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name: system-overview description: Show users how Continuous Claude works - the opinionated setup with hooks, memory, and coordination

System Overview

Show users how Continuous Claude works - the opinionated setup with hooks, memory, and coordination.

When to Use

• User asks "how does this work?"
• User asks "what can you remember?"
• User asks "what's different about this setup?"
• User runs /system_overview

Response

CONTINUOUS CLAUDE SYSTEM OVERVIEW
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MEMORY LAYER (PostgreSQL + pgvector)
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- 78,000+ temporal facts from past sessions
- Learnings extracted automatically at session end
- Semantic search with embeddings

RECALL: uv run python opc/scripts/recall_temporal_facts.py --query "your topic"

HOOKS (9 event types registered)
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SessionStart    → Load continuity ledger, rebuild symbol index
UserPromptSubmit → Skill activation check, context injection
PreToolUse      → Smart search routing (Grep → TLDR for code)
PostToolUse     → File claims, compiler feedback
PreCompact      → Save state before context compaction
Stop            → Extract learnings, create handoffs
SubagentStart   → Register spawned agents
SubagentStop    → Coordination, handoff creation
SessionEnd      → Cleanup

CONTINUITY SYSTEM
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Ledger:   thoughts/ledgers/CONTINUITY_CLAUDE-{session}.md
Handoffs: thoughts/shared/handoffs/{session}/*.yaml

Commands:
  /resume_handoff <path>  - Continue from handoff
  /create_handoff         - Create snapshot for transfer

TLDR CODE INTELLIGENCE
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5-layer analysis: AST → Call Graph → CFG → DFG → PDG
95% token savings vs reading raw files
Auto-intercepts Grep for .py/.ts/.go/.rs files

Pre-built index: /tmp/claude-symbol-index/symbols.json

SETUP
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Run: uv run python opc/scripts/setup/wizard.py

Options:
  [1] SQLite only (simple, offline)
  [2] PostgreSQL + pgvector (semantic search)

Key Files

Component	Location
Hook registration	.claude/settings.json
Hook implementations	.claude/hooks/src/*.ts
Rules (auto-injected)	.claude/rules/*.md
Skills	.claude/skills/*/SKILL.md
Setup wizard	opc/scripts/setup/wizard.py
Recall script	opc/scripts/recall_temporal_facts.py
Store learning	opc/scripts/core/store_learning.py
Symbol index builder	opc/scripts/build_symbol_index.py

Environment Variables

Variable	Purpose
CONTINUOUS_CLAUDE_DB_URL	PostgreSQL connection
VOYAGE_API_KEY	Embeddings (optional)
BRAINTRUST_API_KEY	Tracing (optional)
CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR	Auto-set by Claude Code