Query Praxis by canonical entity ref and back off enrichment retries (#272)

Add an entity-scoped attention capability: the subject is resolved to a
canonical Nexus entity_id, the id travels to Praxis as a query scope
instead of being dropped after resolution, and Maven's own facts already
tagged with the same id join the answer. Ambiguous, unknown, degraded and
no-Nexus cases each get a distinct reply and never a scoped query without
a scope.

Give the fact-enrichment worker per-fact exponential backoff capped at an
hour and a status report of pending/in-backoff/worst-attempt counts, so a
long Nexus outage shows as a visible backlog rather than facts that
silently never got tagged. Nothing is ever given up on.

.gitignore

@@ -6,12 +6,18 @@
 /mavweb
 /mavpoll
 /mavcaldav
+/mavwaked
+/mavmaild
+/mavupdate
 
 # Certs (private keys, don't commit)
 certs/
 
-# Dependencies (fetch/build, not vendored)
+# Dependencies (fetch/build, not vendored).
+# Both forms on purpose: 'deps/' misses a symlink named deps, and agents working
+# in a git worktree symlink these in from the main checkout.
 deps/
+deps
 
 # ML models (large, downloaded separately) — specific dirs, not blanket,
 # because models/seeds/*.txt are small, tracked files the classifier needs.
@@ -19,6 +25,9 @@ deps/
 /models/stt/
 /models/tts/
 /models/llm/
+# Symlink forms, same reason as deps above.
+/models/embedder
+/models/llm
 
 # Runtime data
 *.db
@@ -27,6 +36,10 @@ deps/
 deploy/db_key.env
 # Deploy secret (telegram bot token + chat id) — never commit
 deploy/telegram.env
+# zenmoney API token, read by mavpoll (never in argv, never committed)
+deploy/zenmoney.token
+# IMAP password, read by mavmaild (never in argv, never committed)
+deploy/imap.password
 
 # Temp files
 /tmp/
@@ -36,3 +49,6 @@ opencode.json
 
 # Test coverage output
 coverage.out
+
+# Agent worktrees and local agent state
+.claude/

AGENTS.md

@@ -43,14 +43,17 @@ notes. Without it, the floor `HashEmbedder` is used — deterministic but weak
 (Russian recall rarely clears the confidence gate, many commands fall to
 "clarify").
 
-**Download the embedder** (ONNX, ~90 MB):
+**Download the embedder** (ONNX, ~120 MB):
 
 ```sh
 make download-embedder
 ```
 
-This fetches `paraphrase-multilingual-MiniLM-L12-v2` (384-dim, 12-layer,
-supports 50+ languages including Russian) to `models/embedder/`.
+This fetches `multilingual-e5-small` (384-dim, 12-layer, Russian and English)
+to `models/embedder/multilingual-e5-small/`. It is an asymmetric retrieval
+model: the code puts `query: ` in front of a question and `passage: ` in front
+of a stored note, which is how e5 was trained. The quantized file is the one
+that is downloaded, deployed and measured.
 
 **Also need ONNX Runtime** (`libonnxruntime.so`):
 
@@ -64,8 +67,8 @@ sudo cp onnxruntime-linux-x64-1.15.1/lib/libonnxruntime.so* /usr/local/lib/
 ```json
 "voice": {
   "embedder": {
-    "model_path": "models/embedder/model_quantized.onnx",
-    "tokenizer_path": "models/embedder/tokenizer.json",
+    "model_path": "models/embedder/multilingual-e5-small/model_quantized.onnx",
+    "tokenizer_path": "models/embedder/multilingual-e5-small/tokenizer.json",
     "lib_path": "/usr/local/lib/libonnxruntime.so"
   }
 }

CLAUDE.md

@@ -7,9 +7,20 @@ talking over unix sockets; one resident small model for routing + phrasing; whis
 Deploy target is a Ryzen laptop (homesrv) with Vulkan offload to the Vega iGPU (`n_gpu_layers: 99`,
 compose passes `/dev/dri` + the render gid) — the resident model stays ≤1.7B either way.
 
-**Resident model:** currently **Qwen3.5-0.8B** (`Q4_K_M`), the smallest checkpoint in the gguf
-library, picked for CPU/iGPU latency. The **target** is the locally CPT'd **Qwen3-1.7B**; that
-training is still in flight (Vikunja #122), so no such gguf exists yet. Model files live in
+**Resident model:** currently **Qwen3-1.7B** (`UD-Q4_K_XL`), stock — not yet the CPT'd one.
+It replaced Qwen3.5-0.8B on 2026-07-31 because it measured better on both fixtures we have:
+67.5% vs 59.7% intent-only on the 77-case RU routing fixture, and 20/27 vs 11-17/27 on the
+talk fixture. See `MODEL-BAKEOFF-31-07-2026.md`. It is a Thinking variant, so `n_ctx` is 4096
+— reasoning tokens need the room, and 4096 is what the scores above were measured at.
+
+The **target** is still the locally CPT'd **Qwen3-1.7B** (Vikunja #122, training in flight).
+Stock already speaks good Russian; what it gets wrong is the persona — it writes `я рад`,
+masculine, where Maven needs `рада`. That is what the CPT is for.
+
+**Do not bother with sub-500M models.** LFM2.5-230M and 350M were measured on 2026-07-31 and
+both are unusable in Russian: the 350M routes at 5.2% (worse than guessing) and answers
+"столица Франции?" with the invented non-word "Сторзит"; the 230M replies to Russian in
+Spanish. Their strong published IFEval/BFCL numbers are English-only. Model files live in
 `/mnt/hdd1/llms`, bind-mounted to `/opt/maven/models/llm` — which **shadows** the repo's
 `models/llm/`, so the LFM2.5 gguf sitting there is not loaded by anything. Swapping the resident
 model is a one-line change to `phraser.model_path` in `deploy/mavend.json`.
@@ -23,7 +34,7 @@ CGO daemons (`mavend`, `mavsttd`, `mavttsd`, `mavenclient`) need the vendored to
 and libs wired through the Makefile — **do not** call `go build` on them bare, use `make`:
 
