# LLM Personal Knowledge Base

**Your AI conversations compile themselves into a searchable knowledge base.**

Adapted from [Karpathy's LLM Knowledge Base](https://gist.github.com/karpathy/442a6bf555914893e9891c11519de94f) architecture, but instead of clipping web articles, the raw data is your own conversations with Claude Code. When a session ends (or auto-compacts mid-session), Claude Code hooks capture the conversation transcript and spawn a background process that uses the [Claude Agent SDK](https://github.com/anthropics/claude-agent-sdk) to extract the important stuff - decisions, lessons learned, patterns, gotchas - and appends it to a daily log. You then compile those daily logs into structured, cross-referenced knowledge articles organized by concept. Retrieval uses a simple index file instead of RAG - no vector database, no embeddings, just markdown.

Anthropic has clarified that personal use of the Claude Agent SDK is covered under your existing Claude subscription (Max, Team, or Enterprise) - no separate API credits needed. Unlike OpenClaw, which requires API billing for its memory flush, this runs on your subscription.

## Quick Start

Tell your AI coding agent:

> "Clone https://github.com/coleam00/llm-personal-kb into this project. Set up the Claude Code hooks so my conversations automatically get captured into daily logs, compiled into a knowledge base, and injected back into future sessions. Read the AGENTS.md for the full technical reference on how everything works."

The agent will:
1. Clone the repo and run `uv sync` to install dependencies
2. Copy `.claude/settings.json` into your project (or merge the hooks into your existing settings)
3. The hooks activate automatically next time you open Claude Code

From there, your conversations start accumulating. After 6 PM local time, the next session flush automatically triggers compilation of that day's logs into knowledge articles. You can also run `uv run python scripts/compile.py` manually at any time.

## How It Works

```
Conversation -> SessionEnd/PreCompact hooks -> flush.py extracts knowledge
    -> daily/YYYY-MM-DD.md -> compile.py -> knowledge/concepts/, connections/, qa/
        -> SessionStart hook injects index into next session -> cycle repeats
```

- **Hooks** capture conversations automatically (session end + pre-compaction safety net)
- **flush.py** calls the Claude Agent SDK to decide what's worth saving, and after 6 PM triggers end-of-day compilation automatically
- **compile.py** turns daily logs into organized concept articles with cross-references (triggered automatically or run manually)
- **query.py** answers questions using index-guided retrieval (no RAG needed at personal scale)
- **lint.py** runs 7 health checks (broken links, orphans, contradictions, staleness)

## Key Commands

```bash
uv run python scripts/compile.py                    # compile new daily logs
uv run python scripts/query.py "question"            # ask the knowledge base
uv run python scripts/query.py "question" --file-back # ask + save answer back
uv run python scripts/lint.py                        # run health checks
uv run python scripts/lint.py --structural-only      # free structural checks only
```

## Why No RAG?

Karpathy's insight: at personal scale (50-500 articles), the LLM reading a structured `index.md` outperforms vector similarity. The LLM understands what you're really asking; cosine similarity just finds similar words. RAG becomes necessary at ~2,000+ articles when the index exceeds the context window.

## Technical Reference

See **[AGENTS.md](AGENTS.md)** for the complete technical reference: article formats, hook architecture, script internals, cross-platform details, costs, and customization options. AGENTS.md is designed to give an AI agent everything it needs to understand, modify, or rebuild the system.