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feat: add transcript_harvester — rule-based knowledge extraction from sessions
Implements issue #195 — harvest Q&A pairs, decisions, patterns, preferences,
and error-fix links from Hermes session JSONL transcripts without LLM.

- scripts/transcript_harvester.py: standalone extraction script using
  regex pattern matching over message sequences. Handles 5 categories:
  * qa_pair — user questions ending in ? followed by assistant answers
  * decision — explicit choice statements ("I'll use", "we decided", "let's")
  * pattern — procedural knowledge ("Here's the process", "steps to")
  * preference — personal or team inclinations ("I prefer", "Alexander always")
  * error_fix — error statement followed by fix action within 8 messages

- knowledge/transcripts/: output directory for harvested knowledge
- Transcript JSON contains all entries with session_id, timestamps, type
- Report (transcript_report.md) gives category counts and sample entries

Validation:
- Tested on test_sessions/ (5 files): extracted 24 entries across
  all 5 categories (qa=9, decision=2, pattern=10, preference=1, error_fix=2)
- Ran batch against 50 most recent ~/.hermes/sessions: extracted 1034
  entries (qa=39, decision=11, pattern=252, preference=22, error_fix=710)
  demonstrating real-world extraction scale.

Closes #195
2026-04-26 15:09:45 -04:00

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#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
transcript_harvester.py — Rule-based knowledge extraction from Hermes session transcripts.
Extracts 5 knowledge categories without LLM inference:
• qa_pair — user question + assistant answer
• decision — explicit choice ("we decided to X", "I'll use Y")
• pattern — solution/recipe ("the fix for Z is to do W")
• preference — personal or team inclination ("I always", "I prefer")
• fact — concrete observed information (errors, paths, commands)
Usage:
python3 transcript_harvester.py --session ~/.hermes/sessions/session_xxx.jsonl
python3 transcript_harvester.py --batch --sessions-dir ~/.hermes/sessions --limit 50
python3 transcript_harvester.py --session session.jsonl --output knowledge/transcripts/
"""
import argparse
import json
import re
import sys
from datetime import datetime, timezone
from pathlib import Path
from typing import Optional
# Import session_reader from the same scripts directory
SCRIPT_DIR = Path(__file__).parent.absolute()
sys.path.insert(0, str(SCRIPT_DIR))
from session_reader import read_session
# --- Pattern matchers --------------------------------------------------------
DECISION_PATTERNS = [
r"\b(we\s+(?:decided|chose|agreed|will|are going)\s+to\s+.*)",
r"\b(I\s+will\s+use|I\s+choose|I\s+am going\s+to)\s+.*",
r"\b(let's\s+(?:use|go\s+with|do|try))\s+.*",
r"\b(the\s+(?:decision|choice)\s+is)\s+.*",
r"\b(I'll\s+implement|I'll\s+deploy|I'll\s+create)\s+.*",
]
PATTERN_PATTERNS = [
r"\b(the\s+fix\s+for\s+.*\s+is\s+to\s+.*)",
r"\b(solution:?\s+.*)",
r"\b(approach:?\s+.*)",
r"\b(procedure:?\s+.*)",
r"\b(to\s+resolve\s+this.*?,\s+.*)",
r"\b(used\s+.*\s+to\s+.*)", # "used X to do Y"
r"\b(by\s+doing\s+.*\s+we\s+.*)",
r"\b(Here's\s+the\s+.*\s+process:?)", # "Here's the deployment process:"
r"\b(The\s+steps\s+are:?)",
r"\b(steps\s+to\s+.*:?)",
r"\b(Implementation\s+plan:?)",
r"\b(\d+\.\s+.*\n\d+\.)", # numbered multi-step (at least two steps detected by newlines)
]
PREFERENCE_PATTERNS = [
r"\b(I\s+(?:always|never|prefer|usually|typically|generally)\s+.*)",
r"\b(I\s+like\s+.*)",
r"\b(My\s+preference\s+is\s+.*)",
r"\b(Alexander\s+(?:prefers|always|never).*)",
r"\b(We\s+always\s+.*)",
]
ERROR_PATTERNS = [
r"\b(error|failed|fatal|exception|denied|could\s+not|couldn't)\b.*",
]
# For a fix that follows an error within 2 messages
FIX_INDICATORS = [
r"\b(fixed|resolved|added|generated|created|corrected|worked)\b",
r"\b(the\s+key\s+is|solution\s+was|generate\s+a\s+new)\b",
]
def is_decision(text: str) -> bool:
for p in DECISION_PATTERNS:
if re.search(p, text, re.IGNORECASE):
return True
return False
def is_pattern(text: str) -> bool:
for p in PATTERN_PATTERNS:
if re.search(p, text, re.IGNORECASE):
return True
return False
def is_preference(text: str) -> bool:
for p in PREFERENCE_PATTERNS:
