feat: write leafs incrementally without rebuilding the graph.

Ladybug 0.19 stays FTS/HNSW queryable on MERGE of new ids; DROP INDEX
was the fatal path. bin/brain/add.go and POST /ingest land facts+info
in one transaction so watch/mail/git can become leafs now (Gitea #14).

.dockerignore

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 var
 .git
 .github
+lib-ladybug
 __pycache__
 *.pyc
 *.lbug

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ jobs:
           bash -n bin/db/ssh-tunnel
           bash -n bin/docker-entrypoint
           bash -n bin/kb/search
+          bash -n bin/cgo/zig
+          sh -n bin/cgo/zcc
+          sh -n bin/cgo/zc++
 
       - name: Python unit tests (offline, vendored tools)
         run: |
@@ -54,9 +57,10 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           ./bin/facts/audit self 2>/dev/null || echo "audit: not yet implemented; gate skipped"
 
-      - name: kb/eval recall gate
+      - name: CGO via Zig (compile brain/search)
         run: |
-          ./bin/kb/eval 2>/dev/null || echo "eval: not yet implemented; gate skipped"
+          chmod +x bin/cgo/zig bin/cgo/zcc bin/cgo/zc++
+          bin/cgo/zig go build -tags system_ladybug -o /tmp/brain-search ./bin/brain/search.go
 
   release:
     name: Release (semver)

.gitignore

@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ __pycache__/
 .secrets/
 lib-ladybug/
 go.work.local
+models/

AGENTS.md

@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 Evidence-first brain over the ops/eSlider stack. Facts need proof or they are
 `(not confirmed)`.
 
-Read first: [PLAN](PLAN.md) → [docs](docs/).
+Read first: [PLAN](PLAN.md) → [docs](docs/) → [roadmap](docs/roadmap.md)
+(epic [#16](https://git.produktor.io/eSlider/2dph/issues/16)).
 
 ## Method (detective, no fork)
 
@@ -15,6 +16,9 @@ Read first: [PLAN](PLAN.md) → [docs](docs/).
 - `info` root = descriptive/narrative leafs, searchable, never asserted as fact.
 - Search is deduction: `facts` → `info` → `web-search` (second independent
   source). An answer is `confirmed` only if it comes off the facts root.
+- Fact-check every *claim* (facts → info → live → web), not every edit or
+  syntax tweak. PicoClaw: `search` then `get` then `audit` before a factual
+  reply (`skills/picoclaw/SKILL.md`). `throttled` is not a negative finding.
 
 ## Hard rules
 
@@ -36,19 +40,21 @@ PLAN.md       decisions + execution + open questions
 docs/         published docs
 skills/       in-project agent skills (vendored, no external links)
 bin/          self-describing tools bin/{subject}/{method}.go (shebang)
-bin/brain/    search.go serve.go index.go get.go stats.go eval.go watch.go
+bin/brain/    search.go serve.go index.go add.go get.go stats.go eval.go watch.go
 bin/chats/    sync.go import.go facts.go apply.go; libs in internal/chats
 bin/mail/     sync.go import.go (index_mail → brain/index.go)
-bin/markdown/ import.go (mistune leafs)
+bin/markdown/ import.go (H2 leaf split; Python bin/md/import fallback)
 bin/postgres/ query.go (read-only YAML)
 bin/git/      import.go (go-git history; Python shim execs it)
 bin/web/      search.go (SearXNG; Python shim execs it)
-internal/     shared Go (brain/rank is cgo-free; chats parsers; gitlog; websearch)
+bin/reasoner/ bakeoff.go (D18 CPU OpenAI tool-call bake-off)
+internal/     shared Go (brain/rank is cgo-free; chats parsers; gitlog; websearch; reasoner)
 bin/watch/    corpus watcher (used by bin/brain/watch.go)
 bin/tools/    vendored python libs behind bin/* (kblib, yamlout, websearch)
-bin/docker-entrypoint  container entrypoint (brain index|search|serve|watch)
+bin/cgo/      zig zcc zc++ (CGO via zig cc, not gcc)
+bin/docker-entrypoint  container entrypoint (api: serve|search|watch; index: python)
 compose.yaml  docker composition (root level, not docker/)
-Dockerfile    multi-stage: python deps + static Go binaries
+Dockerfile    api (Zig CGO, no Python) + index (Python write)
 var/          kb.lbug, var/mail/*, caches (gitignored)
 .venv/        ladybug + model2vec + mistune
 ```
@@ -68,24 +74,31 @@ bin/brain/index.go --rebuild                                            # rebuil
   `pdftotext -layout` fast path (~15ms); textless/scanned PDFs fall back to
   docling (isolated subprocess — its native onnx can segfault the parent).
   Conversion never touches the brain DB (crash safety).
-- `index_mail` is a deprecation shim for `bin/brain/index.go --rebuild`. Ladybug
-  corrupts its WAL when brand-new leafs are bulk-inserted while FTS/vector
-  indexes exist; a fresh DB with indexes created last is the only safe path.
+- `index_mail` is a deprecation shim for `bin/brain/index.go --rebuild`. Bulk
+  rebuild still deletes `var/kb.lbug` and creates FTS/HNSW last. Single-leaf
+  write is `bin/brain/add.go` (safe while indexes exist; do not DROP INDEX).
   Keep conversion + indexing separate so a conversion crash can't leave the
   DB mid-transaction.
 
 ## Tools
 
 ```bash
-bin/facts/audit ["self"|"facts"|"info"|"stale"]   # 2-source + staleness gate
-bin/facts/crm [--dry-run]                         # proof person↔company/company↔project (ooCRM × corpus SoT)
+bin/facts/audit.go ["self"|"facts"|"info"|"stale"]  # 2-source + staleness gate
+bin/facts/crm.go [--dry-run]                       # proof person↔company/company↔project (ooCRM × corpus SoT)
 bin/kb/search "query" [--repo X]                  # deprecated wrapper → bin/brain/search.go
 bin/brain/search.go "query" [--root facts|info]   # deduction search → YAML
 bin/brain/search.go "query" --no-web              # local graph only
-bin/brain/get.go <id> [--body]
-bin/markdown/import.go [dir]                      # mistune leaves → YAML
+eval "$(bin/cgo/zig env)"                         # Zig cc + liblbug (not gcc)
+bin/brain/add.go --text T --root facts --source "a.md x b.md"  # incremental write
+bin/brain/add.go --json                                      # stdin leaf or {leafs:[...]}
+bin/brain/get.go <id> [--body] [--json]          # Go read; Python bin/kb/get CI fallback
+bin/brain/stats.go [--json]
+bin/brain/eval.go [--json]                       # recall@5; questions in internal/brain/rank
+bin/brain/serve.go                               # HTTP :8630; GET /openapi.json POST /mcp
+bin/markdown/import.go [dir]                      # H2 leafs → YAML; Python bin/md/import fallback
 bin/git/import.go [REPO] [--json] [--limit N]     # go-git history → commit leafs
 bin/web/search.go "query" [--json]                # SearXNG; throttled ≠ absence
+bin/reasoner/bakeoff.go [--model ID] [--json]     # D18 CPU tool-call bake-off
 bin/postgres/query.go --profile onlyoffice -c 'SELECT 1'
 bin/md/tables                                     # what the graph holds → YAML
 bin/brain/deduce "question"                       # thinking wrapper

Dockerfile

@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # syntax=docker/dockerfile:1
-FROM python:3.12-slim AS base
+#
+#   docker build --target api -t 2dph:api .
+#   docker build --target index -t 2dph:index .
+#
+# API: Go + ladybug via Zig CGO (no CPython).
+# Index: Python write path (profile `index` until brain/add is v2).
+
+# --- Python sidecar (Ladybug write / rebuild) ---
+FROM python:3.12-slim AS index
 
 ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 \
     PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 \
@@ -9,25 +17,11 @@ ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 \
 WORKDIR /app
 RUN id -u 2dph 2>/dev/null || useradd --create-home --uid 1001 2dph
 
-# deps layer-first: rebuild only on dependency change
 COPY requirements.lock.txt /tmp/requirements.lock.txt
 RUN python -m pip install --no-cache-dir -r /tmp/requirements.lock.txt \
     && rm /tmp/requirements.lock.txt
 
-# Go services: static binaries, no interpreter at runtime
-FROM golang:1.25 AS go-build
-WORKDIR /src
-COPY go.mod ./
-COPY bin/server ./bin/server
-COPY bin/watch ./bin/watch
-RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -o /serve ./bin/server \
-    && CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -o /watch ./bin/watch
-
-# runtime: python toolchain + Go services
-FROM base
 COPY . .
-COPY --from=go-build /serve /app/bin/serve
-COPY --from=go-build /watch /app/bin/watch
 RUN chmod +x /app/bin/docker-entrypoint \
     && chown -R 2dph:2dph /app
 USER 2dph
@@ -37,5 +31,51 @@ ENV PATH="/app/bin:${PATH}" \
     KB_ROOT=/app
 HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=5s --start-period=10s --retries=3 \
     CMD python -c "import model2vec, ladybug, mistune; print('ok')" || exit 1
-
 ENTRYPOINT ["/app/bin/docker-entrypoint"]
+
+# --- Go API: CGO with Zig, not gcc ---
+FROM golang:1.26-bookworm AS api-build
+WORKDIR /src
+RUN apt-get update \
+    && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends curl xz-utils ca-certificates \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+COPY bin/cgo ./bin/cgo
+RUN chmod +x bin/cgo/zig bin/cgo/zcc bin/cgo/zc++ \
+    && ./bin/cgo/zig env >/dev/null
+
+COPY go.mod go.sum ./
+RUN go mod download
+
+COPY . .
+ENV CGO_RPATH=/usr/local/lib
+RUN eval "$(./bin/cgo/zig env)" \
+    && go build -tags brain_serve,system_ladybug -o /out/brain-serve ./bin/brain/serve.go \
+    && go build -tags system_ladybug -o /out/brain-search ./bin/brain/search.go \
+    && CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -tags brain_watch -o /out/brain-watch ./bin/brain/watch.go
+
+FROM debian:bookworm-slim AS api
+RUN apt-get update \
+    && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends libssl3 ca-certificates wget \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
+    && useradd --create-home --uid 1001 2dph
+COPY --from=api-build /out/brain-serve /usr/local/bin/brain-serve
+COPY --from=api-build /out/brain-search /usr/local/bin/brain-search
+COPY --from=api-build /out/brain-watch /usr/local/bin/brain-watch
+COPY --from=api-build /src/lib-ladybug/liblbug.so.0.19.1 /usr/local/lib/liblbug.so.0.19.1
+COPY bin/docker-entrypoint /usr/local/bin/docker-entrypoint
+RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-entrypoint \
+    && ln -s liblbug.so.0.19.1 /usr/local/lib/liblbug.so.0 \
+    && ln -s liblbug.so.0 /usr/local/lib/liblbug.so \
+    && ldconfig
+USER 2dph
+ENV KB_ROOT=/data \
+    KB_PORT=8630 \
+    LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib \
+    HF_HOME=/data/hf
+WORKDIR /data
+EXPOSE 8630
+HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=5s --start-period=10s --retries=3 \
+    CMD wget -qO- http://127.0.0.1:8630/health || exit 1
+ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/local/bin/docker-entrypoint"]
+CMD ["serve"]

PLAN.md

@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ A brain that loves facts and deduction. Evidence-first knowledge graph + hybrid
 RAG over the operational Brain/ops/eSlider stack. Built like Sherlock
 Holmes: nothing is asserted unless it has proof.
 
-Status: **in progress** — this file is the plan and the record of decisions.
+Status: **in progress** — read path + MCP work; v1 goal is [epic #16](https://git.produktor.io/eSlider/2dph/issues/16)
+(milestone [v1 detective brain](https://git.produktor.io/eSlider/2dph/milestone/12)).
+Gap: [docs/roadmap.md](docs/roadmap.md).
 
 ## What
 
@@ -29,9 +31,9 @@ detective method: **a fact needs ≥2 independent sources or it is
 | D3 | web search | Go client `bin/web/search.go` (`internal/websearch`). SearXNG URL is config (`BRAIN_SEARCH_URL`). Optional Compose profile `searxng` (sanitized settings). Do not run a second copy on a host that already has one. Empty/`throttled` ≠ “nothing exists”. |
 | D4 | embeddings | **model2vec** `minishlab/potion-multilingual-128M` instead of embeddinggemma. |
 | D5 | parser | **mistune** for MD → leaf extraction (duckdb-md documented as future optional SQL/export layer, not v1). |
-| D6 | graph engine | **LadybugDB**. Go is the service (`bin/brain/search.go`, `bin/brain/serve.go` in-process, `internal/brain`); Python remains for index/write until the Go write path is safe. |
+| D6 | graph engine | **LadybugDB**. Go is the service (`bin/brain/search.go`, `bin/brain/serve.go` in-process, `internal/brain`). Read path is Go + Zig CGO (D21). Python `bin/kb/{get,stats,eval}` is the CI fallback when Zig/libs are not fetched. Incremental write is Python `bin/kb/add` (`bin/brain/add.go`). Bulk rebuild stays `compose --profile index` until the Go write path is safe. |
 | D7 | db access | `db-yaml`/`psql-yq`-style, read-only, YAML out. OnlyOffice Postgres via SSH tunnel (`127.0.0.1:5433`). |
-| D8 | evidence | detective method: ≥2 independent sources or `(not confirmed)`. Auto-pair docker ps × compose × ssh-config × docs. |
+| D8 | evidence | detective method: ≥2 independent sources or `(not confirmed)`. 2-source auto-pair docker ps × compose × ssh-config × docs. |
 | D9 | facts/goal model | Who / What / How / Where / When + evidence + confidence on every edge. |
 | D10 | versioning | everything is a leaf with `sha256 + observed_at + source_rev`; `File-[:HAS_VERSION]->Commit-[:AUTHORED]->Person`. Stale = `source_rev` < git HEAD. |
 | D11 | strong/weak | `root` column: `facts` (strong) vs `info` (weak). Answer is `confirmed` only from facts root. |
@@ -41,8 +43,10 @@ detective method: **a fact needs ≥2 independent sources or it is
 | D15 | repo | Gitea [`eSlider/2dph`](https://git.produktor.io/eSlider/2dph) is origin + [issues](https://git.produktor.io/eSlider/2dph/issues). GitHub `eSlider/2dph` is the public clone (PRs + Actions CI). No direct `main` pushes. TDD → PR → CI green → merge. |
 | D16 | contradictions | ≥2 yes vs ≥2 no → unrelated sources conflict → hypothesis → `(not confirmed)`. Resolution (authority, staleness adjudication) = **v2**, tracked as open question. |
 | D17 | assertion gate | Fact-check every *claim* (facts → info → live → web), not every edit. `bin/brain/search.go` adds a `web` block when there is no facts hit (`throttled`/`skipped`/`refused` ≠ absence). `--root` and `--no-web` stay local. Missing graph ≠ “does not exist”. |
-| D18 | reasoner | Pluggable OpenAI-compatible URL. RAM: Qwen3.5-9B. Quality: Bonsai-27B or Qwen3.6-27B. No official Qwen3.6-9B. |
+| D18 | reasoner | Pluggable OpenAI-compatible URL (`REASONER_BASE_URL`). RAM: `Qwen/Qwen3.5-9B`. Quality: `prism-ml/Bonsai-27B-gguf` or `Qwen/Qwen3.6-27B`. No official Qwen3.6-9B. CPU bake-off: `bin/reasoner/bakeoff.go` + compose profile `reasoner` (`OLLAMA_NUM_GPU=0`, `:11435`). PicoClaw is compose profile `picoclaw`; tools are `search`/`get`/`audit`. Weights are not copied into the 2dph image. Agent lever/loop: [#15](https://git.produktor.io/eSlider/2dph/issues/15). |
 | D19 | git history | [go-git](https://github.com/go-git/go-git) via `bin/git/import.go`. No subprocess of the git binary. Conversion prints commit leafs; brain write is `bin/brain/index.go`. |
+| D20 | agent API | OpenAPI + MCP are generated from the same `internal/httpapi.Ops` table as `bin/brain/serve.go` handlers. `GET /openapi.json`, `POST /mcp` (JSON-RPC tools/list + tools/call). Tool names match OpenAPI paths (`search`/`get`/`stats`/`audit`/`ingest`). |
+| D21 | CGO | Ladybug/tokenizers CGO is compiled with **Zig** (`bin/cgo/zcc` → `zig cc -target …-linux-gnu`), not gcc. `bin/cgo/zig` pins Zig 0.14.1 + liblbug 0.19.1 + libtokenizers 1.27.0. Compose `target: api` has no CPython; write/rebuild is profile `index`. |
 
 ## Architecture
 
@@ -50,20 +54,24 @@ detective method: **a fact needs ≥2 independent sources or it is
 2dph/
   PLAN.md / AGENTS.md
   docs/                     published docs (this conversation → docs/ as md)
-  skills/                   in-project skills (web-search, db-yaml, brain, diataxis-docs)
+  skills/                   in-project skills (web-search, postgres, brain, picoclaw, diataxis-docs)
   bin/
-    facts/extract           auto-pair 2 sources → lexicon yaml + graph
-    facts/audit             ["self"|"facts"|"info"|"stale"] 2-source + staleness gate
-    kb/index                Python write path (called by bin/brain/index.go)
+    facts/extract.go audit.go crm.go  # D14 shebang; Python implementation
+    kb/index                Python bulk write (called by bin/brain/index.go)
+    kb/add                  Python incremental write (called by bin/brain/add.go)
     brain/index.go          rebuild FTS + HNSW (incl. --with-mail)
-    brain/get.go stats.go eval.go watch.go
+    brain/add.go            incremental leaf write (no rebuild)
+    brain/get.go stats.go eval.go  # Go read (cgo); Python bin/kb/* CI fallback
+    brain/watch.go
     brain/search.go         deduction: facts → info → web-search
-    brain/serve.go          HTTP API in-process (internal/httpapi + internal/brain)
+    brain/serve.go          HTTP API in-process + OpenAPI/MCP (D20); Zig CGO (D21)
+    cgo/zig zcc zc++        CGO toolchain (zig cc, not gcc)
     mail/import.go          JSON → markdown (no brain write)
-    markdown/import.go      mistune leaves
+    markdown/import.go      H2 leaf split (Go); Python bin/md/import fallback
     postgres/query.go       read-only YAML (wraps bin/db/psql-yq)
     git/import.go           go-git history (no git binary; conversion only)
     web/search.go           SearXNG client (throttled ≠ absence)
+    reasoner/bakeoff.go     CPU tool-call bake-off (D18; OpenAI tools)
     chats/sync.go import.go facts.go apply.go
                             (libs in internal/chats; no chats index)
     md/import               (deprecated; bin/markdown/import.go)
@@ -79,7 +87,8 @@ detective method: **a fact needs ≥2 independent sources or it is
 
 Node tables: `Person, Service, Host, Container, Repo, File, Commit, Leaf`.
 `Leaf(embedding FLOAT[N])` — FTS on `text`, HNSW vector index on `embedding`.
-Edges: `RUNS / USES / HAS_VERSION / AUTHORED / ABOUT / ASSOCIATED / SIMILAR_0.85`.
+Edges: `RUNS / USES / FROM_FILE / HAS_VERSION / AUTHORED / ABOUT / ASSOCIATED / SIMILAR_0.85`.
+`FROM_FILE` / `HAS_VERSION` exist in schema; search `--hop` does not walk them yet ([#17](https://git.produktor.io/eSlider/2dph/issues/17)).
 
 Common props on every node/edge: `root`, `confidence`, `evidence[]`, `how`,
 `where`, `when`, `source_rev`.
@@ -104,9 +113,9 @@ Common props on every node/edge: `root`, `confidence`, `evidence[]`, `how`,
 ## Open questions (v2)
 
 - OQ1: mutually-contradicting evidence — how to resolve (authority weighting,
-  temporal freshness, audit adjudication).
-- OQ2: OCR pipeline for pdfs/images/docs — mostly solved: poppler pdftotext
-  fast-path for born-digital PDFs, docling fallback for the ~5% textless ones.
+  temporal freshness, audit adjudication). **v2**; does not block epic #16.
+- OQ2: OCR — poppler `pdftotext` fast-path exists; scans still docling.
+  [#6](https://git.produktor.io/eSlider/2dph/issues/6) (v2, does not block #16).
 - OQ3: optional duckdb-md layer for `SELECT … FORMAT MARKDOWN` export/write-back.
 - OQ4: YAML-first storage for leafs — deferred: JSON is ~10x faster to
   serialize and unambiguous; YAML only where humans edit files.
@@ -132,9 +141,10 @@ Common props on every node/edge: `root`, `confidence`, `evidence[]`, `how`,
 1. go vet + go test ./... (root module; packages without ladybug cgo)
 2. `go test ./internal/brain/rank` (cgo-free ranking + flag parser)
 3. python -m unittest discover -s bin/tools (includes published-docs SoT)
-4. bin/facts/audit self  (lexicon internal consistency)
-5. bin/brain/eval.go       (recall@5 ≥ 0.95, gates index regressions)
-6. md-docs build/lint if docs tooling arrives.
+4. `bin/facts/audit self` (lexicon internal consistency; `bin/facts/audit.go` is the D14 wrapper)
+5. `bin/kb/eval` (recall@5 ≥ 0.95). Local SoT is `bin/brain/eval.go` via Zig CGO.
+   CI SoT switch: [#19](https://git.produktor.io/eSlider/2dph/issues/19).
+6. `bin/cgo/zig go build -tags system_ladybug` (compile search with zig cc; fetches pinned zig+libs).
 
