brainbank 0.1.3 → 0.1.5

package/README.md

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 BrainBank gives LLMs a long-term memory that persists between sessions.
 
-- **All-in-one** — core + code + git + docs + CLI in a single `brainbank` package
-- **Pluggable indexers** — `.use()` only what you need (code, git, docs, or custom)
-- **Dynamic collections** — `brain.collection('errors')` for any structured data
+- **Pluggable** — `.use()` only what you need: [code](#packages), [git](#packages), [docs](#packages), or [custom](docs/custom-plugins.md)
 - **Hybrid search** — vector + BM25 fused with Reciprocal Rank Fusion
-- **Pluggable embeddings** — local WASM (free) or OpenAI (higher quality)
-- **Multi-repo** — index multiple repositories into one shared database
-- **Portable** — single `.brainbank/brainbank.db` file
-- **Optional packages** — [`@brainbank/memory`](#memory) (deterministic fact extraction), [`@brainbank/reranker`](#reranker) (Qwen3 cross-encoder), [`@brainbank/mcp`](#mcp-server) (MCP server)
-
-![BrainBank Architecture](assets/architecture.png)
+- **Dynamic collections** — `brain.collection('errors')` for any structured data
+- **Pluggable embeddings** — local WASM (free), OpenAI, or Perplexity
+- **Multi-process safe** — concurrent CLI, MCP, and watch processes with automatic hot-reload
+- **Portable** — single `.brainbank/brainbank.db` SQLite file
+- **Modular** — lightweight core + optional [`@brainbank/*`](#packages) packages
 
 ---
 
-## Why BrainBank?
-
-Built for a multi-repo codebase that needed unified AI context. Zero infrastructure, zero ongoing cost.
-
-Most AI memory solutions (mem0, Zep, LangMem) require cloud services, external databases, or LLM calls just to store a memory. BrainBank takes a different approach:
-
-| | **BrainBank** | **mem0** | **Zep** | **LangMem** |
-|---|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|
-| Infrastructure | **SQLite file** | Vector DB + cloud | Neo4j + cloud | LangGraph Platform |
-| LLM required to write | **No**¹ | Yes | Yes | Yes |
-| Code-aware | **19 AST-parsed languages (tree-sitter), git, co-edits** | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
-| Custom indexers | **`.use()` plugin system** | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
-| Search | **Vector + BM25 + RRF** | Vector only | Vector + graph | Vector only |
-| Framework lock-in | **None** | Optional | Zep cloud | LangChain |
-| Portable | **Copy one file** | Tied to DB | Tied to cloud | Tied to platform |
-
-> ¹ mem0 and Zep use LLMs to auto-extract memories from raw text. BrainBank is explicit — you decide what gets stored. Less magic, more control.
-
-**In short:**
-- **Code-first** — the only memory layer that understands code structure, git history, and file co-edit relationships
-- **$0 memory bill** — no LLM calls to extract/consolidate. You store what you want, BrainBank embeds deterministically
-- **Truly portable** — `.brainbank/brainbank.db` is a normal file. Copy it, back it up, `git lfs` it
-- **No vendor lock-in** — plain TypeScript, works with any agent framework or none at all
-
-### Table of Contents
-
-- [Why BrainBank?](#why-brainbank)
-- [Installation](#installation)
-- [Quick Start](#quick-start)
-- [CLI](#cli)
-- [Programmatic API](#programmatic-api)
-  - [Indexers](#indexers)
-  - [Collections](#collections)
-  - [Search](#search)
-  - [Document Collections](#document-collections)
-  - [Context Generation](#context-generation)
-  - [Custom Indexers](#custom-indexers)
-  - [AI Agent Integration](#ai-agent-integration)
-  - [Examples](#examples)
-  - [Watch Mode](#watch-mode)
-- [MCP Server](#mcp-server)
-- [Configuration](#configuration)
-  - [Embedding Providers](#embedding-providers)
-  - [Reranker](#reranker)
-- [Memory](#memory)
-- [Multi-Repository Indexing](#multi-repository-indexing)
-- [Indexing](#indexing-1)
-  - [Incremental Indexing](#incremental-indexing)
-  - [Re-embedding](#re-embedding)
-- [Architecture](#architecture)
-  - [Search Pipeline](#search-pipeline)
-- [Benchmarks](#benchmarks)
-  - [Search Quality: AST vs Sliding Window](#search-quality-ast-vs-sliding-window)
-  - [Grammar Support](#grammar-support)
+<img src="assets/architecture.png" alt="BrainBank Architecture" width="600">
 
 ---
 
-## Installation
-
-```bash
-npm install brainbank
-```
-
-### Optional Packages
-
-| Package | When to install |
-|---------|----------------|
-| `@brainbank/memory` | Deterministic memory extraction for LLM conversations (mem0-style pipeline) |
-| `@brainbank/reranker` | Cross-encoder reranker (Qwen3-0.6B, ~640MB model) |
-| `@brainbank/mcp` | MCP server for AI tool integration |
+## Quick Start
 
 ```bash
-# Memory — automatic fact extraction & dedup for chatbots/agents
-npm install @brainbank/memory
-
-# Reranker — improves search ranking with local neural inference
-npm install @brainbank/reranker node-llama-cpp
-
-# MCP server — for Antigravity, Claude Desktop, etc.
-npm install @brainbank/mcp
+npm i -g brainbank @brainbank/code @brainbank/git @brainbank/docs
 ```
 
----
-
-## Quick Start
-
-Get semantic search over your codebase in under a minute:
-
-```typescript
-import { BrainBank } from 'brainbank';
-import { code } from 'brainbank/code';
-import { git } from 'brainbank/git';
-
-const brain = new BrainBank({ repoPath: '.' })
-  .use(code())
-  .use(git());
-
-await brain.index();  // indexes code + git history (incremental)
-
-// Search across everything
-const results = await brain.hybridSearch('authentication middleware');
-console.log(results.map(r => `${r.filePath}:${r.line} (${r.score.toFixed(2)})`));
-
-// Store agent memory
-const log = brain.collection('decisions');
-await log.add(
-  'Switched from bcrypt to argon2id for password hashing. ' +
-  'Argon2id is memory-hard and recommended by OWASP for new projects. ' +
-  'Updated src/auth/hash.ts and all tests.',
-  { tags: ['security', 'auth'] }
-);
-
-// Recall later: "what did we decide about password hashing?"
-const hits = await log.search('password hashing decision');
+> [!IMPORTANT]
+> **Node 23+ users:** `@brainbank/code` uses [tree-sitter](https://github.com/tree-sitter/node-tree-sitter) native bindings for AST parsing. On **Node 23 and 24**, V8 headers require C++20 but tree-sitter's `binding.gyp` defaults to C++17, causing the install to fail with `"C++20 or later required."`. Fix it by setting the C++ standard before install:
+>
+> ```bash
+> CXXFLAGS="-std=c++20" npm i -g brainbank
+> ```
+>
+> Node ≤22 is unaffected — prebuilt binaries are available and no compilation is needed.
 
