feat: retrieval-only fallback + tier-aware history depth (P13d-3, closes P13d)

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P13d-3 — Low-tier retrieval-only fallback + tier-aware history depth + RAM co-residency

The final P13d slice — closes the flagship "Ask your library". Until now the feature hid entirely on low/ineligible tiers (the entry hard-required a generation model), even though retrieval (embedder + Cozo HNSW) works there. No schema change; no new deps.

1. Retrieval-only fallback

• AskEntryTile now shows whenever graphStore.isAvailable + the library is non-empty, routing by tier: capable → /ask (chat), low/ineligible → /ask/relevant (subtitle adapts to "Find the most relevant items").
• New RelevantItemsScreen (/ask/relevant): a query → semanticResultsProvider (embed → HNSW vector search → hydrate) → the most relevant items in the existing MediaGrid (tap → item). Fully ephemeral (no chats persisted), framed clearly ("this device shows relevant items rather than a written answer"), with an on-ramp to AI settings when Smart search isn't ready.

2. Tier-aware history depth

• Pure historyBudgetForTier(DeviceTier) (ask_chat.dart): low/mid → 1000, high → 3000 (replaces the d-1 default 1500).
• AskController.send reads activeDeviceTierProvider and passes historyCharBudget: historyBudgetForTier(tier) into each turn's retrieve(...) — a shallower window for memory-constrained mid devices.

3. RAM co-residency (carried from P12d-2)

• The mid-tier history reduction is the concrete RAM lever landed here; k: 30 / maxSources: 6 stay as modest secondary levers. Real-hardware co-residency (LLM + live HNSW index) is the APK spot-check in VERIFICATION. The two BACKLOG entries for this are marked resolved/verified at P13d-3.

Tests (CI; native generation/RAM is APK-verified)

• historyBudgetForTier truth table.
• AskController passes the tier-scaled budget (mid vs high) — FakeRagRetriever captures it; tier pinned via a fake ActiveDeviceTier.
• AskEntryTile: low tier (no model) → shows + targets /ask/relevant; capable → /ask; still hides when graph unavailable / library empty.
• RelevantItemsScreen: results render; empty → "No matching items"; not-ready → on-ramp.
• Full suite green (874 tests), dart format + flutter analyze clean.

Docs

• P13-PLAN.md — d-3 [~] + parent P13d flipped [x] (flagship complete).
• VERIFICATION.md — P13d-3: low-end retrieval-only flow; tier-aware depth; RAM co-residency on real low/mid hardware.
• BACKLOG.md — both RAM co-residency entries resolved; new note to decouple Ask from the semanticSearchEnabled opt-in (pre-existing, surfaced here).

Verification

• ✅ CI gates green locally (format · analyze · 874 tests).
• ⏳ APK spot-checks owed: retrieval-only fallback on a low-end device (offline, nothing persisted, on-ramp when not ready); generation + live HNSW index co-residency on real low/mid hardware (no OOM); tier-aware depth coherent.

This closes the flagship P13d. Next top-level slice is P13e (advanced graph analytics & viz), planned separately.

https://claude.ai/code/session_013JoYmLCosYt5tQ8qwdbL1T

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