#+PROPERTY: header-args:lisp :tangle memory.lisp #+PROPERTY: header-args:lisp :tangle memory.lisp #+TITLE: The System Memory (memory.lisp) #+AUTHOR: Amr #+FILETAGS: :harness:memory: #+STARTUP: content * The System Memory (memory.lisp) ** Architectural Intent: The Single Address Space (Live Memory) Yes, the Memory module is the cognitive bedrock of the opencortex. It is not a database; it is the agent's live, active "brain" state. Traditional architectures rely on external databases (SQLite, Vector DBs) which introduce I/O latency and structural impedance. The opencortex architecture chooses a different path: the **Single Address Space**. By treating the entire knowledge base as a graph of Lisp pointers, we achieve microsecond recollection and total structural transparency. ** Package Context #+begin_src lisp (in-package :opencortex) #+end_src ** The Object Repository The `*memory*` is the global hash table that holds every Org element by its unique ID. This is the "live RAM" of the agent's memory. #+begin_src lisp (defvar *memory* (make-hash-table :test 'equal)) (defvar *history-store* (make-hash-table :test 'equal) "Immutable Merkle-Tree versioning store mapping hashes to objects. #+end_src ** The Data Structure (org-object) Every element in the Memex (headlines, paragraphs, etc.) is represented by an `org-object` structure. It contains both semantic metadata (attributes, content) and structural metadata (parent/child pointers, Merkle hashes). #+begin_src lisp (defstruct org-object id type attributes content vector parent-id children version last-sync hash) ;; Enable serialization via make-load-form (standard CL) (defmethod make-load-form ((obj org-object) &optional env) (make-load-form-saving-slots obj :environment env)) (defun copy-org-object (obj) "Creates a shallow copy of an org-object structure." (make-org-object :id (org-object-id obj) :type (org-object-type obj) :attributes (copy-list (org-object-attributes obj)) :content (org-object-content obj) :vector (org-object-vector obj) :parent-id (org-object-parent-id obj) :children (copy-list (org-object-children obj)) :version (org-object-version obj) :last-sync (org-object-last-sync obj) :hash (org-object-hash obj))) #+end_src ** Merkle Tree Integrity (compute-merkle-hash) The `compute-merkle-hash` function ensures the cryptographic integrity of the knowledge graph. A node's hash depends on its own properties and the hashes of all its children. This creates a recursive fingerprint where any change to a single note propagates up to the root hash. #+begin_src lisp (defun compute-merkle-hash (id type attributes content child-hashes) "Computes a SHA-256 Merkle hash for a node based on its core properties and children's hashes." (let* ((alist (loop for (k v) on attributes by #'cddr collect (cons k v))) (sorted-alist (sort alist #'string< :key (lambda (x) (format nil "~a" (car x))))) (attr-string (format nil "~s" sorted-alist)) (children-string (format nil "~{~a~}" child-hashes)) (data-string (format nil "ID:~a|TYPE:~s|ATTRS:~a|CONTENT:~a|CHILDREN:~a" id type attr-string (or content " children-string)) (digester (ironclad:make-digest :sha256))) (ironclad:update-digest digester (ironclad:ascii-string-to-byte-array data-string)) (ironclad:byte-array-to-hex-string (ironclad:produce-digest digester)))) #+end_src ** Ingesting the AST (ingest-ast) The `ingest-ast` function is the primary bridge between the external world (Emacs/JSON) and the internal Lisp machine. It recursively parses an Org-mode Abstract Syntax Tree (AST) into `org-object` structures and registers them in the store. #+begin_src lisp (defun ingest-ast (ast &optional parent-id) "Parses an Org AST into the recursive Lisp Memory with Merkle hashing." (let* ((type (getf ast :type)) (props (getf ast :properties)) (id (or (getf