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CortexDB's managed API extracts facts and rebuilds a scope's beliefs on its own shortly after each write, so the build jobs the lifecycle queued after every N turns and every brain ingest only re-ran a full scope rebuild. - tinymemory-api: add `Consolidation::Automatic`. An explicit `consolidate` still builds and answers as `OnDemand` does; the conformance suite holds it to that, and `ReferenceEngine::with_consolidation` lets a host test it. - tinymemory-integrations: a direct engine declares `Automatic` when its endpoint is the managed API and `OnDemand` anywhere else (self-hosted CortexDB builds in the background only when its operator turns the layer scheduler on). `CortexEngine::with_consolidation` and `EngineSettings::consolidation` override it; the TinyHumans wire stays `Scheduled`. The choice is made in one place, `direct_consolidation`, so a server-reported signal can replace the endpoint check later. - tinymemory-tools: `post_turn` and `Brain::ingest`/`ingest_many` hand back no build on an `Automatic` engine. `Brain::build` (new) and `AgentMemory::history_build` still ask for one at any time. Breaking: `Ingested::job` is now `Option<BackgroundJob>`, and `Consolidation` gains a variant.
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Completeness: Complete What changedThis pull request adds a new `Consolidation::Automatic` mode to the consolidation contract. `Consolidation::Automatic` declares that an engine rebuilds beliefs on its own shortly after each write; an explicit `consolidate` still runs a build at once and answers as `Consolidation::OnDemand` does. The reference engine gained `ReferenceEngine::with_consolidation` and its `consolidate` now answers according to its declared consolidation (`None` refuses with `Unsupported`, `Scheduled` only acknowledges, `OnDemand`/`Automatic` build at once). The conformance suite's `answers_as_promised` now accepts `Automatic` alongside `OnDemand`, refusing a merely-acknowledged receipt. On the CortexDB side, the direct engine derives its default consolidation from the endpoint via the new `direct_consolidation` helper: `Automatic` on the managed API (`CORTEX_API_ENDPOINT`) and `OnDemand` elsewhere; `CortexEngine::with_consolidation` overrides it and refuses modes the wire cannot serve. Configuration gained an optional `EngineSettings::consolidation` override applied by `build_engine`. In the tools crate, a `builds_on_its_own` helper suppresses belief-build jobs on automatic engines: `Brain::ingest` now returns `Ingested::job` as `Option<BackgroundJob>` (a breaking change), `Brain::ingest_many` returns no jobs, and `AgentMemory::post_turn` returns no turn build regardless of `RecallPolicy::build_beliefs_every`; `Brain::build` and `AgentMemory::history_build` remain explicit refreshes. Docs were updated across the lifecycle architecture, integration, and agent-memory spec. Features
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Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~30 minutes Change: Feature Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
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🟡 Minor · Update both documents for optional ingestion jobs. · integration.md:183
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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winUpdate both documents for optional ingestion jobs. Automatic engines return no ingestion build job, but both documents still treat one as guaranteed.
docs/integration.md#L183-L183: pushingested.jobonly when it isSome, so the laterrunner.runreceives aBackgroundJob.docs/specs/agent-memory.md#L187-L187: specify that single and batch ingestion omit build jobs for Automatic engines.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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… live - `ReferenceEngine::consolidate` honours `with_consolidation`: `None` refuses as `Unsupported`, `Scheduled` only acknowledges, `OnDemand` and `Automatic` build. The conformance suite now passes for all four. - live_cortex_lifecycle: an engine configured with `consolidation = "automatic"` through the registry queues no build after an ingest or a turn, while `Brain::build` and `history_build` still reach `v1/beliefs/build` on the real server. - docs: an ingest's job is optional (`integration.md` example, `agent-memory.md` spec).
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- live_cortex_lifecycle: after an ingest on an Automatic engine, with no build requested, poll CortexDB's v1/derivation/status until the scope's last build is no older than its last write: the harness server's layer scheduler rebuilt it on its own. - ReferenceEngine::with_consolidation: say that the in-memory engine has no background builder and builds only when asked, and why it does not build on every write (its beliefs are ordinary items, which every read would then return).
