fix(vfs): prevent race condition in bulkWrite by ordering operations

- Process mkdir operations sequentially first (sorted by path depth)
- Then process write/delete/update operations in parallel batches
- Prevents duplicate directory entities when mkdir and write for
  related paths are in the same batch
- Add comprehensive tests for bulkWrite race condition scenarios
- Update API documentation for accuracy

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# Brainy Documentation (v4.0.0)
# Brainy Documentation (v6.5.0)
Welcome to the comprehensive documentation for Brainy, the multi-dimensional AI database with Triple Intelligence Engine.
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## Quick Example
```typescript
import { Brainy } from 'brainy'
import { Brainy, NounType, VerbType } from '@soulcraft/brainy'
// Initialize
const brain = new Brainy()
await brain.init()
// Add entities (nouns)
const articleId = await brain.add("Revolutionary AI Breakthrough", {
type: "article",
category: "technology",
rating: 4.8
const articleId = await brain.add({
data: "Revolutionary AI Breakthrough",
type: NounType.Document,
metadata: { category: "technology", rating: 4.8 }
})
const authorId = await brain.add("Dr. Sarah Chen", {
type: "person",
role: "researcher"
const authorId = await brain.add({
data: "Dr. Sarah Chen",
type: NounType.Person,
metadata: { role: "researcher" }
})
// Create relationships (verbs)
await brain.relate(authorId, articleId, "authored", {
date: "2024-01-15",
contribution: "primary"
await brain.relate({
from: authorId,
to: articleId,
type: VerbType.CreatedBy,
metadata: { date: "2024-01-15", contribution: "primary" }
})
// Query naturally

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# 🧠 **Brainy Complete Public API Overview**
# Brainy Complete Public API Reference
> **Ultra-comprehensive analysis of Brainy's entire API surface for intuitive, consistent developer experience**
> **Accurate API documentation for Brainy v6.5.0+**
## 🎯 **API Consistency Analysis**
## Initialization
### **✅ EXCELLENT Consistency Patterns**
#### **1. Constructor & Initialization**
```typescript
// Clean, consistent initialization
const brain = new Brainy(config?)
await brain.init() // Always required
import { Brainy, NounType, VerbType } from '@soulcraft/brainy'
// Storage auto-detection works seamlessly
const brain = new Brainy({ storage: { forceMemoryStorage: true } })
const brain = new Brainy({ storage: { path: './my-data' } })
```
#### **2. Data Operations (CRUD)**
```typescript
// ✅ CONSISTENT: Always (data, metadata) pattern with nounType in metadata
await brain.add(content, { nounType: NounType.Person, role: 'Engineer' })
await brain.add(content, { nounType: NounType.Document, title: 'API Guide' })
// ✅ CONSISTENT: Always (source, target, type, metadata) pattern
await brain.relate(sourceId, targetId, VerbType.RelatedTo, { strength: 0.8 })
await brain.relate(sourceId, targetId, VerbType.Contains, { confidence: 0.9 })
// ✅ CONSISTENT: Batch versions take arrays
await brain.addNouns([...]) // Array of noun objects
await brain.addVerbs([...]) // Array of verb objects
```
#### **3. Query Operations**
```typescript
// ✅ CONSISTENT: Always (query, options) pattern
await brain.search('artificial intelligence', { limit: 10, threshold: 0.7 })
await brain.find('recent documents about AI', { limit: 5 }) // Triple Intelligence
// ✅ CONSISTENT: Get methods with filters
await brain.getNouns(filter?) // Optional filtering
await brain.getVerbs(filter?) // Optional filtering
await brain.getNoun(id) // Single item by ID
await brain.getVerb(id) // Single item by ID
```
#### **4. Main Class Shortcuts (Simple & Common)**
```typescript
// ✅ CONSISTENT: Simple shortcuts for most common operations
await brain.similar(a, b) // Returns simple number
await brain.clusters() // Returns simple array
await brain.related(id, limit?) // Returns simple array
```
### **🎨 EXCELLENT API Namespacing**
#### **Main Data Operations** (Direct on `brain`)
```typescript
// Core CRUD - most common operations
brain.add(content, metadata)
brain.addNouns(items[]) // Batch operation - unchanged
brain.relate(source, target, type, metadata?)
brain.addVerbs(items[]) // Batch operation - unchanged
brain.search(query, options?)
brain.find(naturalLanguageQuery, options?) // Triple Intelligence
brain.get(id)
brain.getNouns(filter?)
brain.getVerbs(filter?)