props :ID) (format nil "temp-~a" (get-universal-time)))) (contents (getf ast :contents)) (raw-content (when (eq type :HEADLINE) (format nil "~a~%~a" (getf props :TITLE) (or (getf ast :raw-content) "))) (should-embed (and raw-content (equal (getf props :EMBED) "t)) (child-ids nil) (child-hashes nil)) (dolist (child contents) (when (listp child) (let ((child-id (ingest-ast child id))) (push child-id child-ids) (let ((child-obj (gethash child-id *memory*))) (when child-obj (push (org-object-hash child-obj) child-hashes)))))) (setf child-ids (nreverse child-ids)) (setf child-hashes (nreverse child-hashes)) (let* ((hash (compute-merkle-hash id type props raw-content child-hashes)) (existing-obj (gethash hash *history-store*)) (obj (or existing-obj (make-org-object :id id :type type :attributes props :content raw-content :parent-id parent-id :children child-ids :version (get-universal-time) :last-sync (get-universal-time) :hash hash)))) (unless existing-obj (setf (gethash hash *history-store*) obj)) (setf (gethash id *memory*) obj) id))) #+end_src ** Memory Snapshots (snapshot-memory) Because objects are stored immutably in the `*history-store*`, a snapshot is a lightweight shallow copy of the active `*memory*` pointers. The system maintains a rolling buffer of 20 snapshots, allowing for near-instant, zero-cost rollback. #+begin_src lisp (defvar *object-store-snapshots* nil) (defun copy-hash-table (hash-table) "Creates a shallow copy of a hash table." (let ((new-table (make-hash-table :test (hash-table-test hash-table) :size (hash-table-size hash-table)))) (maphash (lambda (k v) (setf (gethash k new-table) v)) hash-table) new-table)) (defun snapshot-memory () "Creates a lightweight, Copy-on-Write snapshot using Merkle-Tree pointers." ;; To prevent live modification of objects from affecting snapshots, ;; we must copy the objects themselves when creating the snapshot. (let ((snapshot (make-hash-table :test 'equal :size (hash-table-size *memory*)))) (maphash (lambda (k v) (setf (gethash k snapshot) (copy-org-object v))) *memory*) (push (list :timestamp (get-universal-time) :data snapshot) *object-store-snapshots*) (when (> (length *object-store-snapshots*) 20) (setf *object-store-snapshots* (subseq *object-store-snapshots* 0 20))) (harness-log "MEMORY - CoW Memory snapshot created.)) (defun rollback-memory (&optional (index 0)) "Restores the Memory to a previously captured snapshot using immutable history pointers." (let ((snapshot (nth index *object-store-snapshots*))) (if snapshot (progn (setf *memory* (copy-hash-table (getf snapshot :data))) (harness-log "MEMORY - Memory rolled back to snapshot ~a" index)) (harness-log "MEMORY ERROR - Snapshot ~a not found." index)))) #+end_src ** Disk Persistence (save-memory / load-memory) Essential for surviving crashes. Saves the in-memory hash tables to disk and loads them back on restart. #+begin_src lisp (defvar *memory-snapshot-path* nil "Path to the memory snapshot file. Set from MEMORY_SNAPSHOT_PATH env or default. (defun ensure-memory-snapshot-path () "Initializes the snapshot path from environment or default location." (or *memory-snapshot-path* (let ((env-path (uiop:getenv "MEMORY_SNAPSHOT_PATH)) (setf *memory-snapshot-path* (or env-path (namestring (uiop:merge-pathnames* "memory.snap" (user-homedir-pathname)))))))) (defun save-memory-to-disk () "Serializes *memory* and *history-store* to disk for crash recovery. Converts hash tables to alists for proper serialization." (let ((path (ensure-memory-snapshot-path))) (with-open-file (stream path :direction :output :if-exists :supersede :if-does-not-exist :create) (format stream ";; OpenCortex Memory Snapshot~% (format stream ";; Created: ~a~%~%" (get-universal-time)) (let ((memory-alist nil) (history-alist nil)) (maphash (lambda (k v) (push (cons