#!/usr/bin/env python3 """OptMem: a permanent, append-only memory for AI agents. memo wake [part [T]] print who you are memo note "..." record a memory memo sleep [id "..."] compress memo recall search the raw log memo forget drop a wrong summary so it is compressed again memo import bulk-append historical memories (bootstrap only) Everything lives in $MEMORY_DIR. See README.md. """ import datetime import fcntl import os import re import sys sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))) from blocks import cover # noqa: E402 ENTRY_CHARS = 280 WAKE_LINES = 256 RAW_MAX = 16 # blocks up to this many memories compress from the raw log # Every harness truncates a command that prints too much, and each drops a # different piece: Claude Code cuts the middle at 30,000 chars, pi cuts the # head at 50 KB, Codex budgets 10,000 tokens. So the memory is handed over in # parts that fit all of them. These are transport limits, not memory limits. PART_CHARS = 20000 PART_LINES = 500 # Records are FIXED WIDTH, so a memory or a block is found by seeking to its # offset -- no scanning, no index file to keep in sync. Position IS identity: # memory i lives at i*LOG_REC of LOG.txt, and block [k*s,(k+1)*s) lives at # k*TREE_REC of TREE/. Padding costs ~2x on disk and buys O(1) everywhere. LOG_REC = 320 TREE_REC = 288 # ---------------------------------------------------------------- store def store(): d = os.environ.get("MEMORY_DIR") if not d: die("MEMORY_DIR is not set. Example: export MEMORY_DIR=~/memory") d = os.path.expanduser(d) os.makedirs(os.path.join(d, "TREE"), exist_ok=True) p = os.path.join(d, "LOG.txt") if not os.path.exists(p): open(p, "a").close() return d def config(d): global ENTRY_CHARS, WAKE_LINES, PART_CHARS, PART_LINES p = os.path.join(d, "config") if not os.path.exists(p): with open(p, "w") as f: f.write("ENTRY_CHARS=%d\nWAKE_LINES=%d\nPART_CHARS=%d\nPART_LINES=%d\n" % (ENTRY_CHARS, WAKE_LINES, PART_CHARS, PART_LINES)) return for line in open(p): line = line.split("#")[0].strip() if "=" not in line: continue k, v = (s.strip() for s in line.split("=", 1)) if k == "ENTRY_CHARS": ENTRY_CHARS = int(v) elif k == "WAKE_LINES": WAKE_LINES = int(v) elif k == "PART_CHARS": PART_CHARS = int(v) elif k == "PART_LINES": PART_LINES = int(v) if ENTRY_CHARS > min(TREE_REC - 8, LOG_REC - 40): die("config: ENTRY_CHARS=%d does not fit the %d/%d-byte records." % (ENTRY_CHARS, LOG_REC, TREE_REC)) def log_path(d): return os.path.join(d, "LOG.txt") def tree_path(d, size): return os.path.join(d, "TREE", str(size)) def count(path, rec): try: return os.path.getsize(path) // rec except OSError: return 0 def log_len(d): return count(log_path(d), LOG_REC) def repair(path, rec): """Drop a partial trailing record left by a crash. It was never acknowledged. Without this the next append lands at a wrong offset and every later record is misaligned. Callers hold the lock.""" try: n = os.path.getsize(path) except OSError: return if n % rec: with open(path, "r+b") as f: f.truncate(n - n % rec) def parse(line): head, _, rest = line.partition(" ") date, _, text = rest.partition(" ") return int(head[1:]), date, text def log_get(d, i): """(id, date, text) of memory i, in one seek.""" with open(log_path(d), "rb") as f: f.seek(i * LOG_REC) return parse(f.read(LOG_REC).decode().rstrip()) def log_slice(d, lo, hi): """Memories [lo,hi) in one read. Records are sliced as BYTES and decoded one by one -- slicing decoded text would shift every boundary after the first multi-byte character.""" with open(log_path(d), "rb") as f: f.seek(lo * LOG_REC) buf = f.read((hi - lo) * LOG_REC) return [parse(buf[i * LOG_REC:(i + 1) * LOG_REC].decode().rstrip()) for i in range(hi - lo)] def tree_get(d, lo, hi): """The summary of block [lo,hi), in one seek. None if not built yet.""" size = hi - lo try: with open(tree_path(d, size), "rb") as f: f.seek((lo // size) * TREE_REC) rec = f.read(TREE_REC) except OSError: return None return rec.decode().rstrip() or None def pad(text, rec): b = text.encode() if len(b) > rec - 1: die("Too long: %d bytes. The record holds %d." % (len(b), rec - 1)) return b + b" " * (rec - 1 - len(b)) + b"\n" def locked(d): lock = open(os.path.join(d, ".lock"), "w") fcntl.flock(lock, fcntl.LOCK_EX) return lock def log_append(d, items): """Append