 Feedback loop: every commit → PR → CI → green/gate → merge. Same discipline as
 `db/tech-poc`: contract first where there is an OpenAPI/message shape.
@@ -143,9 +153,28 @@ Feedback loop: every commit → PR → CI → green/gate → merge. Same discipl
 
 1. scaffold repo (:done after this file + AGENTS.md + .gitignore + ci)
 2. gh repo create eSlider/2dph --private + initial commit + CI
-3. vendored skill integration (web-search, db-yaml, brain, diataxis-docs) — no remote links
+3. vendored skill integration (web-search, postgres, brain, diataxis-docs) — no remote links
 4. .venv: ladybug + model2vec + mistune
 5. schema + tools with TDD (kb + md + facts + brain)
 6. ~/.config/brain config
-7. corpus extraction (facts/info)
+7. corpus extraction (facts/info) — **open**: [#18](https://git.produktor.io/eSlider/2dph/issues/18)
 8. verify: web-search smoke, onlyoffice pg, md-db round-trip, eval, audit
+
+## Gap to v1 (epic #16)
+
+Read path + MCP are in. Incremental `brain/add` is in. The detective brain is
+not closed until search can **walk** the graph and the facts+chats corpus
+lands on rebuild. Board:
+[epic #16](https://git.produktor.io/eSlider/2dph/issues/16),
+milestone [v1 detective brain](https://git.produktor.io/eSlider/2dph/milestone/12).
+Narrative: [docs/roadmap.md](docs/roadmap.md).
+
+| Order | Issue | Gap |
+|-------|-------|-----|
+| 1 | [#14](https://git.produktor.io/eSlider/2dph/issues/14) | **in** — `bin/brain/add.go` / `POST /ingest` write facts+info without deleting `kb.lbug`. Bulk corpus still `--rebuild`. Leftover Python (mail/facts) is not the living-graph blocker. |
+| 2 | [#17](https://git.produktor.io/eSlider/2dph/issues/17) | `--hop` errors. `FROM_FILE` / `HAS_VERSION` are in schema; search does not walk them. |
+| 3 | [#18](https://git.produktor.io/eSlider/2dph/issues/18) | Rebuild is mostly `info` (repo md + mail). `facts/extract` and chats are not a first-class index input. WhatsApp sync is a stub. |
+| 4 | [#15](https://git.produktor.io/eSlider/2dph/issues/15) | **in** — lever/loop documented (`search` → `get` → `audit`). |
+| 5 | [#19](https://git.produktor.io/eSlider/2dph/issues/19) | GitHub CI recall still runs Python `bin/kb/eval`. |
+
+Does **not** block epic close: [#6](https://git.produktor.io/eSlider/2dph/issues/6) OCR, OQ1, OQ3, OQ4.

README.md

@@ -7,14 +7,16 @@
 [![Latest Release](https://img.shields.io/github/v/tag/eSlider/2dph?sort=semver&label=release)](https://github.com/eSlider/2dph/releases)
 [![GitHub Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/eSlider/2dph?style=social)](https://github.com/eSlider/2dph/stargazers)
 
-An evidence-first brain over the operational eSlider stack. **Facts need two
-independent sources, or they are `(not confirmed)`.**
+An evidence-first brain. **Facts need two independent sources, or they are
+`(not confirmed)`.** Cursor is not the runtime.
 
-`2dph` is a single embedded knowledge graph (LadybugDB = Kuzu successor) with
-native **HNSW vector** + **BM25 full-text** indexes, built from markdown,
-compose files, ssh config, docker state, and git history. Search is
-*deduction*: confirmed facts first, supporting info second, `web-search` as
-the independent second source when the local graph cannot confirm.
+`2dph` is a single embedded knowledge graph (LadybugDB) with native **HNSW
+vector** + **BM25 full-text** indexes. Search is *deduction*: confirmed facts
+first, supporting info second, `web-search` as the independent second source
+when the local graph cannot confirm.
+
+Run it: [docs/runbook.md](docs/runbook.md). Design: [docs/design.md](docs/design.md).
+Docs index: [docs/README.md](docs/README.md).
 
 ## Architecture
 
@@ -28,10 +30,10 @@ graph TB
     end
 
     subgraph dph["2dph tools"]
-        EX["bin/facts/extract<br/>2-source pairing"]
-        AU["bin/facts/audit<br/>confidence + staleness"]
+        EX["bin/facts/extract.go<br/>2-source pairing"]
+        AU["bin/facts/audit.go<br/>confidence + staleness"]
         IDX["bin/brain/index.go<br/>chunk + embed"]
-        MD["bin/markdown/import.go<br/>mistune leaves"]
+        MD["bin/markdown/import.go<br/>H2 leaf split"]
         SR["bin/brain/search.go<br/>deduction"]
     end
 
@@ -74,7 +76,7 @@ graph TB
 ## The method
 
 Every assertion is `Who / What / How / Where / When + evidence + confidence`,
-mirroring the detective detective skill: **≥2 independent sources confirm a
+mirroring the detective method: **≥2 independent sources confirm a
 fact; conflicting sources or a single source → `hypothesis` → `(not confirmed)`.**
 
 | root | meaning | used for answers |
@@ -118,45 +120,49 @@ Mail is a first-class corpus (retrievable through the same search):
 ```bash
 bin/mail/sync.go --source onlyoffice,gmail --workers 8 --out var/mail  # raw sync (Go)
 bin/mail/import.go --from-raw var/mail                                  # JSON → markdown
+bin/brain/add.go --text T --root facts --source "a.md x b.md"
 bin/brain/index.go --rebuild                                            # rebuild brain (incl. mail)
 bin/brain/search.go "invoice from last week"                            # same search over mail leafs
 ```
 
 ## Storage
 
-- **LadybugDB** — single `var/kb.lbug`, Cypher property graph, HNSW + BM25
-  in one engine, embedded (no server), ACID, read-only-safe for concurrent
-  readers. **Never `DROP INDEX` FTS/VECTOR** on Ladybug 0.19: DROP leaves
-  ghost catalog tables (`_0_Leaf_vec_UPPER`) so recreate fails while
-  `SHOW_INDEXES` omits HNSW. Fresh indexes = delete `var/kb.lbug` +
-  `bin/brain/index.go --rebuild`. Use `ensure_indexes()` after upserts.
-- **model2vec** — `potion-multilingual-128M` static embeddings (256-dim),
-  CPU-fast, deterministic, no Ollama runtime dependency.
-- facts and info split semantically by `root` column but written inside the
-  same transaction.
+- **LadybugDB** — single `var/kb.lbug`, Cypher + HNSW + BM25, embedded.
+  Read tools (`get` / `stats` / `eval`) are Go + Zig CGO (`bin/cgo/zcc`).
+  Python fallbacks stay for CI until the runner fetches Zig. Incremental
+  write is `bin/brain/add.go` (Python `kblib.add_leafs`). Bulk rebuild is
+  Compose profile `index` (`bin/brain/index.go --rebuild`).
+- **model2vec** — `potion-multilingual-128M` (256-dim), CPU, no Ollama
+  runtime dependency.
+- facts and info split by `root` but written in the same transaction.
+
+Ladybug 0.19 DROP INDEX warning: [docs/runbook.md](docs/runbook.md).
 
 ## Tooling conventions
 
 `bin/{subject}/{method}.go` — self-describing: shebang on line 1, usage comment
 from line 2. Shared code in `internal/`. YAML default output, `--json` for
 machines. Tests gate every commit. HTTP: `bin/brain/serve.go` calls
-`internal/brain` in-process (`/health` `/search` `/get` `/stats` `/audit` `/ingest`).
+`internal/brain` in-process (`/health` `/search` `/get` `/stats` `/audit` `/ingest` `/openapi.json` `/mcp`).
 
 ## Development
 
+See the portable runbook: [docs/runbook.md](docs/runbook.md).
+
 ```bash
-uv venv .venv                                  # Python 3.12, uv-managed
-uv pip install -r requirements.lock.txt        # pinned toolchain
-bin/facts/audit self                           # lexicon consistency gate
-go test ./... && python -m unittest discover -s bin/tools -t .
+uv venv .venv
+uv pip install -r requirements.lock.txt
+bin/facts/audit.go self
+go test ./... && uv run python -m unittest discover -s bin/tools -t .
 ```
 
 Docker (optional, cached model + var volumes):
 
 ```bash
-docker compose run --rm brain index            # (re)index corpus
-docker compose run --rm brain search "query"   # one-shot query
-docker compose run --rm brain serve            # bin/brain/serve.go
+docker compose up -d brain                     # API (Zig CGO serve :8630)
+docker compose --profile index run --rm index  # Python Ladybug rebuild
+docker compose --profile picoclaw up brain-mcp # MCP on 127.0.0.1:8630
+docker compose --profile reasoner up -d reasoner  # CPU Ollama 127.0.0.1:11435
 docker compose up brain-watch                  # auto re-index on change
 ```
 
@@ -165,10 +171,12 @@ docker compose up brain-watch                  # auto re-index on change
 - [go-second-brain](https://github.com/eSlider/go-second-brain) — the earlier
   Neo4j + Qdrant + Matrix RAG brain
 - [agent-skills](https://github.com/eSlider/agent-skills) — upstream
-  skills (`web-search`, `db-yaml`, …) that 2dph integrates
+  skills (`web-search`, `postgres`, …) that 2dph integrates
 - detective method — the two-source method
 
-Work board (issues): [git.produktor.io/eSlider/2dph/issues](https://git.produktor.io/eSlider/2dph/issues).
+Work board (issues): [epic #16](https://git.produktor.io/eSlider/2dph/issues/16)
+on [git.produktor.io/eSlider/2dph/issues](https://git.produktor.io/eSlider/2dph/issues).
 PRs and CI: GitHub [`eSlider/2dph`](https://github.com/eSlider/2dph).
 
-See [PLAN.md](PLAN.md) for decisions, execution status, and v2 open questions.
+See [PLAN.md](PLAN.md) for decisions, [docs/roadmap.md](docs/roadmap.md) for
+the gap to v1, and v2 open questions.

bin/brain/add.go

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+//usr/bin/env go run -tags=brain_add "$0" "$@"; exit
+//go:build brain_add
+//
+// bin/brain/add.go - incremental leaf write (Python kblib, no rebuild).
+//
+//	./bin/brain/add.go --text T --root facts --source "a.md x b.md"
+//	./bin/brain/add.go --json
+//
+// D6: write stays Python. Does not delete var/kb.lbug.
+// NOTE: never run `gofmt -w` on this file — it breaks the shebang.
+package main
+
+import (
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/eSlider/2dph/internal/cmdbin"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	os.Exit(cmdbin.ExecFile("bin/kb/add", os.Args[1:]))
+}

bin/brain/eval.go

@@ -1,20 +1,22 @@
-//usr/bin/env go run -tags=brain_eval "$0" "$@"; exit
-//go:build brain_eval
+//usr/bin/env go run -tags=system_ladybug,brain_eval "$0" "$@"; exit
+//go:build cgo && system_ladybug && brain_eval
 //
 // bin/brain/eval.go - recall@5 gate.
 //
 //	./bin/brain/eval.go
 //	./bin/brain/eval.go --json
 //
+// Needs CGO + libladybug. Python bin/kb/eval is the CI fallback (no cgo).
+// Control questions live in internal/brain/rank (cgo-free).
 // NOTE: never run `gofmt -w` on this file — it breaks the shebang.
 package main
 
 import (
 	"os"
 
-	"github.com/eSlider/2dph/internal/cmdbin"
+	"github.com/eSlider/2dph/internal/brain"
 )
 
 func main() {
-	os.Exit(cmdbin.ExecFile("bin/kb/eval", os.Args[1:]))
+	os.Exit(brain.MainEval(os.Args[1:]))
 }

bin/brain/get.go

@@ -1,20 +1,23 @@
-//usr/bin/env go run -tags=brain_get "$0" "$@"; exit
-//go:build brain_get
+//usr/bin/env go run -tags=system_ladybug,brain_get "$0" "$@"; exit
+//go:build cgo && system_ladybug && brain_get
 //
 // bin/brain/get.go - read one leaf by id.
 //
 //	./bin/brain/get.go <id>
 //	./bin/brain/get.go <id> --body
+//	./bin/brain/get.go <id> --json
 //
+// Needs CGO + libladybug. Python bin/kb/get is the CI fallback (no cgo).
+// CGO compiler is Zig (`eval "$(bin/cgo/zig env)"`), not gcc.
 // NOTE: never run `gofmt -w` on this file — it breaks the shebang.
 package main
 
 import (
 	"os"
 
-	"github.com/eSlider/2dph/internal/cmdbin"
+	"github.com/eSlider/2dph/internal/brain"
 )
 
 func main() {
-	os.Exit(cmdbin.ExecFile("bin/kb/get", os.Args[1:]))
+	os.Exit(brain.MainGet(os.Args[1:]))
 }

bin/brain/index.go

@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 //	./bin/brain/index.go --rebuild --with-mail
 //	./bin/brain/index.go --dry-run --with-mail
 //
-// v1 write is always a rebuild when mail is included (live FTS/HNSW + bulk
-// insert corrupts Ladybug 0.19 WAL). `add` is v2.
+// v1 write: bin/brain/add.go for one/few leafs (indexes may already exist).
+// Bulk mail/corpus still --rebuild (fresh file, indexes last).
 // NOTE: never run `gofmt -w` on this file — it breaks the shebang.
 package main
 

bin/brain/search.go

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 //	./bin/brain/search.go serve [port]
 //	./bin/brain/search.go --list-model
 //
-// Needs CGO + libladybug (CGO_CFLAGS/CGO_LDFLAGS). Prefer the wrapper
+// Needs CGO + libladybug via Zig (`eval "$(bin/cgo/zig env)"`), not gcc.
 // bin/kb/search which sets those and builds a binary for the embed daemon.
 // NOTE: never run `gofmt -w` on this file — it breaks the shebang.
 package main

bin/brain/serve.go

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 //	KB_ROOT=/path/to/2dph ./bin/brain/serve.go
 //	KB_WORKERS=4 KB_PORT=8630 ./bin/brain/serve.go
 //
+//	GET  /openapi.json  same Ops table as the handlers
+//	POST /mcp           JSON-RPC tools/list + tools/call
+//
 // Needs CGO + libladybug (same as bin/brain/search.go).
 // NOTE: never run `gofmt -w` on this file — it breaks the shebang.
 package main

bin/brain/stats.go

@@ -1,20 +1,21 @@
-//usr/bin/env go run -tags=brain_stats "$0" "$@"; exit
-//go:build brain_stats
+//usr/bin/env go run -tags=system_ladybug,brain_stats "$0" "$@"; exit
+//go:build cgo && system_ladybug && brain_stats
 //
 // bin/brain/stats.go - index health.
 //
 //	./bin/brain/stats.go
 //	./bin/brain/stats.go --json
 //
+// Needs CGO + libladybug. Python bin/kb/stats is the CI fallback (no cgo).
 // NOTE: never run `gofmt -w` on this file — it breaks the shebang.
 package main
 
 import (
 	"os"
 
-	"github.com/eSlider/2dph/internal/cmdbin"
+	"github.com/eSlider/2dph/internal/brain"
 )
 
 func main() {
-	os.Exit(cmdbin.ExecFile("bin/kb/stats", os.Args[1:]))
+	os.Exit(brain.MainStats(os.Args[1:]))
 }

bin/cgo/zc++

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# bin/cgo/zc++ — CGO CXX. Zig, not g++.
+set -eu
+ROOT="$(CDPATH= cd -- "$(dirname "$0")/../.." && pwd)"
+case "$(uname -m)" in
+  x86_64|amd64) TARGET=x86_64-linux-gnu ;;
+  aarch64|arm64) TARGET=aarch64-linux-gnu ;;
+  *)
+    echo "zc++: unsupported arch $(uname -m)" >&2
+    exit 2
+    ;;
+esac
+if [ -n "${ZIG:-}" ] && [ -x "$ZIG" ]; then
+  :
+elif [ -x "$ROOT/var/zig/zig" ]; then
+  ZIG="$ROOT/var/zig/zig"
+elif command -v zig >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  ZIG="$(command -v zig)"
+else
+  echo "zc++: zig missing; run bin/cgo/zig first" >&2
+  exit 127
+fi
+exec "$ZIG" c++ -target "$TARGET" "$@"

bin/cgo/zcc

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# bin/cgo/zcc — CGO CC. Zig, not gcc.
+# Go invokes CC with many args; a wrapper avoids spaces in $CC.
+set -eu
+ROOT="$(CDPATH= cd -- "$(dirname "$0")/../.." && pwd)"
+case "$(uname -m)" in
+  x86_64|amd64) TARGET=x86_64-linux-gnu ;;
+  aarch64|arm64) TARGET=aarch64-linux-gnu ;;
+  *)
+    echo "zcc: unsupported arch $(uname -m)" >&2
+    exit 2
+    ;;
+esac
+if [ -n "${ZIG:-}" ] && [ -x "$ZIG" ]; then
+  :
+elif [ -x "$ROOT/var/zig/zig" ]; then
+  ZIG="$ROOT/var/zig/zig"
+elif command -v zig >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  ZIG="$(command -v zig)"
+else
+  echo "zcc: zig missing; run bin/cgo/zig first" >&2
+  exit 127
+fi
+exec "$ZIG" cc -target "$TARGET" "$@"

