Successfully Query Harald for info from our HnswGraph

[BryanChasko]

Summary

Successfully implemented and tested querying capabilities for Harald using our HNSW vector graph implementation.

Implementation Details

Using the hnsw-rs crate (https://github.com/jean-pierreBoth/hnswlib-rs), we've integrated the Hierarchical Navigable Small World (HNSW) algorithm for efficient vector similarity search.

This implementation is based on the research by Yu.A. Malkov and D.A Yashunin in their paper on Hierarchical Navigable Small World Graphs.

Key Components

• Vector Database: HNSW graph-based vector store
• Query Interface: Direct terminal access from bryan's macbook
• Model: harald-phi4 for embeddings generation
• Performance: Sub-second query response times even with [your dataset size] vectors

Technical Details

# Query execution from terminal
hnsw-rs
https://github.com/jean-pierreBoth/hnswlib-rs

[BryanChasko]

Current Status of MarvelAI Ingest Tool

✅ Fast-fail logic implemented: tool now exits in ~15 seconds with clear diagnostics (was 435s)

✅ Ollama service running (verified via pgrep)

✅ harald-phi4 model available (via ollama list)

✅ /api/version endpoint responsive (Ollama v0.9.6 confirmed)

✅ Manual embedding test ("test") returns valid vector

✅ JSON-to-JSONL conversion complete (15 entries)

✅ Clean CLI (--help works), no shell scripts, follows contributing guidelines

✅ Retry logic in place (2 attempts, 15s timeout)

❌ Ingest fails on full MarvelAIs.jsonl with:
"Failed to generate embedding for file: MarvelAIs.jsonl"

Root cause: likely input format mismatch

Current JSONL lines are full structured objects

Embedding API expects a single string prompt

Works with simple text ("test"), fails on structured payloads

Next steps:

Extract a concise string field (e.g. character summary) for embedding

Patch ingest to build prompt from selected fields (e.g. character_name + traits)

Log full request payload on error for debugging

Confirm embedding API accepts payloads manually using curl before retrying ingest

TERMINAL OUTPUT OF TEST RUN
➜ HARALD git:(main) ✗ ollama list
NAME ID SIZE MODIFIED
harald-phi4:latest 02e3a214e2b3 2.5 GB 8 days ago
phi4-mini:latest 78fad5d182a7 2.5 GB 8 days ago
phi4-mini-reasoning:latest 3ca8c2865ce9 3.2 GB 8 days ago
harald-phi3:latest e1da477da3fc 2.2 GB 13 days ago
phi3:mini 4f2222927938 2.2 GB 13 days ago
➜ HARALD git:(main) ✗ curl http://localhost:11434/api/version
{"version":"0.9.6"}%
➜ HARALD git:(main) ✗ pgrep -f "ollama serve"
528
➜ HARALD git:(main) ✗ echo "Preloading harald-phi4 model..." && ollama run harald-phi4 "test" | head -n 2
Preloading harald-phi4 model...

