Repository navigation
Line-range header says "including frontmatter" for plain text files #1976
Description
Found in the 1.0 live MCP test.
What happens
bm_read(identifier="files/app.log.txt", start_line=10, end_line=12) returns:
Lines 10-12 of 30 (document, including frontmatter); next: start_line=13, end_line=15
A .txt file has no frontmatter, so the parenthetical is wrong for it. The text comes from src/basic_memory/markdown/line_scanning.py:79 and the token-budget variant at src/basic_memory/mcp/tools/read.py:212, both written for Markdown notes before #1960 let bm_read slice text files.
Fix
Say "(including frontmatter)" only for Markdown notes; plain text files get Lines 10-12 of 30.
🤖 Generated with Claude Code
Activity
claude commentedon Oct 29, 2026
Claude finished @phernandez's task in 13s —— View job
Triage
bm_readline-range slicing, plus the shared helper inmarkdown/line_scanning.py). No Cloud involvement..txtand Markdown.The issue already has clear repro steps and a proposed fix, so I have no questions. Per triage scope, I haven't made any code changes.