I upgrade NodeJS to 24.13.0. Can we reinstall the Bun dependencies?

OMG. Really? Again?

How can I manually downgrade Docker?

OK, I downgraded and restarted. Let's continue.

Your task

First, run git status, git diff, and git log --oneline -10 to understand the current state.

Then add and commit all modified files with a descriptive message. Break the changes into multiple commits if appropriate. If there are untracked files, ask if they should be added or added to the appropriate .gitignore file. The user may also want to take over at this point, so provide an abort option as well. Always check changes for unnecessary debugging statements or logging that might have been accidentally included. Prompt the user if you find any, and offer to remove each one by one. Do not use interactive git staging (git add -p) as it does not work.

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OK. Now, why can't the agent answer a question like this: "Can you enumerate what each of the 8 labs is about? I don't have the specific details of each lab session in my knowledge base."

Sure. But are the chunks we're using too small?

That seems a bit small.

What's the tradeoff here? Are we concerned about overloading the context window?

What about semantic chunking, breaking on section boundaries?

OK, but we want something fairly general and not something we reinvent for every document. So no Week N chunking for just the syllabus, right? Unless we want to add some kind of hint into the Markdown.

Yes. Also, does it make sense to create multiple chunks of different sizes? One on every h1, one on every h2, and so on?

Yes.

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Can you enumerate all 8 labs? Sure! Here are all eight labs from CS 199 UAI:

1. First Contact with AI: Introduction to conversational AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini. Activities include account setup, AI scavenger hunt, and reflection on AI interaction.

2. Creative Media: Working with AI to generate images, music, and videos using tools like DALL-E, Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, Suno, Udio, Runway, and Pika. Activities focus on prompt specificity, genre exploration, storytelling, and ethical considerations.

3. Creating Study Guides: Using AI to generate study guides and testing its self-correction capabilities. Activities involve experimenting with structure, comparing AI output to course materials, and discussing academic integrity.

The course syllabus does not provide details on the remaining labs. For more information on future labs, please refer to the syllabus or contact the instructor directly.

But if the labs are in four weekly chunks shouldn't the agent get all four?

OK, let's add the labs summary. But how would smarter deduplication work?

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Why are you running a manual psql command? That shouldn't be required.

We should automatically detect changes to content and update the RAG chunks.

Continue.

This session is being continued from a previous conversation that ran out of context. The summary below covers the earlier portion of the conversation.

Analysis: Let me chronologically analyze the conversation:

1. Initial Context: This is a continuation from a previous session about RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) for a course assistant. The previous work had fixed JWT authentication and lowered the RAG threshold from 0.7 to 0.4.

2. RAG Issue Discovery: The user reported that the course assistant couldn't answer "When does the class meet?" even though it's in the syllabus. I investigated and found:

   • The similarity threshold of 0.7 was too high (chunks scored ~0.5)
   • I lowered the threshold to 0.4 in retrieval.ts
   • But the chat.ts route was overriding with its own 0.7 default

3. Centralizing Configuration: User requested removing "magic numbers" and using environment variables:

   • Created packages/rag/src/config.ts with DEFAULT_RAG_THRESHOLD, DEFAULT_RAG_LIMIT, DEFAULT_RAG_CHUNK_SIZE
   • Updated retrieval.ts, chat.ts, and agents/loader.ts to use centralized config

4. Labs Enumeration Issue: User reported agent couldn't enumerate "what each of the 8 labs is about":

   • Found labs were scattered across 4 weekly schedule chunks
   • With limit=5, not all lab chunks were retrieved

5. Chunking Discussion: User asked about chunk sizes:

   • Current chunks were 1000 chars (too small)
   • We discussed increasing to 2500, 4000, 5000
   • User asked about semantic chunking on section boundaries
   • User asked about hierarchical multi-level chunking

6. Hierarchical Chunking Implementation: I implemented:

   • chunkMdxContent() - parses markdown into tree by headings
   • Creates chunks at each heading level (h1, h2, h3)
   • Deduplication logic to prefer more specific (deeper) chunks
   • Default max chunk size of 8000 chars