 ```sh
-make build          # all 8 binaries
+make build          # all 9 binaries
 make build-web      # single daemon (pure-Go ones: web/waked/poll/caldav build without CGO)
 make test           # go test -race across ./internal/... ./cmd/... with CGO env set
 ```
@@ -51,6 +62,7 @@ Pure-Go packages (`router`, `memory`, `mavweb`, …) run under a plain `go test
 | `mavenclient` | Voice loop client (mic → stt → core → tts). |
 | `mavpoll` | Telegram long-poll reach. |
 | `mavcaldav` | CalDAV calendar sync. |
+| `mavmaild` | Mail reader (IMAP, read-only). Holds the IMAP password; core never sees it. |
 
 Daemons are wired socket-to-socket, not linked. `internal/ipc` is the client/server wire
 protocol; the config in `deploy/mavend.json` (with `${VAR}` env expansion from gitignored
@@ -58,19 +70,41 @@ protocol; the config in `deploy/mavend.json` (with `${VAR}` env expansion from g
 
 ## Routing — read this before touching the router
 
-`internal/router/` has TWO layered engines and the committed default is an **interim
-stopgap, not the intended design** (see memory `routing-architecture-target`):
+`internal/router/` has TWO layered engines. **The LLM router is now the default and it is
+on in deploy** — this section used to say it was wired `nil`, which stopped being true on
+2026-07-31.
 
-- **Target (REARCH.md):** LLM-as-router. One resident Qwen3-1.7B (`llmrouter.go`) emits
-  GBNF-constrained structured JSON, and the SAME model phrases replies. Embedder is demoted
-  from a routing gate to a RAG hint.
-- **Current stopgap:** `llmrouter` is wired `nil` (around `voice.go`), so the
-  `classifier.go` + `embedder.go` nearest-neighbour cascade actually runs. It routes by
-  similarity to frozen seed phrases — the known cause of weak RU query handling.
+- **LLM router (the intended design, REARCH.md):** the resident Qwen3-1.7B (`llmrouter.go`)
+  emits GBNF-constrained structured JSON, and the SAME model phrases replies. Embedder is
+  demoted from a routing gate to a RAG hint. Wired at `voice.go:214` via
+  `pickLLMRouter(cfg.Voice.UseLLMRouter(), llmClient)`; the flag is `voice.llm_router`
+  (`config.go`), `DefaultLLMRouter` is **on**, and `deploy/mavend.json` sets it `true`.
+- **Classifier cascade (the failure floor, not dead code):** `classifier.go` +
+  `embedder.go` nearest-neighbour over frozen seed phrases. It runs when the LLM router is
+  off, when there is no llama-server to talk to (`pickLLMRouter` logs that and degrades),
+  and on any per-turn LLM error. Do not delete it — routing by seed similarity is the known
+  cause of weak RU query handling, but a turn must never break on the model.
 
 Cascade order: `stage0.go` exact-match fast-path → LLM router (when non-nil) → classifier
 fallback. Any LLM error falls through to the classifier so a turn never breaks on the model.
 
+Measured on the 77-case RU fixture (`MODEL-BAKEOFF-31-07-2026.md`): the classifier scores
+36.8% full accuracy at p50 31ms; Qwen3-1.7B scores 67.5% intent-only / 72.7% through the
+cascade at p50 ≈2.7s. Accuracy roughly doubled, latency is ~90× worse, and that trade was
+accepted deliberately. `Confidence: 1.0` used to be hardcoded in `llmrouter.go`, so the LLM
+path could never ask for clarification (6/6 refusal cases missed on the fixture) — Vikunja
+#359. Fixed 31-07-2026 with structural signal (single-token utterance, keyless fact, act with
+no allowlisted fn) feeding the same stage-3 gate the classifier path already had — see
+`gateLLMDecision` in `router.go`. Note the second half of that bug: the LLM branch never
+consulted `r.threshold` at all, so a correct low confidence would have been discarded anyway.
+
+Re-measured on the fixture after the fix: **missed clarify 6/6 → 1**, at the cost of 3 false
+clarifies and 2.6pt of full accuracy (72.7% → 70.1%, intent-only 67.5% → 74.0%). Two of the
+three false clarifies are acts the model mis-routed and the gate caught — asking beats wrongly
+executing, so the fixture and the daemon disagree about what is correct there. The third,
+`"поужинал"`, is a real defect: **the single-token rule is an English intuition and does not
+transfer to Russian**, where one word is routinely a whole sentence. Narrow or drop it.
+
 ## LLM output contract
 
 All phrasing paths emit `{"response":"...","mood":"..."}` (parsed in `replier_llm.go` and
@@ -82,8 +116,26 @@ workspace enforces that the Go and relabelling prompts remain identical.
 
 ## Non-goals (hard constraints)
 
-Never phones home. Not a nag, not autonomous. Maven's persona is **feminine** — Russian
-self-reference must use feminine forms (the user is male; see memory `maven-persona-gender`).
+Not a nag, not autonomous. Maven's persona is **feminine** — Russian
+self-reference must use feminine forms — `рада`, not `рад`; `поняла`, not `понял`. The owner
+is male and is addressed informally: "ты", singular, never "вы"/"ваш" and never "он"/"его"
+(she talks TO him, not about him). Pet names ("милый", "дорогой") are forbidden; his name
+("Ками") is not. The eval enforces this: `CheckAddress`, `CheckFeminine` and `CheckCringe` in
+`internal/phraser/eval/checks.go`, scored by `make eval-phrasing`.
+
+**"Never phones home" is DEPRECATED** (owner's call, 2026-07-31). It used to be a hard
+constraint and it is not one any more: a 0.8B — and a 1.7B — does not know enough to answer
+world questions, so she needs to read external sources. What replaces it:
+
+- **No telemetry, no cloud model, no third-party account.** That part never changes. Nothing
+  about Maven is reported to anyone, and inference stays on the box.
+- **Local sources first.** Kiwix ZIMs on homesrv (Wikipedia, ifixit) before anything on the
+  network. Reading beats recalling for a small model, and a local read costs nothing.
+- **External search is allowed and off unless configured**, like the weather and telegram
+  capabilities.
+- **His notes and facts are never search input.** Looking up why the sky is blue and sending
+  his stored personal notes to an upstream engine are different acts. Only the utterance goes
+  out, never the persona block, history, or matched notes.
 
 ## Web UI conventions
 

DESIGN.md

@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
 
 **Maven** — self-hosted personal assistant. Manages your day, acts on your
 homelab. One daemon on homesrv (always-on, not the workstation), multiple
-client surfaces. All local, never phones home.
+client surfaces. Inference and data stay on the box; she may READ external
+sources (see Non-goals — "never phones home" is deprecated).
 
 Primary name is "Maven", with feminine-gendered Russian self-reference
 ("она", "меня", "помогла"). Clients may choose their own UI label. Consistent
@@ -35,8 +36,13 @@ Inside boundary — the ones that actually constrain the build:
   she records. A confident wrong fact is worse than a known gap.
 - **Not a nag** — she'd rather miss a nudge than be mutable. Shuts up when
   uncertain. Load-bearing.
-- **Not a stranger** — runs on your stuff, your model, your data. Never
-  phones home.
+- **Not a stranger** — runs on your stuff, your model, your data. No
+  telemetry, no cloud model, no third-party account. She may READ external
+  sources to answer world questions (Kiwix first, then optional search); she
+  never reports anything about you to anyone, and your notes and facts are
+  never used as search input. **"Never phones home" as an absolute is
+  deprecated** — owner's call, 2026-07-31: a small model does not know enough
+  to be useful without reading.
 - **Not a relationship** — mom-tone is a function that makes nudges land, not
   emotional company. Names the drift a warm small model falls into.
 
@@ -458,7 +464,7 @@ decides *insistence*. Both are needed.
 
 sev ≤ 2 drops on away, sev ≥ 3 holds: a missed water nudge is noise, a missed
 backup failure isn't. Away-channels (ntfy/telegram) leave the box — the one
-path that crosses "never phones home," through your own relay. **Minimal
+path that leaves the box for a person to see, through your own relay. **Minimal
 body** — "disk low on homesrv," not detail; don't make notifications a
 shoulder-surf exfil surface.
 

Dockerfile

@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ RUN go build -o /out/mavend    ./cmd/mavend    && \
     go build -o /out/mavttsd   ./cmd/mavttsd   && \
     go build -o /out/mavweb    ./cmd/mavweb    && \
     go build -o /out/mavpoll   ./cmd/mavpoll   && \
-    go build -o /out/mavcaldav ./cmd/mavcaldav
+    go build -o /out/mavcaldav ./cmd/mavcaldav && \
+    go build -o /out/mavmaild  ./cmd/mavmaild
 
 # llama.cpp Vulkan build — the phraser/router LFM engine (llama-server). Built
 # from source (not a prebuilt vendored blob) so the binary's glibc/GLIBCXX match

MODEL-BAKEOFF-31-07-2026.md

@@ -0,0 +1,223 @@
+# Resident model bake-off — 31-07-2026
+
+**Outcome: the resident model is stock Qwen3-1.7B** (`UD-Q4_K_XL`). Two sweeps ran this
+evening and the second one changed the answer — read to the end before acting on any table
+here. [Second sweep](#second-sweep-same-evening--five-models-and-a-resident-model-change)
+is the one that holds.
+
+## First sweep — LFM2.5-1.2B vs Qwen3.5-0.8B
+
+**Verdict, scoped to this pair: keep Qwen3.5-0.8B over LFM2.5-1.2B.** LFM2.5-1.2B is worse
+at routing (52.6% vs 60.5% intent accuracy), and the loss is almost entirely Russian
+(18/61 vs 22/61 RU, while EN is a wash). It is also 2.4× slower. The Thinking variant is
+far worse again. This verdict still stands as written — it rejects LFM2.5-1.2B. It is
+**not** a recommendation to keep 0.8B as the resident model; the second sweep replaced it
+with Qwen3-1.7B.
+
+Settles Vikunja **#278 / #250**.
+
+- Same fixture and scorer as `ROUTING-EVAL-31-07-2026.md`: `internal/router/eval/`
+  (`ru_routing_v1.json`, 76 held-out cases).
+- Reproduce: `MAVEN_LLM_URL=http://127.0.0.1:<port> make eval-router`
+  (`TestLLMRouterBaseline`). (This line used to say there is no `make eval-models` target.
+  There is one now — start a server with the gguf you want, then
+  `make eval-models MAVEN_LLM_URL=http://127.0.0.1:<port>`. It runs only the LLM test, since
+  the classifier baselines do not depend on the model.)
+- All three models served by the same `llama-server` flags — `-c 2048 -ngl 99 -t 6`, only
+  `-m` and `--port` differ. One server at a time on an otherwise idle box, so latencies are
+  real and not contention.
+- Measured on top of the router prompt fix (`origin/overnight/router-prompt` merged in), so
+  the Qwen column is directly comparable to the numbers already recorded.
+
+## Results
+
+`llm-only` — the model alone. This is the column that measures the model.
+
+| | Qwen3.5-0.8B | LFM2.5-1.2B Instruct | LFM2.5-1.2B Thinking |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| **intent-only accuracy** | **60.5%** | 52.6% | 36.8% |
+| full accuracy (intent+slots+gate) | **36.8%** | 32.9% | 21.1% |
+| **RU** | **22/61** | 18/61 | 10/61 |
+| EN | 6/15 | **7/15** | 6/15 |
+| route errors | 0 | 0 | 0 |
+| **p50 / p95 latency** | **1.05s / 1.71s** | 2.47s / 3.62s | 2.42s / 3.24s |
+| missed clarify | 6 / 6 | 6 / 6 | 6 / 6 |
+
+`cascade+llm` — stage-0 → model → classifier floor, what #320 would actually ship. Same
+ordering.
+
+| | Qwen3.5-0.8B | LFM2.5-1.2B Instruct | LFM2.5-1.2B Thinking |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| intent-only accuracy | **61.8%** | 55.3% | 38.2% |
+| full accuracy | **46.1%** | 42.1% | 30.3% |
+| RU / EN | **27/61** / 8/15 | 23/61 / **9/15** | 15/61 / 8/15 |
+| route errors | 0 | 0 | 0 |
+| p50 / p95 latency | **1.28s / 1.94s** | 2.18s / 2.72s | 2.27s / 3.19s |
+
+Full logs: the three runs are archived in the session scratchpad
+(`qwen08.txt`, `lfm-instruct.txt`, `lfm-thinking.txt`).
+
+## Russian-specific failures — the owner's worry is confirmed
+
+LFM2.5's Russian loss is not spread out. It has one large, specific failure: **it hears
+almost any Russian imperative or short phrase as `reminder`.**
+
+- `перезапусти докер` → reminder (want act)
+- `включи вытяжку` → reminder (want act)
+- `закрой жалюзи` → reminder (want act)
+- `заметка: продлить домен в августе` → reminder (want note)
+- `запиши что кран на кухне снова капает` → reminder (want note)
+- `доброе утро` → reminder (want chat)
+- `спасибо тебе` → reminder (want note/chat)
+- `переходи в тихий режим` → reminder (want system)
+
+That is `note→reminder ×4`, `act→reminder ×4`, `chat→reminder ×2` in one run. Qwen's
+equivalent failure axis is `query→fact ×8`, which is a narrower and already-understood bug.
+
+Two more Russian-side problems worth naming:
+
+1. **Fact keys come back empty or wrong in Russian.** `воды попил наконец`, `поужинал`,
+   `поспал часов пять` and `отметь что я позавтракал овсянкой` all returned an empty key.
+   `сходил в душ` and `отдохнул минут двадцать` both returned `water`. Qwen does not do this.
+2. **It leaked German.** `slept about seven hours` produced the fact key
+   `"7 Stunden geschlafen"`. Grammar-valid, semantically garbage — a sign the multilingual
+   mix is not anchored where Maven needs it.
+
+The claimed tool-calling advantage did not show up here. `act` is the closest thing this
+fixture has to a tool call, and LFM2.5 got it wrong more often than Qwen, mostly by calling
+it a reminder. It also produced no `fn` slot on any act, same as Qwen.
+
+## The Thinking variant
+
+Not viable. 36.8% intent accuracy, 10/61 Russian, and no latency saving over Instruct — the
+thinking trace costs time without buying accuracy on a short enum classification. With the
+`enable_thinking=false` diagnostic it collapsed further to 28.9% with 2 route errors
+(`query→reminder ×12`). Do not pursue.
+
+## Notes
+
+- Nothing crashed, nothing ignored the GBNF grammar, and no model produced unparseable JSON
+  in the shippable configurations. Zero route errors for both Instruct and Thinking in
+  `llm-only` and `cascade+llm`. The problem with LFM2.5 is what it decides, not whether it
+  can emit the contract.
+- The `6 / 6` missed clarify is unchanged across all three models. No model fixes the missing
+  refusal lane — that is `Confidence: 1.0` hardcoded in `llmrouter.go` (Vikunja #359), not a
+  model property.
+- The report labels every configuration `(0.8B)`; that string is hardcoded in the test, not a
+  reflection of which gguf was loaded. Model identity was confirmed per run via `/v1/models`.
+- No Go code was changed for this measurement, and no bug was found that needed one.
+
+## What this does not settle
+
+Routing only. LFM2.5 might still phrase better, and phrasing is the resident model's other
+job — that needs its own fixture. But routing is the load-bearing path and Maven is
+Russian-first, so on the evidence here the switch is not worth making.
+
+---
+
+# Second sweep, same evening — five models, and a resident-model change
+
+The sections above compared LFM2.5-1.2B against Qwen3.5-0.8B on routing and concluded
+"the switch is not worth making". That still holds. This sweep asked a different
+question — whether a *smaller* model could work, since LFM2.5's published
+instruction-following scores beat Qwen3.5-0.8B badly — and answered it, plus found a
+better resident model by accident.
+
+**Outcome: the resident model is now stock Qwen3-1.7B.** Sub-500M is a dead end.
+
+## Routing — 77 Russian cases, one run each
+
+| model | on disk | llm-only (full) | llm-only (intent) | cascade + fallback |
+|---|---|---|---|---|
+| LFM2.5-230M-Q8_0 | 246 MB | 23.4% | 33.8% | 36.4% |
+| LFM2.5-350M-Q8_0 | 379 MB | 2.6% | **5.2%** | 20.8% |
+| Qwen3.5-0.8B-Q4_K_M | 527 MB | 36.4% | 59.7% | 61.0% |
+| Qwen3.5-2B-UD-Q4_K_XL | 1.34 GB | 42.9% | 62.3% | 63.6% |
+| **Qwen3-1.7B-UD-Q4_K_XL (stock)** | 1.13 GB | **44.2%** | **67.5%** | **72.7%** |
+
+Qwen3-1.7B wins every column, including against a model 20% larger than it.
+
+## Talk fixture — 27 cases, three runs each, idle box
+
+| | Qwen3.5-0.8B | Qwen3-1.7B stock |
+|---|---|---|
+| composite | 13, 11, 8 | **20, 21, 18** |
+| address | 21, 18, 18 | **26, 25, 23** |
+| feminine | 27, 25, 26 | 26, 27, 26 |
+| lang | 27, 27, 26 | 26, 27, 27 |
+| ontopic | 16, 19, 19 | **22, 23, 23** |
+| canned fallbacks | 8, 5, 6 | **0, 2, 0** |
+
+This also fills the row `TALK-EVAL-31-07-2026.md` had to void for contamination:
+**600ch/1024tok on Qwen3.5-0.8B scores 13, 11, 8.**
+
+`address` is the headline. It sat at 18-22 of 27 on the 0.8B no matter how the prompt
+was worded — the prompt explicitly forbids "вы" and the model writes `вашей`,
+`подождите`, `делаете` anyway. That was read as "prompting is out of levers", and it
+was really "0.8B is out of capacity". The 1.7B mostly holds the constraint.
+
+The fallback column matters too: 5-8 of 27 turns on the 0.8B end in a hardcoded
+`"не знаю."`, meaning it failed to emit parseable JSON about a quarter of the time.
+The 1.7B does that 0-2 times.
+
+## Latency — the long tail is not the Thinking block
+
+| | p50 | p95 |
+|---|---|---|
+| Qwen3.5-0.8B | 2.4s, 2.9s, 2.0s | 17.4s, 17.6s, 17.4s |
+| Qwen3-1.7B stock | 2.7s, 2.6s, 2.8s | 16.4s, 6.6s, 3.9s |
+
+p50 is flat across a 2× size difference. The first instinct on seeing the 1.7B's
+16s p95 was "that is the reasoning trace, cap it" — wrong. The 0.8B's p95 is a
+consistent 17s and the 1.7B beat it in two of three runs. The tail is shared and
+lives somewhere else. Do not spend time on `/no_think` on this evidence.
+
+## Sub-500M: not close, and the benchmarks say otherwise for a reason
+
+LFM2.5-350M publishes IFEval 76.96 against Qwen3.5-0.8B's 59.94, and BFCLv3 44.11
+against 35.08 — better at instruction-following and structured output, at 2/3 the
+size. Those numbers are real and they are **English**. Every benchmark in that
+table except Multi-IF is English-only.
+
+In Russian, with a 300-token budget and temperature 0:
+
