* docs(adr): deep review of the RuView npm surface — ADR-263/264/265 optimization strategies
ADR-263 — @ruvnet/ruview@0.1.0 harness review (O1–O9):
- HIGH: claim-check CLI fails open on empty input (no --text/--file -> PASS exit 0)
- HIGH: MCP stdio server head-of-line blocking (spawnSync verify/calibrate up to 600s)
- MEASURED: optionalDependencies triple the cold npx install (4 pkgs/620kB/71 files
vs 1 pkg/172kB/22 files with --omit=optional) for a path that never imports them
- maxBuffer truncation, python -c port interpolation, version drift, duplicate skills,
guardrail METRIC_TERMS substring false positives ('map'/'F1' — found by dogfooding
claim-check on these very ADRs), zero CI
ADR-264 — @ruvnet/rvagent@0.1.0 + @ruv/ruview-cli review (O1–O9), verified against
the published registry tarball:
- HIGH: exports.require -> dist/index.cjs which is never built nor published
- MEASURED: 44 dead source-map files = 62,698B of the 188kB unpacked payload
- stdio-only server described as dual-transport; mixed dot/underscore tool names;
double Zod validation + hand-duplicated advertised schemas; 2-fd leak per training
job; unbounded body in the unwired HTTP scaffold; dead detectCogBinary candidates;
ruview bin-name collision
ADR-265 — cross-cutting npm distribution strategy: npm-packages.yml CI matrix
(test + pack-content/size gate + tarball-install smoke test), publish-from-CI-only
with npm provenance, version single-sourcing from package.json, bin/namespace
ownership (ruview bin belongs to @ruvnet/ruview), claim-check on package READMEs.
Docs only — no runtime code changed. Index/CHANGELOG/CLAUDE.md/README counts updated.
Co-Authored-By: claude-flow <ruv@ruv.net>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01WrGfTGKv1oWZ6iwXZACULz
* fix(npm): implement ADR-263/264/265 — harness fail-closed + async MCP, rvagent packaging/transport/naming, npm CI+provenance gate
ADR-263 (@ruvnet/ruview 0.2.0), O1-O9:
- claim-check fails closed on empty input (CLI exit 2, empty_text tool error)
- MCP stdio server dispatches tools/call asynchronously (promise-based spawn);
ping answers while a 3s fake verify runs — pinned by new e2e test
- optionalDependencies dropped: cold npx installs exactly 1 package
(MEASURED: was 4 pkgs/620kB/71 files via npm i in a clean prefix)
- bounded rolling output tails replace spawnSync 1MiB maxBuffer
- node_monitor port passed via sys.argv, never spliced into python -c source
- serverInfo.version read from package.json; resources/prompts stubs
- skills single-sourced: prepack sync script generates .claude/skills/ copies
- which() = memoized dep-free PATH scan
- tools underscore-canonical (ruview_claim_check, ...) + dotted aliases
- guardrail precision: word-boundary map/f1/auc/iou, code-span + F1/O2 label
scrubbing, quantitative-claims-only; packaging reproducer hints
- 30/30 tests (was 17), incl. concurrency e2e + fail-open regression pins
ADR-264 (@ruvnet/rvagent 0.2.0), O1-O9:
- exports fixed: types-first, phantom dist/index.cjs require target removed
- tarball map-free: 127,704B unpacked / 46 files / 0 maps (MEASURED,
npm pack --dry-run; was 188kB incl. 44 maps referencing unshipped src)
- Streamable HTTP actually wired behind RVAGENT_HTTP_PORT: one transport +
one MCP server per session (mcp-session-id routing), 1MiB body cap (413),
port-aware localhost origin gate; dual-transport description now true
- tools renamed underscore-canonical with dotted router-only aliases
- single Zod validation gate; advertised inputSchema generated from the same
Zod source (zod-to-json-schema)
- train_count: parent log fds closed (was leaking 2/job); job records
persisted to <jobsDir>/<id>.json (job_status survives restarts); bounded
log-tail reads
- detectCogBinary probes its candidates instead of dead-coding them
- version from package.json; @types/express dropped; @types/jest -> 29
- README rewritten to match reality (no phantom subcommands/policy layer)
- 99/99 jest tests (incl. new session/body-cap suite + previously-broken
manifest suite); stdio handshake + HTTP session flow smoke-tested live
ADR-265 D1-D4:
- .github/workflows/npm-packages.yml: 3-package x Node 20/22 gate — tests,
version-literal grep (D3), pack-content/size gate, tarball-install smoke
test (catches the ADR-264 F1 class), README claim-check (D4)
- .github/workflows/ruview-npm-release.yml: publish from CI only with
npm publish --provenance
- @ruv/ruview-cli bin renamed ruview-cli (ruview bin belongs to
@ruvnet/ruview); version single-sourced
- ci.yml NODE_VERSION 18 -> 20
ADR statuses updated to Accepted/implemented; harness manifest re-pinned;
ADR-263/264/265 + both package READMEs pass claim-check.
