Memory that abstains instead of guessing.
RE-call is agent memory on your own PostgreSQL with pgvector. Each result carries a verdict,
confidence, and provenance, while unsupported questions are refused instead of answered by the
nearest match.
What it is
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What is RE-call
RE-call is agent memory on your own PostgreSQL database. It indexes source documents with pgvector
and keeps validity, lineage, confidence, and provenance attached to every result.
Vector search returns nearby text. RE-call also checks whether that text is current, supported, and
trustworthy enough for the query. A superseded claim is marked superseded; a result that does not
clear the calibrated trust gate becomes ABSTAIN with a reason. Declared supersession makes the current memory win
over stale but similar memory.
The default path uses local embeddings plus hybrid dense and Postgres full text retrieval. It needs
no memory-layer LLM call. Additional retrieval, reasoning, and structured-fact modules are
optional.
For the agent reading this, RE-call for agents explains the experience loop
and how to use persistent memory as a trustworthy past rather than an unverified scratchpad.
How it works
RE-call builds an immutable, calibrated generation once and serves queries against that pinned
generation. Solid arrows are the default path. Dashed arrows are opt in or reasoning only: the
reranker, the entailment judge, graph expansion, and the answer provider. Every search, including
the reasoning and fact paths, goes through trusted search, so nothing bypasses the pinned generation
or the trust gate. Each box links to the file that implements it.
flowchart LR
subgraph group_entry["Entry points"]
node_cli["recall CLI<br/>commands"]
node_mcp["MCP server<br/>tool handlers"]
node_sdk["Agent SDK<br/>in process"]
end
subgraph group_build["Generation build"]
node_manifest["Source manifest<br/>immutable input"]
node_generations["Generation manager<br/>build, validate, promote"]
node_parser["Parse and chunk<br/>documents to chunks"]
node_embedder["Embedder<br/>local or hosted API"]
node_graph_build["Semantic graph<br/>entities, relations"]
node_calibration["Calibration<br/>certified threshold"]
end
subgraph group_serve["Trusted retrieval"]
node_trusted_search["Trusted search<br/>query orchestrator"]
node_gen_store["Generation store<br/>pinned generation"]
node_retriever["Hybrid retriever<br/>dense, full text, RRF"]
node_reranker["Reranker<br/>opt in"]
node_trust_gate{{"Trust gate<br/>verdict or ABSTAIN"}}
node_entailment["Entailment judge<br/>opt in"]
end
subgraph group_reason["Reasoning"]
node_reasoner["Reasoning query<br/>evidence bundle, plan"]
node_graph_expansion["Graph expansion<br/>one hop, before trust"]
node_answer["Answer provider<br/>opt in LLM"]
end
subgraph group_facts["Provenance and facts"]
node_provenance["Provenance controller<br/>fact review"]
node_ledger["Fact ledger<br/>append only"]
end
node_caller(("Agent or user<br/>caller"))
node_postgres[("PostgreSQL + pgvector<br/>generations, chunks, graph")]
node_caller -->|"runs"| node_cli
node_caller -->|"tool calls"| node_mcp
node_caller -->|"imports"| node_sdk
node_sdk -->|"reuses handlers"| node_mcp
node_cli -->|"generation build"| node_generations
node_mcp -->|"ingest uploads"| node_generations
node_generations -->|"reads sources"| node_manifest
node_generations -->|"parses, chunks"| node_parser
node_generations -->|"embeds chunks"| node_embedder
node_generations -->|"builds graph"| node_graph_build
node_generations -->|"requires certified"| node_calibration
node_generations -->|"writes generation"| node_postgres
node_graph_build -->|"writes graph"| node_postgres
node_cli -->|"calibrate, publish"| node_calibration
node_calibration -->|"stores threshold"| node_postgres
