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Summary

This PR fixes several critical bugs in the knowledge graph system and improves the robustness of knowledge graph tools. All fixes are backward compatible with zero breaking changes.

Critical Fixes

1. Neo4j Cypher Query Support 🔧

  • Issue: Neo4j backend successfully connected but Cypher queries rejected with "Current backend: in-memory"
  • Root cause: Missing getBackendType() method in KnowledgeGraphManager
  • Fix: Added public method that delegates to backend instance (source of truth)
  • Impact: Cypher queries now functional with Neo4j backend
  • Files: src/core/knowledge_graph/manager.ts

2. Neo4j Filter Constraint Bug 🐛

  • Issue: Filter constraints using wrong property keys (Object.keys(params).length counter instead of actual property names)
  • Impact: Filter operations producing incorrect Cypher queries
  • Fix: Use actual property keys from Object.entries()
  • Files: src/core/knowledge_graph/backend/neo4j.ts

3. Entity Extraction Crash 💥

  • Issue: Regex creation fails on entities with special characters (C++, .NET, etc.)
  • Impact: Entity extraction crashes when processing tech stack mentions
  • Fix: Added escapeRegex() helper to properly escape special characters
  • Files: src/core/brain/tools/definitions/knowledge_graph/extract-entities.ts

4. Schema Validation Error 📋

  • Issue: metadata required in reasoning trace but tool definition allows optional
  • Impact: Valid tool calls rejected by schema validation
  • Fix: Made metadata optional in ReasoningTraceSchema
  • Files: src/core/brain/tools/def_reflective_memory_tools.ts

Improvements

5. Enhanced JSON Parsing 🔄

  • Tool: relationship-manager
  • Improvement: Multiple fallback patterns for parsing LLM responses
  • Benefit: More robust handling of markdown code blocks and malformed JSON
  • Files: src/core/brain/tools/definitions/knowledge_graph/relationship-manager.ts

6. Backend Validation

  • Tool: query-graph
  • Improvement: Validates backend type before executing Cypher queries
  • Benefit: Clear error messages with alternatives for in-memory backend
  • Files: src/core/brain/tools/definitions/knowledge_graph/query-graph.ts

7. Code Cleanup 🧹

  • Issue: Debug logging statements in production code
  • Fix: Removed diagnostic logging from factory
  • Files: src/core/knowledge_graph/factory.ts

Testing

Unit Tests

  • ✅ All 94 knowledge graph tests passing (100%)
  • ✅ Added 2 new tests for backend validation in query-graph.test.ts
  • ✅ Updated test mocks to include getBackendType() method

Test Coverage

Test Files: 8/8 passed
Tests: 94/94 passed
Duration: 2.41s

Modules Tested

  • add-node (11 tests)
  • add-edge
  • delete-node
  • extract-entities (9 tests)
  • get-neighbors
  • query-graph (including new validation tests)
  • search-graph (15 tests)
  • update-node (11 tests)

MCP Tool Integration Tests

  • ✅ All 19 Cipher MCP tools tested (100% pass rate)
  • ✅ Knowledge graph tools verified operational
  • ✅ Backend detection confirmed working

TypeScript Compilation

  • ✅ No new TypeScript errors
  • ✅ All modified files compile cleanly

Breaking Changes

None - All changes are additive or fix existing bugs without altering public APIs.

Files Changed

8 files modified (100% knowledge graph system):

  1. src/core/knowledge_graph/manager.ts (+57 lines)
  2. src/core/knowledge_graph/backend/neo4j.ts (+10, -9 lines)
  3. src/core/knowledge_graph/factory.ts (+1, -6 lines)
  4. src/core/brain/tools/definitions/knowledge_graph/query-graph.ts (+23 lines)
  5. src/core/brain/tools/definitions/knowledge_graph/relationship-manager.ts (+104, -18 lines)
  6. src/core/brain/tools/definitions/knowledge_graph/extract-entities.ts (+11 lines)
  7. src/core/brain/tools/definitions/knowledge_graph/__test__/query-graph.test.ts (+67 lines)
  8. src/core/brain/tools/def_reflective_memory_tools.ts (+5 lines)

Checklist

  • All tests pass
  • TypeScript compilation successful
  • No breaking changes
  • Documentation updated (JSDoc comments added)
  • Backward compatible
  • Zero file overlap with recent upstream changes

Related Issues

Fixes backend detection issue where Neo4j connection succeeded but Cypher queries were incorrectly rejected.

Additional Context

This PR integrates cleanly with recent upstream changes:

The changes enable proper Neo4j backend utilization while maintaining full compatibility with in-memory backend operations.