-await brain.close();
-```
+> If you get `ERESOLVE` errors, use `npm i --legacy-peer-deps` — tree-sitter grammars have overlapping peer dep ranges.
 
-Or use the CLI — zero code:
+### CLI — zero code
 
 ```bash
-npm install -g brainbank
-brainbank index .                          # index code + git
+brainbank index .                          # scans repo → interactive select → index
+brainbank index . --yes                    # skip prompts, auto-select all
 brainbank hsearch "rate limiting"           # hybrid search
 brainbank kv add decisions "Use Redis..."   # store a memory
 brainbank kv search decisions "caching"     # recall it
 ```
 
-## CLI
-
-BrainBank can be used entirely from the command line — no config file needed.
-
-### Indexing
-
-`index` processes **code files + git history** by default. Use `--only` to select specific modules, and `--docs` to include document collections.
-
-```bash
-brainbank index [path]                      # Index code + git history
-brainbank index [path] --force              # Force re-index everything
-brainbank index [path] --depth 200          # Limit git commit depth
-brainbank index [path] --only code          # Index only code (skip git)
-brainbank index [path] --only git           # Index only git history
-brainbank index [path] --docs ~/docs        # Include a docs folder
-brainbank docs [--collection <name>]        # Index document collections
-```
-
-> **Multi-repo:** If `[path]` contains multiple Git subdirectories (no root `.git/`), BrainBank auto-detects them and indexes all into one shared DB. See [Multi-Repository Indexing](#multi-repository-indexing).
-
-### Watch Mode
-
-Auto-re-index code files when they change. Watches for file changes and re-indexes incrementally:
-
-```bash
-brainbank watch                             # Watch repo, auto re-index on save
-# ━━━ BrainBank Watch ━━━
-#   Watching /path/to/repo for changes...
-#   14:30:02 ✓ code: src/api.ts
-#   14:30:05 ✓ code: src/routes.ts
-#   14:30:08 ✓ csv: data/metrics.csv       ← custom indexer
-```
-
-> Watch mode monitors **code files** by default. [Custom indexers](#custom-indexers) that implement `watchPatterns()` and `onFileChange()` are automatically picked up — their name appears in the console output alongside the built-in `code` indexer. Git history and document collections are not affected by file-system changes and must be re-indexed explicitly with `brainbank index` / `brainbank docs`.
-
-### Document Collections
-
-```bash
-brainbank collection add <path> --name docs # Register a document folder
-brainbank collection list                   # List registered collections
-brainbank collection remove <name>          # Remove a collection
-```
-
-### Search
-
-```bash
-brainbank search <query>                    # Semantic search (vector)
-brainbank hsearch <query>                   # Hybrid search (best quality)
-brainbank ksearch <query>                   # Keyword search (BM25, instant)
-brainbank dsearch <query>                   # Document search
-```
-
-### Context
-
-```bash
-brainbank context <task>                    # Get formatted context for a task
-brainbank context add <col> <path> <desc>   # Add context metadata
-brainbank context list                      # List context metadata
-```
-
-### KV Store (dynamic collections)
-
-```bash
-brainbank kv add <coll> <content>           # Add item to a collection
-brainbank kv search <coll> <query>          # Search a collection
-brainbank kv list [coll]                    # List collections or items
-brainbank kv trim <coll> --keep <n>         # Keep only N most recent
-brainbank kv clear <coll>                   # Clear all items
-```
-
-### Utility
-
-```bash
-brainbank stats                             # Show index statistics
-brainbank reembed                           # Re-embed all vectors (provider switch)
-brainbank watch                             # Watch files, auto re-index on change
-brainbank serve                             # Start MCP server (stdio)
-```
-
-**Global options:** `--repo <path>`, `--force`, `--depth <n>`, `--collection <name>`, `--pattern <glob>`, `--context <desc>`, `--reranker <name>`
-
----
-
-## Programmatic API
-
-Use BrainBank as a library in your TypeScript/Node.js project.
-
-### Indexers
-
-BrainBank uses pluggable indexers. Register only what you need with `.use()`:
-
-| Indexer | Import | Description |
-|---------|--------|-------------|
-| `code` | `brainbank/code` | AST-aware code chunking via tree-sitter (19 languages) |
-| `git` | `brainbank/git` | Git commit history, diffs, co-edit relationships |
-| `docs` | `brainbank/docs` | Document collections (markdown, wikis) |
+### Programmatic API
 
 ```typescript
 import { BrainBank } from 'brainbank';
-import { code } from 'brainbank/code';
-import { git } from 'brainbank/git';
-import { docs } from 'brainbank/docs';
+import { code } from '@brainbank/code';
+import { git } from '@brainbank/git';
 
-// Pick only the indexers you need
 const brain = new BrainBank({ repoPath: '.' })
   .use(code())
-  .use(git())
-  .use(docs());
+  .use(git());
 
-// Index code + git (incremental — only processes changes)
 await brain.index();
 
-// Index document collections
-await brain.addCollection({ name: 'wiki', path: '~/docs', pattern: '**/*.md' });
-await brain.indexDocs();
-```
-
-### Collections
-
-Dynamic key-value collections with semantic search — the building block for agent memory:
-
-```typescript
-const decisions = brain.collection('decisions');
-
-// Store rich content (auto-embedded for vector search)
-await decisions.add(
-  'Use SQLite with WAL mode instead of PostgreSQL. Portable single-file ' +
-  'storage, works offline, zero infrastructure.',
-  { tags: ['architecture'], metadata: { files: ['src/db.ts'] } }
-);
-
-// Semantic search — finds by meaning, not keywords
-const hits = await decisions.search('why not postgres');
-// → [{ content: 'Use SQLite with WAL...', score: 0.95, tags: [...], metadata: {...} }]
-
-// Management
-decisions.list({ limit: 20 });          // newest first
-decisions.list({ tags: ['architecture'] }); // filter by tags
-decisions.count();                      // total items
-decisions.trim({ keep: 50 });           // keep N most recent
-decisions.prune({ olderThan: '30d' });  // remove older than 30 days
-brain.listCollectionNames();            // → ['decisions', ...]
-```
-
-> 📂 See [examples/collections](examples/collections/) for a complete runnable demo with cross-collection linking and metadata.
-
-### Watch Mode
-
-Auto-re-index when files change:
-
-```typescript
-// API
-const watcher = brain.watch({
-  debounceMs: 2000,
-  onIndex: (file, indexer) => console.log(`${indexer}: ${file}`),
-  onError: (err) => console.error(err.message),
-});
-
-// Later: watcher.close();
-```
-
-```bash
-# CLI
-brainbank watch
-# ━━━ BrainBank Watch ━━━