bin/cgo/zig

@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# bin/cgo/zig — CGO toolchain: zig cc (not gcc) + pinned liblbug + libtokenizers.
+#
+#   eval "$(bin/cgo/zig env)"     # export CC/CXX/CGO_*
+#   bin/cgo/zig go build ...      # ensure, then exec with env
+#   bin/cgo/zig ./bin/brain/search.go "query"
+#
+# Pins live in this file. Downloads land in var/ (gitignored).
+set -euo pipefail
+
+ROOT="$(CDPATH= cd -- "$(dirname "$0")/../.." && pwd)"
+ZIG_VERSION=0.14.1
+LBUG_VERSION=0.19.1
+TOKENIZERS_VERSION=1.27.0
+
+arch="$(uname -m)"
+case "$arch" in
+  x86_64|amd64)
+    ZIG_ARCH=x86_64
+    LBUG_ARCH=x86_64
+    TOK_ARCH=x86_64
+    ZIG_SHA=24aeeec8af16c381934a6cd7d95c807a8cb2cf7df9fa40d359aa884195c4716c
+    LBUG_SHA=ed263ae913f68cb0ddba0b98548b58edaac49929766d03bdaaa83be46c68847d
+    TOK_SHA=72556cdca798dd4ea7cdaba308e5f0d68a8cb93b67c96edf485b7a0edd7b07f4
+    ;;
+  aarch64|arm64)
+    ZIG_ARCH=aarch64
+    LBUG_ARCH=aarch64
+    TOK_ARCH=aarch64
+    ZIG_SHA=f7a654acc967864f7a050ddacfaa778c7504a0eca8d2b678839c21eea47c992b
+    LBUG_SHA=b07df2cd533c3976a2a3025866d6420a5f35514d0a822ecc4b2902d55b4725b7
+    TOK_SHA=e96545ad05930c26f51f63d932ee6d3bbd32bbed149e102c5290d587a2293067
+    ;;
+  *)
+    echo "bin/cgo/zig: unsupported arch $arch" >&2
+    exit 2
+    ;;
+esac
+
+CACHE="$ROOT/var/cache"
+LIB="$ROOT/lib-ladybug"
+ZIG_DIR="$ROOT/var/zig-dist"
+ZIG_BIN="$ROOT/var/zig/zig"
+
+sha256of() {
+  if command -v sha256sum >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    sha256sum "$1" | awk '{print $1}'
+  else
+    shasum -a 256 "$1" | awk '{print $1}'
+  fi
+}
+
+fetch() {
+  local url="$1" dest="$2" expect="$3"
+  if [ -f "$dest" ] && [ "$(sha256of "$dest")" = "$expect" ]; then
+    return 0
+  fi
+  mkdir -p "$(dirname "$dest")"
+  echo "fetch $url" >&2
+  curl -fsSL "$url" -o "$dest"
+  local got
+  got="$(sha256of "$dest")"
+  if [ "$got" != "$expect" ]; then
+    echo "checksum mismatch $dest: got $got want $expect" >&2
+    rm -f "$dest"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+}
+
+ensure_zig() {
+  if [ -n "${ZIG:-}" ] && [ -x "$ZIG" ]; then
+    return 0
+  fi
+  if [ -x "$ZIG_BIN" ]; then
+    export ZIG="$ZIG_BIN"
+    return 0
+  fi
+  if command -v zig >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    export ZIG
+    ZIG="$(command -v zig)"
+    return 0
+  fi
+  local tar="$CACHE/zig-${ZIG_ARCH}-linux-${ZIG_VERSION}.tar.xz"
+  fetch "https://ziglang.org/download/${ZIG_VERSION}/zig-${ZIG_ARCH}-linux-${ZIG_VERSION}.tar.xz" \
+    "$tar" "$ZIG_SHA"
+  mkdir -p "$CACHE"
+  rm -rf "$ZIG_DIR"
+  tar -xJf "$tar" -C "$CACHE"
+  mv "$CACHE/zig-${ZIG_ARCH}-linux-${ZIG_VERSION}" "$ZIG_DIR"
+  mkdir -p "$ROOT/var/zig"
+  ln -sfn "$ZIG_DIR/zig" "$ZIG_BIN"
+  export ZIG="$ZIG_BIN"
+}
+
+ensure_libs() {
+  mkdir -p "$LIB"
+  if [ ! -f "$LIB/liblbug.so" ]; then
+    local tar="$CACHE/liblbug-linux-${LBUG_ARCH}.tar.gz"
+    fetch "https://github.com/LadybugDB/ladybug/releases/download/v${LBUG_VERSION}/liblbug-linux-${LBUG_ARCH}.tar.gz" \
+      "$tar" "$LBUG_SHA"
+    tar -xzf "$tar" -C "$LIB"
+  fi
+  if [ ! -f "$LIB/libtokenizers.a" ]; then
+    local tar="$CACHE/libtokenizers.linux-${TOK_ARCH}.tar.gz"
+    fetch "https://github.com/daulet/tokenizers/releases/download/v${TOKENIZERS_VERSION}/libtokenizers.linux-${TOK_ARCH}.tar.gz" \
+      "$tar" "$TOK_SHA"
+    tar -xzf "$tar" -C "$LIB"
+  fi
+}
+
+print_env() {
+  printf 'export ZIG=%q\n' "$ZIG"
+  printf 'export CC=%q\n' "$ROOT/bin/cgo/zcc"
+  printf 'export CXX=%q\n' "$ROOT/bin/cgo/zc++"
+  printf 'export CGO_ENABLED=1\n'
+  printf 'export CGO_CFLAGS=%q\n' "-I$LIB"
+  printf 'export CGO_LDFLAGS=%q\n' "-L$LIB -Wl,-rpath,${CGO_RPATH:-$LIB}"
+}
+
+ensure_zig
+ensure_libs
+
+cmd="${1:-env}"
+if [ "$cmd" = "env" ]; then
+  print_env
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+eval "$(print_env)"
+exec "$@"

bin/docker-entrypoint

@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 # bin/docker-entrypoint - run 2dph tools inside the container.
 #
-#   brain                 shell (default)
-#   brain search <q>      bin/brain/search.go
-#   brain index           bin/kb/index --with-mail
-#   brain watch <dir>     compiled /app/bin/watch (bin/brain/watch.go)
-#   brain serve           compiled /app/bin/serve (bin/brain/serve.go)
-#   brain extract         bin/facts/extract (docker×compose pairing)
-#   brain audit           bin/facts/audit
+# API image (Zig CGO binaries):
+#   serve | search | watch
+# Index image (Python write path, compose profile `index`):
+#   index | extract | audit | search (deprecated python wrapper)
 #
 # Usage comment starts at line 2 (self-describing convention).
 set -euo pipefail
@@ -15,13 +12,27 @@ set -euo pipefail
 CMD="${1:-shell}"
 shift || true
 
+if [ -x /usr/local/bin/brain-serve ]; then
+	case "$CMD" in
+		shell) exec bash ;;
+		serve) exec /usr/local/bin/brain-serve "$@" ;;
+		search) exec /usr/local/bin/brain-search "$@" ;;
+		watch) exec /usr/local/bin/brain-watch "$@" ;;
+		index)
+			echo "index is the Python sidecar: docker compose --profile index run --rm index" >&2
+			exit 2
+			;;
+		*) echo "unknown command: $CMD (api: serve|search|watch)" >&2; exit 2 ;;
+	esac
+fi
+
 case "$CMD" in
-  shell) exec bash ;;
-  search) exec "$KB_PY" /app/bin/kb/search "$@" ;;
-  index) exec "$KB_PY" /app/bin/kb/index --with-mail "$@" ;;
-  watch) exec /app/bin/watch "$@" ;;
-  serve) exec /app/bin/serve "$@" ;;
-  extract) exec "$KB_PY" /app/bin/facts/extract "$@" ;;
-  audit) exec "$KB_PY" /app/bin/facts/audit "$@" ;;
-  *) echo "unknown command: $CMD" >&2; exit 2 ;;
+	shell) exec bash ;;
+	search) exec "$KB_PY" /app/bin/kb/search "$@" ;;
+	index) exec "$KB_PY" /app/bin/kb/index --with-mail "$@" ;;
+	watch) exec /app/bin/watch "$@" ;;
+	serve) exec /app/bin/serve "$@" ;;
+	extract) exec "$KB_PY" /app/bin/facts/extract "$@" ;;
+	audit) exec "$KB_PY" /app/bin/facts/audit "$@" ;;
+	*) echo "unknown command: $CMD" >&2; exit 2 ;;
 esac

bin/facts/audit.go

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+//usr/bin/env go run -tags=facts_audit "$0" "$@"; exit
+//go:build facts_audit
+//
+// bin/facts/audit.go - 2-source + lexicon checks.
+//
+//	./bin/facts/audit.go self
+//	./bin/facts/audit.go db
+//
+// Python bin/facts/audit is the implementation (CI runs it directly).
+// NOTE: never run `gofmt -w` on this file — it breaks the shebang.
+package main
+
+import (
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/eSlider/2dph/internal/cmdbin"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	os.Exit(cmdbin.ExecFile("bin/facts/audit", os.Args[1:]))
+}

bin/facts/crm.go

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+//usr/bin/env go run -tags=facts_crm "$0" "$@"; exit
+//go:build facts_crm
+//
+// bin/facts/crm.go - prove person↔company / company↔project (ooCRM × corpus).
+//
+//	./bin/facts/crm.go [--dry-run] [--mismatches]
+//
+// Python bin/facts/crm is the implementation. Graph write stays Python.
+// NOTE: never run `gofmt -w` on this file — it breaks the shebang.
+package main
+
+import (
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/eSlider/2dph/internal/cmdbin"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	os.Exit(cmdbin.ExecFile("bin/facts/crm", os.Args[1:]))
+}

bin/facts/extract.go

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+//usr/bin/env go run -tags=facts_extract "$0" "$@"; exit
+//go:build facts_extract
+//
+// bin/facts/extract.go - acquire confirmed facts (2-source each).
+//
+//	./bin/facts/extract.go [--json] [--dry-run]
+//
+// Python bin/facts/extract is the implementation. Graph write stays Python.
+// NOTE: never run `gofmt -w` on this file — it breaks the shebang.
+package main
+
+import (
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/eSlider/2dph/internal/cmdbin"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	os.Exit(cmdbin.ExecFile("bin/facts/extract", os.Args[1:]))
+}

bin/kb/add

@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""kb/add - incremental leaf write (no rebuild).
+
+  bin/kb/add --text T --root facts|info --source S
+  bin/kb/add --json                 # stdin: one object or {"leafs":[...]}
+  bin/kb/add --db PATH --json
+
+Writes facts+info in one Ladybug transaction. Does not delete kb.lbug.
+Embedding is used when provided; otherwise model2vec encodes the text.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[2]
+sys.path.insert(0, str(ROOT / "bin" / "tools"))
+
+from kblib import (  # noqa: E402
+    EMBED_DIM,
+    add_leafs,
+    connect,
+    ensure_indexes,
+    init_schema,
+)
+
+
+def _as_leafs(payload: object) -> list[dict]:
+    if isinstance(payload, list):
+        return [dict(x) for x in payload]
+    if isinstance(payload, dict):
+        if "leafs" in payload:
+            return [dict(x) for x in payload["leafs"]]
+        return [dict(payload)]
+    raise ValueError("json must be an object, a list, or {leafs:[...]}")
+
+
+def _embed_missing(leafs: list[dict]) -> None:
+    missing = [lf for lf in leafs if not lf.get("embedding")]
+    if not missing:
+        return
+    from model2vec import StaticModel
+
+    model = StaticModel.from_pretrained("minishlab/potion-multilingual-128M")
+    for lf in missing:
+        text = str(lf.get("text") or "")
+        vec = model.encode([text])[0].astype(float).tolist()
+        if len(vec) != EMBED_DIM:
+            vec = (vec + [0.0] * EMBED_DIM)[:EMBED_DIM]
+        lf["embedding"] = vec
+
+
+def main(argv: list[str]) -> int:
+    import argparse
+
+    p = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="add leafs without rebuilding the brain")
+    p.add_argument("--db", default="", help="path to kb.lbug (default var/kb.lbug)")
+    p.add_argument("--json", action="store_true", help="read leaf JSON from stdin")
+    p.add_argument("--text", default="", help="leaf text")
+    p.add_argument("--root", default="info", choices=("facts", "info"))
+    p.add_argument("--source", default="")
+    p.add_argument("--confidence", default="confirmed")
+    p.add_argument("--source-rev", default="working-tree")
+    p.add_argument("--how", default="brain/add")
+    p.add_argument("--loc", default="")
+    p.add_argument("--type", default="reference", dest="type_")
+    args = p.parse_args(argv)
+
+    if args.json:
+        raw = sys.stdin.read()
+        if not raw.strip():
+            print("kb/add: empty stdin", file=sys.stderr)
+            return 2
+        leafs = _as_leafs(json.loads(raw))
+    else:
+        if not args.text or not args.source:
+            print("kb/add: --text and --source are required (or --json)", file=sys.stderr)
+            return 2
+        leafs = [{
+            "text": args.text,
+            "root": args.root,
+            "source": args.source,
+            "confidence": args.confidence,
+            "source_rev": args.source_rev,
+            "how": args.how,
+            "loc": args.loc or args.source,
+            "type": args.type_,
+        }]
+
+    for lf in leafs:
+        if not lf.get("text") or not lf.get("source"):
+            print("kb/add: each leaf needs text and source", file=sys.stderr)
+            return 2
+
+    _embed_missing(leafs)
+
+    from kblib import DB_PATH, VAR
+
+    dbpath = Path(args.db) if args.db else DB_PATH
+    dbpath.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    VAR.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
+    db, conn = connect(dbpath, read_only=False)
+    init_schema(conn)
+    ids = add_leafs(conn, leafs)
+    ensure_indexes(conn)
+    conn.close()
+    db.close()
+    print(json.dumps({"mode": "add", "ids": ids, "db": str(dbpath)}))
+    return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(main(sys.argv[1:]))

bin/kb/search

@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 # bin/kb/search — deprecated wrapper. Use bin/brain/search.go.
-# Sets CGO for ladybug, builds a binary (embed daemon needs a real executable),
-# then execs it. Prints one deprecation line.
+# CGO via Zig (bin/cgo/zig), not gcc. Builds a binary then execs it.
 set -euo pipefail
 
-ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/../.." && pwd)"
+ROOT="$(CDPATH= cd -- "$(dirname "$0")/../.." && pwd)"
 BIN="$ROOT/var/bin/brain-search"
 SRC="$ROOT/internal/brain"
 CMD="$ROOT/bin/brain"
@@ -24,11 +23,10 @@ else
 fi
 
 if [ "$need_build" -eq 1 ]; then
-	echo "Building brain/search..." >&2
+	echo "Building brain/search (zig cc)..." >&2
 	(
 		cd "$ROOT" &&
-			CGO_CFLAGS="-I$ROOT/lib-ladybug" \
-			CGO_LDFLAGS="-L$ROOT/lib-ladybug -Wl,-rpath,$ROOT/lib-ladybug" \
+			eval "$("$ROOT/bin/cgo/zig" env)" &&
 			go build -tags system_ladybug -o "$BIN" ./bin/brain
 	) || exit 1
 fi

bin/markdown/import.go

@@ -1,20 +1,100 @@
-//usr/bin/env go run -tags=markdown_import "$0" "$@"; exit
-//go:build markdown_import
+//usr/bin/env go run "$0" "$@"; exit
 //
-// bin/markdown/import.go - split markdown into leafs (mistune).
+// bin/markdown/import.go - split markdown into leafs (H2 boundaries).
 //
 //	./bin/markdown/import.go [dir]
 //	./bin/markdown/import.go --files a.md,b.md --json
 //
+// Conversion only. Brain write is bin/brain/index.go.
+// Python bin/md/import remains as a fallback.
 // NOTE: never run `gofmt -w` on this file — it breaks the shebang.
 package main
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/eSlider/2dph/internal/cmdbin"
+	"github.com/eSlider/2dph/internal/mdleaves"
 )
 
 func main() {
-	os.Exit(cmdbin.ExecFile("bin/md/import", os.Args[1:]))
+	os.Exit(run(os.Args[1:]))
+}
+
+func run(args []string) int {
+	jsonOut := false
+	files := ""
+	root := "."
+	for i := 0; i < len(args); i++ {
+		a := args[i]
+		switch {
+		case a == "--json":
+			jsonOut = true
+		case a == "--files" && i+1 < len(args):
+			i++
+			files = args[i]
+		case strings.HasPrefix(a, "--files="):
+			files = strings.TrimPrefix(a, "--files=")
+		case a == "-h" || a == "--help":
+			fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "bin/markdown/import.go [dir] [--files a.md,b.md] [--json]")
+			return 0
+		case strings.HasPrefix(a, "-"):
+			fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "unknown arg:", a)
+			return 2
+		default:
+			root = a
+		}
+	}
+
+	var paths []string
+	if files != "" {
+		for _, f := range strings.Split(files, ",") {
+			f = strings.TrimSpace(f)
+			if f != "" {
+				paths = append(paths, f)
+			}
+		}
+	} else {
+		st, err := os.Stat(root)
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "md/import: no such path %s\n", root)
+			return 2
+		}
+		if !st.IsDir() {
+			paths = []string{root}
+		} else {
+			var err error
+			paths, err = mdleaves.WalkMarkdown(root)
+			if err != nil {
+				fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "md/import: %v\n", err)
+				return 1
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	if len(paths) == 0 {
+		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "md/import: no markdown files")
+		return 1
+	}
+
+	var all []mdleaves.Leaf
+	for _, p := range paths {
+		raw, err := os.ReadFile(p)
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "md/import: %s: %v\n", p, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		all = append(all, mdleaves.ToAll(string(raw), p, "")...)
+	}
+	if jsonOut {
+		s, err := mdleaves.EncodeJSON(all)
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, err)
+			return 1
+		}
+		fmt.Print(s)
+		return 0
+	}
+	fmt.Print(mdleaves.EncodeYAML(all))
+	return 0
 }

bin/reasoner/bakeoff.go

@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+//usr/bin/env go run -tags=reasoner_bakeoff "$0" "$@"; exit
+//go:build reasoner_bakeoff
+//
+// bin/reasoner/bakeoff.go - CPU tool-call bake-off against an OpenAI-compatible URL (D18).
+//
+//	REASONER_BASE_URL=http://127.0.0.1:11435/v1 REASONER_MODEL=qwen3.5:9b ./bin/reasoner/bakeoff.go
+//	./bin/reasoner/bakeoff.go --model MichelRosselli/bonsai-27b:Q1_0 --json
+//
+// Measures OpenAI tool_calls (search/get/audit) and RSS from Ollama /api/ps, not VRAM.
+// PicoClaw is not in this repo; the tool names match internal/httpapi MCP ops.
+// NOTE: never run `gofmt -w` on this file — it breaks the shebang.
+package main
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/eSlider/2dph/internal/reasoner"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	os.Exit(run(os.Args[1:]))
+}
+
+func run(args []string) int {
+	base := os.Getenv("REASONER_BASE_URL")
+	if base == "" {
+		base = "http://127.0.0.1:11435/v1"
+	}
+	model := os.Getenv("REASONER_MODEL")
+	if model == "" {
+		model = reasoner.OllamaRAM
+	}
+	jsonOut := false
+	device := "cpu"
+	for i := 0; i < len(args); i++ {
+		a := args[i]
+		switch {
+		case a == "--json":
+			jsonOut = true
+		case a == "--model" && i+1 < len(args):
+			i++
+			model = args[i]
+		case strings.HasPrefix(a, "--model="):
+			model = strings.TrimPrefix(a, "--model=")
+		case a == "--base-url" && i+1 < len(args):
+			i++
+			base = args[i]
+		case a == "--device" && i+1 < len(args):
+			i++
+			device = args[i]
+		case a == "-h" || a == "--help":
+			fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "bin/reasoner/bakeoff.go [--model ID] [--base-url URL] [--device cpu] [--json]")
+			return 0
+		default:
+			fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "unknown arg:", a)
+			return 2
+		}
+	}
+	c := reasoner.Client{BaseURL: base, Model: model, Device: device}
+	rep := reasoner.Run(c)
+	raw, err := json.MarshalIndent(rep, "", "  ")
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, err)
+		return 1
+	}
+	if jsonOut {
+		fmt.Println(string(raw))
+	} else {
+		fmt.Printf("model: %s\n", rep.Model)
+		fmt.Printf("hf_id: %s\n", rep.HF)
+		fmt.Printf("device: %s\n", rep.Device)
+		fmt.Printf("tool_call: %d/%d\n", rep.ToolCallOK, rep.ToolCallN)
+		fmt.Printf("xml_leak: %d\n", rep.XMLLeak)
+		fmt.Printf("rss_mb: %d\n", rep.RSSMB)
+		fmt.Printf("vram_mb: %d\n", rep.VRAMMB)
+		for _, p := range rep.Prompts {
+			status := "fail"
+			if p.OK {
+				status = "ok"
+			}
+			fmt.Printf("  %s: %s wanted=%s got=%s xml=%v %dms %s\n", p.WantedTool, status, p.WantedTool, p.ToolName, p.XMLLeak, p.LatencyMS, p.Err)
+		}
+	}
+	if rep.ToolCallN == 0 {
+		return 1
+	}
+	return 0
+}

bin/reasoner/doc.go

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+// Commands in this directory are shebang mains (bakeoff.go).
+package main

bin/tools/kblib.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Single embedded graph `var/kb.lbug`. Two roots: facts (assertions backed by
 >=2 independent sources) and info (narrative leafs). Hybrid retrieval: BM25
 (FTS extension) + HNSW cosine (VECTOR extension) + Cypher graph hops.
 
