[Release] v0.8.0

Three-layer distillation pipeline, recall enhancements, hook improvements,
and major internal quality refactoring.

Author: codenamev

.claude-plugin/marketplace.json

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   "plugins": [
     {
       "name": "claude-memory",
-      "version": "0.7.1",
+      "version": "0.8.0",
       "source": "./",
       "description": "Long-term self-managed memory for Claude Code with fact extraction, truth maintenance, and provenance tracking",
       "repository": "https://github.com/codenamev/claude_memory"

.claude-plugin/plugin.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "claude-memory",
-  "version": "0.7.1",
+  "version": "0.8.0",
   "description": "Long-term self-managed memory for Claude Code with fact extraction, truth maintenance, and provenance tracking",
   "author": {
     "name": "Valentino Stoll",

.claude/settings.json

@@ -9,6 +9,15 @@
             "timeout": 5
           }
         ]
+      },
+      {
+        "hooks": [
+          {
+            "type": "command",
+            "command": "claude-memory hook ingest --db /Users/valentinostoll/src/claude_memory/.claude/memory.sqlite3",
+            "timeout": 5
+          }
+        ]
       }
     ],
     "SessionStart": [
@@ -36,6 +45,20 @@
             "timeout": 30
           }
         ]
+      },
+      {
+        "hooks": [
+          {
+            "type": "command",
+            "command": "claude-memory hook ingest --db /Users/valentinostoll/src/claude_memory/.claude/memory.sqlite3",
+            "timeout": 30
+          },
+          {
+            "type": "command",
+            "command": "claude-memory hook sweep --db /Users/valentinostoll/src/claude_memory/.claude/memory.sqlite3",
+            "timeout": 30
+          }
+        ]
       }
     ],
     "SessionEnd": [
@@ -52,6 +75,20 @@
             "timeout": 30
           }
         ]
+      },
+      {
+        "hooks": [
+          {
+            "type": "command",
+            "command": "claude-memory hook ingest --db /Users/valentinostoll/src/claude_memory/.claude/memory.sqlite3",
+            "timeout": 30
+          },
+          {
+            "type": "command",
+            "command": "claude-memory hook sweep --db /Users/valentinostoll/src/claude_memory/.claude/memory.sqlite3",
+            "timeout": 30
+          }
+        ]
       }
     ],
     "TaskCompleted": [
@@ -63,6 +100,15 @@
             "timeout": 10
           }
         ]
+      },
+      {
+        "hooks": [
+          {
+            "type": "command",
+            "command": "claude-memory hook ingest --db /Users/valentinostoll/src/claude_memory/.claude/memory.sqlite3",
+            "timeout": 10
+          }
+        ]
       }
     ],
     "TeammateIdle": [
@@ -74,7 +120,16 @@
             "timeout": 15
           }
         ]
+      },
+      {
+        "hooks": [
+          {
+            "type": "command",
+            "command": "claude-memory hook ingest --db /Users/valentinostoll/src/claude_memory/.claude/memory.sqlite3",
+            "timeout": 15
+          }
+        ]
       }
     ]
   }
-}
+}

.claude/settings.local.json

@@ -51,5 +51,6 @@
       "Skill(improve:*)"
     ]
   },
-  "enableAllProjectMcpServers": true
+  "enableAllProjectMcpServers": true,
+  "outputStyle": "memory-aware"
 }

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,22 +4,53 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.8.0] - 2026-03-30
+
 ### Added
 
 **Three-Layer Distillation Pipeline**
 - Automatic distillation via NullDistiller in ingest pipeline (Layer 1: regex-based, P95 < 5ms)
 - Context hook injection for LLM-based extraction at SessionStart (Layer 2: Claude Code as distiller, zero extra cost)
 - `/distill-transcripts` skill for manual deep extraction (Layer 3: on-demand, depth-aware prompts)
-- `memory.undistilled` MCP tool to list content items not yet deeply distilled
-- `memory.mark_distilled` MCP tool to mark content items as distilled after extraction
+- `memory.undistilled` and `memory.mark_distilled` MCP tools for distillation tracking
+- `Hook::DistillationRunner` extracted from Handler for context hook injection
 - `TaskCompleted` and `TeammateIdle` hook events for ingest triggers
 - Distillation metrics backfill on database initialization
 - Doctor check for undistilled content
+- Pending distillation count in `memory.status` output
+
+**Recall Enhancements**
+- Intent parameter for recall query disambiguation (#3)
+- Retrieval score traces for semantic search (#5)
+- Configurable embedding providers with dimension checking
+
+**Hook Enhancements**
+- `statusMessage` on all hooks for descriptive spinner text during hook execution
+- `StopFailure` hook to capture transcript data even on session errors (rate limits, server errors)
+- `Notification` hook with `idle_prompt` matcher for opportunistic sweep during idle
+
+**New Commands & Skills**
+- `install-skill` command and `memory-recall` agent (#8, #12)
+- Shell completion command for bash and zsh (#18)
 
 **Distillation Benchmark Results**
 - NullDistiller: Concept Recall 0.952, Fact Precision/Recall 1.000 (31 test cases)
 - Claude Code LLM: Concept Recall 0.902 (all 41 cases), 0.900 on semantic cases (vs 0.333 for regex)
 - Average 1.6 facts stored per case across LLM extraction
+- E2E distillation recall benchmark and extraction quality benchmarks
+- Concept-based matching for distiller-agnostic benchmark comparison
+
+### Fixed
+
+- `--allowedTools` added to `ClaudeCliRunner` for MCP tool permissions
+- Test isolation for context hook when global database has facts
+
+### Internal
+- Extracted `RetryHandler` and `SchemaManager` modules from `SQLiteStore`
+- Extracted `Recall` into engine strategy pattern with `DualEngine`, `LegacyEngine`, and shared `QueryCore`
+- Extracted `Tools` god object into 6 handler modules
+- Added 36 specs for 5 previously untested files
+- All 3 god objects eliminated, 0 files over 500 lines
 
 ## [0.7.1] - 2026-03-17
 

Gemfile.lock

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 PATH
   remote: .
   specs:
-    claude_memory (0.7.1)
+    claude_memory (0.8.0)
       extralite (~> 2.14)
       sequel (~> 5.0)
       sqlite-vec (~> 0.1)
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
 CHECKSUMS
   ast (2.4.3) sha256=954615157c1d6a382bc27d690d973195e79db7f55e9765ac7c481c60bdb4d383
   bigdecimal (4.0.1) sha256=8b07d3d065a9f921c80ceaea7c9d4ae596697295b584c296fe599dd0ad01c4a7
-  claude_memory (0.7.1)
+  claude_memory (0.8.0)
   date (3.5.1) sha256=750d06384d7b9c15d562c76291407d89e368dda4d4fff957eb94962d325a0dc0
   diff-lcs (1.6.2) sha256=9ae0d2cba7d4df3075fe8cd8602a8604993efc0dfa934cff568969efb1909962
   erb (6.0.1) sha256=28ecdd99c5472aebd5674d6061e3c6b0a45c049578b071e5a52c2a7f13c197e5

lib/claude_memory/version.rb

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 module ClaudeMemory
-  VERSION = "0.7.1"
+  VERSION = "0.8.0"
 end