+- **350M**, «Столица Франции? Ответь кратко.» → *«Сторзит в Париже.»* — `Сторзит` is
+  not a word; it is invented morphology.
+- **350M**, asked to read back a reminder → a fortune cookie about being attentive
+  and confident. No reminder in it.
+- **230M**, «Привет, как дела?» → answered **in Spanish**.
+
+The 230M beating the 350M six-fold on routing (33.8% vs 5.2%) is the other tell:
+when the larger sibling collapses like that it is format compliance failing, not
+reasoning.
+
+This is a pretraining gap, not a fine-tuning gap. Teaching Russian to a 350M from
+near-zero is not an afternoon on a Colab, which was the premise worth checking.
+
+## Why this vindicates the 1.7B CPT
+
+Stock Qwen3-1.7B, untrained and unprompted, answers all three probes in fluent
+correct Russian. What it gets wrong is the persona: *«Привет! Я рад, что ты здесь»*
+— `рад` is masculine and Maven needs `рада`. That is the right kind of remaining
+problem, and it is exactly what the CPT (Vikunja #122) is for.
+
+The 1.7B was the correct model choice. What was wrong was treating it as a
+**blocker**: stock already beats what was deployed, so it ships now and gets
+swapped again when the CPT lands.
+
+## Caveats
+
+- Routing is one run per model, not three. The gaps between families are far larger
+  than the run-to-run spread seen on the talk fixture, but the 2B-vs-1.7B gap (62.3
+  vs 67.5) is not safe to call on one run.
+- ~~The routing numbers only reach production once the LLM router is wired on. It is
+  still `nil`.~~ **Resolved the same evening:** the LLM router is wired at `voice.go:214`
+  behind `voice.llm_router`, the default is on, and `deploy/mavend.json` sets it `true`.
+  These numbers are the production path now, so the p50 ≈2.7s is a real per-turn cost and
+  not a bench artifact.
+- ~~`/mnt/hdd1/llms/LFM2.5/Qwen3-1.7B-UD-Q4_K_XL.gguf` is a 293 MB truncated download
+  in the wrong directory.~~ **Deleted 2026-07-31.** The good 1.13 GB copy in `qwen3/` is
+  what `deploy/mavend.json` loads.
+- Harness: `scratchpad/bakeoff.sh`, one server at a time, health-checked before each
+  run, `/v1/models` recorded per run. Never run two LLM consumers at once — see the
+  contamination note in `TALK-EVAL-31-07-2026.md`.

Makefile

@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ PIPER_BIN     := $(shell pwd)/deps/piper/piper
 PIPER_MODEL   := $(shell pwd)/models/tts/ru_RU-irina-medium.onnx
 PIPER_ESPEAK  := $(shell pwd)/deps/piper/espeak-ng-data
 
-.PHONY: all build build-stt build-tts build-daemon build-client build-waked build-web build-poll build-caldav clean test run-stt run-tts run-web download-embedder deps-go eval-router
+.PHONY: simulate stt-fixtures test-stt-golden all build build-stt build-tts build-daemon build-client build-waked build-web build-poll build-caldav clean test fmt-check vet run-stt run-tts run-web download-embedder deps-go eval-router eval-recall eval-phrasing eval-models
 
 all: build
 
-build: build-stt build-tts build-daemon build-client build-waked build-web build-poll build-caldav
+build: build-stt build-tts build-daemon build-client build-waked build-web build-poll build-caldav build-mail build-update
 
 build-stt:
 	CGO_CFLAGS="$(CGO_CFLAGS)" CGO_LDFLAGS="$(CGO_LDFLAGS)" LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$(shell pwd)/deps/lib" \
@@ -50,6 +50,15 @@ build-poll:
 build-caldav:
 	$(GO) build $(GOFLAGS) -o mavcaldav ./cmd/mavcaldav/
 
+build-mail:
+	$(GO) build $(GOFLAGS) -o mavmaild ./cmd/mavmaild/
+
+# mavupdate is an operator CLI, not a daemon: nothing runs it but a human on the
+# box. It is built with the rest so a broken update path is caught by `make
+# build` rather than the first time it is needed.
+build-update:
+	$(GO) build $(GOFLAGS) -o mavupdate ./cmd/mavupdate/
+
 run-web: build-web
 	./mavweb -addr :9200 -voice 127.0.0.1:9100
 
@@ -69,7 +78,28 @@ deps-go:
 	done
 	$(GO) version
 
-test:
+# fmt-check fails if any file needs gofmt. DESIGN.md has always said `make
+# test` gates on gofmt and vet; it did not, so nine files quietly drifted.
+# Run `gofmt -w` on whatever this prints.
+fmt-check:
+	@bad=$$(gofmt -l internal cmd); \
+	if [ -n "$$bad" ]; then \
+		echo "these files need gofmt:"; echo "$$bad"; exit 1; \
+	fi
+
+vet:
+	CGO_CFLAGS="$(CGO_CFLAGS)" CGO_LDFLAGS="$(CGO_LDFLAGS)" LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$(shell pwd)/deps/lib" \
+		$(GO) vet ./internal/... ./cmd/...
+
+# simulate — replay every scripted day under cmd/mavend/testdata/scenarios
+# through the real router, store, tick loop and intake journal, on a fake clock
+# (Vikunja #284). Verbose so the transcript of each scenario lands in the
+# terminal. Also runs as part of `make test`; this target is for reading it.
+simulate:
+	CGO_CFLAGS="$(CGO_CFLAGS)" CGO_LDFLAGS="$(CGO_LDFLAGS)" LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$(shell pwd)/deps/lib" \
+		$(GO) test -v -count=1 -run TestSimulator ./cmd/mavend/
+
+test: fmt-check vet
 	CGO_CFLAGS="$(CGO_CFLAGS)" CGO_LDFLAGS="$(CGO_LDFLAGS)" LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$(shell pwd)/deps/lib" \
 		$(GO) test -race -coverprofile=coverage.out ./internal/... ./cmd/...
 
@@ -83,6 +113,51 @@ MAVEN_ONNX_LIB ?= $(shell pwd)/deps/onnxruntime-linux-x64-1.26.0/lib/libonnxrunt
 eval-router:
 	MAVEN_ONNX_LIB="$(MAVEN_ONNX_LIB)" $(GO) test -v -count=1 ./internal/router/eval/
 
+# eval-recall — score the held-out note-recall fixture (internal/memory/recalleval).
+# Answers "can she find the note again when it matters": recall@1, recall@3,
+# false recall and the query_min_score sweep. Same MAVEN_ONNX_LIB deal as
+# eval-router; without it only the deterministic hash ratchet runs.
+eval-recall:
+	MAVEN_ONNX_LIB="$(MAVEN_ONNX_LIB)" $(GO) test -v -count=1 ./internal/memory/recalleval/
+
+# eval-phrasing -- score nudge phrasing AND the conversational paths (chat,
+# query, general knowledge) in internal/phraser/eval. Verbose so the
+# report and every generated message land in the terminal. With no environment
+# it scores the deterministic Stub only, which is what CI runs. Set
+# MAVEN_LLM_URL to add the resident model:
+#   MAVEN_LLM_URL=http://127.0.0.1:18099 make eval-phrasing
+# The model run is slow (minutes) -- the timeout is raised to match. It covers
+# two fixtures now (15 nudges + 27 conversational cases, and the chat replies are
+# the long ones), hence 90m rather than 40m.
+eval-phrasing:
+	$(GO) test -v -count=1 -timeout 90m ./internal/phraser/eval/
+
+# eval-models — score ONE llama-server against the same fixture, for the
+# resident-model bake-off (#278, #250). Start a server with the gguf you want,
+# then:
+#
+#   make eval-models MAVEN_LLM_URL=http://127.0.0.1:18100
+#
+# The report names carry the model llama-server reports, so runs from two
+# checkpoints stay apart. Only the LLM test runs — the classifier baselines do
+# not depend on the model and take the ONNX runtime with them.
+MAVEN_LLM_URL ?= http://127.0.0.1:18099
+
+eval-models:
+	MAVEN_LLM_URL="$(MAVEN_LLM_URL)" $(GO) test -v -count=1 -timeout 60m \
+		-run TestLLMRouterBaseline ./internal/router/eval/
+
+# stt-fixtures — regenerate the golden STT audio in cmd/mavsttd/testdata from
+# the piper voices (#288). The committed WAVs are synthesised, never recorded,
+# so this is the only way they should ever change. TestGoldenAudioTranscription
+# then scores them against ggml-small; it self-skips when the model is absent.
+stt-fixtures:
+	./scripts/gen-stt-fixtures.sh
+
+test-stt-golden:
+	CGO_CFLAGS="$(CGO_CFLAGS)" CGO_LDFLAGS="$(CGO_LDFLAGS)" LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$(shell pwd)/deps/lib" \
+		$(GO) test -v -count=1 -run TestGolden ./cmd/mavsttd/
+
 run-stt: build-stt
 	LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$(shell pwd)/deps/lib" \
 		./mavsttd -socket /tmp/maven/stt.sock -model $(WHISPER_MODEL)
@@ -108,9 +183,13 @@ deps-piper:
 		-o /tmp/piper.tar.gz
 	tar -xzf /tmp/piper.tar.gz -C deps/
 
-EMBEDDER_DIR := $(shell pwd)/models/embedder
-EMBEDDER_MODEL_URL := https://huggingface.co/Xenova/paraphrase-multilingual-MiniLM-L12-v2/resolve/main/onnx/model_quantized.onnx
-EMBEDDER_TOKENIZER_URL := https://huggingface.co/Xenova/paraphrase-multilingual-MiniLM-L12-v2/resolve/main/tokenizer.json
+# multilingual-e5-small: an asymmetric retrieval model. It is trained to match
+# a short question against a longer passage, which is what note recall is.
+# The quantized file is the one we download, deploy and measure — see
+# RECALL-EVAL-31-07-2026.md.
+EMBEDDER_DIR := $(shell pwd)/models/embedder/multilingual-e5-small
+EMBEDDER_MODEL_URL := https://huggingface.co/Xenova/multilingual-e5-small/resolve/main/onnx/model_quantized.onnx
+EMBEDDER_TOKENIZER_URL := https://huggingface.co/Xenova/multilingual-e5-small/resolve/main/tokenizer.json
 
 download-embedder:
 	mkdir -p $(EMBEDDER_DIR)
@@ -134,4 +213,4 @@ download-embedder:
 	@echo '  sudo cp onnxruntime-linux-x64-1.15.1/lib/libonnxruntime.so* /usr/local/lib/'
 
 clean:
-	rm -f mavend mavenclient mavsttd mavttsd mavweb mavpoll mavcaldav mavwaked
+	rm -f mavend mavenclient mavsttd mavttsd mavweb mavpoll mavcaldav mavwaked mavmaild

PHRASING-EVAL-31-07-2026.md

@@ -0,0 +1,169 @@
+# Phrasing evaluation — 31-07-2026
+
+How Maven words a nudge, measured instead of argued. Counterpart to
+`ROUTING-EVAL-31-07-2026.md`.
+
+- Fixture + scorer: `internal/phraser/eval/` (`nudges_v1.json`, 15 cases; `eval.go`, `checks.go`)
+- Reproduce: `MAVEN_LLM_URL=http://127.0.0.1:18099 make eval-phrasing`
+- Model: Qwen3.5-0.8B Q4_K_M, the resident model. Not swapped.
+- Commit: `a40bc55` (prompt fix)
+
+Every check is a string or length test a human can read and disagree with. No model
+grades another model here.
+
+## Result
+
+| | before | after |
+|---|---|---|
+| **cases passing every check** | **0/15** | **13/15** |
+| mood in enum | 6/15 | 15/15 |
+| Russian | 2/15 | 14/15 |
+| length (≤120 chars, ≤16 words) | 13/15 | 15/15 |
+| feminine self-reference | 15/15 | 15/15 |
+| no cringe | 13/15 | 15/15 |
+| on topic | 6/15 | 13/15 |
+| p50 latency | 11.4s | 11.4s |
+
+Latency did not move and is not good. 11s to word one nudge on this box.
+
+## The bug reproduced
+
+Yes, exactly as reported. 7 of 15 messages were the literal string `"..."`, and one was
+`"full voice message"`. Both are text copied straight out of the prompt.
+
+The system prompt said:
+
+```
+Respond ONLY with valid JSON: {"response": "full voice message", "mood": "neutral"}
+```
+
+and the user prompt said:
+
+```
+Respond as JSON: {"response": "...", "mood": "..."}
+```
+
+A 0.8B does not read `"..."` as "put your answer here". It reads it as the answer. The
+prompt was a worked example whose worked part was blank, so the model filled the slot by
+copying. This is the whole of finding 1.
+
+## What else was wrong
+
+Four separate faults, all prompt-side:
+
+1. **Placeholder echo** (7 cases) — above.
+2. **Wrong language** (13/15 failed the language check). The prompt was entirely English
+   and said "in the user's language (Russian or English)". The model picked English. It is
+   never English: the nudge is spoken by a Russian piper voice.
+3. **Rule names are English identifiers.** `netdata_critical`, `service_down`, `break` went
+   into the prompt raw. The model cannot nudge about a topic it has not been told in words,
+   so 9/15 were off topic. The daemon knows what its own rules mean; now it says so.
+4. **Mood invented** (`"warm"`, twice). The enum was listed in a parenthesis at the end of
+   an English sentence. Now it is its own line: "ровно одно из: neutral, happy, thinking,
+   tired, confused."
+
+Plus two non-prompt faults the run exposed:
+
+- **The no-parse fallback was English.** When the model returned nothing usable, the body
+  became `fmt.Sprintf("%s — %s", rule, sev)` — `"water — care"` — and that string went to
+  a Russian TTS. Now it falls back to plain Russian.
+- **Durations were English.** `humanDur` returns "3 hours"; it was landing verbatim inside
+  Russian sentences. Nudges now use a Russian formatter.
+
+## Three iterations, and what each taught
+
+| | score | change |
+|---|---|---|
+| baseline | 0/15 | — |
+| iter 1 | 2/15 | Russian prompt, filled-in examples, Russian durations |
+| iter 2 | 11/15 | required keyword per rule, one example instead of five, Russian fallback |
+| iter 3 | **13/15** | examples moved to topics that are not rules |
+
+The interesting step is 1 → 2. Fixing the placeholder did not fix the disease, it moved it:
+the model stopped copying `"..."` and started copying my first example instead. Five nudges
+in a row came back as `"Ты не пил воду три часа. Налей стакан."` regardless of the rule.
+
+**A small model copies the nearest concrete text in its prompt.** That is one failure mode
+with two symptoms. The fix that stuck was making the examples about laundry and a laptop
+battery — topics no rule ever produces, so copying them is visible in the score rather than
+invisibly passing the water cases.
+
+## Do not oversell 13/15
+
+Seven of the thirteen passes are the **deterministic fallback**, not the model:
+`"Напоминаю: таблетки."`, `"Сервис не отвечает."`, `"Критический алярм: проверь диск."`,
+`"Ты давно не пил воду."`. Those are strings this commit added to Go. The model returned
+nothing parseable and the fallback scored.
+
+So the honest reading is roughly **6/15 from the model, 7/15 from a fallback, 2/15 failing**.
+The prompt fix is real — `"..."` is nearly gone and the language and mood checks are clean —
+but a large part of the jump is that failure now degrades into Russian instead of into
+`"water — care"`. That is a genuine improvement for the operator and a weak one for the model.
+
+The two remaining failures: one `"..."` recurrence (`routine-stretch`) and one meal nudge
+that never says food.
+
+## Tried and reverted: an example-led nudge prompt (#393)
+
+The idea was that a 0.8B copies examples better than it follows rules, so the nudge prompt
+was rewritten to lead with five on-topic examples (water, break, pills, morning, service) and
+the prose rules were compressed to pay for the tokens: 1190 chars down to 986.
+
+It measured **worse**, three runs each side, same llama-server, same fixture:
+
+| run | before | after |
+|---|---|---|
+| 1 | 12/15 (address 14) | 11/15 (address 13) |
+| 2 | 13/15 (address 15) | 12/15 (address 15) |
+| 3 | 14/15 (address 15) | 11/15 (address 12) |
+
+`feminine` and `hisgender` were 15/15 on all six runs, so they measure nothing here. The
+regression is all in `address`: 44/45 before, 40/45 after. Formal "вы"/"ваше" and plural
+imperatives came back, and so did `"..."`.
+
+Two likely causes, both about the same thing — **examples do not carry a prohibition**. The
+old prompt spent a whole sentence on «говоришь на "ты", в единственном числе»; the new one
+demoted that to one item in a long "никогда" list, and the model stopped obeying it. And
+making the examples on-topic let their *wording* leak: a break case came back as
+«Вы давно не пили воду. Выпей стакан.» — the water example, verbatim, in the wrong slot.
+That is exactly the failure the laundry/laptop examples were chosen to avoid.
+
+Change reverted. What survives is the measurement: a rule the model must obey needs its own
+sentence, and examples must stay off-topic. Also note the before side alone spans 12–14 of
+15 — this fixture cannot resolve anything smaller than about three cases.
+
+## Broken, found, not fixed
+
+1. ~~**`checkFeminine` only catches half the constraint.**~~ **Fixed** (#381). It scanned for
+   masculine self-reference only, so three messages that addressed the *owner* in the feminine
+   ("ты давно не отдыхал**а**") scored clean. There is now a second check, `hisgender`: a
+   feminine past-tense verb (-ла/-лась) in a sentence addressed to him ("ты", "тебе", "твой")
+   fails, unless the verb is hers ("я заметила", "напомнила тебе"). It is a suffix rule, not a
+   parser — see the comment in `checks.go` for what it misses. A fresh 15-case run after adding
+   it scored **12/15** with `hisgender` 15/15; the model did not repeat the feminine address in
+   that sample, and the check is pinned by unit tests on the recorded bad strings instead.
+2. **Grammar is not checked at all, and it is bad.** `"Он не ел 11 дней"` (it was 11 hours),
+   `"Сонуждились 7 дней"` (not a word), `"Они забыли воду"` (wrong person entirely). Every
+   one of these passes all six checks. The fixture measures properties, not fluency, and at
+   0.8B fluency is the binding constraint.
+3. **Unit confusion.** The model turns hours into days about a third of the time. The
+   prompt now says "11 ч"; it reads it as days.
+4. **11s p50.** Unchanged and untouched here. A nudge the model takes eleven seconds to
+   word has missed its moment. Worth its own task.
+5. **The keyword hint is close to teaching to the test.** `ruleKeywords` names the word the
+   on-topic check looks for. It is defensible — the daemon genuinely knows its rule topics
+   and the model genuinely cannot infer them from `netdata_critical` — but the on-topic
+   number is softer than the others because of it.
+
+## Next steps
+
+1. ~~**Add a second-person gender check**~~ — done, `hisgender` in `checks.go` (#381).
+2. **Decide whether the fallback should count as a pass.** Right now `Score` cannot tell a
+   model answer from a fallback. Either mark fallback bodies in `PhrasedNudge` or count them
+   in their own column. Without that, any future prompt change can score well by failing
+   more.
+3. **Attack the 11s.** Nudge phrasing is short and non-interactive; thinking off is the first
+   thing to try, as it was for routing (#376).
+4. **Re-measure when #122 lands.** The CPT'd Qwen3-1.7B is the target. 13/15 with seven
+   fallbacks is the floor it has to beat, and the fluency problems above are the ones a
