ELARA CORE // Architecture

L1 MCP CLIENTS

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L2 PROTOCOL

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elara_mcp/server.py — tool dispatch

L3 TOOL LAYER — 35 TOOLS / 11 MODULES

Memory 4

Semantic memory + conversation index

remember recall recall_conversation conversations

Mood 5

Presence, emotions, imprints, modes

mood mood_adjust imprint mode status

Episodes 5

Session tracking, milestones, context

episode_start episode_note episode_end episode_query context

Dreams 2

Weekly / monthly pattern discovery

dream dream_info

Goals 5

Goals, corrections, session handoff

goal goal_boot correction correction_boot handoff

Cognitive 3

Reasoning trails, outcomes, synthesis

reasoning outcome synthesis

Awareness 5

Self-reflection, blind spots, temperament

reflect insight intention observe temperament

Business 1

Idea tracking, competitor analysis, scoring

business

Gmail 1

Read, triage, send, archive, search

gmail

Briefing 3

RSS feeds, snapshot, index rebuild

briefing snapshot rebuild_indexes

LLM 1

Local Ollama interface, classify, triage

llm

Core

Emotional

Productivity

External

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L4 DATA LAYER

ChromaDB Collections (7)

memories

milestones

conversations

corrections

reasoning

synthesis

briefing

File Storage

{} memories.json

{} episodes.jsonl

{} corrections.json

{} goals.json

{} reasoning_trails.json

{} mood_state.json

* elara.toml

* handoff.json

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L5 EXTERNAL SERVICES

Gmail API

OAuth2 • Read/Send/Triage

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RSS Feeds

Briefing • News • Competitors

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Ollama

Local LLM • Mistral 7B

[OVR] Overwatch Daemon

Runs independently alongside the MCP server. Watches conversation files in real-time, micro-ingests new exchanges into ChromaDB, and injects cross-session references.

parser.py — conversation extraction

ingest.py — micro-ingestion

search.py — cross-reference injection

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