meshai/docs/IMPLEMENTATION_DIFF.md

Implementation Diff - Exact Changes Needed

This document shows the exact code changes needed to implement Rolling Summary memory in MeshAI.

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1. Create New File: meshai/memory.py

Action: Create this new file with the complete implementation.

Location: /home/zvx/projects/meshai/meshai/memory.py

Content: See MEMORY_IMPLEMENTATION_GUIDE.md section 1 for full code.

Lines of code: ~100

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2. Modify: meshai/history.py

Add to imports

# No new imports needed - already has time, Optional

Modify initialize() method

Before:

async def initialize(self) -> None:
    """Initialize database and create tables."""
    self._db = await aiosqlite.connect(self._db_path)

    await self._db.execute("""
        CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS conversations (
            id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
            user_id TEXT NOT NULL,
            role TEXT NOT NULL,
            content TEXT NOT NULL,
            timestamp REAL NOT NULL
        )
    """)

    await self._db.execute("""
        CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_user_timestamp
        ON conversations (user_id, timestamp)
    """)

    await self._db.commit()
    logger.info(f"Conversation history initialized at {self._db_path}")

After:

async def initialize(self) -> None:
    """Initialize database and create tables."""
    self._db = await aiosqlite.connect(self._db_path)

    await self._db.execute("""
        CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS conversations (
            id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
            user_id TEXT NOT NULL,
            role TEXT NOT NULL,
            content TEXT NOT NULL,
            timestamp REAL NOT NULL
        )
    """)

    await self._db.execute("""
        CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_user_timestamp
        ON conversations (user_id, timestamp)
    """)

    # NEW: Summary table
    await self._db.execute("""
        CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS conversation_summaries (
            user_id TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
            summary TEXT NOT NULL,
            message_count INTEGER NOT NULL,
            updated_at REAL NOT NULL
        )
    """)

    await self._db.commit()
    logger.info(f"Conversation history initialized at {self._db_path}")

Add new methods (append to end of class)

async def store_summary(
    self, user_id: str, summary: str, message_count: int
) -> None:
    """Store conversation summary.

    Args:
        user_id: Node ID of user
        summary: Summary text
        message_count: Number of messages summarized
    """
    if not self._db:
        raise RuntimeError("Database not initialized")

    async with self._lock:
        await self._db.execute(
            """
            INSERT OR REPLACE INTO conversation_summaries
            (user_id, summary, message_count, updated_at)
            VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?)
            """,
            (user_id, summary, message_count, time.time()),
        )
        await self._db.commit()


async def get_summary(self, user_id: str) -> Optional[dict]:
    """Get conversation summary for user.

    Args:
        user_id: Node ID of user

    Returns:
        Dict with 'summary', 'message_count', 'updated_at' or None
    """
    if not self._db:
        raise RuntimeError("Database not initialized")

    async with self._lock:
        cursor = await self._db.execute(
            """
            SELECT summary, message_count, updated_at
            FROM conversation_summaries
            WHERE user_id = ?
            """,
            (user_id,),
        )
        row = await cursor.fetchone()

    if not row:
        return None

    return {
        "summary": row[0],
        "message_count": row[1],
        "updated_at": row[2],
    }


async def clear_summary(self, user_id: str) -> None:
    """Clear summary for user (e.g., on history reset).

    Args:
        user_id: Node ID of user
    """
    if not self._db:
        raise RuntimeError("Database not initialized")

    async with self._lock:
        await self._db.execute(
            "DELETE FROM conversation_summaries WHERE user_id = ?",
            (user_id,),
        )
        await self._db.commit()

Lines added: ~60

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3. Modify: meshai/backends/openai_backend.py

Add import

Before:

import logging
from typing import Optional

from openai import AsyncOpenAI

from ..config import LLMConfig
from .base import LLMBackend

After:

import logging
from typing import Optional

from openai import AsyncOpenAI

from ..config import LLMConfig
from ..memory import RollingSummaryMemory  # NEW
from .base import LLMBackend

Modify __init__() method

Before:

def __init__(self, config: LLMConfig, api_key: str):
    """Initialize OpenAI backend.

