Contracts (the shared language):
- percept / state / context / utterance / render / audio / capabilities
- Capability model instead of vendor schemas (see below)
Providers (capability-based abstraction):
- LLM + Embedding: OpenAI-compatible shape IS the standard, adopted directly
- ASR: internal contract is an event stream (partial -> final), because
/v1/audio/transcriptions has no partial and dialogue needs it for
endpointing. OpenAI adapter degrades to supports_partial=False.
- TTS: internal contract carries tags/emotion/style, because
/v1/audio/speech has no paralinguistics and [laughter]/[breath] are
the core of feeling alive. Unsupported providers are stripped AND
reported via Degradation -- silent degradation is forbidden.
- Avatar: no de-facto standard, custom RenderCmd protocol driven by State.
Core:
- mood: dynamical system, slow variables, negativity bias (grudge),
numbing after prolonged negativity
- bazi: four pillars -> numeric vector; 'ming' is data, not prose
- projection: phi, system event -> in-world statement; uncovered events
are counted as projection gaps
Storage:
- SQLite schema, three memory layers, dyad ledger
- accessibility floor 0.03 (not 0): forgettable but still there
Config split:
- models.yaml is the ONLY place model versions live
- character.yaml holds world rules / emotion params, no version numbers
58 tests pass; ruff clean.
