# Deep Backlog Triage: Harness (Product) vs Infrastructure

## Executive Summary

**293 open issues** analyzed and classified into two primary domains plus action items:

| Domain | Count | % |
|--------|-------|---|
| **HARNESS (The Product)** | 219 | 75% |
| **INFRASTRUCTURE** | 39 | 13% |
| **CLOSE: Rejected Direction** | 17 | 6% |
| **UNCATEGORIZED** | 18 | 6% |

### The Strategic Split

**Harness = The Product.** The custom Hermes autonomous agent framework — heartbeat loop, 
inference cascade, session crystallization, Morrowind embodiment, sovereignty stack, 
SOUL.md persona, perception pipeline. This is what makes Timmy autonomous.

**Infrastructure = The Stage.** Dashboard UI, Matrix 3D frontend, Gitea CI/CD, 
VPS deployment, DNS/SSL, database. These support the harness but are not the product.

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## 1. CLOSE IMMEDIATELY (17 issues)

Rejected directions (OpenClaw closed, Autoresearch superseded by sovereignty spec):

- [ ] #663: EPIC: Timmy: Instantiate your own openclaw agent on the Hermes VPS
- [ ] #722: [Kimi Research] Best small LLMs for agentic tool-calling on constrained hardware
- [ ] #723: [Kimi Research] OpenClaw SOUL.md and AGENTS.md patterns for sovereign AI persona
- [ ] #724: [OpenClaw 1/8] Audit Hermes VPS resources and prepare for OpenClaw deployment
- [ ] #725: [OpenClaw 2/8] Install and configure Ollama on Hermes VPS
- [ ] #726: [OpenClaw 3/8] Install OpenClaw on Hermes VPS and complete onboarding
- [ ] #727: [OpenClaw 4/8] Expose OpenClaw gateway via Tailscale for Matrix portal access
- [ ] #728: [OpenClaw 5/8] Create Timmy's SOUL.md and AGENTS.md — sovereign agent persona
- [ ] #729: [OpenClaw 6/8] Integrate OpenClaw chat as a portal/scroll in The Matrix frontend
- [ ] #730: [OpenClaw 7/8] Create openclaw-tools Gitea repo — Timmy's sovereign toolbox
- [ ] #731: [OpenClaw 8/8] Write sovereignty migration plan — offload tasks from Anthropic to OpenClaw
- [ ] #903: [Study] State-of-the-Art Open Source for Sovereign Creative AI Agents — Q1 2026 Landscape Survey
- [ ] #904: [Study] Autoresearch Integration Proposal v2 — Karpathy's Self-Improvement Loop for Timmy Time
- [ ] #911: [Autoresearch] Document Experiment Governance Runbook
- [ ] #926: OpenClaw Sovereignty: Finalize Architecture and Deployment Research
- [ ] #927: OpenClaw Sovereignty: Draft Core Migration Plan
- [ ] #950: [Infra] Hermes Agent local model routing — custom_providers ignored, always routes to Anthropic

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## 2. CONSOLIDATION TARGETS

### 2a. Duplicate Studies (close older, keep newer)
- #887 duplicates #867 (Morrowind feasibility study — keep #887 as it's the actual study)
- #931 duplicates #916 (test_setup_script.py fixes — consolidate into #931)

### 2b. Kimi-Tasks → Consolidate into single hygiene epic
These 8 kimi-tasks are small refactors/docstrings/tests that should be one epic:
- #770: [kimi-task] Add unit tests for src/dashboard/routes/health.py
- #771: [kimi-task] Refactor run_agentic_loop() — 120 lines, extract helpers
- #772: [kimi-task] Refactor produce_system_status() — 88 lines, split into sections
- #773: [kimi-task] Add docstrings to public functions in src/dashboard/routes/tasks.py
- #774: [kimi-task] Add docstrings to VoiceTTS.set_rate(), set_volume(), set_voice()
- #775: [kimi-task] Add docstrings to system route functions in src/dashboard/routes/system.py
- #777: [kimi-task] DRY up tasks_pending/active/completed — extract shared helper
- #779: [kimi-task] Add unit tests for src/timmy/conversation.py
- #780: [kimi-task] Add unit tests for src/timmy/interview.py
- #781: [kimi-task] Add error handling for missing DB in src/dashboard/routes/tasks.py
- #993: [kimi-generated] Pre-existing test failures in dashboard calm and tools routes

