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- Q1 → Ontotext GraphDB (SPARQL). docs/08 fully rewritten with RDF schema,
  example SPARQL queries (transitive deps via property paths, time-windowed
  topic counts, cross-pillar joins via nexa:vectorId).
- Q2 → reuse qdrant_scientific with nexa_* collection prefix; docs/09 step 2
  now points there explicitly.
- Q3 → no OpenAI embeddings. Self-host on the docker host. Use TEI
  (HuggingFace text-embeddings-inference) — single Rust binary, ~500 MB image,
  OpenAI-compatible — instead of Ollama, since we only need embeddings.
- docs/09 Phase-3.4 add-on simplified to a single Ontotext compose snippet
  (Neo4j option dropped) plus repo creation curl.
- docs/11 Q3 marked resolved; new Q15 picks the model (bge-m3 vs nomic-embed)
  and adds the open question of whether SAIA already proxies an embedding
  model that would let us skip TEI entirely.
- docs/03 + CLAUDE.md updated with the new decisions so future runs don't
  re-litigate.
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03 — Architecture Overview

A one-page mental model. For details follow the cross-links.

Topology

                         ┌────────────────┐
   voice / typing ──────▶│     Memos      │◀──── Nexa replies as comments
                         │  (interface)   │
                         └───────┬────────┘
                                 │ webhook (- [ ] / #nexa:*)
                                 ▼
                         ┌────────────────┐
   IMAP / RSS / NC  ────▶│      n8n       │◀──── workflows live in
   Karakeep / Bluesky    │  (logic)       │      ./nexa-core/n8n-workflows
                         └───┬────────┬───┘
                  classify ▲ │        │ ▲ retrieve
                           │ ▼        ▼ │
                       ┌──────────┐  ┌──────────┐
                       │  SAIA    │  │  Qdrant  │
                       │ LiteLLM  │  │  vector  │
                       └──────────┘  └────┬─────┘
                                          │
                                          ▼
                                     ┌──────────┐
                                     │ GraphDB  │  Ontotext, SPARQL
                                     │  (RDF)   │  Phase 3.4
                                     └──────────┘
                                 │
                                 ▼ writes
                  ┌──────────────────────────────┐
                  │  Nextcloud (Tasks, Calendar, │
                  │  Mail, Files / Obsidian)     │
                  └──────────────────────────────┘

Components

Component Role Where it runs (today)
Memos Interface, voice input, webhook source docker host LXC 104 → memos.nuclide.systems
n8n Workflow / logic engine docker host LXC 104 → n8n.nuclide.systems
SAIA / LiteLLM Model gateway, embeddings, classification docker host LXC 104 → ai.nuclide.systems (LiteLLM internal :4000)
Qdrant Vector memory (semantic recall) docker host LXC 104 — reuse existing qdrant_scientific with nexa_* collection prefix
Ontotext GraphDB Structural memory via SPARQL (Phase 3.4) not yet deployed; see 09-deployment
TEI (HF text-embeddings-inference) Self-hosted embeddings (bge-m3 / TBD — see 11/Q15) docker host LXC 104, CPU only — single-binary embedding server
Nextcloud Tasks, calendar, mail, files dedicated LXC 105 → nc.nuclide.systems
ntfy Push channel for system alerts docker host → ntfy.nuclide.systems
Backrest Backup orchestration LXC 103
Zoraxy Reverse proxy + TLS LXC 108 (192.168.1.4:8000)
AdGuard DNS Internal name resolution LXC 102
Home Assistant Voice + house automation VM 100 (HAOS)

Two-pillar memory

  • Qdrant answers "what is similar / relevant?" (cosine search over embeddings).
  • Ontotext GraphDB answers "who, what depends on what, how is it structured?" (SPARQL over RDF).

Both pillars are queried in parallel for #nexa:ask and merged before SAIA generates the final answer. See 08 — GraphRAG architecture.

Dual-context routing

Every input is classified work or personal before any side effect (task creation, calendar write). See 04 — Integration matrix and 06 — Classification logic.