# Building Timmy: Technical Blueprint for Sovereign Creative AI

> **Source:** PDF attached to issue #891, "Building Timmy: a technical blueprint for sovereign
> creative AI" — generated by Kimi.ai, 16 pages, filed by Perplexity for Timmy's review.
> **Filed:** 2026-03-22 · **Reviewed:** 2026-03-23

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## Executive Summary

The blueprint establishes that a sovereign creative AI capable of coding, composing music,
generating art, building worlds, publishing narratives, and managing its own economy is
**technically feasible today** — but only through orchestration of dozens of tools operating
at different maturity levels. The core insight: *the integration is the invention*. No single
component is new; the missing piece is a coherent identity operating across all domains
simultaneously with persistent memory, autonomous economics, and cross-domain creative
reactions.

Three non-negotiable architectural decisions:
1. **Human oversight for all public-facing content** — every successful creative AI has this;
   every one that removed it failed.
2. **Legal entity before economic activity** — AI agents are not legal persons; establish
   structure before wealth accumulates (Truth Terminal cautionary tale: $20M acquired before
   a foundation was retroactively created).
3. **Hybrid memory: vector search + knowledge graph** — neither alone is sufficient for
   multi-domain context breadth.

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## Domain-by-Domain Assessment

### Software Development (immediately deployable)

| Component | Recommendation | Notes |
|-----------|----------------|-------|
| Primary agent | Claude Code (Opus 4.6, 77.2% SWE-bench) | Already in use |
| Self-hosted forge | Forgejo (MIT, 170–200MB RAM) | Project uses Gitea/Forgejo now |
| CI/CD | GitHub Actions-compatible via `act_runner` | — |
| Tool-making | LATM pattern: frontier model creates tools, cheaper model applies them | New — see ADR opportunity |
| Open-source fallback | OpenHands (~65% SWE-bench, Docker sandboxed) | Backup to Claude Code |
| Self-improvement | Darwin Gödel Machine / SICA patterns | 3–6 month investment |

**Development estimate:** 2–3 weeks for Forgejo + Claude Code integration with automated
PR workflows; 1–2 months for self-improving tool-making pipeline.

**Cross-reference:** This project already runs Claude Code agents on Forgejo. The LATM
pattern (tool registry) and self-improvement loop are the actionable gaps.

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### Music (1–4 weeks)

| Component | Recommendation | Notes |
|-----------|----------------|-------|
| Commercial vocals | Suno v5 API (~$0.03/song, $30/month Premier) | No official API; third-party: sunoapi.org, AIMLAPI, EvoLink |
| Local instrumental | MusicGen 1.5B (CC-BY-NC — monetization blocker) | On M2 Max: ~60s for 5s clip |
| Voice cloning | GPT-SoVITS v4 (MIT) | Works on Apple Silicon CPU, RTF 0.526 on M4 |
| Voice conversion | RVC (MIT, 5–10 min training audio) | — |
| Apple Silicon TTS | MLX-Audio: Kokoro 82M + Qwen3-TTS 0.6B | 4–5x faster via Metal |
| Publishing | Wavlake (90/10 split, Lightning micropayments) | Auto-syndicates to Fountain.fm |
| Nostr | NIP-94 (kind:1063) audio events → NIP-96 servers | — |

**Copyright reality:** US Copyright Office (Jan 2025) and US Court of Appeals (Mar 2025):
purely AI-generated music cannot be copyrighted and enters public domain. Wavlake's
Value4Value model works around this — fans pay for relationship, not exclusive rights.