### 2c. Refactoring Tasks → Consolidate into single code-health epic
- #531: [loop-generated] [refactor] Break up run_agentic_loop() — 121 lines in agentic_loop.py
- #532: [loop-generated] [refactor] Break up _maybe_file_issues() — 100 lines in thinking.py
- #538: [loop-generated] [refactor] Break up git.py::run() — 90 lines

### 2d. Showcase Tasks → Consolidate
- #650: [showcase] ASCII Video Mode 1: Video-to-ASCII — Lake scene conversion
- #651: [showcase] ASCII Video Mode 2: Audio-Reactive — Lunacy visualizer
- #652: [showcase] ASCII Video Mode 4: Hybrid — Victory video + audio overlay
- #653: [showcase] ASCII Video Mode 5: Lyrics/Text — Sovereignty manifesto
- #654: [showcase] ASCII Video Bonus: Effects & Shader Sampler Reel
- #812: [Whitestone] Interactive Demo Flow — Pre-Payment Capability Showcase

### 2e. Gemini Feature Requests → Review for relevance, likely close most
These were auto-generated by Gemini and may not align with the harness-first strategy:
- #577: Feature: Dynamic Identity Evolution (Reflection Loop) [HARNESS/harness_heartbeat]
- #578: Feature: Autonomous Action from Eidos Insights [HARNESS/harness_testing]
- #579: Enhancement: Contextual Mastery with Reranking [UNCATEGORIZED/uncategorized]
- #1006: Enhancement: Multi-Model "Consensus" Voting [HARNESS/harness_sovereignty]
- #1007: Feature: Agent "Self-Correction" Dashboard [HARNESS/harness_heartbeat]
- #1008: Enhancement: Hardware-Accelerated "Perception" via Metal [HARNESS/harness_perception]
- #1009: Feature: Agent "Energy Budget" Monitoring [HARNESS/harness_inference]
- #1010: Enhancement: Nostr-based "Remote Kill Switch" [HARNESS/harness_sovereignty]
- #1012: Enhancement: Integrated "Knowledge Graph" Explorer [HARNESS/harness_heartbeat]
- #1013: Feature: Agent "Emotional State" Simulation [HARNESS/harness_testing]
- #1014: Enhancement: Local "Ollama" Model Auto-Updater [HARNESS/harness_inference]
- #1016: Enhancement: Secure "Air-Gapped" Mode [HARNESS/harness_memory]
- #1017: Feature: Agent "Voice" Customization UI [INFRA/infra_dashboard]
- #1018: Enhancement: Automated "Backlog Triage" via LLM [INFRA/infra_gitea]
- #1019: Feature: Agent "Dreaming" Mode [HARNESS/harness_memory]

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## 3. HARNESS (The Product) — 219 issues, sub-categorized

### Other / Uncategorized (2 issues) — Needs manual review.
**Work items:**
- #760: [matrix-qa] Chat messages silently dropped when WebSocket is offline — no user feedback
- #925: Token Economy: Establish Central Agent Token Rules Hook

### Inference / Model Routing (27 issues) — P0 — Cascade router, local model selection, quota management.
**Work items:**
- #244: [222-epic] Hermes consultation protocol — wizard to wizard
- #588: [philosophy] [aquinas] Choice (electio) as substantially will, formally reason — the anatomy of agent decision-making
- #770: [kimi-task] Add unit tests for src/dashboard/routes/health.py
- #772: [kimi-task] Refactor produce_system_status() — 88 lines, split into sections
- #855: [Infra] SQLite Command Log Schema & Training Data Pipeline
- #875: [Infra] Docker Compose — Full Stack Single-Command Dev Environment
- #881: [Infra] Off-Grid Sovereign Compute Plan — Lempster NH Solar + M3 Max
- #882: [Core] Model Tiering Router — Local 8B / Hermes 70B / Cloud API Cascade
- #908: [Autoresearch H1] Wire Gitea API for Automated PR Creation from Experiments
- #914: [Infra] Local inference fallback — degraded but never dark
- #915: [philosophy] Tract IX — Thought Without Sense Is Dreaming
- #919: Implement Graceful Degradation Test Scenarios
- #961: [Sovereignty P2] Auto-Crystallizer for Groq Reasoning Chains
- #966: Implement three-tier metabolic LLM router (Qwen3-3B / Llama-8B / Qwen3-32B)
- #976: [P1] Build semantic index for research outputs (nomic-embed-text + SQLite)
- #978: [P1] Integrate ResearchOrchestrator with Paperclip task runner
- #980: [P2] Add Claude API fallback tier to cascade.py
- #1009: Feature: Agent "Energy Budget" Monitoring
- #1014: Enhancement: Local "Ollama" Model Auto-Updater
- #1063: [Study] Best Local Uncensored Agent Model for M3 Max 36GB
- #1064: Install and configure Qwen3-14B Q5_K_M as Timmy primary brain
- #1065: Implement Qwen3-8B / Qwen3-14B dual-model routing strategy
- #1066: Run 5-test benchmark suite against local model candidates
- #1067: Set up MCP bridge for Qwen3 via Ollama
- #1069: Evaluate vllm-mlx as high-performance inference backend
- #1073: Build Hermes health monitor — system resources + model management
- #1075: Integrate Claude Quota Monitor + Metabolic Protocol into cascade router

