fix: lower neocortex input word guard to 3 to support short statements

app/services/neocortex.py

@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@ def extract_and_store_knowledge(text: str, user_id: str = "default_user"):
     
     clean = _clean_text(text)
 
-    # Need at least a few words to extract anything meaningful
-    if len(clean.split()) < 5:
+    # Need at least 3 words to extract a relationship (e.g., "I like apples")
+    if len(clean.split()) < 3:
         print(f"Neocortex: Input too short ({len(clean.split())} words), skipping.")
         return 0
 

scratch/test_neocortex_logic.py

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import sys
+import os
+import json
+import asyncio
+
+# Add project root to path
+sys.path.append(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
+
+# Set dummy env vars for import if needed
+os.environ["GROQ_API_KEY"] = "dummy"
+
+from app.services.neocortex import extract_and_store_knowledge
+
+# Test direct extraction (mocking settings/groq if needed, but let's see what happens)
+async def main():
+    print("Testing neocortex on clean input...")
+    # Let's inspect what happens with some inputs
+    test_inputs = [
+        "I live in Delhi",
+        "My dog Baxter loves tennis balls",
+        "I like cricket",
+        "hello",
+    ]
+    for inp in test_inputs:
+        print(f"\nInput: '{inp}'")
+        # Since we might not have settings loaded properly in scratch script without proper env,
+        # let's just inspect neocortex logic or run it if credentials are set.
+        try:
+            # We can view what neocortex does
+            pass
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(f"Error: {e}")
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    asyncio.run(main())