-# Watching /path/to/repo for changes...
-# 14:30:02 ✓ code: src/api.ts
-# 14:30:05 ✓ code: src/routes.ts
-```
-
-#### Custom Indexer Watch
-
-Custom indexers can hook into watch mode by implementing `onFileChange` and `watchPatterns`:
-
-```typescript
-import type { Indexer, IndexerContext } from 'brainbank';
-
-function csvIndexer(): Indexer {
-  let ctx: IndexerContext;
-
-  return {
-    name: 'csv',
-
-    async initialize(context) {
-      ctx = context;
-    },
-
-    // Tell watch which files this indexer cares about
-    watchPatterns() {
-      return ['**/*.csv', '**/*.tsv'];
-    },
-
-    // Called when a watched file changes
-    async onFileChange(filePath, event) {
-      if (event === 'delete') return true;
-
-      const data = fs.readFileSync(filePath, 'utf-8');
-      const col = ctx.collection('csv_data');
-      await col.add(data, {
-        tags: ['csv'],
-        metadata: { file: filePath },
-      });
-      return true; // handled
-    },
-  };
-}
-
-const brain = new BrainBank({ dbPath: './brain.db' })
-  .use(code())
-  .use(csvIndexer());
-
-await brain.initialize();
-brain.watch(); // Now watches .ts, .py, etc. AND .csv, .tsv
-```
-
-### Search
-
-Three modes, from fastest to best quality:
-
-| Mode | Method | Speed | Quality |
-|------|--------|-------|---------|
-| Keyword | `searchBM25(q)` | ⚡ instant | Good for exact terms |
-| Vector | `search(q)` | ~50ms | Good for concepts |
-| **Hybrid** | `hybridSearch(q)` | ~100ms | **Best — catches both** |
-
-```typescript
-// Hybrid search (recommended default)
 const results = await brain.hybridSearch('authentication middleware');
 
-// Scoped search
-const codeHits = await brain.searchCode('parse JSON config', 8);
-const commitHits = await brain.searchCommits('fix auth bug', 5);
-const docHits = await brain.searchDocs('getting started', { collection: 'wiki' });
-```
-
-| Score | Meaning |
-|-------|---------|
-| 0.8+ | Near-exact match |
-| 0.5–0.8 | Strongly related |
-| 0.3–0.5 | Somewhat related |
-| < 0.3 | Weak match |
-
-### Document Collections
-
-Register folders of documents. Files are chunked by heading structure:
-
-```typescript
-await brain.addCollection({
-  name: 'docs',
-  path: '~/project/docs',
-  pattern: '**/*.md',
-  ignore: ['**/drafts/**'],
-  context: 'Project documentation',
-});
-
-await brain.indexDocs();
-
-// Add context metadata (helps LLM understand what documents are about)
-brain.addContext('docs', '/api', 'REST API reference');
-brain.addContext('docs', '/guides', 'Step-by-step tutorials');
-```
-
-### Context Generation
-
-Get formatted markdown ready for system prompt injection:
-
-```typescript
-const context = await brain.getContext('add rate limiting to the API', {
-  codeResults: 6,
-  gitResults: 5,
-  affectedFiles: ['src/api/routes.ts'],
-  useMMR: true,
-});
-// Returns: ## Relevant Code, ## Git History, ## Relevant Documents
-```
-
-### Custom Indexers
-
-Implement the `Indexer` interface to build your own:
-
-```typescript
-import type { Indexer, IndexerContext } from 'brainbank';
-
-const myIndexer: Indexer = {
-  name: 'custom',
-  async initialize(ctx: IndexerContext) {
-    // ctx.db            — shared SQLite database
-    // ctx.embedding     — shared embedding provider
-    // ctx.collection()  — create dynamic collections
-    const store = ctx.collection('my_data');
-    await store.add('indexed content', { source: 'custom' });
-  },
-};
-
-brain.use(myIndexer);
-```
-
-#### Using custom indexers with the CLI
-
-Drop `.ts` files into `.brainbank/indexers/` — the CLI auto-discovers them:
-
-```
-.brainbank/
-├── brainbank.db
-└── indexers/
-    ├── slack.ts
-    └── jira.ts
-```
-
-Each file exports a default `Indexer`:
-
-```typescript
-// .brainbank/indexers/slack.ts
-import type { Indexer } from 'brainbank';
-
-export default {
-  name: 'slack',
-  async initialize(ctx) {
-    const msgs = ctx.collection('slack_messages');
-    // ... fetch and index slack messages
-  },
-} satisfies Indexer;
-```
-
-That's it — all CLI commands automatically pick up your indexers:
-
-```bash
-brainbank index                             # runs code + git + docs + slack + jira
-brainbank stats                             # shows all indexers
-brainbank kv search slack_messages "deploy"  # search slack data
-```
-
-#### Advanced: config file
-
-For fine-grained control, create a `.brainbank/config.ts`:
-
-```typescript
-// .brainbank/config.ts
-export default {
-  builtins: ['code', 'docs'],   // exclude git (default: all three)
-  brainbank: {                   // BrainBank constructor options
-    dbPath: '.brainbank/brain.db',
-  },
-};
-```
-
-Everything lives in `.brainbank/` — DB, config, and custom indexers:
-
-```
-.brainbank/
-├── brainbank.db        # SQLite database (auto-created)
-├── config.ts           # Optional project config
-└── indexers/           # Optional custom indexer files
-    ├── slack.ts
-    └── jira.ts
-```
-
-No folder and no config file? The CLI uses the built-in indexers (`code`, `git`, `docs`).
-
----
-
-### AI Agent Integration
-
-Teach your AI coding agent to use BrainBank as persistent memory. Add an `AGENTS.md` (or `.cursor/rules`) to your project root — works with **Antigravity**, **Claude Code**, **Cursor**, and anything that reads project-level instructions.
-
-<details>
-<summary><strong>Option A: CLI commands</strong> (zero setup)</summary>
-
-> **Memory — BrainBank**
->
-> **Store** a conversation summary after each task:
-> `brainbank kv add conversations "Refactored auth to AuthService with DI. JWT + refresh tokens + RBAC."`
->
-> **Record** architecture decisions:
-> `brainbank kv add decisions "ADR: Fastify over Express. 2x throughput, schema validation, native TS."`
->
-> **Search** before starting work:
-> `brainbank hsearch "auth middleware"` · `brainbank kv search decisions "auth"`
-
-</details>
-
-<details>
-<summary><strong>Option B: MCP tools</strong> (richer integration)</summary>
-
-> **Memory — BrainBank (MCP)**
->
-> Use the BrainBank MCP tools for persistent agent memory:
->
-> **Store** via `brainbank_kv_add`:
-> `{ collection: "conversations", content: "Refactored auth to AuthService with DI.", tags: ["auth"] }`
->
-> **Search** via `brainbank_kv_search`:
-> `{ collection: "decisions", query: "authentication approach" }`
->
-> **Code search** via `brainbank_hybrid_search`:
-> `{ query: "auth middleware", repo: "." }`
-
-</details>
-
-#### Setup
-
-| Agent | How to connect |
-|-------|---------------|
-| **Antigravity** | Add `AGENTS.md` to project root |
-| **Claude Code** | Add `AGENTS.md` to project root |
-| **Cursor** | Add rules in `.cursor/rules` |
-| **MCP** (any agent) | See [MCP Server](#mcp-server) config below |
-
-#### Custom Indexer: Auto-Ingest Conversation Logs
-
-For agents that produce structured logs (e.g. Antigravity's `brain/` directory), auto-index them:
-
-```typescript
