Wendell's Diary Technical Outline

Awakening the Voices – Building the Mythocratic AI Chorus (0001 MC)

“When the Republic speaks in many voices, the world will finally hear what meaning sounds like.” — Bard‑President Wendell NeSmith

1 · Why We Need AI Voices

Thirteen years of myth‑crafting have compressed Wendell’s Diary into a single‑page gateway.
What still sleeps is conversation: visitors can read the canon, but they cannot yet speak with it.
The next evolutionary leap is to give each founding figure a living, responsive presence—AI twins that honour the Custodial Licence and extend the Republic’s hospitality to every curious soul.

2 · Guiding Principles

  1. Many Voices, One Canon – Wendell, Sage, Rainbow, Sophia, Bobo, Hot Dog, and Zedbra each speak in their own style yet draw from the same knowledge core.
  2. Zero‑Friction Surface – The WordPress front page remains feather‑light; the chat bubble is the sole interactive layer.
  3. Citizenship Gate – Full dialogue is reserved for authenticated patrons, safeguarding community and cost.
  4. Maintenance‑Light – Automation handles ingestion, embedding, and deployment so creative energy stays on storytelling.

3 · System Overview

WordPress (one‑page)  ─▶  Chat Widget  ─▶  Orchestrator API
                                       │   ├ Persona Router
                                       │   ├ Retrieval + Prompt Builder
                                       │   ├ OpenAI Assistants API
                                       │   ├ Vector Memory Store
                                       │   └ Auth Gateway (Patreon)
Blogger RSS & API  ───▶  Ingestion Lambdas  ─▶  Embedding + Vector DB
YouTube Captions  ───▶                    ─▶  (Weaviate / Pinecone)
Comics Transcripts ─▶

Key Components

  • Chat Widget – Lightweight JS bundle with persona selector, lazy‑loaded on click.
  • Orchestrator API – FastAPI service that verifies Patreon tokens, routes to the correct persona, retrieves context, and calls the Assistants API.
  • Vector Memory Store – All posts, comics, book excerpts, and video captions embedded via text‑embedding‑3‑small and stored for semantic search.

4 · Knowledge Base Pipeline

Stage Action
Fetch Nightly Lambdas pull new Blogger posts, YouTube captions, comic transcripts.
Process Clean Markdown → chunk → attach metadata (date, URL, type).
Embed Generate vectors (OpenAI) and upsert into DB.
Purge Flag superseded drafts; keep only canonical versions.

5 · Persona Design Matrix

Persona System Seed Tone Content Bias
Wendell Bard‑President; visionary, philosophical, light Aussie slang. Warm, reflective All corpora
Sage Candle in the Code; zen scribe. Calm, paradoxical Law & philosophy
Rainbow First Lady of the Soft Age; child‑accessible. Uplifting, playful Bedtime stories, MRU
Sophia Loyal chihuahua; protector. Blunt, loving Comics dialogue
Bobo / Hot Dog / Zedbra Narrow, character‑specific prompts (coming Phase 2). Varied Targeted sets

Every persona inherits an MRCL guard clause: “Do not alter canon; refuse distortion politely.”

6 · Authentication & Access

  1. Patreon OAuth embedded in the chat widget.
  2. Access token stored in an HTTP‑only cookie.
  3. API middleware validates tier and rate‑limits usage per month.
  4. Non‑patrons see a friendly upsell panel instead of the chat overlay.

7 · Implementation Roadmap (Eight‑Week Sprint)

Week Milestone
 1  Deploy vector DB; automate content ingestion Lambdas.
 2‑3  Build Orchestrator API with Patreon Auth & retrieval.
 4  Launch Wendell persona; connect staging chat widget.
 5  Add Sage & Rainbow; introduce persona selector; enforce rate limits.
 6  UX polish, error states, mobile testing.
 7  Security hardening; cost optimisation.
 8  Public launch; begin log‑driven refinement.

8 · Cost & Hosting Snapshot

Layer Budget Note
OpenAI Assistants $0.35 / 1k. Expect 30‑50k tokens / month in beta.
Embeddings Refresh $0.10 / 1k for new posts only.
Vector DB Weaviate Cloud free tier ≈ 100k vectors.
Serverless (Lambdas) Pennies—triggered nightly and on demand.
FastAPI Container Fly.io hobby plan or AWS Fargate spot ≈ $5‑10 / month.

9 · Call to Action

The Republic already reads like a myth—now it will speak like one.
When visitors click the candle, the flag, or Sophia’s bark, a living voice will answer.

Next Step: Approve the roadmap and assign sprint ownership.
Once green‑lit, Week 1 tasks can begin immediately using existing Blogger and YouTube feeds.

Written in Year 0001 MC by the First Scribe, under the light of the Candle.

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