k v) memory-alist)) *memory*) (maphash (lambda (k v) (push (cons k v) history-alist)) *history-store*) (prin1 (list :memory memory-alist :history-store history-alist) stream))) (harness-log "MEMORY - Saved to ~a" path) path)) (defun load-memory-from-disk () "Loads *memory* and *history-store* from disk if the snapshot exists. Reconstitutes alists into hash tables." (let ((path (ensure-memory-snapshot-path))) (when (uiop:file-exists-p path) (handler-case (with-open-file (stream path :direction :input) (let ((data (read stream nil))) (when data (let ((memory-alist (getf data :memory)) (history-alist (getf data :history-store))) (setf *memory* (make-hash-table :test 'equal :size (length memory-alist))) (dolist (kv memory-alist) (setf (gethash (car kv) *memory*) (cdr kv))) (setf *history-store* (make-hash-table :test 'equal :size (length history-alist))) (dolist (kv history-alist) (setf (gethash (car kv) *history-store*) (cdr kv))) (harness-log "MEMORY - Loaded from ~a (~a objects)" path (hash-table-size *memory*)))))) (error (c) (harness-log "MEMORY WARNING - Failed to load snapshot: ~a" c)))) t)) #+end_src ** Semantic Search (get-embedding, semantic-search) Support for vector embeddings via Ollama and semantic search with cosine similarity. #+begin_src lisp (defvar *embedding-cache* (make-hash-table :test 'equal) "Cache for embeddings to avoid redundant API calls. (defun get-embedding (text) "Generates a vector embedding for the given text via Ollama. Returns nil on failure." (when (or (null text) (string= text ") (return-from get-embedding nil)) (let ((cached (gethash text *embedding-cache*))) (when cached (return-from get-embedding cached))) (let ((result (funcall (get-cognitive-tool-body :get-ollama-embedding) (list :text text)))) (when (eq (getf result :status) :success) (let ((vec (getf result :vector))) (setf (gethash text *embedding-cache*) vec) vec)))) (defun cosine-similarity (vec-a vec-b) "Computes cosine similarity between two vectors. Both should be sequences of numbers." (when (or (null vec-a) (null vec-b) (zerop (length vec-a)) (zerop (length vec-b))) (return-from cosine-similarity 0.0)) (let ((dot-product (loop for a across vec-a for b across vec-b sum (* a b))) (norm-a (sqrt (loop for a across vec-a sum (* a a)))) (norm-b (sqrt (loop for b across vec-b sum (* b b))))) (if (or (zerop norm-a) (zerop norm-b)) 0.0 (/ dot-product (* norm-a norm-b))))) (defun semantic-search (query &key (limit 10) (min-similarity 0.5)) "Searches memory for objects semantically similar to the query. Returns up to LIMIT objects with similarity >= MIN-SIMILARITY, sorted by similarity descending." (let* ((query-vec (get-embedding query)) (results nil)) (unless query-vec (harness-log "EMBEDDING: Failed to generate embedding for query: ~a" query) (return-from semantic-search nil)) (maphash (lambda (id obj) (let ((obj-vec (org-object-vector obj))) (when obj-vec (let ((sim (cosine-similarity query-vec obj-vec))) (when (>= sim min-similarity) (push (list :id id :object obj :similarity sim) results)))))) *memory*) (setf results (sort results #'> :key (lambda (r) (getf r :similarity)))) (let ((n (min limit (length results)))) (subseq results 0 n)))) #+end_src ** Lookup Utilities Basic functions for retrieving objects by ID or type. #+begin_src lisp (defun org-id-new () "Generates a new UUID string for Org-mode identification." (string-downcase (format nil "~a" (uuid:make-v4-uuid)))) (defun lookup-object (id) "Retrieves an object from the store by its unique ID." (gethash id *memory*)) (defun list-objects-by-type (type) "Returns a list of all objects matching a specific Org element type." (let ((results nil)) (maphash (lambda (id obj) (declare (ignore id)) (when (eq (org-object-type obj) type) (push obj results))) *memory*) results)) (defun list-objects-with-attribute (attr-name value) "Returns a list of all objects where ATTR-NAME matches VALUE." (let ((results nil)) (maphash (lambda (id obj) (declare (ignore id)) (let ((attrs (org-object-attributes obj))) (when (equal (getf attrs attr-name) value) (push obj results)))) *memory*) results)) #+end_src ** Structural Helpers Utility functions for AST traversal and path resolution. #+begin_src lisp (defun find-headline-missing-id (ast) "Traverses an AST to find headlines that lack an :ID: property." (when (listp ast) (if (and (eq (getf ast :type) :HEADLINE) (not (getf (getf ast :properties) :ID))) ast (cl:some #'find-headline-missing-id (getf ast :contents))))) (defun file-name-nondirectory (path) "Extracts the filename from a full path string." (let ((pos (position #\/ path :from-end t))) (if pos (subseq path (1+ pos)) path))) #+end_src * Test Suite #+begin_src lisp :tangle memory.lisp (defpackage :opencortex-memory-tests (:use :cl :fiveam :opencortex) (:export #:memory-suite)) (in-package :opencortex-memory-tests) (def-suite memory-suite :description "Tests for the Merkle-Tree Memory (in-suite memory-suite) (test merkle-hash-consistency "Verify identical ASTs produce identical Merkle hashes." (let* ((ast1 '(:type :HEADLINE :properties (:ID "test-1" :TITLE "Node 1 :contents nil))) (clrhash *memory*) (let ((id1 (ingest-ast ast1))) (let ((hash1 (org-object-hash (lookup-object id1)))) (clrhash *memory*) (let ((id2 (ingest-ast ast1))) (let ((hash2 (org-object-hash (lookup-object id2)))) (is (equal hash1 hash2)))))))) (test history-store-immutability "Verify that *history-store* retains old versions." (clrhash *memory*) (clrhash *history-store*) (let* ((ast-v1 '(:type :HEADLINE :properties (:ID "test-node" :TITLE "Version 1 :contents nil)) (id-v1 (ingest-ast ast-v1)) (obj-v1 (lookup-object id-v1)) (hash-v1 (org-object-hash obj-v1))) (let* ((ast-v2 '(:type :HEADLINE :properties (:ID "test-node" :TITLE "Version 2 :contents nil)) (id-v2 (ingest-ast ast-v2)) (hash-v2 (org-object-hash (lookup-object id-v2)))) (is (equal (org-object-hash (lookup-object "test-node) hash-v2)) (is (not (null (gethash hash-v1 *history-store*)))) (is (not (null (gethash hash-v2 *history-store*))))))) (test cow-snapshot-and-rollback "Verify that lightweight snapshots restore previous pointer states." (clrhash *memory*) (setf *object-store-snapshots* nil) (let* ((ast-v1 '(:type :HEADLINE :properties (:ID "cow-node" :TITLE "State A :contents nil)) (id-v1 (ingest-ast ast-v1)) (hash-v1 (org-object-hash (lookup-object id-v1)))) (snapshot-memory) (let* ((ast-v2 '(:type :HEADLINE :properties (:ID "cow-node" :TITLE "State B :contents nil)) (id-v2 (ingest-ast ast-v2)) (hash-v2 (org-object-hash (lookup-object id-v2)))) (is (equal (org-object-hash (lookup-object "cow-node) hash-v2)) (rollback-memory 0) (is (equal (org-object-hash (lookup-object "cow-node) hash-v1))))) (test test-merkle-corruption-rollback "Tier 2 Chaos: Verify that Merkle hash corruption triggers a Micro-Rollback." (clrhash *memory*) (setf *object-store-snapshots* nil) (let* ((ast '(:type :HEADLINE :properties (:ID "node-1" :TITLE "Original :contents nil)) (id (ingest-ast ast))) (snapshot-memory) ;; Manually corrupt the hash in the live memory (let ((obj (lookup-object id))) (setf (org-object-hash obj) "CORRUPTED-HASH) ;; Simulate a system integrity check that should fail and rollback (let ((obj (lookup-object id))) (let ((current-hash (org-object-hash obj)) (computed-hash (opencortex::compute-merkle-hash (org-object-id obj) (org-object-type obj) (org-object-attributes obj) (org-object-content obj) nil))) (unless (string= current-hash computed-hash) (rollback-memory 0)))) ;; Verify that the memory was rolled back to the clean snapshot (is (string/= "CORRUPTED-HASH" (org-object-hash (lookup-object id)))))) #+end_src