0.4.0

[JasonDocton]

[0.4.0] - 2025-02-02

Added

Procedural Memory

Upgrade from declarative to procedural memory. Claude now develops "muscle memory" for your codebase—learning workflows, developing instincts, and navigating without searching.

Key features:

• Working Memory Buffer — 7±2 item capacity with τ≈4s exponential decay. Recently retrieved memories get 2x activation boost, modeling the "tip of the tongue" phenomenon.
• Session-Aware Associations — Files accessed together in the same session get 1.5x stronger links. Sessions auto-expire after 30 minutes of inactivity.
• 4-Phase Temporal Retrieval:
  1. Working Memory boost (immediate recall)
  2. Session decay modulation (recent = slower forgetting)
  3. Project context boost (in-project memories ranked higher)
  4. Session tracking (30-min activity windows)

The neuroscience:

Brain System	Function	Implementation
Working Memory	Short-term buffer	7 items, 4s decay, 2x boost
Hippocampal Place Cells	Location familiarity	f(n) = 1 - 1/(1 + 0.1n)
Entorhinal Cortex	Context binding	Activity type tracking
Associative Networks	Related file linking	Task (3x), activity (2x), session (1.5x) boosts

Production Readiness

Comprehensive audit and hardening for production use:

• 5 critical issues fixed — Project scoping for visual memory, embedding error handling, safe JSON parsing, null checks
• 12 high-priority issues addressed — Type guards, array bounds validation, transaction safety, test coverage
• 8 low-priority optimizations — Array allocation, cache pruning, error context in all MCP handlers

New methods:

Method	Purpose
LucidRetrieval.close()	Explicit cleanup of WM, caches, and storage
LucidStorage.pruneExpiredSessions()	Clean up old session data
toolError()	Standardized MCP error handling with tool context

Changed

• Association cache TTL increased from 5s to 60s (12x fewer DB queries)
• Session cache pruning now runs once per TTL instead of every call
• Math.max(...history) replaced with history[0] (arrays already sorted DESC)
• All 22 MCP tool handlers now include tool name in error responses

Fixed

• Visual memory tools now accept projectPath for proper project scoping
• Embedding failures gracefully fall back to recency-based retrieval
• indexOf() results validated before array access
• Array alignment assertions prevent silent corruption
• recordFileAccess() wrapped in transaction for consistency

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