March 15, 2026

Chalie Dev Log: AI Refinements and Image Pipeline

The triage pipeline underwent significant refactoring, leading to the removal of CLARIFY mode and the simplification of routing logic

The triage pipeline underwent significant refactoring, leading to the removal of CLARIFY mode and the simplification of routing logic. CLARIFY functionality was collapsed into the ACT loop, and obsolete references to CognitiveTriageService were replaced with MessageGateService.

  • Replaced LLM-based triage with a 3-step deterministic MessageGateService (~5ms, no LLM).

  • Removed CLARIFY mode and references to CognitiveTriageService across codebase and documentation.

  • Fixed skill injection to ensure all tools are available when ONNX skill-selector is unavailable.

  • Completed the image upload pipeline with inline thumbnails and persistence via documents system.

  • Refactored EXIF stripping to use a PNG round-trip, reducing peak memory usage from ~470MB to ~12MB.

  • Implemented progress key tracking in the image pipeline to handle in-flight analysis status after TTL expiration.