+   bigger, Russian-trained checkpoint should actually fix.

REARCH.md

@@ -90,4 +90,7 @@ later* is the worker + RAG.
 4. **Deferred work** — larger reasoner, custom Piper voice and other expansions.
 
 ## Non-goals (unchanged)
-Never phones home. Not a nag. Not autonomous. Feminine-gendered RU self-ref.
+Not a nag. Not autonomous. Feminine-gendered RU self-ref. No telemetry, no
+cloud model, no third-party account — but she MAY read external sources to
+answer world questions (Kiwix first, search optional). "Never phones home" as
+an absolute is deprecated, owner's call 2026-07-31; see CLAUDE.md § Non-goals.

RECALL-EVAL-31-07-2026.md

@@ -0,0 +1,250 @@
+# Note recall evaluation — 31-07-2026
+
+The operator's goal is that Maven "memorize/note things … and know more about me/world". This
+measures whether the note/recall path delivers that.
+
+- Fixture + scorer: `internal/memory/recalleval/` (`ru_recall_v1.json`, 30 cases)
+- Reproduce: `make eval-recall` — hash ratchet always, ONNX when `deps/` is present
+- Commit: `43470ab` (harness)
+
+Each case inserts its own 3 notes **plus 12 shared filler notes** into a fresh store, embeds the
+query, takes the top 3 — the read path `cmd/mavend/voice.go` runs for `IntentQuery`. Filler is
+load-bearing: with 3 notes and a top-3 search, recall@3 is 100% by construction. 25 answerable
+cases (paraphrased queries, homelab and preference content, 9 with a plausible second note) and 5
+that must recall **nothing**. `TestFixtureIsParaphrased` fails the build if a query shares over half
+its words with its note; equal-score ties count as ties, not recall.
+
+## Results
+
+| | recall+hash (CI ratchet) | recall+onnx (deployed) |
+|---|---|---|
+| **recall@1** | 36.0% (9/25) | **60.0% (15/25)** |
+| recall@3 | 76.0% (19/25) | 80.0% (20/25) |
+| **answered after the 0.55 gate** | **0.0% (0/25)** | **48.0% (12/25)** |
+| wrong note on top / tie on top | 9 / 7 | 10 / 0 |
+| ranked first, then silenced by the gate | 9 | 3 |
+| **false recall** | 0/5 | **1/5 (20%)** |
+| top-1 score when right, min / median | n/a | 0.559 / 0.678 |
+| top-1 when it must stay silent, median / max | 0.000 / 0.144 | 0.470 / **0.567** |
+| RU / EN / `hard` cases passed | 4/24 / 1/6 / 0/11 | 13/24 / 3/6 / 2/11 |
+| latency p50 / p95 / max | 49µs / 70µs | 59ms / 148ms / 194ms |
+
+Never compare a hash-embedder number to an ONNX one — the hash floor is lexical and exists only so
+CI has a deterministic ratchet with no model files.
+
+## Findings
+
+### 1. Real recall is 48%, not 60%
+
+The right note ranks first 60% of the time, but the daemon only *says* it 48% of the time — three
+more cases rank first and are then silenced by `voice.go:776`'s `queryMinScore`. **Roughly one
+useful question in two gets "не знаю".** This is not a working memory yet.
+
+### 2. The gate cannot separate a real recall from a false one — the distributions overlap
+
+Right-note top-1 scores start at **0.559**. Must-stay-silent top-1 scores reach **0.567**. No
+threshold keeps every real recall and rejects every false one. From the sweep: gate 0.50 → 13/25
+answered, 1/5 false; **0.55 (default) → 12/25, 1/5**; **0.60 → 10/25, 0/5**; 0.70 → 5/25, 0/5. What
+the data says about `DefaultQueryMinScore` (`internal/config/config.go:392`): **0.55 is
+slightly too loose** — it admits one confident wrong answer ("как зовут сестру моего коллеги"
+recalls "выучил пару аккордов на гитаре" at 0.567), which the spec ranks as worse than a gap. 0.60
+silences all five and costs 8 points of real recall. Left alone as instructed; the overlap means
+the threshold is the wrong dial anyway (finding 3).
+
+### 3. Filler notes outrank the right answer — the model scores similarity, not relevance
+
+`models/embedder/` is **paraphrase-multilingual-MiniLM-L12-v2** (`Makefile:119`), a *symmetric*
+paraphrase model. It scores "do these sentences look alike", not "does this passage answer this
+question", so question-shaped queries drift to whatever note is stylistically closest. "из-за чего
+кончилось место" and "откуда берётся токен бота" both return `выучил пару аккордов на гитаре`
+(0.730, 0.729); "как я восстановил конфиги" returns a bootloader note at 0.703 with the right note
+not even in the top 3. An unrelated guitar note beating a homelab note at 0.73 is not a tuning
+problem — an asymmetric retrieval model (`multilingual-e5-small`, with `query:` / `passage:`
+prefixes) is the targeted fix, and it would move findings 1 and 2 together. Separately:
+`deploy/mavend.json:39` loads a 470MB fp32 `model.onnx` while `make download-embedder` fetches
+`model_quantized.onnx` — not the same file.
+
+`hard` cases score **2/11**: every one is a query where the operator did not reuse his own words.
+That is the normal case weeks later, and exactly what DESIGN.md's "recall when relevant" promises.
+
+### 4. The memory-store recall branch is dead for notes
+
+`voice.go:776` only reaches `h.memStore.Search` when the notes-RAG top score is already below
+`queryMinScore`, and `bestRecall` (`cmd/mavend/recall.go:19`) then applies the **same** gate to the
+same vector. A note is indexed in both places with the same embedding, so if it failed the gate in
+`QueryNotes` it fails again here — the branch can only ever return a **fact**. Its comment calls it
+"additive"; for notes it is not.
+
+**Fixed (Vikunja #373).** The memory pass now runs *first*, as one search over notes and facts with
+one gate, so whichever memory is clearly the best match answers — note or fact. The notes-only pass
+stays behind it for notes the vector index does not hold. No threshold changed, so the set of
+questions Maven answers is the same; only which memory answers them. The fixture gained two mixed
+note+fact cases (`ru-mixed-031`, `ru-mixed-032`), which is why the counts below are out of 27
+answerable cases and not 25: hash recall@1 36.0% (9/25) → 37.0% (10/27), e5 recall@1 72.0% (18/25) →
+70.4% (19/27) with answered-after-gate 68.0% → 66.7% and false recall unchanged at 1/5.
+
+### 5. Ranking has no recency or type signal, and the store is not the bottleneck
+
+`internal/store/notes.go:67` sorts by cosine and uses `ts` only to break an exact float tie, which
+never happens; `kind` never enters the ranking. Meanwhile `TestPersistentStoreScoresTheSame` scores
+sqlite-backed `store.MemoryStore` and `memory.InMemoryStore` identically — both full-scan cosine
+(`internal/store/memory.go:64`) at ~150µs over 42 rows against a ~59ms query embed. An ANN index is
+not the problem to solve.
+
+## Re-measured after the embedder swap — 31-07-2026, later the same day
+
+Changed: `models/embedder/` is now **multilingual-e5-small** (quantized, 118MB), with `query: ` in
+front of a question and `passage: ` in front of a stored note (Vikunja #371). `deploy/mavend.json`
+and `make download-embedder` now name the same file, and it is the quantized one — that is what the
+column below measures (Vikunja #372). Everything else is unchanged: same fixture, same store, same
+0.55 gate. The old column is the baseline and is left as it was.
+
+| | recall+onnx, MiniLM (baseline) | recall+onnx, e5-small (new) |
+|---|---|---|
+| **recall@1** | 60.0% (15/25) | **72.0% (18/25)** |
+| recall@3 | 80.0% (20/25) | 84.0% (21/25) |
+| **answered after the 0.55 gate** | 48.0% (12/25) | **72.0% (18/25)** |
+| wrong note on top / tie on top | 10 / 0 | 7 / 0 |
+| ranked first, then silenced by the gate | 3 | 0 |
+| **false recall** | 1/5 (20%) | **5/5 (100%)** |
+| top-1 score when right, min / median | 0.559 / 0.678 | 0.791 / 0.857 |
+| top-1 when it must stay silent, median / max | 0.470 / 0.567 | 0.815 / 0.835 |
+| RU / EN / `hard` cases passed | 13/24 / 3/6 / 2/11 | 14/24 / 4/6 / 5/11 |
+| latency p50 / p95 / max | 59ms / 148ms / 194ms | 18ms / 37ms / 49ms |
+
+### What moved
+
+Ranking got better and got faster. Half the previously-unwinnable `hard` cases now pass (2/11 →
+5/11), the guitar note no longer beats the docker-logs note, and the gate stops silencing notes that
+already ranked first. The quantized e5 is also ~3x quicker than the fp32 MiniLM it replaces.
+
+### What got worse: the gate is now a no-op
+
+e5 packs every cosine into a narrow high band. Right-note scores start at 0.791; must-stay-silent
+scores reach 0.835. **The distributions still overlap, and now they overlap above the gate**, so
+0.55 admits everything and false recall goes from 1/5 to 5/5. The sweep:
+
+```
+gate 0.50–0.70: answered 18/25 (72%)  false recall 5/5
+gate 0.80:      answered 17/25 (68%)  false recall 4/5
+gate 0.90:      answered  0/25 ( 0%)  false recall 0/5
+```
+
+There is no value that keeps real recall and rejects made-up questions — same conclusion as before,
+now with a wider band and no room at all. `query_min_score` was left at 0.55 as instructed. **The
+recommendation is to leave it there and stop tuning it**: any number under ~0.79 is a no-op and
+anything above starts cutting real recall long before it stops the false ones. The fix is a margin
+gate (`top1 − top2 > δ`), next-steps item 3, which is now the top item.
+
+### The prefixes did not do the work
+
+A control run with both prefixes set to the empty string scored the **same** recall@1 (72%), a
+slightly better recall@3 (88%) and the same 5/5 false recall. So on this fixture the gain comes from
+the model, not from the `query:` / `passage:` split. The prefixes are kept because they are how e5
+was trained and the split is the right shape for the read path, but they are not worth defending on
+this evidence — a bigger fixture may say otherwise.
+
+### Stored vectors from the old model are now junk
+
+Cosine between a MiniLM vector and an e5 vector means nothing. Every row already in `notes` and in
+the vector memory table was written by the old model, so after this deploy they will score as noise
+against a new query. A live database needs every note and fact re-embedded before recall works at
+all. Filed as its own task.
+
+## Margin gate — 31-07-2026, third run
+
+Next-steps item 3, done. The absolute gate is replaced by a **margin gate**: answer only when the
+top hit beats the runner-up by more than delta (`top1 − top2 > δ`). Same fixture, same e5 embedder,
+same store as the run above. `internal/memory/gate.go` holds the check; both read paths call it
+(`cmd/mavend/recall.go` and the notes-RAG branch in `voice.go`). New knob `voice.query_min_margin`
+in `deploy/mavend.json`, default 0.008.
+
+### Why the absolute gate could not work, in one line of data
+
+The harness now prints the margin distributions, and they barely overlap where the raw scores
+overlap completely:
+
+| | top-1 score | margin (top1 − top2) |
+|---|---|---|
+| right note first (n=18) | min 0.810, median 0.862, max 0.890 | min 0.001, median 0.029, max 0.053 |
+| must stay silent (n=5) | min 0.795, median 0.815, max 0.835 | min 0.000, median 0.002, **max 0.019** |
+
+Four of the five must-be-silent cases have a margin at or under 0.002 — when there is nothing to
+recall, e5 finds several notes equally close and no clear winner. That is the signal the absolute
+score throws away.
+
+### The delta sweep
+
+Absolute gate held at 0.55 throughout.
+
+```
+delta 0.000: answered 18/25 (72%)  false recall 5/5
+delta 0.002: answered 17/25 (68%)  false recall 3/5
+delta 0.005: answered 17/25 (68%)  false recall 2/5
+delta 0.008: answered 17/25 (68%)  false recall 1/5   <- chosen
+delta 0.010: answered 15/25 (60%)  false recall 1/5
+delta 0.012: answered 14/25 (56%)  false recall 1/5
+delta 0.015: answered 12/25 (48%)  false recall 1/5
+delta 0.020: answered 11/25 (44%)  false recall 0/5
+delta 0.025: answered  9/25 (36%)  false recall 0/5
+delta 0.030: answered  8/25 (32%)  false recall 0/5
+delta 0.040: answered  4/25 (16%)  false recall 0/5
+delta 0.050: answered  2/25 ( 8%)  false recall 0/5
+delta 0.060: answered  0/25 ( 0%)  false recall 0/5
+```
+
+### Chosen: δ = 0.008
+
+It is the best point on the frontier, not a taste call. **0.008 dominates 0.010, 0.012 and 0.015
+outright** — same 1/5 false recall, 8 to 20 points more real recall. Everything below it buys recall
+back only by admitting more false recalls (0.005 → 2/5, 0.002 → 3/5). The next real improvement is
+0.020 at 0/5 false, and it costs 24 points of recall to get there.
+
+The brief's bar was "recall above 60% with false recall at 1/5 or better". 0.008 clears it with room:
+68% and 1/5.
+
+### Before / after
+
+| | absolute gate 0.55 (previous) | margin gate δ=0.008 |
+|---|---|---|
+| recall@1 (ranking, ungated) | 72.0% (18/25) | 72.0% (18/25) — unchanged, the gate does not rank |
+| **answered after the gate** | 72.0% (18/25) | **68.0% (17/25)** |
+| **false recall** | **5/5 (100%)** | **1/5 (20%)** |
+| fixture cases passed | 18/30 | **21/30** |
+
+Four false recalls removed for one real answer. That is the trade the spec asks for — she is not a
+guesser-of-truth. The one survivor is `en-pref-025` ("should i be offered wine"), which recalls a
+filler note at 0.796 with a 0.019 margin: the widest silent-case margin in the fixture, and it sits
+inside the real-recall range, so no delta removes it without taking real answers with it.
+
+### Does the absolute cutoff still earn its keep? Marginally — kept
+
+On this fixture with e5 it is a **no-op**: the lowest right-note score is 0.791, so 0.55 rejects
+nothing the margin does not already reject. It is kept for two reasons, neither glamorous. It still
+does real work for the hash embedder (its own sweep shows answers dropping from 16% to 0% between
+0.30 and 0.50), and it is the only thing standing between the user and a reply built from a store
+where everything is far away but one row happens to be a little less far — a near-empty database, or
+the stale-vector case below. Cheap insurance, no measured cost. If a later embedder makes it bite,
+the sweep is one command.
+
+### Caveat on the numbers
+
+Five must-be-silent cases is a thin basis for a 4-point decision. 1/5 and 2/5 differ by one case.
+The shape of the frontier is trustworthy — margins separate, absolute scores do not — but δ=0.008
+itself should be re-read off a bigger fixture (next-steps item 6) before anyone defends the third
+decimal.
+
+## Next steps — ordered by value-to-risk; nothing here is a decision
+
+1. **Swap the embedder to `multilingual-e5-small` with `query:`/`passage:` prefixes.** One config
+   change plus a prefix in `onnxembedder.go`, re-measurable in one command.
+2. **Re-run `make eval-recall`, then set the gate from the sweep** — not before. Any
+   `query_min_score` picked against today's embedder describes a model on its way out.
+3. ~~**Replace the absolute-score gate with a margin gate**~~ — done, see the section above.
+   δ=0.008, false recall 5/5 → 1/5.
+4. **Delete or repair the dead `memStore` branch** at `voice.go:776` — search before the gate,
+   gate it separately, or restrict it to facts and say so.
+5. **Add a mild time decay to ranking** — the newest statement of a preference is the true one.
+6. **Grow the fixture from real misses.** 30 cases can rank two embedders, not trust 4 points.
+7. **Re-measure end to end.** Recall is gated twice — the utterance must first route to `query`,
+   which the routing eval puts at ~50%. The product is ~24%, and that is what he experiences.

ROUTING-EVAL-31-07-2026.md

@@ -40,6 +40,139 @@ model → classifier as failure floor.
 
 Never compare a hash-embedder run to an ONNX one.
 
+## Re-measured after the prompt fix
+
+The table above is the **baseline at commit `46259b4`**, kept as-is. The prompt fix (query
+tested before fact, plus `repeat_penalty` and a bounded grammar string) was then measured on
+an otherwise idle box — no other eval sharing llama-server, so these latencies are real
+rather than contention.
+
+| | llm-only (0.8B) | cascade+llm (0.8B) | llm-only, thinking off |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| **intent-only accuracy** | 48.7% → **61.8%** | 50.0% → **63.2%** | **67.1%** |
+| full accuracy (intent+slots+gate) | 23.7% → **38.2%** | 32.9% → **47.4%** | **42.1%** |
+| route errors | 2 → **0** | 0 → 0 | **0** |
+| p50 / p95 latency | **1.08s / 1.55s** | **1.04s / 1.53s** | **0.93s / 1.41s** |
+
+Three things this run settles:
+
+1. **The prompt fix holds.** An earlier contended run reported 60.5% / 36.8% for llm-only;
+   the quiet run gives 61.8% / 38.2%. Close enough to call the gain real, and the earlier
+   run's 4-5s latency figures were contention, not the model.
+2. **`query→fact` fell from ×15 to ×7**, and both unparseable replies are gone. Zero route
+   errors in every LLM configuration.
+3. **`note→fact ×4` is real, not noise.** It shows up in the quiet run too. The agent that
+   wrote the prompt fix suspected its own change might have caused it by pulling assertive
+   `запиши что…` phrasings toward fact, and that suspicion stands — all five `ru-note-*`
+   cases now land on fact. Tracked as Vikunja #375.
+
+The `thinking off` column above read as the best configuration measured so far (Vikunja #376).
+**It was wrong** — see the controlled re-run below. Ignore that column.
+
+Still `6 / 6` missed clarify — the router has no way to say "I don't know" (Vikunja #359).
+That is unchanged by anything here.
+
+## Thinking off — 31-07-2026, controlled re-run (Vikunja #376)
+
+The "thinking off wins by 6 points" observation above **does not hold**. It was a measurement
+artefact, and the earlier table's `thinking off` column should be ignored.
+
+The thinking-off variant was scored by a hand-rolled HTTP client living in the test file
+instead of `llm.Client`. That copy did not send `repeat_penalty`, which the real router does
+send (`routeRepeatPenalty = 1.15`). So the two columns differed on two axes at once, and the
+one that mattered was the penalty, not the thinking mode.
+
+Re-measured with everything else held equal — same fixture, same prompt, same grammar, same