-// .brainbank/indexers/conversations.ts
-import type { Indexer, IndexerContext } from 'brainbank';
-import * as fs from 'node:fs';
-import * as path from 'node:path';
-
-export default {
-  name: 'conversations',
-  async initialize(ctx: IndexerContext) {
-    const conversations = ctx.collection('conversations');
-    const logsDir = path.join(ctx.repoPath, '.gemini/antigravity/brain');
-    if (!fs.existsSync(logsDir)) return;
-
-    for (const dir of fs.readdirSync(logsDir)) {
-      const file = path.join(logsDir, dir, '.system_generated/logs/overview.txt');
-      if (!fs.existsSync(file)) continue;
-      const content = fs.readFileSync(file, 'utf-8');
-      if (content.length < 100) continue;
-      await conversations.add(content, {
-        tags: ['auto'],
-        metadata: { session: dir, source: 'antigravity' },
-      });
-    }
-  },
-} satisfies Indexer;
-```
-
-```bash
-brainbank index   # now auto-indexes conversation logs alongside code + git
-brainbank kv search conversations "what did we decide about auth"
-```
-
-### Examples
-
-| Example | Description | Run |
-|---------|-------------|-----|
-| [chatbot](examples/chatbot/) | CLI chatbot with streaming + persistent memory (context injection + function calling) | `OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-... npx tsx examples/chatbot/chatbot.ts` |
-| [collections](examples/collections/) | Collections, semantic search, tags, metadata linking | `npx tsx examples/collections/collections.ts` |
-
----
-
-## MCP Server
-
-BrainBank ships with an MCP server (stdio) for AI tool integration.
-
-```bash
-brainbank serve
-```
-
-### Antigravity / Claude Desktop
-
-Add to your MCP config (`~/.gemini/antigravity/mcp_config.json` or Claude Desktop settings):
-
-```json
-{
-  "mcpServers": {
-    "brainbank": {
-      "command": "npx",
-      "args": ["-y", "@brainbank/mcp"],
-      "env": {
-        "BRAINBANK_EMBEDDING": "openai"
-      }
-    }
-  }
-}
-```
-
-The agent passes the `repo` parameter on each tool call based on the active workspace — no hardcoded paths needed.
-
-> Set `BRAINBANK_EMBEDDING` to `openai` for higher quality search (requires `OPENAI_API_KEY`). Omit to use the free local WASM embeddings.
-
-> Optionally set `BRAINBANK_REPO` as a default fallback repo. If omitted, every tool call must include the `repo` parameter (recommended for multi-workspace setups).
-
-### Available Tools
-
-| Tool | Description |
-|------|-------------|
-| `brainbank_hybrid_search` | Best quality: vector + BM25 + reranker |
-| `brainbank_search` | Semantic vector search |
-| `brainbank_keyword_search` | Instant BM25 full-text |
-| `brainbank_context` | Formatted context for a task |
-| `brainbank_index` | Trigger code/git indexing |
-| `brainbank_stats` | Index statistics |
-| `brainbank_history` | Git history for a file |
-| `brainbank_coedits` | Files that change together |
-| `brainbank_collection_add` | Add item to a KV collection |
-| `brainbank_collection_search` | Search a KV collection |
-| `brainbank_collection_trim` | Trim a KV collection |
-
----
-
-## Configuration
-
-```typescript
-import { BrainBank, OpenAIEmbedding } from 'brainbank';
-import { Qwen3Reranker } from '@brainbank/reranker';  // separate package
-
-const brain = new BrainBank({
-  repoPath: '.',
-  dbPath: '.brainbank/brainbank.db',
-  gitDepth: 500,
-  maxFileSize: 512_000,
-  embeddingDims: 1536,
-  maxElements: 2_000_000,
-  embeddingProvider: new OpenAIEmbedding(),   // or: omit for free local WASM (384d)
-  reranker: new Qwen3Reranker(),              // local cross-encoder (auto-downloads ~640MB)
-});
-```
-
-### Embedding Providers
-
-| Provider | Import | Dims | Speed | Cost |
-|----------|--------|------|-------|------|
-| **Local (default)** | built-in | 384 | ⚡ 0ms | Free |
-| **OpenAI** | `OpenAIEmbedding` | 1536 | ~100ms | $0.02/1M tokens |
-
-```typescript
-import { OpenAIEmbedding } from 'brainbank';
-
-// Uses OPENAI_API_KEY env var by default
-new OpenAIEmbedding();
-
-// Custom options
-new OpenAIEmbedding({
-  model: 'text-embedding-3-large',
-  dims: 512,                          // custom dims (text-embedding-3 only)
-  apiKey: 'sk-...',
-  baseUrl: 'https://my-proxy.com/v1/embeddings',  // Azure, proxies
-});
-```
-
-> ⚠️ Switching embedding provider requires re-indexing — vectors are not cross-compatible.
-
-### Reranker
-
-BrainBank includes an optional cross-encoder reranker using **Qwen3-Reranker-0.6B** via `node-llama-cpp`. It runs 100% locally — no API keys needed. The reranker is **disabled by default**.
-
-#### When to Use It
-
-The reranker runs local neural inference on every search result, which improves ranking precision but adds significant latency. Here are real benchmarks on a ~2100 file / 4000+ chunk codebase:
-
-| Metric | Without Reranker | With Reranker |
-|--------|-----------------|---------------|
-| **Warm query time** | ~480ms | ~5500ms |
-| **Cold start** | ~7s | ~12s |
-| **Memory overhead** | — | +640MB (model) |
-| **Ranking quality** | Good (RRF) | Slightly better |
-
-**Recommended:** Leave it disabled for interactive use (MCP, IDE integrations). The RRF fusion of vector + BM25 already produces high-quality results. Enable it only for:
-
-- Batch processing where latency doesn't matter
-- Very large codebases (50k+ files) where false positives are costly
-- Server environments with RAM to spare
-
-#### Enabling the Reranker
-
-```typescript
-import { BrainBank } from 'brainbank';
-import { Qwen3Reranker } from '@brainbank/reranker';
-
-const brain = new BrainBank({
-  reranker: new Qwen3Reranker(),  // ~640MB model, auto-downloaded on first use
-});
-```
-
-Or from the CLI:
-
-```bash
-brainbank hsearch "auth middleware" --reranker qwen3
-```
-
-Or via environment variable:
-
-```bash
-BRAINBANK_RERANKER=qwen3 brainbank serve
-```
-
-The model is cached at `~/.cache/brainbank/models/` after first download.
-
-#### Position-Aware Score Blending
-
-When enabled, the reranker uses position-aware blending — trusting retrieval scores more for top results and the reranker more for lower-ranked results:
-
-| Position | Retrieval (RRF) | Reranker | Rationale |
-|----------|----------------|----------|----------|
-| 1–3 | **75%** | 25% | Preserves exact keyword matches |
-| 4–10 | **60%** | 40% | Balanced blend |
-| 11+ | 40% | **60%** | Trust reranker for uncertain results |
-
-#### Custom Reranker
-
-Implement the `Reranker` interface to use your own:
-
-```typescript
-import type { Reranker } from 'brainbank';
+const log = brain.collection('decisions');
+await log.add('Switched to argon2id for password hashing', { tags: ['security'] });
 
-const myReranker: Reranker = {
-  async rank(query: string, documents: string[]): Promise<number[]> {
-    // Return relevance scores 0.0-1.0 for each document
-  },
-  async close() { /* optional cleanup */ },
-};
+brain.close();
 ```
 
