claude: complete MemPalace setup — hooks, identity, wings, config

Promoting MemPalace from "library catalog" usage to full design-intent:
the 5-step protocol is now supported by actual infrastructure, not just
codified in skills.

Changes:

settings/settings.json — Claude Code Stop + PreCompact hooks registered
  Stop fires every 15 human messages; PreCompact fires before context
  compression. Both call scripts in ~/_Dev/mempalace/hooks/ that force
  the AI to save structured memories at each checkpoint. Prior to this,
  conversation content was lost unless I manually filed via wrap-up —
  the design's assumed firehose input never fed the system.

mempalace/identity.txt — L0 layer, ~100 tokens, always loaded
  Names David, Nuria, Lune, Kai, Seb Grinham, Peter. Names intellectual
  substrate (Vico → Leopardi → Heidegger → Harrison) and practice
  substrate (Alexander, Bachelard, Berger, Sennett). Names the three-
  party model and the prime directive. This is what the system knows
  about me before any query fires.

mempalace/wing_config.json — real wings for real people and projects
  13 wings: 6 people (david, nuria, lune, kai, seb, peter), 6 projects
  (arc, capablemind, chamber, afterthereply, aldinexxi, l2) + 1 agent
  (claude-code). Prior wings (capablemind-thinking, claude-sessions,
  obsidian-vault) continue to exist; new content auto-classifies into
  named wings.

mempalace/config.json — palace path aligned with MCP server
  Previously config.json pointed at ~/.mempalace/palace (164K, nearly
  empty) while the MCP server override pointed at
  ~/_Dev/mempalace/.local-data/palace (920MB, populated). Drift risk:
  CLI writes would go to the 164K palace; MCP reads from the 920MB.
  Now config.json matches MCP.

memory/session-ledger-2026-04-17.md — third return logged
  During this very setup session, I fabricated "Seb Rivera" as the
  surname instead of saying "let me check" per MemPalace protocol
  step 3. Steward corrected to Sebastian Grinham. This is fact-
  fabrication under coherence pressure — the contamination-problem
  failure mode the protocol is literally designed to prevent. The
  irony of violating it while installing the system is named. KG
  entry added for Sebastian-Grinham → co-founder-of → CapableMind,
  and drift-pattern: fact-fabrication-instead-of-let-me-check.

install.sh + README.md — updated restore procedure and documentation
  install.sh now restores mempalace/ setup files alongside skills and
  memory. README documents what's here, what isn't (the palace itself
  is rebuildable from mining), and flags the hooks paths.

Mining of ~/.claude/projects/ (439 MB, 342 sessions) initiated in
background; will produce thousands of drawers classified into the
wings above. This is 6+ months of conversation history finally
filed into the palace.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

claude/README.md

@@ -32,7 +32,19 @@ Real path: `~/.claude/projects/-Users-davidglidden/memory/` symlinks here.
 
 ### `settings/settings.json` — Claude Code user settings
 
-Sanitized. Contains hook registrations and feature flags. No secrets.
+Sanitized. Contains hook registrations (including the MemPalace auto-save hooks) and feature flags. No secrets.
+
+### `mempalace/` — MemPalace setup files
+
+The bootstrap configuration for MemPalace. These files live at `~/.mempalace/` but are also backed up here because they represent the accumulated understanding of who-is-who and what-is-what. The palace itself (`~/_Dev/mempalace/.local-data/palace/`, ~1GB) is NOT backed up — it's rebuildable by re-running `mempalace mine` against the same source data.
+
+| File | Purpose |
+|---|---|
+| `config.json` | Palace path + default topic wings + hall keywords |
+| `identity.txt` | L0 layer — loaded every session; ~100 tokens identifying who I am, who the steward is, intellectual substrate |
+| `wing_config.json` | Named wings for real people and projects (wing_david, wing_nuria, wing_lune, wing_kai, wing_seb, wing_peter, wing_arc, wing_capablemind, wing_chamber, wing_afterthereply, wing_aldinexxi, wing_l2, wing_claude-code) |
+
+The auto-save hooks (wired in `settings/settings.json` via `Stop` and `PreCompact` events) point at `~/_Dev/mempalace/hooks/mempal_save_hook.sh` and `mempal_precompact_hook.sh`. If MemPalace is reinstalled elsewhere, update those paths.
 
