error response consistency, human readible1

packages/memory-service/src/entities/extraction.js

@@ -87,15 +87,27 @@ async function extractAndStoreEntities(userMessage, aiResponse, projectId=null)
         const data = await res.json();
         const raw = data.response?.trim() ?? '';
 
-        const parsed = JSON.parse(raw);
+        const jsonMatch = raw.match(/\{[\s\S]*\}/);
+        if (!jsonMatch) {
+            logger.warn('[entities] No JSON object found in response');
+            logger.debug('[entities] Raw response was:', raw);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        let parsed;
+        try {
+            parsed = JSON.parse(jsonMatch[0]);
+        } catch (err) {
+            logger.warn('[entities] Failed to parse extraction response:', err.message);
+            logger.debug('[entities] Raw response was:', raw);
+            return;
+        }
         const entities = Array.isArray(parsed.entities) ? parsed.entities : [];
         if (entities.length === 0) {
             logger.debug('[entities] No entities found in this exchange — skipping');
             return;  // not an error, just nothing to extract
         }
 
-        if (!Array.isArray(entities)) throw new Error('Response was not a JSON array');
-
         let saved = 0;
         
 

packages/memory-service/src/index.js

@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ app.patch('/sessions/by-external/:externalId', (req, res) => {
     const session = episodic.updateSessionByExternalId(req.params.externalId, {name, projectId });
     res.json(session);
   } catch (err) {
-    res.status(500).json({error: err.message });
+    res.status(500).json({ error: 'Failed to update session', detail: err.message });
   }
 });
 
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ app.post('/projects', (req, res) => {
   try {
     res.status(201).json(createProject({ name: name.trim(), description, colour, icon }));
   } catch (err) {
-    res.status(500).json({ error: err.message });
+    res.status(500).json({ error: 'Failed to create project', detail: err.message });
   }
 });
 
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ app.post('/projects/:id/summarize', async (req, res) => {
         if (err.message.includes('No session summaries or episodes')) {
             return res.status(422).json({ error: err.message });
         }
-        res.status(500).json({ error: err.message });
+        res.status(500).json({ error: 'Failed to generate project summary', detail: err.message });
     }
 });
 
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ app.post('/summaries', (req, res) => {
         const summary = createSummary({ sessionId, projectId, content, tokenCount, episodeRange, metadata });
         res.status(201).json(summary);
     } catch (err) {
-        res.status(500).json({ error: err.message });
+        res.status(500).json({ error: 'Failed to create summary', detail: err.message });
     }
 });