Make memory provider pluggable (MemPalace) and add bundle script

[mandarab76]

Motivation

• Allow switching the memory backend at runtime via a configuration setting (MEMORY_PROVIDER) so deployments can opt into the new MemPalace provider without changing agent code.
• Provide an easy way to package and install the MemPalace backend changes via a portable zip bundle (scripts/mempalace_bundle.sh).

Description

• Add MEMORY_PROVIDER to AppConfig with default value cosmos and load it from environment variables.
• Introduce a memory provider factory context/memory_provider.py with create_memory_context(session_id, user_id) that returns either CosmosMemoryContext or MemPalaceMemoryContext based on MEMORY_PROVIDER.
• Add a context/mempalace_memory_kernel.py stub that subclasses CosmosMemoryContext to represent the MemPalace provider implementation.
• Update codepaths in kernel_agents/agent_factory.py and utils_kernel.py to use create_memory_context instead of constructing CosmosMemoryContext directly.
• Add scripts/mempalace_bundle.sh to create and install a zip bundle containing the MemPalace backend files and document usage in src/backend/README.md.

Testing

• No automated tests were run for this change.

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Repository Profile

Attribute	Value
Language	Python
Framework	Not detected
Commit Convention	freeform
Test Directory	separate

Changed Files (7)

Metric	Value
Files changed	7
Additions	124
Deletions	3

Top hotspots

Path	Status	+/-
scripts/mempalace_bundle.sh	added	+73 / -0
src/backend/context/memory_provider.py	added	+19 / -0
src/backend/README.md	modified	+14 / -1
src/backend/context/mempalace_memory_kernel.py	added	+13 / -0
src/backend/kernel_agents/agent_factory.py	modified	+2 / -1

Top directories

Directory	Files	Total changes
scripts	1	73
src/backend/context	2	32
src/backend	3	19
src/backend/kernel_agents	1	3

Likely Future Issues (1)

Severity	Signal	Why it may show up
HIGH	Regression coverage may lag behind the diff	7 generic code paths changed; 0 test files changed

• Regression coverage may lag behind the diff: The PR changes multiple code paths but does not touch any obvious test files.

Suggested Follow-up Work (1)

Type	Suggested title	Targets
PR	test: add regression coverage for scripts/mempalace_bundle.sh + src/backend/README.md	scripts/mempalace_bundle.sh, src/backend/README.md

• test: add regression coverage for scripts/mempalace_bundle.sh + src/backend/README.md: Backfill regression coverage before another change set lands on the touched code paths.

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test: add regression coverage for scripts/mempalace_bundle.sh + src/backend/README.md

## Summary
- Add regression coverage for the recently touched code paths before more changes stack on top.

## Why
- Backfill regression coverage before another change set lands on the touched code paths.

## Touched paths
- `scripts/mempalace_bundle.sh`
- `src/backend/README.md`

## Validation
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- Run the affected test suite and verify the new coverage closes the gap.

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