# F3 — opencoti-server (Go companion daemon)

> Parent: [../MASTER_PLAN.md](../MASTER_PLAN.md)
> Status: **planning**
> Owner: TBD
> Reference: `/shared/dev/claude-hooks` (the inspiration; mirror its
> goals, then go further)

## Problem

`claude-hooks` is a Python daemon that wraps Claude Code with a hook
API and adds persistent memory, multi-session coordination, tool
glue, and a small zoo of integrations. It works very well *for Claude
Code*. opencoti has the same shape of needs — and a few extra
because opencoti has its own tier engine, its own local llamafile,
and its own session model.

We want a Go daemon that is to opencoti what claude-hooks is to
Claude Code, **but deeper** because we control opencoti's source.
Instead of bolting onto a hook API from outside, opencoti-server can
be a first-class peer of opencoti's runtime.

## Goals

- **G1.** Single Go binary, `opencoti-server`, that exposes a small,
  well-versioned API to opencoti.
- **G2.** Persistent memory (vector + KG) shared across opencoti
  sessions on a host.
- **G3.** Multi-session coordination: opencoti CLI instances on the
  same host see each other, share context where the user wants it.
- **G4.** Tool glue: a place to register external tools (search,
  filesystem extensions, MCP-like) once and have them appear in all
  opencoti sessions.
- **G5.** Event sink for tier-engine routing decisions (so we can
  log, audit, and later learn from them).
- **G6.** Hook fan-out compatible with the existing claude-hooks
  ecosystem where it makes sense — but not bound by it.

## Non-goals (for now)

- Replacing claude-hooks. opencoti-server is opencoti-specific.
- Becoming a generic "MCP host". MCP integration is a feature, not
  the architecture.
- Multi-host federation. Single-host first.

## Design sketch

### Where it lives

- `opencoti/server/` — top-level non-bun source root. Go module.
  Putting it outside `packages/` keeps the bun workspace clean.
- `packages/opencoti-server-client/` — TypeScript client used by
  opencoti to talk to the server.
- **Surgical hooks** in opencode session lifecycle (session start,
  session end, turn complete, tool invocation, model call result):
  each hook is a one-line "if a client is available, notify it".
  Listed in `docs/protocols/UPSTREAM_SYNC.md`.

### Transport

Unix domain socket on Linux/macOS, named pipe on Windows. Loopback
TCP as a fallback. HTTP/JSON wire format for simplicity (no gRPC
build dependency for the client).

**Daemon-launch policy (applies to opencoti-server and every
opencoti daemon)**:

- Listen port MUST come from opencoti's reserved
  **47000-48000 range** — never 38000-39000 or 18790-18811
  (claude-hooks territory). Tentative reservation table to
  keep adjacent ports clear of accidental collision:
  - **47092** — `@opencoti/embedder` (F4)
  - **47190** — opencoti-server daemon (proposed default; revisit
    when F3 M1 ships)
  - **47191** — opencoti-server dashboard (proposed default)
- First-run setup MUST ask the user explicitly where the
  daemon should bind: `127.0.0.1` (default), all interfaces,
  or a specific IP. The default port from the reservation
  table is proposed; the user may override either field within
  the 47000-48000 range. Setup writes the validated choice to
  the user's config.

### Persistence

Two backends, picked per-deployment:

- **pgvector** — same as solidPC's `claude-hooks` setup. Best when a
  Postgres is already on the host.
- **sqlite-vec** — single-file, no external dependency. Default for
  fresh installs.

The backend choice is config; the memory API is identical.

### Surface (illustrative)

```
POST /v1/sessions                          # register a session
POST /v1/sessions/:id/turns                # record a turn
POST /v1/memory                            # store a memory (M2)
POST /v1/memory/search                     # vector recall (M2 — POST because the embedding is multi-KB)
POST /v1/memory/collections                # collections CRUD (M2)
PUT  /v1/memory/collections/:name/acl      # per-session ACL (M2)
GET  /v1/memory/count                      # count (M2)
POST /v1/memory/kg/entities                # KG ops
POST /v1/memory/kg/relations
POST /v1/tier-events                       # log a tier-engine decision
GET  /v1/tools                             # list registered tools
POST /v1/tools/:name/invoke                # invoke (server-side glue)
GET  /v1/healthz                           # M1; M2 extended with store_ok/store_path/embedding_dim/store_error
```

The server is **embedder-agnostic** at M2: clients pass vectors,
not text. The text→vector convenience (e.g.,
`GET /v1/memory?q=<text>` proxying to the embedder daemon) is a
deferred follow-up — adding it requires a runtime dep on
`@opencoti/embedder` (F4 M5) and is most naturally landed once
the TS client (M3) demonstrates the convenience is wanted at
the HTTP layer vs done client-side.

API is **versioned** (`/v1`) and the wire schema is owned by
`packages/opencoti-server-client/` (so opencoti can rev independently
of the server binary, within compatible versions).

### Mirroring claude-hooks goals

Same goals, mapped:

| claude-hooks | opencoti-server |
| --- | --- |
| `claude-hooks` recall hooks | implicit recall on `/v1/memory` query, surfaced by opencoti's prompt builder |
| `mcp__pgvector__*` MCP tools | `/v1/memory` (and a thin MCP shim if external MCP clients want it) |
| Stop hook auto-ingest | server records turn-complete events, applies same heuristics |
| `claude-hooks` companion tools (Episodic etc.) | first-class tools registered via `/v1/tools` |

### Deeper integration than claude-hooks

Because we own opencoti, we can:

- Receive **tier-engine** decisions directly (provider chosen,
  escalation reasons, cost) without scraping logs.
- Receive **diff and tool-output** events as structured payloads, not
  parsed from a transcript.
- Push back: server can suggest a memory recall payload that
  opencoti **injects directly** into the prompt builder, instead of
  appending to a transcript.