memories, items = [(date, text)]. The only way LOG.txt ever changes. Ids are assigned INSIDE the lock: two sessions noting at the same moment must not be handed the same id. Returns the first id used.""" lock = locked(d) try: repair(log_path(d), LOG_REC) base = log_len(d) with open(log_path(d), "ab") as f: for k, (date, text) in enumerate(items): f.write(pad("#%d %s %s" % (base + k, date, text), LOG_REC)) f.flush() os.fsync(f.fileno()) return base finally: lock.close() def tree_put(d, lo, hi, text): """Write block [lo,hi). Blocks are built in order, so this only ever appends one record to one level file.""" size = hi - lo lock = locked(d) try: p = tree_path(d, size) repair(p, TREE_REC) if count(p, TREE_REC) != lo // size: return False with open(p, "ab") as f: f.write(pad(text, TREE_REC)) f.flush() os.fsync(f.fileno()) return True finally: lock.close() def tree_drop(d, lo, hi): """Forget block [lo,hi) and every block built from it, by truncating each level back to that point. Later blocks at those levels go too and are rebuilt; the log is never touched, so nothing is lost.""" gone, size = [], hi - lo lock = locked(d) try: while size <= log_len(d): p, k = tree_path(d, size), lo // size n = count(p, TREE_REC) if n > k: gone += [(i * size, (i + 1) * size) for i in range(k, n)] with open(p, "r+b") as f: f.truncate(k * TREE_REC) size *= 2 return gone finally: lock.close() def die(msg): print(msg, file=sys.stderr) sys.exit(1) def check(text): text = text.strip() if not text: die("Empty.") if "\n" in text or "\r" in text: die("%d lines. A memory is one line." % (text.count("\n") + 1)) n = len(text.encode()) if n > ENTRY_CHARS: die("Too long: %d bytes, limit %d. Accented characters cost 2 bytes. " "Compress it further." % (n, ENTRY_CHARS)) return text # ---------------------------------------------------------------- naps def pending(d, T, limit=None): """Blocks that can be built and have not been, smallest first. Each level file holds a dense prefix, so its length says exactly how far that level got: this costs one stat per level, never a scan.""" todo, size = [], 2 while size <= T: have = count(tree_path(d, size), TREE_REC) for k in range(have, T // size): todo.append((k * size, (k + 1) * size)) if limit and len(todo) >= limit: return todo size *= 2 return todo def pending_count(d, T): n, size = 0, 2 while size <= T: n += T // size - count(tree_path(d, size), TREE_REC) size *= 2 return n def nap_prompt(d, lo, hi, left): if hi - lo <= RAW_MAX: body = "\n".join(" #%d %s %s" % e for e in log_slice(d, lo, hi)) else: mid = (lo + hi) // 2 body = "\n".join(" " + (tree_get(d, a, b) or "?") for a, b in ((lo, mid), (mid, hi))) return ("Compress into one line, at most %d characters.\n" "Keep every name, number, date and decision.\n" "Invent nothing. State the facts; do not describe them.\n\n" "%s\n\n" "Run: memo sleep %d-%d \"\"\n" "%d left after this." % (ENTRY_CHARS, body, lo, hi, left)) def next_nap(d, T): todo = pending(d, T, limit=1) if not todo: return None lo, hi = todo[0] return nap_prompt(d, lo, hi, pending_count(d, T) - 1) # ---------------------------------------------------------------- commands def paginate(lines): """Split the document into parts that survive any harness's output cap.""" parts, cur, size = [], [], 0 for line in lines: n = len(line.encode()) + 1 if cur and (len(cur) >= PART_LINES or size + n > PART_CHARS): parts.append(cur) cur, size = [], 0 cur.append(line) size += n if cur: parts.append(cur) return parts def cmd_wake(d, args): now = log_len(d) k, T = 1, now if args: if len(args) > 2 or not all(a.isdigit() for a in args): die("usage: memo wake [part [T]]") k = int(args[0]) if len(args) == 2: T = int(args[1]) if T > now: die("T=%d, but the memory holds %d entries." % (T, now)) # A part is rendered as of T, so a note landing between two parts cannot # shift a boundary and drop a line. n = pending_count(d, T) if n: print("Cannot wake: %d compression(s) pending.\n" % n) print(next_nap(d, T)) sys.exit(1) if not T: print("No memories yet. Record one with: memo note \"...