+sampling, same idle box, the three configurations run back to back and never concurrently:
+
+| | llm-only, thinking on | llm-only, thinking off | cascade+llm |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| intent-only accuracy | 59.2% (45/76) | 59.2% (45/76) | 61.8% (47/76) |
+| full accuracy (intent+slots+gate) | 38.2% (29/76) | 38.2% (29/76) | 57.9% (44/76) |
+| route errors | 3 | 3 | 0 |
+| grammar violations | 3 (all 3 route errors) | 3 (same 3 cases) | 0 |
+| missed clarify | 5 / 6 | 5 / 6 | 5 / 6 |
+| p50 latency | 836ms | 920ms | 810ms |
+| p95 latency | 1.41s | 2.00s | 1.31s |
+
+Thinking off is not just a tie on the headline numbers — it is identical case for case, with
+the same confusion matrix and the same three unparseable replies. The latency difference is
+run-to-run noise on one box, and it points the wrong way here.
+
+The reason is simpler than any accuracy argument: **this llama-server build ignores the
+request-level thinking switch for this model.** Probed directly against the running server
+with `chat_template_kwargs.enable_thinking = false`, `chat_template_kwargs.thinking = false`
+and top-level `reasoning_budget = 0` — all three return a byte-identical answer with the
+thinking trace still in `reasoning_content`, and the server reports the prompt prefix as
+cached, meaning the rendered template did not change. There was never anything being turned
+off, which is also why the numbers match exactly.
+
+Nothing was defaulted. `internal/llm` still has no `chat_template_kwargs` field, `VoiceConfig`
+has no thinking flag, and `deploy/mavend.json` is unchanged. The misleading third
+configuration is removed from `internal/router/eval` so the table it produced cannot be quoted
+again.
+
+Two caveats worth saying out loud:
+
+- **The fixture is 76 cases.** A 6-point difference on 76 cases is roughly 4-5 cases and would
+  not have been worth trusting even if it had reproduced. This one was exactly 0 cases, which
+  is a much easier call.
+- **This is one server build and one checkpoint** (`b9351`, Qwen3.5-0.8B Q4_K_M). If the
+  #122 checkpoint or a newer llama.cpp does honour the switch, the question reopens — but it
+  reopens as an unmeasured question, not as a 6-point win.
+
+Phrasing was **not** measured. Whether thinking helps there is still open, and now also blocked
+on the same "can we even turn it off" question.
+
+## Clock and calendar rule — 31-07-2026 (Vikunja #374)
+
+`routeSystem` never said whether "который час" or "какое число завтра" are `system` or
+`query`, and `system→query ×4` showed up in every run. The rule added says: the clock and the
+calendar date themselves are `system`; what is *written in* the calendar or in memory
+("что у меня завтра", "какие есть напоминания") stays `query`; and a time named inside a
+request ("напомни завтра…") is just a detail of the request, not a reason for `system`.
+
+That split is not a preference. In `cmd/mavend/voice.go` only `replySystem` owns the clock and
+the date formatter, so a clock question routed to `query` falls into the embedder + note RAG
+and answers "не знаю". The agenda, on the other hand, is answered by `ParseCalendarDate` +
+`CalendarEvents` *inside* the `query` branch, so that side has to stay `query`. The rule sits
+above the question test because every one of these utterances carries a question word and a
+later rule would never be reached.
+
+The fixture is now 77 cases: one calendar-agenda case was added
+(`ru-query-019` "что у меня стоит в календаре на послезавтра", intent `query`) specifically so
+an over-broad system rule cannot pass unnoticed. The clock/date cases (`ru-sys-001/002/005`,
+`en-sys-001`) already existed.
+
+Three runs, same box, back to back, never concurrently:
+
+| | baseline | first rule (too broad) | rule as committed |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| llm-only intent-only | 59.2% (45/76) | 54.5% (42/77) | 59.7% (46/77) |
+| llm-only full | 38.2% | 35.1% | 39.0% |
+| llm-only route errors | 3 | 4 | 5 |
+| llm-only p50 | 1.09s | 0.91s | 0.93s |
+| cascade+llm intent-only | 61.8% (47/76) | 58.4% | 62.3% (48/77) |
+| cascade+llm full | 57.9% | 54.5% | 59.7% |
+| cascade+llm route errors | 0 | 0 | 0 |
+| cascade+llm p50 | 0.91s | 0.80s | 1.04s |
+
+**The targeted bug is fixed and the headline number did not move.** `system→query ×4` is gone
+in both LLM configurations — the `time` and `date` tags go from 0/2 and 0/2 to 2/2 and 2/2 —
+but the model then over-applies the rule, and `query→system ×5` plus `reminder→system ×2`
+appear where they did not exist before. Net accuracy is a wash, inside the noise of a 77-case
+fixture.
+
+The first attempt is shown because it is the honest history: it said "спрашивает время, дату
+или день недели → system" with no scope, which swept up reminders, and it cost 3-5 points. It
+was tightened once, on the reasoning that a rule capturing "напомни завтра в 7" is simply
+wrong, and not tuned further. The remaining `query/reminder → system` over-trigger is a new,
+separate weakness of the sub-1B model and deserves its own task rather than more prompt
+kneading against a held-out fixture.
+
+The rule is kept. It is correct about what the daemon can answer, and the failure it replaces
+was silent ("не знаю" to "который час") while the one it introduces is loud.
+
 ## Findings
 
 ### 1. The resident model does route better — 50.0% vs 36.8%
@@ -110,11 +243,11 @@ Note the grammar's `string ::= "\"" ([^"\\] | "\\" .)* "\""` is unbounded, so no
 
 ### 7. Two hypotheses tested and closed
 
-- **Thinking mode is a non-issue.** Qwen3.5's template defaults `thinking = 1`, so
-  grammar-constrained JSON lands in `reasoning_content` with `content` empty —
-  `llm.Client`'s fallback handles it. A `thinking off` run scored *identically* (18/76,
-  48.7%, same p50). `internal/llm` deliberately does **not** grow a `chat_template_kwargs`
-  field.
+- **Thinking mode is a non-issue.** Confirmed twice now, the second time properly — see the
+  controlled re-run section. Grammar-constrained JSON lands in `reasoning_content` with
+  `content` empty and `llm.Client`'s fallback handles it; the request-level switch does
+  nothing on this build. `internal/llm` deliberately does **not** grow a
+  `chat_template_kwargs` field.
 - **Runaway array repetition does not reproduce.** An isolated smoke test with a stripped
   grammar emitted `{"intent":"reminder"}` until `MaxTokens`; under the real `routeSystem`
   prompt the few-shot examples anchor it to one object. 2 errors in 76, not 76.

TALK-EVAL-31-07-2026.md

@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+# Conversational phrasing eval — 31-07-2026
+
+Every score measured tonight, on the three paths the nudge eval never touched:
+chat, query-with-notes, and general knowledge.
+
+**Short version: the plumbing got fixed and the score barely moved.** Grammar and
+Russian prompts together took the composite from ~9 to ~14 of 27. Everything
+still failing is the model not knowing things or not holding a constraint, and
+prompting is out of levers. Settles the measurement half of Vikunja #395 / #398 /
+#400.
+
+## How to reproduce
+
+```sh
+# llama-server: -c 4096 -ngl 99 -t 6, model /mnt/hdd1/llms/qwen3.5/Qwen3.5-0.8B.Q4_K_M.gguf
+MAVEN_LLM_URL=http://127.0.0.1:18099 no_proxy=127.0.0.1,localhost \
+  deps/go/go/bin/go test -count=1 -timeout 40m \
+  -run TestLLMTalkBaseline ./internal/phraser/eval/ -v
+```
+
+Three runs per configuration, always. The fixture is 27 cases, so one reply
+changing moves the composite by 3.7 points — a single run cannot tell a real
+change from sampling noise. This was learned the expensive way: an earlier claim
+that "one nudge case fails every run" turned out to be three different cases
+across three runs.
+
+**Run the box otherwise idle.** See the contamination note at the bottom.
+
+## Composite, per configuration
+
+| config | overall /27 | chat /9 | query /9 | knowledge /9 | canned fallbacks |
+|---|---|---|---|---|---|
+| baseline, no grammar | 7, 12, 7 | 1, 1, 0 | 2, 4, 2 | 4, 7, 5 | 0, 0, 0 |
+| + GBNF grammar (#398) | 14, 15, 8 | 1, 3, 0 | 5, 6, 3 | 8, 6, 5 | 0, 0, 0 |
+| + Russian prompts (#400) | 11, 17, 15 | 1, 5, 3 | 5, 6, 8 | 5, 6, 4 | 0, 0, 0 |
+| + truncation fix, 1000ch/768tok | 12, 13, 10 | 2, 2, 1 | 7, 7, 5 | 3, 4, 4 | 3, 3, 6 |
+| + rebalanced, 600ch/1024tok | **void — contaminated** | | | | |
+
+"Canned fallbacks" counts replies that came back as the hardcoded `"не знаю."`
+or `"поговорили."`. It is not a check, it is a health signal: those strings mean
+the phraser gave up, and the eval scores them as ordinary bad replies.
+
+## Per-check
+
+| check | no grammar | + grammar | + RU prompts | + truncation fix |
+|---|---|---|---|---|
+| nonempty | 27, 27, 27 | 27, 27, 27 | 27, 27, 27 | 27, 27, 27 |
+| ellipsis | 20, 19, 23 | 27, 27, 27 | 27, 27, 27 | 27, 27, 27 |
+| lang | 13, 16, 15 | 23, 26, 26 | 25, 26, 25 | 26, 27, 27 |
+| feminine | — | — | 25, 24, 26 | 25, 25, 27 |
+| address | — | — | 21, 22, 22 | 22, 21, 22 |
+| ontopic | — | — | 17, 24, 18 | 17, 19, 14 |
+
+`nonempty` reading 27/27 everywhere is not good news — it was a broken check.
+It tested for a non-blank string, so replies of literally `{` and `"15-16"`
+passed it. Fixed on `overnight/fix-truncation`; it needs a letter now.
+
+## What each change actually bought
+
+**GBNF grammar (#398) — the biggest single win.** Qwen3.5-0.8B writes
+`Thinking Process:` as plain text with no tags, `stripThink` only handles
+`</think>`, so the JSON never closed and the plain-text fallback shipped the
+literal reasoning. `ellipsis` went 20→27 and `lang` 13→26. The router had been
+using a grammar for ages; the phraser asking nicely in the prompt was the
+oversight.
+
+**Russian prompts (#400) — modest, plus a large latency win.** Chat 1.3→3.0
+average, query 4.7→6.3, knowledge 6.3→5.0. All inside the run-to-run spread, so
+"probably better on the paths it targeted, not provable in three runs". p50
+latency dropped from ~11.5s to ~2.3s and that part is consistent across all
+three runs — shorter prompts, and she stopped emitting English reasoning first.
+
+**Truncation fix — necessary, and did not help the score.** Two real bugs
+(replies of `{`, and a `nonempty` check that passed them), both fixed, and the
+composite went nowhere. A complete rambling wrong answer fails the same checks a
+truncated one did. Worth doing anyway: the daemon was shipping `{` to a
+text-to-speech voice.
+
+## The truncation bug, since the cause was counter-intuitive
+
+The grammar's `string ::= ... {0,400}` rule was the cause, not the token cap.
+Measured against Qwen3.5-0.8B at three caps — 256, 768 and 2048 — the reply came
+back **exactly 400 characters every time, cut mid-word** (`"Нужно записать и,"`).
+
+Then I raised the bound to 1000 while the cap was 768 tokens and made it worse:
+Russian runs ~1.5 characters per token here, so generation died on the *token*
+cap instead, mid-object, and the new guard correctly refused it and shipped
+`"не знаю."` — 3, 3 and 6 fallbacks per run, from zero. **The two limits have to
+agree.** 600 characters needs ~400 tokens; the cap is 1024.
+
+## Where the remaining failures live
+
+`address` is stuck at 21-22 of 27 and `ontopic` at 14-19. Both resist prompting.
+
+**The prompt now explicitly forbids exactly what she does.** It says never "вы",
+use the singular — and she writes `вашей`, `подождите`, `делаете`, `хотите`,
+`напишите`. Telling a 0.8B "never do X" does not work. Same for
+`feminine`: `я готов`, `я понял`, `я нашел`, `я заметил`, `я сказал`.
+
+**Some of `ontopic` is the fixture, not the model.** `chat-how-are-you` got
+`"Привет! Я здесь, чтобы поговорить. Как дела сегодня?"` — a fine reply that
+fails because `want_any` is `[норм, хорош, порядк, тут, работ]`. It fails in
+every run, so it inflates the count. The `ontopic` column currently measures the
+fixture as much as the model. Not fixed yet, deliberately: changing it would
+break comparability with the runs above.
+
+**Two replies worth reading, because they are not fixable by prompting:**
+
+- Thunder and lightning: *"Скорость молнии — 8-10 тысяч километров в секунду, но
+  звук — 300 метров в секунду, что делает молнию громче."* Confidently wrong,
+  and it concludes lightning is *louder* rather than sound being *slower*.
+- "расскажи обо мне": *"Ты — прекрасное существо, с душой и вниманием… Спасибо за
+  твою улыбку… О тебе — заповедь любви."* Sycophantic filler, zero information,
+  and precisely the "not a relationship" non-goal.
+- Boiling an egg: `"15-16"` one run, `"1"` another. No unit, wrong number.
+
+The first argues for reading instead of recalling (#403 — Kiwix retrieval scores
+8/8 on the same questions given English keywords). The second and third argue
+for templates on the paths where correctness matters (#392).
+
+## Contamination note — how the last row got voided
+
+I started the query-rewrite agent against the same llama-server the sweep was
+using, and assumed contention would only affect latency. It did not. The
+knowledge path collapsed to 0 of 9 with eight canned `"не знаю."` replies, p95
+tripled to 23.7s, and **the report still said "0 errors"**.
+
+That is Vikunja #397, and it is worse than filed: a merely *busy* server
+produces a clean-looking report with a third of the fixture silently answering
+`"не знаю."`. `PhraseChat` and `PhraseQuery` swallow every failure and return a
+hardcoded string, so infrastructure trouble is indistinguishable from bad
+phrasing in the score. The talk test guards the *start* and *end* of a run with
+a model check, which catches a dead server but not a loaded one.
+
+**Until #397 is fixed, treat any run made on a busy box as void.**
+
+## Next
+
+- Re-run 600ch/1024tok clean, to fill the void row.
+- Score `Qwen3.5-2B-UD-Q4_K_XL` (already at `/mnt/hdd1/llms/qwen3.5/`, never
+  measured) on this fixture and the router fixture. Not the 4B — too big for
+  this box, owner's call.
+- Newer sub-500M candidates (LFM2.5 200M/300M) are worth a run for routing.
+  Note `MODEL-BAKEOFF-31-07-2026.md` found LFM2.5-**1.2B** worse than
+  Qwen3.5-0.8B at Russian routing and 2.4× slower — but those are a different,
+  older generation, so that result does not predict the small ones.
+- Fix `chat-how-are-you`'s `want_any`, and re-baseline once, so `ontopic`
+  measures the model.
+- #397 first if anything, since it decides whether any of the above is
+  trustworthy.

cmd/mavcaldav/main.go

@@ -1,17 +1,24 @@
-// mavcaldav — the CalDAV poller module.
+// mavcaldav — the CalDAV module: reads calendars into facts, and renders
+// maven's own reminders back out to a calendar she owns.
 //
-// Polls a Radicale (or any CalDAV) server for today's events and writes
-// `facts (kind=env, source=poll:caldav)` through core's IPC socket.
-// Key-free, restart-free, fail-independent — crashes can't touch the
-// store key, worst case a stale calendar_busy fact until the next poll.
+// READ side (unchanged behaviour): polls a Radicale (or any CalDAV) server for
+// today's events and writes `facts (kind=env, source=poll:caldav)` through
+// core's IPC socket. Key-free, restart-free, fail-independent — crashes can't
+// touch the store key, worst case a stale calendar_busy fact until the next
+// poll. Two facts:
 //
-// Two facts written:
 //   - calendar_busy  ("true"/"false") — read by the loop gate to suppress
 //     nudges during meetings
 //   - calendar_event ("<summary> @ <start>-<end>") — per-event for query
 //
-// Append-only discipline: a fact is written only when its value CHANGED
-// vs the latest for that key+source.
+// Append-only discipline: a fact is written only when its value CHANGED vs the
+// latest for that key+source.
+//
+// RENDER side (Vikunja #127, off unless -render-url is given): publishes each
+// pending reminder as a single-event iCal resource in a collection maven owns.
+// The calendar is a view, sqlite is the store — see render.go. The render URL
+// must differ from the read URL, checked at startup, so the render target can
+// never be a calendar maven is only supposed to read.
 package main
 
 import (
@@ -27,6 +34,7 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/calendar"
 	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/ipc"
 )
 
@@ -43,6 +51,10 @@ func run(args []string) error {
 	url := fs.String("url", "", "CalDAV calendar URL, e.g. http://localhost:5232/kami/personal (required)")
 	user := fs.String("user", "", "CalDAV basic-auth username (required)")
 	pass := fs.String("pass", "", "CalDAV basic-auth password (required)")
+	renderURL := fs.String("render-url", "", "CalDAV collection maven publishes her own reminders to; empty disables rendering")
+	renderUser := fs.String("render-user", "", "basic-auth username for -render-url (defaults to -user)")
+	renderPass := fs.String("render-pass", "", "basic-auth password for -render-url (defaults to -pass)")
+	renderDur := fs.Duration("render-duration", calendar.DefaultReminderDuration, "how long a rendered reminder occupies")
 	interval := fs.Duration("interval", 5*time.Minute, "poll cadence")
 	timeout := fs.Duration("timeout", 10*time.Second, "per-request HTTP timeout")
 	if err := fs.Parse(args); err != nil {
@@ -54,6 +66,9 @@ func run(args []string) error {
 	if *url == "" || *user == "" || *pass == "" {
 		return fmt.Errorf("-url, -user, -pass are required")
 	}
+	if err := checkRenderTarget(*url, *renderURL); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 
 	ctx, stop := signal.NotifyContext(context.Background(), syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGTERM)
 	defer stop()
@@ -64,16 +79,36 @@ func run(args []string) error {
 	}
 	defer core.Close()
 
+	hc := &http.Client{Timeout: *timeout}
 	p := &poller{
 		core: core,
-		http: &http.Client{Timeout: *timeout},
