Migrate to pgvector — remove ChromaDB from api.py, ingest scripts, dream.py

scripts/api.py

@@ -6,10 +6,11 @@ import hashlib
 from pathlib import Path
 from datetime import datetime
 from dotenv import load_dotenv
-import chromadb
 from sentence_transformers import SentenceTransformer
 import anthropic
 from fastapi import FastAPI, Request, Response, Depends, HTTPException
+import psycopg2
+import psycopg2.extras
 from fastapi import UploadFile, File
 import tempfile
 import os
@@ -46,6 +47,10 @@ DEFAULT_SETTINGS = {
 }
 
 print("Loading Aaron AI...")
+PG_DSN = os.getenv("PG_DSN", "dbname=aaronai user=aaronai password=aaronai_db_password host=localhost")
+
+def get_pg():
+    return psycopg2.connect(PG_DSN)
 WHISPER_PROMPT = (
     "Grasshopper, Rhino, PolyJet, SLA, FDM, DMLS, ChromaDB, "
     "HVAMC, FWN3D, Mossygear, Nextcloud, Gitea, computational design, "
@@ -59,11 +64,7 @@ if HAS_WHISPER:
     except Exception as e:
         print(f"Whisper not available: {e}")
 embedder = SentenceTransformer("all-MiniLM-L6-v2")
-chroma_client = chromadb.PersistentClient(path=DB_PATH)
+# ChromaDB removed — using pgvector
-collection = chroma_client.get_or_create_collection(
-    name="aaronai",
-    metadata={"hnsw:space": "cosine", "hnsw:allow_replace_deleted": True}
-)
 anthropic_client = anthropic.Anthropic(api_key=os.getenv("ANTHROPIC_API_KEY"))
 
 SYSTEM_PROMPT = """You are the personal AI assistant of Aaron Nelson — computational
@@ -210,11 +211,17 @@ def remove_from_memory(item):
 
 def get_pinned_cv_context():
     try:
-        results = collection.get(
+        pg = get_pg()
-            where={"source": {"$in": CV_SOURCES}},
+        cur = pg.cursor()
-            include=["documents", "metadatas"]
+        cur.execute(
+            "SELECT document, source FROM embeddings WHERE source = ANY(%s)",
+            (CV_SOURCES,)
         )
-        return results["documents"], results["metadatas"]
+        rows = cur.fetchall()
+        pg.close()
+        docs = [r[0] for r in rows]
+        metas = [{"source": r[1]} for r in rows]
+        return docs, metas
     except:
         return [], []
 
@@ -227,12 +234,7 @@ def is_professional_query(query):
     return any(k in query.lower() for k in keywords)
 
 def retrieve_context(query, n_results=8):
-    query_embedding = embedder.encode([query]).tolist()
+    query_embedding = embedder.encode([query]).tolist()[0]
-    results = collection.query(
-        query_embeddings=query_embedding,
-        n_results=n_results,
-        include=["documents", "metadatas", "distances"]
-    )
     context_pieces = []
     sources = []
     if is_professional_query(query):
@@ -240,15 +242,24 @@ def retrieve_context(query, n_results=8):
         for doc, meta in zip(cv_docs, cv_metas):
             context_pieces.append(f"[CV] {doc}")
             sources.append(meta.get("source", "CV"))
-    for doc, meta, dist in zip(
+    try:
-        results["documents"][0],
+        pg = get_pg()
-        results["metadatas"][0],
+        cur = pg.cursor()
-        results["distances"][0]
+        cur.execute("""
-    ):
+            SELECT document, source, 1 - (embedding <=> %s::vector) as similarity
-        relevance = 1 - dist
+            FROM embeddings
-        if relevance > 0.3 and meta.get("source") not in CV_SOURCES:
+            WHERE source NOT IN %s
+            ORDER BY embedding <=> %s::vector
+            LIMIT %s
+        """, (query_embedding, tuple(CV_SOURCES) if CV_SOURCES else ('__none__',),
+              query_embedding, n_results))
+        for doc, source, similarity in cur.fetchall():
+            if similarity > 0.3:
                 context_pieces.append(doc)
-            sources.append(meta.get("source", "unknown"))
+                sources.append(source or "unknown")
+        pg.close()
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"pgvector retrieval error: {e}")
     return context_pieces, sources
 
 def get_conversation_history(conversation_id, limit=20):
@@ -519,7 +530,14 @@ async def update_memory(request: Request, auth: str = Depends(require_auth)):
 