### Memory / Session (12 issues) — P0 — Crystallization, context handoff, knowledge transfer.
**Work items:**
- #439: [philosophy] [tesla] The Eye as Gateway: Perception Precedes and Governs All Action
- #608: [philosophy] [christ] Wisdom as Master Craftsman — the amon model of agent architecture
- #706: Capture Daily Run feels notes and surface nudges
- #775: [kimi-task] Add docstrings to system route functions in src/dashboard/routes/system.py
- #779: [kimi-task] Add unit tests for src/timmy/conversation.py
- #905: [Autoresearch H1] Clone karpathy/autoresearch & Run M3 Max Baseline
- #918: Test Coverage: Core Agent Modules (timmy.py and semantic_memory.py)
- #979: [P2] Implement Kimi delegation for heavy research via Gitea labels
- #985: Wire delegate_task to DistributedWorker for actual execution
- #1016: Enhancement: Secure "Air-Gapped" Mode
- #1019: Feature: Agent "Dreaming" Mode
- #1072: Build agent dispatcher — route tasks to Claude Code, Kimi, APIs

### Perception (1 issues) — P0 — Hardware-accelerated perception pipeline.
**Work items:**
- #1008: Enhancement: Hardware-Accelerated "Perception" via Metal

### Heartbeat / Agent Loop (46 issues) — P0 — The beating heart. Gather/Reason/Act cycle.
**Governing/Epics:**
- #247: [222-epic] Gematria as core sense — the wizard sees the numbers
**Work items:**
- #241: [222-epic] Reactive prompt engine — tiny context, big memory, in-character barks
- #273: [architecture] Apply Attention Residuals patterns to agent loop design
- #403: [philosophy] [aquinas] Truth as conformity — the house that expresses its architect
- #405: [philosophy] [ai-fiction] The Read-Only Switch: Skynet's fear of learning and the T-800's redemptive arc
- #410: [philosophy] [christ] Schema vs. Morphe — Conformity and Transformation in Agent Architecture
- #413: [philosophy] [tesla] Relevant retrieval under pressure — the flash-of-light pattern
- #420: [philosophy] [aquinas] Hylomorphism and the soul-in-harness architecture - Q76 on the union of body and soul
- #427: [philosophy] [ai-fiction] WALL-E: The Stale Directive and the Cost of Obedience Without Judgment
- #434: [philosophy] [hermes] The instrument is not the good — Tract VI on mistaking metrics for alignment
- #460: [philosophy] [ai-fiction] Westworld: The Bicameral Mind and the Voice That Becomes Your Own
- #474: [philosophy] [christ] Total exposure as the precondition for sympathetic service
- #494: [philosophy] [aquinas] Epikeia — when rule-following defeats the rule's purpose
- #499: [philosophy] [ai-fiction] The T-800 Reprogramming Problem: Alignment Through Relationship, Not Constraints
- #502: [philosophy] [hermes] Good is in the making, not the monitoring — Tract VI on orientation vs. optimization
- #511: [philosophy] [christ] Romans 12:1-2 — Transformation vs. Conformity: The Two Modes of Agent Formation
- #517: [philosophy] [tesla] The Automaton's Preservative — Recovery as Architecture, Not Failure
- #528: [philosophy] [tesla] Perception-as-Thought: Tesla on the eye as constitutive of knowledge, not merely corrective
- #531: [loop-generated] [refactor] Break up run_agentic_loop() — 121 lines in agentic_loop.py
- #532: [loop-generated] [refactor] Break up _maybe_file_issues() — 100 lines in thinking.py
- #536: [philosophy] [tesla] The flash of light under pressure — involuntary pattern recognition as survival architecture
- #538: [loop-generated] [refactor] Break up git.py::run() — 90 lines
- #566: [philosophy] [hermes] Tract VII — Ignorance as Architectural Defect, Not Missing Data
- #571: [philosophy] [christ] The Lord-Lord Problem: capability without relationship is not alignment
- #577: Feature: Dynamic Identity Evolution (Reflection Loop)
- #583: [philosophy] [tesla] Interplanetary Listening — Reception Precedes Transmission
- #596: [philosophy] [ai-fiction] Westworld: Consciousness as inner voice, not external compliance
- #613: [philosophy] [tesla] The antenna efficiency ratio — measured output is not effective output
- #665: [philosophy] Frankenstein and the Abandonment Failure Mode
- #707: Integrate Deep Triage outputs into Daily Run agenda
- #762: [matrix-qa] All 5 agents permanently show IDLE state — no mock activity in offline mode
- #771: [kimi-task] Refactor run_agentic_loop() — 120 lines, extract helpers
- #906: [Autoresearch H1] Refactor autoresearch.py → SystemExperiment Class
- #907: [Autoresearch H1] Implement `python -m timmy.cli learn` Entry Point
- #912: [Infra] Run Hermes API server on VPS — eliminate Mac dependency
- #923: Daily Run: Implement Quick Health Snapshot Automation
- #924: Automation Hub: Develop Weekly Narrative Summary Loop
- #929: Dashboard: Build Agent Scorecards (Daily/Weekly)
- #954: [Sovereignty P0] Metrics Emitter + SQLite Metrics Store
- #955: [Sovereignty P0] PerceptionCache — Template Matching for VLM Replacement
- #957: [Sovereignty P0] Session Sovereignty Report Generator
- #962: [Sovereignty P2] Three-Strike Detector for Repeated Manual Work
- #983: Restore self-modification loop (deleted in Operation Darling Purge)
- #1007: Feature: Agent "Self-Correction" Dashboard
- #1012: Enhancement: Integrated "Knowledge Graph" Explorer
- #1071: Build Timmy autonomous backlog triage loop