brain.delete(id)
brain.deleteNouns(ids[])
brain.deleteVerbs(ids[])
brain.clear()
// Simple shortcuts for common AI operations
brain.similar(a, b) // Simple similarity
brain.clusters() // Simple clustering
brain.related(id, limit?) // Simple neighbors
```
#### **Neural AI Namespace** (`brain.neural.*`)
```typescript
// Advanced AI & Machine Learning operations
brain.neural.similar(a, b, options?) // Full similarity with options
brain.neural.clusters(items?, options?) // Advanced clustering
brain.neural.neighbors(id, options?) // K-nearest neighbors
brain.neural.hierarchy(id, options?) // Semantic hierarchy
brain.neural.outliers(options?) // Anomaly detection
brain.neural.visualize(options?) // Visualization data
// Advanced clustering methods
brain.neural.clusterByDomain(field, options?) // Domain-aware clustering
brain.neural.clusterByTime(field, windows, options?) // Temporal clustering
brain.neural.clusterStream(options?) // Streaming clustering
brain.neural.updateClusters(items, options?) // Incremental clustering
// Utility & monitoring
brain.neural.getPerformanceMetrics(operation?) // Performance stats
brain.neural.clearCaches() // Cache management
brain.neural.getCacheStats() // Cache statistics
```
#### **Triple Intelligence Namespace** (`brain.triple.*`)
```typescript
// Advanced natural language & complex queries
brain.triple.find(query, options?) // Natural language search
brain.triple.analyze(text, options?) // Text analysis
brain.triple.understand(query, options?) // Query understanding
```
#### **Augmentation System** (`brain.augmentations.*`)
```typescript
// Plugin/extension system
brain.augmentations.add(augmentation)
brain.augmentations.remove(name)
brain.augmentations.get(name)
brain.augmentations.list()
brain.augmentations.execute(operation, params)
```
#### **Storage & System** (`brain.storage.*`)
```typescript
// Storage management
brain.storage.backup(path?)
brain.storage.restore(path?)
brain.storage.getStatistics()
brain.storage.optimize()
brain.storage.vacuum()
```
### **🚀 API Flow & Developer Experience**
#### **1. Beginner Flow (Simple & Intuitive)**
```typescript
// Dead simple - just works
// Zero-config (just works)
const brain = new Brainy()
await brain.init()
await brain.add('My first document', { nounType: NounType.Document })
const results = await brain.search('document')
const similar = await brain.similar('text1', 'text2')
const groups = await brain.clusters()
```
#### **2. Intermediate Flow (More Control)**
```typescript
// Add configuration and options
// With configuration
const brain = new Brainy({
storage: { path: './my-brainy-db' },
neural: { cacheSize: 5000 }
storage: { type: 'memory' }, // or { path: './my-data' } for filesystem
embeddingModel: 'Q8', // Q4, Q8, F16, F32
silent: true // Suppress logs
})
await brain.init()
```
// Use options for better control
const results = await brain.search('AI research', {
limit: 20,
threshold: 0.8,
filters: { type: 'Document', year: 2024 }
## Core CRUD Operations
### `brain.add(params)` - Add Entity
```typescript
// Add with data (auto-embedded)
const id = await brain.add({
data: 'Machine learning is a subset of AI',
type: NounType.Document,
metadata: { author: 'Alice', tags: ['ml', 'ai'] }
})
// Use neural namespace for advanced features
const clusters = await brain.neural.clusters({
// Add with pre-computed vector
const id = await brain.add({
data: 'Content here',
vector: [0.1, 0.2, ...], // 384 dimensions
type: NounType.Concept
})
```
**Parameters:**
- `data` (required): Content to embed (string, object, or any serializable data)
- `type?`: NounType enum value
- `metadata?`: Custom key-value pairs
- `vector?`: Pre-computed embedding vector
- `id?`: Custom ID (auto-generated if not provided)
### `brain.get(id, options?)` - Get Entity
```typescript
const entity = await brain.get('entity-id')
// Include vector embeddings (not loaded by default for performance)
const entity = await brain.get('entity-id', { includeVectors: true })
```
### `brain.update(params)` - Update Entity
```typescript
await brain.update({
id: 'entity-id',
data: 'Updated content', // Re-embeds if changed
metadata: { reviewed: true } // Merges with existing
})
```
### `brain.delete(id)` - Delete Entity
```typescript
await brain.delete('entity-id')
```
### `brain.clear()` - Clear All Data
```typescript
await brain.clear()
```
## Relationships
### `brain.relate(params)` - Create Relationship
```typescript
const relationId = await brain.relate({
from: 'source-entity-id',
to: 'target-entity-id',
type: VerbType.RelatedTo,
metadata: { strength: 0.9 }
})
```
**Parameters:**
- `from` (required): Source entity ID
- `to` (required): Target entity ID
- `type` (required): VerbType enum value
- `metadata?`: Custom relationship metadata
### `brain.getRelations(params)` - Query Relationships
```typescript
// Get all relationships from an entity
const relations = await brain.getRelations({ from: 'entity-id' })
// Get relationships to an entity
const relations = await brain.getRelations({ to: 'entity-id' })
// Filter by type
const relations = await brain.getRelations({
from: 'entity-id',
type: VerbType.Contains
})
```
### `brain.unrelate(id)` - Delete Relationship
```typescript
await brain.unrelate('relationship-id')
```
## Search & Query
### `brain.find(query)` - Semantic Search
The primary search method with Triple Intelligence (semantic + graph + metadata).
