Add core scopes: shared memory above an agent layout

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Summary

Agents can now recall shared memory that sits above their layout root: a
hive-wide core (for tinyhivemind's global memory across agents) or a company
brain shared by every team under one company node.

Before this change, AgentMemory packs only read the subtree of the layout
root, and a host had no way to add a shared scope, override it per call, or
write into it.

A CoreScope names a strict ancestor of the layout root. Each one becomes its
own pack section, placed after Learnings. It reads its node exactly, so sibling
tenants under the same company node stay invisible.

The host sets core scopes with AgentMemory::with_core. To override them for
one call, clone first: memory.clone().with_core(..)?. The host writes into a
core scope with AgentMemory::promote; the model's tools still cannot choose a
scope.

Placement is ancestor-only by design, so neither the Reach contract nor any
engine changes.

Related issue

None.

API or behavior changes

All additive in tinymemory-tools; nothing is breaking.

• New CoreScope and DEFAULT_CORE_LIMIT.
• New MemoryLayout::admits_core and MemoryLayout::ancestors.
• New AgentMemory::with_core, core, promote and core_build.
• With no core scopes configured, packs are unchanged.

Validation

• cargo fmt --all -- --check: clean
• cargo clippy --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings: clean
• cargo build --all-targets --all-features: ok
• cargo test --all-features: all pass, 0 failed
• RUSTDOCFLAGS="-D warnings" cargo doc --no-deps --all-features: ok

Tests

• layout:
  • only strict ancestors are admitted as core;
  • ancestors are listed root first;
  • a core scope reads its node exactly (plus a serde round-trip).
• lifecycle:
  • the core section comes after Learnings;
  • a sibling tenant is never read;
  • with_core replaces the set per call, and an empty list drops it;
  • refusals: a node outside the ancestors, a duplicate node, a blank heading;
  • a zero limit leaves the section out;
  • promote lands at the core node and another agent recalls it;
  • promote refuses a conversation and an unconfigured node;
  • core_build targets exactly the core node.
• context.md: a core brief reads only the company node.
• CortexDB (both wire doubles): a core section recalls
  app:tinymemory/ws:acme/app:learnings and never a sibling team's scope.

Documentation

• New spec: docs/specs/core-scopes.md.
• New plan: docs/plans/core-scopes.md.
• Updated: docs/specs/agent-memory.md (standard sections),
  docs/architecture/lifecycle.md (turn diagram) and
  docs/architecture/namespaces.md (a company above its tenants).

Checklist

• The change is focused on one logical change
• No new #[allow(...)], #[ignore], or relaxed lints
• No secrets, tokens, or .env contents in the diff or the description

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • Added configurable shared-memory scopes above an agent’s layout. Matching content appears as named sections in recall, while sibling tenant content remains separate.
  • Hosts can promote eligible learnings and documents to configured scopes and build beliefs for those scopes.
  • Added validation for scope locations, headings, and duplicates, with per-call configuration support.
• Documentation
  • Added guidance and specifications for shared-memory scopes and their placement in recall.

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• crates/tinymemory-api/src/write/mod.rs
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• crates/tinymemory-integrations/tests/live_cortex_lifecycle.rs
• crates/tinymemory-tools/src/lifecycle/mod.rs
• crates/tinymemory-tools/src/lifecycle/mod_tests.rs

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Walkthrough

This change adds configurable core scopes at strict ancestor namespaces of an agent layout. AgentMemory can validate and expose those scopes, promote eligible items, create belief-build jobs, and include exact-node core results as named recall sections.

Changes

Core Scopes

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Core scope contract and layout ancestry crates/tinymemory-tools/src/layout/types.rs, crates/tinymemory-tools/src/layout/mod.rs, crates/tinymemory-tools/src/layout/mod_tests.rs, crates/tinymemory-tools/src/lib.rs	Adds CoreScope with configurable namespace, heading, item kinds, and limit. Its filter reads the exact namespace. MemoryLayout adds strict-ancestor listing and core-scope validation.
AgentMemory configuration and operations crates/tinymemory-tools/src/lifecycle/mod.rs, crates/tinymemory-tools/src/lifecycle/mod_tests.rs	Adds core-scope validation and access, promotion of eligible items, exact-node belief-build jobs, and core sections after Learnings in standard recall. Tests cover scope isolation, validation, promotion, and build jobs.
Context, integration, and specification coverage crates/tinymemory-tools/src/context/compile/mod_tests.rs, crates/tinymemory-integrations/src/cortex/lifecycle_tests.rs, docs/architecture/*, docs/plans/core-scopes.md, docs/specs/*	Tests verify that compiled briefs and Cortex lifecycle recalls include configured company-node data without including a child tenant's data. Architecture and specification documents describe core-scope behavior and ordering.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Feature

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 68f16

A host that promotes a document into a scope configured only for learnings gets no error, and the document is never recalled. This is a small edge case that is easy to fix. Otherwise the change is additive and well tested, so it is mergeable once the author is aware of it.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 68f16

Exact-node recall protects sibling namespaces, but ordinary agent tools can delete records in the new shared cores. Company-wide or global memory therefore needs a separate deletion policy to preserve host ownership. The feature is opt-in, and hosts can disable model write tools.

Retained concerns

• High · security · inferred: New host-owned shared cores remain deletable through ordinary agent tools. AgentMemory.tools enables memory_forget over the agent's ancestor-wide read reach. A model-directed deletion can therefore remove promoted company or global core records without invoking promote, selecting a namespace, or proving ownership. Although ancestor-wide deletion already existed, introducing supported shared-core population and multi-layout consumption increases its shared-data impact.

Security review details

Security Blast Radius

• inferred — A deleted company-core record affects every configured reader below that company; a root-core record can affect readers across the engine's hierarchy. The attack reaches shared ancestor records, not sibling descendants, and remains bounded by the engine and credential authority available to the host.

Security Findings and Attack Paths

• inferred — When default agent write tools are offered, a model-directed memory_forget can delete shared-core items by readable IDs or a permitted nonempty filter. ID resolution checks read reach, and filter deletion substitutes the same ancestor-wide reach. Neither path checks agent ownership or configured-core protection before calling the engine.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

• observed — Namespace selection and promotion remain host-facing, and model stores are confined to the agent's location. Sibling IDs are skipped during deletion, empty deletion filters are refused, and read-only tools reject writes. These controls do not distinguish readable shared ancestors from agent-owned deletable records.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

• observed — Shared-core consolidation retains engine-owned recovery semantics. Cortex direct builds submit requests sequentially and return on error; hosted builds acknowledge scheduled execution. The inspected orchestration supplies no rollback for partially accepted remote builds, so retry, cancellation, and concurrent-build guarantees cannot be inferred from the new exact-node request alone.

Hardening Proposals

• proposed — Separate deletion authority from retrieval reach. Preserve ancestor reads while restricting model deletion to explicitly authorized owned records or namespaces, checking both ID and filter paths. Until that policy exists, hosts requiring protected shared cores can offer read-only tools. Validate that an agent can read a promoted core record but cannot delete it for other readers.

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