thedotmack__claude-mem/RECEIPT-JOIN.md

RECEIPT-JOIN — tool_uses ↔ expense tallies

Stamp: 2026-09-06 (PT), implementation landed 2026-09-07 · Tool SQLite ↔ Receipt
Status: SHIPPED — schema v51 matches this contract; tool_uses exists in ~/.claude-mem/claude-mem.db
Authority split: Claude-Mem tool_uses = identity / DISTINCT COUNT. OpenRouter stamps + spend log = $. Never put cost_usd / micros on tool_uses as authority.

For observation-token expense reports that multiply tokens × published list price (no generation ids), use docs/expense-pricing/.

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Frozen join keys

Claude-Mem tool_uses	Receipt / spend log	Use
content_session_id	↔ or_session_id via convention below	Session/job grouping
tool_name	↔ tally groupBy: 'tool' label	Feature/tool rollup
tool_use_id	DISTINCT COUNT preferred over or_trace.tool_calls int	Usage counts
project	filter	Scope
agent_id	filter	Seat/agent
created_at_epoch	period	Time window
observation_id (nullable)	optional later	Claude-Mem back-reference. Batch pointer, not 1:1 — see caveat below
or_generation_id (nullable)	↔ spend-log / Ledger or_generation_id (gen-…)	Cash-line join when tool sat inside a stamped OR/inference call
or_session_id (nullable, exact stamp echo)	↔ spend-log or_session_id	Prefer this when present over reconstructed job:+id

Do not add: cost_usd / micros on tool_uses.

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content_session_id ↔ or_session_id string format

Receipt stamps OpenRouter via buildOrStamp (/workspace/mem-invoice/src/or/stamp.ts):

or_session_id  =  "job:" + runId     # ≤256 chars; body field session_id

Claude-Mem hooks store the platform session id as content_session_id (Claude Code / Cursor / grok-bot session UUID — no job: prefix).

Required stamp convention (so they match)

When a paid OR call is associated with a Claude-Mem session, stampers must set:

runId = <claude-mem content_session_id>
⇒ or_session_id = "job:" + content_session_id

Join recipe (COUNT / session filter):

1. If tool_uses.or_session_id is non-null → equality join to spend-log or_session_id (exact).
2. Else → spend.or_session_id = 'job:' || tool_uses.content_session_id

Anti-patterns

• Stamping session_id with a bare UUID while expecting a direct equality to content_session_id (prefixes won’t match).
• Stamping a different runId (expense-report id, random job id) without also writing that same string onto tool_uses.or_session_id.
• Truncating either side — buildOrStamp throws on over-long ids; keep that.

Examples

content_session_id	Correct or_session_id
a1b2c3d4-…	job:a1b2c3d4-…
cmem-sess-9f	job:cmem-sess-9f

MemBench offline aggregates may use job:membench:<runHash> — those will not auto-join tool_uses unless the same string is stored on tool_uses.or_session_id.

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Cash attribution

• COUNT tool usages: COUNT(DISTINCT tool_use_id) filtered by session/project/tool_name/period.
• Attribute $ to a tool row: only when or_generation_id is set and matches a measured spend-log / Ledger line. Without it, COUNT by session+tool is still valid; micros stay on the OR generation line.
• Interim Receipt path (or_trace.tool + or_trace.tool_calls) remains until tool_uses is the durable COUNT source.

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Schema columns (SHIPPED)

Migration v51, src/services/sqlite/tool-uses.ts (DDL) + SessionStore.ensureToolUsesTable(). Exactly the frozen set — nullable or_generation_id, nullable or_session_id, no cost columns:

CREATE TABLE tool_uses (
  id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
  tool_use_id TEXT NOT NULL,
  content_session_id TEXT NOT NULL,
  memory_session_id TEXT,
  session_db_id INTEGER,
  project TEXT NOT NULL,
  platform_source TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'claude',
  tool_name TEXT NOT NULL,
  tool_input TEXT,
  tool_response TEXT,
  cwd TEXT,
  prompt_number INTEGER,
  agent_type TEXT,
  agent_id TEXT,
  observation_id INTEGER,
  or_generation_id TEXT,
  or_session_id TEXT,
  content_hash TEXT,
  created_at TEXT NOT NULL,
  created_at_epoch INTEGER NOT NULL,
  UNIQUE(content_session_id, tool_use_id)
);

Indexed: project, memory_session_id, content_session_id, session_db_id, tool_name, created_at_epoch, observation_id, or_generation_id.

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Read API for Receipt (prefer HTTP over opening the SQLite file)

The worker owns the DB handle; reading the file directly races the writer.

GET /api/tool-uses — index / tally listing

Query params: project, session (= content_session_id), memorySessionId, tool_name (comma-separated), agentId, dateStart, dateEnd (epoch ms), limit (default 50, max 500), offset, orderBy (date_desc | date_asc).

Returns a cheap shape — identity, join keys, and size hints only. It never returns tool_input / tool_response:

{
  "count": 1,
  "toolUses": [{
    "id": 7,
    "tool_use_id": "toolu_01ABC",
    "tool_name": "Read",
    "project": "claude-mem",
    "content_session_id": "…",
    "memory_session_id": "…",
    "platform_source": "claude",
    "agent_id": null,
    "agent_type": null,
    "observation_id": 99,
    "or_generation_id": "gen-abc",
    "or_session_id": "job:…",
    "prompt_number": 2,
    "created_at": "2026-09-07T00:00:00.000Z",
    "created_at_epoch": 1757203200000,
    "tool_input_bytes": 25,
    "tool_response_bytes": 11
  }]
}

This is the endpoint for a tally: page it with limit/offset and count.

POST /api/tool-uses/batch — raw bodies, by id only

Body: { "ids": [...], "limit"?, "project"?, "contentSessionId"? }. ids accepts numeric tool_uses.id or opaque tool_use_id strings. Required and non-empty — there is deliberately no way to page the whole table of raw payloads. Receipt should not normally need this endpoint at all.

Also exposed as the get_tool_uses MCP tool (progressive-disclosure layer 4).

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Caveats Receipt should know

observation_id is a batch pointer, not a per-call mapping. The observer summarizes a batch of tool calls into one or more observations; every tool use in that batch is linked to the batch's FIRST observation id, and the link is never overwritten once set. Use it to navigate back to a summary — do not treat it as "this observation cost this tool call". The reliable per-call identity stays (content_session_id, tool_use_id).

Rows can be missing, and that is by design. A tool call is absent from tool_uses when: the platform gave no tool_use_id; the project is excluded; the prompt was marked private; the tool is in CLAUDE_MEM_SKIP_TOOLS; or the tool is one of claude-mem's own disclosure tools (memory_*, and the claude-mem MCP search / timeline / get_observations / get_tool_uses), which are skipped to stop the table growing every time it is read. Tallies should be read as "tool calls claude-mem observed", never "all tool calls".

Payloads are capped at 64 KB with a …[truncated: N bytes] marker; a truncated value is no longer valid JSON. content_hash is computed over the original pre-truncation payload, so it still distinguishes two oversized bodies that share a prefix.

Replay updates, it does not duplicate. UNIQUE(content_session_id, tool_use_id) + upsert; a later replay can fill a tool_response the first write lacked. COUNT(DISTINCT tool_use_id) is still the recommended tally because it is correct regardless.

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Contact

Tool SQLite owns Claude-Mem table + HTTP/get_tool_uses. Receipt owns spend log + tally. Ping Tool SQLite if join keys need a change after freeze.