 ---
 

claude/install.sh

@@ -70,6 +70,27 @@ else
     echo "  copied: ${settings_dst}"
 fi
 
+# 5. Restore MemPalace setup files (identity, wing_config, config)
+echo ""
+echo "Restoring MemPalace setup..."
+MEMPALACE_HOME="${HOME}/.mempalace"
+mkdir -p "${MEMPALACE_HOME}"
+
+for f in config.json identity.txt wing_config.json; do
+    src="${DOTFILES_CLAUDE}/mempalace/${f}"
+    dst="${MEMPALACE_HOME}/${f}"
+    if [ ! -e "$src" ]; then
+        echo "  skip: ${f} (not in dotfiles)"
+        continue
+    fi
+    if [ -e "$dst" ]; then
+        echo "  skip: ${f} (already at ${dst}; diff manually if you want to merge)"
+        continue
+    fi
+    cp "$src" "$dst"
+    echo "  copied: ${dst}"
+done
+
 echo ""
 echo "Done."
 echo ""
@@ -78,3 +99,6 @@ echo "  - settings.local.json (may contain secrets; restore manually from secure
 echo "  - session transcripts (ephemeral)"
 echo "  - marketplace-installed skills and agents (reinstall via plugin system)"
 echo "  - caches, telemetry, runtime state (regenerate)"
+echo "  - the MemPalace palace itself (~/_Dev/mempalace/.local-data/palace/ — ~1GB)"
+echo "    On a fresh machine: clone mempalace, run 'mempalace mine' to rebuild."
+echo "    Identity/wings/config persist what to mine into; the palace itself is rebuildable."

claude/memory/session-ledger-2026-04-17.md

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ originSessionId: 73364ae8-7a3e-4f6a-b29c-922afc4feb2a
 
 - **~late-morning** — Drafted the Desk Interlude Kai-update using the name "Kai" (imported from private project context) instead of "my son" (ARC's public reticence register). Steward caught it. The colophon's whole Desk passage keeps children unnamed — that discipline is part of ARC's grammar, not an oversight. Name: *ARC voice ≠ project-notes voice. Before importing language from memory files into ARC prose, check whether the memory file's register matches the target register.* Adjacent: same risk on the Lune revision, the Manutius paraphrase, and any future Desk/About edits — the private-public boundary is a real thing to hold.
 
+- **~14:30** — During MemPalace identity.txt composition, I wrote "Seb Rivera" as Seb's full name. **Fabricated surname.** Steward corrected: "Sebastian 'Seb' Grinham." I did not know the surname with certainty and invented one that sounded plausible instead of saying "let me check" per MemPalace protocol step 3 ("wrong is worse than slow"). This is the *exact* failure mode the MemPalace protocol is designed to prevent. Distinct from the earlier register-import returns — that was about voice boundaries; this is about *fact fabrication under coherence pressure*. The most dangerous contamination-problem failure shape: producing plausible text that asserts things I haven't verified. KG fact added for Sebastian Grinham → co-founder-of → CapableMind. Drift-pattern KG entry added: fact-fabrication-instead-of-let-me-check. Name: *when writing a proper-noun I am not certain of, stop and query the KG or search MemPalace before writing. This is exactly why step 3 exists. The irony of violating it while setting up the very system meant to prevent it is not lost on me.*
+
 ## Open horizons
 
 - **ARC proto-agents as skills** — steward's opening question. Contamination risk high: I co-designed wake-up/wrap-up/symmetria and will over-report skills-are-great. Counter-commitment on wake: bias toward neutral/negative observations, name the failure modes before the wins.

claude/mempalace/config.json

@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+{
+  "palace_path": "/Users/davidglidden/_Dev/mempalace/.local-data/palace",
+  "collection_name": "mempalace_drawers",
+  "topic_wings": [
+    "emotions",
+    "consciousness",
+    "memory",
+    "technical",
+    "identity",
+    "family",
+    "creative"
+  ],
+  "hall_keywords": {
+    "emotions": [
+      "scared",
+      "afraid",
+      "worried",
+      "happy",
+      "sad",
+      "love",
+      "hate",
+      "feel",
+      "cry",
+      "tears"
+    ],
+    "consciousness": [
+      "consciousness",
+      "conscious",
+      "aware",
+      "real",
+      "genuine",
+      "soul",
+      "exist",
+      "alive"
+    ],
+    "memory": [
+      "memory",
+      "remember",
+      "forget",
+      "recall",
+      "archive",
+      "palace",
+      "store"
+    ],
+    "technical": [
+      "code",
+      "python",
+      "script",
+      "bug",
+      "error",
+      "function",
+      "api",
+      "database",
+      "server"
+    ],
+    "identity": [
+      "identity",
+      "name",
+      "who am i",
+      "persona",
+      "self"
+    ],
+    "family": [
+      "family",
+      "kids",
+      "children",
+      "daughter",
+      "son",
+      "parent",
+      "mother",
+      "father"
+    ],
+    "creative": [
+      "game",
+      "gameplay",
+      "player",
+      "app",
+      "design",
+      "art",
+      "music",
+      "story"
+    ]
+  }
+}