Co-Authored-By: claude-flow <ruv@ruv.net>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01WrGfTGKv1oWZ6iwXZACULz
* perf(rvagent): lazy-load HTTP transport + memoize generated tool schemas
stdio time-to-first-response ~242ms -> ~189ms (-22%; MEASURED, median of
repeated initialize round-trips against dist/index.js in this container).
- ./http-transport.js now imported lazily inside the RVAGENT_HTTP_PORT
branch: it chain-loads the MCP SDK streamableHttp module (~48ms MEASURED
via per-module import() timing) which the default stdio path never uses
- toolInputJsonSchema memoized per tool: schemas are static for the process
lifetime; under the session-per-server HTTP model every session calls
tools/list, so stop re-walking the Zod tree each time
No behavior change: 99/99 jest tests; HTTP session flow re-smoke-tested
through the lazy import path (initialize -> 200 + mcp-session-id).
Profiled @ruvnet/ruview too and left it alone: 50ms CLI startup vs ~29ms
bare 'node -e ""' floor on the same box (MEASURED) — already near the
interpreter floor with zero dependencies.
Co-Authored-By: claude-flow <ruv@ruv.net>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01WrGfTGKv1oWZ6iwXZACULz
* ci(ruview-cli): pass jest --passWithNoTests so the private no-test package doesn't fail the npm-packages matrix
Co-Authored-By: claude-flow <ruv@ruv.net>
* fix(npm): address 10 verified review findings in harness + rvagent before 0.2.0 publish
harness/ruview (@ruvnet/ruview):
- guardrails: digit gate now sees numbers inside code spans; F1-style
metric tokens followed by ':' or a nearby number are no longer scrubbed
(fail-open regressions in the honesty gate)
- mcp-server: tools/call requests serialize through a FIFO promise chain
(hardware/mutating tools never overlap) while ping/tools/list stay
immediate; stdin close drains in-flight responses before exit
- tools: which() no longer memoizes negative lookups
tools/ruview-mcp (@ruvnet/rvagent):
- index: realpath invoked-directly guard — library import no longer
connects a stdio transport to the consumer's process
- http-transport: explicit allowedOrigins is exact-match only (localhost
any-port convenience applies only with no configured allowlist);
session map gains maxSessions=64 + 5min idle TTL sweep
- train-count: job records persist the child pid and reconcile stale
'running' status after a server restart (exit-code marker or dead pid)
- config: cog binary candidates ordered by process.arch
.github/workflows/ruview-npm-release.yml: port the full ADR-265 D1 gate
(version-literal check, unpacked-size budget, tarball-install smoke test)
from npm-packages.yml so the publish path enforces what the header claims.
Tests: harness 30→36, rvagent 99→112, all passing.
Co-Authored-By: claude-flow <ruv@ruv.net>
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Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Architecture Decision Records
This folder contains 182 Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) that document every significant technical choice in the RuView / WiFi-DensePose project. (The index tables below list a curated subset per domain; see the directory listing for the full set.)
Why ADRs?
Building a system that turns WiFi signals into human pose estimation involves hundreds of non-obvious decisions: which signal processing algorithms to use, how to bridge ESP32 firmware to a Rust pipeline, whether to run inference on-device or on a server, how to handle multi-person separation with limited subcarriers.
ADRs capture the context, options considered, decision made, and consequences for each of these choices. They serve three purposes:
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Institutional memory — Six months from now, anyone (human or AI) can read why we chose IIR bandpass filters over FIR for vital sign extraction, not just see the code.