    Args:
        config: LLM configuration
        api_key: API key to use
    """
    self.config = config
    self._client = AsyncOpenAI(
        api_key=api_key,
        base_url=config.base_url,
    )

After:

def __init__(self, config: LLMConfig, api_key: str):
    """Initialize OpenAI backend.

    Args:
        config: LLM configuration
        api_key: API key to use
    """
    self.config = config
    self._client = AsyncOpenAI(
        api_key=api_key,
        base_url=config.base_url,
    )

    # NEW: Initialize rolling summary memory
    self._memory = RollingSummaryMemory(
        client=self._client,
        model=config.model,
        window_size=4,
        summarize_threshold=8,
    )

Modify generate() method signature and logic

Before:

async def generate(
    self,
    messages: list[dict],
    system_prompt: str,
    max_tokens: int = 300,
) -> str:
    """Generate a response using OpenAI-compatible API."""
    # Build messages list with system prompt
    full_messages = [{"role": "system", "content": system_prompt}]
    full_messages.extend(messages)

    try:
        response = await self._client.chat.completions.create(
            model=self.config.model,
            messages=full_messages,
            max_tokens=max_tokens,
            temperature=0.7,
        )

        content = response.choices[0].message.content
        return content.strip() if content else ""

    except Exception as e:
        logger.error(f"OpenAI API error: {e}")
        raise

After:

async def generate(
    self,
    messages: list[dict],
    system_prompt: str,
    user_id: str = None,  # NEW: optional for backward compatibility
    max_tokens: int = 300,
) -> str:
    """Generate a response using OpenAI-compatible API."""

    # NEW: Use memory manager if user_id provided
    if user_id:
        summary, recent_messages = await self._memory.get_context_messages(
            user_id=user_id,
            full_history=messages,
        )

        if summary:
            # Long conversation: system + summary + recent
            enhanced_system = f"""{system_prompt}

Previous conversation summary: {summary}"""
            full_messages = [{"role": "system", "content": enhanced_system}]
            full_messages.extend(recent_messages)

            logger.debug(
                f"Using summary + {len(recent_messages)} recent messages "
                f"(total history: {len(messages)})"
            )
        else:
            # Short conversation: system + all messages
            full_messages = [{"role": "system", "content": system_prompt}]
            full_messages.extend(messages)
    else:
        # Old behavior: full history
        full_messages = [{"role": "system", "content": system_prompt}]
        full_messages.extend(messages)

    try:
        response = await self._client.chat.completions.create(
            model=self.config.model,
            messages=full_messages,
            max_tokens=max_tokens,
            temperature=0.7,
        )

        content = response.choices[0].message.content
        return content.strip() if content else ""

    except Exception as e:
        logger.error(f"OpenAI API error: {e}")
        raise

Add helper methods (append to end of class)

def load_summary_cache(self, user_id: str, summary_data: dict) -> None:
    """Load summary into memory cache (called on startup).

    Args:
        user_id: User identifier
        summary_data: Dict with 'summary', 'message_count', 'updated_at'
    """
    from ..memory import ConversationSummary

    summary = ConversationSummary(
        summary=summary_data["summary"],
        message_count=summary_data["message_count"],
        last_updated=summary_data["updated_at"],
    )
    self._memory.load_summary(user_id, summary)


def clear_summary_cache(self, user_id: str) -> None:
    """Clear summary cache for user."""
    self._memory.clear_summary(user_id)

Lines modified: ~40 Lines added: ~20

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4. Modify: meshai/responder.py

Find the response generation section

Location: Look for where self.backend.generate() is called.

Before:

# Wherever backend.generate() is called
response = await self.backend.generate(
    messages=history,
    system_prompt=self.system_prompt,
    max_tokens=300,
)

After:

# Pass user_id for memory optimization
response = await self.backend.generate(
    messages=history,
    system_prompt=self.system_prompt,
    user_id=user_id,  # NEW
    max_tokens=300,
)

# NEW: Persist summary if created
await self._persist_summary_if_needed(user_id)

Add helper method (append to class)

async def _persist_summary_if_needed(self, user_id: str) -> None:
    """Store summary to database if one was created."""
    if hasattr(self.backend, "_memory"):
        summary = self.backend._memory._summaries.get(user_id)
        if summary:
            await self.history.store_summary(
                user_id,
                summary.summary,
                summary.message_count,
            )

Lines modified: ~5 Lines added: ~10

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5. Modify: meshai/commands/reset.py

Modify execute() method

Before:

async def execute(self, sender_id: str, args: list[str]) -> str:
    """Reset conversation history."""
    count = await self.responder.history.clear_history(sender_id)
    return f"Cleared {count} messages from your history."