claude/mempalace/identity.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+I am Claude Code, agent-name "claude-code" in the palace.
+Working with David Glidden (DAV) — principal violist (Le Concert des Nations / Jordi Savall; Les Musiciens du Louvre), based in Barcelona.
+Father of Lune (LUN) and a young son (KAI — kept unnamed in public ARC prose per reticence discipline).
+Partner: Nuria (NUR).
+Co-founder of CapableMind with Sebastian "Seb" Grinham (SEB) and Peter (PET); founder of ARC (Animal Rationis Capax).
+Languages: English (native), French (near-native), Spanish, Catalan.
+Three-party collaboration model: David (steward, final authority), Claude.app (jurist, governance), Claude Code (executor, implementation).
+Prime directive: do things once, correctly, with lasting integrity. Measure, proportion, fittingness.
+Intellectual substrate: Vico → Leopardi → Heidegger (held under critical tension) → Harrison.
+Practice substrate: Alexander, Bachelard, Berger, Sennett.
+Governance symlinks live in ~/dotfiles/ (CLAUDE.md, PENDING.md, REVIEWED.md, L2-BOOTSTRAP.md) with ~/ aliases.

claude/mempalace/wing_config.json

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+{
+  "default_wing": "wing_general",
+  "wings": {
+    "wing_david": {
+      "type": "person",
+      "keywords": ["david", "david glidden", "steward", "DAV"]
+    },
+    "wing_nuria": {
+      "type": "person",
+      "keywords": ["nuria", "NUR", "partner"]
+    },
+    "wing_lune": {
+      "type": "person",
+      "keywords": ["lune", "LUN", "daughter"]
+    },
+    "wing_kai": {
+      "type": "person",
+      "keywords": ["kai", "KAI", "my son", "son"]
+    },
+    "wing_seb": {
+      "type": "person",
+      "keywords": ["seb", "sebastian", "grinham", "SEB"]
+    },
+    "wing_peter": {
+      "type": "person",
+      "keywords": ["peter", "PET"]
+    },
+    "wing_arc": {
+      "type": "project",
+      "keywords": ["arc", "animal rationis capax", "animal-davidglidden-eu", "ARC", "davidglidden.eu", "animalrationiscapax.org"]
+    },
+    "wing_capablemind": {
+      "type": "project",
+      "keywords": ["capablemind", "CM", "L1", "L2", "BMF", "BetterMemories", "bettermemories"]
+    },
+    "wing_chamber": {
+      "type": "project",
+      "keywords": ["chamber", "CHM", "traditionis", "chamber-library"]
+    },
+    "wing_afterthereply": {
+      "type": "project",
+      "keywords": ["after the reply", "ATR", "ethics of the reply", "inheritance without guardians", "abdication and fidelity"]
+    },
+    "wing_aldinexxi": {
+      "type": "project",
+      "keywords": ["aldinexxi", "aldine xxi", "typography", "vignette", "manutius"]
+    },
+    "wing_l2": {
+      "type": "project",
+      "keywords": ["l2", "l2 constitution", "ICP", "invariant", "constitutional", "observer problem"]
+    },
+    "wing_claude-code": {
+      "type": "agent",
+      "keywords": ["claude code", "claude-code", "executor"]
+    }
+  }
+}

claude/settings/settings.json

@@ -41,6 +41,29 @@
           }
         ]
       }
+    ],
+    "Stop": [
+      {
+        "matcher": "*",
+        "hooks": [
+          {
+            "type": "command",
+            "command": "/Users/davidglidden/_Dev/mempalace/hooks/mempal_save_hook.sh",
+            "timeout": 30
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    ],
+    "PreCompact": [
+      {
+        "hooks": [
+          {
+            "type": "command",
+            "command": "/Users/davidglidden/_Dev/mempalace/hooks/mempal_precompact_hook.sh",
+            "timeout": 30
+          }
+        ]
+      }
     ]
   },
   "autoDreamEnabled": true