evo-memory

evo-memory is a provider-neutral evolving memory service with a Cordis plugin and a native DeepSeek Harness adapter. It recalls durable memory before model steps and reflects completed turns into structured memory afterward.

This first release is intentionally independent from Paper, Claude, and Codex.

Requirements

• Node.js 22.19 or newer
• DeepSeek Harness 0.1.x
• A configured Harness LLM provider and model for reflection and consolidation

The default store uses Node's built-in node:sqlite; no native addon compilation is required.

Install

Until the package is published, install it from a local checkout:

pnpm add /absolute/path/to/evo-memory

After publication:

pnpm add evo-memory

DeepSeek Harness configuration

For an npx-managed Harness profile, run the installer from this checkout:

./install_evo_dsps.sh

It builds the package, installs a local link through the official dsh plugin command, and activates evo-memory as a DSH bundle. The default profile is web; override it with DSH_PROFILE=tui or another profile name. The script does not edit the profile's user cordis.patch.yml.

The bundle uses deepseek-official and deepseek-v4-flash by default. Override them when launching Harness with EVO_MEMORY_PROVIDER and EVO_MEMORY_MODEL.

Manual configuration is also supported. Add both plugins after the Harness LLM and system-prompt services:

- id: evo-memory
  name: evo-memory/cordis
  config: {}

- id: evo-memory-deepseek
  name: evo-memory/deepseek
  config:
    provider: deepseek-official
    model: deepseek-chat
    recallLimit: 40
    maxContextChars: 6000
    reflect: true

# Optional: carries the Settings → Memory web panel (bare package name so the
# client-modules scan discovers the dsh.client bundle).
- id: evo-memory-web
  name: evo-memory
  config: {}

See examples/cordis.yml for a copyable fragment.

The adapter uses official Harness extension points:

• system-prompt/assemble recalls global, project, and session memories into dynamic context.
• session/event observes successful turn/end events and reflects their user, assistant, and tool activity.
• ctx.llm.stream() runs reflection and consolidation through the configured Harness model route.

Interrupted, aborted, rejected, and failed turns are not reflected.

Workspace import (.claude / .codex / .copilot / .agent / .paper)

When a session opens in a project working directory (session.header.cwd), the adapter imports the project's existing agent memory and skill files into the project scope on the first prompt assembly. The imported knowledge is then recalled like any other memory — no configuration required.

File / directory (relative to cwd)	Memory kind
CLAUDE.md, .claude/CLAUDE.md	fact
AGENTS.md, agents.md, .agent/AGENTS.md	constraint
.paper/AGENT_MEMORY.md, .paper/**/*.md	fact
.claude/commands/**/*.md, .claude/agents/**/*.md	procedure
.codex/**/*.md, .copilot/instructions/**/*.md, .copilot/prompts/**/*.md, .agent/**/*.md	constraint
.claude/skills/**/SKILL.md, .codex/skills/**/SKILL.md, .copilot/skills/**/SKILL.md, .agent/skills/**/SKILL.md, .paper/skills/**/SKILL.md, .paper/agents/skills/**/SKILL.md	skill

Each file becomes one memory item titled with its path relative to the workspace root, tagged workspace-import plus tool:<tool>, and sourced with runtime: 'workspace-import' and the absolute file path. YAML frontmatter is stripped; *.memory.md skill-experience files and empty documents are skipped.

Import is idempotent: items are upserted by (project scope, title), changed files update in place, and removed files are never deleted. A project is imported once; re-scan with force through the service API:

await ctx.evoMemory.importWorkspace('/workspace/app', { force: true })

Disable the automatic import with workspaceImport: false in the evo-memory-deepseek config.

Native Web panel (Settings → Memory)

The package ships a web client half (dsh.client + exports["./client"]) that adds a Memory page to the Harness GUI Settings section. The panel shows the memory list (kind tabs + search), the recent reflect/consolidate activity log, and actions to consolidate a scope or force a workspace re-import. It is served by the DSH client-modules mechanism at /plugins/evo-memory/client.js and needs no separate build step.