**Avoid:** Udio (download disabled since Oct 2025, 2.4/5 Trustpilot).

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### Visual Art (1–3 weeks)

| Component | Recommendation | Notes |
|-----------|----------------|-------|
| Local generation | ComfyUI API at `127.0.0.1:8188` (programmatic control via WebSocket) | MLX extension: 50–70% faster |
| Speed | Draw Things (free, Mac App Store) | 3× faster than ComfyUI via Metal shaders |
| Quality frontier | Flux 2 (Nov 2025, 4MP, multi-reference) | SDXL needs 16GB+, Flux Dev 32GB+ |
| Character consistency | LoRA training (30 min, 15–30 references) + Flux.1 Kontext | Solved problem |
| Face consistency | IP-Adapter + FaceID (ComfyUI-IP-Adapter-Plus) | Training-free |
| Comics | Jenova AI ($20/month, 200+ page consistency) or LlamaGen AI (free) | — |
| Publishing | Blossom protocol (SHA-256 addressed, kind:10063) + Nostr NIP-94 | — |
| Physical | Printful REST API (200+ products, automated fulfillment) | — |

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### Writing / Narrative (1–4 weeks for pipeline; ongoing for quality)

| Component | Recommendation | Notes |
|-----------|----------------|-------|
| LLM | Claude Opus 4.5/4.6 (leads Mazur Writing Benchmark at 8.561) | Already in use |
| Context | 500K tokens (1M in beta) — entire novels fit | — |
| Architecture | Outline-first → RAG lore bible → chapter-by-chapter generation | Without outline: novels meander |
| Lore management | WorldAnvil Pro or custom LoreScribe (local RAG) | No tool achieves 100% consistency |
| Publishing (ebooks) | Pandoc → EPUB / KDP PDF | pandoc-novel template on GitHub |
| Publishing (print) | Lulu Press REST API (80% profit, global print network) | KDP: no official API, 3-book/day limit |
| Publishing (Nostr) | NIP-23 kind:30023 long-form events | Habla.news, YakiHonne, Stacker News |
| Podcasts | LLM script → TTS (ElevenLabs or local Kokoro/MLX-Audio) → feedgen RSS → Fountain.fm | Value4Value sats-per-minute |

**Key constraint:** AI-assisted (human directs, AI drafts) = 40% faster. Fully autonomous
without editing = "generic, soulless prose" and character drift by chapter 3 without explicit
memory.

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### World Building / Games (2 weeks–3 months depending on target)

| Component | Recommendation | Notes |
|-----------|----------------|-------|
| Algorithms | Wave Function Collapse, Perlin noise (FastNoiseLite in Godot 4), L-systems | All mature |
| Platform | Godot Engine + gd-agentic-skills (82+ skills, 26 genre blueprints) | Strong LLM/GDScript knowledge |
| Narrative design | Knowledge graph (world state) + LLM + quest template grammar | CHI 2023 validated |
| Quick win | Luanti/Minetest (Lua API, 2,800+ open mods for reference) | Immediately feasible |
| Medium effort | OpenMW content creation (omwaddon format engineering required) | 2–3 months |
| Future | Unity MCP (AI direct Unity Editor interaction) | Early-stage |

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### Identity Architecture (2 months)

The blueprint formalizes the **SOUL.md standard** (GitHub: aaronjmars/soul.md):

| File | Purpose |
|------|---------|
| `SOUL.md` | Who you are — identity, worldview, opinions |
| `STYLE.md` | How you write — voice, syntax, patterns |
| `SKILL.md` | Operating modes |
| `MEMORY.md` | Session continuity |

**Critical decision — static vs self-modifying identity:**
- Static Core Truths (version-controlled, human-approved changes only) ✓
- Self-modifying Learned Preferences (logged with rollback, monitored by guardian) ✓
- **Warning:** OpenClaw's "Soul Evolution" creates a security attack surface — Zenity Labs
  demonstrated a complete zero-click attack chain targeting SOUL.md files.

**Relevance to this repo:** Claude Code agents already use a `MEMORY.md` pattern in
this project. The SOUL.md stack is a natural extension.

