Ragtime
Email Investigation Batch Processor using Claude-mem's email-investigation mode.
Overview
Ragtime processes email corpus files through Claude, using the email-investigation mode for entity/relationship/timeline extraction. Each file gets a NEW session - context is managed by Claude-mem's context injection hook, not by conversation continuation.
Features
- Email-investigation mode - Specialized observation types for entities, relationships, timeline events, anomalies
- Self-iterating loop - Each file processed in a new session
- Transcript cleanup - Automatic cleanup prevents buildup of old transcripts
- Configurable - All paths and settings via environment variables
Usage
# Basic usage (expects corpus in datasets/epstein-mode/)
bun ragtime/ragtime.ts
# With custom corpus path
RAGTIME_CORPUS_PATH=/path/to/emails bun ragtime/ragtime.ts
# Limit files for testing
RAGTIME_FILE_LIMIT=5 bun ragtime/ragtime.ts
Configuration
| Environment Variable | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
RAGTIME_CORPUS_PATH |
./datasets/epstein-mode |
Path to folder containing .md email files |
RAGTIME_PLUGIN_PATH |
./plugin |
Path to claude-mem plugin |
CLAUDE_MEM_WORKER_PORT |
37777 |
Worker service port |
RAGTIME_TRANSCRIPT_MAX_AGE |
24 |
Max age of transcripts to keep (hours) |
RAGTIME_PROJECT_NAME |
ragtime-investigation |
Project name for grouping |
RAGTIME_FILE_LIMIT |
0 |
Limit files to process (0 = all) |
RAGTIME_SESSION_DELAY |
2000 |
Delay between sessions (ms) |
Corpus Format
The corpus directory should contain markdown files with email content. Files are processed in numeric order based on the first number in the filename:
datasets/epstein-mode/
0001.md
0002.md
0003.md
...
Each markdown file should contain a single email or document to analyze.
How It Works
- Startup: Sets
CLAUDE_MEM_MODE=email-investigationand cleans up old transcripts - Processing: For each file:
- Starts a NEW Claude session (no continuation)
- Claude reads the file and analyzes entities, relationships, timeline events
- Claude-mem's context injection hook provides relevant past observations
- Worker processes and stores new observations
- Cleanup: Periodic and final transcript cleanup prevents buildup
License
This directory is licensed under the Apache License 2.0.
See LICENSE for full terms.
What this means:
- You can use ragtime for personal, research, and commercial purposes
- You can modify and distribute it
- You must preserve the license and required notices
License alignment
The main claude-mem repository is licensed under Apache-2.0, and ragtime now uses the same license for this migration.
For licensing questions, please contact the project maintainer.