 @app.get("/api/status")
 async def get_status(auth: str = Depends(require_auth)):
-    chunk_count = collection.count()
+    try:
+        pg = get_pg()
+        cur = pg.cursor()
+        cur.execute("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM embeddings")
+        chunk_count = cur.fetchone()[0]
+        pg.close()
+    except:
+        chunk_count = 0
 
     # Watcher status
     watcher_running = False

scripts/dream.py

@@ -10,8 +10,13 @@ import argparse
 from pathlib import Path
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 from dotenv import load_dotenv
+import psycopg2
 
 load_dotenv(Path.home() / "aaronai" / ".env")
+PG_DSN = os.getenv("PG_DSN", "dbname=aaronai user=aaronai password=aaronai_db_password host=localhost")
+
+def get_pg():
+    return psycopg2.connect(PG_DSN)
 
 # ─── Paths ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 DB_PATH          = str(Path.home() / "aaronai" / "db")
@@ -115,16 +120,9 @@ def check_recent_journal(days=3):
 # ─── Stage 3: Retrieve ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 def retrieve(mode, task=None, project=None, n_results=8):
-    import chromadb
     from sentence_transformers import SentenceTransformer
 
     embedder = SentenceTransformer("all-MiniLM-L6-v2")
-    client     = chromadb.PersistentClient(path=DB_PATH)
-    collection = client.get_or_create_collection(
-        name="aaronai",
-        metadata={"hnsw:space": "cosine", "hnsw:allow_replace_deleted": True}
-    )
-
     low, high = MODE_RANGES[mode]
 
     if task:
@@ -138,38 +136,37 @@ def retrieve(mode, task=None, project=None, n_results=8):
     else:
         query = "research fabrication teaching practice recent work"
 
-    embedding = embedder.encode([query]).tolist()
+    embedding = embedder.encode([query]).tolist()[0]
-    results   = collection.query(
-        query_embeddings=embedding,
-        n_results=n_results * 3,
-        include=["documents", "metadatas", "distances"]
-    )
 
     chunks = []
     seen_sources = set()
 
-    for doc, meta, dist in zip(
+    try:
-        results["documents"][0],
+        pg = get_pg()
-        results["metadatas"][0],
+        cur = pg.cursor()
-        results["distances"][0]
+        cur.execute("""
-    ):
+            SELECT document, source, 1 - (embedding <=> %s::vector) as similarity
-        relevance = 1 - dist
+            FROM embeddings
-        source    = meta.get("source", "unknown")
+            ORDER BY embedding <=> %s::vector
+            LIMIT %s
+        """, (embedding, embedding, n_results * 3))
 
-        if not (low <= relevance <= high):
+        for doc, source, similarity in cur.fetchall():
+            if not (low <= similarity <= high):
                 continue
             if source in seen_sources:
                 continue
-
             chunks.append({
-            "source":    source,
+                "source":    source or "unknown",
                 "content":   doc,
-            "relevance": relevance,
+                "relevance": similarity,
             })
             seen_sources.add(source)
-
             if len(chunks) >= n_results:
                 break
+        pg.close()
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"pgvector retrieval error: {e}")
 
     return chunks
 

scripts/ingest.py

@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ import sys
 import hashlib
 from pathlib import Path
 from dotenv import load_dotenv
-import chromadb
+import psycopg2
+import psycopg2.extras
+import json
 from sentence_transformers import SentenceTransformer
 from docx import Document
 from pypdf import PdfReader
@@ -14,12 +16,10 @@ load_dotenv(Path.home() / "aaronai" / ".env")
 print("Loading embedding model...")
 embedder = SentenceTransformer("all-MiniLM-L6-v2")
 