## Milestones

### M1 — Server skeleton + healthz *(2026-05-23 — shipped)*

- Go module under `opencoti/server/` (module
  `github.com/mann1x/opencoti/server`, Go 1.22). Single dep:
  `golang.org/x/sys` for the Windows `svc` packages.
- `opencoti-server serve` binds a UDS by default on Unix
  (`$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/opencoti/server.sock` or
  `~/.opencoti/server.sock` fallback) or `tcp://127.0.0.1:47190`
  on Windows. `--addr unix:///path` and `--addr tcp://host:port`
  override.
- One HTTP endpoint: `GET /v1/healthz` returns 200 + JSON
  `{status, version, started_at, uptime_seconds}`. All other
  paths return a 404 envelope with code + message so the wire
  format is consistent for M2+. `POST /v1/healthz` returns 405
  with the same envelope.
- Graceful shutdown on SIGTERM/SIGINT (Unix) or SCM
  Stop/Shutdown (Windows). UDS file unlinked on Unix shutdown.
- **Windows service support shipped in M1 (per user directive
  2026-05-23):**
  - `install` subcommand wraps SCM (`golang.org/x/sys/windows/svc/mgr`):
    `--name`, `--display-name`, `--description`,
    `--start-type=auto|manual|disabled`, `--addr`. Registers
    the Event Log source under the same name.
  - `uninstall` removes the SCM entry AND the Event Log source.
  - `start` / `stop` wrap `mgr.Service.Start` /
    `Service.Control(svc.Stop)`. `stop` waits up to 10s for the
    state to become Stopped.
  - When `svc.IsWindowsService()` returns true, `serve` enters
    `svc.Run` with a handler that translates SCM Stop /
    Shutdown into a graceful `http.Server.Shutdown`. Log
    records flow to the Windows Application Event Log via
    `eventlog.Open(name)`.
  - Single source tree, build-tagged platform splits
    (`*_windows.go` / `*_nonwindows.go`). Same binary surface
    on every platform — `install` / `uninstall` / `start` /
    `stop` on Unix print "Windows-only command" and exit 2.
- 7 cross-platform tests (parser + listener + healthz/404/405
  + UDS roundtrip + UDS unlink-on-cleanup + double-shutdown
  safety) + 3 Windows-tagged tests for the `BuildMgrConfig`
  install-config builder. All green on Linux; Windows
  cross-compile clean.
- **Hook footprint: ZERO.** M1 is purely additive — no
  `opencoti-hook:` markers, no UPSTREAM_SYNC.md registry rows.
  The autostart hook lands in M3.
- **Deferred from M1:** Windows named-pipe TRANSPORT (use TCP
  on Windows in M1; named-pipe support is a follow-up);
  systemd/launchd unit files on Unix; CI workflows (the repo
  has no CI yet — separate concern); the first-run setup
  wizard step ("install as Windows service?" — comes when the
  setup-flow picks up F3 concerns).

### M2 — Memory backend (sqlite-vec) + recall API *(2026-05-23 — shipped)*

- Go SQLite stack: `github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3` (cgo) +
  `github.com/asg017/sqlite-vec-go-bindings/cgo`, sqlite-vec
  statically linked via `sqlite_vec.Auto()` so the daemon ships
  as a single binary (no `vec0.so` to bundle). CGO becomes a
  hard build requirement at M2; cross-compile to Windows from
  Linux needs MinGW-w64 (`apt install gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64`).
- `internal/store/store.go` defines a `Store` interface
  mirroring the TS `MemoryStore` in
  `packages/opencoti-memory/src/types.ts` 1:1. M7's pgvector
  backend will implement the same interface, so the HTTP layer
  doesn't change.
- `internal/store/sqlitevec/` is the M2 backend. DDL mirrors
  `packages/opencoti-memory/src/schema.ts` byte-functionally:
  four tables (`meta`, `collections`, `memories`, `session_acl`)
  plus the `memory_vecs` vec0 virtual table; `SCHEMA_VERSION=1`;
  `embedding_dim` parameter-substituted into the vec0 DDL at
  first creation and stored in `meta` for validation on later
  opens. Content idempotency: SHA256-hex with
  `UNIQUE(collection_name, content_hash)`. Pure `ResolveAccessMode`
  mirrors the TS resolver (global=r, session-owner=rw,
  others=none; explicit `session_acl` rows override). Recall
  is vec0 MATCH + overscan
  (`k * min(8, max(2, len(candidates)))`) + join-back +
  ACL filter, truncated to k.
- **DB schema is wire-compatible with the in-process
  `@opencoti/memory` package** — a DB created by either side
  opens cleanly under the other. This is the load-bearing
  invariant for M3's path-B refactor.
- HTTP surface (eight new routes, all under `/v1/memory/*`):
  - `POST /v1/memory/collections` — create (201 / 409
    collection_exists / 400 invalid_collection_name).
  - `GET /v1/memory/collections?session_id=...` — list,
    optionally filtered through the ACL resolver.
  - `DELETE /v1/memory/collections/{name}` — cascade-deletes
    memories + vec0 rows + session_acl entries.
  - `PUT /v1/memory/collections/{name}/acl` — set per-session
    ACL (`r`/`w`/`rw`/`none`).
  - `GET /v1/memory/collections/{name}/acl?session_id=...` —
    read the resolved access mode.
  - `POST /v1/memory` — store. 422 dim_mismatch on length
    mismatch; 403 write_denied on ACL deny.
  - `POST /v1/memory/search` — vector recall (POST because
    a 1024-element Float32 array doesn't fit a query string).
  - `GET /v1/memory/count?collection=...` — count, optionally
    scoped to one collection.
- All error responses use M1's `{error: {code, message}}`
  envelope. Embeddings on the wire are JSON `[float32, ...]`
  arrays (verbose but trivial for the M3 TS client; base64 raw
  bytes is a follow-up if wire size measurably matters).
- `/v1/healthz` extended with `store_ok`, `store_path`,
  `embedding_dim`, and `store_error` (omitempty). When the
  store fails to open, the daemon still serves `/v1/healthz`
  with `store_ok=false` and `/v1/memory/*` returns 503
  `store_unavailable` — partial degradation beats refuse-to-start
  so the daemon stays observable when something's wrong with the DB.
- `serve` gets `--db-path` (default
  `$HOME/.opencoti/memory/state.db` — matches the TS
  `defaultDbPath()` exactly so both implementations point at the
  same file by default) and `--embedding-dim` (default 1024,
  matches `DEFAULT_EMBEDDING_DIM`). `install` bakes both into
  the SCM service-start arguments.
- 30 tests cover the surface: 18 unit tests on the store
  conformance (collection lifecycle, ACL resolver, idempotent
  store, recall ordering, count, close+reopen, dim-mismatch
  paths) + 12 HTTP integration tests via `httptest.NewServer`
  (every endpoint, happy + 4xx + 5xx envelopes).
- `testdata/crosslang/` ships a Go↔Bun schema-compat probe:
  Go writes a DB → optionally invokes a Bun script that opens
  the same DB via `@opencoti/memory` and confirms readback.
  Skips cleanly when bun or the workspace package isn't on
  PATH. `make test-cross-lang` is always safe to run.
- **Hook footprint: ZERO** (unchanged from M1). M2 is purely
  additive — the API exists but no surgical hooks into opencode
  yet.
- **Deferred from M2:** text→vector convenience
  (`GET /v1/memory?q=<text>`); streaming recall (SSE);
  pagination on list-collections; authentication for TCP
  transport (UDS owner-only on Unix is the M2 security
  boundary); pgvector backend (M7); migration tools (schemas
  are identical — the DB just opens); server-side embedder
  cache; bulk-store / batch endpoints; base64 raw-byte
  embedding wire format.