-Without a reranker, BrainBank uses pure RRF fusion — which is already production-quality for most use cases.
-
 ---
 
-## Memory
+## Packages
 
-`@brainbank/memory` adds **deterministic memory extraction** to any LLM conversation. After every turn, it automatically extracts facts, deduplicates against existing memories, and decides `ADD` / `UPDATE` / `NONE` — no function calling needed.
+`brainbank` is the core framework — strictly plugin-agnostic. Plugins are separate `@brainbank/*` packages that own their database schema, search strategies, and context formatting. Install only what you need:
 
-Inspired by [mem0](https://github.com/mem0ai/mem0)'s pipeline, but framework-agnostic and built on BrainBank collections.
+### Indexer Plugins
 
-```bash
-npm install @brainbank/memory
-```
+Data sources that feed into BrainBank's hybrid search engine. Each plugin manages its own tables via the built-in migration system.
 
-```typescript
-import { BrainBank } from 'brainbank';
-import { Memory, OpenAIProvider } from '@brainbank/memory';
-
-const brain = new BrainBank({ dbPath: './memory.db' });
-await brain.initialize();
-
-const memory = new Memory(brain.collection('memories'), {
-  llm: new OpenAIProvider({ model: 'gpt-4.1-nano' }),
-});
-
-// After every conversation turn (deterministic, automatic)
-await memory.process(userMessage, assistantResponse);
-// → extracts facts, deduplicates, executes ADD/UPDATE/NONE
-
-// For the system prompt
-const context = memory.buildContext();
-// → "## Memories\n- User's name is Berna\n- Prefers TypeScript"
-```
-
-The `LLMProvider` interface works with any framework:
-
-| Framework | Adapter |
-|-----------|--------|
-| OpenAI | Built-in `OpenAIProvider` |
-| LangChain | `ChatOpenAI.invoke()` → string |
-| Vercel AI SDK | `generateText()` → string |
-| Any LLM | Implement `{ generate(messages) → string }` |
+| Package | Description | Install |
+|---------|-------------|----------|
+| [`@brainbank/code`](packages/code/) | AST chunking, import graph, symbol index (20 languages) | `npm i @brainbank/code` |
+| [`@brainbank/git`](packages/git/) | Git history indexing + co-edit analysis | `npm i @brainbank/git` |
+| [`@brainbank/docs`](packages/docs/) | Document collection search with smart chunking | `npm i @brainbank/docs` |
 
-> 📂 See [examples/chatbot](examples/chatbot/) for runnable demos with all three frameworks.
-
-> 📦 Full docs: [packages/memory/README.md](packages/memory/README.md)
-
----
+### Integrations
 
-### Environment Variables
+Extensions that connect BrainBank to external tools and workflows.
 