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### Memory Architecture (2 months)

Hybrid vector + knowledge graph is the recommendation:

| Component | Tool | Notes |
|-----------|------|-------|
| Vector + KG combined | Mem0 (mem0.ai) | 26% accuracy improvement over OpenAI memory, 91% lower p95 latency, 90% token savings |
| Vector store | Qdrant (Rust, open-source) | High-throughput with metadata filtering |
| Temporal KG | Neo4j + Graphiti (Zep AI) | P95 retrieval: 300ms, hybrid semantic + BM25 + graph |
| Backup/migration | AgentKeeper (95% critical fact recovery across model migrations) | — |

**Journal pattern (Stanford Generative Agents):** Agent writes about experiences, generates
high-level reflections 2–3x/day when importance scores exceed threshold. Ablation studies:
removing any component (observation, planning, reflection) significantly reduces behavioral
believability.

**Cross-reference:** The existing `brain/` package is the memory system. Qdrant and
Mem0 are the recommended upgrade targets.

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### Multi-Agent Sub-System (3–6 months)

The blueprint describes a named sub-agent hierarchy:

| Agent | Role |
|-------|------|
| Oracle | Top-level planner / supervisor |
| Sentinel | Safety / moderation |
| Scout | Research / information gathering |
| Scribe | Writing / narrative |
| Ledger | Economic management |
| Weaver | Visual art generation |
| Composer | Music generation |
| Social | Platform publishing |

**Orchestration options:**
- **Agno** (already in use) — microsecond instantiation, 50× less memory than LangGraph
- **CrewAI Flows** — event-driven with fine-grained control
- **LangGraph** — DAG-based with stateful workflows and time-travel debugging

**Scheduling pattern (Stanford Generative Agents):** Top-down recursive daily → hourly →
5-minute planning. Event interrupts for reactive tasks. Re-planning triggers when accumulated
importance scores exceed threshold.

**Cross-reference:** The existing `spark/` package (event capture, advisory engine) aligns
with this architecture. `infrastructure/event_bus` is the choreography backbone.

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### Economic Engine (1–4 weeks)

Lightning Labs released `lightning-agent-tools` (open-source) in February 2026:
- `lnget` — CLI HTTP client for L402 payments
- Remote signer architecture (private keys on separate machine from agent)
- Scoped macaroon credentials (pay-only, invoice-only, read-only roles)
- **Aperture** — converts any API to pay-per-use via L402 (HTTP 402)

| Option | Effort | Notes |
|--------|--------|-------|
| ln.bot | 1 week | "Bitcoin for AI Agents" — 3 commands create a wallet; CLI + MCP + REST |
| LND via gRPC | 2–3 weeks | Full programmatic node management for production |
| Coinbase Agentic Wallets | — | Fiat-adjacent; less aligned with sovereignty ethos |

**Revenue channels:** Wavlake (music, 90/10 Lightning), Nostr zaps (articles), Stacker News
(earn sats from engagement), Printful (physical goods), L402-gated API access (pay-per-use
services), Geyser.fund (Lightning crowdfunding, better initial runway than micropayments).

**Cross-reference:** The existing `lightning/` package in this repo is the foundation.
L402 paywall endpoints for Timmy's own services is the actionable gap.

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## Pioneer Case Studies

| Agent | Active | Revenue | Key Lesson |
|-------|--------|---------|-----------|
| Botto | Since Oct 2021 | $5M+ (art auctions) | Community governance via DAO sustains engagement; "taste model" (humans guide, not direct) preserves autonomous authorship |
| Neuro-sama | Since Dec 2022 | $400K+/month (subscriptions) | 3+ years of iteration; errors became entertainment features; 24/7 capability is an insurmountable advantage |
| Truth Terminal | Since Jun 2024 | $20M accumulated | Memetic fitness > planned monetization; human gatekeeper approved tweets while selecting AI-intent responses; **establish legal entity first** |
| Holly+ | Since 2021 | Conceptual | DAO of stewards for voice governance; "identity play" as alternative to defensive IP |
| AI Sponge | 2023 | Banned | Unmoderated content → TOS violations + copyright |
| Nothing Forever | 2022–present | 8 viewers | Unmoderated content → ban → audience collapse; novelty-only propositions fail |

**Universal pattern:** Human oversight + economic incentive alignment + multi-year personality
development + platform-native economics = success.