```typescript
// Simple text search
const results = await brain.find('machine learning algorithms')
// With options
const results = await brain.find({
query: 'machine learning',
limit: 10,
threshold: 0.7,
type: NounType.Document,
where: { author: 'Alice' },
excludeVFS: true // Exclude VFS files from results
})
// Natural language query (Triple Intelligence)
const results = await brain.find(
'Show me documents about AI written by Alice in 2024'
)
```
**Parameters:**
- `query`: Search text (required)
- `limit?`: Max results (default: 10)
- `threshold?`: Minimum similarity (0-1)
- `type?`: Filter by NounType
- `where?`: Metadata filters
- `excludeVFS?`: Exclude VFS entities
### `brain.similar(params)` - Find Similar Entities
```typescript
// Find similar to entity ID
const similar = await brain.similar({
to: 'entity-id',
limit: 5
})
// Find similar to vector
const similar = await brain.similar({
to: [0.1, 0.2, ...], // Vector
limit: 10,
type: NounType.Document
})
```
## Batch Operations
### `brain.addMany(params)` - Batch Add
```typescript
const result = await brain.addMany({
items: [
{ data: 'First item', type: NounType.Document },
{ data: 'Second item', type: NounType.Concept },
{ data: 'Third item', metadata: { priority: 'high' } }
],
continueOnError: true, // Don't stop on failures
onProgress: (completed, total) => {
console.log(`${completed}/${total} complete`)
}
})
console.log(`Added: ${result.successful.length}, Failed: ${result.failed.length}`)
```
### `brain.deleteMany(params)` - Batch Delete
```typescript
// Delete by IDs
const result = await brain.deleteMany({
ids: ['id1', 'id2', 'id3'],
continueOnError: true
})
// Delete by type
const result = await brain.deleteMany({
type: NounType.TempData
})
// Delete by metadata filter
const result = await brain.deleteMany({
where: { status: 'archived' }
})
```
### `brain.relateMany(params)` - Batch Relate
```typescript
const ids = await brain.relateMany({
items: [
{ from: 'a', to: 'b', type: VerbType.RelatedTo },
{ from: 'b', to: 'c', type: VerbType.Contains },
{ from: 'c', to: 'd', type: VerbType.References }
],
continueOnError: true
})
```
### `brain.updateMany(params)` - Batch Update
```typescript
const result = await brain.updateMany({
items: [
{ id: 'id1', metadata: { reviewed: true } },
{ id: 'id2', data: 'Updated content' }
],
continueOnError: true
})
```
## Neural API
Access advanced AI/ML features via `brain.neural()`:
```typescript
const neural = brain.neural()
// Similarity calculation
const similarity = await neural.similar('text1', 'text2')
const detailed = await neural.similar('text1', 'text2', { detailed: true })
// Clustering
const clusters = await neural.clusters()
const clusters = await neural.clusters({
algorithm: 'hierarchical',
maxClusters: 10
})
```
#### **3. Advanced Flow (Full Power)**
```typescript
// Complex natural language queries
const insights = await brain.find(`
Show me documents about machine learning from 2024
that are connected to research papers with high citations
`)
// K-nearest neighbors
const neighbors = await neural.neighbors('entity-id', { k: 5 })
// Advanced temporal analysis
const trends = await brain.neural.clusterByTime('publishedAt', [
{ start: new Date('2024-01-01'), end: new Date('2024-06-30'), label: 'H1 2024' },
{ start: new Date('2024-07-01'), end: new Date('2024-12-31'), label: 'H2 2024' }
// Semantic hierarchy
const hierarchy = await neural.hierarchy('entity-id')
// Outlier/anomaly detection
const outliers = await neural.outliers({ threshold: 2.0 })
// Domain-aware clustering
const domainClusters = await neural.clusterByDomain('category')
// Temporal clustering
const temporalClusters = await neural.clusterByTime('createdAt', [
{ start: new Date('2024-01-01'), end: new Date('2024-06-30'), label: 'H1' },
{ start: new Date('2024-07-01'), end: new Date('2024-12-31'), label: 'H2' }
])
// Real-time streaming clustering
for await (const batch of brain.neural.clusterStream({ batchSize: 50 })) {
console.log(`Processed ${batch.progress.percentage}% - Found ${batch.clusters.length} clusters`)
// Streaming clusters (for large datasets)
for await (const batch of neural.clusterStream({ batchSize: 100 })) {
console.log(`Progress: ${batch.progress.percentage}%`)
}
```
## 📊 **Parameter Consistency Analysis**
## Virtual File System (VFS)
### **✅ Excellent Consistency**
Access via `brain.vfs`:
#### **1. Data-First Pattern**
```typescript
// Always: (data, config/metadata, optional_params)
brain.add(content, metadata) // nounType now in metadata
brain.relate(source, target, VerbType.RelatedTo, metadata?)
brain.search(query, options?)
brain.similar(a, b, options?)
