# Palaia Deployment Audit Report
Datum: 2026-03-11
Durchgeführt von: Elliot

## Ergebnis: READY WITH CAVEATS

## Getestete Schritte
- [x] pip install → palaia CLI verfügbar (`/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin/palaia`)
- [x] palaia init → `.palaia` directory created
- [x] palaia detect → correctly identifies installed providers (sentence-transformers, OpenAI)
- [x] palaia write + query → write returns UUID, query finds entry with score
- [x] palaia list → shows entries with scope and score
- [x] palaia status → shows tier counts, embedding chain, active provider
- [x] palaia gc → runs cleanly ("No tier changes needed")
- [x] palaia migrate . --dry-run → detects format, shows what would be imported
- [x] palaia config set-chain → updates chain correctly
- [x] palaia config list → shows all config values
- [x] SKILL.md Format korrekt (nach Fix: install block hinzugefügt)
- [x] Edge Cases

## Edge Case Results
| Test | Result | Verdict |
|------|--------|---------|
| `palaia query "test"` on empty store | "No results found." | ✅ Clean |
| `palaia migrate /nonexistent` | "Error: Source not found: /nonexistent" (exit 1) | ✅ Clean |
| `palaia detect` without providers | Shows ✗ for missing, ✓ for available, recommends chain | ✅ Clean |
| `palaia config set-chain nonexistent-provider bm25` | "Unknown provider: nonexistent-provider" + valid list (exit 1) | ✅ Clean |

## Fixes Applied (this audit)
1. **Added `palaia/__main__.py`** — enables `python3 -m palaia` as fallback
2. **Updated SKILL.md metadata** — added `install` block with pip installer config

## Blocker (must fix before publish)
- None remaining. All blockers fixed during audit.

## Caveats (known limitations)
1. **`pip install` from git URL can be slow** — pip sometimes hangs during resolution. Local clone install works instantly. PyPI publish would improve UX significantly.
2. **`python3 -m palaia` query loads model on every call** — sentence-transformers loads ~500MB model each invocation. Expected but slow for first query (~10-30s).
3. **OpenClaw plugin (`@byte5ai/palaia`)** — exists in `packages/openclaw-plugin/` with valid `openclaw.plugin.json` and `package.json`. Not published to npm yet, so users must install from repo path. SKILL.md mentions `npm install @byte5ai/palaia` but this won't work until published.
4. **No PyPI package** — `pip install palaia` won't work yet. Only git URL install. SKILL.md should clarify this.
5. **HuggingFace warning** — sentence-transformers emits "unauthenticated requests" warning on first use. Cosmetic only.

## Dependencies
- **Base operation (no embeddings):** Pure Python stdlib — zero external dependencies ✅
- **sentence-transformers extra:** `pip install "palaia[sentence-transformers]"` — adds ~500MB
- **Other extras:** ollama, fastembed, openai — all optional

## ClawHub Status
- Published: no (see below)
- Slug: palaia
- Version: 0.1.0
