ruvnet__ruflo/plugins/ruflo-intelligence/README.md

# ruflo-intelligence

User-facing surface for Ruflo's self-learning system. Wraps **29 intelligence-related MCP tools** across four families into discoverable skills, commands, and the canonical 4-step pipeline (RETRIEVE → JUDGE → DISTILL → CONSOLIDATE). Coordinates with `ruflo-agentdb` (namespace convention), `ruflo-ruvector` (trajectory recording substrate), and `ruflo-browser` (consumes trajectory hooks for session replay).

> **Status:** ADR-0001 implemented. Plugin v0.3.0 targets `@claude-flow/cli` v3.6.x.

## Install

```
/plugin marketplace add ruvnet/ruflo
/plugin install ruflo-intelligence@ruflo
```

## Compatibility

- **CLI:** pinned to `@claude-flow/cli` v3.6 major+minor.
- **Verification:** `bash plugins/ruflo-intelligence/scripts/smoke.sh` is the contract.

## Tool inventory

| Family | Count | Source |
|--------|------:|--------|
| `neural_*` | 6 | `v3/@claude-flow/cli/src/mcp-tools/neural-tools.ts:195, 312, 413, 539, 651, 706` |
| `hooks_intelligence_*` (incl. dispatcher + reset) | 10 | `v3/@claude-flow/cli/src/mcp-tools/hooks-tools.ts:2093, 2226, 2296, 2355, 2404, 2556, 2634, 2741, 2952, 3027` |
| Routing & meta hooks (`hooks_route`, `hooks_explain`, `hooks_pretrain`, `hooks_build-agents`, `hooks_metrics`, `hooks_transfer`) | 6 | `hooks-tools.ts:884, 1062, 1420, 1499, 1593, 1664` |
| `hooks_model-*` (3-tier routing) | 3 | `hooks-tools.ts:3797, 3844, 3879` |
| `ruvllm_sona_*` + `ruvllm_microlora_*` | 4 | `v3/@claude-flow/cli/src/mcp-tools/ruvllm-tools.ts:142, 169, 192, 222` |
| **Total** | **29** | — |

## The 4-step intelligence pipeline

CLAUDE.md describes the V3 intelligence loop as four discrete phases. This plugin operationalizes them:

| Step | What happens | Tools |
|------|--------------|-------|
| **RETRIEVE** | Pull relevant patterns + past trajectories from HNSW index | `hooks_intelligence_pattern-search`, `agentdb_pattern-search`, `agentdb_semantic-route` |
| **JUDGE** | Score retrieved candidates with verdicts (success / failure / partial) | `hooks_intelligence_attention`, `neural_predict`, `hooks_explain` |
| **DISTILL** | Extract the key learnings via LoRA / SONA adaptation | `ruvllm_sona_adapt`, `ruvllm_microlora_adapt`, `neural_train`, `hooks_intelligence_learn` |
| **CONSOLIDATE** | Prevent catastrophic forgetting via EWC++ | `agentdb_consolidate`, `ruvllm_microlora_adapt --consolidate`, `neural_compress` |

For an end-to-end run:

```
hooks_pretrain
  → hooks_intelligence_trajectory-start
    → (each step) hooks_intelligence_trajectory-step
  → hooks_intelligence_trajectory-end
  → hooks_intelligence_learn
  → ruvllm_sona_adapt    # DISTILL
  → agentdb_consolidate  # CONSOLIDATE
  → neural_compress      # storage efficiency
```

## Cross-project pattern transfer (IPFS)

`hooks_transfer` is the substrate plugin's most underused capability. It publishes learned patterns to IPFS (via Pinata) so a different project — or a different machine — can fetch and apply them. Use the `intelligence-transfer` skill or call directly:

```bash
# Publish patterns from this project to IPFS
mcp tool call hooks_transfer --json -- '{"action": "store", "patterns": [...]}'

# Fetch and apply patterns from a CID
mcp tool call hooks_transfer --json -- '{"action": "load", "cid": "QmXyz..."}'

# Mirror an entire project's patterns
mcp tool call hooks_transfer --json -- '{"action": "from-project", "source": "/path/to/project"}'
```

Prerequisite: `PINATA_API_JWT` (or the equivalent endpoint env vars) must be configured. Without it, `hooks_transfer` returns a structured `success: false` with the missing-config error.