-db_path = str(Path.home() / "aaronai" / "db")
+PG_DSN = os.getenv("PG_DSN", "dbname=aaronai user=aaronai password=aaronai_db_password host=localhost")
-client = chromadb.PersistentClient(path=db_path)
+
-collection = client.get_or_create_collection(
+def get_pg():
-    name="aaronai",
+    return psycopg2.connect(PG_DSN)
-    metadata={"hnsw:space": "cosine", "hnsw:allow_replace_deleted": True}
-)
 
 def extract_text_from_docx(path):
     doc = Document(path)
@@ -98,12 +98,24 @@ def ingest_file(filepath):
             "folder": str(path.parent.relative_to(Path(sys.argv[1]) if len(sys.argv) > 1 else path.parent))
         } for _ in chunks]
 
-        collection.upsert(
+        pg = get_pg()
-            documents=chunks,
+        cur = pg.cursor()
-            embeddings=embeddings,
+        for chunk_id, chunk, embedding, meta in zip(ids, chunks, embeddings, metadatas):
-            ids=ids,
+            cur.execute("""
-            metadatas=metadatas
+                INSERT INTO embeddings (id, document, embedding, source, type, created_at, metadata)
-        )
+                VALUES (%s, %s, %s::vector, %s, %s, %s, %s)
+                ON CONFLICT (id) DO UPDATE SET
+                    document = EXCLUDED.document,
+                    embedding = EXCLUDED.embedding,
+                    source = EXCLUDED.source,
+                    metadata = EXCLUDED.metadata
+            """, (
+                chunk_id, chunk, embedding,
+                meta.get('source'), 'document', None,
+                json.dumps(meta)
+            ))
+        pg.commit()
+        pg.close()
         print(f"  Indexed {len(chunks)} chunks: {path.name}")
         return len(chunks)
 

scripts/ingest_chatgpt.py

@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 from datetime import datetime
 from sentence_transformers import SentenceTransformer
-import chromadb
+import psycopg2
+import psycopg2.extras
+import json as json_module
 
 # Paths
 db_path = str(Path.home() / "aaronai" / "db")

scripts/ingest_claude.py

@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ import json
 import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 from sentence_transformers import SentenceTransformer
-import chromadb
+import psycopg2
+import psycopg2.extras
+import json as json_module
 
 # Paths
 db_path = str(Path.home() / "aaronai" / "db")
@@ -102,12 +104,26 @@ def ingest_conversations(path):
             continue
 
         embeddings = embedder.encode([n[1] for n in new]).tolist()
-        collection.upsert(
+        pg = get_pg()
-            ids=[n[0] for n in new],
+        cur = pg.cursor()
-            documents=[n[1] for n in new],
+        for (chunk_id, chunk_text, meta), embedding in zip(new, embeddings):
-            metadatas=[n[2] for n in new],
+            cur.execute("""
-            embeddings=embeddings,
+                INSERT INTO embeddings (id, document, embedding, source, type, created_at, metadata)
-        )
+                VALUES (%s, %s, %s::vector, %s, %s, %s, %s)
+                ON CONFLICT (id) DO UPDATE SET
+                    document = EXCLUDED.document,
+                    embedding = EXCLUDED.embedding,
+                    source = EXCLUDED.source,
+                    type = EXCLUDED.type,
+                    created_at = EXCLUDED.created_at,
+                    metadata = EXCLUDED.metadata
+            """, (
+                chunk_id, chunk_text, embedding,
+                meta.get('source'), meta.get('type'), meta.get('created_at'),
+                json_module.dumps(meta)
+            ))
+        pg.commit()
+        pg.close()
         total += len(new)
 
     print(f"Conversations: {total} chunks added, {skipped} skipped")

