diff --git a/mempalace/cli.py b/mempalace/cli.py
index 8b5edf4..1599b08 100644
--- a/mempalace/cli.py
+++ b/mempalace/cli.py
@@ -97,16 +97,19 @@ def cmd_mine(args):
def cmd_search(args):
- from .searcher import search
+ from .searcher import search, SearchError
palace_path = os.path.expanduser(args.palace) if args.palace else MempalaceConfig().palace_path
- search(
- query=args.query,
- palace_path=palace_path,
- wing=args.wing,
- room=args.room,
- n_results=args.results,
- )
+ try:
+ search(
+ query=args.query,
+ palace_path=palace_path,
+ wing=args.wing,
+ room=args.room,
+ n_results=args.results,
+ )
+ except SearchError:
+ sys.exit(1)
def cmd_wakeup(args):
diff --git a/mempalace/mcp_server.py b/mempalace/mcp_server.py
index 3861195..94cbf99 100644
--- a/mempalace/mcp_server.py
+++ b/mempalace/mcp_server.py
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ def _get_collection(create=False):
def _no_palace():
return {
"error": "No palace found",
- "palace_path": _config.palace_path,
"hint": "Run: mempalace init
&& mempalace mine ",
}
@@ -744,9 +743,13 @@ def handle_request(request):
"id": req_id,
"result": {"content": [{"type": "text", "text": json.dumps(result, indent=2)}]},
}
- except Exception as e:
- logger.error(f"Tool error in {tool_name}: {e}")
- return {"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": req_id, "error": {"code": -32000, "message": str(e)}}
+ except Exception:
+ logger.exception(f"Tool error in {tool_name}")
+ return {
+ "jsonrpc": "2.0",
+ "id": req_id,
+ "error": {"code": -32000, "message": "Internal tool error"},
+ }
return {
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
diff --git a/mempalace/searcher.py b/mempalace/searcher.py
index 9972dbe..163abd8 100644
--- a/mempalace/searcher.py
+++ b/mempalace/searcher.py
@@ -6,11 +6,17 @@ Semantic search against the palace.
Returns verbatim text — the actual words, never summaries.
"""
-import sys
+import logging
from pathlib import Path
import chromadb
+logger = logging.getLogger("mempalace_mcp")
+
+
+class SearchError(Exception):
+ """Raised when search cannot proceed (e.g. no palace found)."""
+
def search(query: str, palace_path: str, wing: str = None, room: str = None, n_results: int = 5):
"""
@@ -23,7 +29,7 @@ def search(query: str, palace_path: str, wing: str = None, room: str = None, n_r
except Exception:
print(f"\n No palace found at {palace_path}")
print(" Run: mempalace init then mempalace mine ")
- sys.exit(1)
+ raise SearchError(f"No palace found at {palace_path}")
# Build where filter
where = {}
@@ -47,7 +53,7 @@ def search(query: str, palace_path: str, wing: str = None, room: str = None, n_r
except Exception as e:
print(f"\n Search error: {e}")
- sys.exit(1)
+ raise SearchError(f"Search error: {e}") from e
docs = results["documents"][0]
metas = results["metadatas"][0]
@@ -95,7 +101,11 @@ def search_memories(
client = chromadb.PersistentClient(path=palace_path)
col = client.get_collection("mempalace_drawers")
except Exception as e:
- return {"error": f"No palace found at {palace_path}: {e}"}
+ logger.error("No palace found at %s: %s", palace_path, e)
+ return {
+ "error": "No palace found",
+ "hint": "Run: mempalace init && mempalace mine ",
+ }
# Build where filter
where = {}
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index d0c30c2..22b5e42 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ from mempalace.knowledge_graph import KnowledgeGraph # noqa: E402
@pytest.fixture(scope="session", autouse=True)
-def _isolate_home(tmp_path_factory):
+def _isolate_home():
"""Ensure HOME points to a temp dir for the entire test session.
The env vars were already set at module level (above) so that
diff --git a/tests/test_mcp_server.py b/tests/test_mcp_server.py
index 2ca177e..cf37a27 100644
--- a/tests/test_mcp_server.py
+++ b/tests/test_mcp_server.py
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ def _patch_mcp_server(monkeypatch, config, palace_path, kg):
"""Patch the mcp_server module globals to use test fixtures."""
from mempalace import mcp_server
+ assert getattr(config, "palace_path", None) == palace_path, (
+ f"config.palace_path ({getattr(config, 'palace_path', None)!r}) does not match palace_path fixture ({palace_path!r})"
+ )
monkeypatch.setattr(mcp_server, "_config", config)
monkeypatch.setattr(mcp_server, "_kg", kg)
@@ -149,6 +152,7 @@ class TestReadTools:
assert result["taxonomy"]["notes"]["planning"] == 1
def test_no_palace_returns_error(self, monkeypatch, config, kg):
+ config._file_config["palace_path"] = "/nonexistent/path"
_patch_mcp_server(monkeypatch, config, "/nonexistent/path", kg)
from mempalace.mcp_server import tool_status
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 0b00717..9d99313 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -966,6 +966,13 @@ dependencies = [
{ name = "pyyaml" },
]
+[package.optional-dependencies]
+dev = [
+ { name = "pytest", version = "8.4.2", source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }, marker = "python_full_version < '3.10'" },
+ { name = "pytest", version = "9.0.3", source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }, marker = "python_full_version >= '3.10'" },
+ { name = "ruff" },
+]
+
[package.dev-dependencies]
dev = [
{ name = "pytest", version = "8.4.2", source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }, marker = "python_full_version < '3.10'" },
@@ -976,8 +983,11 @@ dev = [
[package.metadata]
requires-dist = [
{ name = "chromadb", specifier = ">=0.4.0,<1" },
+ { name = "pytest", marker = "extra == 'dev'", specifier = ">=7.0" },
{ name = "pyyaml", specifier = ">=6.0" },
+ { name = "ruff", marker = "extra == 'dev'", specifier = ">=0.4.0" },
]
+provides-extras = ["dev"]
[package.metadata.requires-dev]
dev = [