fleet-memory/hindsight-api/hindsight_api/engine/search/graph_retrieval.py
2025-12-22 11:05:23 +01:00

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"""
Graph retrieval strategies for memory recall.
This module provides an abstraction for graph-based memory retrieval,
allowing different algorithms (BFS spreading activation, PPR, etc.) to be
swapped without changing the rest of the recall pipeline.
"""
import logging
from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
from ..db_utils import acquire_with_retry
from ..memory_engine import fq_table
from .types import RetrievalResult
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
class GraphRetriever(ABC):
"""
Abstract base class for graph-based memory retrieval.
Implementations traverse the memory graph (entity links, temporal links,
causal links) to find relevant facts that might not be found by
semantic or keyword search alone.
"""
@property
@abstractmethod
def name(self) -> str:
"""Return identifier for this retrieval strategy (e.g., 'bfs', 'mpfp')."""
pass
@abstractmethod
async def retrieve(
self,
pool,
query_embedding_str: str,
bank_id: str,
fact_type: str,
budget: int,
query_text: str | None = None,
semantic_seeds: list[RetrievalResult] | None = None,
temporal_seeds: list[RetrievalResult] | None = None,
) -> list[RetrievalResult]:
"""
Retrieve relevant facts via graph traversal.
Args:
pool: Database connection pool
query_embedding_str: Query embedding as string (for finding entry points)
bank_id: Memory bank identifier
fact_type: Fact type to filter ('world', 'experience', 'opinion', 'observation')
budget: Maximum number of nodes to explore/return
query_text: Original query text (optional, for some strategies)
semantic_seeds: Pre-computed semantic entry points (from semantic retrieval)
temporal_seeds: Pre-computed temporal entry points (from temporal retrieval)
Returns:
List of RetrievalResult objects with activation scores set
"""
pass
class BFSGraphRetriever(GraphRetriever):
"""
Graph retrieval using BFS-style spreading activation.
Starting from semantic entry points, spreads activation through
the memory graph (entity, temporal, causal links) using breadth-first
traversal with decaying activation.
This is the original Hindsight graph retrieval algorithm.
"""
def __init__(
self,
entry_point_limit: int = 5,
entry_point_threshold: float = 0.5,
activation_decay: float = 0.8,
min_activation: float = 0.1,
batch_size: int = 20,
):
"""
Initialize BFS graph retriever.
Args:
entry_point_limit: Maximum number of entry points to start from
entry_point_threshold: Minimum semantic similarity for entry points
activation_decay: Decay factor per hop (activation *= decay)
min_activation: Minimum activation to continue spreading
batch_size: Number of nodes to process per batch (for neighbor fetching)
"""
self.entry_point_limit = entry_point_limit
self.entry_point_threshold = entry_point_threshold
self.activation_decay = activation_decay
self.min_activation = min_activation
self.batch_size = batch_size
@property
def name(self) -> str:
return "bfs"
async def retrieve(
self,
pool,
query_embedding_str: str,
bank_id: str,
fact_type: str,
budget: int,
query_text: str | None = None,
semantic_seeds: list[RetrievalResult] | None = None,
temporal_seeds: list[RetrievalResult] | None = None,
) -> list[RetrievalResult]:
"""
Retrieve facts using BFS spreading activation.
Algorithm:
1. Find entry points (top semantic matches above threshold)
2. BFS traversal: visit neighbors, propagate decaying activation
3. Boost causal links (causes, enables, prevents)
4. Return visited nodes up to budget
Note: BFS finds its own entry points via embedding search.
The semantic_seeds and temporal_seeds parameters are accepted
for interface compatibility but not used.
"""
async with acquire_with_retry(pool) as conn:
return await self._retrieve_with_conn(conn, query_embedding_str, bank_id, fact_type, budget)
async def _retrieve_with_conn(
self,
conn,
query_embedding_str: str,
bank_id: str,
fact_type: str,
budget: int,
) -> list[RetrievalResult]:
"""Internal implementation with connection."""
# Step 1: Find entry points
entry_points = await conn.fetch(
f"""
SELECT id, text, context, event_date, occurred_start, occurred_end,
mentioned_at, access_count, embedding, fact_type, document_id, chunk_id,
1 - (embedding <=> $1::vector) AS similarity
FROM {fq_table("memory_units")}
WHERE bank_id = $2
AND embedding IS NOT NULL
AND fact_type = $3
AND (1 - (embedding <=> $1::vector)) >= $4
ORDER BY embedding <=> $1::vector
LIMIT $5
""",
query_embedding_str,
bank_id,
fact_type,
self.entry_point_threshold,
self.entry_point_limit,
)
if not entry_points:
return []
# Step 2: BFS spreading activation
visited = set()
results = []
queue = [(RetrievalResult.from_db_row(dict(r)), r["similarity"]) for r in entry_points]
budget_remaining = budget
while queue and budget_remaining > 0:
# Collect a batch of nodes to process
batch_nodes = []
batch_activations = {}
while queue and len(batch_nodes) < self.batch_size and budget_remaining > 0:
current, activation = queue.pop(0)
unit_id = current.id
if unit_id not in visited:
visited.add(unit_id)
budget_remaining -= 1
current.activation = activation
results.append(current)
batch_nodes.append(current.id)
batch_activations[unit_id] = activation
# Batch fetch neighbors
if batch_nodes and budget_remaining > 0:
max_neighbors = len(batch_nodes) * 20
neighbors = await conn.fetch(
f"""
SELECT mu.id, mu.text, mu.context, mu.occurred_start, mu.occurred_end,
mu.mentioned_at, mu.access_count, mu.embedding, mu.fact_type,
mu.document_id, mu.chunk_id,
ml.weight, ml.link_type, ml.from_unit_id
FROM {fq_table("memory_links")} ml
JOIN {fq_table("memory_units")} mu ON ml.to_unit_id = mu.id
WHERE ml.from_unit_id = ANY($1::uuid[])
AND ml.weight >= $2
AND mu.fact_type = $3
ORDER BY ml.weight DESC
LIMIT $4
""",
batch_nodes,
self.min_activation,
fact_type,
max_neighbors,
)
for n in neighbors:
neighbor_id = str(n["id"])
if neighbor_id not in visited:
parent_id = str(n["from_unit_id"])
parent_activation = batch_activations.get(parent_id, 0.5)
# Boost causal links
link_type = n["link_type"]
base_weight = n["weight"]
if link_type in ("causes", "caused_by"):
causal_boost = 2.0
elif link_type in ("enables", "prevents"):
causal_boost = 1.5
else:
causal_boost = 1.0
effective_weight = base_weight * causal_boost
new_activation = parent_activation * effective_weight * self.activation_decay
if new_activation > self.min_activation:
neighbor_result = RetrievalResult.from_db_row(dict(n))
queue.append((neighbor_result, new_activation))
return results