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+# Project Notes
+
+*Maintained by Hermes — last updated February 2025*
+
+---
+
+## 1. Kandinsky (Multimodal Transformer)
+- **Repo:** https://github.com/samherring99/kandinsky
+- **Local path:** `~/Desktop/Projects/kandinsky`
+- **Description:** An anything-to-anything transformer combining text, image, and audio modalities. Trains on Pokemon BLIP captions paired with Gen 1 Pokemon audio cries. Uses audio tokenization adapted from nanoGPT.
+- **Status:** Early POC. Training code exists (`model.py`) and dataset creation (`create_dataset.py`) works. Audio heads are producing the same sound — unclear if it's a training issue or data issue.
+- **TODO:**
+  - Debug why audio heads produce identical output
+  - Investigate if model needs more training time
+  - Design a data pipeline for better/more training data
+  - General repo cleanup (requirements.txt, proper CLI, etc.)
+
+---
+
+## 2. NightwingGameSim (LLM → GameBoy ROM Generator)
+- **Repo:** https://github.com/samherring99/NightwingGameSim
+- **Local path:** `~/Desktop/Projects/NightwingGameSim`
+- **Description:** AI-powered pipeline that turns natural language prompts into playable GameBoy ROM files. Generates C code, compiles with GBDK, outputs `.gb` files. Supports Claude API, local Llama, and RAG backends.
+- **Status:** Functional — generation pipeline works end-to-end with Claude 4 system prompt. Has tests, docs, examples, and retry logic.
+- **TODO:**
+  - Harden the repo, clean up structure
+  - Build a better testing pipeline
+  - Come up with better prompt ideas / examples
+
+---
+
+## 3. ContentBasedMIR (Music Information Retrieval)
+- **Repo:** https://github.com/samherring99/ContentBasedMIR
+- **Local path:** `~/Desktop/Projects/ContentBasedMIR`
+- **Description:** Music similarity analysis using Spotify API track data. Extracts 54 audio features per song and visualizes similarity matrices for music recommendation.
+- **Status:** Early stage. Can download Spotify track analysis data and plot similarity matrices. Needs significant expansion.
+- **TODO:**
+  - Expand analysis pipeline with more features
+  - Integrate with text message data for personalized recommendations
+  - Build out visualization and exploration tools
+  - General modernization (dependencies, structure)
+
+---
+
+## 4. MessageRetrieval (iMessage RAG/SQL)
+- **Repo:** https://github.com/samherring99/MessageRetrieval
+- **Local path:** `~/Desktop/Projects/MessageRetrieval`
+- **Description:** Natural language querying over iMessage data using SQL generation (text2SQL) instead of vector embeddings. Uses LLM-as-Judge pattern for scoring and ranking retrieved messages.
+- **Status:** Has initial text2SQL pipeline and summarization tool. Recently worked on with Claude Code. Needs testing.
+- **TODO:**
+  - Test out the recent Claude Code work
+  - Build "iMessage Jarvis" — answer questions about texts
+  - Improve SQL generation prompts and accuracy
+  - Better error handling and UX
+
+---
+
+## 5. Grailed Embedding Search
+- **Repo:** https://github.com/samherring99/grailed-embedding-search
+- **Local path:** `~/Desktop/Projects/grailed-embedding-search`
+- **Description:** Embedding-based semantic search over Grailed fashion listings. Uses vector similarity to find related items.
+- **Status:** Very early — has a basic similarity search implementation. Previously had a more complex version that's being reworked.
+- **TODO:**
+  - Build out the search pipeline
+  - Add scraping/indexing for listings
+  - Improve embedding approach
+  - Add UI or CLI for exploring results
+
+---
+
+## 6. NightwingNBA (Sports Analytics)
+- **Repo:** https://github.com/samherring99/NightwingNBA
+- **Local path:** `~/Desktop/Projects/NightwingNBA`
+- **Description:** NBA game prediction system. Builds a database of game data, trains a PyTorch model, and makes daily predictions. Has full pipeline: build DB → write data → train → predict.
+- **Status:** Functional pipeline exists. Has database building, training, prediction, and daily update scripts.
+- **TODO:**
+  - Explore and potentially revive
+  - Update data sources if stale
+  - Improve model accuracy
+  - Add visualization/reporting
+
+---
+
+## 7. Stable Audio Sample Explorer
+- **Repo:** https://github.com/samherring99/stable-audio-sample-explorer
+- **Local path:** `~/Desktop/Projects/stable-audio-sample-explorer`
+- **Description:** Tool for exploring audio samples generated by Stable Audio.
+- **Status:** 🪦 **Dead** — no active work needed per Sam.
+
+---
+
+## 8. NightwingArt (Art Tools)
+- **Repo:** https://github.com/samherring99/NightwingArt
+- **Local path:** `~/Desktop/Projects/NightwingArt`
+- **Description:** Collection of art tooling scripts — video editing, clip splicing with beat matching, damage effects, and general image manipulation.
+- **Status:** Maintenance mode. Tools exist for various effects. Work happens as-needed.
+- **TODO:**
+  - Add tools as needed for new art projects
+
+---
+
+## 9. Claude-based VST Building ⚠️ *Needs new repo*
+- **Description:** Generate VST audio plugins for DAWs from English language prompts. LLM-powered audio plugin creation.
+- **Status:** Concept only — no repo exists yet.
+- **TODO:**
+  - Create repo
+  - Research VST SDK / JUCE framework
+  - Design prompt → code → compile pipeline
+
+---
+
+## 10. Government Auction Site Scraper ⚠️ *Needs new repo*
+- **Description:** Tool that monitors and scrapes government auction sites in San Francisco for deals.
+- **Status:** Concept only — no repo exists yet.
+- **TODO:**
+  - Create repo
+  - Research SF government auction sites and their structure
+  - Build scraper + notification system
+
+---
+
+## Priority Assessment
+
+| Project | Activity Level | Suggested Priority |
+|---------|---------------|-------------------|
+| NightwingGameSim | Active | 🔴 High |
+| MessageRetrieval | Active | 🔴 High |
+| Kandinsky | Active | 🟡 Medium |
+| ContentBasedMIR | Exploratory | 🟡 Medium |
+| Grailed Embedding Search | Early | 🟡 Medium |
+| NightwingNBA | Dormant | 🟢 Low |
+| NightwingArt | As-needed | 🟢 Low |
+| VST Builder | Concept | 🔵 Future |
+| Gov Auction Scraper | Concept | 🔵 Future |
+| Stable Audio Explorer | Dead | ⚫ None |
+