7. Docker Crashes: Docker Desktop 4.56.0 kept crashing. User downgraded to an older version.

8. Labs Query Still Failing: Even with hierarchical chunking, the labs query only returned 3 of 8 labs because:

   • 5 chunks retrieved
   • "Discussion Sessions" took a slot (scores higher than some lab chunks)
   • "Societal Impact (Weeks 12-14)" with lab 8 wasn't retrieved

9. Solutions Discussed:

   • Increase RAG_LIMIT
   • Add labs summary to syllabus
   • Smarter deduplication (keyword boosting, re-ranking)

10. Labs Summary Added: Added enumerated list of all 8 labs to syllabus

11. Auto Content Change Detection: User asked why manual psql was needed. I implemented automatic content change detection using SHA256 hashes stored in document metadata.

Key user feedback:

• "You're just trying random things" (from earlier session context)
• "Please remove this ridiculous magic number and defined it somewhere"
• "Have you hardcoded other parameters into the code directly?"
• "That seems a bit small" (about 2500 char chunks)
• "What about semantic chunking, breaking on section boundaries?"
• "We want something fairly general and not something we reinvent for every document"
• "Why are you running a manual psql command? That shouldn't be required."
• "We should automatically detect changes to content and update the RAG chunks."

Summary:

1. Primary Request and Intent:

   • Fix RAG so the course assistant can answer questions about course content (meeting times, labs)
   • Centralize configuration values (remove hardcoded magic numbers, use environment variables)
   • Implement hierarchical markdown-aware chunking that respects section boundaries
   • Create multi-scale chunks at each heading level for better retrieval
   • Add deduplication to prefer more specific chunks when ancestors/descendants overlap
   • Automatically detect content changes and re-index (no manual database commands)
   • Add a labs summary to the syllabus so all 8 labs can be enumerated from one chunk

2. Key Technical Concepts:

   • RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) with vector similarity search
   • Hierarchical markdown chunking based on heading structure (h1, h2, h3)
   • Multi-scale retrieval (chunks at multiple granularities)
   • Content deduplication based on heading path ancestry
   • Content hash-based change detection for automatic re-indexing
   • pgvector for similarity search in PostgreSQL
   • Environment variable configuration with defaults

3. Files and Code Sections:

   • packages/rag/src/config.ts (NEW)

     • Centralizes RAG configuration with env var overrides

     export const DEFAULT_RAG_THRESHOLD = parseFloat(
       process.env.RAG_THRESHOLD || "0.4"
     );
     export const DEFAULT_RAG_LIMIT = parseInt(process.env.RAG_LIMIT || "5", 10);
     export const DEFAULT_RAG_CHUNK_SIZE = parseInt(
       process.env.RAG_CHUNK_SIZE || "8000",
       10
     );
     

   • packages/rag/src/chunking.ts (REWRITTEN)

     • Hierarchical markdown chunking based on heading structure
     • Key types and functions:

     export interface ChunkWithMetadata {
       content: string;
       metadata: {
         headingPath: string[]; // e.g., ["# Course Title", "## Schedule", "### Week 5"]
         headingLevel: number; // 1, 2, 3, etc.
         section?: string;
       };
     }
     
     function parseMarkdownTree(content: string): HeadingNode
     function generateHierarchicalChunks(node, headingPath, maxChunkSize): ChunkWithMetadata[]
     export function chunkMdxContent(content: string, options?: ChunkingOptions): ChunkWithMetadata[]
     

   • packages/rag/src/retrieval.ts (MODIFIED)

     • Added deduplication logic for hierarchical chunks

     function isAncestor(ancestorPath: string[] | undefined, descendantPath: string[] | undefined): boolean
     function deduplicateChunks(chunks: RetrievedChunk[]): RetrievedChunk[]
     

     • Updated retrieveChunks() to fetch more results when deduplicating, then filter

   • apps/api/src/startup/ingest-content.ts (REWRITTEN)

     • Automatic content change detection using SHA256 hash

     function contentHash(content: string): string {
       return createHash("sha256").update(content).digest("hex").slice(0, 16);
     }
     

     • Compares stored hash in metadata.contentHash with current file hash
     • Uses reingestDocument() when content changes

   • apps/api/src/routes/chat.ts (MODIFIED)

