2dph/README.md

2dph — deductionphile

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) 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. Design: docs/design.md. Docs index: docs/README.md.

Architecture

graph TB
    subgraph corpus["Corpus"]
        OPS["ops stack<br/>chat · onlyoffice · npm · observability · ai-bot"]
        SSH["~/.ssh/config"]
        CV["portfolio yaml"]
        GH["git history · authors"]
    end

    subgraph dph["2dph tools"]
        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/>H2 leaf split"]
        SR["bin/brain/search.go<br/>deduction"]
    end

    subgraph store["Ladybug var/kb.lbug"]
        FACTS["facts root<br/>confirmed"]
        INFO["info root<br/>narrative"]
        VEC["HNSW cosine"]
        FTS["BM25 FTS"]
        GR["File→HAS_VERSION→Commit→AUTHORED→Person"]
    end

    subgraph ai["AI"]
        M2V["model2vec<br/>potion-multilingual-128M"]
    end

    subgraph ext["External"]
        WS["web-search skill<br/>(2nd independent source)"]
    end

    OPS --> EX
    SSH --> EX
    CV --> EX
    GH --> EX
    EX --> FACTS
    EX --> INFO
    MD --> GR
    MD --> INFO
    IDX --> M2V
    IDX --> VEC
    IDX --> FTS
    IDX --> FACTS
    SR --> FACTS
    SR --> INFO
    SR --> VEC
    SR --> FTS
    SR --> WS
    AU --> FACTS

The method

Every assertion is Who / What / How / Where / When + evidence + confidence, mirroring the detective method: ≥2 independent sources confirm a fact; conflicting sources or a single source → hypothesis → (not confirmed).

root	meaning	used for answers
facts	assertions backed by ≥2 sources (confirmed)	yes, with evidence links
info	descriptive/narrative leafs (how-tos, notes)	context only, marked (not confirmed)

Deduction search

bin/brain/search.go "Matrix federation over HTTPS"   # facts → info → web
bin/brain/search.go "onlyoffice postgres" --root facts
bin/brain/search.go "where is cs-lexicon" --json | yq '.'
bin/brain/search.go "upstream flag" --no-web         # local graph only
bin/brain/get.go <id> --body                         # full chunk on demand
bin/brain/stats.go                                   # index health
bin/brain/eval.go                                    # recall@5 gate

--hop is not implemented (needs File/FROM_FILE edges); the flag errors instead of walking. bin/kb/search is a deprecated wrapper around bin/brain/search.go.

Git history is read with go-git (no git binary):

bin/git/import.go --json --limit 100              # commit leafs for this repo
bin/git/import.go --root "$PROJECTS_ROOT" --json  # one pass per .git under root

Conversion only. Graph write (File-[:HAS_VERSION]->Commit-[:AUTHORED]->Person) stays with bin/brain/index.go.

Web search (second independent source) goes through SearXNG. Empty results mean throttled, not “nothing exists”:

bin/web/search.go "LadybugDB vector index" --json
# Optional local instance (skip if BRAIN_SEARCH_URL already points at one):
# SEARXNG_SECRET=$(openssl rand -hex 32) docker compose --profile searxng up -d

Mail is a first-class corpus (retrievable through the same search):

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/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 + 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. Write is Compose profile index (bin/brain/index.go).
• 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.

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 /openapi.json /mcp).

Development

See the portable runbook: docs/runbook.md.

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):

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

Related

• go-second-brain — the earlier Neo4j + Qdrant + Matrix RAG brain
• agent-skills — upstream skills (web-search, postgres, …) that 2dph integrates
• detective method — the two-source method

Work board (issues): git.produktor.io/eSlider/2dph/issues. PRs and CI: GitHub eSlider/2dph.

See PLAN.md for decisions, execution status, and v2 open questions.