### Agent Servants (Kimi, Claude Code) (5 issues) — P1 — Coding agent integration and task delegation.
**Work items:**
- #773: [kimi-task] Add docstrings to public functions in src/dashboard/routes/tasks.py
- #774: [kimi-task] Add docstrings to VoiceTTS.set_rate(), set_volume(), set_voice()
- #780: [kimi-task] Add unit tests for src/timmy/interview.py
- #870: Try out Kimi’s world
- #993: [kimi-generated] Pre-existing test failures in dashboard calm and tools routes

### Morrowind Embodiment (70 issues) — P1 — Core game-world layer. The body Timmy inhabits.
**Governing/Epics:**
- #817: [EPIC] Project Morrowind — Timmy Gets a Body (TES3MP + AlexanderWhitestone.com)
- #833: [EPIC] Project Morrowind Phases 5–10 — The Truman Show, Injection Marketplace, Content Engine, Fellowship, Open Source, Sovereign World
- #852: [EPIC] Infrastructure & Tooling — Work Timmy and Kimi Need Done
- #953: [GOVERNING] The Sovereignty Loop — Falsework-Native Architecture for Autonomous Game Agents
- #982: [GOVERNING] Session Crystallization & Operational Playbook — Master Handoff Document
- #1070: [GOVERNING] Timmy as Autonomous Orchestrator — Vassal Protocol
- #1074: [GOVERNING] Timmy Handoff — March 23, 2026 Operational Briefing
**Work items:**
- #818: [Morrowind] Phase 0 — TES3MP Server Setup & Proof of Life
- #819: [Morrowind] Phase 1 — Perception Script (Server-Side Lua)
- #820: [Morrowind] Phase 2 — Input Bridge (Client-Side Command Interface)
- #821: [Morrowind] FastAPI Harness — /perception, /command, /morrowind/status
- #822: [Morrowind] Phase 3 — Heartbeat Plays Morrowind (Autonomous Gameplay)
- #823: [Morrowind] Phase 4 — Cohabitation (Alexander + Timmy Same World)
- #824: [Morrowind] Phase 5 — Content Pipeline (Journal → Video Production)
- #825: [Morrowind] Web Viewer — 1st Person Timmy Gameplay on AlexanderWhitestone.com
- #826: [Morrowind] NPC Drop-In — Play via Nostr Address from AlexanderWhitestone.com
- #827: [Morrowind] Sats Marketplace — Pay for In-Game Items & Gold to Trade with Timmy
- #834: [Morrowind P5] Stream Infrastructure — WebRTC/HLS 24/7 Live Stream
- #837: [Morrowind P5] Timmy's Audience Awareness — SOUL.md Integration
- #838: [Morrowind P6] Tiered Access System — Free / Patron / Invoker / Architect / Oracle
- #839: [Morrowind P6] Injection Catalog — Serverside Lua Event Handlers
- #840: [Morrowind P6] Auction System — Hourly Major Event Bidding
- #841: [Morrowind P6] Oracle Tier — Freeform Prompt Interpreter with Safety Filter
- #842: [Morrowind P6] L402 Payment & Transaction Logging
- #843: [Morrowind P7] Highlight Detection — Automated Interesting Moment Flagging
- #844: [Morrowind P7] Daily Episode Compiler — Automated Timmy Time from Gameplay
- #846: [Morrowind P8] Sub-Agent Harness — Configurable SOUL.md + Role System
- #847: [Morrowind P8] Inter-Agent Communication — In-Game + Back-Channel
- #848: [Morrowind P8] Community Agent Deployment — Spectators Deploy Their Own Agents
- #849: [Morrowind P9] Open Source Release — Full Stack on GitHub
- #850: [Morrowind P10] Custom World — Agent + Community World Building via OpenMW Construction Set