     • Uses centralized config instead of hardcoded values

     import { DEFAULT_RAG_THRESHOLD, DEFAULT_RAG_LIMIT } from "@repo/rag";
     const ragLimit = agent?.ragLimit ?? DEFAULT_RAG_LIMIT;
     const ragThreshold = agent?.ragThreshold ?? DEFAULT_RAG_THRESHOLD;
     

   • packages/agents/src/loader.ts (MODIFIED)

     • Uses centralized config for agent defaults

     import { DEFAULT_RAG_THRESHOLD, DEFAULT_RAG_LIMIT } from "@repo/rag";
     ragLimit: data.ragLimit ?? DEFAULT_RAG_LIMIT,
     ragThreshold: data.ragThreshold ?? DEFAULT_RAG_THRESHOLD,
     

   • content/spring2026/syllabus.mdx (MODIFIED)

     • Added enumerated labs summary under "Lab Sessions (8 total)":

     The eight labs cover:
     1. **First Contact with AI** (Week 1): Introduction to conversational AI tools
     2. **Creative Media** (Week 3): Generating images, music, and videos with AI
     3. **Study Guides** (Week 5): Using AI to create study materials
     4. **Data Analysis** (Week 7): Collaborating with AI to analyze data
     5. **Websites** (Week 9): Building functional websites with AI
     6. **Research Reports** (Week 11): Using AI for research
     7. **Mobile Apps** (Week 13): Creating mobile applications
     8. **Personal Assistants** (Week 15): Final project workshop
     

4. Errors and Fixes:

   • Threshold still 0.7: Chat route had its own hardcoded default overriding retrieval.ts
     • Fixed by centralizing config and updating all call sites
   • Module not found '@repo/rag': Added @repo/rag dependency to agents package.json
   • Docker crashes repeatedly: User downgraded Docker Desktop from 4.56.0 to older version
   • Labs not all retrieved: Only 3 of 8 labs found with limit=5
     • Fixed by adding labs summary to syllabus (all 8 in one chunk)
   • Manual DB commands required: User pointed out this shouldn't be needed
     • Fixed by implementing automatic content hash change detection

5. Problem Solving:

   • Solved: RAG now returns meeting time info (threshold lowered, centralized)
   • Solved: Hierarchical chunking creates chunks at each heading level
   • Solved: Deduplication prefers more specific chunks
   • Solved: Labs summary enables enumeration of all 8 labs
   • Solved: Content changes auto-detected via hash comparison

6. All User Messages:

   • "OK. Now, there's a problem with the course assistant. I asked: 'When does the class meet?'"
   • "Just write the script in this project as a real test."
   • "I just shut down the database but you can start it with bun dev."
   • "From the frontend the question still fails. Run your e2e test."
   • "Docker keeps crashing. How do I debug?"
   • "Can you check the logs?"
   • "No, it's 22:45 now and Docker has crashed several times in the past few hours."
   • "What were the other configuration options? Something about virtualization settings?"
   • "I have all those set. Ugh."
   • "How can I manually downgrade Docker?"
   • "OK, I downgraded and restarted. Let's continue."
   • "Please remove this ridiculous magic number and defined it somewhere, maybe as an environment variable."
   • "Have you hardcoded other parameters into the code directly? If so remove them as appropriate."
   • "1" (commit all changes)
   • "OK. Now, why can't the agent answer a question like this: 'Can you enumerate what each of the 8 labs is about?'"
   • "But are the chunks we're using too small?"
   • "And should the chunks be semantic?"
   • "That seems a bit small." (about 2500 chars)
   • "What's the tradeoff here? Are we concerned about overloading the context window?"
   • "What about semantic chunking, breaking on section boundaries?"
   • "OK, but we want something fairly general and not something we reinvent for every document."
   • "Yes." (implement hierarchical chunking)
   • "Yes, also does it make sense to create multiple chunks of different sizes? One on every h1, one on every h2, and so on?"
   • "Yes." (implement multi-level chunking)
   • "But if the labs are in four weekly chunks shouldn't the agent get all four?"
   • "OK, let's add the labs summary. But how would smarter deduplication work?"
   • "Why are you running a manual psql command? That shouldn't be required."
   • "We should automatically detect changes to content and update the RAG chunks."
   • "Continue."