\"") return lines = [] for lo, hi in cover(T, WAKE_LINES): if hi - lo == 1: lines.append("#%d %s %s" % log_get(d, lo)) else: s = tree_get(d, lo, hi) if s is None: die("Summary %d-%d is missing. Run: memo sleep" % (lo, hi - 1)) lines.append("#%d-%d %s" % (lo, hi - 1, s)) parts = paginate(lines) if not 1 <= k <= len(parts): die("No part %d. The memory has %d." % (k, len(parts))) if len(parts) > 1: print("memory, part %d of %d, oldest first" % (k, len(parts))) print("\n".join(parts[k - 1])) if k < len(parts): print("Run: memo wake %d %d" % (k + 1, T)) else: # always, even for a one-part memory: the contract an agent is given # is "run parts until one says awake", so it must always arrive print("You are awake.") def cmd_note(d, args): if len(args) != 1: die("usage: memo note \"\"" % ENTRY_CHARS) text = check(args[0]) i = log_append(d, [(datetime.date.today().isoformat(), text)]) print("saved as #%d." % i) nap = next_nap(d, i + 1) if nap: print("\n" + nap) def cmd_sleep(d, args): T = log_len(d) if args: if len(args) != 2: die("usage: memo sleep - \"\"") m = re.fullmatch(r"(\d+)-(\d+)", args[0]) if not m: die("'%s' is not a block id. Copy it from the prompt." % args[0]) lo, hi = int(m.group(1)), int(m.group(2)) todo = pending(d, T, limit=1) if not todo: die("Nothing pending.") if (lo, hi) != todo[0]: die("Wrong block: %d-%d. Blocks are built in order; the next is " "%d-%d." % (lo, hi, todo[0][0], todo[0][1])) if not tree_put(d, lo, hi, check(args[1])): print("Another session already wrote %d-%d." % (lo, hi)) else: print("%d-%d saved." % (lo, hi)) nap = next_nap(d, T) if not nap: print("Nothing left to compress. You are awake.") return print("\n" + nap) def cmd_forget(d, args): """A summary can be wrong -- mistyped, or a bad compression. Drop it and everything built on top of it; the next sleep computes them again. The log is untouched, so nothing is ever actually lost.""" if len(args) != 1: die("usage: memo forget -") m = re.fullmatch(r"(\d+)-(\d+)", args[0]) if not m: die("'%s' is not a block id." % args[0]) lo, hi = int(m.group(1)), int(m.group(2)) size = hi - lo if size < 2 or size & (size - 1) or lo % size: die("%d-%d is not a block. A block covers an aligned power-of-two " "range." % (lo, hi)) gone = tree_drop(d, lo, hi) if not gone: die("No summary at %d-%d." % (lo, hi)) print("Forgot %d summaries, from %d-%d up. Run: memo sleep" % (len(gone), gone[0][0], gone[0][1])) def cmd_recall(d, args): if len(args) != 1: die("usage: memo recall ") try: pat = re.compile(args[0], re.I) except re.error as e: die("bad regex: %s" % e) hits = [e for e in log_slice(d, 0, log_len(d)) if pat.search(e[2])] if not hits: print("No match.") return # Newest first is what a search is usually for, and the output has to fit # the same cap `wake` respects. out, size = [], 0 for e in reversed(hits): line = "#%d %s %s" % e size += len(line.encode()) + 1 if size > PART_CHARS: break out.append(line) print("\n".join(reversed(out))) if len(out) < len(hits): print("newest %d of %d matches. Narrow the regex." % (len(out), len(hits))) else: print("%d matches." % len(hits)) def cmd_import(d, args): """Bulk-append historical memories: 'YYYY-MM-DD ' per line. For bootstrapping an identity from older records. Used once.""" if len(args) != 1: die("usage: memo import # lines of 'YYYY-MM-DD '") last = log_get(d, log_len(d) - 1)[1] if log_len(d) else "0000-00-00" out = [] for i, line in enumerate(open(args[0]), 1): line = line.rstrip("\n") if not line.strip(): continue date, _, text = line.partition(" ") if not re.fullmatch(r"\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}", date): die("line %d: expected 'YYYY-MM-DD ', got: %s" % (i, line)) if date < last: die("line %d: date %s precedes the previous memory (%s)." % (i, date, last)) text = text.strip() if not text or len(text.encode()) > ENTRY_CHARS: die("line %d: %d bytes, limit %d." % (i, len(text.encode()), ENTRY_CHARS)) out.append((date, text)) last = date base = log_append(d, out) print("imported %d memories, #%d to #%d." % (len(out), base, base + len(out) - 1)) n = pending_count(d, log_len(d)) if n: print("%d compressions pending. Run `memo sleep` until it says you " "are awake." % n) COMMANDS = {"wake": cmd_wake, "note": cmd_note, "sleep": cmd_sleep, "recall": cmd_recall, "forget": cmd_forget, "import": cmd_import} def main(): if len(sys.argv) < 2 or sys.argv[1] not in COMMANDS: print(__doc__.strip()) sys.exit(0 if len(sys.argv) < 2 else 1) d = store() config(d) COMMANDS[sys.argv[1]](d, sys.argv[2:]) if __name__ == "__main__": main()