chore(memory): Basic Memory trial begins — sync normalization baseline (283 files)

Basic Memory v0.21.6 first sync over the live memory dir (steward-authorized
live-dir trial, Option A 2026-06-06): adds permalink: to frontmatter, refolds
long YAML description lines, strips final newlines. Bodies untouched —
verified via full diff classification. From this commit forward, any diff in
claude/memory shows only what Basic Memory or the session writes.

Trial design: MemPalace untouched as incumbent; git status check on this dir
at every wrap; end-of-day evaluation (recall quality, sync robustness,
rebuild-from-files, malformed-file behavior).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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David F Glidden
2026-06-06 09:52:17 +02:00
co-authored by Claude Opus 4.8
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---
name: Pandoc EPUB conversion must suppress raw HTML for chamber-library source files
description: When converting EPUB → Markdown for chamber-library source files, always use `-t gfm-raw_html` (or `-t markdown-raw_html`). Default `-t gfm` preserves EPUB's HTML scaffolding (spans with IDs, div containers) which pollutes source files and degrades semantic retrieval.
description: When converting EPUB → Markdown for chamber-library source files, always
use `-t gfm-raw_html` (or `-t markdown-raw_html`). Default `-t gfm` preserves EPUB's
HTML scaffolding (spans with IDs, div containers) which pollutes source files and
degrades semantic retrieval.
type: feedback
originSessionId: a5411fd1-4a96-43e7-aa1a-1a50d8951a8f
permalink: claude-memory/feedback-pandoc-epub-suppress-raw-html
---
For converting EPUB → Markdown destined for chamber-library (or any retrieval-targeted source file), **always disable raw HTML preservation:**
```bash
@@ -31,4 +36,4 @@ Concrete example, same Polastron EPUB:
- **Verify before filing:** check `grep -c '<span\|<div' <output>.md` — should be 0 for clean source
- **The principle generalises:** for any conversion targeting a retrieval-indexed source, suppress structural formatting that's not semantically meaningful. Pandoc's `-raw_html` extension is one example; the broader pattern is "drop everything that isn't text-content the embedding should see."
**Also surfaced this session:** "usable" as an evaluation word is contamination-adjacent — it papers over honest inspection. When the steward asks if a source file's quality is good enough, *show the measurements* (line counts, cruft tags, content samples) rather than asserting a comfort word. Source quality is load-bearing; treat it that way.
**Also surfaced this session:** "usable" as an evaluation word is contamination-adjacent — it papers over honest inspection. When the steward asks if a source file's quality is good enough, *show the measurements* (line counts, cruft tags, content samples) rather than asserting a comfort word. Source quality is load-bearing; treat it that way.