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for (const [key, filter] of Object.entries(filters)) {
const paramKey = `${prefix}_${Object.keys(params).length}`;

if (typeof filter === 'object' && filter !== null && !Array.isArray(filter)) {
// Range filters
if ('gte' in filter) {
constraints.push(`${prefix}.${Object.keys(params).length} >= $${paramKey}_gte`);
constraints.push(`${prefix}.${key} >= $${paramKey}_gte`);
params[`${paramKey}_gte`] = filter.gte;

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P1 Badge Escape filter property names when building Cypher

User‑supplied filter keys are interpolated directly into the Cypher snippets (${prefix}.${key} …). If a caller provides a property name containing characters like spaces, ), or Cypher keywords, the generated query becomes syntactically invalid or can be used to smuggle additional clauses, because property identifiers in Cypher aren’t parameterised. The previous implementation produced incorrect property names but at least didn’t expose an injection surface. Please escape or validate key (e.g. with backticks and a whitelist such as /^[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*$/) before interpolating it into the query string.

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@PROJECT-OCULUS I've just resolved an issue with Neo4j filter property keys by adding proper escaping. Please rebase from main to resolve conflicts

Steve and others added 7 commits November 1, 2025 19:40
…nager

- Adds public getBackendType() method to properly expose backend type
- Fixes Cypher query rejection despite successful Neo4j connection
- Updates query-graph test mocks to include getBackendType()
- Adds test coverage for backend type validation
- Fixes pre-existing test missing mock method

Problem:
Neo4j connection succeeded but Cypher queries were rejected because
the query-graph tool could not detect the backend type. The tool
checked kgManager.getBackendType() which didn't exist, causing it
to default to 'memory' and incorrectly reject Cypher queries.

Solution:
Added getBackendType() method to KnowledgeGraphManager that:
- Delegates to backend instance when connected (source of truth)
- Returns cached metadata when disconnected
- Handles all lifecycle states (pre-connection, connected, disconnected)

Changes:
- manager.ts: Added getBackendType() method with comprehensive JSDoc
- query-graph.test.ts: Updated mocks and added validation tests
- All 16 tests passing

Impact:
- Cypher queries now work correctly with Neo4j
- Backend type detection accurate in all scenarios
- No breaking changes (purely additive)

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- Validates backend type before executing Cypher queries
- Provides clear error messages for in-memory backend
- Suggests alternative query types (node, edge, path)
- Updated tool description to document backend requirements
- Part of Neo4j backend detection fix (complements getBackendType() method)

This ensures users get helpful feedback when attempting Cypher queries
on backends that don't support them, improving the developer experience.

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…attern matching

- Enhanced JSON extraction with multiple fallback patterns
- Added extractJSON() helper function for robust LLM response parsing
- Improved fallback pattern matching with more comprehensive regex patterns
- Better handling of LLM responses that use code blocks or varying formats
- Enhanced error recovery when LLM returns malformed JSON

These improvements make the relationship manager more resilient to
variations in LLM output formatting, reducing parse failures and improving
the overall reliability of relationship operations.

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…rror logging

- Fixed filter constraint building to use actual property keys instead of counter
- Previously used Object.keys(params).length as placeholder, causing incorrect queries
- Now correctly references the key from the filter entry (e.g., 'age', 'name')
- Applies to range filters (gte, gt, lte, lt) and array filters (any, all)
- Improved error logging: changed console.error to this.logger.error for consistency

This fix ensures that Neo4j queries with property filters work correctly,
resolving issues where filter conditions weren't applied to the intended fields.

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- Added escapeRegex() helper function to properly escape special characters
- Fixes "Invalid regular expression: /\bC++\b/: Nothing to repeat" error
- Enables correct matching of technologies like C++, .NET, C#, etc.
- Prevents regex quantifiers (+, *, ?, etc.) from breaking pattern matching
- Applies to all technology/tool name extraction patterns

Without this fix, entity extraction would crash when encountering technology
names containing regex special characters, preventing proper knowledge graph
population for many common programming languages and tools.

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…l definition

- Made metadata field optional in ReasoningTraceSchema (line 57)
- Aligns Zod schema with tool parameter definition (which already marks it as optional)
- Resolves validation failures when reasoning evaluation called without metadata
- Allows reasoning evaluation to work with minimal trace information

Previously, the schema required metadata even though the tool definition
marked it as not required, causing validation errors. This fix ensures
consistency between the schema validation and the tool's actual requirements.

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- Removed [DIAGNOSTIC-FACTORY] console logging statements
- Removed verbose debug logging around manager creation
- Cleaned up excessive debug statements for cleaner production code
- Kept essential logging for actual errors and info messages

This removes temporary debugging code that was added during development,
keeping only the necessary logging for production operation.

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Update on Security Feedback

The property key escaping concern raised in the review has been addressed. The escapePropertyKey() method is implemented at lines 1103-1114 in neo4j.ts:

This implementation:

  1. Rejects empty keys with an error
  2. Passes through safe identifiers (alphanumeric + underscore) unchanged using regex /^[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*$/
  3. Backtick-escapes any non-standard property names to prevent Cypher injection

The regex escape fix for entity extraction (C++ issue) is also in place at lines 447-455 in extract-entities.ts using an escapeRegex() helper.

Regarding Rebase

@RyanNg1403 - I can rebase this PR from main to resolve any conflicts. Would you like me to proceed with that, or would you prefer to handle the rebase yourself?

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