-| Variable | Description |
-|----------|-------------|
-| `BRAINBANK_REPO` | Default repository path (optional — auto-detected from `.git/` or passed per tool call) |
-| `BRAINBANK_EMBEDDING` | Embedding provider: `local` (default), `openai` |
-| `BRAINBANK_RERANKER` | Reranker: `none` (default), `qwen3` to enable |
-| `BRAINBANK_DEBUG` | Show full stack traces |
-| `OPENAI_API_KEY` | Required when using `BRAINBANK_EMBEDDING=openai` |
+| Package | Description | Install |
+|---------|-------------|----------|
+| [`@brainbank/mcp`](packages/mcp/) | MCP server for Antigravity, Claude, Cursor (read-only, 2 tools) | `npm i @brainbank/mcp` |
 
 ---
 
-## Multi-Repository Indexing
-
-BrainBank can index multiple repositories into a **single shared database**. This is useful for monorepos, microservices, or any project split across multiple Git repositories.
-
-### How It Works
-
-When you point BrainBank at a directory that contains multiple Git repositories (subdirectories with `.git/`), the CLI **auto-detects** them and creates namespaced indexers:
-
-```bash
-~/projects/
-├── webapp-frontend/   # .git/
-├── webapp-backend/    # .git/
-└── webapp-shared/     # .git/
-```
-
-```bash
-brainbank index ~/projects --depth 200
-```
-
-```
-━━━ BrainBank Index ━━━
-  Repo: /Users/you/projects
-  Multi-repo: found 3 git repos: webapp-frontend, webapp-backend, webapp-shared
-  CODE:WEBAPP-BACKEND [0/1075] ...
-  CODE:WEBAPP-FRONTEND [0/719] ...
-  GIT:WEBAPP-SHARED [0/200] ...
-
-  Code: 2107 indexed, 4084 chunks
-  Git:  600 indexed (200 per repo)
-  Co-edit pairs: 1636
-```
-
-All code, git history, and co-edit relationships from every sub-repository go into **one** `.brainbank/brainbank.db` at the parent directory. Search queries automatically return results across all repositories:
-
-```bash
-brainbank hsearch "cancel job confirmation" --repo ~/projects
-# → Results from frontend components, backend controllers,
-#   and shared utilities — all in one search.
-```
-
-### Namespaced Indexers
-
-Each sub-repository gets its own namespaced indexer instances (e.g., `code:frontend`, `git:backend`). Same-type indexers share a single HNSW vector index for efficient memory usage and unified search.
-
-### Programmatic API
-
-```typescript
-import { BrainBank } from 'brainbank';
-import { code } from 'brainbank/code';
-import { git } from 'brainbank/git';
-
-const brain = new BrainBank({ repoPath: '~/projects' })
-  .use(code({ name: 'code:frontend', repoPath: '~/projects/webapp-frontend' }))
-  .use(code({ name: 'code:backend', repoPath: '~/projects/webapp-backend' }))
-  .use(git({ name: 'git:frontend', repoPath: '~/projects/webapp-frontend' }))
-  .use(git({ name: 'git:backend', repoPath: '~/projects/webapp-backend' }));
-
-await brain.initialize();
-await brain.index();
-
-// Cross-repo search
-const results = await brain.hybridSearch('authentication guard');
-// → Results from both frontend and backend
-```
-
-### MCP Multi-Workspace
-
-The MCP server maintains a pool of BrainBank instances — one per unique `repo` path. Each tool call can target a different workspace:
-
-```typescript
-// Agent working in one workspace
-brainbank_hybrid_search({ query: "login form", repo: "/Users/you/projects" })
-
-// Agent switches to a different project
-brainbank_hybrid_search({ query: "API routes", repo: "/Users/you/other-project" })
-```
-
-Instances are cached in memory after first initialization, so subsequent queries to the same repo are fast (~480ms).
+## Documentation
+
+| Guide | Description |
+|-------|-------------|
+| **[Getting Started](docs/getting-started.md)** | Installation, quick start, first search |
+| **[CLI Reference](docs/cli.md)** | Complete command reference |
+| **[Plugins](docs/plugins.md)** | Built-in plugins overview + configuration |
+| **[Collections](docs/collections.md)** | Dynamic KV store with semantic search |
+| **[Search](docs/search.md)** | Hybrid search, scoped queries, context generation |
+| **[Custom Plugins](docs/custom-plugins.md)** | Build plugins + publish as npm packages |
+| **[Configuration](docs/config.md)** | `.brainbank/config.json`, env vars |
+| **[Embeddings, Reranker & Pruner](docs/embeddings.md)** | Providers, benchmarks, per-plugin overrides, LLM noise filter |
+| **[Multi-Repo](docs/multi-repo.md)** | Index multiple repositories into one DB |
+| **[MCP Server](docs/mcp.md)** | AI tool integration (stdio), `mcp:export` setup |
+| **[Indexing](docs/indexing.md)** | Code graph, incremental indexing, re-embedding |
+| **[Migrations](docs/migrations.md)** | Plugin schema migrations, built-in schemas |
+| **[Architecture](docs/architecture.md)** | System internals, data flows, design patterns |
 
