trivial turn patch

packages/shared/src/index.js

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 const {getEnv} = require('./config/env');
 const {QDRANT, COLLECTIONS, EPISODIC, SERVICES, OLLAMA, PORTS, LLAMACPP, INFERENCE_DEFAULTS, SQLITE, ORCHESTRATION, SUMMARIES, ENTITIES, RETRIEVAL } = require('./config/constants');
-const {parseRow, formatEpisodeText} = require('./utils')
+const {parseRow, formatEpisodeText, isTrivialTurn} = require('./utils')
 const logger = require('./utils/logger');
 
 module.exports = {
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ module.exports = {
     ORCHESTRATION,
     parseRow,
     formatEpisodeText,
+    isTrivialTurn,
     SUMMARIES,
     ENTITIES,
     logger,

packages/shared/src/utils.js

@@ -10,4 +10,46 @@ function formatEpisodeText(userMessage, aiResponse) {
     return `User: ${userMessage}\nAssistant: ${aiResponse}`;
 }
 
-module.exports = { parseRow, formatEpisodeText };
+// Contentless "social" turns — greetings, sign-offs, acknowledgements — that
+// carry no information to store or recall. Used to skip entity extraction and
+// noisy retrieval on such turns.
+const TRIVIAL_TURNS = new Set([
+    'good morning', 'good night', 'good evening', 'good afternoon', 'morning', 'evening',
+    'hello', 'hi', 'hey', 'hey there', 'yo', 'sup', 'whats up', 'hiya', 'howdy',
+    'goodbye', 'bye', 'see you', 'see ya', 'see you later', 'talk later', 'talk soon',
+    'later', 'catch you later', 'gtg', 'gotta go', 'im off', 'heading out',
+    'thanks', 'thank you', 'thanks again', 'thank you so much', 'ty', 'thx', 'cheers',
+    'no worries', 'no problem', 'np', 'youre welcome', 'my pleasure',
+    'ok', 'okay', 'k', 'kk', 'alright', 'sure', 'sounds good', 'got it', 'gotcha',
+    'cool', 'nice', 'great', 'awesome', 'perfect', 'lol', 'haha',
+    'just saying hi', 'just saying hello', 'just checking in', 'just dropping in',
+    'stopping by', 'just stopping by', 'just wanted to say hi',
+]);
+
+// Trailing filler words that don't change a phrase's social nature, so
+// "good morning again" / "thanks everyone" collapse to a base phrase.
+const TRIVIAL_FILLER = new Set(['again', 'there', 'everyone', 'all', 'yall', 'folks', 'man', 'dude', 'friend', 'buddy']);
+
+// Conservative, HIGH-PRECISION check: is this a contentless social turn?
+// It exists to skip retrieval/extraction on turns with nothing to remember or
+// recall, and deliberately errs toward "substantive" — a real short query like
+// "capital of France" must NOT be treated as trivial. Genuine intent
+// classification is a separate, later concern (confidence-based routing), not
+// this heuristic. Extend TRIVIAL_TURNS as new pure-social phrases show up.
+function isTrivialTurn(message) {
+    if (!message) return true;
+    const norm = String(message)
+        .toLowerCase()
+        .replace(/[^\p{L}\p{N}\s]/gu, ' ')   // punctuation → space (unicode-aware)
+        .replace(/\s+/g, ' ')
+        .trim();
+    if (!norm) return true;                   // empty / punctuation-only
+    if (TRIVIAL_TURNS.has(norm)) return true;
+
+    // Drop trailing filler and re-check ("good morning again" → "good morning")
+    const words = norm.split(' ');
+    while (words.length > 1 && TRIVIAL_FILLER.has(words[words.length - 1])) words.pop();
+    return TRIVIAL_TURNS.has(words.join(' '));
+}
+
+module.exports = { parseRow, formatEpisodeText, isTrivialTurn };