scripts/migrate_to_pgvector.py

@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+"""
+Migration: ChromaDB → pgvector
+Re-embeds all documents from ChromaDB SQLite into PostgreSQL with pgvector.
+Keeps ChromaDB intact as backup until migration is verified.
+"""
+import sqlite3
+import psycopg2
+import json
+from pathlib import Path
+from sentence_transformers import SentenceTransformer
+
+CHROMA_SQLITE = str(Path.home() / "aaronai" / "db" / "chroma.sqlite3")
+PG_DSN = "dbname=aaronai user=aaronai password=aaronai_db_password host=localhost"
+
+print("Loading embedding model...")
+embedder = SentenceTransformer("all-MiniLM-L6-v2")
+
+print("Connecting to databases...")
+chroma = sqlite3.connect(CHROMA_SQLITE)
+chroma.row_factory = sqlite3.Row
+c = chroma.cursor()
+
+pg = psycopg2.connect(PG_DSN)
+pg_cur = pg.cursor()
+
+# Get all documents with their metadata from ChromaDB
+print("Reading documents from ChromaDB...")
+c.execute("""
+    SELECT 
+        e.id as row_id,
+        e.embedding_id,
+        MAX(CASE WHEN em.key = 'chroma:document' THEN em.string_value END) as document,
+        MAX(CASE WHEN em.key = 'source' THEN em.string_value END) as source,
+        MAX(CASE WHEN em.key = 'type' THEN em.string_value END) as type,
+        MAX(CASE WHEN em.key = 'created_at' THEN em.string_value END) as created_at
+    FROM embeddings e
+    LEFT JOIN embedding_metadata em ON e.id = em.id
+    GROUP BY e.id, e.embedding_id
+    HAVING document IS NOT NULL
+    ORDER BY e.id
+""")
+
+rows = c.fetchall()
+print(f"Found {len(rows)} documents to migrate")
+
+# Check existing in PostgreSQL
+pg_cur.execute("SELECT id FROM embeddings")
+existing_ids = set(r[0] for r in pg_cur.fetchall())
+print(f"Already in PostgreSQL: {len(existing_ids)}")
+
+# Filter to only new ones
+to_migrate = [r for r in rows if r['embedding_id'] not in existing_ids]
+print(f"Need to migrate: {len(to_migrate)}")
+
+if not to_migrate:
+    print("Nothing to migrate — already complete")
+    chroma.close()
+    pg.close()
+    exit(0)
+
+# Migrate in batches
+batch_size = 200
+migrated = 0
+errors = 0
+
+for i in range(0, len(to_migrate), batch_size):
+    batch = to_migrate[i:i+batch_size]
+    
+    # Generate embeddings
+    texts = [r['document'] for r in batch]
+    try:
+        embeddings = embedder.encode(texts, show_progress_bar=False).tolist()
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"Embedding error at batch {i}: {e}")
+        errors += len(batch)
+        continue
+    
+    # Insert into PostgreSQL
+    for row, embedding in zip(batch, embeddings):
+        try:
+            pg_cur.execute("""
+                INSERT INTO embeddings (id, document, embedding, source, type, created_at, metadata)
+                VALUES (%s, %s, %s::vector, %s, %s, %s, %s)
+                ON CONFLICT (id) DO UPDATE SET
+                    document = EXCLUDED.document,
+                    embedding = EXCLUDED.embedding,
+                    source = EXCLUDED.source,
+                    type = EXCLUDED.type,
+                    created_at = EXCLUDED.created_at,
+                    metadata = EXCLUDED.metadata
+            """, (
+                row['embedding_id'],
+                row['document'],
+                embedding,
+                row['source'],
+                row['type'],
+                row['created_at'],
+                json.dumps({
+                    'source': row['source'],
+                    'type': row['type'],
+                    'created_at': row['created_at'],
+                })
+            ))
+            migrated += 1
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(f"Insert error for {row['embedding_id']}: {e}")
+            errors += 1
+    
+    pg.commit()
+    print(f"Progress: {min(i+batch_size, len(to_migrate))}/{len(to_migrate)} ({errors} errors)")
+
+# Final count
+pg_cur.execute("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM embeddings")
+final_count = pg_cur.fetchone()[0]
+
+chroma.close()
+pg.close()
+
+print(f"\nMigration complete:")
+print(f"  Migrated: {migrated}")
+print(f"  Errors: {errors}")
+print(f"  PostgreSQL total: {final_count}")