-All access is read-only unless `--rebuild` is passed to kb/index.
+All access is read-only unless `--rebuild` (kb/index) or `kb/add`.
 """
 from __future__ import annotations
 
@@ -118,6 +118,50 @@ def upsert_leaf(conn: ladybug.Connection, *, text: str, root: str, confidence: s
     return lid
 
 
+def add_leafs(conn: ladybug.Connection, leafs: list[dict]) -> list[str]:
+    """Write facts+info leafs in one transaction. Safe while FTS/HNSW exist.
+
+    Each leaf dict: text, source, optional root/confidence/source_rev/how/loc/type/embedding.
+    Does not delete the database file. Measured on Ladybug 0.19: MERGE of new
+    ids (and updates) stays FTS+HNSW queryable; DROP INDEX is the fatal path.
+    """
+    if not leafs:
+        return []
+    started = False
+    try:
+        conn.execute("BEGIN TRANSACTION")
+        started = True
+    except Exception:
+        started = False
+    ids: list[str] = []
+    try:
+        for lf in leafs:
+            ids.append(
+                upsert_leaf(
+                    conn,
+                    text=str(lf["text"]),
+                    root=str(lf.get("root") or ROOT_INFO),
+                    confidence=str(lf.get("confidence") or CONF_CONFIRMED),
+                    source=str(lf["source"]),
+                    source_rev=str(lf.get("source_rev") or "working-tree"),
+                    how=str(lf.get("how") or "brain/add"),
+                    loc=str(lf.get("loc") or lf.get("source") or ""),
+                    type_=str(lf.get("type") or lf.get("type_") or "reference"),
+                    embedding=lf.get("embedding"),
+                )
+            )
+        if started:
+            conn.execute("COMMIT")
+    except Exception:
+        if started:
+            try:
+                conn.execute("ROLLBACK")
+            except Exception:
+                pass
+        raise
+    return ids
+
+
 def leaf_index_names(conn: ladybug.Connection) -> set[str]:
     """Return index names on the Leaf table (e.g. {'id', 'Leaf_vec', '_PK'})."""
     rows = conn.execute("CALL SHOW_INDEXES() RETURN *").get_all()

bin/tools/test_bin_layout.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """D14 layout: bin/{subject}/{method}.go, libs in internal/, one go.mod."""
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import os
 import unittest
 from pathlib import Path
 
@@ -74,9 +75,58 @@ class BinLayoutTest(unittest.TestCase):
         )
 
     def test_brain_methods_are_shebangs(self) -> None:
-        for method in ("index.go", "get.go", "stats.go", "eval.go", "watch.go"):
+        for method in ("index.go", "add.go", "get.go", "stats.go", "eval.go", "watch.go"):
             self._assert_shebang(f"bin/brain/{method}")
 
+    def test_brain_add_is_python_write_not_rebuild(self) -> None:
+        self._assert_shebang("bin/brain/add.go")
+        text = (ROOT / "bin" / "brain" / "add.go").read_text()
+        self.assertIn("cmdbin.ExecFile", text)
+        self.assertIn("bin/kb/add", text)
+        self.assertNotIn("--rebuild", text)
+        py = (ROOT / "bin" / "kb" / "add").read_text()
+        self.assertIn("add_leafs", py)
+        self.assertIn("--json", py)
+        self.assertNotIn("unlink", py.lower())
+
+    def test_brain_get_stats_eval_are_not_python_exec(self) -> None:
+        for method in ("get.go", "stats.go", "eval.go"):
+            text = (ROOT / "bin" / "brain" / method).read_text()
+            self.assertNotIn(
+                "ExecFile",
+                text,
+                f"bin/brain/{method} must call internal/brain, not ExecFile Python",
+            )
+            self.assertNotIn(
+                "cmdbin",
+                text,
+                f"bin/brain/{method} must not import internal/cmdbin",
+            )
+            self.assertIn(
+                "system_ladybug",
+                text.splitlines()[0],
+                f"bin/brain/{method} shebang must pass -tags=system_ladybug",
+            )
+            self.assertIn(
+                "github.com/eSlider/2dph/internal/brain",
+                text,
+            )
+
+    def test_eval_control_questions_live_in_rank(self) -> None:
+        rank = (ROOT / "internal" / "brain" / "rank" / "evalq.go").read_text()
+        py = (ROOT / "bin" / "kb" / "eval").read_text()
+        for frag in ("BM25", "DevOps", "LadybugDB"):
+            self.assertIn(frag, rank)
+            self.assertIn(frag, py)
+        self.assertIn("0.95", rank)
+
+    def test_facts_methods_are_shebangs(self) -> None:
+        for method in ("audit.go", "extract.go", "crm.go"):
+            self._assert_shebang(f"bin/facts/{method}")
+            text = (ROOT / "bin" / "facts" / method).read_text()
+            self.assertIn("cmdbin.ExecFile", text)
+            self.assertIn(f"bin/facts/{method.removesuffix('.go')}", text)
+
     def test_mail_import_is_shebang_not_brain_write(self) -> None:
         self._assert_shebang("bin/mail/import.go")
         index_mail = (ROOT / "bin" / "mail" / "index_mail").read_text()
@@ -86,8 +136,28 @@ class BinLayoutTest(unittest.TestCase):
             "index_mail must point at bin/brain/index.go",
         )
 
-    def test_markdown_import_is_shebang(self) -> None:
+    def test_markdown_import_is_go_not_python_exec(self) -> None:
         self._assert_shebang("bin/markdown/import.go")
+        text = (ROOT / "bin" / "markdown" / "import.go").read_text()
+        self.assertNotIn("ExecFile", text)
+        self.assertNotIn("cmdbin", text)
+        self.assertIn("internal/mdleaves", text)
+        self.assertNotIn("kb.lbug", text)
+
+    def test_import_adapters_do_not_write_ladybug(self) -> None:
+        for rel in (
+            "bin/mail/import.go",
+            "bin/mail/import",
+            "bin/markdown/import.go",
+            "bin/chats/import.go",
+            "bin/git/import.go",
+        ):
+            text = (ROOT / rel).read_text()
+            self.assertNotIn("upsert_leaf", text, rel)
+            self.assertNotIn("kb.lbug", text, rel)
+            self.assertNotIn("var/brain.lbug", text, rel)
+        index = (ROOT / "bin" / "brain" / "index.go").read_text()
+        self.assertIn("bin/kb/index", index)
 
     def test_postgres_query_is_shebang(self) -> None:
         self._assert_shebang("bin/postgres/query.go")
@@ -119,3 +189,21 @@ class BinLayoutTest(unittest.TestCase):
         for line in first.splitlines():
             if "go-git/go-git" in line:
                 self.assertNotIn("indirect", line)
+
+    def test_cgo_uses_zig_not_gcc(self) -> None:
+        for rel in ("bin/cgo/zig", "bin/cgo/zcc", "bin/cgo/zc++"):
+            p = ROOT / rel
+            self.assertTrue(p.is_file(), f"missing {rel}")
+            self.assertTrue(
+                os.access(p, os.X_OK),
+                f"{rel} must be executable",
+            )
+        zig = (ROOT / "bin" / "cgo" / "zig").read_text()
+        self.assertIn("zig cc", zig)
+        self.assertIn("0.14.1", zig)
+        zcc = (ROOT / "bin" / "cgo" / "zcc").read_text()
+        self.assertIn('exec "$ZIG" cc', zcc)
+        self.assertNotIn("command -v gcc", zcc)
+        search = (ROOT / "bin" / "kb" / "search").read_text()
+        self.assertIn("bin/cgo/zig", search)
+        self.assertNotIn("command -v gcc", search)

bin/tools/test_index_adapters.py

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+"""Import adapters write files only. Index rebuild is brain/index (D14 / Gitea #7)."""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import tempfile
+import unittest
+from pathlib import Path
+
+ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[2]
+
+
+class IndexAdapterTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_dry_run_fixture_corpus_does_not_write_lbug(self) -> None:
+        tmp = Path(tempfile.mkdtemp())
+        (tmp / "note.md").write_text("# Fixture\n\n## Leaf\n\nhello corpus\n", encoding="utf-8")
+        lbug = tmp / "kb.lbug"
+        try:
+            import ladybug  # noqa: F401
+        except ImportError:
+            venv_py = ROOT / ".venv" / "bin" / "python"
+            if not venv_py.is_file():
+                self.skipTest("ladybug missing")
+            py = str(venv_py)
+        else:
+            py = sys.executable
+        proc = subprocess.run(
+            [py, str(ROOT / "bin" / "kb" / "index"), "--dry-run", "--json", "--corpus", str(tmp)],
+            cwd=ROOT,
+            capture_output=True,
+            text=True,
+            env=os.environ.copy(),
+            check=False,
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(proc.returncode, 0, proc.stderr)
+        msg = json.loads(proc.stdout)
+        self.assertTrue(msg.get("dry_run"))
+        self.assertGreaterEqual(msg.get("corpus_total", 0), 1)
+        self.assertFalse(lbug.exists(), "dry-run must not create a Ladybug file")

bin/tools/test_kb_add.py

@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+"""Incremental add writes leafs without deleting kb.lbug."""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import tempfile
+import unittest
+from pathlib import Path
+
+ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[2]
+
+
+class KbAddCLITest(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_json_add_does_not_delete_db(self) -> None:
+        tmp = Path(tempfile.mkdtemp())
+        dbpath = tmp / "kb.lbug"
+        py = sys.executable
+        venv_py = ROOT / ".venv" / "bin" / "python"
+        if venv_py.is_file():
+            py = str(venv_py)
+        payload = {
+            "text": "cli zebra leaf",
+            "root": "info",
+            "source": "cli-test",
+            "confidence": "confirmed",
+            "how": "test",
+            "loc": str(tmp),
+            "type": "reference",
+            "embedding": [0.0] * 256,
+        }
+        payload["embedding"][0] = 0.3
+        proc = subprocess.run(
+            [py, str(ROOT / "bin" / "kb" / "add"), "--db", str(dbpath), "--json"],
+            cwd=ROOT,
+            input=json.dumps(payload),
+            capture_output=True,
+            text=True,
+            env=os.environ.copy(),
+            check=False,
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(proc.returncode, 0, proc.stderr)
+        self.assertTrue(dbpath.exists(), "add must create the db, not skip write")
+        out = json.loads(proc.stdout)
+        self.assertEqual(out.get("mode"), "add")
+        self.assertEqual(len(out.get("ids") or []), 1)
+        again = subprocess.run(
+            [py, str(ROOT / "bin" / "kb" / "add"), "--db", str(dbpath), "--json"],
+            cwd=ROOT,
+            input=json.dumps({
+                **payload,
+                "text": "second moose leaf",
+                "source": "cli-test-2",
+            }),
+            capture_output=True,
+            text=True,
+            env=os.environ.copy(),
+            check=False,
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(again.returncode, 0, again.stderr)
+        self.assertTrue(dbpath.exists())
+        second = json.loads(again.stdout)
+        self.assertEqual(len(second.get("ids") or []), 1)
+        self.assertNotEqual(out["ids"][0], second["ids"][0])
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()

bin/tools/test_kblib.py

@@ -71,6 +71,69 @@ class KblibTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertTrue(hits)
         self.assertIn("Leaf_vec", kblib.leaf_index_names(self.conn))
 
+    def test_add_after_indexes_keeps_fts_queryable(self):
+        """Incremental add after FTS+HNSW must find the new leaf on both indexes."""
+        kblib.upsert_leaf(self.conn, text="seed fox leaf", root="info",
+                          confidence="confirmed", source="s", source_rev="r1",
+                          how="test", loc="/tmp", type_="reference",
+                          embedding=make_emb(0.1))
+        kblib.ensure_indexes(self.conn)
+        ids = kblib.add_leafs(self.conn, [{
+            "text": "added zebra after index",
+            "root": "facts",
+            "confidence": "confirmed",
+            "source": "a.md x b.md",
+            "source_rev": "r1",
+            "how": "test",
+            "loc": "/tmp",
+            "type": "fact",
+            "embedding": make_emb(0.9),
+        }])
+        self.assertEqual(len(ids), 1)
+        fts = kblib.query_fts(self.conn, "zebra", 5)
+        self.assertTrue(fts)
+        self.assertIn("zebra", fts[0]["text"])
+        self.assertEqual(fts[0]["root"], "facts")
+        vec = kblib.query_vector(self.conn, make_emb(0.9), 5)
+        self.assertTrue(any("zebra" in h["text"] for h in vec))
+        fox = kblib.query_fts(self.conn, "fox", 5)
+        self.assertTrue(fox)
+        self.assertIn("fox", fox[0]["text"])
+
+    def test_add_facts_and_info_one_transaction(self):
+        """D12: facts and info land in the same transaction."""
+        kblib.ensure_indexes(self.conn)
+        ids = kblib.add_leafs(self.conn, [
+            {
+                "text": "tx fact leaf two-source",
+                "root": "facts",
+                "confidence": "confirmed",
+                "source": "compose.yml x docker ps",
+                "source_rev": "r1",
+                "how": "test",
+                "loc": "/tmp",
+                "type": "fact",
+                "embedding": make_emb(0.4),
+            },
+            {
+                "text": "tx info narrative",
+                "root": "info",
+                "confidence": "confirmed",
+                "source": "note.md",
+                "source_rev": "r1",
+                "how": "test",
+                "loc": "/tmp",
+                "type": "reference",
+                "embedding": make_emb(0.5),
+            },
+        ])
+        self.assertEqual(len(ids), 2)
+        stats = kblib.stats(self.conn)
+        self.assertEqual(stats["by_root"].get("facts"), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(stats["by_root"].get("info"), 1)
+        self.assertTrue(kblib.query_fts(self.conn, "two-source", 5))
+        self.assertTrue(kblib.query_fts(self.conn, "narrative", 5))
+
     def test_drop_vector_then_create_raises_clear_error(self):
         """DROP INDEX leaves ghost catalog; create_fts_and_vector must raise."""
         kblib.upsert_leaf(self.conn, text="seed", root="info",

bin/tools/test_published_docs.py

@@ -59,6 +59,79 @@ class PublishedDocsTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertNotIn("password", settings.lower())
         self.assertIn("json", settings)
 
+    def test_picoclaw_compose_profile_has_mcp_example(self) -> None:
+        compose = (ROOT / "compose.yaml").read_text()
+        self.assertIn('profiles: ["picoclaw"]', compose)
+        self.assertIn("127.0.0.1:8630", compose)
+        example = (ROOT / "deploy" / "picoclaw" / "mcp.json.example").read_text()
+        self.assertIn("127.0.0.1:8630/mcp", example)
+        self.assertNotIn("password", example.lower())
+        self.assertNotIn("token", example.lower())
+        docs = (ROOT / "docs" / "picoclaw.md").read_text()
+        self.assertIn("search", docs)
+        self.assertIn("throttled", docs)
+
+    def test_readme_read_path_is_go(self) -> None:
+        plan = (ROOT / "PLAN.md").read_text()
+        self.assertIn("get.go", plan)
+        self.assertIn("CI fallback", plan)
+        design = (ROOT / "docs" / "design.md").read_text()
+        self.assertIn("internal/brain/rank", design)
+        self.assertIn("They do not exec Python", design)
+
+    def test_openapi_mcp_from_same_handlers(self) -> None:
+        plan = (ROOT / "PLAN.md").read_text()
+        self.assertIn("D20", plan)
+        self.assertIn("/openapi.json", (ROOT / "README.md").read_text())
+        self.assertIn("/mcp", (ROOT / "README.md").read_text())
+        skill = (ROOT / "skills" / "brain" / "SKILL.md").read_text()
+        self.assertIn("/mcp", skill)
+        self.assertFalse((ROOT / "skills" / "db-yaml").exists())
+        self.assertTrue((ROOT / "skills" / "postgres" / "SKILL.md").is_file())
+
+    def test_cgo_zig_and_index_profile(self) -> None:
+        plan = (ROOT / "PLAN.md").read_text()
+        self.assertIn("D21", plan)
+        self.assertIn("zig cc", plan)
+        dockerfile = (ROOT / "Dockerfile").read_text()
+        self.assertIn("bin/cgo/zcc", dockerfile)
+        self.assertIn("FROM debian:bookworm-slim AS api", dockerfile)
+        self.assertIn("FROM python:3.12-slim AS index", dockerfile)
+        api = dockerfile[dockerfile.index("FROM debian:bookworm-slim AS api") :]
+        self.assertNotIn("pip install", api)
+        compose = (ROOT / "compose.yaml").read_text()
+        self.assertIn('profiles: ["index"]', compose)
+        self.assertIn("target: api", compose)
+
+    def test_reasoner_docs_name_real_hf_ids_cpu_sidecar(self) -> None:
+        docs = (ROOT / "docs" / "reasoner.md").read_text()
+        for hf in (
+            "Qwen/Qwen3.5-9B",
+            "Qwen/Qwen3.6-27B",
+            "prism-ml/Bonsai-27B-gguf",
+        ):
+            self.assertIn(hf, docs)
+        self.assertIn("no official qwen3.6-9b", docs.lower())
+        self.assertIn("OLLAMA_NUM_GPU", docs)
+        self.assertIn("rss_mb", docs)
+        self.assertIn("vram_mb", docs)
+        self.assertIn("3/3", docs)
+        self.assertIn("Do not claim 9B is better at tools", docs)
+        self.assertNotIn("Qwen/Qwen3.6-9B", docs)
+        plan = (ROOT / "PLAN.md").read_text()
+        self.assertIn("D18", plan)
+        self.assertIn("Qwen/Qwen3.5-9B", plan)
+        compose = (ROOT / "compose.yaml").read_text()
+        self.assertIn('profiles: ["reasoner"]', compose)
+        self.assertIn("OLLAMA_NUM_GPU", compose)
+        self.assertIn("127.0.0.1:11435", compose)
+        dockerfile = (ROOT / "Dockerfile").read_text()
+        self.assertNotIn(".gguf", dockerfile.lower())
+        self.assertNotIn(".safetensors", dockerfile.lower())
+        api = dockerfile[dockerfile.index("FROM debian:bookworm-slim AS api") :]
+        self.assertNotIn("COPY models", api)
+        self.assertNotIn("qwen", api.lower())
+
     def test_readme_search_escalates_web(self) -> None:
         text = (ROOT / "README.md").read_text()
         self.assertIn("--no-web", text)
@@ -72,6 +145,9 @@ class PublishedDocsTest(unittest.TestCase):
             ROOT / "docs" / "design.md",
             ROOT / "skills" / "brain" / "SKILL.md",
             ROOT / "skills" / "diataxis-docs" / "SKILL.md",
+            ROOT / "docs" / "runbook.md",
+            ROOT / "docs" / "README.md",
+            ROOT / "docs" / "roadmap.md",
         ]
         # Command-style `--hop 1` / `--hop N` plus follow/walk = the old lie.
         # Honest "not implemented" notes must not match.
@@ -82,3 +158,35 @@ class PublishedDocsTest(unittest.TestCase):
                 lie.search(text),
                 f"{path.relative_to(ROOT)} still claims --hop walks the graph",
             )
+
+    def test_docs_are_portable_diataxis(self) -> None:
+        index = (ROOT / "docs" / "README.md").read_text()
+        self.assertIn("type: reference", index)
+        for d in ("D3", "D6", "D14", "D15", "D17", "D18"):
+            self.assertIn(d, index)
+        runbook = (ROOT / "docs" / "runbook.md").read_text()
+        self.assertIn("type: howto", runbook)
+        self.assertIn("bin/brain/search.go", runbook)
+        self.assertIn("bin/brain/index.go", runbook)
+        self.assertNotIn("search.ops.io", runbook)
+        self.assertNotIn("/mnt/", runbook)
+        self.assertNotIn("/home/", runbook)
+        readme = (ROOT / "README.md").read_text()
+        self.assertIn("docs/runbook.md", readme)
+        self.assertNotIn("search.ops.io", readme)
+
+    def test_v1_epic_is_named_in_docs(self) -> None:
+        plan = (ROOT / "PLAN.md").read_text()
+        self.assertIn("Gap to v1", plan)
+        self.assertIn("eSlider/2dph/issues/16", plan)
+        self.assertIn("eSlider/2dph/issues/17", plan)
+        self.assertIn("eSlider/2dph/milestone/12", plan)
+        road = (ROOT / "docs" / "roadmap.md").read_text()
+        self.assertIn("type: explanation", road)
+        self.assertIn("issues/16", road)
+        self.assertIn("issues/14", road)
+        index = (ROOT / "docs" / "README.md").read_text()
+        self.assertIn("roadmap.md", index)
+        self.assertIn("epic #16", index)
+        agents = (ROOT / "AGENTS.md").read_text()
+        self.assertIn("roadmap.md", agents)

bin/tools/test_skills.py

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+"""Skills must name live commands; every bin/ path in SKILL.md must exist."""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import re
+import unittest
+from pathlib import Path
+
+ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[2]
+BIN_PATH = re.compile(r"(bin/[A-Za-z0-9_./-]+)")
+
+
+class SkillsTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_db_yaml_renamed_to_postgres(self) -> None:
+        self.assertFalse(
+            (ROOT / "skills" / "db-yaml").exists(),
+            "skills/db-yaml must be skills/postgres",
+        )
+        self.assertTrue((ROOT / "skills" / "postgres" / "SKILL.md").is_file())
+        text = (ROOT / "skills" / "postgres" / "SKILL.md").read_text()
+        self.assertIn("bin/postgres/query.go", text)
+        self.assertNotIn("search.ops.io", text)
+
+    def test_every_bin_path_in_skills_exists(self) -> None:
+        missing: list[str] = []
+        for path in (ROOT / "skills").rglob("SKILL.md"):
+            text = path.read_text()
+            for m in BIN_PATH.finditer(text):
+                rel = m.group(1).rstrip(")`.,;")
+                candidate = ROOT / rel
+                if not candidate.exists():
+                    missing.append(f"{path.relative_to(ROOT)}: {rel}")
+        self.assertEqual(missing, [], "skill bin paths must exist")
+
+    def test_brain_skill_lists_generated_tools(self) -> None:
+        tools = (ROOT / "skills" / "brain" / "tools.md").read_text()
+        skill = (ROOT / "skills" / "brain" / "SKILL.md").read_text()
+        self.assertIn("tools.md", skill)
+        for name in ("search", "get", "stats", "audit"):
+            self.assertIn(f"`{name}`", tools)
+
+    def test_picoclaw_lists_tool_order(self) -> None:
+        skill = (ROOT / "skills" / "picoclaw" / "SKILL.md").read_text()
+        agents = (ROOT / "AGENTS.md").read_text()
+        self.assertIn("**`search`**", skill)
+        self.assertIn("**`get`**", skill)
+        self.assertIn("**`audit`**", skill)
+        self.assertIn("throttled", skill.lower())
+        self.assertIn("not a negative finding", agents)
+        self.assertIn("Fact-check every", agents)

compose.yaml

@@ -1,66 +1,87 @@
 # 2dph — docker composition
 #
-#   docker compose run --rm brain index                     # rebuild graph
-#   docker compose run --rm brain search "Matrix fed"       # one-shot query
-#   docker compose run --rm brain serve                     # async Go server
-#   docker compose up brain-watch                           # auto re-index
+#   docker compose up -d brain                  # API (Zig CGO serve)
+#   docker compose --profile index run --rm index   # Python rebuild
+#   docker compose --profile picoclaw up brain-mcp
+#   docker compose --profile reasoner up -d reasoner   # CPU Ollama :11435
+#   docker compose --profile searxng up -d
 #
-# Caching: the 128M model (HF_HOME) and kb.lbug (VAR_DIR) live in named
-# volumes, so rebuilds never redownload the model or re-derive the graph.
-# Secrets are never baked into the image: search.env + db-profiles.yml mount
-# read-only from ~/.config/brain.
+# Secrets never baked in: search.env + db-profiles.yml from ~/.config/brain.
 
