Use case
I'm using Hindsight as a primary long-lived engineering knowledge base — replacing a 465-file markdown vault that was my institutional memory. Over time I expect thousands of retained facts, entities, observations, and mental models in a single bank.
Unlike ephemeral conversational memory, this data is irreplaceable if lost. There's currently no way to export bank contents or restore them after a DB issue.
Request
A CLI command or API endpoint to export and import bank contents, e.g.:
# Export all memory units, entities, observations, mental models for a bank
hindsight-api export --bank rai --format jsonl > rai-backup.jsonl
# Import into a fresh or existing bank
hindsight-api import --bank rai < rai-backup.jsonl
JSONL would be ideal (streamable, inspectable), but any structured format works.
Why this matters
- Disaster recovery: embedded pg0 database corruption means total knowledge loss with no recovery path
- Migration: switching embedding models requires clearing vectors; export/re-import would preserve facts without re-retaining (saving LLM calls)
- Portability: moving between machines, sharing bank contents across team members
- Debugging: inspecting raw bank contents outside the DB
Current workaround
Copying ~/.pg0/instances/hindsight/ as a raw PostgreSQL data directory backup. This works but is opaque, non-portable across Hindsight versions, and can't be inspected or selectively restored.
Related
Use case
I'm using Hindsight as a primary long-lived engineering knowledge base — replacing a 465-file markdown vault that was my institutional memory. Over time I expect thousands of retained facts, entities, observations, and mental models in a single bank.
Unlike ephemeral conversational memory, this data is irreplaceable if lost. There's currently no way to export bank contents or restore them after a DB issue.
Request
A CLI command or API endpoint to export and import bank contents, e.g.:
JSONL would be ideal (streamable, inspectable), but any structured format works.
Why this matters
Current workaround
Copying
~/.pg0/instances/hindsight/as a raw PostgreSQL data directory backup. This works but is opaque, non-portable across Hindsight versions, and can't be inspected or selectively restored.Related