Track design and implementation plans

Seven plan documents covering the website JS infrastructure, show theme, caller
quality overhaul, cost dashboard, the Alpine relocation, and caller variety plus
Devon's search — the record of why the current architecture looks the way it
does. Plus the press release draft.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

docs/plans/2026-05-31-alpine-relocation-design.md

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+# Relocate the Show to Alpine, TX / Big Bend
+
+**Date:** 2026-05-31
+**Status:** Approved, implementing
+
+## Goal
+
+Luke moved to Alpine, Texas. Move the show's world from southern New Mexico
+(Deming/Lordsburg) to the Big Bend region of far West Texas. Callers should come
+from and be familiar with Alpine, Marfa, Marathon, Terlingua, Fort Stockton, and
+the Big Bend area. Devon moves with the show. Silas gets an arc beat that
+relocates The Wellspring to Terlingua.
+
+## Changes
+
+### 1. Caller generation — `backend/services/caller_gen.py`
+
+- `BATCH_SYSTEM_PROMPT` opener: "…radio show in New Mexico" → "…in Alpine, Texas,
+  in the Big Bend country of far West Texas."
+- Add a **geographic knowledge block** (real, accurate facts) so callers ground
+  themselves in real places instead of generic desert. Towns:
+  - **Alpine** — hub (~6k), Brewster County seat, Sul Ross State University,
+    mile-high ranching/railroad town, small arts scene.
+  - **Marfa** — minimalist-art tourist town (Chinati/Donald Judd, Prada Marfa),
+    the Marfa Lights, old ranching families vs. hipster influx.
+  - **Marathon** — tiny, the Gage Hotel, east gateway to Big Bend NP.
+  - **Terlingua** — quicksilver-mining ghost town, famous chili cookoff,
+    river-rafting outfitters, off-grid desert eccentrics, the Starlight Theatre,
+    near the Rio Grande / Mexico border.
+  - **Fort Stockton** — oilfield/I-10 town to the north, Pecos County, Paisano
+    Pete, working-class.
+  - **Big Bend** — Chisos Mountains, Rio Grande, dark skies (McDonald Observatory
+    near Fort Davis), remote, border proximity, Permian Basin oil money north.
+  - Rule: only reference real places/facts; don't invent businesses or landmarks.
+
+### 2. Whisper prompt — `backend/services/transcription.py`
+
+Update locale and seed proper nouns: "…a late-night radio talk show in Alpine,
+Texas, in the Big Bend region. Callers reference Alpine, Marfa, Marathon,
+Terlingua, Fort Stockton, and Big Bend."
+
+### 3. Devon — `backend/services/intern.py`
+
+Moved with the show. Keep "Communications degree from NMSU" (alma mater);
+"You live in a studio in Deming" → "studio in Alpine."
+
+### 4. Silas — relocate The Wellspring to Terlingua
+
+- `~/code/dotfiles/silas/silas.md`: identity location Deming → Terlingua badlands;
+  update `arc_state` frontmatter to the relocation; add an Arc Log entry
+  (2026-05-31) — post-reckoning fresh start, moving the commune to desert outside
+  Terlingua, the move straining the forty members.
+- `data/regulars.json`: update Silas's `job`, `location`, and the
+  `stable_seeds.style` "commune outside Deming" → Terlingua. Leave the 6 past
+  `call_history` summaries untouched — they happened in Deming; the move is the
+  new development.
+
+### 5. Weather/town-news enrichment — `backend/main.py` (now a real feature)
+
+The block in `enrich_caller_background()` called `_get_town_from_location` /
+`_get_weather_for_town`, which never existed — silently NameError-ing. Implement:
+
+- `BIG_BEND_TOWNS`: dict of town → (lat, lon) for Alpine, Marfa, Marathon,
+  Terlingua, Fort Stockton, Big Bend (Chisos Basin), Fort Davis, Presidio.
+- `_get_town_from_location(text)`: scan lowercased text for a known town,
+  return canonical key (handles "ft stockton"/"fort stockton").
+- `_get_weather_for_town(town)`: Open-Meteo current weather (free, no key),
+  WMO weather_code → phrase, returns e.g. "58°F, clear skies".
+- Update town-news query: NM/AZ branch → `f"{town.title()} Texas"`.
+- Wire session base_ctx `weather` (was hardcoded "cool desert night") to live
+  Alpine weather, graceful fallback on failure.
+
+All network calls degrade gracefully (existing `asyncio.timeout` + try/except).
+
+## Out of scope / left as-is
+
+- Past `call_history` summaries (genuinely happened in Deming).
+- `main.py:3124` state-abbreviation map (generic, not show-locale).