const vfs = brain.vfs
await vfs.init()
// File operations
await vfs.writeFile('/docs/readme.md', '# Hello')
const content = await vfs.readFile('/docs/readme.md')
await vfs.unlink('/docs/readme.md')
// Directory operations
await vfs.mkdir('/project/src', { recursive: true })
const files = await vfs.readdir('/project')
await vfs.rmdir('/project', { recursive: true })
// Bulk operations (v6.5.0+)
const result = await vfs.bulkWrite([
{ type: 'mkdir', path: '/data' },
{ type: 'write', path: '/data/config.json', data: '{}' },
{ type: 'write', path: '/data/users.json', data: '[]' }
])
// Note: mkdir operations run first (sequentially), then other ops in parallel
// Semantic search
const results = await vfs.search('authentication code', { path: '/src' })
// File metadata
const stats = await vfs.stat('/file.txt')
await vfs.setMetadata('/file.txt', { author: 'Alice' })
```
#### **2. Options Objects**
## Counts (O(1) Performance)
```typescript
// Consistent options pattern across all methods
{
limit?: number
threshold?: number
filters?: Record<string, any>
algorithm?: string
includeMetadata?: boolean
// Entity counts
const total = brain.counts.entities()
const byType = await brain.counts.byType(NounType.Document)
const nonVFS = await brain.counts.byType({ excludeVFS: true })
// Relationship counts
const relations = brain.counts.relationships()
const byVerb = await brain.counts.byVerbType(VerbType.Contains)
```
## Versioning & Branching
```typescript
// Create branch
await brain.fork('feature-branch')
// List branches
const branches = await brain.listBranches()
// Switch branch
await brain.checkout('feature-branch')
// Get current branch
const current = await brain.getCurrentBranch()
// Commit changes
await brain.commit({ message: 'Added new features' })
// View history
const history = await brain.getHistory({ limit: 10 })
// Time travel (read-only snapshot)
const snapshot = await brain.asOf('commit-id')
```
## Streaming API
```typescript
// Stream all entities
for await (const entity of brain.streaming.entities()) {
console.log(entity.id)
}
// Stream with filters
for await (const entity of brain.streaming.entities({
type: NounType.Document,
where: { status: 'active' }
})) {
// Process each entity
}
// Stream relationships
for await (const relation of brain.streaming.relations({
from: 'entity-id'
})) {
console.log(relation)
}
```
#### **3. Array Methods**
## Pagination API
```typescript
// Pluralized versions always take arrays
brain.addNouns([{ vectorOrData: '...', nounType: NounType.Content }])
brain.addVerbs([{ source: '...', target: '...', type: VerbType.RelatedTo }])
brain.deleteNouns(['id1', 'id2'])
brain.deleteVerbs(['id1', 'id2'])
// Paginated queries
const page1 = await brain.pagination.find({
query: 'machine learning',
page: 1,
pageSize: 20
})
console.log(`Page ${page1.page} of ${page1.totalPages}`)
console.log(`Total results: ${page1.total}`)
// Get next page
const page2 = await brain.pagination.find({
query: 'machine learning',
page: 2,
pageSize: 20
})
```
### **Return Type Consistency**
## Augmentations
#### **1. Simple Returns (Shortcuts)**
```typescript
brain.similar(a, b) → Promise<number> // Always simple number
brain.clusters() → Promise<SemanticCluster[]> // Always simple array
brain.related(id) → Promise<Neighbor[]> // Always simple array
// List active augmentations
const augmentations = brain.augmentations.list()
// Get specific augmentation
const cache = brain.augmentations.get('cache')
// Augmentations are auto-loaded based on config
// Common augmentations: cache, display, metrics, intelligent-import
```
#### **2. Rich Returns (Neural Namespace)**
## Utilities
```typescript
brain.neural.similar(a, b, { detailed: true }) → Promise<SimilarityResult>
brain.neural.neighbors(id, options) → Promise<NeighborsResult>
brain.neural.clusters(options) → Promise<SemanticCluster[]>
// Manual embedding
const vector = await brain.embed('text to embed')
// Flush pending writes
await brain.flush()
// Get statistics
const stats = await brain.getStats()
const statsNoVFS = await brain.getStats({ excludeVFS: true })
// Close (cleanup)
await brain.close()
```
#### **3. Consistent Error Handling**
## Type Enums
```typescript
import { NounType, VerbType } from '@soulcraft/brainy'
// NounType - Entity types
NounType.Document
NounType.Person
NounType.Concept
NounType.Event
NounType.Location
NounType.Organization
NounType.Product
NounType.Content
NounType.Collection
// ... and more
// VerbType - Relationship types
VerbType.RelatedTo
VerbType.Contains
VerbType.References
VerbType.DependsOn
VerbType.Precedes
VerbType.Follows
VerbType.CreatedBy
VerbType.ModifiedBy
// ... and more
```
## Error Handling
```typescript
// All methods throw descriptive errors with context
try {
await brain.neural.similar('invalid', 'data')
await brain.get('nonexistent-id')
} catch (error) {
// error.code: 'SIMILARITY_ERROR'
// error.context: { inputA: '...', inputB: '...' }
if (error.message.includes('not found')) {
// Handle missing entity
}
}
// VFS errors use POSIX codes
try {
await vfs.readFile('/nonexistent')
} catch (error) {
if (error.code === 'ENOENT') {
// File not found
}
}
```
## 🎯 **Key Strengths of Current API**
## Configuration Reference
### **✅ 1. Progressive Disclosure**
- **Simple**: `brain.similar()` → just returns a number
- **Advanced**: `brain.neural.similar()` → full options & detailed results
### **✅ 2. Intuitive Namespacing**
- **Core data**: Direct on `brain` (addNoun, search, delete)
- **AI features**: `brain.neural.*` (clustering, similarity, analysis)
- **System**: `brain.storage.*`, `brain.augmentations.*`
### **✅ 3. Consistent Patterns**
- **Always** `(data, options?)` parameter order
- **Always** async/Promise-based
- **Always** descriptive error messages with context
### **✅ 4. Type Safety**
```typescript
// Excellent TypeScript support
import { Brainy, NounType, VerbType } from '@soulcraft/brainy'
const brain = new Brainy()
await brain.add('content', { nounType: NounType.Document, title: 'My Doc' })
// ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ // IDE autocomplete!
```
### **✅ 5. Flexible Configuration**
```typescript
// Zero-config (just works)
const brain = new Brainy()
// Full control when needed
const brain = new Brainy({
// Storage
storage: {
adapter: 'file',
path: './my-data',
encryption: true
type: 'memory' | 'filesystem',
path: './data', // For filesystem
forceMemoryStorage: false // Force memory even if path exists
},
neural: {
cacheSize: 10000,
defaultAlgorithm: 'hierarchical'
},
logging: { verbose: true }
// Embeddings
embeddingModel: 'Q8', // Q4, Q8, F16, F32
dimensions: 384, // Auto-detected
// Performance
silent: false, // Suppress console output
verbose: false, // Extra logging
// Augmentations (auto-enabled by default)
augmentations: {
cache: true,
display: true,
metrics: true
}
})
```
## 🔍 **Minor Improvement Opportunities**
### **1. Documentation Consistency**
```typescript
// ✅ GREAT: Clear, descriptive JSDoc
/**
* Add semantic relationship between two items
* @param source - Source item ID
* @param target - Target item ID
* @param type - Relationship type (VerbType enum)
* @param metadata - Optional relationship metadata
*/
brain.relate(source, target, type, metadata?)
```
### **2. Error Context Enhancement**
```typescript
// Current: Good error messages
// Improvement: Add suggested fixes
throw new SimilarityError('Failed to calculate similarity', {
inputA: 'invalid-id',
inputB: 'valid-id',
suggestion: 'Check that both IDs exist in the database'
})
```
## 🎖️ **Overall API Grade: A+ (Excellent)**
### **Strengths:**
- **🎯 Intuitive**: Natural method names, clear hierarchy
- **🔄 Consistent**: Same patterns everywhere
- **📈 Progressive**: Simple → advanced as needed
- **🛡️ Type-safe**: Full TypeScript support
- **📚 Well-documented**: Clear examples & guides
- **🚀 Performant**: Smart caching, batching, streaming
### **Neural API Fits Perfectly:**
- **✅ Namespace consistency**: `brain.neural.*` is clear and logical
- **✅ Parameter consistency**: Follows same `(data, options?)` pattern
- **✅ Return consistency**: Rich objects when needed, simple types for shortcuts
- **✅ Progressive disclosure**: `brain.similar()``brain.neural.similar()`
- **✅ Advanced features**: Domain/temporal clustering, streaming, analysis
### **Developer Experience Score: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 (5/5 stars)**
The API surface is **exceptionally well designed** with:
- **Beginner-friendly** shortcuts that "just work"
- **Advanced features** available when needed
- **Consistent patterns** across all methods
- **Logical namespacing** that guides developers naturally
- **Rich ecosystem** with augmentations, Triple Intelligence, and neural features
**The neural namespace integrates seamlessly and enhances rather than complicates the overall API experience.**

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# 🧠 Brainy v5.0+ API Reference
# 🧠 Brainy v6.5.0 API Reference
> **Complete API documentation for Brainy v5.0+**
> **Complete API documentation for Brainy v6.5.0**
> Zero Configuration • Triple Intelligence • Git-Style Branching • Entity Versioning
**Updated:** 2025-12-09 for v6.3.2
**Updated:** 2025-12-11 for v6.5.0
**All APIs verified against actual code**
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## Overview
The Neural API provides advanced AI-powered features for understanding relationships and patterns in your data. Access it through `brain.neural` after initializing Brainy.
The Neural API provides advanced AI-powered features for understanding relationships and patterns in your data. Access it through `brain.neural()` (method call) after initializing Brainy.
## Quick Start
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const brain = new Brainy()
await brain.init()
// Access Neural API
const neural = brain.neural
// Access Neural API (note: neural() is a method call)
const neural = brain.neural()
// Find similar items
const similarity = await neural.similar('text1', 'text2')
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### Customer Feedback Analysis
```javascript
import { NounType } from '@soulcraft/brainy'
// Add feedback with metadata
const feedbackIds = []
for (const feedback of customerFeedback) {
const id = await brain.add(feedback.text, {
const id = await brain.add({
data: feedback.text,
type: NounType.Document,
metadata: {
rating: feedback.rating,
date: feedback.date,
product: feedback.product
}
})
feedbackIds.push(id)
}
// Cluster to find themes
const neural = brain.neural()
const themes = await neural.clusters(feedbackIds)
// Analyze each theme
for (const theme of themes) {
const items = await brain.getNouns(theme.members)
// Get items using Promise.all with brain.get()
const items = await Promise.all(
theme.members.map(id => brain.get(id))
)
const avgRating = items.reduce((sum, item) =>
sum + item.metadata.rating, 0) / items.length
sum + (item?.metadata?.rating || 0), 0) / items.length
console.log(`Theme with ${theme.members.length} items`)
console.log(`Average rating: ${avgRating}`)
// Find representative feedback for this theme
const centroidId = theme.members[0] // Closest to center
const example = await brain.getNoun(centroidId)
console.log(`Example: "${example.data}"`)
const example = await brain.get(centroidId)
console.log(`Example: "${example?.data}"`)
}
```
### Knowledge Base Organization
```javascript
// Analyze existing knowledge base