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AI-assisted development — When an AI agent works on this codebase, ADRs give it the constraints and rationale it needs to make changes that align with the existing architecture. Without them, AI-generated code tends to drift — reinventing patterns that already exist, contradicting earlier decisions, or optimizing for the wrong tradeoffs.
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Review checkpoints — Each ADR is a reviewable artifact. When a proposed change touches the architecture, the ADR forces the author to articulate tradeoffs before writing code, not after.
ADRs and Domain-Driven Design
The project uses Domain-Driven Design (DDD) to organize code into bounded contexts — each with its own language, types, and responsibilities. ADRs and DDD work together:
- ADRs define boundaries: ADR-029 (RuvSense) established multistatic sensing as a separate bounded context from single-node CSI. ADR-042 (CHCI) defined a new aggregate root for coherent channel imaging.
- DDD models define the language: The RuvSense domain model defines terms like "coherence gate", "dwell time", and "TDM slot" that ADRs reference precisely.
- Together they prevent drift: An AI agent reading ADR-039 knows that edge processing tiers are configured via NVS keys, not compile-time flags — because the ADR says so. The DDD model tells it which aggregate owns that configuration.
How ADRs are structured
Each ADR follows a consistent format:
- Context — What problem or gap prompted this decision
- Decision — What we chose to do and how
- Consequences — What improved, what got harder, and what risks remain
- References — Related ADRs, papers, and code paths
Statuses: Proposed (under discussion), Accepted (approved and/or implemented), Superseded (replaced by a later ADR).
ADR Index
Hardware and firmware
| ADR | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| ADR-012 | ESP32 CSI Sensor Mesh for Distributed Sensing | Accepted (partial) |
| ADR-018 | ESP32 Development Implementation Path | Proposed |
| ADR-028 | ESP32 Capability Audit and Witness Record | Accepted |
| ADR-029 | RuvSense Multistatic Sensing Mode (TDM, channel hopping) | Proposed |
| ADR-032 | Multistatic Mesh Security Hardening | Accepted |
| ADR-039 | ESP32-S3 Edge Intelligence Pipeline (on-device vitals) | Accepted (hardware-validated) |
| ADR-040 | WASM Programmable Sensing (Tier 3) | Accepted |
| ADR-041 | WASM Module Collection (65 edge modules) | Accepted (hardware-validated) |
| ADR-044 | Provisioning Tool Enhancements | Proposed |
| ADR-110 | ESP32-C6 firmware extension — Wi-Fi 6 / 802.15.4 / TWT / LP-core | Accepted, P1-P10 complete, firmware-side substrate closed at v0.7.0-esp32. Companion docs: WITNESS-LOG-110 (13 §A0.x entries · 99.56 % cross-board RX · 104.1 µs smoothed sync stdev · ≤100 µs target met), ADR-110-REVIEW-GUIDE (one-page reviewer tour), ADR-110-BRANCH-STATE (coordination map vs feat/adr-115-ha-mqtt-matter). Host decoders + tests: Python SyncPacketParser (10) + Rust wifi_densepose_hardware::SyncPacket (15), cross-language hex pin gates drift. |
Signal processing and sensing
| ADR | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| ADR-013 | Feature-Level Sensing on Commodity Gear | Accepted |
| ADR-014 | SOTA Signal Processing Algorithms | Accepted |
| ADR-021 | Vital Sign Detection (breathing, heart rate) | Partial |
| ADR-030 | Persistent Field Model and Drift Detection | Proposed |
| ADR-033 | CRV Signal Line Sensing Integration | Proposed |
| ADR-037 | Multi-Person Pose Detection from Single ESP32 | Proposed |
| ADR-042 | Coherent Human Channel Imaging (beyond CSI) | Proposed |
| ADR-134 | First-Class Channel Impulse Response (CIR) Support | Proposed |
| ADR-135 | Empty-Room Baseline Calibration (per-subcarrier Welford statistics) | Proposed |