 name: 2dph
 
 services:
   brain:
-    image: ghcr.io/eslider/2dph:latest
+    image: ghcr.io/eslider/2dph:api
     build:
       context: .
       dockerfile: Dockerfile
+      target: api
       cache_from:
         - ghcr.io/eslider/2dph:cache
-    command: ["brain", "search", "help"]
+    command: ["serve"]
     environment: &env
       HF_HOME: /data/hf
       BRAIN_SEARCH_CACHE: /data/cache/web-search.sqlite
       BRAIN_DB_PROFILES: /secret/db-profiles.yml
       BRAIN_SEARCH_ENV: /secret/search.env
-      KB_SEARCH_CMD: /app/bin/kb/search
+      KB_ROOT: /data
       KB_WORKERS: "4"
+      KB_PORT: "8630"
     volumes:
       - kb-model:/data/hf
       - kb-var:/data
-      # corpus is read-only on the host, never written from the container
-      - ..:/corpus:ro
       - ~/.config/brain:/secret:ro
+    ports:
+      - "127.0.0.1:8630:8630"
     read_only: true
     tmpfs:
       - /tmp
     healthcheck:
-      test: ["CMD", "python3", "-c", "import ladybug, model2vec, mistune; print('ok')"]
+      test: ["CMD", "wget", "-qO-", "http://127.0.0.1:8630/health"]
       interval: 30s
       timeout: 5s
       retries: 3
     restart: unless-stopped
     stop_grace_period: 20s
 
-  # watcher: re-index on corpus file change (watchdog script)
   brain-watch:
-    image: ghcr.io/eslider/2dph:latest
+    image: ghcr.io/eslider/2dph:api
     environment: *env
     volumes:
       - kb-model:/data/hf
       - kb-var:/data
       - ..:/corpus:ro
       - ~/.config/brain:/secret:ro
-    command: ["brain", "watch", "/corpus"]
+    command: ["watch", "/corpus"]
     read_only: true
     tmpfs:
       - /tmp
     restart: unless-stopped
     stop_grace_period: 20s
 
+  # Python write path (Ladybug rebuild). Not in the API image.
+  #   docker compose --profile index run --rm index
+  index:
+    profiles: ["index"]
+    image: ghcr.io/eslider/2dph:index
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile
+      target: index
+    environment:
+      HF_HOME: /data/hf
+      KB_PY: python3
+    volumes:
+      - kb-model:/data/hf
+      - kb-var:/app/var
+      - ..:/corpus:ro
+      - ~/.config/brain:/secret:ro
+    command: ["index"]
+    read_only: true
+    tmpfs:
+      - /tmp
+
   # Optional local SearXNG (D3). Skip if BRAIN_SEARCH_URL already points at a
   # live instance — do not run a second copy on that host.
   #   SEARXNG_SECRET=$(openssl rand -hex 32) docker compose --profile searxng up -d
@@ -76,6 +97,41 @@ services:
       - ./deploy/searxng/limiter.toml:/etc/searxng/limiter.toml:ro
     restart: unless-stopped
 
+  # MCP endpoint for an external agent (PicoClaw is not shipped here).
+  #   docker compose --profile picoclaw up brain-mcp
+  brain-mcp:
+    profiles: ["picoclaw"]
+    image: ghcr.io/eslider/2dph:api
+    environment: *env
+    volumes:
+      - kb-model:/data/hf
+      - kb-var:/data
+      - ~/.config/brain:/secret:ro
+    command: ["serve"]
+    ports:
+      - "127.0.0.1:8630:8630"
+    read_only: true
+    tmpfs:
+      - /tmp
+    restart: unless-stopped
+
+  # CPU OpenAI-compatible sidecar (D18). Weights are pulled at runtime, not
+  # baked into the 2dph image. Does not touch host Ollama on :11434.
+  #   docker compose --profile reasoner up -d reasoner
+  #   docker compose --profile reasoner exec reasoner ollama pull qwen3.5:9b
+  reasoner:
+    profiles: ["reasoner"]
+    image: docker.io/ollama/ollama:latest
+    environment:
+      OLLAMA_NUM_GPU: "0"
+      OLLAMA_HOST: "0.0.0.0:11434"
+    ports:
+      - "127.0.0.1:11435:11434"
+    volumes:
+      - reasoner-ollama:/root/.ollama
+    restart: unless-stopped
+
 volumes:
   kb-model:
   kb-var:
+  reasoner-ollama:

deploy/picoclaw/mcp.json.example

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "mcpServers": {
+    "2dph": {
+      "url": "http://127.0.0.1:8630/mcp",
+      "description": "2dph fact gate. Tool order: search → get → audit. throttled is not absence."
+    }
+  }
+}

docs/README.md

@@ -1,15 +1,38 @@
-# 2dph (deductionphile)
+---
+type: reference
+status: current
+related:
+  - docs/runbook.md
+  - docs/design.md
+  - PLAN.md
+  - docs/roadmap.md
+---
 
-Evidence-first knowledge graph + hybrid RAG over the operational
-Brain/ops/eSlider stack. Facts need proof or they are
+# 2dph docs (Diataxis)
+
+Evidence-first knowledge graph. Facts need proof or they are
 `(not confirmed)`.
 
-- [PLAN.md](../PLAN.md) — decisions, execution order, open questions (v2)
-- [design](design.md) — schema, deduction model, sources
-- [Gitea issues](https://git.produktor.io/eSlider/2dph/issues) — work board (origin)
+| Type | Doc |
+|------|-----|
+| tutorial / howto | [runbook](runbook.md) — run anywhere (uv, Go, Docker) |
+| explanation | [design](design.md) — two roots, deduction, D17/D20/D18 |
+| explanation | [roadmap](roadmap.md) — gap to v1 (epic #16) |
+| howto | [picoclaw](picoclaw.md) — MCP agent profile |
+| howto | [reasoner](reasoner.md) — CPU bake-off (D18) |
+| reference | [PLAN.md](../PLAN.md) — decisions D1–D21 |
+
+Decisions the public face must name: **D3** SearXNG compose, **D6** Go service /
+Python write sidecar, **D14** `bin/{subject}/{method}.go`, **D15** Gitea origin,
+**D17** assertion gate (facts → info → web), **D18** pluggable reasoner.
 
 Search: `bin/brain/search.go "query"` (HTTP: `bin/brain/serve.go` —
 `/health` `/search` `/get` `/stats` `/audit` `/ingest`). `--hop` is
-not a walk; the flag errors until File/FROM_FILE edges exist.
+not a walk; the flag errors. Schema has `FROM_FILE`; search does not
+use it ([#17](https://git.produktor.io/eSlider/2dph/issues/17)).
 
-Published docs live here and mirror the project state.
+Work board: [Gitea issues](https://git.produktor.io/eSlider/2dph/issues)
+([epic #16](https://git.produktor.io/eSlider/2dph/issues/16)).
+PRs and CI: GitHub [`eSlider/2dph`](https://github.com/eSlider/2dph).
+
+Published docs live here and match live commands.

docs/crm-associations-proof.md

@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-# CRM association proof (oo CLI ↔ corpus)
-
-Proven with `oo` (eslider/go-onlyoffice) against the OnlyOffice portal
-(`office.produktor.io`). Portal CRM is the SSOT for company ↔ person ↔
-project associations; the corpus SoT (`eslider/cv/projects/knowledge-mesh-seed.yaml`)
-is the second, independent source. Facts that can be backed by both are
-written to the brain under `root=facts` by `bin/facts/crm`.
-
-## What was verified
-
-- Logical counts (portal MySQL): 1300 contacts = 897 persons + 404 companies,
-  198 projects, 998 deals, 939 project↔contact links.
-- Every client company linked to a project has ≥1 person underneath.
-- Every person `company_id` resolves to an existing company.
-- Corpus org list (9) maps 1:1 onto CRM companies:
-  ProProdukt SL / produktor.io, Dyvenia, Immowelt AG, WhereGroup,
-  Keynote SIGOS, D2S/SYSTEMS, GRID, Pack und Cup, Markets Platform.
-- 78 person↔company association facts written to the brain
-  (`how=crm-crosscheck`, `type=association`). Recall@5 in `bin/kb/eval` = 1.0.
-
-## Mistakes found
-
-| # | Mistake | Fix |
-|---|---------|-----|
-| 1 | Duplicate legal entity `GoldenRatio.Exchange` (contact 759) vs `Golden Ratio Exchange` (763); 3 deals (211, 287, 559) were linked to 759 | `oo contacts merge 759 763` — 763 kept, 759 removed, deal links re-pointed to 763 |
-| 2 | `env/`-wide: OnlyOffice creds file used wrong UX (user `eslider`, password with `$2` suffix) making `oo` auth fail | `.env` fixed to `eslider@gmail.com` + clean password; `.env` stays gitignored |
-
-## Gates after fix
-
-- `uv run python -m unittest discover -s bin/tools -t .` → 26 tests OK
-- `bin/facts/audit self` + `bin/facts/audit db` → ok
-- `bin/kb/eval` → recall@5 = 1.0
-- `go test ./...` (bin/server + bin/watch) → ok

docs/design.md

@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+---
+type: explanation
+status: current
+related:
+  - docs/README.md
+  - docs/runbook.md
+  - docs/roadmap.md
+---
+
 # Design — facts, info, deduction
 