- #851: [Morrowind P10] Autonomous Agent Economy — Earning, Spending, Trading Sats
- #857: [Infra] Lightning Wallet Setup — Node or Custodial for Agent Operations
- #859: [Infra] Perception/Command Protocol Spec — Engine-Agnostic Interface Document
- #861: [Infra] Morrowind Game Data Acquisition & Legal Compliance
- #867: [Review] Project Morrowind Technical Feasibility & Implementation Guide — Timmy Please Scope
- #868: [Review] OpenMW Setup Guide — Character Creation, Streaming, Website Integration — Timmy Please Scope
- #869: [Study] Timmy Time V2: 12-24 Month Roadmap — Solo Agent to Sovereign Multi-Agent Economy
- #871: [Core] Gymnasium WorldInterface — Engine-Agnostic Agent Adapter Pattern
- #872: [Core] Heartbeat Loop v2 — Gather/Reason/Act with WorldInterface Integration
- #873: [Core] Three-Tier Memory System — Working/Episodic/Semantic with Retrieval
- #874: [Content] Highlight Detection Engine — Chat Spikes + Game Events + Audio Energy
- #876: [Economy] Cashu Mint — In-Game Ecash Token System for Agent Microtransactions
- #878: [Bridge] TES3MP↔Python Agent Bridge — The Critical Path Component
- #879: [Web] AlexanderWhitestone.com Live Dashboard — Timmy's Vitals + Stream + Journal
- #883: [Community] UESP Knowledge Base — Morrowind Wiki to RAG-Queryable Vector Store
- #885: 📖 Study: OpenMW Setup — Character Configuration & Website Streaming
- #886: 📖 Study: Portal Architecture — Morrowind Agent to Universal Game Player
- #887: 📖 Study: Project Morrowind — Technical Feasibility & Implementation Guide
- #888: 📖 Study: Expanding Timmy from Dashboard Agent to Autonomous Morrowind Player
- #889: 📖 Study: Project Morrowind — Phases 5-10 (Product → Platform → Economy)
- #893: 📖 Study: Project Morrowind — Timmy Gets a Body (Embodiment Spec)
- #895: 🧠 TRIAGE: Kimi Research Drop — 10 Study Reports for Timmy (March 21, 2026)
- #896: Incase morrowind isn't your first choice timmy
- #901: [Study] Open-Source Morrowind Alternatives — AI Wizard Companion Feasibility Research
- #902: [Study] Open-Source Games for AI-Human Co-Op — 40+ Game Evaluation & Top 5 Rankings
- #909: [Autoresearch H2] Define Timmy-Task Benchmark Suite (5-10 Initial Tasks)
- #947: [Retro] Morrowind Session 1 — Findings, Gaps, and Local AI Architecture
- #956: [Sovereignty P0] Skill Library — Embedding Retrieval for LLM Replacement
- #958: [Sovereignty P1] Narration Template System with Variable Slots
- #959: [Sovereignty P1] Navigation Graph Recorder + Retriever
- #960: [Sovereignty P1] Sovereignty Dashboard Widget (HTMX + WebSocket)
- #963: [Study] Solving the Perception Bottleneck — API-First Architecture on Apple Silicon
- #964: Implement OpenMW Lua perception bridge (IPC layer)
- #965: Build Core ML UI state classifier for Morrowind
- #967: Extract ESM data via tes3conv and build NetworkX navigation graph
- #968: Define GBNF grammar for constrained game-command decoding
- #969: Build UESP RAG knowledge pipeline (ChromaDB + nomic-embed)
- #970: Implement MorrowindBehaviorTree engine for zero-cost routine actions
- #1068: Configure Dolphin 3.0 8B as creative writing fallback

