self-review 2026-07-24: wire embedding cosine similarity into activation (bl-b2d1c944)

Semantic activation was spec-only since 2026-06-30 — the seed loop used
istr_contains and nothing else. Per the 07-21 integration brief:

- EngramNode gains a lazily-backfilled nomic-embed-text vector (8/call
  inside engram_activate, newest-first; no create-path latency, no bulk
  Ollama hammering during sync seeds)
- query embedding (cached) drives a top-K cosine seed supplement
  (HippoRAG use-similarity-twice) plus an additive WM term with
  shift-and-floor at 0.45 — raw cosine is a constant bias in anisotropic
  spaces (unrelated pairs read 0.4-0.7), floor-and-ramp makes it a signal
- 4s embed timeout (http_do_t) + 3-strike circuit breaker: activation
  never wedges on a dead embedder; everything degrades to lexical
- embeddings persist as %.4g comma lists in snapshots, parsed by both
  loaders; embedded_count in /api/stats tracks coverage
- engram_cosine_sim + http_delete_json exposed (DELETE now carries a
  body — the server's _auth scheme requires it)
- route_create_node honored only content/node_type/salience; label,
  importance, tier, tags were silently dropped (label defaulted to
  content). Now honored via engram_node_full.

Verified live: embedded_count 0->96 across activations, semantic-only
promotion observed (zero token overlap), snapshot round-trip intact.

engram/src/server.el

@@ -105,13 +105,30 @@ fn persist_canonical() -> Int {
     return 1
 }
 
+// INCOMPLETE-ROUTE FIX (2026-07-24 self-review): this route silently dropped
+// label, importance, tier, and tags — engram_node() defaults label to content
+// and importance to 0.5, so every node created over HTTP lost its metadata.
+// Observed live: the soul's boot-counter write-back landed with
+// label="soul:boot_count:99" (content), importance 0.5, no tags. Honor the
+// full field set via engram_node_full when any of them is supplied.
 fn route_create_node(method: String, path: String, body: String) -> String {
     let content: String = json_get_string(body, "content")
     let nt_raw: String = json_get_string(body, "node_type")
     let node_type: String = if str_eq(nt_raw, "") { "Memory" } else { nt_raw }
     let sal_raw: Float = json_get_float(body, "salience")
     let salience: Float = if sal_raw == 0.0 { 0.5 } else { sal_raw }
-    let id: String = engram_node(content, node_type, salience)
+    let label_raw: String = json_get_string(body, "label")
+    let label: String = if str_eq(label_raw, "") { content } else { label_raw }
+    let imp_raw: Float = json_get_float(body, "importance")
+    let importance: Float = if imp_raw == 0.0 { 0.5 } else { imp_raw }
+    let tier_raw: String = json_get_string(body, "tier")
+    let tier: String = if str_eq(tier_raw, "") { "Working" } else { tier_raw }
+    let tags: String = json_get_string(body, "tags")
+    let id: String = engram_node_full(
+        content, node_type, label,
+        el_from_float(salience), el_from_float(importance), el_from_float(1.0),
+        tier, tags
+    )
     let saved: Int = persist_canonical()
     "{\"id\":\"" + id + "\",\"content\":\"" + content + "\",\"node_type\":\"" + node_type + "\"}"
 }