Database Schema Overview

This page is the curated narrative view of the wiki-server PostgreSQL schema — the most important tables, their purpose, key relationships, and migration history, organized into domains. It is hand-maintained and intentionally selective; it does not cover every table.

For the complete, always-current inventory — every table, every column, and every foreign key, generated directly from schema.ts — see Database Schema Reference. That page is regenerated by pnpm crux generate db-schema-docs and a validation gate fails if it drifts from the schema, so it is the authoritative source for exact counts and structure. (As of the latest generation the schema has well over 100 tables; this narrative covers a curated subset.)

Schema source of truth: apps/wiki-server/src/schema.ts (Drizzle ORM)

High-Level Architecture

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flowchart TD
  subgraph YAML["YAML Source Files"]
      YE["data/entities/*.yaml"]
      YR["data/resources/*.yaml"]
      YF["packages/factbase/data/fb-entities/*.yaml"]
      YFin["data/financial/*.yaml"]
  end
  subgraph MDX["Content"]
      Pages["content/docs/**/*.mdx"]
  end
  subgraph DB["PostgreSQL (wiki-server)"]
      direction TB
      Core["Core Content
(wiki_pages, entities,
resources, facts)"]
      Citations["Citation System
(citation_quotes, citation_content,
page_citations)"]
      Auto["Auto-Update
(runs, results,
news_items)"]
      Agent["Agent Tracking
(agent_sessions, active_agents,
events)"]
      Financial["Financial Data
(personnel, grants,
funding_rounds, investments,
equity, divisions,
funding_programs)"]
      Infra["Infrastructure
(jobs, groundskeeper_runs,
service_health_incidents)"]
  end
  YAML -->|build-data sync| Core
  MDX -->|build-data sync| Core
  Core --- Citations
  Core --- Auto
  Core --- Agent
  Core --- Financial
  Core --- Infra

Domain 1: Core Content

The foundational tables that mirror YAML/MDX source data into a queryable PostgreSQL store.

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erDiagram
  entity_ids {
      integer wiki_id PK
      text slug UK
      text description
      timestamp created_at
  }
  wiki_pages {
      text id PK
      text slug UK
      integer integer_id UK
      text title
      text description
      text category
      text subcategory
      text entity_type
      integer quality
      integer word_count
      text content_plaintext
      real recommended_score
      text search_vector "tsvector + GIN index"
      timestamp synced_at
  }
  entities {
      text id PK
      text wiki_id
      text entity_type
      text title
      text description
      jsonb tags
      jsonb related_entries
      jsonb sources
      timestamp synced_at
  }
  resources {
      text id PK
      text url UK
      text title
      text type
      jsonb authors
      jsonb tags
      text search_vector "tsvector + GIN index"
      text fetch_status "ok, dead, paywall, error"
      timestamptz last_fetched_at
  }
  facts {
      bigserial id PK
      text entity_id FK
      text fact_id
      text label
      text value
      real numeric
      text as_of
      text measure
      text subject FK
  }
  summaries {
      text entity_id PK "FK to entities"
      text entity_type
      text one_liner
      text summary
      text model
      timestamp generated_at
  }
  page_links {
      bigserial id PK
      integer source_id_int FK
      integer target_id_int FK
      text link_type
      text relationship
      real weight
  }
  entities ||--o{ facts : "has"
  entities ||--o| summaries : "has"
  entities ||--o{ facts : "subject of"
  wiki_pages ||--o{ page_links : "source"
  wiki_pages ||--o{ page_links : "target"

Key tables

Table	Rows (typical)	Purpose
wiki_pages	≈700	Mirror of MDX pages. Full-text searchable via GIN index on `search_vector`. Dual-ID system: text `id` (legacy) + `integer_id` (Phase 4a).
entities	≈600	Mirror of `data/entities/*.yaml`. Organizations, people, concepts, risks, etc.
resources	≈1,000	Mirror of `data/resources/*.yaml`. Papers, blog posts, reports — the source library. `fetch_status` tracks source availability (ok/dead/paywall/error).
facts	≈3,000	Mirror of KB YAML. Numeric/string facts with timeseries support via `measure` + `as_of`. Unique on `(entity_id, fact_id)`.
summaries	≈400	LLM-generated entity summaries. One per entity.
page_links	≈10,000	Directional knowledge graph. Link types: `yaml_related`, `entity_link`, `name_prefix`, `similarity`, `shared_tag`.
entity_ids	≈1,000	Central ID registry. Sequence-allocated. Used for stable E-prefixed URLs (e.g., `/wiki/E42`).