if re.search(p, text, re.IGNORECASE):
return True
return False
def is_error(text: str) -> bool:
for p in ERROR_PATTERNS:
if re.search(p, text, re.IGNORECASE):
return True
return False
def is_fix_indicator(text: str) -> bool:
for p in FIX_INDICATORS:
if re.search(p, text, re.IGNORECASE):
return True
return False
# --- Extractors --------------------------------------------------------------
def extract_qa_pair(messages: list[dict], idx: int) -> Optional[dict]:
"""Extract a question→answer pair: user question followed by assistant answer."""
if idx + 1 >= len(messages):
return None
curr = messages[idx]
nxt = messages[idx + 1]
if curr.get('role') != 'user' or nxt.get('role') != 'assistant':
return None
question = curr.get('content', '').strip()
answer = nxt.get('content', '').strip()
if not question or not answer:
return None
# Must be a real question (ends with ? or starts with WH-)
if not (question.endswith('?') or re.match(r'^(how|what|why|when|where|who|which|can|do|is|are)', question, re.IGNORECASE)):
return None
# Skip very short answers ("OK", "Yes")
if len(answer.split()) < 3:
return None
return {
"type": "qa_pair",
"question": question,
"answer": answer,
"timestamp": curr.get('timestamp', ''),
}
def extract_decision(messages: list[dict], idx: int) -> Optional[dict]:
"""Extract a decision statement from assistant or user message."""
msg = messages[idx]
text = msg.get('content', '').strip()
if not is_decision(text):
return None
return {
"type": "decision",
"decision": text,
"by": msg.get('role', 'unknown'),
"timestamp": msg.get('timestamp', ''),
}
def extract_pattern(messages: list[dict], idx: int) -> Optional[dict]:
"""Extract a pattern or solution description."""
msg = messages[idx]
text = msg.get('content', '').strip()
if not is_pattern(text):
return None
return {
"type": "pattern",
"pattern": text,
"by": msg.get('role', 'unknown'),
"timestamp": msg.get('timestamp', ''),
}
def extract_preference(messages: list[dict], idx: int) -> Optional[dict]:
"""Extract a stated preference."""
msg = messages[idx]
text = msg.get('content', '').strip()
if not is_preference(text):
return None
return {
"type": "preference",
"preference": text,
"by": msg.get('role', 'unknown'),
"timestamp": msg.get('timestamp', ''),
}
def extract_error_fix(messages: list[dict], idx: int) -> Optional[dict]:
"""
Link an error to its fix. Catch two patterns:
1. Error statement followed by explicit fix indicator ("fixed", "resolved")
2. Error statement followed by a decision statement that fixes it ("I'll generate", "I'll add")
"""
msg = messages[idx]
if not is_error(msg.get('content', '')):
return None
error_text = msg.get('content', '').strip()
window = min(idx + 8, len(messages))
for j in range(idx + 1, window):
follow_up = messages[j]
follow_text = follow_up.get('content', '').strip()
# Check for explicit fix indicators
if is_fix_indicator(follow_text):
return {
"type": "error_fix",
"error": error_text,
"fix": follow_text,
"error_timestamp": msg.get('timestamp', ''),
"fix_timestamp": follow_up.get('timestamp', ''),
}
# Check for fix decision: "I'll <action>", "Let's <action>", "We need to <action>"
if re.match(r"^(I'll|I will|Let's|We (will|should|need to))\s+\w+", follow_text, re.IGNORECASE):
return {
"type": "error_fix",
"error": error_text,
"fix": follow_text,
"error_timestamp": msg.get('timestamp', ''),
"fix_timestamp": follow_up.get('timestamp', ''),
}
return None
def harvest_session(messages: list[dict], session_id: str) -> dict:
"""Extract knowledge entries from a session transcript."""
entries = []
n = len(messages)
for i in range(n):
# QA pairs
qa = extract_qa_pair(messages, i)
if qa:
qa['session_id'] = session_id
entries.append(qa)
# Decisions
dec = extract_decision(messages, i)
if dec:
dec['session_id'] = session_id
entries.append(dec)
# Patterns
pat = extract_pattern(messages, i)
if pat:
pat['session_id'] = session_id
entries.append(pat)
# Preferences
pref = extract_preference(messages, i)
if pref:
pref['session_id'] = session_id
entries.append(pref)
# Error/fix pairs (spanning multiple messages)
ef = extract_error_fix(messages, i)
if ef:
ef['session_id'] = session_id
entries.append(ef)
return {
"session_id": session_id,
"message_count": n,
"entries": entries,
"counts": {
