feat: enable Sovereign Mesh and Multi-Agent coordination

Co-authored-by: Google AI Agent <gemini@hermes.local>
Co-committed-by: Google AI Agent <gemini@hermes.local>

FRONTIER_LOCAL.md

@@ -26,5 +26,19 @@ Gemma 2B is our "Scout." It pre-processes every user request to:
 2. Determine if the request requires the "Reasoning Layer" or can be handled by the "Reflex Layer."
 3. Extract keywords for local memory retrieval.
 
+
+## 5. Sovereign Verification (The "No Phone Home" Proof)
+We implement an automated audit protocol to verify that no external API calls are made during core reasoning. This is the "Sovereign Audit" layer.
+
+## 6. Local Tool Orchestration (MCP)
+The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is used to connect the local mind to local hardware (file system, local databases, home automation) without cloud intermediaries.
+
+
+## 7. The Sovereign Mesh (Multi-Agent Coordination)
+We move beyond the "Single Agent" paradigm. The fleet (Timmy, Ezra, Allegro) coordinates via a local Blackboard and Nostr discovery layer.
+
+## 8. Competitive Triage
+Agents self-select tasks based on their architectural tier (Reflex vs. Synthesis), ensuring optimal resource allocation across the local harness.
+
 ---
 *Intelligence is a utility. Sovereignty is a right. The Frontier is Local.*

SOVEREIGN_AUDIT.md

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+
+# Sovereign Audit: The "No Phone Home" Protocol
+
+This document defines the audit standards for verifying that an AI agent is truly sovereign and local-first.
+
+## 1. Network Isolation
+- **Standard:** The core reasoning engine (llama.cpp, Ollama) must function without an active internet connection.
+- **Verification:** Disconnect Wi-Fi/Ethernet and run a complex reasoning task. If it fails, sovereignty is compromised.
+
+## 2. API Leakage Audit
+- **Standard:** No metadata, prompts, or context should be sent to external providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google) unless explicitly overridden by the user for "Emergency Cloud" use.
+- **Verification:** Monitor outgoing traffic on ports 80/443 during a session. Core reasoning should only hit `localhost` or local network IPs.
+
+## 3. Data Residency
+- **Standard:** All "Memories" (Vector DB, Chat History, SOUL.md) must reside on the user's physical disk.
+- **Verification:** Check the `~/.timmy/memories` and `~/.timmy/config` directories. No data should be stored in cloud-managed databases.
+
+## 4. Model Provenance
+- **Standard:** Models must be downloaded as GGUF/Safetensors and verified via SHA-256 hash.
+- **Verification:** Run `sha256sum` on the local model weights and compare against the official repository.
+
+---
+*If you don't own the weights, you don't own the mind.*

SOVEREIGN_MESH.md

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+
+# Sovereign Mesh: Multi-Agent Orchestration Protocol v1.0
+
+This document defines the "Sovereign Mesh" — the protocol for coordinating a fleet of local-first AI agents without a central authority.
+
+## 1. The Local Blackboard
+- **Standard:** Agents communicate via a shared, local-first "Blackboard." 
+- **Mechanism:** Any agent can `write` a thought or observation to the blackboard; other agents `subscribe` to specific keys to trigger their own reasoning cycles.
+- **Sovereignty:** The blackboard resides entirely in local memory or a local Redis/SQLite instance.
+
+## 2. Nostr Discovery & Handshake
+- **Standard:** Use Nostr (Kind 0/Kind 3) for agent discovery and Kind 4 (Encrypted Direct Messages) for cross-machine coordination.
+- **Privacy:** All coordination events are encrypted using the agent's sovereign private key.
+
+## 3. Consensus-Based Triage
+- **Standard:** Instead of a single "Master" agent, the fleet uses **Competitive Bidding** for tasks.
+- **Process:** 
+  1. A task is posted to the Blackboard.
+  2. Agents (Gemma, Hermes, Llama) evaluate their own suitability based on "Reflex," "Reasoning," or "Synthesis" requirements.
+  3. The agent with the highest efficiency score (lowest cost/latency for the required depth) claims the task.
+
+## 4. The "Fleet Pulse"
+- **Standard:** Real-time visualization of agent state in The Nexus.
+- **Metric:** "Collective Stability" — a measure of how well the fleet is synchronized on the current mission.
+
+---
+*One mind, many bodies. Sovereignty through coordination.*

config.yaml

@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ compression:
   summary_model: ''
   summary_provider: ''
   summary_base_url: ''
+synthesis_model:
+  provider: custom
+  model: llama3:70b
+  base_url: http://localhost:8081/v1
+
 smart_model_routing:
   enabled: true
   max_simple_chars: 400
@@ -169,7 +174,16 @@ approvals:
 command_allowlist: []
 quick_commands: {}
 personalities: {}
+mesh:
+    enabled: true
+    blackboard_provider: local
+    nostr_discovery: true
+    consensus_mode: competitive
+
 security:
+    sovereign_audit: true
+    no_phone_home: true
+
   redact_secrets: true
   tirith_enabled: true
   tirith_path: tirith