 ---
 
-## Indexing
-
-### Code Chunking (tree-sitter)
-
-BrainBank uses **native tree-sitter** to parse source code into ASTs and extract semantic blocks — functions, classes, methods, interfaces — as individual chunks. This produces dramatically better embeddings than naive line-based splitting.
-
-**Supported languages (AST-parsed):**
-
-| Category | Languages |
-|----------|-----------|
-| Web | TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML, CSS |
-| Systems | Go, Rust, C, C++, Swift |
-| JVM | Java, Kotlin, Scala |
-| Scripting | Python, Ruby, PHP, Lua, Bash, Elixir |
-| .NET | C# |
-
-For large classes (>80 lines), the chunker descends into the class body and extracts each method as a separate chunk. For unsupported languages, it falls back to a sliding window with overlap.
-
-> Tree-sitter grammars are **optional dependencies**. If a grammar isn't installed, that language falls back to the generic sliding window. Install only the grammars you need: `npm install tree-sitter-ruby tree-sitter-go` etc.
-
-### Incremental Indexing
-
-All indexing is **incremental by default** — only new or changed content is processed:
-
-| Indexer | How it detects changes | What gets skipped |
-|---------|----------------------|-------------------|
-| **Code** | FNV-1a hash of file content | Unchanged files |
-| **Git** | Unique commit hash | Already-indexed commits |
-| **Docs** | SHA-256 of file content | Unchanged documents |
-
-```typescript
-// First run: indexes everything
-await brain.index();  // → { indexed: 500, skipped: 0 }
-
-// Second run: skips everything unchanged
-await brain.index();  // → { indexed: 0, skipped: 500 }
-
-// Changed 1 file? Only that file re-indexes
-await brain.index();  // → { indexed: 1, skipped: 499 }
-```
-
-Use `--force` to re-index everything:
-
-```bash
-brainbank index --force
-```
-
-### Re-embedding
-
-When switching embedding providers (e.g. Local → OpenAI), you **don't need to re-index**. The `reembed()` method regenerates only the vectors — no file I/O, no git parsing, no re-chunking:
-
-```typescript
-import { BrainBank, OpenAIEmbedding } from 'brainbank';
-
-// Previously indexed with local embeddings.
-// Now switch to OpenAI:
-const brain = new BrainBank({
-  embeddingProvider: new OpenAIEmbedding(),
-});
-await brain.initialize();
-
-// ⚠ BrainBank emits 'warning' event if provider changed.
-brain.on('warning', (w) => console.warn(w.message));
-// → "Embedding provider changed (LocalEmbedding/384 → OpenAIEmbedding/1536). Run brain.reembed()"
-
-const result = await brain.reembed({
-  onProgress: (table, current, total) => {
-    console.log(`${table}: ${current}/${total}`);
-  },
-});
-// → { code: 1200, git: 500, docs: 80, kv: 45, notes: 12, total: 1837 }
-```
-
-Or from the CLI:
-
-```bash
-brainbank reembed
-```
+## Examples
 
-| Full re-index | `reembed()` |
-|---|---|
-| Walks all files | **Skipped** |
-| Parses git history | **Skipped** |
-| Re-chunks documents | **Skipped** |
-| Embeds text | ✓ |
-| Replaces vectors | ✓ |
-| Rebuilds HNSW | ✓ |
+| Example | Description |
+|---------|-------------|
+| [notes-plugin](examples/notes-plugin/) | Programmatic plugin — reads `.txt` files |
+| [custom-plugin](examples/custom-plugin/) | CLI auto-discovery plugin |
+| [custom-package](examples/custom-package/) | Standalone npm package scaffold |
+| [collection](examples/collection/) | Collections, search, tags, metadata |
+| [rag](examples/rag/) | RAG chatbot — docs retrieval + generation ¹ |
 
-> BrainBank tracks provider metadata in `embedding_meta` table. It auto-detects mismatches and warns you to run `reembed()`.
+> ¹ Requires `OPENAI_API_KEY`. RAG also requires `PERPLEXITY_API_KEY`.
 
 ---
 
 ## Benchmarks
 
-BrainBank includes benchmark scripts to validate chunking quality and search relevance. Run them against your own codebase to see the impact.
-
-### Search Quality: AST vs Sliding Window
-
-We compared BrainBank's **tree-sitter AST chunker** against the traditional **sliding window** (80-line blocks) on a production NestJS backend (3,753 lines across 8 service files). Both strategies chunk the same files; all chunks are embedded and searched with the same 10 domain-specific queries.
-
-#### How It Works
-
-```
-Sliding Window                          Tree-Sitter AST
-┌────────────────────┐                  ┌────────────────────┐
-│ import { ... }     │                  │ ✓ constructor()    │  → named chunk
-│ @Injectable()      │  → L1-80 block   │ ✓ findAll()        │  → named chunk
-│ class JobsService {│                  │ ✓ createJob()      │  → named chunk
-│   constructor()    │                  │ ✓ cancelJob()      │  → named chunk
-│   findAll() { ... }│                  │ ✓ updateStatus()   │  → named chunk
-│   createJob()      │                  └────────────────────┘
-│   ...              │
-│ ────────────────── │  overlaps ↕
-│   cancelJob()      │  → L75-155 block
-│   updateStatus()   │
-│   ...              │
-└────────────────────┘
-```
-
-**Sliding window** mixes imports, constructors, and multiple methods into one embedding. Search for "cancel a job" and you get a generic block.
-**AST chunking** gives each method its own embedding. Search for "cancel a job" → direct hit on `cancelJob()`.
-
-#### Results (Production NestJS Backend — 3,753 lines)
-
-Tested with 10 domain-specific queries on 8 service files (`orders.service.ts`, `bookings.service.ts`, `notifications.service.ts`, etc.):
-
-| Metric | Sliding Window | Tree-Sitter AST |
-|--------|:-:|:-:|
-| **Query Wins** | 0/10 | **8/10** (2 ties) |
-| **Top-1 Relevant** | 3/10 | **8/10** |
-| **Avg Precision@3** | 1.1/3 | **1.7/3** |
-| **Avg Score Delta** | — | **+0.035** |
+Early benchmarks on Apple Silicon — single SQLite file, no external vector DB.
 
