Memory Location Setup

Move chitta memory to faster storage by symlinking ~/.claude/mind.

How It Works

cc-soul stores all data in ~/.claude/mind/. By replacing this directory with a symlink to faster storage, everything works transparently across plugin versions.

Instructions

Step 1: Ask for Fast Storage Path

Use AskUserQuestion to get the user's preferred fast storage location.

Step 2: Benchmark (Optional)

Test I/O speed of the provided path vs current:

# Test current
dd if=/dev/zero of=~/.claude/mind/io_test bs=1M count=10 2>&1 | grep -oP '\d+\.?\d* [MGK]B/s'
rm -f ~/.claude/mind/io_test

# Test new path
dd if=/dev/zero of="$FAST_PATH/io_test" bs=1M count=10 2>&1 | grep -oP '\d+\.?\d* [MGK]B/s'
rm -f "$FAST_PATH/io_test"

Step 3: Migrate

MIND_PATH="$HOME/.claude/mind"
FAST_PATH="<user-provided-path>"

# Kill chitta_mcp first
pkill -9 chitta_mcp 2>/dev/null
sleep 1

# Create fast storage directory
mkdir -p "$FAST_PATH"

# Move existing data
if [ -d "$MIND_PATH" ] && [ ! -L "$MIND_PATH" ]; then
    cp -r "$MIND_PATH"/* "$FAST_PATH/" 2>/dev/null
    mv "$MIND_PATH" "${MIND_PATH}.backup"
fi

# Remove if symlink exists
[ -L "$MIND_PATH" ] && rm "$MIND_PATH"

# Create symlink
ln -sf "$FAST_PATH" "$MIND_PATH"

Step 4: Verify

ls -la ~/.claude/mind
ls -la ~/.claude/mind/

Rollback

rm ~/.claude/mind
mv ~/.claude/mind.backup ~/.claude/mind

Notes

• Works across all cc-soul versions (path is version-independent)
• Warn if user chooses /tmp or /scratch - data may not persist
• Backup files remain in ~/.claude/mind.backup until user deletes them