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+# IdentityDB Memory Expansion Implementation Plan
+
+> **For Hermes:** Use the `subagent-driven-development` skill to execute this plan task-by-task. Enforce strict TDD for every production behavior.
+
+**Goal:** Extend IdentityDB with explicit topic hierarchy, topic alias/canonicalization controls, and portable semantic fact search with embedding-backed similarity APIs.
+
+**Architecture:** Keep the relational core portable across SQLite, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MariaDB by introducing dedicated extension tables: `topic_relations` for abstract/concrete hierarchy, `topic_aliases` for canonical topic resolution, and `fact_embeddings` for semantic indexing. Expose high-level APIs from `IdentityDB` while preserving DB-agnostic behavior by doing semantic scoring in the application layer first.
+
+**Tech Stack:** TypeScript, Bun, Node.js, Kysely, better-sqlite3, pg, mysql2, Vitest, tsup.
+
+---
+
+## Scope and interpretation
+
+- Topic hierarchy must be explicit rather than inferred only from shared facts.
+- Canonical topics must remain first-class records in `topics`; aliases should resolve into those topics without duplicating canonical rows.
+- Semantic search must stay provider-agnostic through a pluggable `EmbeddingProvider` interface.
+- The first semantic-search release should favor portability and deterministic testing over ANN/vector-extension optimization.
+- Ingestion should be able to detect likely duplicate facts by semantic similarity without forcing automatic merges.
+
+---
+
+## Data model additions
+
+### `topic_relations`
+- `parent_topic_id`
+- `child_topic_id`
+- `relation` — initially `parent_of`
+- `created_at`
+- composite primary key on (`parent_topic_id`, `child_topic_id`, `relation`)
+
+### `topic_aliases`
+- `id`
+- `topic_id`
+- `alias`
+- `normalized_alias`
+- `is_primary`
+- `created_at`
+- `updated_at`
+- unique key on `normalized_alias`
+
+### `fact_embeddings`
+- `fact_id`
+- `model`
+- `dimensions`
+- `embedding`
+- `content_hash`
+- `created_at`
+- `updated_at`
+- composite primary key on (`fact_id`, `model`)
+
+---
+
+## Public API additions
+
+### Topic hierarchy
+
+```ts
+await db.linkTopics({
+  parentName: 'programming language',
+  childName: 'TypeScript',
+});
+
+await db.getTopicChildren('programming language');
+await db.getTopicParents('TypeScript');
+await db.getTopicLineage('TypeScript');
+```
+
+### Topic aliases
+
+```ts
+await db.addTopicAlias('TypeScript', 'TS');
+await db.resolveTopic('ts');
+await db.getTopicAliases('TypeScript');
+```
+
+### Semantic indexing and search
+
+```ts
+await db.indexFactEmbeddings({ provider });
+await db.searchFacts({ query: 'When did I start using TS?', provider, limit: 5 });
+await db.findSimilarFacts({ statement: 'I started using TypeScript in 2025.', provider, threshold: 0.9 });
+```
+
+### Dedup-aware ingestion
+
+```ts
+await db.ingestStatement(statement, {
+  extractor,
+  dedup: {
+    provider,
+    threshold: 0.9,
+  },
+});
+```
+
+---
+
+## Execution plan
+
+### Task 1: Lock the extension schema and APIs with failing tests
+
+**Objective:** Define tests for hierarchy, aliases, and semantic search before production code changes.
+
+**Files:**
+- Modify: `tests/migrations.test.ts`
+- Modify: `tests/identity-db.test.ts`
+- Modify: `tests/queries.test.ts`
+- Create: `tests/semantic-search.test.ts`
+- Modify: `src/types/api.ts`
+- Modify: `src/types/domain.ts`
+- Modify: `src/types/database.ts`
+- Modify: `src/core/schema.ts`
+
+**Verification:**
+- Run focused test commands and confirm they fail for missing behavior.
+
+### Task 2: Implement topic hierarchy storage and query APIs
+
+**Objective:** Add `topic_relations` schema support plus parent/child/lineage APIs.
+
+**Files:**
+- Modify: `src/core/migrations.ts`
+- Modify: `src/core/identity-db.ts`
+- Modify: `src/core/utils.ts`
+- Modify: `src/queries/topics.ts`
+- Modify: `src/types/api.ts`
+- Modify: `src/types/domain.ts`
+- Modify: `src/types/database.ts`
+
+**Verification:**
+- Run hierarchy-focused tests until green.
+
+### Task 3: Implement canonical topic aliases
+
+**Objective:** Add alias storage, alias-aware resolution, and canonical topic lookup semantics.
+
+**Files:**
+- Modify: `src/core/migrations.ts`
+- Modify: `src/core/identity-db.ts`
+- Modify: `src/queries/topics.ts`
+- Modify: `src/core/utils.ts`
+- Modify: `src/types/api.ts`
+- Modify: `src/types/domain.ts`
+- Modify: `src/types/database.ts`
+
+**Verification:**
+- Run alias-focused tests until green.
+
+### Task 4: Implement embedding-backed indexing and semantic search
+
+**Objective:** Add `EmbeddingProvider`, embedding storage, search APIs, and similarity ranking.
+
+**Files:**
+- Create: `src/embeddings/provider.ts`
+- Create: `src/queries/embeddings.ts`
+- Modify: `src/core/migrations.ts`
+- Modify: `src/core/identity-db.ts`
+- Modify: `src/core/utils.ts`
+- Modify: `src/types/api.ts`
+- Modify: `src/types/domain.ts`
+- Modify: `src/types/database.ts`
+- Modify: `src/index.ts`
+- Create: `tests/semantic-search.test.ts`
+
+**Verification:**
+- Run semantic-search tests until green.
+
+### Task 5: Add dedup-aware ingestion, docs, and full verification
+
+**Objective:** Surface semantic dedup hints during ingestion, document the new APIs, and run the full suite.
+
+**Files:**
+- Modify: `src/ingestion/types.ts`
+- Modify: `src/core/identity-db.ts`
+- Modify: `README.md`
+- Modify: `src/index.ts`
+
+**Verification:**
+- Run `bun run test && bun run check && bun run build`
+- Update docs to reflect the new public surface.