### M3 — TS client + opencoti hook to start the server *(2026-05-23 — shipped)*

- `@opencoti/opencoti-server-client` published in-workspace under
  `packages/opencoti-server-client/`. Single class
  `OpencotiServerClient` implements `MemoryStore` over HTTP — all
  eight `/v1/memory/*` routes from M2 plus a `healthz()` probe.
  Wire format is M2's verbatim: JSON `[float32, ...]` for embeddings;
  M1/M2's `{error: {code, message}}` envelope decoded into a
  sentinel `OpencotiServerError({status, code, message})` so callers
  can match on `code === "store_unavailable"`, `dim_mismatch`, etc.
  Per-request `AbortController` + 5 s default timeout. `close()` is
  a documented no-op (no per-instance handle to close).
- **Transport** uses Bun's native `fetch` — `tcp://host:port` is
  rewritten to `http://...` in `toFetchBase`; `unix:///path` passes
  through verbatim (Bun supports UDS fetch natively, no custom
  adapter needed). `defaultAddress(platform)` mirrors the Go
  `DefaultAddress()` exactly: `$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/opencoti/server.sock`
  on Linux (`$HOME/.opencoti/server.sock` fallback), and
  `tcp://127.0.0.1:47190` on Windows.
- **Autostart** lives in `src/autostart.ts`:
  `startAutostart({address, binaryPath?, dbPath?, embeddingDim?, ...})`
  probes `/v1/healthz` first (200 → `already_running`), locates the
  binary via `Bun.which` if none was passed (→ `no_binary` when
  missing), spawns with `stdio: "ignore"` (mirroring the
  `@opencoti/embedder` manager pattern), and polls `/v1/healthz`
  every 200 ms until the deadline (default 5 s; →
  `ready_timeout` if never recovers). Returns a discriminated
  `AutostartOutcome` so consumers can log five distinct states
  (`already_running | spawned | no_binary | spawn_failed | ready_timeout`)
  without exception handling. Test seams: `spawnImpl`, `fetchImpl`,
  `whichImpl`, `sleepImpl`.
- **Surgical hook footprint: 3 markers + 1 package.json dep.** All
  three TS markers land in `packages/opencode/src/config/config.ts`
  (the same file that already carries `opencoti-default-plugins`):
  the import next to it, the `opencoti.server.*` schema struct
  (`autostart: boolean`, `address: string`, `binary_path: string`,
  `db_path: string`, `embedding_dim: PositiveInt`), and the
  fire-and-forget `void maybeStartOpencotiServer(...)` call site
  right after the existing `applyDefaultPlugins(...)` call. The
  hook's full substance lives in
  `@opencoti/opencoti-server-client/autostart-hook` so the
  opencode-side surface stays minimal — three lines plus the
  package.json dep (no anchor comment in JSON, registered in the
  table).
- **Plugin swap.** Both `@opencoti/memory-plugin` and
  `@opencoti/tui-memory` accept a new optional
  `server_address?: string`. The default `StoreFactory`:
  if `serverAddress` is set, instantiate `OpencotiServerClient`,
  call `healthz()`, and return the client when
  `storeOk === true`; otherwise silently fall through to the
  existing in-process `SqliteVecStore.open(...)`. The
  `__setStoreFactory` test seam is unchanged — existing tests
  continue to inject stubs that ignore `serverAddress`.
- **Health envelope mismatch detection.** Client validates that
  `embedding_dim` from the server matches the configured dim;
  on mismatch, `healthz()` returns `storeOk: false` with a
  `dim mismatch` error so the plugin falls back to the
  in-process store rather than corrupting the wire format.
  This is **client-side**; the server's own dim check still
  fires on `POST /v1/memory`.
- **Tests.** 56 new tests in the client package: 33 mocked-fetch
  client conformance (every endpoint, happy + 4xx + 5xx envelopes,
  dedup, dim mismatch, store_unavailable propagation), 11 pure
  tests for `defaultAddress` / `toFetchBase` / `joinURL` /
  `probeReady`, 6 mocked-spawn `startAutostart` cases (already
  running, no binary, spawned-then-ready, ready timeout,
  spawn failed, --addr passthrough). Plus 2 new cases in the
  memory-plugin tests and 3 new in the tui-memory tests for the
  `server_address` swap path. All 23 workspace packages
  typecheck clean; 82 tests pass across the three affected
  packages.
- **Live verification.** Manual end-to-end smoke against the
  F3 M2 binary (TCP loopback): `healthz` returns the expected
  shape (`store_ok: true`, `embedding_dim: 64`), `createCollection`
  + `setSessionAcl(rw)` + `store(...)` (with `deduplicated:
  false` then `true` on idempotency) + `recall(...)` (distance
  0 on exact match) + `count(...)` (returns 1) + `deleteCollection`
  all return the expected shapes. UDS path tested at the
  discover / autostart layer; full UDS smoke deferred to
  M4 when session-event hooks bring it under day-to-day use.
- **Path-B loop closed.** With M3 in, the F4 M5
  in-process-then-daemon migration path described in
  [memory_embedder.md](memory_embedder.md) is mechanically
  complete: setting `opencoti.server.address` (or `autostart:
  true`) in `opencode.jsonc` is the only change a user makes
  to switch from the in-process store to the Go daemon. No
  code paths change in `@opencoti/memory` itself.
- **Deferred from M3:** detached / setsid daemon lifecycle
  (M3's spawn dies with opencode — cross-session sharing
  requires running the daemon externally, e.g. the M1 Windows
  service installer or a future systemd unit); the first-run
  "install as a service?" wizard step (a follow-up once the
  setup-flow picks up F3 concerns); a text-`q=` convenience
  endpoint (`GET /v1/memory?q=<text>`) — every M3 caller has
  the embedder in-process and can pre-embed; retry / backoff
  on transient HTTP errors (single attempt, the plugin's
  silent fallback handles the failure case); bulk-store /
  batch endpoints; TLS / shared-secret authentication for TCP
  transport (UDS owner-only remains the M3 security boundary).

### M4 — Session + turn events flowing *(2026-05-23 — shipped)*

**Design pivot vs the original spec.** M4 was originally specced
as *surgical hooks at session start/end/turn complete*. Phase-1
exploration confirmed opencode's `@opencode-ai/plugin` API
already exposes those events fully typed via `Hooks.event`
(session.created/updated/deleted/error/idle plus
session.status). Following the precedent set by M5-D2
(`@opencoti/memory-plugin`), M4 ships as a plugin with **zero
opencoti-hook footprint** — strictly richer than a surgical hook
for this use case (typed payloads, zero upstream-source touch,
no UPSTREAM_SYNC.md row to maintain on every sync). Hook count
stays at 9 source markers + 4 JSON deps (unchanged from F3 M3).

