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