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+# Session: 2026-03-01 11:07:12 UTC
+
+- **Session Key**: agent:main:discord:channel:1464591874013794518
+- **Session ID**: f6186f5d-9622-403a-aff7-d4fc75c85371
+- **Source**: discord
+
+## Conversation Summary
+
+assistant: the daemon IS responding via curl, but returns empty results (`{"inject":"","memoryCount":0}`). so two issues:
+
+1. **CLI can't connect** - might be a bun version or network issue
+2. **Query returns nothing** - even when connected, the search returns empty
+
+let me check what the daemon is seeing:
+user: <signet-memory>
+[signet:recall | query="sender json label nicholai name username exe tag dev daemon running and" | results=1 | engine=fts+decay]
+- Keep journal entries in the memory database regularly - at least once per conversation. This helps maintain continuity and builds a richer history over time. (Feb 12, 2026)
+</signet-memory>
+
+Conversation info (untrusted metadata):
+```json
+{
+  "message_id": "1477615544717938778",
+  "sender_id": "212290903174283264",
+  "conversation_label": "Guild #mr-claude channel id:1464591874013794518",
+  "sender": "212290903174283264",
+  "group_subject": "#mr-claude",
+  "group_channel": "#mr-claude",
+  "group_space": "1458978988306337966"
+}
+```
+
+Sender (untrusted metadata):
+```json
+{
+  "label": "Nicholai",
+  "name": "Nicholai",
+  "username": "nicholai.exe",
+  "tag": "nicholai.exe"
+}
+```
+
+it could be that a dev daemon is running and not the actual daemon
+assistant: good call - let me check:
+assistant: there it is. the daemon is running from a **dev directory**:
+
+```
+bun /mnt/work/dev/signet/signetai4/packages/daemon/src/daemon.ts
+```
+
+not the installed one at `~/signet/signetai/`. so there might be a mismatch in databases or configs.
+assistant: daemon restarted (new PID 580918, version 0.12.3). it's using `~/.agents` and has 6400 memories. let me try the hook again:
+assistant: it's working now! the daemon restarted and the hook returns results. let me test the CLI:
+assistant: CLI still fails but curl works. something's wrong with the CLI itself. let me check versions:
+assistant: bun fetch works fine. let me trace the CLI issue:
+assistant: direct fetch works fine. the CLI must have a bug. let me check what's different:
+assistant: **found the bug!**
+
+the CLI reads the prompt from **stdin as JSON**, not from command line arguments:
+
+```ts
+let userPrompt = "";
+try {
+  const chunks: Buffer[] = [];
+  for await (const chunk of process.stdin) {
+    chunks.push(chunk);
+  }
+  const input = Buffer.concat(chunks).toString("utf-8").trim();
+  if (input) {
+    const parsed = JSON.parse(input);
+    userPrompt = parsed.user_prompt || parsed.userPrompt || "";
+  }
+} catch {
+  // No stdin or invalid JSON
+}
+```
+
+but there's **no option** for the prompt itself - only `-H harness` and `--project`. so when the hooks run:
+
+```
+signet hook user-prompt-submit -H claude-code --project "$(pwd)"
+```
+
+...there's no prompt being passed! it expects JSON on stdin like:
+```json
+{"userPrompt": "actual message here"}
+```
+
+**the fix:** either:
+1. Add a `--prompt` option to the CLI command
+2. Or have Claude Code pipe the prompt via stdin
+
+this is why the hooks aren't working in Claude Code/OpenCode - the connector set up hooks that don't actually pass the prompt content.
+
+want me to fix the CLI to accept a `--prompt` argument?
+user: <signet-memory>
+[signet:recall | query="conversation info untrusted metadata json message_id 1477616508459815023 sender_id 212290903174283264 conversation_label" | results=1 | engine=fts+decay]
+- Keep journal entries in the memory database regularly - at least once per conversation. This helps maintain continuity and builds a richer history over time. (Feb 12, 2026)
+</signet-memory>
+
+Conversation info (untrusted metadata):
+```json
+{
+  "message_id": "1477616508459815023",
+  "sender_id": "212290903174283264",
+  "conversation_label": "Guild #mr-claude channel id:1464591874013794518",
+  "sender": "212290903174283264",
+  "group_subject": "#mr-claude",
+  "group_channel": "#mr-claude",
+  "group_space": "1458978988306337966"
+}
+```
+
+Sender (untrusted metadata):
+```json
+{
+  "label": "Nicholai",
+  "name": "Nicholai",
+  "username": "nicholai.exe",
+  "tag": "nicholai.exe"
+}
+```
+
+the daemon should be running from the version installed in my system globally with bun, just an FYI
+assistant: got it. let me check the global install vs what's running:
+assistant: you're right - daemon IS running from global install:
+
+```
+bun /home/nicholai/node_modules/signetai/dist/daemon.js
+```
+
+that's the correct location (`~/node_modules/signetai/`). 
+
+so the issue isn't a dev vs global daemon mismatch. the real problem is the **CLI bug** i found:
+
+the `signet hook user-prompt-submit` command:
+1. only accepts `-H harness` and `--project` options
+2. expects the prompt to come via **stdin as JSON**: `{"userPrompt": "..."}`
+3. has no `--prompt` or positional argument for the actual message
+
+but the hooks installed by the connector run:
+```
+signet hook user-prompt-submit -H claude-code --project "$(pwd)"
+```
+
+...with nothing on stdin. so `userPrompt` is always empty, which is why the hooks "don't fire" - they do fire, they just have nothing to search with.
+
+want me to add a `--prompt` option to the CLI? that's the cleanest fix.
+user: <signet-memory>
+[signet:recall | query="conversation info untrusted metadata json message_id 1477620100906352681 sender_id 212290903174283264 conversation_label" | results=1 | engine=fts+decay]
+- Keep journal entries in the memory database regularly - at least once per conversation. This helps maintain continuity and builds a richer history over time. (Feb 12, 2026)
+</signet-memory>
+
+Conversation info (untrusted metadata):
+```json
+{
+  "message_id": "1477620100906352681",
+  "sender_id": "212290903174283264",
+  "conversation_label": "Guild #mr-claude channel id:1464591874013794518",
+  "sender": "212290903174283264",
+  "group_subject": "#mr-claude",
+  "group_channel": "#mr-claude",
+  "group_space": "1458978988306337966"
+}
+```
+
+Sender (untrusted metadata):
+```json
+{
+  "label": "Nicholai",
+  "name": "Nicholai",
+  "username": "nicholai.exe",
+  "tag": "nicholai.exe"
+}
+```
+
+i think i've got a fix almost done, 1 moment please while I merge it
+assistant: sounds good, standing by
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