ISSUE IDENTIFIED: M3.8 was misplaced in query path (PromptBuilder), but should be in ingest path - Current: Compress before LLM (query-time, only helps LLM input) - Correct: Optimize before embed + index (ingest-time, improves search quality) BENEFITS OF INGEST-TIME OPTIMIZATION: ✅ Better embeddings (pgvector gets clean text → higher semantic quality) ✅ Better ranking (OpenSearch gets signal-rich text → better BM25 scores) ✅ One-time processing at ingest, not per-query overhead ✅ All queries benefit from cleaner search results ✅ LLM receives already-optimized chunks NEW PLAN: - M3.8.1: 🟡 Core modules PARTIAL (1100 LOC, 62 tests done, needs ingest wiring) - M3.8.2: ⬜ Ingest integration (OptimizerSink wrapper, 13 tests) - M3.8.3: ⬜ Metrics & monitoring (20 tests, tracing + prometheus) - M3.8.4: ⬜ Query cleanup (remove PromptBuilder optimizer call) - M3.8.5: ⬜ Benchmarks (compression ratios + search quality metrics) - M3.8.6: ⬜ Gate (ingest pipeline quality + search improvement) ARCHITECTURE CORRECTED: Raw content → M3.8 optimize → embed + index → search improves → LLM benefits FILES UPDATED: - tasks/M3.8-CORRECTED-architecture.md (NEW, comprehensive re-plan) - tasks/M3.8.1-context-optimizer.md (REWRITTEN, marked PARTIAL) - tasks/M3.8.2-cache-aligner-headers.md (REWRITTEN, now OptimizerSink) NEXT IMMEDIATE STEP: Implement M3.8.2 (OptimizerSink) to wire compressors into rebuild.rs ingest pipeline