node_cli -->|"search"| node_trusted_search
node_mcp -->|"search, evidence"| node_trusted_search
node_trusted_search -->|"pins generation"| node_gen_store
node_gen_store -->|"reads active"| node_postgres
node_trusted_search -->|"retrieves"| node_retriever
node_retriever -->|"embeds query"| node_embedder
node_retriever -->|"dense, full text"| node_gen_store
node_retriever -.->|"reorders"| node_reranker
node_trusted_search -->|"evaluates"| node_trust_gate
node_trusted_search -.->|"rejudges trusted"| node_entailment
node_mcp -->|"reasoning query"| node_reasoner
node_reasoner -->|"retrieves"| node_trusted_search
node_trusted_search -.->|"expands pre trust"| node_graph_expansion
node_graph_expansion -.->|"same generation graph"| node_postgres
node_reasoner -.->|"cited answer"| node_answer
node_mcp -->|"apply fact"| node_provenance
node_provenance -->|"fresh search"| node_trusted_search
node_provenance -->|"appends"| node_ledger
node_ledger -->|"stores"| node_postgres
click node_cli "https://github.com/GiulioDER/RE-call/blob/master/recall/cli.py"
click node_mcp "https://github.com/GiulioDER/RE-call/tree/master/recall_mcp"
click node_sdk "https://github.com/GiulioDER/RE-call/blob/master/recall_agent/memory.py"
click node_manifest "https://github.com/GiulioDER/RE-call/blob/master/recall/manifest.py"
click node_generations "https://github.com/GiulioDER/RE-call/blob/master/recall/generations.py"
click node_parser "https://github.com/GiulioDER/RE-call/blob/master/recall/document.py"
click node_embedder "https://github.com/GiulioDER/RE-call/blob/master/recall/embeddings.py"
click node_graph_build "https://github.com/GiulioDER/RE-call/blob/master/recall/semantic_graph.py"
click node_calibration "https://github.com/GiulioDER/RE-call/blob/master/recall/calibration_v2.py"
click node_trusted_search "https://github.com/GiulioDER/RE-call/blob/master/recall/trust.py"
click node_gen_store "https://github.com/GiulioDER/RE-call/blob/master/recall/generation_store.py"
click node_retriever "https://github.com/GiulioDER/RE-call/blob/master/recall/retriever.py"
click node_reranker "https://github.com/GiulioDER/RE-call/blob/master/recall/rerank.py"
click node_trust_gate "https://github.com/GiulioDER/RE-call/blob/master/recall/trust.py"
click node_entailment "https://github.com/GiulioDER/RE-call/blob/master/recall/entailment.py"
click node_reasoner "https://github.com/GiulioDER/RE-call/blob/master/recall/reasoning.py"
click node_graph_expansion "https://github.com/GiulioDER/RE-call/blob/master/recall_mcp/graph_expansion.py"
click node_answer "https://github.com/GiulioDER/RE-call/blob/master/recall/answer_provider.py"
click node_provenance "https://github.com/GiulioDER/RE-call/blob/master/recall/provenance_controller.py"
click node_ledger "https://github.com/GiulioDER/RE-call/blob/master/recall/fact_ledger.py"
click node_postgres "https://github.com/GiulioDER/RE-call/tree/master/recall/migrations"
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class node_trusted_search,node_gen_store,node_retriever,node_reranker,node_trust_gate,node_entailment toneMint
class node_reasoner,node_graph_expansion,node_answer toneRose
class node_provenance,node_ledger toneIndigo
Ordinary recall search follows the direct path. Explicit reasoning accepts graph_expansion:
auto is the default and resolves to bounded one hop expansion for every nonempty query; off
keeps direct retrieval only; one-hop forces the graph path. The CLI uses
--graph-expansion auto|off|one-hop; the MCP tool uses graph_expansion="auto"|"off"|"one_hop".
Graph neighbors are generation bound, direct candidates remain first, and expanded candidates must
clear the same trust boundary before they can support a cited answer.
The opt in choices attach to different points in the system: