Issue
The default ~/.mempalace/config.json generated on install includes topic wings and hall keywords clearly designed for a personal/emotional AI companion use case, not a developer workflow:
"topic_wings": ["emotions", "consciousness", "memory", "identity", "family", "creative"],
"hall_keywords": {
"emotions": ["scared", "afraid", "worried", "happy", "sad", "love", "hate", "feel", "cry", "tears"],
"consciousness": ["consciousness", "conscious", "aware", "real", "genuine", "soul", "exist", "alive"],
"family": ["family", "kids", "children", "daughter", "son", "parent", "mother", "father"]
}
These are baked in before the user runs mempalace init and have no relevance to developers mining codebases, migrations, docs, and engineering conversations.
Impact
- New users setting up for code projects see confusing default structure
- Searches and classifications may be influenced by irrelevant hall keywords
- Creates a mismatch between the README (which is developer-focused) and the actual default config
Suggested Fix
Ship two default config profiles and prompt on first init:
What are you primarily using MemPalace for?
[1] Software development (code, docs, architecture decisions)
[2] Personal assistant (conversations, notes, relationships)
[3] Both
Or default to a neutral/developer profile and document how to switch to the personal profile.
Environment
Issue
The default
~/.mempalace/config.jsongenerated on install includes topic wings and hall keywords clearly designed for a personal/emotional AI companion use case, not a developer workflow:These are baked in before the user runs
mempalace initand have no relevance to developers mining codebases, migrations, docs, and engineering conversations.Impact
Suggested Fix
Ship two default config profiles and prompt on first init:
Or default to a neutral/developer profile and document how to switch to the personal profile.
Environment