{
➜  HARALD git:(main) ✗ curl -X POST http://localhost:11434/api/embeddings -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"model": "harald-phi4", "prompt": "test"}' --
connect-timeout 10
{"embedding":[0.2923637628555298,0.033672034740448,0.24133723974227905,-0.0131301861256361,-0.3099513053894043,0.06673521548509598,0.13924182951450348,0.1585017
21069279313087463,-0.0938720852136612,0.12069375067949295,0.09336012601852417,0.35713744163513184,0.4020881950855255]}%                                         
➜  HARALD git:(main) ✗ sleep 3 && ./target/release/marvelai_ingest
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🚀 HARALD MARVELAI INGEST (Rust)
🔍 Processing MarvelAIs.json using JSONL format
==================================================
Testing embedding API with model harald-phi4
  Testing: embedding 'test' (using http://localhost:11434/api/embeddings)
  Model warmup may take a moment on first request...
  ✅ Embedding vectors received successfully (3072 dimensions)
  ✅ Embedding API test successful
Converting "personality-archetypes/pop-culture/marvel/MarvelAIs.json" to JSONL at "personality-archetypes/pop-culture/marvel/MarvelAIs.jsonl"
✅ JSONL conversion complete: 15 lines
Found 1 files to process
Warning: Failed to process file /var/folders/d4/lz0gxkgx7979mp_qwmwjtkhw0000gn/T/.tmpdnQoiP/MarvelAIs.jsonl: Failed to generate embedding for file: /var/folders/d4/lz0gxkgx7979mp_qwmwjtkhw0000gn/T/.tmpdnQoiP/MarvelAIs.jsonl
❌ MarvelAI ingest failed: Failed to generate embedding for file: /var/folders/d4/lz0gxkgx7979mp_qwmwjtkhw0000gn/T/.tmpdnQoiP/MarvelAIs.jsonl
➜  HARALD git:(main) ✗ ./src/target/release/marvelai_ingest --input /Users/bryanchasko/Code/HARALD/personality-archetypes/pop-culture/marvel/MarvelAIs.jsonl --o
utput /tmp/test_output --test-embedding
zsh: no such file or directory: ./src/target/release/marvelai_ingest
➜  HARALD git:(main) ✗ pwd && ls -la src/target/release/ | grep marvelai
/Users/bryanchasko/Code/HARALD
ls: src/target/release/: No such file or directory
➜  HARALD git:(main) ✗ src/target/release/marvelai_ingest --input /Users/bryanchasko/Code/HARALD/personality-archetypes/pop-culture/marvel/MarvelAIs.jsonl --output /tmp/test_output --test-embedding 
zsh: no such file or directory: src/target/release/marvelai_ingest
➜  HARALD git:(main) ✗ find . -name "marvelai_ingest*" -type f 2>/dev/null
./target/release/marvelai_ingest.d
./target/release/deps/marvelai_ingest-9af5d013f8bb57c7
./target/release/deps/marvelai_ingest-9af5d013f8bb57c7.d
./target/release/marvelai_ingest
./target/debug/deps/marvelai_ingest-359216957d18bfe3.d
./src/ingest/marvelai_ingest.rs
➜  HARALD git:(main) ✗ ./target/release/marvelai_ingest --input /Users/bryanchasko/Code/HARALD/personality-archetypes/pop-culture/marvel/MarvelAIs.jsonl --outpu
t /tmp/test_output --test-embedding
error: unexpected argument '--output' found

Usage: marvelai_ingest --input <INPUT>

For more information, try '--help'.
➜  HARALD git:(main) ✗ ./target/release/marvelai_ingest --help
MarvelAI Marvel Ingest Tool

Usage: marvelai_ingest [OPTIONS]

Options:
  -i, --input <INPUT>
          Path to the MarvelAIs.json file [default: personality-archetypes/pop-culture/marvel/MarvelAIs.json]
      --max-chars <MAX_CHARS>
          Maximum characters to read per file [default: 800]
      --max-tokens <MAX_TOKENS>
          Maximum tokens for embedding requests [default: 600]
      --max-concurrent-files <MAX_CONCURRENT_FILES>
          Maximum number of files to process concurrently
  -h, --help
          Print help
  -V, --version
          Print version
➜  HARALD git:(main) ✗ ./target/release/marvelai_ingest --input personality-archetypes/pop-culture/marvel/MarvelAIs.jsonl
==================================================
🚀 HARALD MARVELAI INGEST (Rust)
🔍 Processing MarvelAIs.json using JSONL format
==================================================
Testing embedding API with model harald-phi4
  Testing: embedding 'test' (using http://localhost:11434/api/embeddings)
  Model warmup may take a moment on first request...
  ❌ Request failed: Failed to send embedding request
  💡 Troubleshooting tips:
     • Ensure 'ollama serve' is running in a terminal
     • Verify harald-phi4 model is available: ollama list
     • Check API endpoint: curl http://localhost:11434/api/version
  ❌ Embedding API test failed: Failed to generate embeddings with harald-phi4 model (fast test failed)
❌ Cannot proceed without working embedding API. Please check Ollama is running.