Machine learning and training
| ADR | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| ADR-005 | SONA Self-Learning for Pose Estimation | Partial |
| ADR-006 | GNN-Enhanced CSI Pattern Recognition | Partial |
| ADR-015 | Public Dataset Strategy (MM-Fi, Wi-Pose) | Accepted |
| ADR-016 | RuVector Training Pipeline Integration | Accepted |
| ADR-017 | RuVector Signal + MAT Integration | Proposed |
| ADR-020 | Migrate AI Inference to Rust (ONNX Runtime) | Accepted |
| ADR-023 | Trained DensePose Model with RuVector Pipeline | Proposed |
| ADR-024 | Project AETHER: Contrastive CSI Embeddings | Required |
| ADR-027 | Project MERIDIAN: Cross-Environment Generalization | Proposed |
| ADR-149 | AetherArena: public spatial-intelligence benchmark on Hugging Face | Proposed |
| ADR-150 | RF Foundation Encoder: pose-preserving, subject/room/device-invariant CSI embedding | Proposed |
| ADR-151 | Per-Room Calibration & Specialized Model Training (room-first → bank of small ruVector specialists) | Proposed |
| ADR-152 | WiFi-Pose SOTA 2026 Intake: geometry-conditioned calibration, external benchmarks, foundation-encoder recipe | Proposed |
Platform and UI
| ADR | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| ADR-019 | Sensing-Only UI with Gaussian Splats | Accepted |
| ADR-022 | Windows WiFi Enhanced Fidelity (multi-BSSID) | Partial |
| ADR-025 | macOS CoreWLAN WiFi Sensing | Proposed |
| ADR-031 | RuView Sensing-First RF Mode | Proposed |
| ADR-034 | Expo React Native Mobile App | Accepted |
| ADR-035 | Live Sensing UI Accuracy and Data Transparency | Accepted |
| ADR-036 | Training Pipeline UI Integration | Proposed |
| ADR-043 | Sensing Server UI API Completion (14 endpoints) | Accepted |
| ADR-115 | Home Assistant integration via MQTT auto-discovery + Matter bridge (HA-DISCO + HA-FABRIC + HA-MIND) | Accepted (MQTT track) / Proposed (Matter SDK P8b) |
| ADR-169 | adam-mode — light theme toggle for the three.js realtime demo | Proposed |
| ADR-170 | yoga-mode — yoga pose detection, classification, and scoring for the three.js realtime demo | Proposed |
Architecture and infrastructure
| ADR | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| ADR-001 | WiFi-Mat Disaster Detection Architecture | Accepted |
| ADR-002 | RuVector RVF Integration Strategy | Superseded |
| ADR-003 | RVF Cognitive Containers for CSI | Proposed |
| ADR-004 | HNSW Vector Search for Fingerprinting | Partial |
| ADR-007 | Post-Quantum Cryptography for Sensing | Proposed |
| ADR-008 | Distributed Consensus for Multi-AP | Proposed |
| ADR-009 | RVF WASM Runtime for Edge Deployment | Proposed |
| ADR-010 | Witness Chains for Audit Trail Integrity | Proposed |
| ADR-011 | Proof-of-Reality and Mock Elimination | Proposed |
| ADR-026 | Survivor Track Lifecycle (MAT crate) | Accepted |
| ADR-038 | Sublinear GOAP for Roadmap Optimization | Proposed |
| ADR-095 | rvCSI — Edge RF Sensing Runtime Platform | Proposed |
| ADR-096 | rvCSI — Crate Topology, the napi-c Shim, and the napi-rs Node Surface | Proposed |
| ADR-097 | Adopt rvCSI as RuView's primary CSI runtime (phased adoption) | Proposed |
| ADR-098 | Evaluate ruvnet/midstream for RuView's CSI / WebSocket / mesh pipeline |
Rejected |
| ADR-099 | Adopt midstream as RuView's real-time introspection + low-latency tap | Proposed |
| ADR-263 | @ruvnet/ruview npm harness — deep review + optimization strategy |
Proposed |
| ADR-264 | @ruvnet/rvagent MCP server + @ruv/ruview-cli — deep review + optimization strategy |
Proposed |
| ADR-265 | RuView npm distribution strategy — CI gate, provenance, version single-sourcing, namespace | Proposed |
Related
- DDD Domain Models — Bounded context definitions, aggregate roots, and ubiquitous language
- User Guide — Setup, API reference, and hardware instructions
- Build Guide — Building from source