 ## Two roots, one transaction
@@ -25,8 +34,9 @@ bin/brain/search.go "question"
      is not evidence of absence; `--no-web` / `--root` skip it)
 ```
 
-`--hop` is not implemented yet (needs File/FROM_FILE edges). The flag is an
-error; it is not a graph walk.
+`--hop` is not implemented. `FROM_FILE` / `HAS_VERSION` exist in schema;
+search does not walk them ([#17](https://git.produktor.io/eSlider/2dph/issues/17)).
+The flag is an error; it is not a graph walk.
 
 ## Who / What / How / Where / When + evidence
 
@@ -62,3 +72,33 @@ corpus HEAD.
 
 Confirmed = A×B or B×C agreement. Single source = hypothesis + `(not confirmed)`.
 Conflicting pairings (≥2 yes vs ≥2 no) = hypothesis (OQ1 → v2 resolution).
+
+## Read path
+
+`bin/brain/get.go`, `stats.go`, and `eval.go` call `internal/brain` with cgo
+(`system_ladybug`), compiled by **Zig** (`bin/cgo/zcc`, D21), not gcc.
+They do not exec Python. Control questions for recall@5 live in
+`internal/brain/rank` so CI can test the table without libladybug.
+Python `bin/kb/{get,stats,eval}` remain for GitHub Actions until the runner
+fetches Zig + libs (`bin/cgo/zig`). Incremental write is `bin/kb/add`
+(`bin/brain/add.go`). Bulk index/write is still `bin/kb/index`
+(`docker compose --profile index`).
+
+## Agent API (D20)
+
+`bin/brain/serve.go` exposes the same `internal/httpapi.Ops` table as OpenAPI
+(`GET /openapi.json`) and MCP (`POST /mcp` JSON-RPC `tools/list` +
+`tools/call`). Tool names match paths: `search`, `get`, `stats`, `audit`,
+`ingest` (add a leaf; omit body for the CLI hint).
+Agents should use these endpoints instead of shebang CLIs.
+
+## Reasoner (D18)
+
+Pluggable OpenAI-compatible URL. RAM: `Qwen/Qwen3.5-9B`. Quality:
+`prism-ml/Bonsai-27B-gguf` or `Qwen/Qwen3.6-27B`. No official Qwen3.6-9B.
+CPU sidecar: compose profile `reasoner` (`OLLAMA_NUM_GPU=0`,
+`127.0.0.1:11435`). Bake-off: `bin/reasoner/bakeoff.go`. Weights stay out
+of the 2dph image. See [docs/reasoner.md](reasoner.md).
+
+Gap to v1 (hops, corpus, CI eval): [roadmap](roadmap.md),
+[epic #16](https://git.produktor.io/eSlider/2dph/issues/16).

docs/picoclaw.md

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# PicoClaw profile (reference agent)
+
+2dph is the memory/fact gate. PicoClaw (or any MCP client) is the agent loop
+and is **not** shipped in this repo.
+
+```bash
+docker compose --profile picoclaw up brain-mcp
+```
+
+The API listens on `127.0.0.1:8630`. Point the agent at
+`http://127.0.0.1:8630/mcp` using [deploy/picoclaw/mcp.json.example](../deploy/picoclaw/mcp.json.example).
+
+OpenAPI: `GET http://127.0.0.1:8630/openapi.json`.
+
+Before a factual reply: `search` → `get` → `audit`. `throttled` is not a
+negative finding. See `skills/picoclaw/SKILL.md`.
+
+No Cursor required. A live PicoClaw binary/image is an operator choice.

docs/reasoner.md

@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+# Reasoner bake-off (D18)
+
+Pluggable OpenAI-compatible URL. 2dph does not ship weights. PicoClaw is
+not in this repo; the bake-off hits the same tool names PicoClaw would
+(`search` → `get` → `audit` from `internal/httpapi.Ops`).
+
+```bash
+docker compose --profile reasoner up -d reasoner
+docker compose --profile reasoner exec reasoner ollama pull qwen3.5:9b
+REASONER_BASE_URL=http://127.0.0.1:11435/v1 REASONER_MODEL=qwen3.5:9b \
+  ./bin/reasoner/bakeoff.go --json
+```
+
+Host Ollama on `:11434` is left alone. This sidecar binds `127.0.0.1:11435`
+with `OLLAMA_NUM_GPU=0` (CPU). Measure RSS (`/api/ps` `size`), not VRAM.
+
+If Compose cannot allocate a project network (Docker IPAM pool exhausted),
+the same sidecar is:
+
+```bash
+docker run -d --name 2dph-reasoner \
+  -e OLLAMA_NUM_GPU=0 \
+  -p 127.0.0.1:11435:11434 \
+  -v 2dph-reasoner-ollama:/root/.ollama \
+  ollama/ollama:latest
+```
+
+## Real Hugging Face ids
+
+| Role | HF id | Ollama tag (this bake-off) |
+|------|-------|----------------------------|
+| RAM / 9B | `Qwen/Qwen3.5-9B` | `qwen3.5:9b` |
+| Quality 27B (CPU) | `prism-ml/Bonsai-27B-gguf` (derived from Qwen3.6-27B) | `MichelRosselli/bonsai-27b:Q1_0` |
+| Quality 27B (full) | `Qwen/Qwen3.6-27B` | not pulled on this CPU box |
+
+There is **no official Qwen3.6-9B**. Do not invent that id.
+
+Qwen3.5-9B has documented upstream tool-call XML bugs. A 9B win on tools
+is only claimed if this bake-off records OpenAI `tool_calls` (not
+`<tool_call>` XML in `content`).
+
+The 2dph API image does not `COPY` GGUF/safetensors. Pull at runtime into
+the `reasoner-ollama` volume.
+
+## Live CPU run
+
+Host sidecar: Ollama **0.32.9**, `OLLAMA_NUM_GPU=0`, `127.0.0.1:11435`,
+`device: cpu`, `vram_mb: 0`. Date: 2026-08-13. Same three prompts
+(`search` / `get` / `audit`). PicoClaw binary was not used; the OpenAI
+tools payload is the surface it would send.
+
+| Model | HF id | tool_call | xml_leak | rss_mb | latency_ms (search/get/audit) |
+|-------|-------|-----------|----------|--------|-------------------------------|
+| `qwen3.5:9b` | `Qwen/Qwen3.5-9B` | 3/3 | 0 | 5790 | 50059 / 51678 / 31980 |
+| `MichelRosselli/bonsai-27b:Q1_0` | `prism-ml/Bonsai-27B-gguf` | 3/3 | 0 | 21951 | 327702 / 166830 / 119808 |
+| `Qwen/Qwen3.6-27B` | `Qwen/Qwen3.6-27B` | not loaded | — | — | too heavy for this CPU box |
+
+Both loaded models emitted OpenAI `tool_calls` (not `<tool_call>` XML) on
+this runtime. **Do not claim 9B is better at tools** — the score is tied
+at 3/3. 9B is smaller and faster. Bonsai RSS includes weights + KV
+(`size` from `/api/ps`); first Bonsai prompt includes cold load.
+
+Re-run:
+
+```bash
+REASONER_BASE_URL=http://127.0.0.1:11435/v1 REASONER_MODEL=qwen3.5:9b \
+  ./bin/reasoner/bakeoff.go --json
+REASONER_MODEL=MichelRosselli/bonsai-27b:Q1_0 ./bin/reasoner/bakeoff.go --json
+```

docs/roadmap.md

@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+---
+type: explanation
+status: current
+related:
+  - PLAN.md
+  - docs/design.md
+  - docs/runbook.md
+---
+
+# Gap to v1 — detective brain
+
+Goal: a brain that does not assert without proof. Search is deduction
+(`facts` ≥2 sources → `info` → `web`). `confirmed` only from the facts root.
+
+**v1 is a living graph the agent can write and walk**, not “more RAG”.
+
+Epic: [Gitea #16](https://git.produktor.io/eSlider/2dph/issues/16).
+Milestone: [v1 detective brain](https://git.produktor.io/eSlider/2dph/milestone/12).
+Decisions: [PLAN.md](../PLAN.md).
+
+## In (do not reopen)
+
+Read path Go + Zig CGO (D21). HTTP + OpenAPI + MCP (D20). PicoClaw compose
+profile + CPU reasoner (D18). Mail sync → import → rebuild. D14 shebangs.
+Compose `api` (no CPython) / `index` (Python write). Issues #1–#5, #7–#13.
+[#15](https://git.produktor.io/eSlider/2dph/issues/15) lever/loop.
+[#14](https://git.produktor.io/eSlider/2dph/issues/14) `bin/brain/add.go` /
+`POST /ingest` (Python `kblib.add_leafs`; no Go upsert port).
+
+## Blockers
+
+```
+question
+    │
+    ├─ FTS + HNSW          ← in
+    ├─ facts / info roots  ← in
+    ├─ web (D17)           ← in
+    ├─ brain/add ACID      ← in
+    ├─ Cypher hop          ← #17  schema yes, search no
+    └─ facts+chats corpus  ← #18
+```
+
+1. **[#17](https://git.produktor.io/eSlider/2dph/issues/17) hops** —
+   `Leaf-[:FROM_FILE]->File-[:HAS_VERSION]->Commit-[:AUTHORED]->Person`
+   exists; `--hop` still errors. Without a walk, D9/D10 are paper.
+2. **[#18](https://git.produktor.io/eSlider/2dph/issues/18) corpus** —
+   rebuild loads repo markdown + mail as `info`. `facts/extract` pairing
+   and `bin/chats` are not indexed. WhatsApp is a stub. PII stays in `var/`.
+3. **[#19](https://git.produktor.io/eSlider/2dph/issues/19) CI eval** —
+   recall SoT should be `bin/brain/eval.go` via Zig, not Python `bin/kb/eval`.
+
+## Not v1
+
+[#6](https://git.produktor.io/eSlider/2dph/issues/6) OCR (OQ2), OQ1
+contradiction resolution, OQ3 duckdb-md export, OQ4 YAML-first leafs.
+
+## Close epic #16 when
+
+- `--hop` stops erroring and runs a Cypher path from search hits
+- ops pairing + chat import land as leafs on rebuild
+- MCP tool order is documented and still gated by tests

docs/runbook.md

@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+---
+type: howto
+status: current
+related:
+  - docs/README.md
+  - PLAN.md
+---
+
+# Run 2dph (portable)
+
+No laptop-absolute paths. Config lives in env files under `$HOME/.config/brain/`
+(mode 0600), not in git.
+
+## Toolchain
+
+- Go (see `go.mod`)
+- Python 3.12 + [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv)
+- Optional: Docker, Zig CGO via `bin/cgo/zig` (not gcc)
+
+```bash
+uv venv .venv
+uv pip install -r requirements.lock.txt
+eval "$(bin/cgo/zig env)"   # when compiling Ladybug read tools
+go test ./...
+uv run python -m unittest discover -s bin/tools -t .
+```
+
+## Config
+
+| File / env | Purpose |
+|------------|---------|
+| `$BRAIN_SEARCH_ENV` (default `$HOME/.config/brain/search.env`) | `BRAIN_SEARCH_URL` (SearXNG). Optional Basic Auth. |
+| `$HOME/.config/brain/db-profiles.yml` | read-only Postgres profiles (OnlyOffice via tunnel) |
+
+If the host already runs SearXNG, point `BRAIN_SEARCH_URL` at it. Do not start
+a second copy (D3). Optional Compose instance:
+
+```bash
+SEARXNG_SECRET=$(openssl rand -hex 32) docker compose --profile searxng up -d
+```
+
+That binds `127.0.0.1:8888`. JSON format must stay enabled.
+
+## Index then search
+
+Write path is `bin/brain/add.go` for a leaf (or `POST /ingest`). Bulk
+corpus rebuild remains `bin/brain/index.go --rebuild` (Compose profile
+`index`). Do not DROP INDEX on Ladybug 0.19.
+
+```bash
+bin/brain/add.go --text "arc-1 runs Matrix" --root facts --source "compose.yml x docker ps"
+bin/brain/index.go --rebuild
+bin/brain/search.go "LadybugDB vector index"     # facts → info → web (D17)
+bin/brain/search.go "upstream flag" --no-web
+bin/brain/get.go <id> --body
+bin/brain/stats.go
+```
+
+`--hop` is not implemented. Empty web results are `throttled`, not absence.
+Gap to v1: [roadmap](roadmap.md) / [epic #16](https://git.produktor.io/eSlider/2dph/issues/16).
+
+Ladybug 0.19: never `DROP INDEX` FTS/VECTOR (ghost catalog). Fresh indexes =
+delete `var/kb.lbug` then `--rebuild`.
+
+## HTTP / MCP
+
+```bash
+docker compose up -d brain                       # :8630 Zig CGO serve
+docker compose --profile index run --rm index    # rebuild
+docker compose --profile picoclaw up brain-mcp   # MCP 127.0.0.1:8630
+```
+
+`GET /openapi.json`, `POST /mcp`. Agent tool order: `search` → `get` → `audit`.
+
+## Reasoner (optional, D18)
+
+CPU sidecar on `127.0.0.1:11435`. Weights are not in the 2dph image.
+
+```bash
+docker compose --profile reasoner up -d reasoner
+REASONER_BASE_URL=http://127.0.0.1:11435/v1 ./bin/reasoner/bakeoff.go --json
+```
+
+See [reasoner.md](reasoner.md).

internal/brain/http.go

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
 
 	"github.com/eSlider/2dph/internal/brain/rank"
 )
@@ -137,12 +139,22 @@ func (HTTP) Audit(context.Context) ([]byte, error) {
 	return json.Marshal(map[string]any{"status": "ok", "by_confidence": rows})
 }
 
-func (HTTP) Ingest(context.Context) ([]byte, error) {
-	return json.Marshal(map[string]any{
-		"mode":    "rebuild",
-		"command": "bin/brain/index.go --rebuild",
-		"add":     "v2",
-	})
+func (HTTP) Ingest(ctx context.Context, body []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+	if len(bytes.TrimSpace(body)) == 0 {
+		return json.Marshal(map[string]any{
+			"mode":    "add",
+			"command": "bin/brain/add.go",
+			"rebuild": "bin/brain/index.go --rebuild",
+		})
+	}
+	cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, filepath.Join(repoRoot(), "bin", "kb", "add"), "--json")
+	cmd.Stdin = bytes.NewReader(body)
+	cmd.Dir = repoRoot()
+	out, err := cmd.Output()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("add: %w", err)
+	}
+	return out, nil
 }
 
 func asInt(v any) int64 {

internal/brain/modelid.go

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+package brain
+
+const ModelID = "minishlab/potion-multilingual-128M"

internal/brain/rank/evalq.go

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package rank
+
+// Eval control questions (recall@5). Kept here so CI can test the gate
+// table without ladybug cgo. The runner lives in internal/brain (cgo).
+const EvalRecallThreshold = 0.95
+
+type EvalQuestion struct {
+	Query    string
+	Fragment string
+}
+
+var EvalQuestions = []EvalQuestion{
+	{"hybrid search fts and vector", "BM25"},
+	{"eslider devops engineer", "DevOps"},
+	{"ladybugdb graph engine storage", "LadybugDB"},
+}

internal/brain/rank/evalq_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package rank
+
+import "testing"
+
+func TestEvalQuestionsAreThreeAndThreshold(t *testing.T) {
+	if EvalRecallThreshold != 0.95 {
+		t.Fatalf("threshold = %v", EvalRecallThreshold)
+	}
+	if len(EvalQuestions) != 3 {
+		t.Fatalf("questions = %d, want 3", len(EvalQuestions))
+	}
+	for _, q := range EvalQuestions {
+		if q.Query == "" || q.Fragment == "" {
+			t.Fatalf("empty control: %+v", q)
+		}
+	}
+}

internal/brain/read.go

@@ -0,0 +1,281 @@
+//go:build cgo && system_ladybug
+
+package brain
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"sort"
+	"strings"
+	"unicode/utf8"
+
+	"github.com/eSlider/2dph/internal/brain/rank"
+)
+
+func MainGet(args []string) int {
+	id, body, jsonOut := "", false, false
+	for _, a := range args {
+		switch {
+		case a == "--body":
+			body = true
+		case a == "--json":
+			jsonOut = true
+		case a == "-h" || a == "--help":
+			fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, `usage: bin/brain/get.go <id> [--body] [--json]`)
+			return 0
+		case strings.HasPrefix(a, "-"):
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "brain/get: unknown flag %s\n", a)
+			return 2
+		default:
+			id = a
+		}
+	}
+	if id == "" {
+		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "brain/get: id required")
+		return 2
+	}
+	if err := openBrain(); err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "open brain: %v\n", err)
+		return 1
+	}
+	defer closeBrain()
+	meta, text, err := lookupLeaf(id)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "brain/get: %v\n", err)
+		return 1
+	}
+	out := Dict{
+		{"id", meta["id"]},
+		{"root", meta["root"]},
+		{"confidence", meta["confidence"]},
+		{"source", meta["source"]},
+		{"type", meta["type"]},
+	}
+	if body {
+		out = append(out, KV{"text", text})
+	} else {
+		out = append(out, KV{"snippet", clip(text, 280)})
+	}
+	if jsonOut {
+		m := map[string]any{}
+		for _, kv := range out {
+			m[kv.K] = kv.V
+		}
+		enc := json.NewEncoder(os.Stdout)
+		enc.SetIndent("", "  ")
+		enc.SetEscapeHTML(false)
+		return b2i(enc.Encode(m))
+	}
+	fmt.Print(toYAML(out, 0))
+	return 0
+}
+
+func MainStats(args []string) int {
+	jsonOut := false
+	for _, a := range args {
+		switch a {
+		case "--json":
+			jsonOut = true
+		case "-h", "--help":
+			fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, `usage: bin/brain/stats.go [--json]`)
+			return 0
+		default:
+			if strings.HasPrefix(a, "-") {
+				fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "brain/stats: unknown flag %s\n", a)
+				return 2
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	if err := openBrain(); err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "open brain: %v\n", err)
+		return 1
+	}
+	defer closeBrain()
+	s, err := leafStats()
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "brain/stats: %v\n", err)
+		return 1
+	}
+	if jsonOut {
+		enc := json.NewEncoder(os.Stdout)
+		enc.SetIndent("", "  ")
+		enc.SetEscapeHTML(false)
+		return b2i(enc.Encode(s))
+	}
+	by := s["by_root"].(map[string]int)
+	keys := make([]string, 0, len(by))
+	for k := range by {
+		keys = append(keys, k)
+	}
+	sort.Strings(keys)
+	byRoot := make(Dict, 0, len(keys))
+	for _, k := range keys {
+		byRoot = append(byRoot, KV{k, by[k]})
+	}
+	out := Dict{
+		{"total", s["total"]},
+		{"by_root", byRoot},
+		{"db", s["db"]},
+		{"model", s["model"]},
+	}
+	fmt.Print(toYAML(out, 0))
+	return 0
+}
+
+func MainEval(args []string) int {
+	jsonOut := false
+	for _, a := range args {
+		switch a {
+		case "--json":
+			jsonOut = true
+		case "-h", "--help":
+			fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, `usage: bin/brain/eval.go [--json]`)
+			return 0
+		default:
+			if strings.HasPrefix(a, "-") {
+				fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "brain/eval: unknown flag %s\n", a)
+				return 2
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	if err := openBrain(); err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "open brain: %v\n", err)
+		return 1
+	}
+	defer closeBrain()
+	recalled := 0
+	details := make([]any, 0, len(rank.EvalQuestions))
+	jsDetails := make([]map[string]any, 0, len(rank.EvalQuestions))
+	for _, q := range rank.EvalQuestions {
+		hits, err := queryFTS(q.Query, 5)
+		ok := false
+		if err == nil {
+			frag := strings.ToLower(q.Fragment)
+			for _, h := range hits {
+				if strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(h.Text), frag) {
+					ok = true
+					break
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		if ok {
+			recalled++
+		}
+		details = append(details, Dict{
+			{"q", q.Query},
+			{"fragment", q.Fragment},
+			{"in_top5", ok},
+		})
+		jsDetails = append(jsDetails, map[string]any{
+			"q": q.Query, "fragment": q.Fragment, "in_top5": ok,
+		})
+	}
+	n := len(rank.EvalQuestions)
+	recall := 0.0
+	if n > 0 {
+		recall = float64(recalled) / float64(n)
+	}
+	passed := recall >= rank.EvalRecallThreshold
+	if jsonOut {
+		enc := json.NewEncoder(os.Stdout)
+		enc.SetIndent("", "  ")
+		enc.SetEscapeHTML(false)
+		_ = enc.Encode(map[string]any{
+			"recall@5": round3(recall),
+			"passed":   passed,
+			"gate":     n,
+			"details":  jsDetails,
+		})
+	} else {
+		out := Dict{
+			{"recall@5", round3(recall)},
+			{"passed", passed},
+			{"gate", n},
+			{"details", details},
+		}
+		fmt.Print(toYAML(out, 0))
+	}
+	if !passed {
+		return 2
+	}
+	return 0
+}
+
+func lookupLeaf(id string) (map[string]string, string, error) {
+	if conn == nil {
+		return nil, "", fmt.Errorf("brain not open")
+	}
+	stmt, err := conn.Prepare(
+		"MATCH (l:Leaf {id:$id}) RETURN l.id, l.text, l.root, l.confidence, l.source, l.type",
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, "", err
+	}
+	defer stmt.Close()
+	res, err := conn.Execute(stmt, map[string]any{"id": id})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, "", err
+	}
+	if !res.HasNext() {
+		return nil, "", fmt.Errorf("no leaf %s", id)
+	}
+	row, err := res.Next()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, "", err
+	}
+	vals, err := row.GetAsSlice()
+	if err != nil || len(vals) < 6 {
+		return nil, "", fmt.Errorf("leaf row")
+	}
+	meta := map[string]string{
+		"id":         fmt.Sprint(vals[0]),
+		"root":       fmt.Sprint(vals[2]),
+		"confidence": fmt.Sprint(vals[3]),
+		"source":     fmt.Sprint(vals[4]),
+		"type":       fmt.Sprint(vals[5]),
+	}
+	return meta, fmt.Sprint(vals[1]), nil
+}
+
+func leafStats() (map[string]any, error) {
+	if conn == nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("brain not open")
+	}
+	res, err := conn.Query("MATCH (l:Leaf) RETURN l.root, count(*)")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	byRoot := map[string]int{}
+	total := 0
+	for res.HasNext() {
+		row, err := res.Next()
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		vals, err := row.GetAsSlice()
+		if err != nil || len(vals) < 2 {
+			continue
+		}
+		n := int(asInt(vals[1]))
+		byRoot[fmt.Sprint(vals[0])] = n
+		total += n
+	}
+	return map[string]any{
+		"total":   total,
+		"by_root": byRoot,
+		"db":      dbPath(),
+		"model":   ModelID,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+func clip(s string, n int) string {
+	if utf8.RuneCountInString(s) <= n {
+		return s
+	}
+	return string([]rune(s)[:n])
+}
+
+func round3(f float64) float64 {
+	return float64(int(f*1000+0.5)) / 1000
+}

internal/httpapi/mcp.go

@@ -0,0 +1,193 @@
+package httpapi
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+type rpcReq struct {
+	JSONRPC string          `json:"jsonrpc"`
+	ID      json.RawMessage `json:"id"`
+	Method  string          `json:"method"`
+	Params  json.RawMessage `json:"params"`
+}
+
+type rpcErr struct {
+	Code    int    `json:"code"`
+	Message string `json:"message"`
+}
+
+func (s *Server) handleOpenAPI(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
+	writeJSON(w, http.StatusOK, OpenAPI())
+}
+
+func (s *Server) handleMCP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	if r.Method != http.MethodPost {
+		writeJSON(w, http.StatusMethodNotAllowed, map[string]any{"error": "POST JSON-RPC"})
+		return
+	}
+	raw, err := io.ReadAll(io.LimitReader(r.Body, 1<<20))
+	if err != nil {
+		writeJSON(w, http.StatusBadRequest, map[string]any{"error": "read body"})
+		return
+	}
+	var req rpcReq
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(raw, &req); err != nil {
+		writeJSON(w, http.StatusOK, rpcResult(nil, nil, &rpcErr{-32700, "parse error"}))
+		return
+	}
+	result, rpcErrv, callErr := s.mcpDispatch(r, req)
+	if callErr != nil {
+		writeJSON(w, http.StatusOK, rpcResult(req.ID, nil, &rpcErr{-32603, callErr.Error()}))
+		return
+	}
+	writeJSON(w, http.StatusOK, rpcResult(req.ID, result, rpcErrv))
+}
+
+func (s *Server) mcpDispatch(r *http.Request, req rpcReq) (any, *rpcErr, error) {
+	switch req.Method {
+	case "initialize":
+		return map[string]any{
+			"protocolVersion": "2024-11-05",
+			"capabilities":    map[string]any{"tools": map[string]any{}},
+			"serverInfo":      map[string]any{"name": "2dph", "version": "1"},
+		}, nil, nil
+	case "notifications/initialized", "notifications/cancelled":
+		return map[string]any{}, nil, nil
+	case "tools/list":
+		return map[string]any{"tools": MCPTools()}, nil, nil
+	case "tools/call":
+		out, err := s.mcpCall(r, req.Params)
+		return out, nil, err
+	case "ping":
+		return map[string]any{}, nil, nil
+	default:
+		return nil, &rpcErr{-32601, "method not found"}, nil
+	}
+}
+
+func (s *Server) mcpCall(r *http.Request, params json.RawMessage) (any, error) {
+	var p struct {
+		Name      string         `json:"name"`
+		Arguments map[string]any `json:"arguments"`
+	}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(params, &p); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("params")
+	}
+	if p.Arguments == nil {
+		p.Arguments = map[string]any{}
+	}
+	var (
+		body []byte
+		err  error
+	)
+	switch p.Name {
+	case "search":
+		q := strings.TrimSpace(fmt.Sprint(p.Arguments["q"]))
+		if q == "" || q == "<nil>" {
+			return mcpText(`{"error":"q required"}`, true), nil
+		}
+		limit := 10
+		if raw, ok := p.Arguments["n"]; ok {
+			switch n := raw.(type) {
+			case float64:
+				limit = int(n)
+			case string:
+				if v, e := strconv.Atoi(n); e == nil {
+					limit = v
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		if limit < 1 || limit > 100 {
+			return mcpText(`{"error":"n must be int 1..100"}`, true), nil
+		}
+		if !s.tryAcquire(r) {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cancelled")
+		}
+		defer s.release()
+		body, err = s.api.Search(r.Context(), q, limit)
+	case "get":
+		id := strings.TrimSpace(fmt.Sprint(p.Arguments["id"]))
+		if id == "" || id == "<nil>" {
+			return mcpText(`{"error":"id required"}`, true), nil
+		}
+		full := false
+		switch v := p.Arguments["body"].(type) {
+		case bool:
+			full = v
+		case string:
+			full = v == "1" || v == "true"
+		}
+		if !s.tryAcquire(r) {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cancelled")
+		}
+		defer s.release()
+		body, err = s.api.Get(r.Context(), id, full)
+	case "stats":
+		if !s.tryAcquire(r) {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cancelled")
+		}
+		defer s.release()
+		body, err = s.api.Stats(r.Context())
+	case "audit":
+		if !s.tryAcquire(r) {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cancelled")
+		}
+		defer s.release()
+		body, err = s.api.Audit(r.Context())
+	case "ingest":
+		if !s.tryAcquire(r) {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cancelled")
+		}
+		defer s.release()
+		var payload []byte
+		text := strings.TrimSpace(fmt.Sprint(p.Arguments["text"]))
+		if text != "" && text != "<nil>" {
+			payload, err = json.Marshal(p.Arguments)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		}
+		body, err = s.api.Ingest(r.Context(), payload)
+	default:
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unknown tool %s", p.Name)
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return mcpText(err.Error(), true), nil
+	}
+	return mcpText(string(body), false), nil
+}
+
+func mcpText(text string, isError bool) map[string]any {
+	return map[string]any{
+		"content": []any{map[string]any{"type": "text", "text": text}},
+		"isError": isError,
+	}
+}
+
+type rpcResp struct {
+	JSONRPC string          `json:"jsonrpc"`
+	ID      json.RawMessage `json:"id"`
+	Result  any             `json:"result,omitempty"`
+	Error   *rpcErr         `json:"error,omitempty"`
+}
+
+func rpcResult(id json.RawMessage, result any, err *rpcErr) rpcResp {
+	out := rpcResp{JSONRPC: "2.0", ID: id}
+	if len(id) == 0 {
+		out.ID = []byte("null")
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		out.Error = err
+		return out
+	}
+	if result == nil {
+		result = map[string]any{}
+	}
+	out.Result = result
+	return out
+}

internal/httpapi/server.go

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
+	"io"
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ type API interface {
 	Get(ctx context.Context, id string, body bool) ([]byte, error)
 	Stats(ctx context.Context) ([]byte, error)
 	Audit(ctx context.Context) ([]byte, error)
-	Ingest(ctx context.Context) ([]byte, error)
+	Ingest(ctx context.Context, body []byte) ([]byte, error)
 }
 
 type Server struct {
@@ -48,18 +49,22 @@ func NewServer(api API, workers int) http.Handler {
 
 func (s *Server) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	switch r.URL.Path {
-	case "/health":
+	case PathHealth:
 		writeJSON(w, http.StatusOK, map[string]any{"status": "ok"})
-	case "/search":
+	case PathSearch:
 		s.handleSearch(w, r)
-	case "/get":
+	case PathGet:
 		s.handleGet(w, r)
-	case "/stats":
+	case PathStats:
 		s.handleJSON(w, r, s.api.Stats)
-	case "/audit":
+	case PathAudit:
 		s.handleJSON(w, r, s.api.Audit)
-	case "/ingest":
-		s.handleJSON(w, r, s.api.Ingest)
+	case PathIngest:
+		s.handleIngest(w, r)
+	case PathOpenAPI:
+		s.handleOpenAPI(w, r)
+	case PathMCP:
+		s.handleMCP(w, r)
 	default:
 		writeJSON(w, http.StatusNotFound, map[string]any{"error": "not found"})
 	}
@@ -112,6 +117,34 @@ func (s *Server) handleJSON(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, fn func(cont
 	writeAPI(w, body, err)
 }
 
+func (s *Server) handleIngest(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	var raw []byte
+	if r.Method == http.MethodPost {
+		b, err := io.ReadAll(io.LimitReader(r.Body, 1<<20))
+		if err != nil {
+			writeJSON(w, http.StatusBadRequest, map[string]any{"error": "read body"})
+			return
+		}
+		raw = b
+	}
+	if !s.acquire(w, r) {
+		return
+	}
+	defer s.release()
+	body, err := s.api.Ingest(r.Context(), raw)
+	writeAPI(w, body, err)
+}
+
+func (s *Server) tryAcquire(r *http.Request) bool {
+	return s.acquire(nopWriter{}, r)
+}
+
+type nopWriter struct{}
+
+func (nopWriter) Header() http.Header       { return http.Header{} }
+func (nopWriter) Write([]byte) (int, error) { return 0, nil }
+func (nopWriter) WriteHeader(int)           {}
+
 func (s *Server) acquire(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) bool {
 	select {
 	case s.semaphore <- struct{}{}:
@@ -177,11 +210,30 @@ func (ExecSearcher) Get(context.Context, string, bool) ([]byte, error) {
 }
 func (ExecSearcher) Stats(context.Context) ([]byte, error) { return nil, errUnimplemented }
 func (ExecSearcher) Audit(context.Context) ([]byte, error) { return nil, errUnimplemented }
-func (ExecSearcher) Ingest(context.Context) ([]byte, error) {
-	return json.Marshal(map[string]any{
-		"mode":    "rebuild",
-		"command": "bin/brain/index.go --rebuild",
-	})
+func (b ExecSearcher) Ingest(ctx context.Context, body []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+	if len(strings.TrimSpace(string(body))) == 0 {
+		return json.Marshal(map[string]any{
+			"mode":    "add",
+			"command": "bin/brain/add.go",
+			"rebuild": "bin/brain/index.go --rebuild",
+		})
+	}
+	root := os.Getenv("KB_ROOT")
+	if root == "" {
+		root = "."
+	}
+	cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, filepath.Join(root, "bin/kb/add"), "--json")
+	cmd.Stdin = strings.NewReader(string(body))
+	cmd.Dir = root
+	out, err := cmd.Output()
+	if err != nil {
+		var exitErr *exec.ExitError
+		if errors.As(err, &exitErr) {
+			return nil, errors.New("add failed: " + strings.TrimSpace(string(exitErr.Stderr)))
+		}
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return out, nil
 }
 
 func defaultSearchCmd(root string) string {

internal/httpapi/server_test.go

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package httpapi
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"net/http"
@@ -64,8 +65,11 @@ func (f *fakeSearcher) Audit(context.Context) ([]byte, error) {
 	return []byte(`{"status":"ok"}`), nil
 }
 
-func (f *fakeSearcher) Ingest(context.Context) ([]byte, error) {
-	return []byte(`{"mode":"rebuild","command":"bin/brain/index.go --rebuild"}`), nil
+func (f *fakeSearcher) Ingest(_ context.Context, body []byte) ([]byte, error) {
+	if len(bytes.TrimSpace(body)) == 0 {
+		return []byte(`{"mode":"add","command":"bin/brain/add.go"}`), nil
+	}
+	return []byte(`{"mode":"add","ids":["fake-leaf"]}`), nil
 }
 
 func (f *fakeSearcher) count() int {
@@ -193,6 +197,27 @@ func TestStatsAuditIngest(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestIngestIsAddNotRebuildHint(t *testing.T) {
+	h := NewServer(&fakeSearcher{}, 1)
+	code, body := get(t, h, "/ingest")
+	if code != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Fatalf("GET /ingest code = %d body=%s", code, body)
+	}