const allDocs = await brain.getNouns({ type: 'document' })
import { NounType } from '@soulcraft/brainy'
// Analyze existing knowledge base - use find() to get documents
const allDocs = await brain.find({ type: NounType.Document, limit: 1000 })
// Access neural API
const neural = brain.neural()
// Find duplicate or highly similar content
const duplicates = []

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@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ The main VFS class (`src/vfs/VirtualFileSystem.ts`) provides all filesystem oper
```javascript
const brain = new Brainy({ storage: { type: 'memory' } })
await brain.init()
const vfs = brain.vfs()
const vfs = brain.vfs
await vfs.init()
```
@ -366,31 +366,90 @@ VFS scales to millions of files:
All VFS methods are available immediately after initialization:
```javascript
const vfs = brain.vfs()
const vfs = brain.vfs
await vfs.init()
// Core file operations
await vfs.writeFile() // Write files
await vfs.readFile() // Read files
await vfs.appendFile() // Append to files
await vfs.mkdir() // Create directories
await vfs.readdir() // List directory contents
await vfs.rmdir() // Remove directories
await vfs.stat() // Get file metadata
await vfs.exists() // Check if path exists
await vfs.unlink() // Delete files
// Path operations
await vfs.copy() // Copy files/directories
await vfs.move() // Move files/directories
await vfs.rename() // Rename files/directories
await vfs.chmod() // Change permissions
await vfs.chown() // Change ownership
// Symlinks
await vfs.symlink() // Create symbolic link
await vfs.readlink() // Read symlink target
await vfs.realpath() // Resolve symlink to real path
// Semantic features
await vfs.search() // Semantic search
await vfs.findSimilar() // Find similar files
await vfs.addRelationship()// Add relationships
// Todo management
// Todo & metadata management
await vfs.addTodo() // Add todos
await vfs.getTodos() // Get todos
await vfs.setTodos() // Set all todos
await vfs.setMetadata() // Set metadata
await vfs.getMetadata() // Get metadata
// Export
await vfs.exportToJSON() // Export to JSON
await vfs.bulkWrite() // Bulk operations
// Tree operations
await vfs.getTreeStructure() // Get tree structure
await vfs.getDirectChildren() // Get direct children
// Bulk operations
await vfs.bulkWrite() // Bulk write operations
// Import
await vfs.importFile() // Import file from filesystem
await vfs.importDirectory()// Import directory from filesystem
```
## Bulk Write Operations
**v6.5.0**: `bulkWrite` efficiently processes multiple VFS operations with automatic ordering to prevent race conditions.
```javascript
const result = await vfs.bulkWrite([
{ type: 'mkdir', path: '/project/src' },
{ type: 'mkdir', path: '/project/tests' },
{ type: 'write', path: '/project/src/index.ts', data: '// main file' },
{ type: 'write', path: '/project/package.json', data: '{}' },
{ type: 'delete', path: '/old-file.txt' },
{ type: 'update', path: '/config.json', options: { metadata: { updated: true } } }
])
console.log(`Successful: ${result.successful}, Failed: ${result.failed.length}`)
```
**Supported operation types:**
- `mkdir` - Create directory (with optional `options: { recursive: true }`)
- `write` - Write file content
- `delete` - Delete file
- `update` - Update file metadata only
**Operation ordering (v6.5.0):**
1. `mkdir` operations run **first**, sequentially, sorted by path depth (shallowest first)
2. Other operations (`write`, `delete`, `update`) run **after** in parallel batches of 10
This ordering prevents race conditions where file writes might fail because parent directories haven't been created yet.
**Error handling:**
- Operations continue on individual failures
- Failed operations are recorded in `result.failed` with error details
- Use `recursive: true` on mkdir to make them idempotent
## Complete Example
```javascript
@ -404,7 +463,7 @@ async function vfsExample() {
})
await brain.init()
const vfs = brain.vfs()
const vfs = brain.vfs
await vfs.init()
// Create project structure

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@ -2338,8 +2338,48 @@ export class VirtualFileSystem implements IVirtualFileSystem {
}))
}
/**
* Sort bulk operations to prevent race conditions
*
* Strategy:
* 1. mkdir operations first, sorted by path depth (shallowest first)
* 2. Other operations (write, delete, update) after, in original order
*
* This ensures parent directories exist before files are written,
* preventing duplicate entity creation from concurrent mkdir calls.
*/
private sortBulkOperations(operations: Array<{
type: 'write' | 'delete' | 'mkdir' | 'update'
path: string
data?: Buffer | string
options?: any
}>): Array<typeof operations[number]> {
const mkdirOps: typeof operations = []
const otherOps: typeof operations = []
for (const op of operations) {
if (op.type === 'mkdir') {
mkdirOps.push(op)
} else {
otherOps.push(op)
}
}
// Sort mkdir by path depth (shallowest first)
mkdirOps.sort((a, b) => {
const depthA = (a.path.match(/\//g) || []).length
const depthB = (b.path.match(/\//g) || []).length
return depthA !== depthB ? depthA - depthB : a.path.localeCompare(b.path)
})
return [...mkdirOps, ...otherOps]
}
/**
* Bulk write operations for performance
*
* v6.5.0: Prevents race condition by processing mkdir operations
* sequentially before parallel batch processing of other operations.