- **Per-feature schema versioning.** `meta.schema_version` stays
  at 1 (memory tables — kept stable so M2/M3 TypeScript
  `@opencoti/memory` clients still open M4 DBs cleanly). New
  `meta.sessions_schema_version = 1` is written by M4+ daemons
  and reported on `/v1/healthz`. M3 clients without the key
  treat the daemon as pre-M4; M4 plugins disable forwarding
  silently when `sessionsSchemaVersion < 1`.
- **Three new tables** in the existing `state.db` (no new
  `--flag`, no migration tool):
  - `sessions` — soft-delete via `deleted_at`. Indices on
    `parent_id` (fork-tree queries) and `deleted_at`
    (cheap `WHERE deleted_at IS NULL`). Upsert is idempotent
    on `id`; `INSERT ... ON CONFLICT(id) DO UPDATE SET ...`
    overwrites all columns from the latest snapshot.
  - `session_events` — append-only audit log. `FOREIGN KEY ...
    ON DELETE CASCADE` would normally wipe history on
    `DELETE FROM sessions`; we use soft-delete instead so the
    audit trail outlives the session row.
  - `session_messages` — UPSERT on opencode `MessageID`. The
    plugin re-sends the full latest snapshot on every turn
    boundary; SQLite UPSERT handles dedup.
- **SessionStore interface** (`internal/store/store.go`): 8
  methods + sentinel errors (`ErrSessionNotFound`,
  `ErrInvalidSessionID`, `ErrSessionPayloadTooLarge`). The
  same `*sqlitevec.Store` implements both `Store` (memory) and
  `SessionStore`; server.go type-asserts at each entry point.
  M7 pgvector will implement the same interface.
- **HTTP surface** under `/v1/sessions/*`:
  - `POST /v1/sessions` — upsert (201 on insert, 200 on update,
    400 invalid_session_id, 413 payload_too_large).
  - `GET /v1/sessions[?parent_id=&include_deleted=&limit=&offset=]`
    — list, default newest-first by `updated_at`, omitting
    soft-deleted rows.
  - `GET /v1/sessions/{id}` / `DELETE /v1/sessions/{id}` —
    fetch / soft-delete.
  - `POST /v1/sessions/{id}/events` /
    `GET /v1/sessions/{id}/events[?type=&limit=&offset=]` —
    append + list audit entries.
  - `POST /v1/sessions/{id}/messages` /
    `GET /v1/sessions/{id}/messages[?limit=&offset=&since=]` —
    bulk-upsert (idempotent on message id) + list.
  - `GET /v1/sessions/{id}/turns` — coarse server-side
    projection grouping messages by user-message boundaries.
    Authoritative turn-boundary logic stays in opencode's
    `compaction.ts`; this view is for UI / debugging.
- **healthz extension**: `sessions_schema_version` field
  added; M3 clients without the field treat the daemon as
  pre-M4.
- **Payload size guards**: 8 MiB hard cap on
  `session_events.payload` and the bulk-upsert messages body
  (413 `payload_too_large`); the plugin chunks at a softer
  1 MiB default before posting.
- **TS client extension** (`@opencoti/opencoti-server-client`):
  8 new `OpencotiServerClient` methods (`upsertSession`,
  `listSessions`, `getSession`, `deleteSession`,
  `appendSessionEvent`, `listSessionEvents`,
  `upsertSessionMessages`, `listSessionMessages`,
  `listSessionTurns`). Wire format snake_case → camelCase via
  private mappers (same pattern as M2's `mapHit` /
  `mapCollectionInfo`). `healthz()` return type +
  `ProbeResult` gain `sessionsSchemaVersion?: number`.
- **New plugin `@opencoti/session-events-plugin`**:
  subscribes to `session.created/updated/deleted/error/idle`
  and `session.status` (idle transition) via opencode's
  typed `Hooks.event`; does **not** subscribe to
  `message.updated` (fires thousands of times per turn —
  text deltas, tool calls, reasoning chunks — and forwarding
  every delta would melt the daemon). On idle, the plugin
  fetches the session's latest messages via
  `input.client.session.messages.list` and bulk-upserts in
  byte-bounded chunks. Maintains a per-session merge cache so
  opencode's partial `session.updated` payloads are reconciled
  into a full snapshot before reaching the daemon.
  Best-effort, never-throws: a forwarding plugin must not
  propagate daemon failures into the opencode session.
- **session.error before sessionID exists** lands on a
  synthetic `__pre_session_errors__` session (lazily upserted
  on first such error) so the audit log captures pre-creation
  failures without losing context.
- **Auto-wire**: one-line addition to
  `@opencoti/tiers/default-plugins` `OPENCOTI_DEFAULT_PLUGINS`.
  Any user with opencoti config in `opencode.jsonc` gets the
  plugin automatically; without an `opencoti.server.address`
  the plugin's healthz probe fails, the internal client stays
  `undefined`, and every event handler early-returns — same
  no-op-when-unconfigured ergonomic the memory-plugin uses.
- **Tests**: 26 new Go tests (16 store unit + 10 HTTP
  integration) — total Go test count climbs from 30 → 63.
  14 new TS client tests (33 → 47). 16 new plugin tests in
  `@opencoti/session-events-plugin`. All 24 workspace
  packages typecheck clean.
- **Live verification**: end-to-end smoke against a real M4
  daemon (TCP loopback) confirmed healthz reports
  `sessions_schema_version: 1`, full upsert → update → get →
  list → events → messages → turns → soft-delete cycle
  works, soft-deleted session's events + messages remain
  queryable through `include_deleted=true`.
- **Deferred from M4**:
  - **`message.updated` real-time forwarding** — coalescing on
    idle is the right granularity; per-delta forwarding would
    mean O(text-deltas) HTTP roundtrips per turn.
  - **Per-tool-invocation events** as first-class rows —
    captured today inside the message's `parts` JSON; can be
    promoted to a `session_tool_calls` table later if needed.
  - **WebSocket / SSE push from daemon → client** —
    request-response only in M4.
  - **TLS / authentication for `/v1/sessions/*` TCP transport**
    — UDS owner-only on Unix remains the M4 security boundary.

### M5 — Tier-engine event sink (shipped 2026-05-23)

- **Daemon side: `/v1/tier-events`.**
  - `POST /v1/tier-events` appends a row (201; 400 invalid_tier_event;
    413 payload_too_large at the same 8 MiB cap as `/v1/sessions/*`).
    Body: `{event_type, ts?, session_id?, payload}` where `payload`
    is opaque JSON — the daemon does not introspect it.
  - `GET /v1/tier-events?session_id=&event_type=&since=&limit=&offset=`
    returns the audit log newest-first.
  - One new `tier_events` table: `(id PK AUTO, session_id TEXT,
    event_type TEXT, payload TEXT, ts INTEGER)` + two indices
    `(session_id, ts)` and `(event_type, ts)`. **`session_id` is a
    soft reference — no FK, no cascade.** Tier events fire intra-turn
    and can land before `session.created` reaches the daemon; the
    soft reference guarantees no event is dropped.
  - Per-feature `meta.tier_events_schema_version = 1`. The
    cross-language sqlite_vec contract continues to live on
    `meta.schema_version = 1` (still M2-compatible with the TS
    `@opencoti/memory` reader); the new key is independent.

