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Summary

Closes #34

Adds a "daily creative brief" system that introduces natural variation in batch-generated illustrations while maintaining reproducibility.

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  • Creative Brief System: Each day gets a unique creative direction combining:

    • Interpretive lens (7 options): emotion, journey, conflict, collaboration, breakthrough, scale, individual impact
    • Compositional approach (6 options): bird's eye, close-up, wide shot, diagonal, silhouette, split frame
    • Seasonal mood (4 seasons): Atmospheric tone derived from date

  • Style Rotation: Uses suggested_styles from style-presets.json instead of hardcoded CATEGORY_STYLES mapping

  • Character Shuffle: Date-seeded randomization of character order and count (1, 2, or all available)

Example Output

Dec 30:

Today's creative direction:
  Lens: Focus on the INDIVIDUAL IMPACT on one person
  Composition: Silhouette against dramatic backdrop
  Mood: winter stillness, contemplative, cool tones

Dec 31:

Today's creative direction:
  Lens: Frame this as a BREAKTHROUGH or DISCOVERY moment
  Composition: Wide establishing shot showing full context
  Mood: winter stillness, contemplative, cool tones

Reproducibility

All randomness is date-seeded: same date = same output.

7 lenses × 6 compositions × 4 seasons = 168 unique creative briefs before repeating.

Test Plan

  • Run --dry-run with multiple dates to verify variation
  • Verify style rotation matches suggested_styles in config
  • Verify character shuffle produces varied arrangements
  • Verify reproducibility (same date = same output)

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feat: add organic variation to illustration batch generation
4d1154c 
Closes #34

Adds a "daily creative brief" system that introduces natural variation
in batch-generated illustrations while maintaining reproducibility:

- Interpretive lenses: 7 different ways to interpret the news content
  (emotion, journey, conflict, collaboration, breakthrough, scale, impact)
- Compositional approaches: 6 framing styles (bird's eye, close-up,
  wide shot, diagonal, silhouette, split frame)
- Seasonal mood: Atmospheric tone derived from the date
- Style rotation: Uses suggested_styles from style-presets.json
  instead of hardcoded category mappings
- Character shuffle: Date-seeded randomization of character order
  and count (1, 2, or all available)

All randomness is date-seeded for reproducibility: same date = same output.
7 lenses × 6 compositions × 4 seasons = 168 unique creative briefs.

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madjin and others added 6 commits December 31, 2025 01:04
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feat: add holiday mood overrides to organic variation system
d93cd76 
Extends the seasonal mood system with 12 holiday-specific overrides:

Fixed date holidays (2-3 day windows):
- New Year's (Dec 31 - Jan 2)
- Valentine's Day (Feb 13-15)
- St. Patrick's Day (Mar 16-17)
- April Fools (Apr 1)
- Bitcoin Pizza Day (May 22)
- 4th of July (Jul 3-5)
- Ethereum Birthday (Jul 30)
- Halloween (Oct 29-31)
- Christmas (Dec 23-26)

Variable holidays (hardcoded 2025-2035):
- Thanksgiving (Wed-Fri around 4th Thursday)
- Easter (Sat-Mon around Easter Sunday)

Priority: Easter > Thanksgiving > Fixed holidays > Seasonal
(Easter 2029 falls on April 1st, correctly takes priority over April Fools)

Total unique moods: 4 seasons + 12 holidays = 16
Total combinations: 7 lenses × 6 compositions × 16 moods = 672

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Merge main into feat/organic-variation
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feat: add costume instructions to Halloween and Christmas moods
182b24d 
- Halloween (Oct 29-31): Characters wear Halloween costumes
- Christmas (Dec 23-26): Characters wear Santa hats and holiday attire

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docs: add CDN upload and organic variation system to README
dcbedc7 
- CDN Upload section with setup, usage, and full workflow
- Organic Variation System explaining creative brief components
- Holiday moods table with special features (costumes, Santa hats)
- Style rotation explanation

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refactor: rename posters/ to media/ for generated output
4e6c1e0 
- Update OUTPUT_DIR in illustrate.py to use media/
- Update GitHub workflow paths
- Update README documentation with new paths
- Remove old posters/ directory (content moves to CDN)

This separates generated media output from scripts/posters/ code,
and prepares for CDN-first media hosting.

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feat: use CDN poster URL in Discord webhook
7149694 
- Read poster URL from facts.media.posters.overall (Bunny CDN)
- Remove --poster/-p flag (URL now embedded in facts file)
- Remove cleanup_old_posters() function (using CDN instead)
- Simplify daily_discord_briefing workflow
- Update facts with CDN media URLs

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feat: add visual approach config and mesh media into categories
107f7b0 
- Add visual_approaches config (abstract_dataviz, conceptual_metaphor,
  character_scene) with suggested styles and character usage flags
- Add visual_hint to each category for future LLM-based format selection
- Update category suggested_styles for better variety rotation
- Mesh media URLs into category structures (overall_media, categories.*.media)
- Keep legacy media node for backward compatibility
- Update Discord webhook to read from new meshed location with fallback
- Add PLAN-organic-variation.md documenting decisions and architecture

The config-driven approach rotates styles by day_of_year % len(suggested_styles).
Future enhancement: separate Unix-style script for LLM judgment calls.

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feat: add new styles and expand category rotation options
32c5856 
New styles added (Nano Banana Pro inspired):
- retro_terminal: 80s CRT aesthetic with green phosphor glow
- cyberpunk_hud: Holographic data display with neon metrics
- isometric_city: Clean isometric tech architecture visualization

Category style rotation expanded:
- github_updates: +retro_terminal, +isometric_city (5 styles)
- discord_updates: +collage, +risograph (5 styles)
- user_feedback: +paper_cutout (4 styles)
- strategic_insights: +bauhaus, +ukiyo_e (5 styles)
- market_analysis: +cyberpunk_hud (4 styles)
- twitter_news_highlights: +pixel_art (4 styles)
- overall: new category config with 5 styles

Visual approaches updated with retro_tech approach and expanded style lists.
More variety = less repetition across batch generations.

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backfill aggregated files
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backfill facts
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chore: backfill council data and add migration scripts
81bfc45 
Council briefings:
- Backfill 107 files (2025-01-01 to 2025-04-17)
- Migrate 43 files to new schema (strategic_context_summary → meeting_context)

Retros & summaries:
- Add Jan, Feb, Mar 2025 monthly retros
- Add Q1 2025 quarterly summary
- Add Dec 2025 retro and Q4 summary

New scripts (scripts/etl/):
- backfill-facts.sh: Batch generate facts from aggregated data
- backfill-council.sh: Batch generate council briefings

Migration scripts (scripts/archive/):
- convert-source-format.py: Fix old source key format to file paths
- convert-council-format.py: Migrate old council schema to new

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chore: add backfilled council markdown exports
5fd2afe 
107 markdown files for hackmd/council/ (2025-01-01 to 2025-04-17)

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@madjin madjin merged commit ffefa2f into main Jan 2, 2026
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