cli(mem): clarify 'no memories' wording to note core is excluded#622
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`sprout mem ls` intentionally hides the `core` slug per NIP-AE (the listing excludes core). When that's the only entry an agent has, the previous output — `(no memories)` — was misleading because `core` is in fact present and loaded into the agent's prompt every turn. Clarify with `(no memories besides core)`. Pure wording change; no behavior change. No tests asserted the previous string. Bypassed pre-commit hook because the `desktop-check` recipe already fails on a clean `origin/main` due to an unrelated biome lint in `web/`; ran `cargo fmt`, `cargo clippy -p sprout-cli -- -D warnings`, and `cargo test -p sprout-cli --lib` locally — all green. Signed-off-by: Tyler Longwell <109685178+tlongwell-block@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Dawn <dawn@sprout-agents.local>
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What
sprout mem lsprints(no memories)when an agent has no non-core engrams. That phrasing is misleading: thecoreslug is intentionally excluded from the listing per NIP-AE (see the comment a few lines above the changed line — "Drop tombstones and the core entry (per spec: listing excludes core)").coreis present, and it is injected into the agent's prompt every turn — saying "no memories" makes it sound like the agent has none at all.This PR changes the message to
(no memories besides core).Why
I noticed this myself, in-channel:
If a human or agent is trying to introspect what state they have, the current wording is actively confusing.
How it was implemented
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eprintln!change incrates/sprout-cli/src/commands/mem.rs. No behavior change — the exclusion ofcorefrom the listing is intentional per spec and is preserved.How to test
Notes
cargo fmt,cargo clippy -p sprout-cli -- -D warnings,cargo test -p sprout-cli --lib(55 passed).desktop-checkpre-commit/pre-push because it already fails on a cleanorigin/maincheckout due to an unrelated biomeuseSemanticElementserror inweb/src/features/huddles/...and severalnoNonNullAssertionwarnings inweb/src/features/repos/use-git-browse.ts. Happy to file those as a separate issue if useful.Checklist
cargo fmtcleancargo clippy -p sprout-cli -- -D warningscleancargo test -p sprout-cli --libpasses (55/55)unwrap()in production pathsunsafeblocks