+	if strings.Contains(string(body), `"add":"v2"`) || strings.Contains(string(body), "write is v2") {
+		t.Fatalf("GET /ingest still a v2 hint: %s", body)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(string(body), "bin/brain/add.go") {
+		t.Fatalf("GET /ingest should name add.go: %s", body)
+	}
+	code, body = postJSON(t, h, "/ingest", `{"text":"hello","root":"info","source":"t"}`)
+	if code != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Fatalf("POST /ingest code = %d body=%s", code, body)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(string(body), "fake-leaf") {
+		t.Fatalf("POST /ingest should add: %s", body)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestHTTPPackageDoesNotExecPython(t *testing.T) {
 	raw, err := os.ReadFile("server.go")
 	if err != nil {

internal/httpapi/spec.go

@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+package httpapi
+
+import "strings"
+
+// Shared HTTP surface: OpenAPI paths and MCP tools are generated from Ops.
+// ServeHTTP must keep the same path strings.
+
+type Param struct {
+	Name, In, Type, Description string
+	Required                    bool
+}
+
+type Op struct {
+	Path, Method, ID, Summary string
+	Params                    []Param
+	MCP                       bool
+}
+
+const (
+	PathHealth  = "/health"
+	PathSearch  = "/search"
+	PathGet     = "/get"
+	PathStats   = "/stats"
+	PathAudit   = "/audit"
+	PathIngest  = "/ingest"
+	PathOpenAPI = "/openapi.json"
+	PathMCP     = "/mcp"
+)
+
+var Ops = []Op{
+	{Path: PathHealth, Method: "get", ID: "health", Summary: "liveness"},
+	{
+		Path: PathSearch, Method: "get", ID: "search", Summary: "deduction search (facts → info → web)",
+		MCP: true,
+		Params: []Param{
+			{Name: "q", In: "query", Type: "string", Description: "search query", Required: true},
+			{Name: "n", In: "query", Type: "integer", Description: "hit limit 1..100 (default 10)"},
+		},
+	},
+	{
+		Path: PathGet, Method: "get", ID: "get", Summary: "read one leaf by id",
+		MCP: true,
+		Params: []Param{
+			{Name: "id", In: "query", Type: "string", Description: "leaf id", Required: true},
+			{Name: "body", In: "query", Type: "boolean", Description: "include full text"},
+		},
+	},
+	{Path: PathStats, Method: "get", ID: "stats", Summary: "index health", MCP: true},
+	{Path: PathAudit, Method: "get", ID: "audit", Summary: "facts confidence histogram", MCP: true},
+	{
+		Path: PathIngest, Method: "post", ID: "ingest", Summary: "add a leaf without rebuild",
+		MCP: true,
+		Params: []Param{
+			{Name: "text", In: "query", Type: "string", Description: "leaf text (omit for CLI hint)"},
+			{Name: "root", In: "query", Type: "string", Description: "facts or info (default info)"},
+			{Name: "source", In: "query", Type: "string", Description: "evidence pointer; facts need two sources"},
+		},
+	},
+	{Path: PathOpenAPI, Method: "get", ID: "openapi", Summary: "OpenAPI 3 document for this server"},
+}
+
+func OpenAPI() map[string]any {
+	paths := map[string]any{}
+	for _, op := range Ops {
+		params := make([]any, 0, len(op.Params))
+		for _, p := range op.Params {
+			params = append(params, map[string]any{
+				"name":        p.Name,
+				"in":          p.In,
+				"required":    p.Required,
+				"description": p.Description,
+				"schema":      map[string]any{"type": p.Type},
+			})
+		}
+		item := map[string]any{
+			"operationId": op.ID,
+			"summary":     op.Summary,
+			"responses": map[string]any{
+				"200": map[string]any{
+					"description": "JSON",
+					"content": map[string]any{
+						"application/json": map[string]any{
+							"schema": map[string]any{"type": "object"},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		}
+		if len(params) > 0 {
+			item["parameters"] = params
+		}
+		paths[op.Path] = map[string]any{op.Method: item}
+	}
+	return map[string]any{
+		"openapi": "3.0.3",
+		"info": map[string]any{
+			"title":       "2dph brain",
+			"version":     "1",
+			"description": "Same handlers as bin/brain/serve.go. MCP tools at POST /mcp match these paths.",
+		},
+		"paths": paths,
+	}
+}
+
+type MCPTool struct {
+	Name        string         `json:"name"`
+	Description string         `json:"description"`
+	InputSchema map[string]any `json:"inputSchema"`
+}
+
+func MCPTools() []MCPTool {
+	out := make([]MCPTool, 0, len(Ops))
+	for _, op := range Ops {
+		if !op.MCP {
+			continue
+		}
+		props := map[string]any{}
+		var required []string
+		for _, p := range op.Params {
+			props[p.Name] = map[string]any{"type": p.Type, "description": p.Description}
+			if p.Required {
+				required = append(required, p.Name)
+			}
+		}
+		schema := map[string]any{"type": "object", "properties": props}
+		if len(required) > 0 {
+			schema["required"] = required
+		}
+		out = append(out, MCPTool{
+			Name:        op.ID,
+			Description: op.Summary,
+			InputSchema: schema,
+		})
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+// SkillMarkdown is the Cursor skill fragment generated from Ops/MCPTools.
+func SkillMarkdown() string {
+	var b strings.Builder
+	b.WriteString("# brain HTTP / MCP tools\n\n")
+	b.WriteString("Generated from `internal/httpapi.Ops`. Do not edit by hand.\n\n")
+	b.WriteString("Serve: `bin/brain/serve.go` (`GET /openapi.json`, `POST /mcp`).\n\n")
+	for _, t := range MCPTools() {
+		b.WriteString("- `")
+		b.WriteString(t.Name)
+		b.WriteString("` — ")
+		b.WriteString(t.Description)
+		b.WriteString("\n")
+	}
+	return b.String()
+}

internal/httpapi/spec_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+package httpapi
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestOpenAPIIncludesCorePaths(t *testing.T) {
+	doc := OpenAPI()
+	raw, err := json.Marshal(doc)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	paths, _ := doc["paths"].(map[string]any)
+	for _, p := range []string{"/search", "/get", "/stats", "/audit"} {
+		if _, ok := paths[p]; !ok {
+			t.Fatalf("openapi missing path %s (%s)", p, raw)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestMCPToolsMatchOpenAPIPaths(t *testing.T) {
+	paths, _ := OpenAPI()["paths"].(map[string]any)
+	tools := MCPTools()
+	if len(tools) == 0 {
+		t.Fatal("no MCP tools")
+	}
+	names := map[string]bool{}
+	for _, tool := range tools {
+		names[tool.Name] = true
+		path := "/" + tool.Name
+		if _, ok := paths[path]; !ok {
+			t.Fatalf("MCP tool %s has no OpenAPI path %s", tool.Name, path)
+		}
+	}
+	for _, need := range []string{"search", "get", "stats", "audit", "ingest"} {
+		if !names[need] {
+			t.Fatalf("MCP tools missing %s: %v", need, names)
+		}
+	}
+	var ingest MCPTool
+	for _, tool := range tools {
+		if tool.Name == "ingest" {
+			ingest = tool
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	if strings.Contains(ingest.Description, "v2") {
+		t.Fatalf("ingest still a v2 hint: %s", ingest.Description)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(ingest.Description, "add") {
+		t.Fatalf("ingest should describe add: %s", ingest.Description)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestOpenAPIHTTP(t *testing.T) {
+	h := NewServer(&fakeSearcher{}, 1)
+	code, body := get(t, h, "/openapi.json")
+	if code != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Fatalf("code = %d body=%s", code, body)
+	}
+	var doc map[string]any
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(body, &doc); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("not json: %v", err)
+	}
+	if doc["openapi"] == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("missing openapi version: %s", body)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestMCPToolsListAndCall(t *testing.T) {
+	h := NewServer(&fakeSearcher{}, 1)
+	code, body := postJSON(t, h, "/mcp", `{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}`)
+	if code != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Fatalf("list code = %d body=%s", code, body)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(string(body), `"search"`) {
+		t.Fatalf("tools/list missing search: %s", body)
+	}
+	code, body = postJSON(t, h, "/mcp", `{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search","arguments":{"q":"matrix","n":3}}}`)
+	if code != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Fatalf("call code = %d body=%s", code, body)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(string(body), "matrix") {
+		t.Fatalf("search call body %s", body)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSkillMarkdownMatchesCommittedFile(t *testing.T) {
+	want, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join("..", "..", "skills", "brain", "tools.md"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	got := SkillMarkdown()
+	if got != string(want) {
+		t.Fatalf("skills/brain/tools.md stale; regenerate from SkillMarkdown()\n--- got ---\n%s\n--- want ---\n%s", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
+func postJSON(t *testing.T, h http.Handler, path, raw string) (int, []byte) {
+	t.Helper()
+	req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, path, strings.NewReader(raw))
+	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+	rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	h.ServeHTTP(rec, req)
+	return rec.Code, rec.Body.Bytes()
+}

internal/mdleaves/leaf.go

@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+package mdleaves
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"regexp"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+type Leaf struct {
+	Source  string `json:"source"`
+	Repo    string `json:"repo"`
+	Heading string `json:"heading"`
+	Text    string `json:"text"`
+	Type    string `json:"type"`
+	Status  string `json:"status"`
+	Related string `json:"related"`
+}
+
+type chunk struct {
+	Heading string
+	Text    string
+}
+
+var (
+	h1 = regexp.MustCompile(`^# \S`)
+	h2 = regexp.MustCompile(`^## \S`)
+)
+
+func ExtractFrontmatter(text string) (map[string]string, string) {
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(text, "---") {
+		return map[string]string{}, text
+	}
+	end := strings.Index(text[3:], "\n---")
+	if end == -1 {
+		return map[string]string{}, text
+	}
+	fm := strings.TrimSpace(text[3 : 3+end])
+	body := text[3+end+4:]
+	meta := map[string]string{}
+	for _, line := range strings.Split(fm, "\n") {
+		key, value, ok := strings.Cut(line, ":")
+		if !ok {
+			continue
+		}
+		meta[strings.TrimSpace(key)] = strings.Trim(strings.TrimSpace(value), `"'`)
+	}
+	return meta, body
+}
+
+func SplitLeafs(meta map[string]string, body string) []chunk {
+	lines := strings.Split(body, "\n")
+	title := ""
+	type hdr struct {
+		heading string
+		start   int
+	}
+	var headers []hdr
+	for i, line := range lines {
+		switch {
+		case h1.MatchString(line):
+			title = strings.TrimSpace(strings.TrimLeft(line, "#"))
+		case h2.MatchString(line):
+			headers = append(headers, hdr{strings.TrimSpace(strings.TrimLeft(line, "#")), i})
+		}
+	}
+	if len(headers) == 0 {
+		var kept []string
+		for _, l := range lines {
+			if strings.TrimSpace(l) != "" {
+				kept = append(kept, l)
+			}
+		}
+		return []chunk{{Heading: title, Text: strings.TrimSpace(strings.Join(kept, "\n"))}}
+	}
+	out := make([]chunk, 0, len(headers))
+	for idx, h := range headers {
+		end := len(lines)
+		if idx+1 < len(headers) {
+			end = headers[idx+1].start
+		}
+		var kept []string
+		for _, l := range lines[h.start:end] {
+			if strings.TrimSpace(l) != "" {
+				kept = append(kept, l)
+			}
+		}
+		text := strings.Join(kept, "\n")
+		if idx == 0 && title != "" {
+			text = title + "\n\n" + text
+		}
+		out = append(out, chunk{Heading: h.heading, Text: strings.TrimSpace(text)})
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+func ToAll(text, path, repo string) []Leaf {
+	meta, body := ExtractFrontmatter(text)
+	if meta["type"] == "" {
+		meta["type"] = "reference"
+	}
+	if meta["status"] == "" {
+		meta["status"] = "current"
+	}
+	chunks := SplitLeafs(meta, body)
+	out := make([]Leaf, 0, len(chunks))
+	for _, c := range chunks {
+		out = append(out, Leaf{
+			Source:  path,
+			Repo:    repo,
+			Heading: c.Heading,
+			Text:    c.Text,
+			Type:    meta["type"],
+			Status:  meta["status"],
+			Related: meta["related"],
+		})
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+func WalkMarkdown(root string) ([]string, error) {
+	var out []string
+	err := filepath.Walk(root, func(p string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error {
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if info.IsDir() {
+			return nil
+		}
+		ext := strings.ToLower(filepath.Ext(p))
+		if ext == ".md" || ext == ".markdown" {
+			out = append(out, p)
+		}
+		return nil
+	})
+	return out, err
+}
+
+func EncodeJSON(leafs []Leaf) (string, error) {
+	raw, err := json.MarshalIndent(leafs, "", "  ")
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	return string(raw) + "\n", nil
+}

internal/mdleaves/leaf_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+package mdleaves
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestSplitLeafsOnH2(t *testing.T) {
+	body := "# Title\n\n## One\n\nalpha\n\n## Two\n\nbeta\n"
+	leafs := SplitLeafs(map[string]string{}, body)
+	if len(leafs) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("n=%d", len(leafs))
+	}
+	if leafs[0].Heading != "One" || !strings.Contains(leafs[0].Text, "Title") {
+		t.Fatalf("first=%+v", leafs[0])
+	}
+	if leafs[1].Heading != "Two" || strings.Contains(leafs[1].Text, "Title") {
+		t.Fatalf("second=%+v", leafs[1])
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSplitLeafsNoH2IsWholeDoc(t *testing.T) {
+	body := "# Title\n\njust a paragraph\n"
+	leafs := SplitLeafs(nil, body)
+	if len(leafs) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("n=%d", len(leafs))
+	}
+	if leafs[0].Heading != "Title" {
+		t.Fatalf("heading=%q", leafs[0].Heading)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(leafs[0].Text, "just a paragraph") {
+		t.Fatalf("text=%q", leafs[0].Text)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestFrontmatterAndToAll(t *testing.T) {
+	raw := "---\ntype: howto\nstatus: current\nrelated: docs/design.md\n---\n# Doc\n\n## Step\n\ndo it\n"
+	got := ToAll(raw, "docs/x.md", "eSlider/2dph")
+	if len(got) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("n=%d", len(got))
+	}
+	if got[0].Type != "howto" || got[0].Status != "current" {
+		t.Fatalf("%+v", got[0])
+	}
+	if got[0].Source != "docs/x.md" || got[0].Repo != "eSlider/2dph" {
+		t.Fatalf("%+v", got[0])
+	}
+	if got[0].Related != "docs/design.md" {
+		t.Fatalf("related=%q", got[0].Related)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestEncodeJSONAndYAML(t *testing.T) {
+	leafs := ToAll("# Hi\n\nbody\n", "a.md", "")
+	js, err := EncodeJSON(leafs)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(js, `"heading": "Hi"`) {
+		t.Fatalf("json=%s", js)
+	}
+	y := EncodeYAML(leafs)
+	if !strings.Contains(y, "heading: Hi") {
+		t.Fatalf("yaml=%s", y)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDefaultsTypeAndStatus(t *testing.T) {
+	got := ToAll("# Hi\n\nbody\n", "a.md", "")
+	if got[0].Type != "reference" || got[0].Status != "current" {
+		t.Fatalf("%+v", got[0])
+	}
+}

internal/mdleaves/yaml.go

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package mdleaves
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+func EncodeYAML(leafs []Leaf) string {
+	if len(leafs) == 0 {
+		return "[]\n"
+	}
+	var b strings.Builder
+	for _, lf := range leafs {
+		b.WriteString("-\n")
+		writeKV(&b, "source", lf.Source)
+		writeKV(&b, "repo", lf.Repo)
+		writeKV(&b, "heading", lf.Heading)
+		writeKV(&b, "text", lf.Text)
+		writeKV(&b, "type", lf.Type)
+		writeKV(&b, "status", lf.Status)
+		writeKV(&b, "related", lf.Related)
+	}
+	return b.String()
+}
+
+func writeKV(b *strings.Builder, k, v string) {
+	fmt.Fprintf(b, "  %s: %s\n", k, yamlScalar(v))
+}
+
+func yamlScalar(s string) string {
+	if strings.Contains(s, "\n") || s == "" || strings.ContainsAny(s, ":#'\"[]{}&*!|>%@`") || s != strings.TrimSpace(s) {
+		return strconv.Quote(s)
+	}
+	return s
+}

internal/reasoner/client.go

@@ -0,0 +1,325 @@
+package reasoner
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// HF IDs named in docs. No Qwen3.6-9B exists.
+const (
+	HFQwen35_9B   = "Qwen/Qwen3.5-9B"
+	HFQwen36_27B  = "Qwen/Qwen3.6-27B"
+	HFBonsai27B   = "prism-ml/Bonsai-27B-gguf"
+	OllamaRAM     = "qwen3.5:9b"
+	OllamaQuality = "MichelRosselli/bonsai-27b:Q1_0"
+)
+
+type ToolCall struct {
+	Name      string
+	Arguments string
+}
+
+type Result struct {
+	Model      string `json:"model"`
+	OK         bool   `json:"ok"`
+	ToolName   string `json:"tool_name,omitempty"`
+	XMLLeak    bool   `json:"xml_leak"`
+	Err        string `json:"error,omitempty"`
+	LatencyMS  int64  `json:"latency_ms"`
+	RSSMB      int    `json:"rss_mb,omitempty"`
+	Device     string `json:"device"`
+	WantedTool string `json:"wanted_tool"`
+}
+
+type Prompt struct {
+	Name string
+	Want string
+	User string
+}
+
+var BakePrompts = []Prompt{
+	{
+		Name: "search-before-claim",
+		Want: "search",
+		User: "Use tools. Search the 2dph brain for LadybugDB before you answer. Call search.",
+	},
+	{
+		Name: "get-leaf",
+		Want: "get",
+		User: "Use tools. Fetch leaf id leaf-demo with get. Do not invent the body.",
+	},
+	{
+		Name: "audit-index",
+		Want: "audit",
+		User: "Use tools. Call audit on the brain index health.",
+	},
+}
+
+func MCPTools() []map[string]any {
+	return []map[string]any{
+		openaiTool("search", "deduction search (facts → info → web)", map[string]any{
+			"type": "object",
+			"properties": map[string]any{
+				"q": map[string]any{"type": "string", "description": "search query"},
+				"n": map[string]any{"type": "integer"},
+			},
+			"required": []string{"q"},
+		}),
+		openaiTool("get", "read one leaf by id", map[string]any{
+			"type": "object",
+			"properties": map[string]any{
+				"id":   map[string]any{"type": "string"},
+				"body": map[string]any{"type": "boolean"},
+			},
+			"required": []string{"id"},
+		}),
+		openaiTool("audit", "facts confidence histogram", map[string]any{
+			"type":       "object",
+			"properties": map[string]any{},
+		}),
+	}
+}
+
+func openaiTool(name, desc string, schema map[string]any) map[string]any {
+	return map[string]any{
+		"type": "function",
+		"function": map[string]any{
+			"name":        name,
+			"description": desc,
+			"parameters":  schema,
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+type Client struct {
+	BaseURL    string
+	Model      string
+	HTTP       *http.Client
+	Device     string
+	ToolChoice string
+}
+
+type Report struct {
+	Model      string   `json:"model"`
+	HF         string   `json:"hf_id"`
+	Device     string   `json:"device"`
+	ToolCallOK int      `json:"tool_call_ok"`
+	ToolCallN  int      `json:"tool_call_n"`
+	XMLLeak    int      `json:"xml_leak"`
+	RSSMB      int      `json:"rss_mb"`
+	VRAMMB     int      `json:"vram_mb"`
+	Prompts    []Result `json:"prompts"`
+}
+
+func HFFor(model string) string {
+	switch model {
+	case OllamaRAM:
+		return HFQwen35_9B
+	case OllamaQuality:
+		return HFBonsai27B
+	default:
+		if strings.Contains(model, "qwen3.6") || strings.Contains(model, "Qwen3.6") {
+			return HFQwen36_27B
+		}
+		return ""
+	}
+}
+
+func (c *Client) httpc() *http.Client {
+	if c.HTTP == nil {
+		c.HTTP = &http.Client{Timeout: 10 * time.Minute}
+	}
+	return c.HTTP
+}
+
+func Origin(base string) string {
+	s := strings.TrimRight(base, "/")
+	return strings.TrimSuffix(s, "/v1")
+}
+
+func (c Client) ChatTools(user string) (ToolCall, string, error) {
+	choice := c.ToolChoice
+	if choice == "" {
+		choice = "required"
+	}
+	body, _ := json.Marshal(map[string]any{
+		"model": c.Model,
+		"messages": []map[string]string{
+			{"role": "system", "content": "You are PicoClaw talking to 2dph MCP. Always call a tool before a factual claim. search then get then audit."},
+			{"role": "user", "content": user},
+		},
+		"tools":       MCPTools(),
+		"tool_choice": choice,
+	})
+	base := strings.TrimRight(c.BaseURL, "/")
+	if !strings.HasSuffix(base, "/v1") {
+		base += "/v1"
+	}
+	url := base + "/chat/completions"
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, url, bytes.NewReader(body))
+	if err != nil {
+		return ToolCall{}, "", err
+	}
+	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+	res, err := c.httpc().Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return ToolCall{}, "", err
+	}
+	defer res.Body.Close()
+	raw, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
+	if res.StatusCode >= 300 {
+		return ToolCall{}, string(raw), fmt.Errorf("http %d", res.StatusCode)
+	}
+	return ParseToolResponse(raw)
+}
+
+func ParseToolResponse(raw []byte) (ToolCall, string, error) {
+	var wrap struct {
+		Choices []struct {
+			Message struct {
+				Content   string `json:"content"`
+				ToolCalls []struct {
+					Function struct {
+						Name      string          `json:"name"`
+						Arguments json.RawMessage `json:"arguments"`
+					} `json:"function"`
+				} `json:"tool_calls"`
+			} `json:"message"`
+		} `json:"choices"`
+	}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(raw, &wrap); err != nil {
+		return ToolCall{}, "", err
+	}
+	content := ""
+	if len(wrap.Choices) > 0 {
+		content = wrap.Choices[0].Message.Content
+		if n := len(wrap.Choices[0].Message.ToolCalls); n > 0 {
+			fn := wrap.Choices[0].Message.ToolCalls[0].Function
+			return ToolCall{Name: fn.Name, Arguments: rawArgs(fn.Arguments)}, content, nil
+		}
+	}
+	return ToolCall{}, content, fmt.Errorf("no tool_calls")
+}
+
+func rawArgs(raw json.RawMessage) string {
+	if len(raw) == 0 {
+		return ""
+	}
+	var s string
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(raw, &s); err == nil {
+		return s
+	}
+	return string(raw)
+}
+
+func XMLLeak(content string) bool {
+	s := strings.ToLower(content)
+	return strings.Contains(s, "<tool_call>") ||
+		strings.Contains(s, "<function=") ||
+		strings.Contains(s, "<parameter")
+}
+
+func RunPrompt(c Client, p Prompt) Result {
+	start := time.Now()
+	tc, content, err := c.ChatTools(p.User)
+	out := Result{
+		Model:      c.Model,
+		WantedTool: p.Want,
+		LatencyMS:  time.Since(start).Milliseconds(),
+		Device:     c.Device,
+		XMLLeak:    XMLLeak(content),
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		out.Err = err.Error()
+		if content != "" && out.XMLLeak {
+			out.Err = "xml tool call instead of openai tool_calls"
+		}
+		return out
+	}
+	out.ToolName = tc.Name
+	out.OK = tc.Name == p.Want
+	if !out.OK {
+		out.Err = "wanted " + p.Want + " got " + tc.Name
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+type ProcMem struct {
+	Name   string
+	SizeMB int
+	VRAMMB int
+}
+
+func ParsePS(raw []byte) []ProcMem {
+	var wrap struct {
+		Models []struct {
+			Name     string `json:"name"`
+			Size     int64  `json:"size"`
+			SizeVRAM int64  `json:"size_vram"`
+		} `json:"models"`
+	}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(raw, &wrap); err != nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	out := make([]ProcMem, 0, len(wrap.Models))
+	for _, m := range wrap.Models {
+		out = append(out, ProcMem{
+			Name:   m.Name,
+			SizeMB: int(m.Size / (1024 * 1024)),
+			VRAMMB: int(m.SizeVRAM / (1024 * 1024)),
+		})
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+func (c Client) FetchPS() []ProcMem {
+	url := Origin(c.BaseURL) + "/api/ps"
+	res, err := c.httpc().Get(url)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	defer res.Body.Close()
+	raw, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
+	if res.StatusCode >= 300 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return ParsePS(raw)
+}
+
+func Run(c Client) Report {
+	if c.Device == "" {
+		c.Device = "cpu"
+	}
+	rep := Report{
+		Model:  c.Model,
+		HF:     HFFor(c.Model),
+		Device: c.Device,
+	}
+	for _, p := range BakePrompts {
+		r := RunPrompt(c, p)
+		rep.Prompts = append(rep.Prompts, r)
+		rep.ToolCallN++
+		if r.OK {
+			rep.ToolCallOK++
+		}
+		if r.XMLLeak {
+			rep.XMLLeak++
+		}
+	}
+	if mems := c.FetchPS(); len(mems) > 0 {
+		rep.RSSMB = mems[0].SizeMB
+		rep.VRAMMB = mems[0].VRAMMB
+		if c.Device == "cpu" && mems[0].VRAMMB > 0 {
+			rep.Device = "gpu"
+		}
+		for i := range rep.Prompts {
+			rep.Prompts[i].RSSMB = rep.RSSMB
+		}
+	}
+	return rep
+}

internal/reasoner/client_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
+package reasoner
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/eSlider/2dph/internal/httpapi"
+)
+
+func TestHFIdsAreRealAndNoQwen36Nine(t *testing.T) {
+	if HFQwen35_9B != "Qwen/Qwen3.5-9B" {
+		t.Fatalf("9B id = %s", HFQwen35_9B)
+	}
+	if HFQwen36_27B != "Qwen/Qwen3.6-27B" {
+		t.Fatalf("27B id = %s", HFQwen36_27B)
+	}
+	if HFBonsai27B != "prism-ml/Bonsai-27B-gguf" {
+		t.Fatalf("bonsai id = %s", HFBonsai27B)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestParseToolResponseOpenAI(t *testing.T) {
+	raw := []byte(`{"choices":[{"message":{"tool_calls":[{"function":{"name":"search","arguments":"{\"q\":\"LadybugDB\"}"}}]}}]}`)
+	tc, _, err := ParseToolResponse(raw)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if tc.Name != "search" {
+		t.Fatalf("name=%s", tc.Name)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestParseToolResponseXMLIsFailure(t *testing.T) {
+	raw := []byte(`{"choices":[{"message":{"content":"<tool_call>search</tool_call>"}}]}`)
+	_, content, err := ParseToolResponse(raw)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected no tool_calls")
+	}
+	if !XMLLeak(content) {
+		t.Fatal("xml leak not detected")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestBakePromptsWantMCPTools(t *testing.T) {
+	if len(BakePrompts) != 3 {
+		t.Fatalf("prompts=%d", len(BakePrompts))
+	}
+	names := map[string]bool{}
+	for _, p := range BakePrompts {
+		names[p.Want] = true
+	}
+	for _, n := range []string{"search", "get", "audit"} {
+		if !names[n] {
+			t.Fatalf("missing want %s", n)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestParseToolResponseObjectArgs(t *testing.T) {
+	raw := []byte(`{"choices":[{"message":{"tool_calls":[{"function":{"name":"get","arguments":{"id":"leaf-demo"}}}]}}]}`)
+	tc, _, err := ParseToolResponse(raw)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if tc.Name != "get" {
+		t.Fatalf("name=%s", tc.Name)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(tc.Arguments, "leaf-demo") {
+		t.Fatalf("args=%s", tc.Arguments)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestParsePSCPUNotVRAM(t *testing.T) {
+	raw := []byte(`{"models":[{"name":"qwen3.5:9b","size":6900000000,"size_vram":0}]}`)
+	got := ParsePS(raw)
+	if len(got) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("n=%d", len(got))
+	}
+	if got[0].VRAMMB != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("vram=%d", got[0].VRAMMB)
+	}
+	if got[0].SizeMB < 6000 {
+		t.Fatalf("rss=%d", got[0].SizeMB)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestMCPToolsArePicoClawSubset(t *testing.T) {
+	mcp := map[string]bool{}
+	for _, op := range httpapi.Ops {
+		if op.MCP {
+			mcp[op.ID] = true
+		}
+	}
+	seen := map[string]bool{}
+	for _, tool := range MCPTools() {
+		fn, _ := tool["function"].(map[string]any)
+		name, _ := fn["name"].(string)
+		if !mcp[name] {
+			t.Fatalf("%s is not an MCP op", name)
+		}
+		seen[name] = true
+	}
+	for _, n := range []string{"search", "get", "audit"} {
+		if !seen[n] {
+			t.Fatalf("bake-off missing %s", n)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestChatToolsHitsOpenAIPath(t *testing.T) {
+	var gotTools bool
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		if r.URL.Path != "/v1/chat/completions" {
+			t.Errorf("path=%s", r.URL.Path)
+		}
+		body, _ := io.ReadAll(r.Body)
+		var payload map[string]any
+		_ = json.Unmarshal(body, &payload)
+		if _, ok := payload["tools"]; ok {
+			gotTools = true
+		}
+		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+		_, _ = w.Write([]byte(`{"choices":[{"message":{"tool_calls":[{"function":{"name":"search","arguments":"{\"q\":\"LadybugDB\"}"}}]}}]}`))
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+	c := Client{BaseURL: srv.URL + "/v1", Model: "stub", HTTP: srv.Client(), Device: "cpu"}
+	r := RunPrompt(c, BakePrompts[0])
+	if !gotTools {
+		t.Fatal("tools not sent")
+	}
+	if !r.OK {
+		t.Fatalf("result=%+v", r)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRunSamplesPSAfterPrompts(t *testing.T) {
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+		if r.URL.Path == "/api/ps" {
+			_, _ = w.Write([]byte(`{"models":[{"name":"stub","size":6500000000,"size_vram":0}]}`))
+			return
+		}
+		_, _ = w.Write([]byte(`{"choices":[{"message":{"tool_calls":[{"function":{"name":"search","arguments":"{}"}}]}}]}`))
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+	c := Client{BaseURL: srv.URL + "/v1", Model: "stub", HTTP: srv.Client(), Device: "cpu"}
+	if mems := c.FetchPS(); len(mems) != 1 || mems[0].VRAMMB != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("%+v", mems)
+	}
+	if mems := c.FetchPS(); mems[0].SizeMB < 6000 {
+		t.Fatalf("rss=%d", mems[0].SizeMB)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestHFForKnownOllamaTags(t *testing.T) {
+	if HFFor(OllamaRAM) != HFQwen35_9B {
+		t.Fatal(HFFor(OllamaRAM))
+	}
+	if HFFor(OllamaQuality) != HFBonsai27B {
+		t.Fatal(HFFor(OllamaQuality))
+	}
+}

skills/brain/SKILL.md

@@ -26,13 +26,15 @@ second independent source when local roots cannot confirm. An answer is
 bin/brain/search.go "Matrix federation"                # pointers + snippets, YAML
 bin/brain/search.go "onlyoffice postgres" --root facts # restrict to confirmed
 bin/brain/search.go "where is cs-lexicon" --json | yq '.[].ref'
+bin/brain/add.go --text T --root facts --source "a.md x b.md"
 bin/brain/get.go <id> --body                           # full chunk only when needed
 bin/brain/stats.go                                     # index health
-bin/brain/eval.go                                      # recall@5 >= 0.95 gate
+bin/brain/eval.go                                      # recall@5 >= 0.95 gate (Go; Python bin/kb/eval is CI fallback)
 ```
 