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The derivation-status poll now needs last_built_at strictly after last_write_at (the scope is unique to the run, so that write is the test's own), and every request is bounded by the time left, so a stalled server cannot hold the poll past its deadline.
Summary
CortexDB's managed API (
api-v1.cortexdb.ai) extracts facts and rebuilds a scope's beliefs on its own within about a minute of a write. The lifecycle still queued aBuildBeliefsjob everybuild_beliefs_everyturns and after every brain ingest, so on the managed API each queued job only re-ran a full rebuild of the scope. This addsConsolidation::Automaticand stops handing those jobs back on an engine that declares it. An explicit build ("refresh now") still works in every mode.Related issue
None. This follows a scoping review with the CortexDB team: on hosted, belief builds need no trigger, and
POST /v1/beliefs/buildis only for "refresh right now".API or behavior changes
Breaking:
tinymemory_tools::Ingested::jobis nowOption<BackgroundJob>. It isNoneon anAutomaticengine.tinymemory_api::ConsolidationgainsAutomatic. An exhaustivematchon it needs an arm.Additive:
CortexEngine::with_consolidation,EngineSettings::consolidation(TOMLconsolidation = "automatic"),Brain::build, andReferenceEngine::with_consolidation(conformance feature).Behaviour:
cortexdbengine declaresAutomaticwhen its endpoint origin ishttps://api-v1.cortexdb.ai, andOnDemandanywhere else. Self-hosted CortexDB builds beliefs in the background only when its operator setsCORTEX_V1_LAYERS_AUTO=1, which is off by default.cortexdb_descriptor()describes its default endpoint, so it now reportsAutomatic.tinyhumansstaysScheduled, unchanged.Automaticengine gets no build job frompost_turn,Brain::ingestorBrain::ingest_many.Brain::buildandAgentMemory::history_buildstill hand one back, and running it still POSTsv1/beliefs/build.descriptor::direct_consolidation. If CortexDB confirms a server-side signal (for example derivation status), it can replace the endpoint check there. This PR deliberately does not auto-detect.Validation
GitHub CI also runs on this PR. Every command below was run locally from the repository root, with a target dir of this worktree's own; at f0f88a6 that is 1069 tests with all features and 382 with default features.
cargo fmt --all -- --check: okcargo clippy --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings: okcargo build --all-targets --all-features: okcargo test --all-features: ok, all suites passcargo test(default features): okRUSTDOCFLAGS="-D warnings" cargo doc --no-deps --all-features: okcargo run -p tinymemory-integrations --example basic: okcargo llvm-cov --all-features --workspace … --fail-under-lines 80: ok, 93.71% linescargo hack --feature-powerset --depth 2 --workspace check --all-targets: ok, 47/47Revert-checks: with each guard removed in turn (the
post_turncheck, theBrain::ingestcheck, the endpoint default), its new tests fail. They pass again with the guard restored.The live tests (
live_*) run in the "CortexDB live" CI job againstcortexdb/cortexdb:v0.10.4; they were not run locally.live_cortex_lifecyclenow asksBrain::buildexplicitly when an ingest returns no job. A new live test,live_an_automatic_engine_queues_no_builds_but_still_builds_on_request, configuresconsolidation = "automatic"through the registry against that server. It asserts no build job after an ingest or a turn, and thatBrain::buildandhistory_buildstill reachv1/beliefs/build.Tests
Automaticserde round-trip;AutomaticacceptsStarted/Completedand rejects a bareScheduledacknowledgement;ReferenceEngine::with_consolidation(..)for every mode (None,OnDemand,Scheduled,Automatic); the reference engine now consolidates as it declares.http);with_consolidationrefusals per wire;Automaticengine sends exactly onePOST /v1/beliefs/build;EngineSettings::consolidation;post_turnhands back no job underAutomaticwhile still logging, andhistory_buildstill runs;ingest/ingest_manyhand back no jobs, andBrain::buildstill runs toDone.Documentation
docs/specs/agent-memory.md,docs/architecture/lifecycle.md,docs/integration.md,crates/tinymemory-integrations/src/cortex/README.md, plus rustdoc on every new item.Checklist
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