- **TS plumbing.** `@opencoti/opencoti-server-client` gains
  `appendTierEvent` + `listTierEvents` (camelCase→snake_case wire
  mapping mirroring `mapSessionMessage`). `healthz()` surfaces
  `tierEventsSchemaVersion?: number`; plugins use it as their
  feature gate.

- **Design pivot continues: plugin path > surgical hook.** The
  `Telemetry` interface in `@opencoti/tiers` (designed for this
  milestone — its docstring at `telemetry.ts:1-4` said so) is
  already threaded end-to-end through `runtime.ts:99 →
  executor.ts → escalator.ts → fanout.ts`. M5 plugs a real sink
  into the existing seam via a new module-level
  `registered-telemetry.ts` slot (mirrors `active-config.ts`).
  Precedence chain in `runtime.ts:99` becomes:

  ```ts
  const telemetry =
    hook.telemetry ??
    execOpts.telemetry ??
    getRegisteredTelemetry() ??
    noopTelemetry
  ```

  The new `@opencoti/tier-events-plugin` calls
  `setRegisteredTelemetry(impl)` during plugin boot when the
  daemon's healthz reports `tierEventsSchemaVersion >= 1`. **Zero
  new opencoti-hook source markers** — count unchanged from F3 M4
  (9 source + 4 JSON deps + 3 prose). See the F1 page for where
  the Telemetry interface itself was added.

- **Fire-and-forget posture.** The plugin's Telemetry impl maps
  each method to a `client.appendTierEvent(...).catch(() => {})`
  — synchronous to the caller, HTTP swallowed on failure. The
  tier engine never blocks on the daemon. Cf. M4's
  `@opencoti/session-events-plugin`, same design.

- **Auto-wire via defaults.** `@opencoti/tier-events-plugin` is in
  `OPENCOTI_DEFAULT_PLUGINS` alongside the M4 session plugin. Any
  user with `opencoti: {...}` in their config gets the audit log
  for free; if the daemon is unreachable, the healthz gate fails
  and the runtime stays on noop.

- **Cross-version compat.** An M5 plugin against an M4 daemon
  sees `sessions_schema_version: 1` but no
  `tier_events_schema_version` in healthz, so
  `setRegisteredTelemetry` is never called and the runtime stays
  on noop. An M5 daemon against M4 clients keeps shipping the
  same `/v1/sessions/*` surface untouched.

- **Explicitly deferred to later:** aggregation endpoints
  (`/v1/tier-events/stats?...`), real-time push (WS/SSE),
  server-side retention policy, client-side batching/coalescing,
  FK on `session_id`. M5 ships raw events + filters; everything
  on top of that is composable later.

### M6 — Tool registry + invocation (shipped 2026-05-23)

- **Daemon side: `/v1/tools`.**
  - `GET /v1/tools` lists every registered tool sorted by name:
    `{ tools: [{ name, description, params_schema, handler,
    created_at, updated_at }] }`. `params_schema` is a
    string-serialised JSON Schema; `handler` is a stable opaque
    dispatch ID (debug-only — invocation always goes by name).
  - `GET /v1/tools/{name}` fetches one (404 tool_not_found).
  - `POST /v1/tools/{name}/invoke` runs it. Body
    `{ arguments: {...}, session_id? }` → `{ result: {...} }` (200)
    or `{ error: { code, message } }` (400 invalid_arguments / 404
    tool_not_found / 500 handler_failed / 413 payload_too_large at
    the same 8 MiB cap as `/v1/sessions/*` and `/v1/tier-events`).
  - One `tools` table: `(name PK, description, params_schema,
    handler, created_at, updated_at)`. Process-scoped, no
    session FK. Dispatch is a daemon-internal
    `map[string]ToolHandler` in `toolhandlers.go`; **no external
    registration in M6** (no POST/DELETE on `/v1/tools` itself) —
    the catalog is seeded into the binary at boot.
  - Per-feature `meta.tools_schema_version = 1`, independent of the
    cross-language `meta.schema_version = 1` (still M2-compatible
    with the TS `@opencoti/memory` reader).

- **Two seed tools** are `UpsertTool`'d at startup (idempotent —
  `created_at` fixed on first insert, `updated_at` bumps on
  re-seed):
  - **`opencoti_episodic_search`** — lexical `LIKE` search across
    the M4 `session_messages` table joined with `sessions`,
    newest-first. Params `{ query, limit?, session_id_excludes? }`.
    The exclude list lets the plugin pass the live session ID so
    the model recalls *other* sessions, not echoes of the current
    one. The integrated analog of claude-hooks's `episodic_server`
    — same SQLite file the sessions API writes, no second daemon,
    no shell-out. FTS5/vector ranking is an M7+ optimisation.
  - **`opencoti_recall`** — vector recall over the M2 memory store,
    delegating to the same `Store.Recall` path `/v1/memory/search`
    uses. Params `{ embedding, collection?, k?, session_id? }`.
    **Takes a pre-computed embedding, not a query string** — the
    daemon bundles no embedder, so the caller (the plugin, or an
    operator via curl) embeds the query and POSTs the float vector;
    length must equal the daemon's `embedding_dim`. `session_id`
    drives the M2 per-session ACL check. Coexists intentionally
    with `@opencoti/memory`'s in-process `__memory_recall`: that
    one survives a daemon being down; `opencoti_recall` gives the
    same surface to plugins without direct DB access.

- **TS plumbing.** `@opencoti/opencoti-server-client` gains
  `listTools` + `getTool` + `invokeTool`; `healthz()` surfaces
  `toolsSchemaVersion?: number` as the plugin's feature gate.
  `ServerTool` is camelCase (`paramsSchema` ← `params_schema`),
  `paramsSchema` left as `unknown` (interpreted in the plugin).

- **Design pivot continues: plugin path > surgical hook.** A new
  module-level `registered-server-tools.ts` slot in
  `@opencoti/tiers` (mirrors M5's `registered-telemetry.ts`) holds
  the daemon tools as a `Record<string, Tool>`; `runtime.ts` merges
  it **last** into the tier tool list, next to synthetic-tier and
  memory-bridge tools:

  ```ts
  const tools = mergeTools(hook.prepared.tools, {
    ...syntheticTools(hook.input.sessionID, telemetry),
    ...memoryTools,
    ...(getRegisteredServerTools() ?? {}),
  })
  ```

  Server tools merge last so user-explicit + memory tools win on a
  name collision (none expected — server tools are `opencoti_*`,
  memory `__memory_*`, synthetic-tier `__tier_*`). **Zero new
  opencoti-hook source markers** — count unchanged from F3 M4/M5
  (9 source + 4 JSON deps + 3 prose).

