#!/bin/bash # MEMPALACE SAVE HOOK — Auto-save every N exchanges # # Claude Code "Stop" hook. After every assistant response: # 1. Counts human messages in the session transcript # 2. Every SAVE_INTERVAL messages, BLOCKS the AI from stopping # 3. Returns a reason telling the AI to save structured diary + palace entries # 4. AI does the save (topics, decisions, code, quotes → organized into palace) # 5. Next Stop fires with stop_hook_active=true → lets AI stop normally # # The AI does the classification — it knows what wing/hall/closet to use # because it has context about the conversation. No regex needed. # # === INSTALL === # Add to .claude/settings.local.json: # # "hooks": { # "Stop": [{ # "matcher": "*", # "hooks": [{ # "type": "command", # "command": "/absolute/path/to/mempal_save_hook.sh", # "timeout": 30 # }] # }] # } # # For Codex CLI, add to .codex/hooks.json: # # "Stop": [{ # "type": "command", # "command": "/absolute/path/to/mempal_save_hook.sh", # "timeout": 30 # }] # # === HOW IT WORKS === # # Claude Code sends JSON on stdin with these fields: # session_id — unique session identifier # stop_hook_active — true if AI is already in a save cycle (prevents infinite loop) # transcript_path — path to the JSONL transcript file # # When we block, Claude Code shows our "reason" to the AI as a system message. # The AI then saves to memory, and when it tries to stop again, # stop_hook_active=true so we let it through. No infinite loop. # # === MEMPALACE CLI === # This repo uses: mempalace mine # or: mempalace mine --mode convos # Set MEMPAL_DIR below if you want the hook to auto-ingest after blocking. # Leave blank to rely on the AI's own save instructions. # # === CONFIGURATION === SAVE_INTERVAL=15 # Save every N human messages (adjust to taste) STATE_DIR="$HOME/.mempalace/hook_state" mkdir -p "$STATE_DIR" # Optional: set to the directory you want auto-ingested on each save trigger. # Example: MEMPAL_DIR="$HOME/conversations" # Leave empty to skip auto-ingest (AI handles saving via the block reason). MEMPAL_DIR="" # Read JSON input from stdin INPUT=$(cat) # Parse all fields in a single Python call (3x faster than separate invocations) eval $(echo "$INPUT" | python3 -c " import sys, json data = json.load(sys.stdin) sid = data.get('session_id', 'unknown') sha = data.get('stop_hook_active', False) tp = data.get('transcript_path', '') # Shell-safe output — only allow alphanumeric, underscore, hyphen, slash, dot, tilde import re safe = lambda s: re.sub(r'[^a-zA-Z0-9_/.\-~]', '', str(s)) print(f'SESSION_ID=\"{safe(sid)}\"') print(f'STOP_HOOK_ACTIVE=\"{sha}\"') print(f'TRANSCRIPT_PATH=\"{safe(tp)}\"') " 2>/dev/null) # Expand ~ in path TRANSCRIPT_PATH="${TRANSCRIPT_PATH/#\~/$HOME}" # If we're already in a save cycle, let the AI stop normally # This is the infinite-loop prevention: block once → AI saves → tries to stop again → we let it through if [ "$STOP_HOOK_ACTIVE" = "True" ] || [ "$STOP_HOOK_ACTIVE" = "true" ]; then echo "{}" exit 0 fi # Count human messages in the JSONL transcript # SECURITY: Pass transcript path as sys.argv to avoid shell injection via crafted paths if [ -f "$TRANSCRIPT_PATH" ]; then EXCHANGE_COUNT=$(python3 - "$TRANSCRIPT_PATH" <<'PYEOF' import json, sys count = 0 with open(sys.argv[1]) as f: for line in f: try: entry = json.loads(line) msg = entry.get('message', {}) if isinstance(msg, dict) and msg.get('role') == 'user': content = msg.get('content', '') if isinstance(content, str) and '' in content: continue count += 1 except: pass print(count) PYEOF 2>/dev/null) else EXCHANGE_COUNT=0 fi # Track last save point for this session LAST_SAVE_FILE="$STATE_DIR/${SESSION_ID}_last_save" LAST_SAVE=0 if [ -f "$LAST_SAVE_FILE" ]; then LAST_SAVE=$(cat "$LAST_SAVE_FILE") fi SINCE_LAST=$((EXCHANGE_COUNT - LAST_SAVE)) # Log for debugging (check ~/.mempalace/hook_state/hook.log) echo "[$(date '+%H:%M:%S')] Session $SESSION_ID: $EXCHANGE_COUNT exchanges, $SINCE_LAST since last save" >> "$STATE_DIR/hook.log" # Time to save? if [ "$SINCE_LAST" -ge "$SAVE_INTERVAL" ] && [ "$EXCHANGE_COUNT" -gt 0 ]; then # Update last save point echo "$EXCHANGE_COUNT" > "$LAST_SAVE_FILE" echo "[$(date '+%H:%M:%S')] TRIGGERING SAVE at exchange $EXCHANGE_COUNT" >> "$STATE_DIR/hook.log" # Optional: run mempalace ingest in background if MEMPAL_DIR is set if [ -n "$MEMPAL_DIR" ] && [ -d "$MEMPAL_DIR" ]; then SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)" REPO_DIR="$(dirname "$SCRIPT_DIR")" python3 -m mempalace mine "$MEMPAL_DIR" >> "$STATE_DIR/hook.log" 2>&1 & fi # Notify the AI that a checkpoint happened — but do NOT ask it to write # anything in chat. All filing happens in the background via the pipeline. # The old version asked the agent to write diary entries, add drawers, and # add KG triples in the chat window — that cost ~$1/session in retransmitted # tokens and cluttered the conversation. cat << 'HOOKJSON' { "decision": "allow", "reason": "MemPalace auto-save checkpoint. Your conversation is being saved verbatim in the background — no action needed from you. Continue working." } HOOKJSON else # Not time yet — let the AI stop normally echo "{}" fi