*/
async bulkWrite(operations: Array<{
type: 'write' | 'delete' | 'mkdir' | 'update'
@ -2357,10 +2397,33 @@ export class VirtualFileSystem implements IVirtualFileSystem {
failed: [] as Array<{ operation: any, error: string }>
}
// Process operations in batches for better performance
// Sort operations: mkdirs first (by depth), then others
const sortedOps = this.sortBulkOperations(operations)
// Separate mkdir operations for sequential processing
const mkdirOps = sortedOps.filter(op => op.type === 'mkdir')
const otherOps = sortedOps.filter(op => op.type !== 'mkdir')
// Phase 1: Process mkdir operations SEQUENTIALLY
// This prevents the race condition where parallel mkdir calls
// create duplicate directory entities due to mutex timing window
for (const op of mkdirOps) {
try {
await this.mkdir(op.path, op.options)
result.successful++
} catch (error: any) {
result.failed.push({
operation: op,
error: error.message || 'Unknown error'
})
}
}
// Phase 2: Process other operations in parallel batches
// These can safely run in parallel since parent directories now exist
const batchSize = 10
for (let i = 0; i < operations.length; i += batchSize) {
const batch = operations.slice(i, i + batchSize)
for (let i = 0; i < otherOps.length; i += batchSize) {
const batch = otherOps.slice(i, i + batchSize)
// Process batch in parallel
const promises = batch.map(async (op) => {
@ -2372,9 +2435,6 @@ export class VirtualFileSystem implements IVirtualFileSystem {
case 'delete':
await this.unlink(op.path)
break
case 'mkdir':
await this.mkdir(op.path, op.options)
break
case 'update': {
// Update only metadata without changing content
const entityId = await this.pathResolver.resolve(op.path)

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@ -0,0 +1,275 @@
/**
* VFS bulkWrite Race Condition Fix Tests (v6.5.0)
*
* Tests for the race condition where parallel mkdir and write operations
* could create duplicate directory entities, causing files to become invisible.
*
* Bug: When mkdir and write for related paths are in the same parallel batch,
* the mkdir mutex race window can create duplicate entities. Files created
* with the "wrong" parent entity become invisible in tree traversal.
*
* Fix: Sort operations so mkdirs run first (sequentially, by depth), then
* other operations in parallel batches.
*/
import { describe, it, expect, beforeEach } from 'vitest'
import { Brainy } from '../../src/brainy.js'
import { VirtualFileSystem } from '../../src/vfs/VirtualFileSystem.js'
describe('VFS bulkWrite Race Condition Fix', () => {
let brain: Brainy
let vfs: VirtualFileSystem
beforeEach(async () => {
brain = new Brainy({
storage: { type: 'memory' },
embeddingModel: 'Q8'
})
await brain.init()
vfs = brain.vfs
await vfs.init()
})
describe('operation ordering', () => {
it('should create directories before files when mixed in same batch', async () => {
// This is the exact scenario that triggered the race condition:
// mkdir and write for related paths in the same batch
const result = await vfs.bulkWrite([
{ type: 'write', path: '/data/config.json', data: '{}' },
{ type: 'mkdir', path: '/data' },
{ type: 'write', path: '/data/users.json', data: '[]' },
{ type: 'mkdir', path: '/logs' },
{ type: 'write', path: '/logs/app.log', data: 'log entry' }
])
expect(result.successful).toBe(5)
expect(result.failed.length).toBe(0)
// Verify all files are visible
const dataFiles = await vfs.readdir('/data')
expect(dataFiles).toContain('config.json')
expect(dataFiles).toContain('users.json')
const logFiles = await vfs.readdir('/logs')
expect(logFiles).toContain('app.log')
})
it('should handle nested directory creation in correct order', async () => {
const result = await vfs.bulkWrite([
{ type: 'write', path: '/a/b/c/file.txt', data: 'content' },
{ type: 'mkdir', path: '/a/b/c' }, // deepest
{ type: 'mkdir', path: '/a' }, // shallowest
{ type: 'mkdir', path: '/a/b' }, // middle
])
expect(result.successful).toBe(4)
// Verify tree structure is correct
const rootDirs = await vfs.readdir('/')
expect(rootDirs).toContain('a')
const aContent = await vfs.readdir('/a')
expect(aContent).toContain('b')
const bContent = await vfs.readdir('/a/b')
expect(bContent).toContain('c')
const cContent = await vfs.readdir('/a/b/c')
expect(cContent).toContain('file.txt')
})
it('should not create duplicate directory entities under concurrent load', async () => {
// Simulate the exact race condition scenario with many operations
const operations: Array<{
type: 'write' | 'mkdir'
path: string
data?: string
options?: { recursive?: boolean }
}> = []
// Mix mkdir and write operations that would trigger race condition
// Using recursive: true makes mkdir idempotent (no error if exists)
for (let i = 0; i < 20; i++) {
operations.push({ type: 'mkdir', path: `/concurrent-test-${i % 5}`, options: { recursive: true } })
operations.push({
type: 'write',
path: `/concurrent-test-${i % 5}/file${i}.txt`,
data: `content ${i}`
})
}
const result = await vfs.bulkWrite(operations)
// All operations should succeed (mkdirs are idempotent with recursive: true)
expect(result.failed.length).toBe(0)
// Verify no duplicate directories
const rootChildren = await vfs.getDirectChildren('/')
const dirNames = rootChildren
.filter(c => c.metadata.vfsType === 'directory')
.map(c => c.metadata.name)
// Each directory name should appear exactly once
for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
const count = dirNames.filter(n => n === `concurrent-test-${i}`).length
expect(count).toBe(1)
}
// Verify all files are visible in their directories
for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
const files = await vfs.readdir(`/concurrent-test-${i}`)
expect(files.length).toBe(4) // 4 files per directory (indices 0,5,10,15 for dir 0, etc.)