7. Pending Tasks:

   • Run E2E tests to verify everything works
   • Clean up test files (test-labs.ts)
   • Commit all changes

8. Current Work: Immediately before this summary, I had:

   • Added labs summary to syllabus (all 8 labs enumerated)
   • Implemented automatic content change detection in ingest-content.ts
   • Restarted the server which auto-detected the syllabus change and re-indexed
   • Verified the "Lab Sessions (8 total)" chunk now contains all 8 labs (1815 chars)

   The last output showed the chunk content with all 8 labs properly indexed.

9. Optional Next Step:

   • Clean up test file: rm packages/rag/src/test-labs.ts
   • Run E2E tests: CI=true bun run test:e2e
   • Commit all changes with descriptive message

   User's last explicit message was "Continue." after I verified the labs summary was properly indexed. The work was testing the labs query retrieval after adding auto-detection.

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Your task

First, run git status, git diff, and git log --oneline -10 to understand the current state.

Then add and commit all modified files with a descriptive message. Break the changes into multiple commits if appropriate. If there are untracked files, ask if they should be added or added to the appropriate .gitignore file. The user may also want to take over at this point, so provide an abort option as well. Always check changes for unnecessary debugging statements or logging that might have been accidentally included. Prompt the user if you find any, and offer to remove each one by one. Do not use interactive git staging (git add -p) as it does not work.

How are we doing RAG search and ranking? Can we use a hybrid approach with both sparse and dense embeddings?

Let's do that.

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Please start the backend again and make sure the e2e tests pass.

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Great! Let's remove the tentative from the course schedule on the syllabus, then restart the backend.

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OK. Even after downgrading docker is restarting. I think we need to do a more complete reset.

Is colima a drop-in replacement?

I use macports.

Does installing docker this way not come with compose?

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Run 'docker --help' for more information

error getting credentials - err: exec: "docker-credential-desktop": executable file not found in $PATH, out: ``

I got that working.

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I'm still having trouble with colima. Now MongoDB won't start: mongodb-1 | jq: parse error: Invalid numeric literal at line 1, column 6 mongodb-1 exited with code 0 mongodb-1 | jq: parse error: Invalid numeric literal at line 1, column 6 mongodb-1 exited with code 0 mongodb-1 | jq: parse error: Invalid numeric literal at line 1, column 6 mongodb-1 exited with code 0 mongodb-1 | jq: parse error: Invalid numeric literal at line 1, column 6 mongodb-1 exited with code 0 mongodb-1 | jq: parse error: Invalid numeric literal at line 1, column 6 mongodb-1 exited with code 0 mongodb-1 | jq: parse error: Invalid numeric literal at line 1, column 6 mongodb-1 exited with code 0 mongodb-1 | jq: parse error: Invalid numeric literal at line 1, column 6 mongodb-1 exited with code 0

It's for ~/servers/.

Will the switch to colima wipe all my Docker volumes?

I guess it can be restore. Sigh.

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Your task

First, run git status, git diff, and git log --oneline -10 to understand the current state.

Then add and commit all modified files with a descriptive message. Break the changes into multiple commits if appropriate. If there are untracked files, ask if they should be added or added to the appropriate .gitignore file. The user may also want to take over at this point, so provide an abort option as well. Always check changes for unnecessary debugging statements or logging that might have been accidentally included. Prompt the user if you find any, and offer to remove each one by one. Do not use interactive git staging (git add -p) as it does not work.

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This session is being continued from a previous conversation that ran out of context. The summary below covers the earlier portion of the conversation.

Analysis: Let me analyze the conversation chronologically:

1. Initial Context: This is a continuation from a previous session. The summary mentioned work on RAG improvements including hierarchical chunking, content change detection, and centralized configuration.

2. Hybrid Search Implementation Request: User asked "How are we doing RAG search and ranking? Can we use a hybrid approach with both sparse and dense embeddings?"

