# CLAUDE.md
This file provides guidance to Claude Code (claude.ai/code) when working with code in this repository.
## Commands
**Start all services:**
```bash
docker compose up --build
```
**Interactive CLI (requires gateway running):**
```bash
python3 cli.py [--url http://localhost:8000] [--session cli-alvis] [--timeout 400]
```
**Run integration tests:**
```bash
python3 test_pipeline.py [--chat-id CHAT_ID]
# Selective sections:
python3 test_pipeline.py --bench-only # routing + memory benchmarks only (sections 10–13)
python3 test_pipeline.py --easy-only # light-tier routing benchmark
python3 test_pipeline.py --medium-only # medium-tier routing benchmark
python3 test_pipeline.py --hard-only # complex-tier + VRAM flush benchmark
python3 test_pipeline.py --memory-only # memory store/recall/dedup benchmark
python3 test_pipeline.py --no-bench # service health + single name store/recall only
```
## Architecture
Adolf is a multi-channel personal assistant. All LLM inference is routed through **Bifrost**, an open-source Go-based LLM gateway that adds retry logic, failover, and observability in front of Ollama.
### Request flow
```
Channel adapter → POST /message {text, session_id, channel, user_id}
→ 202 Accepted (immediate)
→ background: run_agent_task()
→ router.route() → tier decision (light/medium/complex)
→ invoke agent for tier via Bifrost
deepagents:8000 → bifrost:8080/v1 → ollama:11436
→ channels.deliver(session_id, channel, reply)
→ pending_replies[session_id] queue (SSE)
→ channel-specific callback (Telegram POST, CLI no-op)
CLI/wiki polling → GET /reply/{session_id} (SSE, blocks until reply)
```
### Bifrost integration
Bifrost (`bifrost-config.json`) is configured with the `ollama` provider pointing to the GPU Ollama instance on host port 11436. It exposes an OpenAI-compatible API at `http://bifrost:8080/v1`.
`agent.py` uses `langchain_openai.ChatOpenAI` with `base_url=BIFROST_URL`. Model names use the `provider/model` format that Bifrost expects: `ollama/qwen3:4b`, `ollama/qwen3:8b`, `ollama/qwen2.5:1.5b`. Bifrost strips the `ollama/` prefix before forwarding to Ollama.
`VRAMManager` bypasses Bifrost and talks directly to Ollama via `OLLAMA_BASE_URL` (host:11436) for flush/poll/prewarm operations — Bifrost cannot manage GPU VRAM.
### Three-tier routing (`router.py`, `agent.py`)
| Tier | Model (env var) | Trigger |
|------|-----------------|---------|
| light | `qwen2.5:1.5b` (`DEEPAGENTS_ROUTER_MODEL`) | Regex pre-match or LLM classifies "light" — answered by router model directly, no agent invoked |
| medium | `qwen2.5:1.5b` (`DEEPAGENTS_MODEL`) | Default for tool-requiring queries |
| complex | `qwen3:8b` (`DEEPAGENTS_COMPLEX_MODEL`) | `/think ` prefix only |
The router does regex pre-classification first, then LLM classification. Complex tier is blocked unless the message starts with `/think ` — any LLM classification of "complex" is downgraded to medium.
A global `asyncio.Semaphore(1)` (`_reply_semaphore`) serializes all LLM inference — one request at a time.
### Thinking mode
qwen3 models produce chain-of-thought `...` tokens via Ollama's OpenAI-compatible endpoint. Adolf controls this via system prompt prefixes:
- **Medium** (`qwen2.5:1.5b`): no thinking mode in this model; fast ~3s calls
- **Complex** (`qwen3:8b`): no prefix — thinking enabled by default, used for deep research
- **Router** (`qwen2.5:1.5b`): no thinking support in this model
`_strip_think()` in `agent.py` and `router.py` strips any `` blocks from model output before returning to users.
### VRAM management (`vram_manager.py`)
Hardware: GTX 1070 (8 GB). Before running the 8b model, medium models are flushed via Ollama `keep_alive=0`, then `/api/ps` is polled (15s timeout) to confirm eviction. On timeout, falls back to medium tier. After complex reply, 8b is flushed and medium models are pre-warmed as a background task.
### Channel adapters (`channels.py`)
- **Telegram**: Grammy Node.js bot (`grammy/bot.mjs`) long-polls Telegram → `POST /message`; replies delivered via `POST grammy:3001/send`
- **CLI**: `cli.py` posts to `/message`, then blocks on `GET /reply/{session_id}` SSE
Session IDs: `tg-` for Telegram, `cli-` for CLI. Conversation history: 5-turn buffer per session.
### Services (`docker-compose.yml`)
| Service | Port | Role |
|---------|------|------|
| `bifrost` | 8080 | LLM gateway — retries, failover, observability; config from `bifrost-config.json` |
| `deepagents` | 8000 | FastAPI gateway + agent core |
| `openmemory` | 8765 | FastMCP server + mem0 memory tools (Qdrant-backed) |
| `grammy` | 3001 | grammY Telegram bot + `/send` HTTP endpoint |
| `crawl4ai` | 11235 | JS-rendered page fetching |
External (from `openai/` stack, host ports):
- Ollama GPU: `11436` — all reply inference (via Bifrost) + VRAM management (direct)
- Ollama CPU: `11435` — nomic-embed-text embeddings for openmemory
- Qdrant: `6333` — vector store for memories
- SearXNG: `11437` — web search
### Bifrost config (`bifrost-config.json`)
The file is mounted into the bifrost container at `/app/data/config.json`. It declares one Ollama provider key pointing to `host.docker.internal:11436` with 2 retries and 300s timeout. To add fallback providers or adjust weights, edit this file and restart the bifrost container.
### Agent tools
`web_search`: SearXNG search + Crawl4AI auto-fetch of top 2 results → combined snippet + full page content.
`fetch_url`: Crawl4AI single-URL fetch.
MCP tools from openmemory (`add_memory`, `search_memory`, `get_all_memories`) are **excluded** from agent tools — memory management is handled outside the agent loop.
### Medium vs Complex agent
| Agent | Builder | Speed | Use case |
|-------|---------|-------|----------|
| medium | `_DirectModel` (single LLM call, no tools) | ~3s | General questions, conversation |
| complex | `create_deep_agent` (deepagents) | Slow — multi-step planner | Deep research via `/think` prefix |
### Key files
- `agent.py` — FastAPI app, lifespan wiring, `run_agent_task()`, all endpoints
- `bifrost-config.json` — Bifrost provider config (Ollama GPU, retries, timeouts)
- `channels.py` — channel registry and `deliver()` dispatcher
- `router.py` — `Router` class: regex + LLM classification, light-tier reply generation
- `vram_manager.py` — `VRAMManager`: flush/poll/prewarm Ollama VRAM directly
- `agent_factory.py` — `build_medium_agent` / `build_complex_agent` via `create_deep_agent()`
- `openmemory/server.py` — FastMCP + mem0 config with custom extraction/dedup prompts
- `wiki_research.py` — batch research pipeline using `/message` + SSE polling
- `grammy/bot.mjs` — Telegram long-poll + HTTP `/send` endpoint