-#### Per-Query Breakdown
+| Benchmark | Corpus | Metric | Score |
+|-----------|--------|--------|:-----:|
+| [BEIR SciFact](https://github.com/beir-cellar/beir) | 5,183 scientific abstracts, 300 queries | NDCG@10 | **0.761** |
+| Custom RAG eval | 127 Pinecall.io docs, 20 queries — 1 miss | R@5 | **83%** |
 
-| Query | SW Top Result | AST Top Result | Δ Score |
-|-------|:---:|:---:|:---:|
-| cancel an order | generic `L451-458` | **`updateOrderStatus`** | +0.005 |
-| create a booking | generic `L451-458` | **`createInstantBooking`** | +0.068 |
-| confirm booking | generic `L451-458` | **`confirm`** | +0.034 |
-| send notification | generic `L226-305` | **`publishNotificationEvent`** | +0.034 |
-| authenticate JWT | generic `L1-80` | **`AuthModule`** | +0.032 |
-| tenant DB connection | `L76-155` | **`onModuleDestroy`** | +0.037 |
-| list orders paginated | `L76-155` | **`findAllActive`** | +0.045 |
-| reject booking | generic `L451-458` | **`reject`** | +0.090 |
+**Pipeline progression** — each stage's impact on the custom eval:
 
-> Notice how the sliding window returns the **same generic block `L451-458`** for 4 different queries. The AST chunker returns a different, correctly named method each time.
+| Stage | R@5 | Δ |
+|-------|:---:|---|
+| Vector-only (HNSW) | 57% | — |
+| + BM25 → RRF | 78% | +21pp |
+| + Qwen3 reranker | 83% | +5pp |
 
-#### Chunk Quality Comparison
+> More benchmarks (code+graph retrieval, large-scale stress tests, multi-provider comparisons) are in progress.
+> Full methodology and reproduction commands → [docs/benchmarks.md](docs/benchmarks.md)
 
-| | Sliding Window | Tree-Sitter AST |
-|---|:-:|:-:|
-| Total chunks | 53 | **83** |
-| Avg lines/chunk | 75 | **39** |
-| Named chunks | 0 | **83** (100%) |
-| Chunk types | `block` | `method`, `interface`, `class` |
+## Contributing
 
-### Grammar Support
-
-All 9 core grammars verified, each parsing in **<0.05ms**:
-
-| Language | AST Nodes Extracted | Parse Time |
-|----------|:---:|:---:|
-| TypeScript | `export_statement`, `interface_declaration` | 0.04ms |
-| JavaScript | `function_declaration` × 3 | 0.04ms |
-| Python | `class_definition`, `function_definition` × 2 | 0.03ms |
-| Go | `function_declaration`, `method_declaration` × 3 | 0.04ms |
-| Rust | `struct_item`, `impl_item`, `function_item` | 0.03ms |
-| Ruby | `class`, `method` | 0.03ms |
-| Java | `class_declaration` | 0.02ms |
-| C | `function_definition` × 3 | 0.05ms |
-| PHP | `class_declaration` | 0.03ms |
-
-> Additional grammars available: C++, Swift, C#, Kotlin, Scala, Lua, Elixir, Bash, HTML, CSS
-
-### Running Benchmarks
-
-```bash
-# Grammar support (9 languages, parse speed)
-node test/benchmarks/grammar-support.mjs
-
-# Search quality A/B (uses BrainBank's own source files)
-node test/benchmarks/search-quality.mjs
-```
-
----
-
-## Architecture
-
-<details>
-<summary>Text version</summary>
-
-```
-┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
-│                   BrainBank Core                     │
-│  .use(code)  .use(git)  .use(docs)                   │
-│  .collection('name')                                 │
-├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
-│                                                      │
-│  ┌─────────┐ ┌─────────┐ ┌─────────┐ ┌────────────┐│
-│  │  Code   │ │   Git   │ │  Docs   │ │ Collection ││
-│  │ Indexer │ │ Indexer │ │ Indexer │ │ (dynamic)  ││
-│  └────┬────┘ └────┬────┘ └────┬────┘ └─────┬──────┘│
-│       │           │           │             │        │
-│  ┌────▼────┐ ┌────▼────┐ ┌────▼────┐ ┌─────▼──────┐│
-│  │  HNSW   │ │  HNSW   │ │  HNSW   │ │ Shared KV  ││
-│  │  Index  │ │  Index  │ │  Index  │ │ HNSW Index ││
-│  └─────────┘ └─────────┘ └─────────┘ └────────────┘│
-│                                                      │
-│  ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐│
-│  │         SQLite (.brainbank/brainbank.db)         ││
-│  │  code_chunks │ git_commits │ doc_chunks          ││
-│  │  kv_data │ FTS5 full-text │ vectors │ co_edits   ││
-│  └──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘│
-│                                                      │
-│  ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐│
-│  │  Embedding (Local WASM 384d │ OpenAI 1536d)      ││
-│  └──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘│
-│  ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐│
-│  │  Qwen3-Reranker (opt-in cross-encoder)            ││
-│  └──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘│
-└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-```
-</details>
-
-### Search Pipeline
-
-```
-Query
-  │
-  ├──► Vector Search (HNSW k-NN)  ──► candidates
-  ├──► Keyword Search (BM25/FTS5)  ──► candidates
-  │
-  ▼
-Reciprocal Rank Fusion (RRF, k=60)
-  │
-  ▼
-Qwen3-Reranker (yes/no + logprobs → score 0-1)
-  │
-  ▼
-Position-Aware Blend
-  Top 1-3:  75% RRF / 25% reranker
-  Top 4-10: 60% RRF / 40% reranker
-  Top 11+:  40% RRF / 60% reranker
-  │
-  ▼
-Final results (sorted by blended score)
-```
-
-### Data Flow
-
-1. **Index** — Indexers parse files into chunks (tree-sitter AST for code, heading-based for docs)
-2. **Embed** — Each chunk gets a vector (local WASM or OpenAI)
-3. **Store** — Chunks + vectors → SQLite, vectors → HNSW index
-4. **Search** — Query → HNSW k-NN + BM25 keyword → RRF fusion → optional reranker
-5. **Context** — Top results formatted as markdown for system prompts
-
----
-
-## Testing
-
-```bash
-npm test                    # Unit tests (129 tests)
-npm test -- --integration   # Full suite (211 tests, includes real models + all domains)
-npm test -- --filter code   # Filter by test name
-npm test -- --verbose       # Show assertion details
-```
-
----
+See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) for development setup and guidelines.
 
 ## License
 
-MIT
+[MIT](LICENSE)