personal memory agent
Add optional guidance string to --auto flag and detect_created()
Changes --auto from a boolean flag to an optional-string argument
(nargs="?") so users can pass guidance text that gets injected into
the LLM content for better metadata parsing of ambiguous files.
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think/detect_created.py
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think/detect_created.py
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def detect_created(
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path: str, original_filename: Optional[str] = None
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path: str, original_filename: Optional[str] = None, guidance: Optional[str] = None
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) -> Optional[dict]:
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"""Return creation time information for *path* using configured provider.
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Path to the file to analyze
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original_filename : Optional[str]
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Original filename if path is a temporary file
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guidance : Optional[str]
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Optional guidance text from the user to help the LLM interpret ambiguous metadata
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"""
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metadata = _extract_metadata(path)
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lines.append(metadata)
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markdown = "\n".join(lines)
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if guidance:
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markdown += f"\n\nImportant guidance from the user: {guidance}"
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# Debug: write content to temp file
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_debug_write_content(markdown, path)
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think/importers/cli.py
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think/importers/cli.py
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parser.add_argument(
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"--auto",
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action="store_true",
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help="Auto-accept detected timestamp and proceed with import",
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nargs="?",
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const=True,
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default=None,
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help="Auto-accept detected timestamp. Optionally provide guidance text for the LLM (e.g., --auto 'timestamps are Pacific time').",
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parser.add_argument(
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"--dry-run",
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if not args.timestamp:
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# Pass the original filename for better detection
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detection_result = detect_created(
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args.media, original_filename=os.path.basename(args.media)
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args.media,
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original_filename=os.path.basename(args.media),
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guidance=args.auto if isinstance(args.auto, str) else None,
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)
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if (
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detection_result