## Hook integration

Several Claude Code hooks fire intelligence-side writes:

| Hook | Tool invoked | Target |
|------|--------------|--------|
| `pre-task` | `hooks_route` + `hooks_intelligence_pattern-search` | RETRIEVE phase |
| `post-task --train-neural` | `agentdb_pattern-store` (ReasoningBank) → falls back to `memory_store --namespace pattern` | DISTILL phase, writes to **`pattern`** namespace |
| `pretrain` (one-shot) | `hooks_pretrain` → seeds `memory_store --namespace patterns` | Bootstrap, writes to **`patterns`** namespace (plural) |
| Trajectory hooks (ruvector substrate) | `intelligence_trajectory-*` | Recorded by `ruflo-ruvector`; consumed by this plugin's pattern-store |

> **Pluralization gotcha:** ReasoningBank fallback writes to `pattern` (singular). The `pretrain` hook writes to `patterns` (plural). They are *different* namespaces. See `ruflo-agentdb` ADR-0001 §"Namespace convention" for the canonical contract.

## Namespace coordination with ruflo-agentdb

This plugin defers to [ruflo-agentdb ADR-0001](../ruflo-agentdb/docs/adrs/0001-agentdb-optimization.md) for namespace conventions. Three reserved namespaces are read by the intelligence pipeline:

| Namespace | Read by | Source |
|-----------|---------|--------|
| `pattern` | `hooks_intelligence_pattern-search`, `agentdb_pattern-search` | ReasoningBank fallback target |
| `patterns` (plural) | `hooks_pretrain`, `neural_train` corpus | distinct from `pattern` |
| `claude-memories` | `memory_search_unified` (default include) | Claude Code auto-memory bridge |

Do **not** invent new top-level namespaces for intelligence purposes — the convention is owned upstream.

## EWC++ consolidation

The plugin claims EWC++ consolidation; here's how to actually invoke it:

1. **At trajectory end**, call `hooks_intelligence_learn` to register the outcome.
2. **Periodically** (or after N task completions), call `agentdb_consolidate` to fold patterns into the long-term store under EWC++ semantics.
3. **For SONA / MicroLoRA adapters specifically**, call `ruvllm_microlora_adapt` with the `--consolidate` flag to apply Elastic Weight Consolidation on the adapter's weight deltas. This prevents catastrophic forgetting when the adapter is trained on a new domain.

Without these calls, fresh trajectories overwrite older patterns without protection — the system "forgets". The pipeline diagram above bakes consolidation into step 4 deliberately.

## MoE (Mixture of Experts) routing

`hooks_intelligence` accepts a `mode` parameter that selects the active learning architecture:

| Mode | When to use |
|------|-------------|
| `balanced` (default) | General-purpose: SONA + HNSW retrieval, no MoE specialization |
| `sona` | Single-domain specialization with SONA adaptation |
| `moe` | Multi-domain expert routing — recommended when tasks span 3+ distinct domains |
| `hnsw` | Pure pattern retrieval, no online adaptation |

Configure once via `mcp tool call hooks_intelligence -- '{"mode": "moe", "enableSona": true}'` and let the dispatcher route subsequent learning calls.

## Commands

- `/intelligence` — Dashboard: stats, metrics, model-tier distribution, routing rationale on demand
- `/neural` — Neural training and prediction (`train`, `status`, `patterns`, `predict`, `optimize`, `compress`)

## Skills

- `neural-train` — Train SONA + MicroLoRA patterns from successful tasks
- `intelligence-route` — Route tasks using learned patterns; produces a `hooks_explain` rationale
- `intelligence-transfer` — Publish/fetch patterns via IPFS (`hooks_transfer`)

## Architecture Decisions

- [`ADR-0001` — Optimize ruflo-intelligence (surface completeness, 4-step pipeline, IPFS transfer, namespace coordination)](./docs/adrs/0001-intelligence-surface-completeness.md)

## Related Plugins

- `ruflo-agentdb` — substrate for HNSW + namespace contract; `agentdb_pattern-*` is this plugin's storage backend
- `ruflo-ruvector` — trajectory hooks substrate; `intelligence_trajectory-*` calls land in ruvector's persisted trajectories
- `ruflo-browser` — consumes trajectory hooks for session replay (ADR-0001 there)
- `ruflo-daa` — Dynamic Agentic Architecture; cognitive patterns feed routing as inputs

## License

MIT