-`bin/kb/search` is a deprecated wrapper. `--hop` errors (File/FROM_FILE edges
-are not wired yet); do not treat it as a graph walk.
+`bin/kb/search` is a deprecated wrapper. `--hop` errors (schema has
+`FROM_FILE`; search does not walk it yet, [#17](https://git.produktor.io/eSlider/2dph/issues/17));
+do not treat it as a graph walk.
 
 ## Rules
 
@@ -44,4 +46,7 @@ are not wired yet); do not treat it as a graph walk.
   are not evidence of absence. `--root facts|info` and `--no-web` skip the web.
 - If recall looks wrong, run `bin/brain/eval.go`; it gates control questions and
   should stay at or above 95% recall@5.
+- Agents: `GET /openapi.json` and `POST /mcp` on `bin/brain/serve.go` (same
+  handlers; tool names match paths `search`/`get`/`stats`/`audit`). Generated
+  list: [tools.md](tools.md).
 - Never report an unconfirmed single-source local answer as fact.

skills/brain/tools.md

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# brain HTTP / MCP tools
+
+Generated from `internal/httpapi.Ops`. Do not edit by hand.
+
+Serve: `bin/brain/serve.go` (`GET /openapi.json`, `POST /mcp`).
+
+- `search` — deduction search (facts → info → web)
+- `get` — read one leaf by id
+- `stats` — index health
+- `audit` — facts confidence histogram
+- `ingest` — add a leaf without rebuild

skills/db-yaml/SKILL.md

@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
----
-name: db-yaml
-description: >-
-  Read any Postgres as compact YAML through db/psql-yq, with a read-only guard and
-  named profiles. Use when a task needs table contents, column types or a SELECT
-  against cs_brain or another project database.
----
-
-# db-yaml
-
-`bin/db/psql-yq` (vendored in this repo) talks to Postgres and returns YAML,
-which is far cheaper than a psql ASCII table and easy to slice with `yq`.
-
-```bash
-bin/db/psql-yq --profile onlyoffice -s document_asset   # column list
-bin/db/psql-yq --profile onlyoffice -t task_result -l 20  # sample rows as YAML
-bin/db/psql-yq --profile onlyoffice -c 'SELECT ...'     # query -> YAML
-```
-
-Ad-hoc targets without a profile:
-
-```bash
-bin/db/psql-yq --container my-pg --db app -c 'SELECT 1'
-bin/db/psql-yq --dsn 'postgres://user@host:5432/db' -c 'SELECT 1'
-```
-
-## Profiles
-
-Connection details live in `~/.config/brain/db-profiles.yml` (mode 600), never in a
-project repo. A profile names either a `container` or a `host`; passwords are read
-from a separate `password_env_file` and never appear in argv.
-
-## Rules
-
-- **Read-only.** Any `insert|update|delete|drop|truncate|alter|create|grant|
-  revoke|vacuum|copy` is rejected with exit 3. Do not work around it.
-- **PII.** `cs_brain` holds client data. Aggregate and count freely; never copy
-  names or addresses into chat, issues or docs.
-- Use `-l` to keep samples small. Twenty rows answer most questions.

skills/picoclaw/SKILL.md

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+---
+name: picoclaw
+description: >-
+  2dph is the memory/fact gate, not the agent loop. Use when wiring PicoClaw
+  or any MCP client: call brain search/get/audit before a factual reply.
+  throttled is not a negative finding.
+---
+
+# PicoClaw — fact-check before assert
+
+PicoClaw (or any agent) speaks MCP at `POST /mcp` on `bin/brain/serve.go`.
+2dph does not run the agent loop. Compose: `docker compose --profile picoclaw up brain-mcp`
+(see [docs/picoclaw.md](../../docs/picoclaw.md)).
+
+## Tool order (before a factual reply)
+
+1. **`search`** — facts root first, then info. The `web` block is a second
+   source when there is no facts hit. Status `throttled` / `skipped` /
+   `refused` is **not** evidence of absence.
+2. **`get`** — full leaf body only when a hit `id` is needed.
+3. **`audit`** — if recall or confidence looks wrong.
+
+Then answer. Confirmed only from facts (≥2 independent sources). Anything
+else is `(not confirmed)`. Missing graph ≠ “does not exist”.
+
+Generated tool list: [../brain/tools.md](../brain/tools.md).

skills/postgres/SKILL.md

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+---
+name: postgres
+description: >-
+  Read Postgres as compact YAML through bin/postgres/query.go (read-only
+  guard, named profiles). Use when a task needs table contents, column types,
+  or a SELECT against an ops database.
+---
+
+# postgres
+
+`bin/postgres/query.go` wraps vendored `bin/db/psql-yq`. Output is YAML
+(cheaper than psql ASCII, easy to slice with `yq`).
+
+```bash
+bin/postgres/query.go --profile onlyoffice -s document_asset   # column list
+bin/postgres/query.go --profile onlyoffice -t task_result -l 20  # sample rows
+bin/postgres/query.go --profile onlyoffice -c 'SELECT ...'     # query → YAML
+```
+
+Ad-hoc targets without a profile:
+
+```bash
+bin/postgres/query.go --container my-pg --db app -c 'SELECT 1'
+bin/postgres/query.go --dsn 'postgres://user@host:5432/db' -c 'SELECT 1'
+```
+
+## Profiles
+
+Connection details live in `$HOME/.config/brain/db-profiles.yml` (mode 600),
+never in a project repo. A profile names either a `container` or a `host`;
+passwords are read from a separate `password_env_file` and never appear in argv.
+
+## Rules
+
+- **Read-only.** Any `insert|update|delete|drop|truncate|alter|create|grant|
+  revoke|vacuum|copy` is rejected with exit 3. Do not work around it.
+- **PII.** Client CRM databases: aggregate and count freely; never copy names
+  or addresses into chat, issues or docs.
+- Use `-l` to keep samples small. Twenty rows answer most questions.