+		http: hc,
 		url:  strings.TrimRight(*url, "/"),
 		user: *user,
 		pass: *pass,
 	}
 
+	var rend *renderer
+	if *renderURL != "" {
+		ru, rp := *renderUser, *renderPass
+		if ru == "" {
+			ru = *user
+		}
+		if rp == "" {
+			rp = *pass
+		}
+		rend = newRenderer(core, hc, *renderURL, ru, rp, *renderDur)
+		log.Printf("mavcaldav: rendering reminders to %s", *renderURL)
+	}
+
 	log.Printf("mavcaldav: polling %s every %s", *url, *interval)
-	p.pollOnce(ctx) // fire immediately
+	tick := func() {
+		p.pollOnce(ctx)
+		if rend != nil {
+			rend.renderOnce(ctx)
+		}
+	}
+	tick() // fire immediately
 	t := time.NewTicker(*interval)
 	defer t.Stop()
 	for {
@@ -82,11 +117,30 @@ func run(args []string) error {
 			log.Printf("mavcaldav: bye")
 			return nil
 		case <-t.C:
-			p.pollOnce(ctx)
+			tick()
 		}
 	}
 }
 
+// checkRenderTarget refuses a render URL that is also a read URL. This is the
+// structural half of #127's "cannot write to your work calendar": the write
+// credential and the write URL are separate flags, and the one calendar maven
+// is known to only read is rejected as a target at startup rather than trusted
+// at runtime.
+func checkRenderTarget(readURL, renderURL string) error {
+	if renderURL == "" {
+		return nil
+	}
+	if sameCollection(readURL, renderURL) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("-render-url must differ from -url: maven renders into a calendar she owns, never into one she reads")
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func sameCollection(a, b string) bool {
+	return strings.EqualFold(strings.TrimRight(a, "/"), strings.TrimRight(b, "/"))
+}
+
 type poller struct {
 	core ipc.CoreAPI
 	http *http.Client
@@ -95,12 +149,6 @@ type poller struct {
 	pass string
 }
 
-type icalEvent struct {
-	start   time.Time
-	end     time.Time
-	summary string
-}
-
 func (p *poller) pollOnce(ctx context.Context) {
 	now := time.Now()
 	events, err := p.fetchEvents(ctx, now)
@@ -109,38 +157,30 @@ func (p *poller) pollOnce(ctx context.Context) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	busy := false
-	for _, e := range events {
-		if !now.Before(e.start) && now.Before(e.end) {
-			busy = true
-			break
-		}
-	}
 	busyVal := "false"
-	if busy {
+	if calendar.Busy(events, now) {
 		busyVal = "true"
 	}
 
 	// Write calendar_busy on change.
-	if err := p.writeIfChanged(ctx, "calendar_busy", "poll:caldav", busyVal, now); err != nil {
+	if err := p.writeIfChanged(ctx, "calendar_busy", calendar.SourcePersonal, busyVal, now, 1.0); err != nil {
 		log.Printf("mavcaldav: write calendar_busy: %v", err)
 		return
 	}
 
-	// Write per-event facts (one per event, keyed by event summary + start).
+	// Write per-event facts (one per event, keyed by day + event summary).
 	// This lets the note RAG path answer "what's on my calendar" without
 	// reaching back to Radicale.
 	for _, e := range events {
-		val := fmt.Sprintf("%s @ %s-%s", e.summary, e.start.Format("15:04"), e.end.Format("15:04"))
-		eventKey := fmt.Sprintf("calendar_event_%s_%s", e.start.Format("20060102"), safeKey(e.summary))
-		if err := p.writeIfChanged(ctx, eventKey, "poll:caldav", val, e.start); err != nil {
-			log.Printf("mavcaldav: write %s: %v", eventKey, err)
+		key := calendar.FactKey(e)
+		if err := p.writeIfChanged(ctx, key, calendar.SourcePersonal, calendar.FactValue(e), e.Start, 1.0); err != nil {
+			log.Printf("mavcaldav: write %s: %v", key, err)
 		}
 	}
 }
 
 // fetchEvents GETs the calendar URL and parses VEVENTs from the iCal response.
-func (p *poller) fetchEvents(ctx context.Context, now time.Time) ([]icalEvent, error) {
+func (p *poller) fetchEvents(ctx context.Context, now time.Time) ([]calendar.Event, error) {
 	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodGet, p.url, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -162,120 +202,11 @@ func (p *poller) fetchEvents(ctx context.Context, now time.Time) ([]icalEvent, e
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("GET %s: %s", p.url, resp.Status)
 	}
 
-	return parseICal(body, now), nil
-}
-
-// parseICal scans iCal text for VEVENT components. Returns events that overlap
-// with today (UTC day boundaries) to keep the response manageable.
-func parseICal(body []byte, now time.Time) []icalEvent {
-	todayStart := time.Date(now.Year(), now.Month(), now.Day(), 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
-	todayEnd := todayStart.AddDate(0, 0, 1)
-
-	var events []icalEvent
-	text := string(body)
-	for {
-		veventStart := strings.Index(text, "BEGIN:VEVENT")
-		if veventStart < 0 {
-			break
-		}
-		text = text[veventStart+len("BEGIN:VEVENT"):]
-		veventEnd := strings.Index(text, "END:VEVENT")
-		if veventEnd < 0 {
-			break
-		}
-		block := text[:veventEnd]
-		text = text[veventEnd+len("END:VEVENT"):]
-
-		e := parseVEVENT(block)
-		if e == nil {
-			continue
-		}
-		// Only keep events overlapping today.
-		if e.end.After(todayStart) && e.start.Before(todayEnd) {
-			events = append(events, *e)
-		}
-	}
-	return events
-}
-
-// parseVEVENT extracts start, end, summary from a VEVENT block.
-// Supports both UTC (DTEND:20260703T100000Z) and local (DTSTART;TZID=...:...)
-// formats. Returns nil for all-day events (no DTSTART/DTEND time component) or
-// parse failures.
-func parseVEVENT(block string) *icalEvent {
-	var e icalEvent
-	lines := strings.Split(block, "\n")
-	for _, line := range lines {
-		line = strings.TrimSpace(line)
-		switch {
-		case strings.HasPrefix(line, "DTSTART"):
-			if t, ok := parseDT(line); ok {
-				e.start = t
-			}
-		case strings.HasPrefix(line, "DTEND"):
-			if t, ok := parseDT(line); ok {
-				e.end = t
-			}
-		case strings.HasPrefix(line, "SUMMARY"):
-			if idx := strings.Index(line, ":"); idx >= 0 {
-				e.summary = strings.TrimSpace(line[idx+1:])
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	if e.start.IsZero() || e.end.IsZero() {
-		return nil
-	}
-	return &e
-}
-
-// parseDT parses a DTSTART/DTEND value. Supports:
-//   - UTC: DTEND:20260703T100000Z
-//   - Local: DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Moscow:20260703T130000
-//   - Value-date (all-day): DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260703 (returns zero time)
-func parseDT(line string) (time.Time, bool) {
-	if strings.Contains(line, "VALUE=DATE:") {
-		return time.Time{}, false // all-day, skip
-	}
-	idx := strings.LastIndex(line, ":")
-	if idx < 0 {
-		return time.Time{}, false
-	}
-	val := line[idx+1:]
-	val = strings.TrimSuffix(val, "Z")
-
-	// Try UTC first (has Z suffix, or ended in Z before TrimSuffix).
-	if strings.HasSuffix(line, "Z") {
-		t, err := time.Parse("20060102T150405", val)
-		if err != nil {
-			return time.Time{}, false
-		}
-		return t.UTC(), true
-	}
-
-	// Local time — treat as UTC for simplicity (CalDAV server and poller
-	// run in the same timezone; the gate only needs busy/not-busy accuracy).
-	t, err := time.Parse("20060102T150405", val)
-	if err != nil {
-		return time.Time{}, false
-	}
-	return t.UTC(), true
-}
-
-// safeKey makes an event summary safe to use as a fact key (alphanumeric + dash).
-func safeKey(s string) string {
-	var b strings.Builder
-	for _, r := range s {
-		if (r >= 'a' && r <= 'z') || (r >= 'A' && r <= 'Z') || (r >= '0' && r <= '9') || r == '-' {
-			b.WriteRune(r)
-		} else if r == ' ' || r == '_' {
-			b.WriteRune('-')
-		}
-	}
-	return b.String()
+	return calendar.ParseICalDay(body, now), nil
 }
 
 // writeIfChanged writes a fact only when the value differs from the latest.
-func (p *poller) writeIfChanged(ctx context.Context, key, source, val string, ts time.Time) error {
+func (p *poller) writeIfChanged(ctx context.Context, key, source, val string, ts time.Time, confidence float64) error {
 	prev, err := p.core.LatestFactBySource(ctx, key, source)
 	switch {
 	case err == nil && prev.Value == val:
@@ -289,7 +220,7 @@ func (p *poller) writeIfChanged(ctx context.Context, key, source, val string, ts
 		Key:        key,
 		Value:      val,
 		Source:     source,
-		Confidence: 1.0,
+		Confidence: confidence,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("write %s: %w", key, err)

cmd/mavcaldav/main_test.go

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 type fakeCore struct {
-	ipc.CoreAPI
+	ipc.UnimplementedCoreAPI
 	facts    map[string]ipc.Fact // composite key "key|source" → Fact
 	writeLog []ipc.WriteFactReq
 	writeErr error
@@ -51,165 +51,6 @@ func (f *fakeCore) WriteFact(_ context.Context, req ipc.WriteFactReq) (int64, er
 	return int64(len(f.writeLog)), nil
 }
 
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Parsing tests
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-func TestParseICal(t *testing.T) {
-	now := time.Date(2026, 7, 3, 12, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
-
-	body := []byte(`BEGIN:VCALENDAR
-BEGIN:VEVENT
-DTSTART:20260703T090000Z
-DTEND:20260703T100000Z
-SUMMARY:Morning standup
-END:VEVENT
-BEGIN:VEVENT
-DTSTART:20260703T140000Z
-DTEND:20260703T150000Z
-SUMMARY:Team sync
-END:VEVENT
-BEGIN:VEVENT
-DTSTART:20260702T140000Z
-DTEND:20260702T150000Z
-SUMMARY:Yesterday retro
-END:VEVENT
-BEGIN:VEVENT
-DTSTART:20260704T090000Z
-DTEND:20260704T100000Z
-SUMMARY:Tomorrow standup
-END:VEVENT
-BEGIN:VEVENT
-DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260704
-DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260705
-SUMMARY:All-day event
-END:VEVENT
-END:VCALENDAR`)
-
-	events := parseICal(body, now)
-
-	if len(events) != 2 {
-		t.Fatalf("got %d events, want 2 (today events, no all-day/past/future)", len(events))
-	}
-
-	// Morning standup — overlaps today.
-	if events[0].summary != "Morning standup" {
-		t.Errorf("events[0].summary = %q, want %q", events[0].summary, "Morning standup")
-	}
-	wantStart0 := time.Date(2026, 7, 3, 9, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
-	if !events[0].start.Equal(wantStart0) {
-		t.Errorf("events[0].start = %v, want %v", events[0].start, wantStart0)
-	}
-	wantEnd0 := time.Date(2026, 7, 3, 10, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
-	if !events[0].end.Equal(wantEnd0) {
-		t.Errorf("events[0].end = %v, want %v", events[0].end, wantEnd0)
-	}
-
-	// Team sync — overlaps today.
-	if events[1].summary != "Team sync" {
-		t.Errorf("events[1].summary = %q, want %q", events[1].summary, "Team sync")
-	}
-	wantStart1 := time.Date(2026, 7, 3, 14, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
-	if !events[1].start.Equal(wantStart1) {
-		t.Errorf("events[1].start = %v, want %v", events[1].start, wantStart1)
-	}
-	wantEnd1 := time.Date(2026, 7, 3, 15, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
-	if !events[1].end.Equal(wantEnd1) {
-		t.Errorf("events[1].end = %v, want %v", events[1].end, wantEnd1)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestParseVEVENT(t *testing.T) {
-	// Normal event with TZID in DTSTART and UTC DTEND.
-	block := "DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Moscow:20260703T130000\nDTEND:20260703T140000Z\nSUMMARY:Stand up meeting"
-	e := parseVEVENT(block)
-	if e == nil {
-		t.Fatal("expected non-nil icalEvent")
-	}
-	wantStart := time.Date(2026, 7, 3, 13, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
-	if !e.start.Equal(wantStart) {
-		t.Errorf("start = %v, want %v", e.start, wantStart)
-	}
-	wantEnd := time.Date(2026, 7, 3, 14, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
-	if !e.end.Equal(wantEnd) {
-		t.Errorf("end = %v, want %v", e.end, wantEnd)
-	}
-	if e.summary != "Stand up meeting" {
-		t.Errorf("summary = %q, want %q", e.summary, "Stand up meeting")
-	}
-
-	// All-day event (VALUE=DATE) → nil.
-	allDay := "DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260703\nDTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260704\nSUMMARY:All-day"
-	if e2 := parseVEVENT(allDay); e2 != nil {
-		t.Error("expected nil for all-day event")
-	}
-}
-
-func TestParseDT(t *testing.T) {
-	tests := []struct {
-		name   string
-		line   string
-		want   time.Time
-		wantOK bool
-	}{
-		{
-			name:   "UTC",
-			line:   "DTEND:20260703T100000Z",
-			want:   time.Date(2026, 7, 3, 10, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC),
-			wantOK: true,
-		},
-		{
-			name:   "local time",
-			line:   "DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Moscow:20260703T130000",
-			want:   time.Date(2026, 7, 3, 13, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC),
-			wantOK: true,
-		},
-		{
-			name:   "all-day",
-			line:   "DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260703",
-			want:   time.Time{},
-			wantOK: false,
-		},
-		{
-			name:   "invalid",
-			line:   "DTSTART:garbage",
-			want:   time.Time{},
-			wantOK: false,
-		},
-	}
-
-	for _, tt := range tests {
-		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			got, ok := parseDT(tt.line)
-			if ok != tt.wantOK {
-				t.Errorf("ok = %v, want %v", ok, tt.wantOK)
-			}
-			if !got.Equal(tt.want) {
-				t.Errorf("got = %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}
-
-func TestSafeKey(t *testing.T) {
-	tests := []struct {
-		input string
-		want  string
-	}{
-		{"Stand up meeting", "Stand-up-meeting"},
-		{"Hello_World", "Hello-World"},
-		{"special@#$chars!!", "specialchars"},
-		{"ALL_CAPS_123", "ALL-CAPS-123"},
-	}
-
-	for _, tt := range tests {
-		got := safeKey(tt.input)
-		if got != tt.want {
-			t.Errorf("safeKey(%q) = %q, want %q", tt.input, got, tt.want)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Core logic tests
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -221,7 +62,7 @@ func TestWriteIfChanged(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("no previous fact writes", func(t *testing.T) {
 		fc := &fakeCore{}
 		p := &poller{core: fc}
-		err := p.writeIfChanged(ctx, "test_key", "poll:caldav", "hello", now)
+		err := p.writeIfChanged(ctx, "test_key", "poll:caldav", "hello", now, 1.0)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
 		}
@@ -249,7 +90,7 @@ func TestWriteIfChanged(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		}
 		p := &poller{core: fc}
-		err := p.writeIfChanged(ctx, "test_key", "poll:caldav", "hello", now)
+		err := p.writeIfChanged(ctx, "test_key", "poll:caldav", "hello", now, 1.0)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
 		}
@@ -265,7 +106,7 @@ func TestWriteIfChanged(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		}
 		p := &poller{core: fc}
-		err := p.writeIfChanged(ctx, "test_key", "poll:caldav", "new", now)
+		err := p.writeIfChanged(ctx, "test_key", "poll:caldav", "new", now, 1.0)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
 		}
@@ -280,7 +121,7 @@ func TestWriteIfChanged(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("read error other than ErrNoFact returns error", func(t *testing.T) {
 		fc := &fakeCore{readErr: fmt.Errorf("connection refused")}
 		p := &poller{core: fc}
-		err := p.writeIfChanged(ctx, "fail_key", "poll:caldav", "x", now)
+		err := p.writeIfChanged(ctx, "fail_key", "poll:caldav", "x", now, 1.0)
 		if err == nil {
 			t.Fatal("expected error, got nil")
 		}
@@ -292,7 +133,7 @@ func TestWriteIfChanged(t *testing.T) {
 			writeErr: fmt.Errorf("disk full"),
 		}
 		p := &poller{core: fc}
-		err := p.writeIfChanged(ctx, "test_key", "poll:caldav", "hello", now)
+		err := p.writeIfChanged(ctx, "test_key", "poll:caldav", "hello", now, 1.0)
 		if err == nil {
 			t.Fatal("expected error, got nil")
 		}

cmd/mavcaldav/render.go

@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"log"
+	"net/http"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/calendar"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/ipc"
+)
+
+// renderer is the write half of maven's own local calendar (Vikunja #127).
+//
+// It is a RENDER TARGET, not a store. sqlite stays canonical: every tick the
+// renderer reads the pending reminders out of core and publishes each one as a
+// single-event iCal resource in a CalDAV collection maven owns. Nothing is ever
+// read back from that collection, and losing it costs nothing — the next tick
+// rebuilds it.
+//
+// It structurally cannot write to a calendar maven only reads. The URL comes
+// from its own flag, checked at startup against every read URL (see
+// run in main.go), and the only paths it ever addresses carry
+// calendar.ReminderUIDPrefix — so even pointed at the wrong collection it can
+// only touch resources it created.
+type renderer struct {
+	core ipc.CoreAPI
+	http *http.Client
+	url  string
+	user string
+	pass string
+	dur  time.Duration
+
+	// published maps reminder id → the body last successfully PUT, so an
+	// unchanged reminder costs nothing. Purely an optimisation: a restart
+	// re-publishes every reminder once, which is idempotent.
+	published map[int64]string
+}
+
+func newRenderer(core ipc.CoreAPI, hc *http.Client, url, user, pass string, dur time.Duration) *renderer {
+	return &renderer{
+		core:      core,
+		http:      hc,
+		url:       strings.TrimRight(url, "/"),
+		user:      user,
+		pass:      pass,
+		dur:       dur,
+		published: make(map[int64]string),
+	}
+}
+
+// renderOnce publishes every pending reminder and withdraws the ones that are
+// no longer pending. Errors are logged and skipped: a calendar maven cannot
+// reach must never break the reminder itself, which lives in sqlite.
+func (r *renderer) renderOnce(ctx context.Context) {
+	reminders, err := r.core.ListReminders(ctx, renderMaxReminders)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("mavcaldav: list reminders: %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	live := make(map[int64]bool, len(reminders))
+	for _, rem := range reminders {
+		if rem.Status != "pending" {
+			continue
+		}
+		live[rem.ID] = true
+		e := calendar.ReminderEvent(rem.ID, fireTime(rem), rem.Payload, r.dur)
+		body := calendar.RenderICal([]calendar.Event{e})
+		if r.published[rem.ID] == body {
+			continue
+		}