In a live conversation the composer tool row also gets an evo memory chip (left end) that keeps the evo mark visible and pulses while evo-memory is reflecting/consolidating (it polls /evo-memory/status). A small turninfo hint below the input explains that root and cwd memory are active; clicking the chip or hint opens a collapsible card in the conversation's top-right corner.

The client half is carried by a no-op Loader row named by the bare package (evo-memory-web in cordis.patch.yml): the client-modules scan discovers dsh.client packages only through bare package names, so a subpath row like evo-memory/cordis cannot carry a web client. Restart Harness after upgrading for the new boot graph to include the panel.

HTTP API (/evo-memory/*)

The cordis plugin registers a raw route prefix on the DSH web server when the webServer service is present (the /api prefix belongs to the DSH web transport, so a plugin bridge uses its own path). These endpoints are the reserved integration surface for external frontends:

Method	Path	Description
GET	/evo-memory/status	{ ok, databasePath }
GET	/evo-memory/memories	List; query scopeType, scopeId, kind (comma list), text, tags, limit
GET	/evo-memory/memories/:id	One memory or 404
GET	/evo-memory/events	Recent activity log, newest first; query limit
POST	/evo-memory/consolidate	Body { scope: { type, id? } } → consolidation result
POST	/evo-memory/import-workspace	Body { cwd, force? } → workspace import result

The web server binds loopback by default; every response is JSON. The same data backs the native Settings panel.

Default storage

With no storage configuration, the SQLite database is created at:

Platform	Path
macOS	~/Library/Application Support/evo-memory/memory.db
Linux	${XDG_DATA_HOME:-~/.local/share}/evo-memory/memory.db
Windows	%APPDATA%\evo-memory\memory.db

Override the directory with EVO_MEMORY_DATA_DIR or plugin config:

config:
  dataDir: /srv/agent-memory

Override the complete database path when needed:

config:
  databasePath: /srv/agent-memory/team-a.db

Precedence is databasePath, dataDir, EVO_MEMORY_DATA_DIR, then the platform default.

Cordis service API

The Cordis plugin registers ctx.evoMemory:

await ctx.evoMemory.remember({
  scope: { type: 'project', id: '/workspace/app' },
  kind: 'constraint',
  title: 'Verification',
  content: 'Run the full check command before reporting completion.',
})

const items = await ctx.evoMemory.recall({
  scopes: [{ type: 'project', id: '/workspace/app' }],
  text: 'verification',
})

await ctx.evoMemory.consolidate({ type: 'project', id: '/workspace/app' })

The core exports MemoryStore, ModelRunner, MemoryMaterializer, and MemoryEventSink. SQLite and DeepSeek Harness are implementations behind those interfaces, not dependencies of the memory domain model.

Memory scopes

The core supports global, user, project, session, and conversation scopes. The DeepSeek adapter currently writes completed-turn reflection to the project scope when session.header.cwd exists, otherwise to global scope. Recall combines global, project, and current session scopes.

Privacy and safety

Reflection prompts explicitly reject secrets, credentials, raw logs, guesses, and transient task state. The SQLite database remains local by default. Model-based reflection still sends the completed turn to the configured Harness model provider; disable it with reflect: false when that is not acceptable.

Materialized Markdown is deliberately not a source of truth in v1. Structured storage remains authoritative.

Project rule

This is a personal open-source project. Company identity and sensitive information — company names, brands, domains, mailboxes, employee names, internal codenames, intranet addresses, or machine absolute paths — must never appear anywhere in the repository, including built artifacts. Team attribution is "Paper team" only. The rule is enforced by scripts/iron-rule.mjs: the source tree is checked on pnpm test, and the full tree including dist/ is checked by pnpm check.

Current limitations

• Recall is deterministic SQLite filtering and ranking, without embeddings.
• Reflection runs once per successful turn; queueing and sleep consolidation are not yet included.
• Automatic consolidation scheduling is not included; call consolidate() explicitly.
• There are no Paper, Claude, Codex, MCP, remote-store, or synchronization adapters yet.
• node:sqlite is marked experimental by current Node releases even though it ships with Node 22+.

Development

pnpm install
pnpm check
pnpm pack --dry-run

The design authority is docs/reference/evo-reference.md. Open-source boundaries and storage decisions are recorded in docs/design-principles.md and docs/storage-architecture.md.