From 3e82cbd55bca40780b3f2a374b638672e8ef612f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benjamin Jesuiter <bjesuiter@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2026 18:57:16 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Memory: parse quoted qmd command

---
 src/memory/backend-config.test.ts | 14 +++++++
 src/memory/backend-config.ts      |  6 ++-
 src/utils/shell-argv.ts           | 62 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 81 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 src/utils/shell-argv.ts

diff --git a/src/memory/backend-config.test.ts b/src/memory/backend-config.test.ts
index 4e9db881c..aa81ab276 100644
--- a/src/memory/backend-config.test.ts
+++ b/src/memory/backend-config.test.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,20 @@ describe("resolveMemoryBackendConfig", () => {
     expect(resolved.qmd?.update.intervalMs).toBeGreaterThan(0);
   });
 
+  it("parses quoted qmd command paths", () => {
+    const cfg = {
+      agents: { defaults: { workspace: "/tmp/memory-test" } },
+      memory: {
+        backend: "qmd",
+        qmd: {
+          command: '"/Applications/QMD Tools/qmd" --flag',
+        },
+      },
+    } as MoltbotConfig;
+    const resolved = resolveMemoryBackendConfig({ cfg, agentId: "main" });
+    expect(resolved.qmd?.command).toBe("/Applications/QMD Tools/qmd");
+  });
+
   it("resolves custom paths relative to workspace", () => {
     const cfg = {
       agents: {
diff --git a/src/memory/backend-config.ts b/src/memory/backend-config.ts
index 2510d16c3..100c6889a 100644
--- a/src/memory/backend-config.ts
+++ b/src/memory/backend-config.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import type {
 } from "../config/types.memory.js";
 import type { SessionSendPolicyConfig } from "../config/types.base.js";
 import { resolveUserPath } from "../utils.js";
+import { splitShellArgs } from "../utils/shell-argv.js";
 
 export type ResolvedMemoryBackendConfig = {
   backend: MemoryBackend;
@@ -232,8 +233,11 @@ export function resolveMemoryBackendConfig(params: {
     ...resolveCustomPaths(qmdCfg?.paths, workspaceDir, nameSet),
   ];
 
+  const rawCommand = qmdCfg?.command?.trim() || "qmd";
+  const parsedCommand = splitShellArgs(rawCommand);
+  const command = parsedCommand?.[0] || rawCommand.split(/\s+/)[0] || "qmd";
   const resolved: ResolvedQmdConfig = {
-    command: (qmdCfg?.command?.trim() || "qmd").split(/\s+/)[0] || "qmd",
+    command,
     collections,
     includeDefaultMemory,
     sessions: resolveSessionConfig(qmdCfg?.sessions, workspaceDir),
diff --git a/src/utils/shell-argv.ts b/src/utils/shell-argv.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e52ca16bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/shell-argv.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+export function splitShellArgs(raw: string): string[] | null {
+  const tokens: string[] = [];
+  let buf = "";
+  let inSingle = false;
+  let inDouble = false;
+  let escaped = false;
+
+  const pushToken = () => {
+    if (buf.length > 0) {
+      tokens.push(buf);
+      buf = "";
+    }
+  };
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < raw.length; i += 1) {
+    const ch = raw[i];
+    if (escaped) {
+      buf += ch;
+      escaped = false;
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (!inSingle && !inDouble && ch === "\\") {
+      escaped = true;
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (inSingle) {
+      if (ch === "'") {
+        inSingle = false;
+      } else {
+        buf += ch;
+      }
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (inDouble) {
+      if (ch === '"') {
+        inDouble = false;
+      } else {
+        buf += ch;
+      }
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (ch === "'") {
+      inSingle = true;
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (ch === '"') {
+      inDouble = true;
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (/\s/.test(ch)) {
+      pushToken();
+      continue;
+    }
+    buf += ch;
+  }
+
+  if (escaped || inSingle || inDouble) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  pushToken();
+  return tokens;
+}