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/2026-06-02-caller-variety-and-devon-search-design.md

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+# Caller Variety, Movable Callers, and Devon Search Fix
+
+**Date:** 2026-06-02
+**Status:** Approved, implementing
+
+## Problems
+
+1. **Callers feel formulaic** — too many deep moral dilemmas; the roster prompt
+   *enforces* it ("at least half moral dilemmas" + "NEVER generate callers who
+   are just enthusiastic about a hobby").
+2. **Callers circle forever** — they don't take advice, restating the same moral
+   issue until the host cuts them off. The live dialog prompt gives a `situation`
+   + `secret_want` but no mechanic to be moved, persuaded, or reach resolution.
+3. **Devon's search fails** — SearXNG at `localhost:8888` is unreachable whenever
+   the laptop's Docker Desktop isn't running. Fragile.
+
+## Changes
+
+### A. Roster variety — `backend/services/caller_gen.py` (`BATCH_SYSTEM_PROMPT`)
+
+- Remove the absolute ban on hobby/job/story callers.
+- Replace "at least half moral dilemmas" with an explicit distribution for a
+  10-caller roster (dilemmas still lead):
+  - **4–5** moral dilemmas / confessions / betrayals — keep the STAKES language.
+  - **2–3** storytellers & enthusiasts — a wild thing that happened, a fascinating
+    niche obsession or fact, a vivid slice-of-life. No deep dilemma required.
+  - **1–2** believers / chaos — earnest UFO/cryptid/conspiracy callers
+    (Coast-to-Coast sincerity) or a big eccentric personality on a rant.
+- Keep the anti-collision rule, "reason they HAD to call tonight," and
+  "even lighter callers need energy and specificity."
+
+### B. Movable callers — `backend/main.py` (`get_caller_prompt`)
+
+Add a concise conversational-arc block for every caller:
+- You have a position/want, but you're a real person — if Luke makes a good
+  point, genuinely react: agree, change your mind, soften, dig in, or decide.
+- Don't restate a point/dilemma you've already made; the conversation must move.
+  You can reach a resolution, a decision, or an emotional turn. You are not
+  required to stay stuck.
+
+Stacks on the existing "don't restate facts / move the story forward" rule.
+Must keep `get_caller_prompt` output under the 3500-char test cap.
+
+### C. SearXNG → NAS — `backend/config.py`, `backend/services/news.py`
+
+- Deploy SearXNG to **mmgnas** as an always-on container (deploy-nas-docker).
+- Add `searxng_url` to `config.py` (env-overridable), default to the NAS URL.
+- `news.py` reads `settings.searxng_url` instead of the hardcoded constant;
+  `intern.py` imports `SEARXNG_URL` from `news.py`, so Devon, headlines, and
+  caller news-grounding all follow.
+
+## Verification
+
+- Run test suite (note: 2 pre-existing stale `test_caller_gen.py` failures).
+- Live caller-gen batch → review the roster mix.
+- Devon end-to-end: a `web_search` against the NAS SearXNG returns real results.