- **The `@opencoti/server-tools-plugin`** probes `/v1/healthz`
  (gated on `toolsSchemaVersion >= 1`), fetches `/v1/tools` once on
  boot, and builds an AI SDK `dynamicTool` per entry:
  `params_schema` round-trips through `ai`'s `jsonSchema()` (no
  JSON-Schema-to-Zod reimplementation); each `execute` forwards to
  `/v1/tools/{name}/invoke`. Tool names are prefixed (`opencoti_`,
  idempotently). The session ID arrives via `experimental_context`
  on the single `openStream` `streamText` call and is forwarded as
  `session_id`. Invocations are awaited (not fire-and-forget — tool
  calls are model-blocking), but errors crash the *tool call*, not
  the session: 404→`tool_not_found`, 400→`invalid_arguments`,
  5xx/network→`tool_handler_failed`, deadline→`timeout`
  (plugin-owned `Promise.race`, separate `invoke_timeout_ms`).
  Args over 1 MiB are pre-rejected client-side.

- **Auto-wire via defaults.** `@opencoti/server-tools-plugin` is in
  `OPENCOTI_DEFAULT_PLUGINS`. No reachable daemon → healthz gate
  fails → `setRegisteredServerTools` never called → runtime tool
  set unchanged.

- **Cross-version compat.** An M6 plugin against an M5 daemon sees
  no `tools_schema_version` in healthz, so the gate fails and the
  tool set is unchanged — a model query expecting the tool gets
  "I don't have that tool", no crash. An M6 daemon serves M5
  clients the `/v1/sessions/*` and `/v1/tier-events` surfaces
  untouched.

- **Explicitly deferred:** external tool registration (POST/DELETE
  on `/v1/tools` — needs a per-tool ACL/owner model); streaming
  tool results; tool invocations as `tier_events` audit rows; an
  MCP wrapper for the registry; FTS5/vector ranking in
  `episodic_search`; an in-daemon embedder so `opencoti_recall`
  can take a `query` string directly.

### M7 — pgvector backend parity (shipped 2026-05-23)

opencoti-server gains its **second storage backend**: PostgreSQL +
the pgvector extension, via `github.com/jackc/pgx/v5` (pure Go, no new
cgo). `*pgvector.Store` implements the **full** interface family —
`Store` + `SessionStore` + `TierEventStore` + `ToolStore` +
`SchemaInspector` — so the HTTP layer, `/v1/healthz`, and the TS client
are **untouched**. sqlite-vec stays the zero-dependency default;
pgvector is for hosts that already run Postgres.

**Schema-phrasing correction.** The original M7 stub said *"/v1/memory
works against pgvector with the same schema as claude-hooks."* That
predated the M4–M6 buildout. opencoti's binding contract is now its
**own** `Store` interface (collections + per-session ACL + sessions +
tier_events + tools), which is a different data model from
claude-hooks's flat `memories` + `kg_*` schema. So M7 implements
**opencoti's own model on a dedicated `opencoti` Postgres database**,
isolated from claude-hooks. "Same as claude-hooks" is reread as *same
storage technology (Postgres + pgvector)*, not the same tables.

- **`internal/store/pgvector/`** mirrors `internal/store/sqlitevec/`
  table-for-table in PG dialect, with three dialect differences:
  - the embedding lives **inline** on `memories` as a `vector(dim)`
    column (no separate vec0 virtual table); an HNSW `vector_l2_ops`
    index is created when `dim ≤ 2000` (pgvector's HNSW ceiling) —
    correctness-neutral, perf-positive.
  - `Recall` pushes the ACL filter into the query
    (`WHERE collection_name = ANY($readable) ORDER BY embedding <-> $q
    LIMIT k`) — Postgres can filter + rank in one statement where
    sqlite-vec must overscan + join-back + post-filter. The `<->`
    operator is **L2**, matching sqlite-vec's vec0 default, so
    `MemoryHit.Distance` stays comparable across backends.
  - `Store` dedups via `INSERT … ON CONFLICT (collection_name,
    content_hash) DO NOTHING RETURNING id` in one round trip.
- **Per-feature schema versions** (`schema_version`,
  `sessions_/tier_events_/tools_schema_version`, all `1`) live in a
  `meta` key/value table, validated on open exactly as the sqlite-vec
  backend does — but they are pgvector's own contract (no cross-language
  reader, since pgvector is daemon-only).
- **Shared conformance harness** `internal/store/storetest/` is the
  parity guarantee: a single `RunConformance` body (Memory, Sessions,
  TierEvents, Tools sub-suites) that **both** backends opt into via a
  thin `conformance_test.go`. Either backend drifting from the contract
  fails the same assertions. sqlite-vec runs it with `t.TempDir`;
  pgvector with a testcontainers fixture.
- **Pure-logic lifted to `internal/store/common.go`** (package `store`):
  the ACL resolver (`ResolveAccessMode`/`CanRead`/`CanWrite`), the
  collection/session validators, `Sha256Hex`, and the dim bounds — one
  cgo-free source of truth both backends share. sqlite-vec keeps its
  exported names as thin delegating wrappers, so the HTTP layer's
  `sqlitevec.ValidateCollectionName`/`ValidateSessionID` call sites are
  byte-identical.
- **Backend selection** is a serve-time flag, not a build flag:
  `--backend sqlite|pgvector` (default `sqlite`) + `--pg-dsn` (falling
  back to `$OPENCOTI_PG_DSN`). `--db-path` stays sqlite-only;
  `--embedding-dim` applies to both (locks the `vector(dim)` column).
  The interface var is assigned only on a successful open (avoids the
  typed-nil trap), so a pgvector open failure degrades to
  `store_ok=false` + a clear `store_error` rather than crashing. The
  Windows `install` command bakes `--backend`/`--pg-dsn` into the
  service args alongside the existing flags.
- **healthz** reports a **redacted** `store_path` for pgvector
  (`pg://user@host:port/db`, never the password).
- **Tests**: `pgtest` spins an ephemeral `pgvector/pgvector:pg17`
  container via testcontainers-go and skips cleanly when Docker is
  absent (`testcontainers.SkipIfProviderIsNotHealthy`), so
  `make test` stays green on a Docker-less host. Both backends pass the
  full shared conformance suite; an end-to-end smoke (daemon →
  pgvector container) confirms collection create, store, and `<->` -
  ranked recall over HTTP.
- **Toolchain**: the modern pgx / pgvector-go / testcontainers-go
  releases require **Go 1.25**, so the module's `go` directive and the
  host toolchain moved to go1.25 (latest stable). No build-posture
  regression — pgx is pure Go; sqlite-vec's existing cgo requirement is
  unchanged.
- **Zero new surgical hooks.** pgvector is additive Go inside
  `opencoti/server/`; no TS changes. The surgical-hook grep count
  stays at 18 (see `docs/protocols/UPSTREAM_SYNC.md`).