Phase 4a: Integer PK migration

Many tables have dual columns: page_id_old (TEXT, legacy) and page_id_int (INTEGER, new). The migration is in progress:

New writes go to both columns (dual-write)
Reads are migrating from old to new
Once reads are fully cut over, page_id_old columns will be dropped (Phase D2b)

Domain 2: Citation & Verification System

Tracks footnote citations, fetched source content, accuracy verification, and hallucination risk scoring.

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erDiagram
  wiki_pages ||--o{ citation_quotes : "has"
  wiki_pages ||--o{ page_citations : "has"
  wiki_pages ||--o{ citation_accuracy_snapshots : "scored by"
  wiki_pages ||--o{ hallucination_risk_snapshots : "assessed by"
  resources ||--o{ citation_quotes : "sourced from"
  resources ||--o{ page_citations : "linked to"
  resources ||--o| citation_content : "fetched as"
  resources ||--o{ resource_citations : "cited on"
  wiki_pages ||--o{ resource_citations : "uses"
  citation_quotes {
      bigserial id PK
      text page_id_old FK
      integer footnote
      text url
      text resource_id FK
      text claim_text
      text source_quote
      boolean quote_verified
      text accuracy_verdict
      real accuracy_score
  }
  citation_content {
      text url PK
      text resource_id
      integer http_status
      text page_title
      text full_text
      text content_hash
  }
  citation_accuracy_snapshots {
      bigserial id PK
      text page_id_old FK
      integer total_citations
      integer checked_citations
      integer accurate_count
      real average_score
      timestamp snapshot_at
  }
  page_citations {
      bigserial id PK
      varchar reference_id UK
      text page_id_old FK
      varchar title
      varchar url
      text resource_id FK
  }
  hallucination_risk_snapshots {
      bigserial id PK
      text page_id_old FK
      integer score
      text level
      jsonb factors
      timestamp computed_at
  }
  resource_citations {
      text resource_id PK "FK to resources"
      text page_id_old PK "FK to wiki_pages"
  }

Key tables

Table	Purpose
citation_quotes	Per-footnote citation data with LLM verification. `accuracy_verdict`: accurate, minor_issues, inaccurate, unsupported, not_verifiable. Unique on `(page_id, footnote)`.
citation_content	Cached fetched HTML/text from source URLs. Keyed by URL.
citation_accuracy_snapshots	Point-in-time page-level citation health aggregations.
page_citations	Regular (non-claim) footnote citations. `reference_id` shared namespace with legacy claim references.
hallucination_risk_snapshots	LLM-assessed hallucination risk per page. Score 0–100, level: low/medium/high.
resource_citations	Many-to-many join: which resources are cited on which pages.

Domain 3: KB Fact Verification

Unified verification system for all record types (facts, grants, personnel, divisions, etc.). See discussion #2950.

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erDiagram
  source_check_verdicts {
      text record_type PK
      text record_id PK
      text field_name
      text entity_id
      text verdict
      real confidence
      text reasoning
      integer sources_checked
      boolean needs_recheck
  }
  source_check_evidence {
      bigserial id PK
      text record_type
      text record_id
      text field_name
      text entity_id
      text resource_id FK
      text source_url
      text verdict
      real confidence
      text extracted_value
      text extracted_quote
      text checker_model
      boolean is_primary_source
  }
  resources ||--o{ source_check_evidence : "checked against"
  source_check_verdicts ||--o{ source_check_evidence : "derived from"

The sourcing system has two layers:

Evidence (source_check_evidence): One row per source-claim check. Records what the LLM found. Supports row-level (field_name = NULL) and cell-level (field_name = column name) verification.
Verdicts (source_check_verdicts): One row per claim. Aggregated verdict derived from all evidence rows. Verdict options: confirmed, contradicted, unverifiable, outdated, partial, unchecked.

Domain 4: Auto-Update System

Daily automated content updates driven by RSS feeds and web searches.

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erDiagram
  auto_update_runs ||--o{ auto_update_results : "produces"
  auto_update_runs ||--o{ auto_update_news_items : "discovers"
  wiki_pages ||--o{ auto_update_results : "updated by"
  wiki_pages ||--o{ auto_update_news_items : "routed to"
  auto_update_runs {
      bigserial id PK
      date date
      text trigger
      real budget_limit
      real budget_spent
      integer items_fetched
      integer pages_updated
  }
  auto_update_results {
      bigserial id PK
      bigint run_id FK
      text page_id_old FK
      text status
      text tier
      integer duration_ms
  }
  auto_update_news_items {
      bigserial id PK
      bigint run_id FK
      text title
      text url
      text source_id
      integer relevance_score
      text routed_to_page_id_old FK
      text routed_tier
  }

Pipeline flow: Fetch sources → Score relevance → Route to pages → Run improve pipeline → Record results

Domain 5: Agent & Session Tracking

Coordinates concurrent Claude Code agents and records session history.

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erDiagram
  active_agents ||--o{ agent_session_events : "logs"
  agent_sessions ||--o{ agent_session_pages : "modified"
  wiki_pages ||--o{ agent_session_pages : "changed by"
  sessions ||--o{ session_pages : "modified"
  wiki_pages ||--o{ session_pages : "changed by"
  active_agents {
      bigserial id PK
      text session_id UK
      text branch
      text task
      text status
      text current_step
      integer issue_number
      jsonb files_touched
      timestamp heartbeat_at
  }
  agent_session_events {
      bigserial id PK
      bigint agent_id FK
      text event_type
      text message
      jsonb metadata
      timestamp timestamp
  }
  agent_sessions {
      bigserial id PK
      text branch
      text task
      text session_type
      integer issue_number
      text checklist_md
      text pr_url
      text pr_outcome
      text status
      date date
      text title
      integer cost_cents
  }
  agent_session_pages {
      bigint agent_session_id PK "FK to agent_sessions"
      text page_id PK "FK to wiki_pages"
  }
  sessions {
      bigserial id PK
      date date
      text branch
      text title
      text model
      integer cost_cents
      text pr_url
  }
  session_pages {
      bigint session_id PK "FK to sessions"
      text page_id_old PK "FK to wiki_pages"
  }

Key tables

Table	Purpose
active_agents	Live agent coordination. Heartbeat-based stale detection (>30 min). Status: active, completed, errored, stale.
agent_session_events	Audit trail timeline. Event types: registered, checklist_check, status_update, error, note, completed.
agent_sessions	Full session lifecycle. Stores checklist, PR outcome, cost, duration, and session log fields.
sessions	Legacy session log (being superseded by `agent_sessions`).

Domain 6: Financial Data

Structured financial records for AI companies and organizations — funding, personnel, equity.

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  personnel {
      varchar id PK "10-char"
      text person_id
      text organization_id
      text role
      text role_type
      text start_date
      text end_date
      boolean is_founder
  }
  grants {
      varchar id PK "10-char"
      text organization_id
      text grantee_id
      text name
      numeric amount
      text currency
      text status
  }
  funding_rounds {
      varchar id PK "10-char"
      text company_id
      text name
      text date
      numeric raised
      numeric valuation
      text instrument
      text lead_investor
  }
  investments {
      varchar id PK "10-char"
      text company_id
      text investor_id
      text round_name
      numeric amount
      text stake_acquired
      text role
  }
  equity_positions {
      varchar id PK "10-char"
      text company_id
      text holder_id
      text stake
      text as_of
      text valid_end
  }
  divisions {
      varchar id PK "10-char"
      text slug UK
      text parent_org_id
      text name
      text division_type
      text lead
      text status
      text start_date
      text end_date
      text website
  }
  division_personnel {
      varchar id PK "10-char"
      text division_id FK
      text person_id
      text role
      text start_date
      text end_date
  }
  funding_programs {
      varchar id PK "10-char"
      text org_id
      text division_id FK
      text name
      text program_type
      numeric total_budget
      text currency
      text application_url
      text deadline
      text status
  }
  divisions ||--o{ division_personnel : "has staff"
  divisions ||--o{ funding_programs : "runs"

Design notes

NUMERIC type for amounts (not FLOAT) — preserves exact financial values
TEXT references for person/org IDs — supports both entity IDs and display names for non-entity records (e.g., "D. E. Shaw Research")
10-char VARCHAR primary keys — stable IDs allocated from entity_ids sequence
Temporal support: start_date/end_date for personnel and division_personnel, as_of/valid_end for equity positions
Divisions model org sub-units (funds, teams, departments, labs, program areas) and link to personnel and funding programs

Domain 7: Infrastructure

Background job processing, maintenance tracking, and incident monitoring.