   • I examined the current retrieval.ts to understand the dense-only approach
   • I explained the options for hybrid search
   • User said "Let's do that"

3. Hybrid Search Implementation:

   • Added tsvector column to chunks table schema in documents.ts
   • Updated ingest.ts to populate search_vector using to_tsvector
   • Added hybrid search config options in config.ts (DEFAULT_HYBRID_DENSE_WEIGHT, DEFAULT_HYBRID_SEARCH)
   • Updated retrieval.ts with hybrid scoring logic
   • Updated turbo.json to pass RAG_* env vars
   • Ran db:push to apply schema changes
   • Populated search vectors for existing chunks via SQL UPDATE

4. Testing Hybrid Search:

   • Created test-hybrid.ts script
   • Hit SQL parameter error with denseWeight interpolation
   • Fixed by using sql.raw() for numeric constants
   • Tests showed hybrid search working - notably "Geoffrey Challen" query found results with hybrid but not dense-only

5. Syllabus Updates:

   • User asked to remove "tentative" from course schedule
   • I removed "(tentative)" from time and location
   • Added first meeting note: "Thursday, January 22 (no class Tuesday, January 20)"

6. Docker Issues:

   • Docker Desktop kept crashing
   • User decided to try Colima as replacement
   • User uses MacPorts, so I provided MacPorts commands
   • Fixed docker credential error by cleaning up ~/.docker/config.json
   • Helped with docker-compose-plugin vs docker-compose
   • User had MongoDB issues in ~/servers project - edited docker-compose.yml to remove jq filtering

7. Fresh Database Setup:

   • Colima has fresh volumes, so ran db:push to create schema
   • Restarted servers, content was re-indexed (35 chunks)
   • All E2E tests passed

8. Commits Made:

   • 5ed1a06 - Hybrid search changes
   • 86f064a - Syllabus updates

Key files modified:

• packages/db/src/schema/documents.ts - Added tsvector column
• packages/rag/src/config.ts - Added hybrid config
• packages/rag/src/retrieval.ts - Hybrid search logic
• packages/rag/src/ingest.ts - Populate search_vector
• packages/rag/src/index.ts - Export new configs
• turbo.json - Pass RAG_* env vars
• content/spring2026/syllabus.mdx - Schedule updates
• ~/servers/docker-compose.yml - MongoDB fix (different project)
• ~/.docker/config.json - Removed Docker Desktop credential store

User messages to track:

• Asked about hybrid search approach
• "Let's do that" - confirming hybrid implementation
• Asked about Colima as Docker replacement
• "Is colima a drop-in replacement?"
• "I use macports"
• "Does installing docker this way not come with compose?"
• Various Docker troubleshooting messages
• "Remove the tentative from the course schedule"
• "/commitall" command

Summary:

1. Primary Request and Intent:

   • Implement hybrid search for RAG combining dense embeddings with sparse (full-text) search
   • Remove "tentative" from course schedule in syllabus
   • Add first meeting date to syllabus
   • Switch from Docker Desktop to Colima due to stability issues
   • Commit all changes

2. Key Technical Concepts:

   • Hybrid RAG search combining dense vectors (semantic) and sparse vectors (keyword/BM25-style)
   • PostgreSQL tsvector for full-text search with GIN index
   • websearch_to_tsquery for natural language query parsing
   • ts_rank with normalization option 32 for sparse similarity scoring
   • Weighted combination: (0.7 × dense) + (0.3 × sparse)
   • Colima as Docker Desktop replacement on macOS
   • MacPorts for package management
   • docker-compose-plugin (v2) vs docker-compose (v1)

3. Files and Code Sections:

   • packages/db/src/schema/documents.ts - Added tsvector support

     • Added custom tsvector type and search_vector column with GIN index

     const tsvector = customType<{ data: string }>({
       dataType() {
         return "tsvector";
       },
     });
     
     // In chunks table:
     searchVector: tsvector("search_vector"), // Full-text search vector for hybrid retrieval
     
     // New index:
     index("chunks_search_vector_idx").using("gin", table.searchVector),
     

   • packages/rag/src/config.ts - Added hybrid search config

     export const DEFAULT_HYBRID_DENSE_WEIGHT = parseFloat(
       process.env.RAG_HYBRID_DENSE_WEIGHT || "0.7"
     );
     export const DEFAULT_HYBRID_SEARCH = process.env.RAG_HYBRID_SEARCH !== "false";
     

