albert-ying/agentic-cortex/sync

Vault Sync

Orchestrates the vault sync pipeline: dispatches source adapters, collects manifests, invokes the vault-updater.

Usage

• /sync or /sync all — run calendar + email + screenpipe adapters in parallel, then updater
• /sync calendar — run only calendar adapter, then updater
• /sync email — run only email adapter, then updater
• /sync screenpipe — run only screenpipe adapter, then updater
• /sync <source> --dry-run — generate manifest, print summary, don't apply

Session-Start Mode

When invoked by the command center at session start:

1. Prune old manifests: Delete *-manifest-*.json files older than 7 days from .cache/sync-state/
2. Rebuild vault index: Run python3 notes/.scripts/build_vault_index.py
3. Wait for vault index: Block until .cache/sync-state/vault-index.json exists and is fresh (built_at within last 60s)
4. Dispatch adapters in parallel using the Agent tool:

• Calendar sync agent (foreground — fast, ~5s)
• Email sync agent (foreground — moderate, ~15s)
• Screenpipe sync agent (background — slow, ~60s)

1. Invoke vault-updater as each manifest arrives:

• After calendar manifest -> vault-updater
• After email manifest -> vault-updater
• After screenpipe manifest -> vault-updater (background notification)

1. Surface delta briefing after each updater run

Single-Source Mode

When invoked as /sync <source>:

1. Rebuild vault index (if older than 1 hour)
2. Run the specified adapter
3. If not --dry-run: invoke vault-updater with the manifest
4. If --dry-run: print manifest summary (N changes, affected notes, confidence levels)

Adapter Dispatch

Each adapter is a separate skill invoked as a subagent:

Vault Updater Dispatch

After each adapter produces a manifest:

1. Invoke sync/vault-updater skill as a subagent
2. Pass the manifest file path(s)
3. Collect the delta report
4. Surface to user: "Sync delta: Updated N notes from <source>. [details]"

Error Handling

• If an adapter fails: log the error, skip that source, continue with others
• Surface failures in the delta briefing: "Email sync failed: [error]. Using cached state."
• If vault-updater fails: log error, preserve manifest for retry on next session

Manifest Pruning

At session start, before dispatching adapters:

find .cache/sync-state/ -name "*-manifest-*.json" -mtime +7 -delete