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`pi-mcp-adapter` builds a direct tool name as `${prefix}_${tool}` and only its
`none` mode leaves the prefix empty, so the default `server` mode registers
`engram_mem_save`. The probe compared the bare name and a dotted suffix, which
matched neither, so `engramAvailable` was false for everyone on the default
configuration: `hybrid` and `engram` were not offered at all, and a persisted
`hybrid` artifact store was rewritten back to `openspec` without a word
(Gentleman-Programming#1044).
The match becomes `/^(?:.*[._])?mem_save$/`, which covers `mem_save`,
`engram_mem_save`, `mcp__engram_mem_save` and the earlier dotted
`engram.mem_save`. It stays anchored at both ends on purpose: an unanchored
suffix would accept `remem_save` and `mem_saved` and offer `hybrid` against a
store that cannot persist anything.
The helper existed twice, in `lib/sdd-preflight.ts` and verbatim in
`extensions/gentle-ai.ts`, which is how one of them would have kept the old
match after the other was fixed. The lib copy is now exported and the extension
imports it.
Three cells: every prefix mode is recognised, a name that merely contains
`mem_save` is not, and the registry read handles both tool shapes plus a host
with no accessor and one whose accessor throws. Five mutations, four killed;
the fifth removes the `typeof getActiveTools !== "function"` guard, which is
equivalent because the surrounding `catch` turns the resulting TypeError into
the same `false`.
Scope: this fixes the preflight probe only. The second half of the report, the
shipped SDD agents declaring bare `mem_save` / `mem_search` /
`mem_get_observation` in their `tools:` allowlists, needs a canonical-name
mapping at the grant boundary and touches `sdd-research-capabilities.ts`,
`gentle-agents.ts` and six agent assets, so it is a separate change rather than
something to attach here.
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe change centralizes Engram tool detection, recognizes underscore- and dot-prefixed ChangesEngram tool detection
Priority: ⬆️ High Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: High Suggested reviewers: Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to An unrelated MCP tool can make Engram and hybrid storage options appear available when Engram is not installed, leading users to select an unsupported storage mode. Resolve the identity check before merging. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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🟠 Major · Check Engram identity before reporting availability. · lib/sdd-preflight.ts:876-906
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getActiveTools()returns only tool names, andhasWritableEngramToolaccepts any name matching*_mem_save. If an unrelated MCP server registersother_mem_save, the SDD preflight can offerengramorhybrid, andgentle:doctorcan report Engram as active even when Engram is absent. Use registry provenance or an explicit Engram identity check inhasWritableEngramTool, and add a regression test forother_mem_save.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@lib/sdd-preflight.ts`:
- Around line 876-906: Update hasWritableEngramTool to verify that a matching
mem_save tool belongs to Engram, using available registry provenance or an
explicit Engram identity check rather than accepting arbitrary *_mem_save names.
Preserve support for Engram’s adapter naming modes, and add a regression test
proving other_mem_save is not reported as available.
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Fixes #1044 (the preflight half; see Scope below)
The problem
pi-mcp-adapterbuilds a direct tool name as${prefix}_${tool}, and only itsnonemode leaves the prefix empty. The probe compared one hardcoded spelling:Under the adapter's default
servermode the registered tool isengram_mem_save, which matches neither. SoengramAvailablewasfalsefor everyone who had not set"toolPrefix": "none"by hand,hybridandengramwere never offered, and a previously persistedhybridwas rewritten back toopenspecon disk without a word.The dotted form the old code did match is an earlier naming scheme. It is kept.
The fix
mem_savenoneengram_mem_saveserver(the default) orshortmcp__engram_mem_savemcpengram.mem_saveAnchored at both ends deliberately. An unanchored suffix would accept
remem_saveandmem_savedand offerhybridagainst a store that cannot persist anything, which is the same failure mode as the bug, pointed the other way.The helper existed twice, in
lib/sdd-preflight.tsand verbatim atextensions/gentle-ai.ts:1883, which your report notes and which is how one copy would have kept the old match after the other was fixed. The lib copy is exported now and the extension imports it, so the duplicate is gone.Tests
tests/sdd-preflight.test.ts, three cells.mem_saveis not the toolremem_save/mem_saved{ name }records, one with no accessor, and one whose accessor throwsMutation results, 4 of 5 caught:
mem_savedmatchesremem_savematches_counts, the dotted scheme is losttypeof getActiveTools !== "function"guard is removedThe survivor is equivalent rather than a gap: without the guard the call throws a
TypeErrorthat the surroundingcatchturns into the samefalse. I left the guard in place because it states the intent, rather than removing pre-existing defensive code in a bug fix.pnpm run typecheck: 200 recorded diagnostics, no regressions.tests/sdd-preflight.test.tsandtests/artifact-language.test.ts: 46 pass.For the record,
tests/gentle-agents.test.tshas 5 failures on my machine. They are identical on a cleanmainwith this branch stashed, so they are not this change, and I would rather say that than leave a green claim I did not get.Scope
This fixes the preflight probe, impact 1 in the report. Impact 2, the shipped SDD agents declaring bare
mem_save/mem_search/mem_get_observationin theirtools:allowlists, is a different mechanism: those names are load-bearing inlib/sdd-research-capabilities.tsfor grant scoping, per-tool argument validation and the research persistence keys, inextensions/gentle-agents.tsfor the write/edit settlement path, and in sixassets/agents/*.mdfrontmatter blocks. Making that prefix-aware means a canonical-name mapping at the grant boundary rather than a wider pattern, and it lands in the same code the permission tests cover. I would rather propose that separately than attach it here. Happy to take it if you want it.Summary by CodeRabbit
Bug Fixes
/gentle:doctorcheck to recognize writable Engram save tools across supported adapter naming formats.Tests