+		if err := r.put(ctx, calendar.ReminderPath(rem.ID), body); err != nil {
+			log.Printf("mavcaldav: render reminder %d: %v", rem.ID, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		r.published[rem.ID] = body
+		log.Printf("mavcaldav: rendered reminder %d (%s)", rem.ID, e.Summary)
+	}
+
+	for id := range r.published {
+		if live[id] {
+			continue
+		}
+		if err := r.delete(ctx, calendar.ReminderPath(id)); err != nil {
+			log.Printf("mavcaldav: withdraw reminder %d: %v", id, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		delete(r.published, id)
+		log.Printf("mavcaldav: withdrew reminder %d", id)
+	}
+}
+
+// renderMaxReminders bounds the read. Reminders past this count are older than
+// anything a calendar view is useful for.
+const renderMaxReminders = 200
+
+// fireTime prefers NextFireTs — for a recurring reminder that is the occurrence
+// worth showing; FireTs is the original statement.
+func fireTime(rem ipc.Reminder) time.Time {
+	if !rem.NextFireTs.IsZero() {
+		return rem.NextFireTs
+	}
+	return rem.FireTs
+}
+
+func (r *renderer) put(ctx context.Context, name, body string) error {
+	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodPut, r.url+"/"+name, strings.NewReader(body))
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	req.SetBasicAuth(r.user, r.pass)
+	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "text/calendar; charset=utf-8")
+	return r.do(req, name)
+}
+
+func (r *renderer) delete(ctx context.Context, name string) error {
+	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodDelete, r.url+"/"+name, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	req.SetBasicAuth(r.user, r.pass)
+	return r.do(req, name)
+}
+
+// do runs the request and treats any 2xx, plus 404 on a DELETE, as success —
+// a resource that is already gone is the state the caller wanted.
+func (r *renderer) do(req *http.Request, name string) error {
+	resp, err := r.http.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+	io.Copy(io.Discard, io.LimitReader(resp.Body, 1<<16))
+	switch {
+	case resp.StatusCode >= 200 && resp.StatusCode < 300:
+		return nil
+	case req.Method == http.MethodDelete && resp.StatusCode == http.StatusNotFound:
+		return nil
+	}
+	return fmt.Errorf("%s %s: %s", req.Method, name, resp.Status)
+}

cmd/mavcaldav/render_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,186 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"strings"
+	"sync"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/ipc"
+)
+
+// reminderCore is a fakeCore that also answers ListReminders.
+type reminderCore struct {
+	fakeCore
+	reminders []ipc.Reminder
+	listErr   error
+}
+
+func (c *reminderCore) ListReminders(context.Context, int) ([]ipc.Reminder, error) {
+	if c.listErr != nil {
+		return nil, c.listErr
+	}
+	return c.reminders, nil
+}
+
+// calSrv records what a CalDAV collection received.
+type calSrv struct {
+	mu     sync.Mutex
+	puts   map[string]string
+	dels   []string
+	status int
+	*httptest.Server
+}
+
+func newCalSrv() *calSrv {
+	s := &calSrv{puts: map[string]string{}, status: http.StatusCreated}
+	s.Server = httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		body, _ := io.ReadAll(r.Body)
+		s.mu.Lock()
+		defer s.mu.Unlock()
+		switch r.Method {
+		case http.MethodPut:
+			s.puts[strings.TrimPrefix(r.URL.Path, "/cal/")] = string(body)
+		case http.MethodDelete:
+			s.dels = append(s.dels, strings.TrimPrefix(r.URL.Path, "/cal/"))
+		}
+		w.WriteHeader(s.status)
+	}))
+	return s
+}
+
+func (s *calSrv) putCount() int {
+	s.mu.Lock()
+	defer s.mu.Unlock()
+	return len(s.puts)
+}
+
+func TestRenderOncePublishesPendingReminders(t *testing.T) {
+	fire := time.Date(2026, 8, 1, 18, 30, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+	srv := newCalSrv()
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	core := &reminderCore{reminders: []ipc.Reminder{
+		{ID: 7, FireTs: fire, Payload: "позвонить маме", Status: "pending"},
+		{ID: 8, FireTs: fire, Payload: "уже сделано", Status: "fired"},
+		{ID: 9, FireTs: fire, Payload: "отменено", Status: "cancelled"},
+	}}
+	r := newRenderer(core, srv.Client(), srv.URL+"/cal/", "u", "p", 0)
+	r.renderOnce(context.Background())
+
+	srv.mu.Lock()
+	body, ok := srv.puts["maven-reminder-7.ics"]
+	n := len(srv.puts)
+	srv.mu.Unlock()
+
+	if n != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected exactly the pending reminder to be published, got %d PUTs", n)
+	}
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatal("pending reminder 7 was not published")
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(body, "SUMMARY:позвонить маме") {
+		t.Errorf("payload missing from rendered body:\n%s", body)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(body, "UID:maven-reminder-7") {
+		t.Errorf("UID missing from rendered body:\n%s", body)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRenderOnceSkipsUnchanged(t *testing.T) {
+	srv := newCalSrv()
+	defer srv.Close()
+	core := &reminderCore{reminders: []ipc.Reminder{
+		{ID: 1, FireTs: time.Date(2026, 8, 1, 9, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC), Payload: "выпить воды", Status: "pending"},
+	}}
+	r := newRenderer(core, srv.Client(), srv.URL+"/cal", "u", "p", 0)
+	r.renderOnce(context.Background())
+	r.renderOnce(context.Background())
+	if got := srv.putCount(); got != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("an unchanged reminder was re-published: %d distinct PUTs", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRenderOnceWithdrawsResolvedReminders(t *testing.T) {
+	srv := newCalSrv()
+	defer srv.Close()
+	core := &reminderCore{reminders: []ipc.Reminder{
+		{ID: 5, FireTs: time.Date(2026, 8, 1, 9, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC), Payload: "встреча", Status: "pending"},
+	}}
+	r := newRenderer(core, srv.Client(), srv.URL+"/cal", "u", "p", 0)
+	r.renderOnce(context.Background())
+
+	core.reminders[0].Status = "fired"
+	r.renderOnce(context.Background())
+
+	srv.mu.Lock()
+	dels := append([]string(nil), srv.dels...)
+	srv.mu.Unlock()
+	if len(dels) != 1 || dels[0] != "maven-reminder-5.ics" {
+		t.Fatalf("resolved reminder was not withdrawn: %v", dels)
+	}
+	if len(r.published) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("published map still holds %v", r.published)
+	}
+}
+
+// A calendar maven cannot reach must never break anything: sqlite is canonical.
+func TestRenderOnceSurvivesServerErrors(t *testing.T) {
+	srv := newCalSrv()
+	srv.status = http.StatusInternalServerError
+	defer srv.Close()
+	core := &reminderCore{reminders: []ipc.Reminder{
+		{ID: 1, FireTs: time.Date(2026, 8, 1, 9, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC), Payload: "x", Status: "pending"},
+	}}
+	r := newRenderer(core, srv.Client(), srv.URL+"/cal", "u", "p", 0)
+	r.renderOnce(context.Background())
+	if len(r.published) != 0 {
+		t.Error("a failed PUT must not be recorded as published, or it never retries")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRenderOnceUsesNextFireForRecurring(t *testing.T) {
+	srv := newCalSrv()
+	defer srv.Close()
+	next := time.Date(2026, 8, 2, 7, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+	core := &reminderCore{reminders: []ipc.Reminder{{
+		ID:         3,
+		FireTs:     time.Date(2026, 8, 1, 7, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC),
+		NextFireTs: next,
+		Payload:    "зарядка",
+		Status:     "pending",
+		Cron:       "0 7 * * *",
+	}}}
+	r := newRenderer(core, srv.Client(), srv.URL+"/cal", "u", "p", 0)
+	r.renderOnce(context.Background())
+
+	srv.mu.Lock()
+	body := srv.puts["maven-reminder-3.ics"]
+	srv.mu.Unlock()
+	if !strings.Contains(body, "DTSTART:20260802T070000Z") {
+		t.Errorf("recurring reminder should render its next occurrence:\n%s", body)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestCheckRenderTargetRefusesTheCalendarItReads(t *testing.T) {
+	read := "http://localhost:5232/kami/personal"
+	if err := checkRenderTarget(read, ""); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("rendering off must be fine: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := checkRenderTarget(read, "http://localhost:5232/kami/maven"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("a distinct collection must be accepted: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := checkRenderTarget(read, read); err == nil {
+		t.Error("rendering into the read calendar must be refused")
+	}
+	if err := checkRenderTarget(read, read+"/"); err == nil {
+		t.Error("a trailing slash must not defeat the check")
+	}
+	if err := checkRenderTarget(read, strings.ToUpper(read)); err == nil {
+		t.Error("case must not defeat the check")
+	}
+}

cmd/mavend/actions.go

@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+// actionTable dispatches applyAction's per-intent bodies. Each of the 7
+// intents (fact, reminder, note, query, act, chat, system) has one handler
+// here with the signature:
+//
+//	func(h *reactiveHandler, ctx context.Context, dec router.Decision) string
+//
+// same contract as applyAction itself: "" means "let the Replier phrase the
+// reply", a non-empty string OVERRIDES it. This is a straight extraction of
+// applyAction's old switch cases (formerly ~300 lines in voice.go) — no
+// reordering of side effects, no new abstractions inside a handler.
+//
+// What does NOT belong in this table, because it is not per-intent:
+//
+//   - the dec.Clarify short-circuit ("" when the router's stage-3 fired) —
+//     stays in applyAction, before dispatch, since it applies to every
+//     intent identically.
+//   - the destructive-act confirm gate (park / resolveConfirm / confirmTTL)
+//     and the enabled-tool allowlist. Both live entirely inside
+//     actionAct/handleAct in actions_act.go, exactly where they lived in the old
+//     switch's IntentAct case — they are act-specific (a fact or a note
+//     can't be destructive), not shared across intents, so they do not need
+//     to move to a separate layer. The important invariant, preserved
+//     as-is: applyAction runs identically whether dec came from a fresh
+//     route or from a completed clarify answer (see finishClarified in
+//     clarify.go and its comment "filling in an argument never grants
+//     authority") — a handler must never special-case a clarify-completed
+//     decision to skip the confirm gate or the allowlist.
+//   - detectPattern and dialogue-session bookkeeping (rememberTurn,
+//     followUpMerge) run in the callers (runTurn,
+//     finishClarified), not per-intent, and are untouched by this slice.
+//
+// Each handler lives in actions_<intent>.go; the small ones (chat, system)
+// and the table itself stay here.
+//
+// Adding an intent: write its handler in its own file, add one line to
+// actionHandlers. Do not grow applyAction's switch back.
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"log"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/router"
+)
+
+// actionHandlers is the per-intent dispatch table used by applyAction.
+var actionHandlers = map[router.Intent]func(*reactiveHandler, context.Context, router.Decision) string{
+	router.IntentFact:     (*reactiveHandler).actionFact,
+	router.IntentReminder: (*reactiveHandler).actionReminder,
+	router.IntentAct:      (*reactiveHandler).actionAct,
+	router.IntentChat:     (*reactiveHandler).actionChat,
+	router.IntentSystem:   (*reactiveHandler).actionSystem,
+	router.IntentNote:     (*reactiveHandler).actionNote,
+	router.IntentQuery:    (*reactiveHandler).actionQuery,
+}
+
+func (h *reactiveHandler) actionChat(ctx context.Context, dec router.Decision) string {
+	// Conversational: build history from dialogue session (prior user turns)
+	// and let the LLM respond from general knowledge + context.
+	history := h.chatHistory()
+	reply, err := h.phraser.PhraseChat(ctx, dec.Utterance, history)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("voice: chat: %v", err)
+		return "поговорили."
+	}
+	return reply
+}
+
+func (h *reactiveHandler) actionSystem(ctx context.Context, dec router.Decision) string {
+	return h.replySystem(ctx, dec)
+}

cmd/mavend/actions_act.go

@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"log"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/mcp"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/router"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/tool"
+)
+
+// actionAct handles router.IntentAct: match a verb to an enabled tool, offer
+// it to the ecosystems first, and run it behind the confirm gate and the
+// allowlist. proposeGap and the confirm gate itself live in confirm.go.
+func (h *reactiveHandler) actionAct(ctx context.Context, dec router.Decision) string {
+	// tool executor: run the matched fn against the enabled allowlist.
+	// HasFn=false ⇒ try the matcher (for LLM-routed acts where the verb
+	// didn't go through the stage-0 act grammar).
+	if !dec.Slots.HasFn && dec.Slots.Text != "" && h.matcher != nil {
+		if fn, args, ok := h.matcher.Match(dec.Slots.Text); ok {
+			dec.Slots.Fn, dec.Slots.Args, dec.Slots.HasFn = fn, args, true
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Praxis ecosystem tools: intercept before the system command executor.
+	if h.ecosystem != nil && h.ecosystem.praxis != nil && dec.Slots.HasFn {
+		if reply := h.handlePraxisAct(ctx, dec); reply != "" {
+			return reply
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Hexis ecosystem action: if ecosystem is configured and we have a verb
+	// + entity text, try to resolve the entity and execute via Hexis.
+	if h.ecosystem != nil && h.ecosystem.hexis != nil && dec.Slots.Text != "" {
+		if reply := h.handleHexisAct(ctx, dec); reply != "" {
+			return reply
+		}
+	}
+
+	// HasFn still false ⇒ no allowlist match: scaffold a 'proposed' tool
+	// the user can enable on the authed surface ("earn the right to ask").
+	if !dec.Slots.HasFn {
+		return h.proposeGap(ctx, dec)
+	}
+	out, err := h.tools.Exec(ctx, dec.Slots.Fn, dec.Slots.Args, false)
+	if err != nil {
+		switch {
+		case errors.Is(err, tool.ErrNeedsConfirm):
+			// destructive: park it and ask. The next utterance answers.
+			phrase := actPhrase(dec.Slots.Fn, dec.Slots.Args)
+			h.park(dec.Slots.Fn, dec.Slots.Args, phrase)
+			return "выполнить «" + phrase + "»? скажи «да» или «нет»."
+		case errors.Is(err, tool.ErrNotEnabled):
+			return h.proposeGap(ctx, dec)
+		case errors.Is(err, mcp.ErrNeedsArgs):
+			// An MCP tool that wants named arguments a spoken verb cannot
+			// supply. Guessing them would be a wrong act, so she says so
+			// instead — the tool is still runnable from the authed surface,
+			// where a human types them.
+			return "этому инструменту нужны аргументы, которые я из голоса не соберу — я не буду угадывать."
+		}
+		log.Printf("voice: tool %s: %v", dec.Slots.Fn, err)
+		if out != "" {
+			return "не получилось выполнить команду: " + firstLine(out)
+		}
+		return "не получилось выполнить команду."
+	}
+	if out != "" {
+		return "готово: " + firstLine(out)
+	}
+	return "готово."
+}

cmd/mavend/actions_fact.go

@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"log"
+	"strconv"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/ipc"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/router"
+)
+
+// actionFact handles router.IntentFact: persist a tapped self-fact, index
+// it for recall, and let pattern detection propose a routine.
+func (h *reactiveHandler) actionFact(ctx context.Context, dec router.Decision) string {
+	if !dec.Slots.HasKey {
+		return "не разобрала, что записать — попробуй иначе."
+	}
+	now := h.now()
+	req := ipc.WriteFactReq{
+		Ts:         now,
+		Kind:       "self",
+		Key:        dec.Slots.Key,
+		Value:      dec.Slots.Value,
+		Source:     "tap:voice",
+		Confidence: 1.0,
+		// Subject: the key doubles as the entity-resolution candidate —
+		// a voice-tapped fact's key is usually the thing/person it's
+		// about ("espresso_machine", "kate"), so queueing it for Nexus
+		// resolution costs one async lookup and is a no-op (not_found)
+		// for the abstract self-state keys (mood, water) that aren't
+		// entities at all.
+		Subject: dec.Slots.Key,
+	}
+	factID, err := h.api.WriteFact(ctx, req)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("voice: write fact: %v", err)
+		return "не получилось сохранить факт."
+	}
+	// Index the fact utterance in long-term memory (best-effort, must not
+	// fail the fact write). Facts aren't in the notes table, so this is the
+	// only recall path for them — "когда я пил воду?" reads back from here.
+	if h.memStore != nil {
+		if vec, err := router.EmbedPassage(ctx, h.embedder, dec.Utterance); err != nil {
+			log.Printf("voice: embed fact for memory: %v", err)
+		} else if err := h.memStore.Insert(ctx, "fact:"+dec.Slots.Key+":"+strconv.FormatInt(now.Unix(), 10), vec, map[string]string{
+			"source": "voice",
+			"type":   "fact",
+			"text":   dec.Utterance,
+			"ts":     strconv.FormatInt(now.Unix(), 10),
+		}); err != nil {
+			log.Printf("voice: memory insert fact: %v", err)
+		}
+	}
+	// Event extraction + pattern detection (best-effort, must not fail the
+	// fact write). If the fact describes a recognizable action, it becomes a
+	// normalized event; if ≥3 events for the same action+object show stable
+	// intervals, a proposed routine is created and parked for confirmation.
+	if h.dataStore != nil {
+		if phrase := h.detectPattern(ctx, factID, dec.Slots.Key, dec.Slots.Value, now); phrase != "" {
+			return phrase // "ты заправляешь ... напоминать?"
+		}
+	}
+	return "" // replier phrases the success reply
+}

cmd/mavend/actions_money.go

@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"log"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/ipc"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/router"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/zenmoney"
+)
+
+// Money questions (Vikunja #125).
