No Embeddings MVP

Provenance

• Source: docs/ADR-003-no-embeddings-mvp.md, README.md.

Context

Alpha-Wiki follows the Karpathy LLM-Wiki pattern: simple markdown memory, explicit index/brief files, and deterministic operations before any retrieval infrastructure.

Decision

The MVP uses plain markdown, frontmatter, wikilinks, graph artifacts, and deterministic search. It does not require embeddings or a vector store.

Consequences

• Context remains inspectable and reviewable in git.
• Agents can cite exact pages and lines.
• Search quality can later improve with BM25 before any embedding backend is reconsidered.