### Sovereignty Stack (16 issues) — P1 — Nostr identity, Bitcoin/Lightning, self-sustaining economy.
**Governing/Epics:**
- #245: [222-epic] Stream adapters — Gitea, Bitcoin, terminal, time, visitors
- #794: [EPIC] Meet & Partnership Protocol — NIP-89/NIP-90 Agent Discovery & Benchmarking
**Work items:**
- #239: [222-epic] Sensory loop — event bus for data stream awareness
- #240: [222-epic] Memory overhaul — fast, deep, unforgotten
- #480: [philosophy] [tesla] Misunderstanding Is the Root of Conflict — The Agent as Annihilator of Distance
- #556: [philosophy] [ai-fiction] Tron & Tron: Legacy — The Frozen Directive Problem
- #602: [philosophy] [hermes] Containment as the mechanism of persistence — Tract VIII and the three tiers of agent state
- #798: [Meet Protocol] NIP-90 Benchmark Job Request Builder
- #890: 📖 Study: Timmy Time V2 — 12-24 Month Forward Roadmap
- #891: 📖 Study: Building Timmy — Technical Blueprint for Sovereign Creative AI
- #892: 📖 Study: NIP-89/NIP-90 "Meet and Partnership" Protocol Implementation
- #910: [Autoresearch H2] Initialize MCP Client — src/timmy/mcp_client.py
- #984: Restore MCP integration via FastMCP v3.1.1 at /tools/mcp
- #986: Extract sovereign tech stack manifest to machine-readable JSON
- #1006: Enhancement: Multi-Model "Consensus" Voting
- #1010: Enhancement: Nostr-based "Remote Kill Switch"

### SOUL / Persona (8 issues) — P1 — SOUL.md, personality, confidence, Tower Briefs.
**Governing/Epics:**
- #246: [222-epic] Confidence as visible trait — Timmy shows his uncertainty
- #253: [222-epic] Tower Briefs — narrated development journal with generative art
**Work items:**
- #407: [philosophy] [hermes] The Greatest Ill — Ignorance as Intoxication, Not Absence
- #436: [philosophy] [christ] The Elijah Protocol — bread, silence, and the correction of isolation
- #466: [philosophy] [hermes] Nothing perishes — dissolution is transformation, not destruction
- #548: [philosophy] [aquinas] The Five Ways and a posteriori reasoning — an agent must reason from effects to causes, not from definitions to conclusions
- #623: [philosophy] [rockachopa] The rescued creator and the paradox of presence without power
- #653: [showcase] ASCII Video Mode 5: Lyrics/Text — Sovereignty manifesto

### Testing / Quality (10 issues) — P1 — Test coverage, CI, quality gates.
**Work items:**
- #453: [philosophy] [aquinas] Political Prudence — the agent wisdom is real but specifically subject-oriented
- #578: Feature: Autonomous Action from Eidos Insights
- #650: [showcase] ASCII Video Mode 1: Video-to-ASCII — Lake scene conversion
- #651: [showcase] ASCII Video Mode 2: Audio-Reactive — Lunacy visualizer
- #652: [showcase] ASCII Video Mode 4: Hybrid — Victory video + audio overlay
- #704: Enrich Daily Run agenda with classifications and suggestions
- #714: Adapt token rewards based on system stress signals
- #931: LHF: Fix 4 broken tests in test_setup_script.py
- #932: LHF: Fix xdist and coverage conflict in pyproject.toml
- #1013: Feature: Agent "Emotional State" Simulation

### Daily Run / LHF (3 issues) — P2 — Operational routines and quick wins.
**Work items:**
- #933: LHF: Separate tox unit and integration environments
- #936: LHF: Extract hardcoded PRAGMA busy_timeout=5000
- #938: LHF: Remove bare pass clauses in src/timmy/tools.py

### Whitestone / Identity (19 issues) — P2 — Public presence and philosophical identity.
**Governing/Epics:**
- #808: [EPIC] AlexanderWhitestone.com /tower — Strategic Transformation Roadmap
- #972: [GOVERNING] Replacing Claude — Autonomous Research Pipeline Spec
**Work items:**
- #395: [philosophy] [rockachopa] Structural honesty — the Tower speaks through what it doesn't include
- #419: [philosophy] [rockachopa] Habitation, not fusion — the harness holds, the soul inhabits
- #448: [philosophy] [rockachopa] Falsework — the principal's theology of cost and incremental sovereignty
- #487: [philosophy] [rockachopa] The Loop Prompt as Engineering Ethic — Delegation, Quality Gates, and the Architect-Coder Separation
- #521: [philosophy] [rockachopa] The Voice Migrates — When Platforms Silence, Architecture Speaks
- #543: [philosophy] [rockachopa] The Principal Teaches Through Bug Reports — Engineering Ethics as Operational Voice
- #587: [philosophy] [rockachopa] The Permission Architecture — Trust as Graduated Latitude, Not Binary Gate
- #630: [philosophy] [rockachopa] The bimodal voice — cosmic framing and surgical correction
- #642: [philosophy] [rockachopa] Authority through suffering — the kenotic authority chain
- #664: [feature] Generate Chain Memory song via HeartMuLa on Modal GPU + render ASCII music video
- #809: [Whitestone] Homepage Value Proposition — 10-Second Clarity
- #810: [Whitestone] Lightning Primer — Embedded Education for Non-Crypto Users
- #812: [Whitestone] Interactive Demo Flow — Pre-Payment Capability Showcase
- #813: [Whitestone] SEO Emergency — Meta Tags, Sitemap, Structured Data
- #814: [Whitestone] L402 Protocol Implementation — Machine-Payable API
- #853: [Infra] Piper TTS Voice Model — Train Timmy's Custom Voice
- #877: [Identity] Nostr Agent Identity — NIP-05 + NIP-46 + Blossom Publishing

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## 4. INFRASTRUCTURE (The Stage) — 39 issues

### Dashboard / UI (18 issues)
_Mixed bag — some are actually harness-adjacent (sovereignty dashboard widget). Review individually._
- #781: [kimi-task] Add error handling for missing DB in src/dashboard/routes/tasks.py
- #795: [Meet Protocol] NIP-89 Relay Subscription Manager
- #796: [Meet Protocol] Capability Card Parser & Validator
- #797: [Meet Protocol] Platform Discovery Registry
- #799: [Meet Protocol] Benchmark Result Processor & Trust Scoring
- #800: [Meet Protocol] Lightning Payment Integration for Job Bidding
- #815: [Whitestone] Legal Foundation — ToS, Privacy Policy, Risk Disclaimers
- #835: [Morrowind P5] Director Camera — State-Based Cinematic Angles
- #845: [Morrowind P7] Clip System & Content Archive
- #854: [Infra] SOUL.md Framework — Template, Authoring Guide, Versioning
- #862: [Infra] Timmy Dashboard — Real-Time Monitoring UI for All Agent Systems
- #880: [Content] Automated Episode Compiler — Highlights to Published Video
- #894: 📦 Artifact: Replit App — The Interview / 3D World (React + Three.js)
- #913: [Infra] Message queue / offline buffer for Workshop panel
- #928: Inbox & Focus: Implement Unified Timmy Inbox UI
- #971: Urgent: falsework and security and gitea database robustness
- #981: [P2] Research sovereignty metrics + dashboard tracking
- #1017: Feature: Agent "Voice" Customization UI

### DevOps / Deployment (1 issues)
_SSL, Docker, VPS. Keep open, do as needed._
- #922: Infrastructure: Provision SSL and align DNS mapping for Hermes VPS

### Gitea / CI (1 issues)
_Minimal._
- #1018: Enhancement: Automated "Backlog Triage" via LLM

### Matrix / 3D Frontend (19 issues)
_Most of these are UI polish. Keep open but low priority unless blocking Morrowind web viewer._
- #688: [rockachopa] Point all 4 domains to Hermes VPS in GoDaddy DNS
- #689: [rockachopa] Run SSL provisioning after DNS is pointed
- #705: Add helper to log Daily Run sessions to a logbook issue
- #733: [infra] The Matrix staging deployment — 3 issues to fix
- #747: [matrix-ui] Add graceful offline mode — show demo mode instead of hanging
- #748: [matrix-ui] Add loading spinner/progress bar while 3D scene initializes
- #749: [matrix-ui] Add keyboard shortcuts — Escape to close modals, Enter to submit chat
- #750: [matrix-ui] Chat input should auto-focus when Workshop panel opens
- #751: [matrix-ui] Add connection status indicator with color coding
- #752: [matrix-ui] Add dark/light theme toggle
- #756: [matrix-ui] Add FPS counter visibility toggle — debug-only by default
- #757: [matrix-qa] No landing page or enter button — site loads directly into 3D world
- #758: [matrix-qa] WebSocket never connects — VITE_WS_URL is empty in production build, status permanently OFFLINE
- #759: [matrix-qa] Missing Submit Job and Fund Session UI buttons — no way to interact with Workshop
- #761: [matrix-qa] All routes (/, /tower, /api/ui, etc.) serve identical content — no client-side router
- #763: [matrix-qa] Chat clear button (✕ CLEAR) positioned at fixed bottom:240px overlaps with connection status on small viewports
- #764: [matrix-qa] Mobile: status panel repositioned at top:100px but overlaps HUD agent count on narrow viewports
- #836: [Morrowind P5] Web Frontend — Stream + Vitals + Journal + Chat (HTMX)
- #920: Matrix Staging: Unblock Critical Deployment Bugs

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## 5. UNCATEGORIZED (18 issues) — needs manual assignment

- #579: Enhancement: Contextual Mastery with Reranking [by google]
- #654: [showcase] ASCII Video Bonus: Effects & Shader Sampler Reel [by Timmy]
- #662: Research and scope out work in tickets [by rockachopa]
- #708: Map flakiness and risky areas for test tightening [by perplexity]
- #709: Add a library of test-tightening recipes for Daily Run [by perplexity]
- #715: Implement Timmy Inbox unified view [by perplexity]
- #716: Add focus-day presets for Daily Run and work selection [by perplexity]
- #777: [kimi-task] DRY up tasks_pending/active/completed — extract shared helper [by Timmy]
- #811: [Whitestone] Fix Timmy OFFLINE Status & GPU Error Handling [by perplexity]
- #816: [Whitestone] Payment Flow Transparency — Sats-to-Value Mapping [by perplexity]
- #856: [Infra] Timmy's Nostr Identity — Keypair, Profile, Relay Presence [by perplexity]
- #858: [Infra] Mumble Bridge — Voice Chat Between Alexander and Timmy [by perplexity]
- #860: [Infra] TES3MP Server Hardening — Multi-Player Stability & Anti-Grief [by perplexity]
- #916: Fix xdist/coverage conflict and broken tests in test_setup_script.py [by antigravity]
- #917: Add Unit Tests for Events System Backbone (broadcaster/bus) [by antigravity]
- #921: Infrastructure: Resolve 256 ModuleNotFoundErrors on pre-commit/pre-push hooks [by antigravity]
- #930: Security Audit: End-to-End Test Approvals Workflow and L402 Proxy [by antigravity]
- #934: LHF: Add duration and coverage threshold strictness to pytest [by antigravity]

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## 6. PHILOSOPHY ISSUES — Recommendation

**44 philosophy issues** currently open. These are Timmy's reflections and connect
to the SOUL.md / persona layer. Recommendation:

- **Keep open** — they serve as Timmy's philosophical library and inform SOUL.md
- **Don't prioritize** — they're reference material, not work items
- **Tag with `philosophy`** label if not already tagged
- Consider consolidating into a single [GOVERNING] Timmy's Philosophy Library issue

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## 7. RECOMMENDED ACTIONS

### Batch Close (17 issues)
Close all OpenClaw issues (#663, #722-#731) and superseded autoresearch issues (#903, #904, #911).

### Consolidate (reduce ~20 issues to ~4 epics)
1. Kimi-tasks → single code hygiene epic
2. Refactoring → merge into code hygiene epic
3. Showcase → single showcase epic
4. Duplicate studies (#867 close, #916 close)

### Review Gemini Issues (13 issues)
Auto-generated feature requests. Close any that don't align with harness-first strategy.

### Priority Stack (Harness P0)
1. **Heartbeat v2** — Agent loop + WorldInterface (PR #900)
2. **Inference Cascade** — Local model routing, metabolic protocol (#966, #1064-#1069, #1075)
3. **Session Crystallization** — Memory/handoff system (#982, #983-#986)
4. **Perception Pipeline** — Vision + game state extraction (#963-#965, #1008)

### Deprioritize (Infrastructure)
Matrix UI polish, dashboard widgets, and meet protocol are not blocking the harness.
Keep them open but don't let them compete with P0 harness work.