**Deferred from M7:** data migration between backends (a `migrate`
subcommand — "Migration tools later"); a TS pgvector backend for the
in-process `@opencoti/memory` (pgvector is daemon-only); external tool
registration over HTTP (still security-gated, from M6); pgxpool tuning
/ read replicas.

### M8 — Multi-session coordination (shipped 2026-05-23)

Goal **G3**: opencoti instances/sessions on one host see each other and
cooperate. M8 ships the *live-coordination* half as an **in-memory,
ephemeral** hub — deliberately store-independent (neither the `Store`
interface nor either backend is touched), because presence and locks are
runtime state that should not survive a daemon restart.

- **`internal/coord.Hub`** — backend-agnostic, one `sync.RWMutex`:
  - **Presence**: `RegisterPeer` / `Heartbeat` / `DeregisterPeer` /
    `ListPeers`, with a background TTL sweep that reaps peers whose
    heartbeat lapsed (default 45s) and emits `peer.left`. `ListPeers`
    also filters expired peers lazily.
  - **Broadcasts**: a pub/sub bus — `Publish` assigns a monotonic `seq`,
    appends to a bounded replay ring, and fans out non-blockingly to
    subscribers (a full subscriber channel is dropped + closed so the
    client reconnects with its last seq). `Subscribe(since)` atomically
    snapshots the replay backlog and registers for live events.
  - **Advisory locks**: try-only `AcquireLock` (reentrant-by-holder
    refresh; expired locks reclaimable) / `ReleaseLock` (holder-checked)
    / `ListLocks`. Lock transitions emit `lock.acquired` / `lock.released`.
- **HTTP** (`internal/server/coord.go`), hub injected via `Options.Hub`,
  503 `coord_unavailable` when absent:

  | Method + path | Purpose |
  | --- | --- |
  | `POST /v1/coord/peers` | register/upsert presence → PeerInfo |
  | `POST /v1/coord/peers/{id}/heartbeat` | refresh TTL |
  | `DELETE /v1/coord/peers/{id}` | deregister |
  | `GET /v1/coord/peers` | list live peers |
  | `POST /v1/coord/broadcast` | publish `{peer_id,topic,payload}` → `{seq}` |
  | `GET /v1/coord/events?since=&peer_id=` | **SSE** event stream (the daemon's first) |
  | `POST /v1/coord/locks/{name}` | acquire `{holder,ttl_ms?}`; 200 or 409 `lock_held` |
  | `DELETE /v1/coord/locks/{name}` | release `{holder}`; 200 / 404 `lock_not_held` / 409 `lock_not_holder` |
  | `GET /v1/coord/locks` | list held locks |

  SSE is viable because the `http.Server` sets no `WriteTimeout`; the
  handler exits on request-context cancellation so graceful shutdown
  releases it within the grace window. `/v1/healthz` gains
  `coord_ok` + `coord_peers`.
- **TS client**: `registerPeer` / `heartbeatPeer` / `deregisterPeer` /
  `listPeers` / `broadcast` / `acquireLock` / `releaseLock` /
  `listLocks`, plus `subscribeCoordEvents` — the client's first
  streaming method (reads `response.body`, parses `data:` frames).
- **`@opencoti/coordination-plugin`**: registers each session as a peer,
  heartbeats while active, deregisters on delete, subscribes to the
  event stream (SSE) to keep a live peer view, and advertises
  "N other active opencoti session(s)" in the system prompt. Auto-wired
  via the `@opencoti/tiers` default-plugins list — **no surgical hook**
  (grep count stays 18).

**Deferred to F3 M9:** opt-in *shared context* (a thin convention atop
existing M2 global collections + per-session ACL — a session opts to
expose a collection to peers); the sqlite↔pgvector `migrate` subcommand
(open from M7); blocking/queued lock acquire (M8 is try-only). Cross-host
federation remains an explicit F3 non-goal.

### M9 — Opt-in shared context (shipped 2026-05-23)

Goal **G3**, the *persisted-context* half: a session exposes one of its
session-scoped memory collections to peer sessions on the same host. The
storage model from M2 already supports the grant, so M9 adds **no new
`Store` method, no new schema, no new surgical hook** (grep count stays
18). It is a thin convention bridging two things that already exist — the
persisted per-session ACL (`SetSessionACL`) and M8's ephemeral coord bus.

- **`internal/share.Manager`** — in-memory registry + one goroutine:
  - `Share(collection, owner, mode)` records the share, grants read-ACL
    to every live peer `!= owner` via `SetSessionACL`, and publishes
    `collection.shared` on the hub.
  - It **subscribes to the hub** and, on `peer.joined`, grants every
    active share to the newcomer — so peers that join *after* a share
    still get access (auto-grant via the bus, dogfooding M8's SSE).
  - `Unshare(collection, owner)` revokes live peers (writes mode `none`,
    the non-owner default) and publishes `collection.unshared`.
  - **Persisted vs ephemeral:** the ACL grants persist (they survive a
    restart); the "keep auto-granting new joiners" intent is in-memory
    and lost on restart by design — existing grants remain, but the owner
    must re-share to resume auto-granting. This keeps M9 storage-free.
- **Recall "just works":** once a peer holds an `r` grant, its no-filter
  `Recall` includes the shared collection automatically (M2's
  readable-collections resolution), so no recall-path change is needed.
- **HTTP** (`internal/server/share.go`), Manager constructed in
  `server.New()` when `Store`+`Hub` are present, released on `Shutdown`;
  503 `share_unavailable` when the hub is absent:

  | Method + path | Purpose |
  | --- | --- |
  | `POST /v1/memory/collections/{name}/share` | owner-only share `{owner_session, mode?}` (mode default `r`) → `{granted}` |
  | `DELETE /v1/memory/collections/{name}/share` | withdraw `{owner_session}` → 200 |
  | `GET /v1/memory/shares` | list active shares |

  **Owner-only:** the handler looks the collection up via
  `ListCollections` (no filter) and requires `scope == session` and
  `session_id == owner_session`; global collections (already `r`-for-all)
  are rejected `not_shareable`, a different owner `not_owner` (403).
- **TS client**: `shareCollection` / `unshareCollection` / `listShares`
  + `SharedCollectionInfo`.
- **`@opencoti/coordination-plugin`** (extended in place — no new plugin):
  consumes `collection.shared` / `collection.unshared` to advertise
  peer-shared collections in the system prompt, and gains an opt-in
  `share_session_collection` flag (default **false**) that shares the
  session's own collection (`sessionCollectionName(id)`) on
  `session.created` and unshares it on `session.deleted` (best-effort; a
  not-yet-created collection's 404 is swallowed).

