one commit: add updated_at field, bump on update, episodic evict + tier-core query, retune dedup threshold). Build + relevant cargo test green before each commit.
  • Don't edit v0-legacy. Tag is immutable; legacy source is git checkout v0-legacy away.
  • Preserve release tooling. scripts/build-*.sh, signing config, and CI live through the refactor.
  • Dependency policy. Use current major versions; thiserror is 2.x. LanceDB + Arrow must be a compatible triple — track the lance 0.39 × rustc 1.94 recursion-limit issue separately.
  • CLI is primary. All features must be reachable via ling-mem subcommands. The Memory_* tool-namespace dispatch in Linggen is sugar; the CLI must be complete on its own so Claude Code (Bash-only) can use it.

Read the full file on GitHub · 48 lines

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