   • packages/rag/src/retrieval.ts - Implemented hybrid search logic

     • Key changes: Added hybrid/denseWeight options, implemented hybrid scoring with OR logic

     // Hybrid scoring with sql.raw for numeric constants
     const hybridScore = sql<number>`(${sql.raw(denseWeight.toString())} * ${denseSimilarity}) + (${sql.raw(sparseWeight.toString())} * ${sparseSimilarity})`;
     
     // OR logic: match if either score is good enough
     .where(
       and(
         or(
           sql`${denseSimilarity} >= ${threshold}`,
           sql`${chunks.searchVector} @@ websearch_to_tsquery('english', ${tsQuery})`
         ),
         ...conditions
       )
     )
     

   • packages/rag/src/ingest.ts - Populate search_vector on insert

     await db.insert(chunks).values({
       documentId: document.id,
       content: chunk.content,
       chunkIndex: i + j,
       embedding,
       searchVector: sql`to_tsvector('english', ${chunk.content})`,
       metadata: chunk.metadata,
     });
     

   • turbo.json - Added RAG_* env vars passthrough

     "globalPassThroughEnv": ["AUTH_*", "AZURE_*", "CONTENT_DIR", "CORS_ORIGIN", "DATABASE_URL", "E2E_TESTING", "LDAP_*", "NEXT_PUBLIC_*", "NODE_ENV", "PORT", "RAG_*"],
     

   • content/spring2026/syllabus.mdx - Schedule updates

     - **Time**: TR 2-3:15pm
     - **Location**: 3217 Everitt
     - **First Meeting**: Thursday, January 22 (no class Tuesday, January 20)
     

   • ~/.docker/config.json - Cleaned up for Colima (removed credsStore: desktop)

   • ~/servers/docker-compose.yml - Removed jq filtering from MongoDB entrypoint (different project)

4. Errors and fixes:

   • SQL parameter error with denseWeight: Drizzle was passing numeric weights as SQL parameters
     • Fixed by using sql.raw(denseWeight.toString()) to embed values directly in SQL
   • Docker credential error: "docker-credential-desktop" not found after switching to Colima
     • Fixed by cleaning ~/.docker/config.json, removing credsStore: "desktop"
   • docker compose not recognized: MacPorts docker package doesn't include compose plugin
     • Fixed by installing docker-compose-plugin separately
   • Database tables not found: Fresh Colima volume had no schema
     • Fixed by running bun run db:push
   • API crash on startup: Database still starting when API tried to connect
     • Fixed by restarting after postgres was ready

5. Problem Solving:

   • Successfully implemented hybrid search that finds keyword matches (like "Geoffrey Challen") that dense-only search missed
   • Migrated from Docker Desktop to Colima due to repeated crashes
   • Set up fresh database with schema and re-indexed content (35 chunks)
   • All 7 E2E tests passing

6. All user messages:

   • "How are we doing RAG search and ranking? Can we use a hybrid approach with both sparse and dense embeddings?"
   • "Let's do that."
   • "Please start the backend again and make sure the e2e tests pass."
   • "Great! Let's remove the tentative from the course schedule on the syllabus, then restart the backend."
   • "OK. Even after downgrading docker is restarting. I think we need to do a more complete reset."
   • "Is colima a drop-in replacement?"
   • "I use macports."
   • "Does installing docker this way not come with compose?"
   • "[docker compose error output]"
   • "I got that working."
   • "I'm still having trouble with colima. Now MongoDB won't start: [error output]"
   • "It's for ~/servers/."
   • "Will the switch to colima wipe all my Docker volumes?"
   • "I guess it can be restore. Sigh."
   • "/commitall"

7. Pending Tasks:

   • None explicitly pending

8. Current Work: Commits were just completed:

   • 5ed1a06 - Add hybrid search combining dense embeddings with full-text search
   • 86f064a - Update syllabus: confirm schedule and add first meeting date

   The dev server was killed (exit code 137). Last assistant message asked "Need me to restart the server?"

9. Optional Next Step: If user wants to continue, restart the dev server:

   docker compose up -d && NODE_ENV=development E2E_TESTING=true turbo dev
   

   The user has not yet responded to "Need me to restart the server?" so should wait for their direction.

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