}
})
it('should handle the Workshop template creation scenario', async () => {
// Exact scenario from bug report: template creation with mixed ops
const operations = [
{ type: 'mkdir' as const, path: '/project/src' },
{ type: 'mkdir' as const, path: '/project/src/components' },
{ type: 'write' as const, path: '/project/src/index.ts', data: '// index' },
{ type: 'write' as const, path: '/project/src/components/App.tsx', data: '// app' },
{ type: 'mkdir' as const, path: '/project/public' },
{ type: 'write' as const, path: '/project/public/index.html', data: '<html>' },
{ type: 'write' as const, path: '/project/package.json', data: '{}' },
{ type: 'write' as const, path: '/project/README.md', data: '# Project' },
{ type: 'mkdir' as const, path: '/project' }, // Parent after children - should work
{ type: 'write' as const, path: '/project/tsconfig.json', data: '{}' },
]
const result = await vfs.bulkWrite(operations)
expect(result.successful).toBe(10)
expect(result.failed.length).toBe(0)
// Verify tree structure via getTreeStructure (this was failing before fix)
const tree = await vfs.getTreeStructure('/', { maxDepth: 4 })
// Find project directory
const projectDir = tree.children?.find(c => c.name === 'project')
expect(projectDir).toBeDefined()
expect(projectDir?.type).toBe('directory')
// Verify all files are visible
const projectFiles = await vfs.readdir('/project')
expect(projectFiles).toContain('src')
expect(projectFiles).toContain('public')
expect(projectFiles).toContain('package.json')
expect(projectFiles).toContain('README.md')
expect(projectFiles).toContain('tsconfig.json')
const srcFiles = await vfs.readdir('/project/src')
expect(srcFiles).toContain('index.ts')
expect(srcFiles).toContain('components')
const componentFiles = await vfs.readdir('/project/src/components')
expect(componentFiles).toContain('App.tsx')
})
})
describe('edge cases', () => {
it('should handle empty operations array', async () => {
const result = await vfs.bulkWrite([])
expect(result.successful).toBe(0)
expect(result.failed.length).toBe(0)
})
it('should handle only mkdir operations', async () => {
const result = await vfs.bulkWrite([
{ type: 'mkdir', path: '/only-dirs/a' },
{ type: 'mkdir', path: '/only-dirs/b' },
{ type: 'mkdir', path: '/only-dirs' }
])
expect(result.successful).toBe(3)
expect(await vfs.exists('/only-dirs/a')).toBe(true)
expect(await vfs.exists('/only-dirs/b')).toBe(true)
})
it('should handle only write operations', async () => {
// Pre-create directory
await vfs.mkdir('/files-only', { recursive: true })
const result = await vfs.bulkWrite([
{ type: 'write', path: '/files-only/a.txt', data: 'a' },
{ type: 'write', path: '/files-only/b.txt', data: 'b' },
{ type: 'write', path: '/files-only/c.txt', data: 'c' }
])
expect(result.successful).toBe(3)
})
it('should handle mkdir for already existing directories gracefully', async () => {
// Pre-create directory
await vfs.mkdir('/existing', { recursive: true })
const result = await vfs.bulkWrite([
{ type: 'mkdir', path: '/existing', options: { recursive: true } },
{ type: 'write', path: '/existing/new-file.txt', data: 'content' }
])
// mkdir should succeed (no-op for existing dir with recursive: true)
expect(result.successful).toBe(2)
expect(await vfs.exists('/existing/new-file.txt')).toBe(true)
})
it('should handle delete operations after writes', async () => {
// First create some files
await vfs.mkdir('/temp', { recursive: true })
await vfs.writeFile('/temp/to-delete.txt', 'delete me')
await vfs.writeFile('/temp/to-keep.txt', 'keep me')
const result = await vfs.bulkWrite([
{ type: 'write', path: '/temp/new-file.txt', data: 'new' },
{ type: 'delete', path: '/temp/to-delete.txt' }
])
expect(result.successful).toBe(2)
expect(await vfs.exists('/temp/new-file.txt')).toBe(true)
expect(await vfs.exists('/temp/to-delete.txt')).toBe(false)
expect(await vfs.exists('/temp/to-keep.txt')).toBe(true)
})
it('should handle update operations', async () => {
await vfs.writeFile('/doc.txt', 'original content')
const result = await vfs.bulkWrite([
{ type: 'update', path: '/doc.txt', options: { metadata: { custom: 'value' } } }
])
expect(result.successful).toBe(1)
const entity = await vfs.getEntity('/doc.txt')
expect(entity.metadata.custom).toBe('value')
})
})
describe('error handling', () => {
it('should continue processing after mkdir failure', async () => {
// Create a file where we'll try to mkdir
await vfs.writeFile('/not-a-dir', 'content')
const result = await vfs.bulkWrite([
{ type: 'mkdir', path: '/not-a-dir' }, // Will fail - file exists
{ type: 'mkdir', path: '/good-dir' },
{ type: 'write', path: '/good-dir/file.txt', data: 'content' }
])
expect(result.successful).toBe(2) // good-dir and file.txt
expect(result.failed.length).toBe(1) // not-a-dir
expect(await vfs.exists('/good-dir/file.txt')).toBe(true)
})
it('should continue processing after write failure', async () => {
const result = await vfs.bulkWrite([
{ type: 'mkdir', path: '/test-dir' },
{ type: 'write', path: '/test-dir/good.txt', data: 'content' },
{ type: 'delete', path: '/nonexistent/file.txt' } // Will fail
])
expect(result.successful).toBe(2) // mkdir and write
expect(result.failed.length).toBe(1) // delete
expect(await vfs.exists('/test-dir/good.txt')).toBe(true)
})
})
})