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  jobs {
      bigserial id PK
      text type
      text status
      jsonb params
      jsonb result
      integer priority
      integer retries
      text worker_id
  }
  groundskeeper_runs {
      bigserial id PK
      text task_name
      text event
      boolean success
      integer duration_ms
      integer consecutive_failures
      boolean circuit_breaker_active
  }
  service_health_incidents {
      bigserial id PK
      text service
      text severity
      text status
      text title
      timestamp detected_at
      timestamp resolved_at
      integer github_issue_number
  }
  properties {
      text id PK
      text label
      text category
      text value_type
      text default_unit
      text staleness_cadence
  }

Key tables

Table	Purpose
jobs	Background task queue. Workers claim via `SELECT ... FOR UPDATE SKIP LOCKED`. Status: pending → claimed → running → completed/failed.
groundskeeper_runs	Maintenance daemon execution history. Circuit breaker pattern: tracks consecutive failures.
service_health_incidents	Infrastructure outage tracking. Severity: critical/high/medium/low. Status: open → investigating → resolved.
properties	Controlled vocabulary for structured data. Defines attributes like "valuation", "headcount", "ceo". Referenced by the (now archived) statements system.

Archived Tables

Seven tables were archived in migration 0065 (March 2026). They are renamed to _archived_* and kept for backward-compatible FK references but are no longer written to.

Archived Table	Original Purpose	Replacement
`_archived_claims`	Extracted factual claims	FactBase facts system (`packages/factbase/data/fb-entities/`)
`_archived_claim_sources`	Per-claim resource linking	KB fact resource verifications
`_archived_claim_page_references`	Claim-to-page mapping	Page citations + KB components
`_archived_statements`	Typed structured/attributed facts	KB facts YAML + `facts` table
`_archived_statement_citations`	Statement resource linking	KB fact resource verifications
`_archived_statement_page_references`	Statement-to-page mapping	Page citations
`_archived_entity_coverage_scores`	Entity quality snapshots	KB-level quality metrics

Full Relationship Map

This diagram shows all active foreign key relationships in the database.

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flowchart LR
  subgraph Core
      WP[wiki_pages]
      ENT[entities]
      RES[resources]
      EID[entity_ids]
  end
  subgraph Content
      CQ[citation_quotes]
      CC[citation_content]
      CAS[citation_accuracy_snapshots]
      HRS[hallucination_risk_snapshots]
      PC[page_citations]
      RC[resource_citations]
      EL[edit_logs]
      PL[page_links]
      F[facts]
      SUM[summaries]
      PIR[page_improve_runs]
  end
  subgraph AutoUpdate
      AUR[auto_update_runs]
      AURES[auto_update_results]
      AUNI[auto_update_news_items]
  end
  subgraph Agents
      AA[active_agents]
      AS[agent_sessions]
      ASP[agent_session_pages]
      ASE[agent_session_events]
      SESS[sessions]
      SP[session_pages]
  end
  subgraph Finance
      PER[personnel]
      GR[grants]
      FR[funding_rounds]
      INV[investments]
      EP[equity_positions]
      DIV[divisions]
      DP[division_personnel]
      FP[funding_programs]
  end
  subgraph Source-Check
      VE[source_check_evidence]
      VV[source_check_verdicts]
  end
  subgraph Infra
      JOBS[jobs]
      GKR[groundskeeper_runs]
      SHI[service_health_incidents]
      PROP[properties]
  end
  WP --> CQ
  WP --> CAS
  WP --> HRS
  WP --> EL
  WP --> PC
  WP --> RC
  WP --> PL
  WP --> AURES
  WP --> AUNI
  WP --> PIR
  WP --> ASP
  WP --> SP
  ENT --> F
  ENT --> SUM
  RES --> CQ
  RES --> RC
  RES --> PC
  RES --> VE
  AUR --> AURES
  AUR --> AUNI
  AA --> ASE
  AS --> ASP
  SESS --> SP
  DIV --> DP
  DIV --> FP

Connection Architecture

Application Pool:  max 10 connections, statement_timeout: 30s
Migration Pool:    max 1 connection, statement_timeout: unlimited, lock_timeout: 60s

DATABASE_URL → application queries
DATABASE_MIGRATION_URL → DDL migrations (falls back to DATABASE_URL)
Drizzle ORM for schema management, migrations run on server startup
78 migration files tracking schema evolution since project inception

Migration History

Phase	Migrations	Period	Key Changes
Phase 0	0000–0007	Initial	Entity, fact, claim, resource systems
Phase 1	0008–0014	—	Auto-update, performance tuning, page links
Phase 2	0015–0020	—	Entity data model, facts timeseries, jobs, agent sessions
Phase 3	0021–0045	—	Claims → statements unification, hallucination risk, health monitoring
Phase 4a	0046–0066	—	Integer PK migration (dual-write strategy), table archival
Phase 5	0067–0077	Current	KB verification, personnel, grants, funding, equity, investments, divisions, funding programs