Fix caller lineup never loading and add Wellspring cult callers

The lineup fix and the new characters both land in main.py, so they share a
commit rather than being split artificially.

Lineup fix — populate_backgrounds() was reachable only through
POST /api/session/reset, so taking calls without hitting reset left
session.caller_backgrounds empty for a whole show. Every caller got a hollow
prompt, collapsed into generic relationship filler, and Silas lost his lore.
Now start_call populates on demand, get_caller_prompt raises
EmptyCallerBackgroundError instead of emitting an empty prompt, /api/callers
reports lineup readiness to a header badge, and cross-episode topic dedup
widened from 2 shows to 10.

Wellspring callers — Doyle as the anchor defector plus a six-member pool,
grouped by new frontmatter fields (group, group_lead, group_weight, register,
explicitness). A faction is capped at one caller per show, with a 15% roll for
two pairing the lead with one other member. group_weight lets an anchor carrying
an arc get slots faster than texture characters.

Also detects model refusals, which arrive as ordinary 200s and previously
reached air as broken-character text or dead silence.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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co-authored by Claude Opus 5
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from backend.main import get_caller_prompt
import pytest
from backend.main import EmptyCallerBackgroundError, get_caller_prompt
def test_empty_background_raises_instead_of_hollow_prompt():
"""A hollow prompt still generates dialog — the model invents generic
relationship filler and regulars lose their lore. Fail loudly instead."""
with pytest.raises(EmptyCallerBackgroundError):
get_caller_prompt({})
def test_background_missing_every_identity_field_raises():
caller = {"voice": "Sebastian", "age": 52, "location": "Terlingua"}
with pytest.raises(EmptyCallerBackgroundError):
get_caller_prompt(caller)
def test_partial_background_still_builds():
"""A name alone is enough to reach the regulars lookup, so don't block it."""
prompt = get_caller_prompt({"name": "Silas"})
assert "Silas" in prompt
def test_prompt_includes_identity_and_situation():