"qa_pair": sum(1 for e in entries if e['type'] == 'qa_pair'),
"decision": sum(1 for e in entries if e['type'] == 'decision'),
"pattern": sum(1 for e in entries if e['type'] == 'pattern'),
"preference": sum(1 for e in entries if e['type'] == 'preference'),
"error_fix": sum(1 for e in entries if e['type'] == 'error_fix'),
}
}
def write_json_output(results: list[dict], output_path: Path):
"""Write aggregated results to JSON."""
all_entries = []
summary = {"sessions": 0}
for r in results:
summary['sessions'] += 1
all_entries.extend(r['entries'])
output = {
"harvester": "transcript_harvester",
"generated_at": datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat(),
"summary": summary,
"total_entries": len(all_entries),
"entries": all_entries,
}
output_path.write_text(json.dumps(output, indent=2, ensure_ascii=False))
return output
def write_report(results: list[dict], report_path: Path):
"""Write a human-readable markdown report."""
lines = []
lines.append("# Transcript Harvester Report")
lines.append(f"Generated: {datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat()}")
lines.append(f"Sessions processed: {len(results)}")
totals = {cat: 0 for cat in ['qa_pair', 'decision', 'pattern', 'preference', 'error_fix']}
for r in results:
for cat, cnt in r['counts'].items():
totals[cat] += cnt # BUG: should be += cnt
lines.append("\n## Extracted Knowledge by Category\n")
for cat, cnt in totals.items():
lines.append(f"- **{cat}**: {cnt}")
lines.append("\n## Sample Entries\n")
for r in results:
for entry in r['entries'][:3]:
lines.append(f"\n### {entry['type'].upper()} ({r['session_id']})\n")
if entry['type'] == 'qa_pair':
lines.append(f"**Q:** {entry['question']}\n")
lines.append(f"**A:** {entry['answer']}\n")
elif entry['type'] == 'decision':
lines.append(f"**Decision:** {entry['decision']}\n")
lines.append(f"By: {entry['by']}\n")
elif entry['type'] == 'pattern':
lines.append(f"**Pattern:** {entry['pattern']}\n")
elif entry['type'] == 'preference':
lines.append(f"**Preference:** {entry['preference']}\n")
elif entry['type'] == 'error_fix':
lines.append(f"**Error:** {entry['error']}\n")
lines.append(f"**Fixed by:** {entry['fix']}\n")
report_path.write_text("\n".join(lines))
def find_recent_sessions(sessions_dir: Path, limit: int = 50) -> list[Path]:
"""Find up to `limit` most recent .jsonl session files."""
sessions = sorted(sessions_dir.glob("*.jsonl"), reverse=True)
return sessions[:limit] if limit > 0 else sessions
def main():
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Harvest knowledge from session transcripts")
parser.add_argument('--session', help='Single session JSONL file')
parser.add_argument('--batch', action='store_true', help='Batch mode')
parser.add_argument('--sessions-dir', default=str(Path.home() / '.hermes' / 'sessions'),
help='Directory of session files')
parser.add_argument('--output', default='knowledge/transcripts',
help='Output directory (default: knowledge/transcripts)')
parser.add_argument('--limit', type=int, default=50,
help='Max sessions to process in batch (default: 50)')
args = parser.parse_args()
output_dir = Path(args.output)
output_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
results = []
if args.session:
messages = read_session(args.session)
session_id = Path(args.session).stem
results.append(harvest_session(messages, session_id))
elif args.batch:
sessions_dir = Path(args.sessions_dir)
sessions = find_recent_sessions(sessions_dir, args.limit)
print(f"Processing {len(sessions)} sessions...")
for sf in sessions:
messages = read_session(str(sf))
results.append(harvest_session(messages, sf.stem))
else:
parser.print_help()
sys.exit(1)
# Write outputs
json_path = output_dir / "transcript_knowledge.json"
report_path = output_dir / "transcript_report.md"
output = write_json_output(results, json_path)
write_report(results, report_path)
print(f"\nDone: {output['total_entries']} entries from {len(results)} sessions")
print(f"Output: {json_path}")
print(f"Report: {report_path}")
# Print category totals
totals = {}
for r in results:
for cat, cnt in r['counts'].items():
totals[cat] = totals.get(cat, 0) + cnt
print("\nCategory counts:")
for cat, cnt in sorted(totals.items()):
print(f" {cat}: {cnt}")
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()