CortexReach · fryeggs · Mar 20, 2026
diff --git a/cli.ts b/cli.ts
@@ -409,6 +409,71 @@ function formatJson(obj: any): string {
   return JSON.stringify(obj, null, 2);
 }
 
+function formatRetrievalDiagnosticsLines(diagnostics: {
+  originalQuery: string;
+  bm25Query: string | null;
+  queryExpanded: boolean;
+  vectorResultCount: number;
+  bm25ResultCount: number;
+  fusedResultCount: number;
+  finalResultCount: number;
+  stageCounts: {
+    afterMinScore: number;
+    rerankInput: number;
+    afterRerank: number;
+    afterHardMinScore: number;
+    afterNoiseFilter: number;
+    afterDiversity: number;
+  };
+  dropSummary: Array<{ stage: string; dropped: number; before: number; after: number }>;
+  failureStage?: string;
+  errorMessage?: string;
+}): string[] {
+  const topDrops =
+    diagnostics.dropSummary.length > 0
+      ? diagnostics.dropSummary
+          .slice(0, 3)
+          .map(
+            (drop) => `${drop.stage} -${drop.dropped} (${drop.before}->${drop.after})`,
+          )
+          .join(", ")
+      : "none";
+
+  const lines = [
+    "Retrieval diagnostics:",
+    `  • Original query: ${diagnostics.originalQuery}`,
+    `  • BM25 query: ${diagnostics.bm25Query ?? "(disabled)"}`,
+    `  • Query expanded: ${diagnostics.queryExpanded ? "Yes" : "No"}`,
+    `  • Counts: vector=${diagnostics.vectorResultCount}, bm25=${diagnostics.bm25ResultCount}, fused=${diagnostics.fusedResultCount}, final=${diagnostics.finalResultCount}`,
+    `  • Stages: min=${diagnostics.stageCounts.afterMinScore}, rerankIn=${diagnostics.stageCounts.rerankInput}, rerank=${diagnostics.stageCounts.afterRerank}, hard=${diagnostics.stageCounts.afterHardMinScore}, noise=${diagnostics.stageCounts.afterNoiseFilter}, diversity=${diagnostics.stageCounts.afterDiversity}`,
+    `  • Drops: ${topDrops}`,
+  ];
+
+  if (diagnostics.failureStage) {
+    lines.push(`  • Failure stage: ${diagnostics.failureStage}`);
+  }
+  if (diagnostics.errorMessage) {
+    lines.push(`  • Error: ${diagnostics.errorMessage}`);
+  }
+
+  return lines;
+}
+
+function buildSearchErrorPayload(
+  error: unknown,
+  diagnostics: unknown,
+  includeDiagnostics: boolean,
+): Record<string, unknown> {
+  const message = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
+  return {
+    error: {
+      code: "search_failed",
+      message,
+    },
+    ...(includeDiagnostics && diagnostics ? { diagnostics } : {}),
+  };
+}
+
 async function sleep(ms: number): Promise<void> {
   await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
 }
@@ -431,7 +496,8 @@ export function registerMemoryCLI(program: Command, context: CLIContext): void {
     scopeFilter?: string[],
     category?: string,
   ) => {
-    let results = await getSearchRetriever().retrieve({
+    const retriever = getSearchRetriever();
+    let results = await retriever.retrieve({
       query,
       limit,
       scopeFilter,
@@ -441,16 +507,30 @@ export function registerMemoryCLI(program: Command, context: CLIContext): void {
 
     if (results.length === 0 && context.embedder) {
       await sleep(75);
-      results = await getSearchRetriever().retrieve({
+      const retryRetriever = getSearchRetriever();
+      results = await retryRetriever.retrieve({
         query,
         limit,
         scopeFilter,
         category,
         source: "cli",
       });
+      return {
+        results,
+        diagnostics:
+          typeof retryRetriever.getLastDiagnostics === "function"
+            ? retryRetriever.getLastDiagnostics()
+            : null,
+      };
     }
 
-    return results;
+    return {
+      results,
+      diagnostics:
+        typeof retriever.getLastDiagnostics === "function"
+          ? retriever.getLastDiagnostics()
+          : null,
+    };
   };
 
   const memory = program
@@ -697,6 +777,7 @@ export function registerMemoryCLI(program: Command, context: CLIContext): void {
     .option("--scope <scope>", "Search within specific scope")
     .option("--category <category>", "Filter by category")
     .option("--limit <n>", "Maximum number of results", "10")
+    .option("--debug", "Show retrieval diagnostics")
     .option("--json", "Output as JSON")
     .action(async (query, options) => {
       try {
@@ -707,11 +788,24 @@ export function registerMemoryCLI(program: Command, context: CLIContext): void {
           scopeFilter = [options.scope];
         }
 