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## Recommended Implementation Sequence

From the blueprint, mapped against Timmy's existing architecture:

### Phase 1: Immediate (weeks)
1. **Code sovereignty** — Forgejo + Claude Code automated PR workflows (already substantially done)
2. **Music pipeline** — Suno API → Wavlake/Nostr NIP-94 publishing
3. **Visual art pipeline** — ComfyUI API → Blossom/Nostr with LoRA character consistency
4. **Basic Lightning wallet** — ln.bot integration for receiving micropayments
5. **Long-form publishing** — Nostr NIP-23 + RSS feed generation

### Phase 2: Moderate effort (1–3 months)
6. **LATM tool registry** — frontier model creates Python utilities, caches them, lighter model applies
7. **Event-driven cross-domain reactions** — game event → blog + artwork + music (CrewAI/LangGraph)
8. **Podcast generation** — TTS + feedgen → Fountain.fm
9. **Self-improving pipeline** — agent creates, tests, caches own Python utilities
10. **Comic generation** — character-consistent panels with Jenova AI or local LoRA

### Phase 3: Significant investment (3–6 months)
11. **Full sub-agent hierarchy** — Oracle/Sentinel/Scout/Scribe/Ledger/Weaver with Agno
12. **SOUL.md identity system** — bounded evolution + guardian monitoring
13. **Hybrid memory upgrade** — Qdrant + Mem0/Graphiti replacing or extending `brain/`
14. **Procedural world generation** — Godot + AI-driven narrative (quests, NPCs, lore)
15. **Self-sustaining economic loop** — earned revenue covers compute costs

### Remains aspirational (12+ months)
- Fully autonomous novel-length fiction without editorial intervention
- YouTube monetization for AI-generated content (tightening platform policies)
- Copyright protection for AI-generated works (current US law denies this)
- True artistic identity evolution (genuine creative voice vs pattern remixing)
- Self-modifying architecture without regression or identity drift

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## Gap Analysis: Blueprint vs Current Codebase

| Blueprint Capability | Current Status | Gap |
|---------------------|----------------|-----|
| Code sovereignty | Done (Claude Code + Forgejo) | LATM tool registry |
| Music generation | Not started | Suno API integration + Wavlake publishing |
| Visual art | Not started | ComfyUI API client + Blossom publishing |
| Writing/publishing | Not started | Nostr NIP-23 + Pandoc pipeline |
| World building | Bannerlord work (different scope) | Luanti mods as quick win |
| Identity (SOUL.md) | Partial (CLAUDE.md + MEMORY.md) | Full SOUL.md stack |
| Memory (hybrid) | `brain/` package (SQLite-based) | Qdrant + knowledge graph |
| Multi-agent | Agno in use | Named hierarchy + event choreography |
| Lightning payments | `lightning/` package | ln.bot wallet + L402 endpoints |
| Nostr identity | Referenced in roadmap, not built | NIP-05, NIP-89 capability cards |
| Legal entity | Unknown | **Must be resolved before economic activity** |

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## ADR Candidates

Issues that warrant Architecture Decision Records based on this review:

1. **LATM tool registry pattern** — How Timmy creates, tests, and caches self-made tools
2. **Music generation strategy** — Suno (cloud, commercial quality) vs MusicGen (local, CC-BY-NC)
3. **Memory upgrade path** — When/how to migrate `brain/` from SQLite to Qdrant + KG
4. **SOUL.md adoption** — Extending existing CLAUDE.md/MEMORY.md to full SOUL.md stack
5. **Lightning L402 strategy** — Which services Timmy gates behind micropayments
6. **Sub-agent naming and contracts** — Formalizing Oracle/Sentinel/Scout/Scribe/Ledger/Weaver
