# 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- Cycle 2 dates unpublished; watch github.com/AML-memory/agent-memory-leaderboard and @AgentMemoryL.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.