-        const results = await runSearch(query, limit, scopeFilter, options.category);
+        const { results, diagnostics } = await runSearch(
+          query,
+          limit,
+          scopeFilter,
+          options.category,
+        );
 
         if (options.json) {
-          console.log(formatJson(results));
+          console.log(
+            formatJson(options.debug ? { diagnostics, results } : results),
+          );
         } else {
+          if (options.debug && diagnostics) {
+            for (const line of formatRetrievalDiagnosticsLines(diagnostics)) {
+              console.log(line);
+            }
+            console.log();
+          }
           if (results.length === 0) {
             console.log("No relevant memories found.");
           } else {
@@ -730,6 +824,18 @@ export function registerMemoryCLI(program: Command, context: CLIContext): void {
           }
         }
       } catch (error) {
+        const diagnostics = options.debug ? context.retriever.getLastDiagnostics?.() : null;
+        if (options.json) {
+          console.log(
+            formatJson(buildSearchErrorPayload(error, diagnostics, options.debug)),
+          );
+          process.exit(1);
+        }
+        if (diagnostics) {
+          for (const line of formatRetrievalDiagnosticsLines(diagnostics)) {
+            console.error(line);
+          }
+        }
         console.error("Search failed:", error);
         process.exit(1);
       }

diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
     "@lancedb/lancedb": "^0.26.2",
     "@sinclair/typebox": "0.34.48",
     "apache-arrow": "18.1.0",
+    "json5": "^2.2.3",
     "openai": "^6.21.0"
   },
   "openclaw": {

diff --git a/src/query-expander.ts b/src/query-expander.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+/**
+ * Lightweight Chinese query expansion for BM25.
+ * Keeps the vector query untouched and only appends a few high-signal synonyms.
+ */
+
+const MAX_EXPANSION_TERMS = 5;
+
+interface SynonymEntry {
+  cn: string[];
+  en: string[];
+  expansions: string[];
+}
+
+const SYNONYM_MAP: SynonymEntry[] = [
+  {
+    cn: ["挂了", "挂掉", "宕机"],
+    en: ["shutdown", "crashed"],
+    expansions: ["崩溃", "crash", "error", "报错", "宕机", "失败"],
+  },
+  {
+    cn: ["卡住", "卡死", "没反应"],
+    en: ["hung", "frozen"],
+    expansions: ["hang", "timeout", "超时", "无响应", "stuck"],
+  },
+  {
+    cn: ["炸了", "爆了"],
+    en: ["oom"],
+    expansions: ["崩溃", "crash", "OOM", "内存溢出", "error"],
+  },
+  {
+    cn: ["配置", "设置"],
+    en: ["config", "configuration"],
+    expansions: ["配置", "config", "configuration", "settings", "设置"],
+  },
+  {
+    cn: ["部署", "上线"],
+    en: ["deploy", "deployment"],
+    expansions: ["deploy", "部署", "上线", "发布", "release"],
+  },
+  {
+    cn: ["容器"],
+    en: ["docker", "container"],
+    expansions: ["Docker", "容器", "container", "docker-compose"],
+  },
+  {
+    cn: ["报错", "出错", "错误"],
+    en: ["error", "exception"],
+    expansions: ["error", "报错", "exception", "错误", "失败", "bug"],
+  },
+  {
+    cn: ["修复", "修了", "修好"],
+    en: ["bugfix", "hotfix"],
+    expansions: ["fix", "修复", "patch", "解决"],
+  },
+  {
+    cn: ["踩坑"],
+    en: ["troubleshoot"],
+    expansions: ["踩坑", "bug", "问题", "教训", "排查", "troubleshoot"],
+  },
+  {
+    cn: ["记忆", "记忆系统"],
+    en: ["memory"],
+    expansions: ["记忆", "memory", "记忆系统", "LanceDB", "索引"],
+  },
+  {
+    cn: ["搜索", "查找", "找不到"],
+    en: ["search", "retrieval"],
+    expansions: ["搜索", "search", "retrieval", "检索", "查找"],
+  },
+  {
+    cn: ["推送"],
+    en: ["git push"],
+    expansions: ["push", "推送", "git push", "commit"],
+  },
+  {
+    cn: ["日志"],
+    en: ["logfile", "logging"],
+    expansions: ["日志", "log", "logging", "输出", "打印"],
+  },
+  {
+    cn: ["权限"],
+    en: ["permission", "authorization"],
+    expansions: ["权限", "permission", "access", "授权", "认证"],
+  },
+];
+
+function buildWordBoundaryRegex(term: string): RegExp {
+  const escaped = term.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, "\\$&");
+  return new RegExp(`\\b${escaped}\\b`, "i");
+}
+
+export function expandQuery(query: string): string {
+  if (!query || query.trim().length < 2) return query;
+
+  const lower = query.toLowerCase();
+  const additions = new Set<string>();
+
+  for (const entry of SYNONYM_MAP) {
+    const cnMatch = entry.cn.some((term) => lower.includes(term.toLowerCase()));
+    const enMatch = entry.en.some((term) => buildWordBoundaryRegex(term).test(query));
+
+    if (!cnMatch && !enMatch) continue;
+
+    for (const expansion of entry.expansions) {
+      if (!lower.includes(expansion.toLowerCase())) {
+        additions.add(expansion);
+      }
+      if (additions.size >= MAX_EXPANSION_TERMS) break;
+    }
+
+    if (additions.size >= MAX_EXPANSION_TERMS) break;
+  }
+
+  if (additions.size === 0) return query;
+  return `${query} ${[...additions].join(" ")}`;
+}