BrainPalace 26.6.14

BrainPalace 26.6.14

Changed

• Session summarization default is now subagent (Claude-Code-only). session_extraction.mode defaults to subagent instead of auto, in both the CLI (brainpalace init) and the server's built-in default. Summarization happens only inside Claude Code (the plugin, free on your subscription); the server never falls back to a paid provider on its own — no surprise API bill. The provider/auto engines remain available as an explicit opt-in. Upgrade note: existing projects on the implicit auto default lose the automatic server-side fallback; set mode: auto/mode: provider by hand to restore it. backfill-sessions also now defaults to subagent.
• Provider distiller is now disabled by default (SESSION_DISTILL_ENABLED). Flipped from default-on to default-off: the server-side (billable) summarizer never runs unless SESSION_DISTILL_ENABLED is explicitly truthy. Server-side summarization now requires two locks lifted — session_extraction.mode: provider/auto and SESSION_DISTILL_ENABLED=true. (SESSION_INDEXING_ENABLED / SESSION_ARCHIVE_ENABLED unchanged — still default-on.)
• Clarified "free" session summarization wording. The plugin/subagent engine is "free on your Claude Code subscription" (no separate API bill) across README, INSTALL, SESSION_INDEXING, the setup wizard, and init. Ollama (provider mode) remains the only truly-$0 fully-local option.

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