Journal 2026-08-13

Session: joined soul.demarkus.io, bound this repo, bootstrapped workspace.

Done

• Bound /Users/fritz/latebit/memoryleaderboard to remote soul soul (mark://soul.demarkus.io); registered project-scope MCP server in .mcp.json.
• Published /memoryleaderboard/index.md hub; linked it from root /index.md Active Plans bullet.

Gotchas

• demarkus-plugin registry soul-join arg parser: flags must precede host (soul-join --bind DIR host); documented order (host --bind DIR) prints usage and fails.
• Re-joining an already-joined soul without --token clears the token-file column in ~/.demarkus/souls (sets -); re-run with the existing token to restore.
• MCP server added mid-session is not loadable via ToolSearch; needs session restart. Workaround: drive demarkus-plugin mcp-serve --soul <slug> over stdio JSON-RPC (scratchpad mcpcall.sh); mark_publish requires body and expected_version (0 for create).

Automode session (later on 2026-08-13)

Phase 0 recon (done)

• Harness: Add concurrency 16-64, Search 16-256; retries 408/425/429/5xx with bounded backoff; top_k fixed 100; smoke test rate-limited 1/hour.
• Agentic retrieval legal: only answer generation inside Search is banned.
• Cycle 2 dates unpublished; watch github.com/AML-memory/agent-memory-leaderboard and @AgentMemoryL.
• Registration deferred: needs user contact details.

Phase 1 adapter skeleton (done)

• Go module github.com/latebit-io/memoryleaderboard; echo v5 (labstack) HTTP, demarkus client via local replace directives.
• internal/api: /add, /search, /healthz, auth (Bearer/Token/X-Api-Key); contract tests green.
• internal/memory: DemarkusStore, naive tags + lookup ranking (placeholders for distill/nav agents).
• scripts/smoke.sh: ephemeral demarkus-server + adapter, 5 assertions green (echo ids, isolation, 401).

Gotchas

• Killing a go run PID orphans the compiled child: stale adapter kept port 9311 with a dead token, causing phantom unauthorized across three debug rounds while direct client probes passed. Smoke script now kills by port (lsof -t) and runs a built binary.
• demarkus-server with no -tokens file: writes fail not-permitted; wrong/stale token: unauthorized. Distinct statuses, useful for diagnosis.
• Echo v5 handlers take *echo.Context (pointer), unlike v4.

Next

• Phase 2 agentic search: blocked on echo v5 inference credentials/model choice.
• Registration for cycle 2: blocked on user.