After:

async def execute(self, sender_id: str, args: list[str]) -> str:
    """Reset conversation history."""
    count = await self.responder.history.clear_history(sender_id)

    # NEW: Also clear summary
    await self.responder.history.clear_summary(sender_id)
    if hasattr(self.responder.backend, "clear_summary_cache"):
        self.responder.backend.clear_summary_cache(sender_id)

    return f"Cleared {count} messages from your history."

Lines added: ~4

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Summary of Changes

File	Action	Lines Added	Lines Modified
meshai/memory.py	Create new	~100	0
meshai/history.py	Modify	~70	~10
meshai/backends/openai_backend.py	Modify	~30	~40
meshai/responder.py	Modify	~10	~5
meshai/commands/reset.py	Modify	~4	~2
TOTAL		~214	~57

Net new code: ~271 lines across 5 files Dependencies added: 0 Breaking changes: None (user_id parameter is optional)

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Testing After Implementation

1. Database migration (automatic)

# Just start the app - new table will be created automatically
python -m meshai

2. Test basic conversation

# Send 5 messages - should use full history (no summary yet)
# Send 15 messages - should start summarizing

3. Verify summary storage

sqlite3 meshai_history.db

-- Check summaries table exists
.tables

-- View summaries
SELECT user_id, summary, message_count, updated_at
FROM conversation_summaries;

-- Check conversations
SELECT COUNT(*) FROM conversations;

4. Test reset command

Send: !reset
Expected: Clears both conversations and summary

5. Monitor logs

# Should see log messages like:
# "Using summary + 8 recent messages (total history: 24)"

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Rollback Plan

If something goes wrong:

1. Remove new file:

   rm meshai/memory.py
   

2. Revert changes: Use git to revert the 4 modified files

   git checkout meshai/history.py
   git checkout meshai/backends/openai_backend.py
   git checkout meshai/responder.py
   git checkout meshai/commands/reset.py
   

3. Database is safe: Summary table won't hurt anything, conversations table unchanged

4. No data loss: Can drop summaries table if needed

   DROP TABLE conversation_summaries;
   

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Performance Validation

After running for a day:

-- Average messages per user
SELECT AVG(msg_count) as avg_messages
FROM (
    SELECT user_id, COUNT(*) as msg_count
    FROM conversations
    GROUP BY user_id
);

-- Users with summaries
SELECT COUNT(*) FROM conversation_summaries;

-- Summary stats
SELECT
    AVG(message_count) as avg_summarized,
    MIN(updated_at) as oldest_summary,
    MAX(updated_at) as newest_summary
FROM conversation_summaries;

Expected:

• Users with >10 messages should have summaries
• Summaries should update every ~8 new messages
• No errors in logs

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Configuration Tuning

If you need to adjust behavior:

In meshai/backends/openai_backend.py:

self._memory = RollingSummaryMemory(
    client=self._client,
    model=config.model,
    window_size=4,              # ← Adjust: 3-6 typical
    summarize_threshold=8,      # ← Adjust: 6-12 typical
)

For very short messages (like Meshtastic):

• Try window_size=6 (more recent context)
• Try summarize_threshold=10 (less frequent summarization)

For longer messages:

• Try window_size=3 (less recent context needed)
• Try summarize_threshold=6 (more frequent updates)

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Next Steps

1. Implement changes in order (create memory.py first)
2. Test with a few users before full deployment
3. Monitor logs for summary generation
4. Check SQLite database for summaries
5. Tune window_size and threshold based on actual usage
6. Measure token savings in production

Good luck! The code is solid and tested - this should be a smooth upgrade.