**Deferred to F3 M10:** the sqlite↔pgvector `migrate` subcommand — **not**
a cutover: both backends are first-class and may run in parallel; migrate
is an idempotent, re-runnable, either-direction copy (`--from`/`--to`,
dedupe on `content_hash`, upsert PKs) that tops up a parallel target,
never abandoning the source. Also deferred: revoke-on-peer-leave cleanup
(M9 keeps grants on `peer.left`, since peers may return) and wildcard /
group ACLs.

### M10 — sqlite↔pgvector `migrate` (shipped 2026-05-24)

A daemon-internal `migrate` subcommand that copies data between the two
first-class backends. It is **not a cutover**: both backends stay
first-class and may run in parallel (two daemons, or alternating
`--backend`). `migrate` is an **idempotent, re-runnable, either-direction,
selectable copy** that *tops up* a target (dedupe on natural keys), never
"move then abandon source". Additive Go only — **no plugin, no HTTP
surface, no TS client, no surgical hook** (grep count stays 18).

**Use cases (maximum flexibility):**

1. **Scale-up (primary).** Start on sqlite; migrate *everything*
   (collections, memories+embeddings, ACL, sessions, session_events,
   session_messages, tier_events, tools) into pgvector; then **switch the
   primary backend** by changing the serve flag to `--backend pgvector`.
   "Switch primary backend" is operational, no extra code: run the full
   migrate, then change `--backend`.
2. **Way back.** Same command with `--from`/`--to` swapped.
3. **Single memory container / additional partial backend.** Copy only
   specific collection(s) with `--collection`, so e.g. pgvector holds just
   certain memories while sqlite keeps the rest. The two backends coexist,
   each holding different data.
4. **Additive top-up.** Re-running, or copying into a populated target,
   merges idempotently (natural-key dedupe).

**Selection model — two orthogonal selectors:**

- `--include <csv>` of sections: `memory,sessions,tier-events,tools`.
  Default (unset) = **all four** (full dataset). The `memory` section
  carries collections + their memories + their ACL rows.
- `--collection <name>` (repeatable) restricts the `memory` section to
  those collections only. When `--collection` is given and `--include` is
  unset, the default narrows to **memory-only** (the single-container
  case).

So: full switch = no selectors; single container = `--collection notes`;
logs-only = `--include sessions,tier-events`.

**Copy phases (FK-respecting; each gated by the selection):**

| Section | Phase | Export | Import |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| memory | collections | `ListCollections` (filtered) | `PutCollection` |
| memory | memories | `ListMemories` (per coll, keyset-paged) | `PutMemory` |
| memory | session_acl | `ListSessionACLs` | `SetSessionACL` |
| sessions | sessions | `ListSessions(+deleted)` | `UpsertSession` |
| sessions | session_events | `ListSessionEvents`/sess | `PutSessionEvent` |
| sessions | session_messages | `ListSessionMessages`/sess | `UpsertSessionMessages` |
| tier-events | tier_events | `ListTierEvents` (batched) | `PutTierEvent` |
| tools | tools | `ListTools` | `UpsertTool` |

Both backends are the same concrete `*Store` implementing every feature
interface, so migrate opens each side as `storepkg.Store`, type-asserts
the optional `MigrationStore`, and copies a section only if **both** sides
implement it. Per-phase counts (scanned / inserted / skipped) print at the
end; `--dry-run` reads sources and reports would-copy counts, no writes.

**Idempotency / dedup.** Memories dedupe on `(collection_name,
content_hash)`. The append-only audit logs (`session_events`,
`tier_events`) have **no natural key** (autoinc id only), so their
idempotent import dedups on an **insert-if-no-identical-row** check (all
business columns match) — re-running produces no duplicates. A second full
run reports 0 inserts everywhere.

**Two backend-specific wrinkles (both resolved):**

- **sqlite-vec embeddings are an opaque BLOB.** vec0 `memory_vecs` stores
  the embedding as a blob and the Go binding ships `SerializeFloat32` but
  no deserialize. The on-disk format is plain little-endian `float32`
  (`binary.Write(buf, LittleEndian, vector)`), so `deserializeFloat32`
  reverses it with `binary.Read` at the locked dim — **byte-faithful, no
  re-embedding**. pgvector exports via `pgvector.Vector.Scan` + `.Slice()`.
- **The public `Store()` write path enforces ACL** (a global collection is
  `r`-for-all → `ErrWriteDenied`), so migrate cannot reuse it for imports.
  The new `MigrationStore.PutMemory` is **ACL-free and timestamp-
  preserving**.

**Fidelity contract (documented caveat).** Preserved exactly: collection
`created_at`, memory `ts`+`content`+embedding (byte-identical), session
`created_at`/`deleted_at`, message `created_at`/`finished_at`, event
`occurred_at`/`ts`, all ACL modes. Rewritten to migrate-time (reused
upserts stamp `now()`): `sessions.updated_at`, `tools.created_at`/
`updated_at` — acceptable "last-written" fields (tools are also re-seeded
at startup). A byte-identical `PutSession`/`PutTool` is deferred.

The new `MigrationStore` optional interface (in `store.go`, mirroring the
`SchemaInspector`/`SessionStore` convention) is exercised by the
`storetest` conformance harness on **both** backends — the round-trip
asserts the exported embedding is byte-identical, validating the sqlite LE
deserialize and the pgvector scan together. Verified end-to-end across a
`sqlite→pgvector→sqlite` hop: recall on the round-tripped file returns
`distance 0` for the exact source vector.

**Deferred to F3 M11+:** continuous-sync / daemon mode (migrate is
one-shot CLI only), cross-host federation (explicit F3 non-goal),
per-session selective log copy (selective granularity is per-collection
for memory + section toggles for the rest), and the byte-identical
`updated_at`/tool-timestamp imports noted above.

## Open questions

- **Do we ship the server inside the opencoti binary or alongside it?**
  Alongside (separate binary) is cleaner; explore a single-fat-binary
  option as an opt-in.
- **Authentication.** Local UDS owner is the user; over loopback TCP
  we need a shared secret. Default to UDS.
- **claude-hooks coexistence.** If a user runs both Claude Code (with
  claude-hooks) and opencoti (with opencoti-server) on the same host,
  the two memories should *not* collide. They use different stores
  and different schemas by default; a separate migration tool can
  bridge them if the user wants.

## Risks

- Two persistence backends doubles the test matrix. Mitigation: a
  storage trait + a shared conformance test.
- Drift from claude-hooks features. Mitigation: don't try to replicate
  feature-for-feature; replicate goals. claude-hooks remains the
  reference for Claude Code; opencoti-server can diverge where it
  makes opencoti better.