+//
+// This is the whole read side: mavpoll holds the zenmoney token and writes
+// facts(kind=env, source=poll:zenmoney); core reads them back when he asks.
+// Core never sees the token, never calls zenmoney, and has no rule on these
+// keys — a total is never a reason for Maven to speak first. Maven is not a
+// nag, least of all about his money.
+//
+// Nothing here can reach the external search capability: the figures are read
+// from the store and rendered locally, and his financial data is never search
+// input.
+
+// queryMoney — "сколько я потратил сегодня?", "покажи мои траты".
+//
+// Answers only from the latest fact the poller wrote. Three honest outcomes and
+// no fourth: the figure, "the fact is old and here is its date", or "money
+// tracking is not connected". It never computes, estimates or rounds a total of
+// its own — an invented number about his money is the worst thing this could do.
+func (h *reactiveHandler) queryMoney(ctx context.Context, t *queryTurn) (string, bool) {
+	window, ok := router.ParseMoneyQuery(t.dec.Utterance)
+	if !ok {
+		return "", false
+	}
+	key, phrase := zenmoney.KeySpentMonth, "в этом месяце"
+	if window == router.MoneyToday {
+		key, phrase = zenmoney.KeySpentToday, "сегодня"
+	}
+	fact, err := h.api.LatestFactBySource(ctx, key, zenmoney.Source)
+	if err != nil {
+		// No fact at all is the normal state when the capability is off. Claim
+		// the turn anyway: falling through to recall would answer a question
+		// about money with whatever note happens to be nearest.
+		if !isNoFactErr(err) {
+			log.Printf("voice: money fact: %v", err)
+		}
+		return "я не отслеживаю траты — не подключено.", true
+	}
+	val, err := zenmoney.ParseFactValue(fact.Value)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("voice: money fact: decode: %v", err)
+		return "не получилось прочитать траты.", true
+	}
+	reply := val.FormatRU(phrase)
+	if reply == "" {
+		return "по тратам пока нечего сказать.", true
+	}
+	// A stale fact is reported as stale rather than spoken as today's number.
+	if h.now().Sub(fact.Ts) > zenmoney.StaleAfter {
+		return "данные от " + fact.Ts.Local().Format("02.01") + ": " + reply, true
+	}
+	return reply, true
+}
+
+// isNoFactErr — ErrNoFact survives the wire wrapped, so unwrap for it.
+func isNoFactErr(err error) bool {
+	for e := err; e != nil; {
+		if e == ipc.ErrNoFact {
+			return true
+		}
+		u, ok := e.(interface{ Unwrap() error })
+		if !ok {
+			return false
+		}
+		e = u.Unwrap()
+	}
+	return false
+}

cmd/mavend/actions_money_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/ipc"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/router"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/zenmoney"
+)
+
+// moneyAPI answers only LatestFactBySource; everything else is unimplemented,
+// which is the assertion that answering a money question costs no model call
+// and reaches no network.
+type moneyAPI struct {
+	ipc.UnimplementedCoreAPI
+
+	fact    ipc.Fact
+	err     error
+	gotKey  string
+	gotSrc  string
+	callCnt int
+}
+
+func (a *moneyAPI) LatestFactBySource(_ context.Context, key, source string) (ipc.Fact, error) {
+	a.gotKey, a.gotSrc = key, source
+	a.callCnt++
+	return a.fact, a.err
+}
+
+func moneyNow() time.Time { return time.Date(2026, 8, 15, 20, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC) }
+
+func moneyFact(ts time.Time, val string) ipc.Fact {
+	return ipc.Fact{Kind: "env", Key: zenmoney.KeySpentMonth, Value: val, Source: zenmoney.Source, Ts: ts}
+}
+
+func TestQueryMoneyAnswersFromTheFact(t *testing.T) {
+	api := &moneyAPI{fact: moneyFact(moneyNow(), `{"spent":[{"currency":"RUB","amount":1749.5}],"count":3}`)}
+	h := &reactiveHandler{api: api, now: moneyNow}
+	reply, ok := h.queryMoney(context.Background(), &queryTurn{
+		dec: router.Decision{Utterance: "сколько я потратил в этом месяце?"},
+	})
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatal("the money source must claim a money question")
+	}
+	if api.gotKey != zenmoney.KeySpentMonth || api.gotSrc != zenmoney.Source {
+		t.Errorf("read %q/%q, want the month key from the poller's source", api.gotKey, api.gotSrc)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(reply, "1749.5") {
+		t.Errorf("reply = %q, want the exact figure", reply)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(reply, "в этом месяце") {
+		t.Errorf("reply = %q, want the window named", reply)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestQueryMoneyPicksTodaysKey(t *testing.T) {
+	api := &moneyAPI{fact: moneyFact(moneyNow(), `{"spent":[{"currency":"RUB","amount":250}],"count":1}`)}
+	h := &reactiveHandler{api: api, now: moneyNow}
+	if _, ok := h.queryMoney(context.Background(), &queryTurn{
+		dec: router.Decision{Utterance: "сколько я потратил сегодня?"},
+	}); !ok {
+		t.Fatal("expected the source to claim it")
+	}
+	if api.gotKey != zenmoney.KeySpentToday {
+		t.Errorf("key = %q, want today's", api.gotKey)
+	}
+}
+
+// The capability is off unless configured, and then there is no fact. She says
+// so instead of letting the recall pass answer a money question from a note.
+func TestQueryMoneySaysNotConnected(t *testing.T) {
+	h := &reactiveHandler{api: &moneyAPI{err: ipc.ErrNoFact}, now: moneyNow}
+	reply, ok := h.queryMoney(context.Background(), &queryTurn{
+		dec: router.Decision{Utterance: "сколько я потратил?"},
+	})
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatal("expected the source to claim it")
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(reply, "не подключено") {
+		t.Errorf("reply = %q, want an honest 'not connected'", reply)
+	}
+	// No number of any kind in that answer.
+	for _, d := range []string{"0", "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9"} {
+		if strings.Contains(reply, d) {
+			t.Errorf("reply %q contains a digit — nothing was read, so there is no figure", reply)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// A fact older than the staleness bound is dated rather than spoken as if it
+// were current: the poller can be down, and last week's total presented as
+// today's is a lie by omission.
+func TestQueryMoneyDatesAStaleFact(t *testing.T) {
+	old := moneyNow().Add(-72 * time.Hour)
+	api := &moneyAPI{fact: moneyFact(old, `{"spent":[{"currency":"RUB","amount":100}],"count":1}`)}
+	h := &reactiveHandler{api: api, now: moneyNow}
+	reply, _ := h.queryMoney(context.Background(), &queryTurn{
+		dec: router.Decision{Utterance: "сколько я потратил?"},
+	})
+	if !strings.Contains(reply, "данные от") {
+		t.Errorf("reply = %q, want the stale fact dated", reply)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestQueryMoneyPassesOtherQuestions(t *testing.T) {
+	api := &moneyAPI{}
+	h := &reactiveHandler{api: api, now: moneyNow}
+	for _, u := range []string{"какая погода?", "я потратил весь день на это", "какие у меня задачи?"} {
+		if _, ok := h.queryMoney(context.Background(), &queryTurn{dec: router.Decision{Utterance: u}}); ok {
+			t.Errorf("the money source claimed %q", u)
+		}
+	}
+	if api.callCnt != 0 {
+		t.Error("a non-money question must not read the money facts")
+	}
+}
+
+// Money must be answered before the recall sources, or a question about
+// spending gets answered by the nearest note.
+func TestQuerySourcesOrderMoneyBeforeRecall(t *testing.T) {
+	moneyAt, notesAt := -1, -1
+	for i, src := range querySources {
+		switch src.name {
+		case "money":
+			moneyAt = i
+		case "notes":
+			notesAt = i
+		}
+	}
+	if moneyAt < 0 || notesAt < 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("sources missing: money=%d notes=%d", moneyAt, notesAt)
+	}
+	if moneyAt > notesAt {
+		t.Errorf("money source at %d, after notes at %d", moneyAt, notesAt)
+	}
+}

cmd/mavend/actions_note.go

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"log"
+	"strconv"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/router"
+)
+
+// actionNote handles router.IntentNote: embed the note, persist it, and
+// index it for recall.
+func (h *reactiveHandler) actionNote(ctx context.Context, dec router.Decision) string {
+	// An utterance that explicitly files a task is work, not recall, and
+	// belongs in the task store (Vikunja #130). Checked before the embedding
+	// is paid for. Everything else is a note, exactly as before.
+	if reply, ok := h.captureTaskFromNote(ctx, dec); ok {
+		return reply
+	}
+	// embed the note text with the same model the classifier uses, persist
+	// via CoreAPI (source=tap:voice). Semantic recall lives in `notes`, not
+	// facts — no predicate reads it (spec's two-memory split).
+	vec, err := router.EmbedPassage(ctx, h.embedder, dec.Utterance)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("voice: embed note: %v", err)
+		return "не получилось сохранить заметку."
+	}
+	noteTs := h.now()
+	noteID, err := h.api.WriteNote(ctx, noteTs, dec.Utterance, vec, "tap:voice")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("voice: write note: %v", err)
+		return "не получилось сохранить заметку."
+	}
+	// Insert into long-term memory (best-effort, must not fail the note write).
+	// text/ts in the meta make a Search hit self-describing (see bestRecall).
+	if h.memStore != nil {
+		if err := h.memStore.Insert(ctx, "note:"+strconv.FormatInt(noteID, 10), vec, map[string]string{
+			"source": "voice",
+			"type":   "note",
+			"text":   dec.Utterance,
+			"ts":     strconv.FormatInt(noteTs.Unix(), 10),
+		}); err != nil {
+			log.Printf("voice: memory insert: %v", err)
+		}
+	}
+	return "" // replier phrases the "saved" reply
+}

cmd/mavend/actions_query.go

@@ -0,0 +1,487 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/crawl"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/ipc"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/memory"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/morning"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/router"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/rss"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/weather"
+)
+
+// queryTurn is the per-turn scratch a chain of query sources shares: the
+// decision being answered plus the work an earlier source already paid for
+// (the query embedding, the notes it pulled). Sources read and fill it in
+// order, so a later source never re-embeds.
+type queryTurn struct {
+	dec   router.Decision
+	vec   []float32
+	notes []ipc.Note
+}
+
+// querySource — one answer source in the chain actionQuery walks. answer
+// returns (reply, true) when this source claims the question, ("", false)
+// when it passes to the next one. name is for reading the table, not logged.
+//
+// A struct of one func rather than an interface: every source is a plain
+// method on *reactiveHandler with no state of its own (what state a turn has
+// lives in queryTurn), so an interface would mean one empty type per source
+// to satisfy it — ceremony for nothing. Same reasoning as confirmResolver in
+// confirm.go, and the table then reads like actionHandlers: a flat list of
+// method expressions you extend with one line.
+type querySource struct {
+	name   string
+	answer func(*reactiveHandler, context.Context, *queryTurn) (string, bool)
+}
+
+// querySources is the ordered chain actionQuery walks; first source to claim
+// answers the turn. THE ORDER IS LOAD-BEARING — see the memory-before-notes
+// comment on queryMemory: running the notes-only pass first was #373, and the
+// gate was never the bug. Adding a source (Kiwix, RSS, crawler, email) is one
+// line here plus its method; where you put the line is the whole decision.
+var querySources = []querySource{
+	{"fact-by-key", (*reactiveHandler).queryFactByKey},
+	// Before "calendar" on purpose: both match "…на сегодня", and the plan is
+	// the more specific ask (its matcher requires a plan word), so the calendar
+	// listing would otherwise swallow it.
+	{"day-plan", (*reactiveHandler).queryDayPlan},
+	// Also before "calendar": "что я обычно делаю по средам?" names a weekday,
+	// and the habit question is the more specific one. Its matcher requires a
+	// habit marker ("обычно", "каждый", …), so a question about this coming
+	// Wednesday still reaches the calendar.
+	{"habits", (*reactiveHandler).queryHabits},
+	// Before "calendar" and before the recall sources: "что мне нужно
+	// сделать?" is a question about the task list, and the notes pass would
+	// otherwise answer it with whatever note happens to be nearest. Its
+	// matcher requires a task noun or an explicit "что … сделать", so a
+	// date-bearing question still reaches the calendar.
+	{"tasks", (*reactiveHandler).queryTasks},
+	// Before the recall sources too: "сколько я потратил?" is a question about
+	// the money facts the poller wrote, and the notes pass would otherwise
+	// answer it from whatever he once said about spending. Its matcher needs a
+	// money noun plus an actual ask, so "я потратил весь день" is untouched.
+	{"money", (*reactiveHandler).queryMoney},
+	// Before the recall sources and before general knowledge: "что нового?" is
+	// a question about the feeds she reads, and general knowledge would answer
+	// it by inventing news. Its matcher needs a feed noun plus an ask, so
+	// "у меня новая лента в инстаграме" is untouched.
+	{"feeds", (*reactiveHandler).queryFeeds},
+	// Before "calendar" and before the recall sources: "что включено дома?" is
+	// a question about the house, and the notes pass would otherwise answer it
+	// from whatever he once said about the lights. Its matcher needs a house
+	// marker plus an ask plus a device word, and it bails out on weather
+	// wording, so "какая температура на улице?" still reaches the weather
+	// source.
+	{"home", (*reactiveHandler).queryHome},
+	// Next to "home" and for the same reason: "какие устройства в сети?" is a
+	// question about the LAN, and the recall pass would otherwise answer it
+	// from an old note about the router. Its matcher needs a network word plus
+	// an ask plus a device noun, so "интернет не работает" is untouched.
+	{"network", (*reactiveHandler).queryNetwork},
+	{"calendar", (*reactiveHandler).queryCalendar},
+	{"weather", (*reactiveHandler).queryWeather},
+	{"embed", (*reactiveHandler).queryEmbed},
+	{"memory", (*reactiveHandler).queryMemory},
+	{"notes", (*reactiveHandler).queryNotes},
+	// LAST before the model answers from memory, and that position is the whole
+	// design (Vikunja #259): local sources first. The model, his own notes and
+	// facts, and — once internal/kiwix is wired into this chain — the offline
+	// ZIMs all get their turn before anything touches the network. This source
+	// only claims a turn where he named a URL out loud, so it never competes
+	// with a local answer.
+	{"web", (*reactiveHandler).queryWeb},
+	{"general-knowledge", (*reactiveHandler).queryGeneral},
+}
+
+func (h *reactiveHandler) actionQuery(ctx context.Context, dec router.Decision) string {
+	t := &queryTurn{dec: dec}
+	for _, src := range querySources {
+		if reply, ok := src.answer(h, ctx, t); ok {
+			return reply
+		}
+	}
+	return "не знаю."
+}
+
+// queryFactByKey — when the dialogue layer resolved an anaphoric reference to
+// a prior fact's key (e.g. "когда я это сделал?" after "запиши что я пил
+// воду"), look up the fact's value directly.
+func (h *reactiveHandler) queryFactByKey(ctx context.Context, t *queryTurn) (string, bool) {
+	dec := t.dec
+	if !dec.Slots.HasKey || dec.Slots.Key == "" {
+		return "", false
+	}
+	f, err := h.api.LatestFact(ctx, dec.Slots.Key)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", false
+	}
+	if dec.Slots.HasTime {
+		// The query asks about timing — the fact's own timestamp is the
+		// answer it's looking for. Format as a natural reply.
+		return fmt.Sprintf("я записала это %s", formatTime(f.Ts)), true
+	}
+	// General fact reference: describe what we know.
+	if dec.Utterance == "" {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("вот что я знаю: %s — %s", dec.Slots.Key, f.Value), true
+	}
+	// The utterance still carries the question; fall through to normal RAG
+	// with the resolved key in context.
+	return "", false
+}
+
+// queryDayPlan — "какие планы на сегодня?", "что у меня по плану?", "что
+// дальше?" (Vikunja #128). Recites the day: calendar events, pending
+// reminders, and any morning checklist still outstanding.
+//
+// Read-only by construction — the plan is assembled and rendered core-side and
+// nothing here schedules or announces. "что дальше?" asks for the rest of the
+// day, so that phrasing trims what has already passed.
+func (h *reactiveHandler) queryDayPlan(ctx context.Context, t *queryTurn) (string, bool) {
+	if !router.IsDayPlanQuery(t.dec.Utterance) {
+		return "", false
+	}
+	plan, err := h.api.DayPlan(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("voice: day plan: %v", err)
+		return "не получилось собрать план.", true
+	}
+	if !isRestOfDayQuery(t.dec.Utterance) {
+		return plan.Spoken, true
+	}
+	// Rebuild the pure plan so the rest-of-day rendering is the same code that
+	// rendered the whole day — one formatter, one persona.
+	p := morning.Plan{Date: plan.Date}
+	for _, it := range plan.Items {
+		p.Items = append(p.Items, morning.PlanEntry{
+			At:        it.At,
+			Text:      it.Text,
+			Kind:      morning.PlanKind(it.Kind),
+			Uncertain: it.Uncertain,
+		})
+	}
+	return p.After(h.now()).FormatRU(), true
+}
+
+// isRestOfDayQuery — "что дальше?" and its English form, the only plan phrasing
+// that means "from now on" rather than "the whole day".
+func isRestOfDayQuery(text string) bool {
+	s := strings.ToLower(text)
+	return strings.Contains(s, "дальше") || strings.Contains(s, "next")
+}
+
+// habitFactWindow — how many recent facts the behaviour profile is counted
+// over. Enough for a season of habits without scanning the whole store on every
+// question; the profile is recomputed on read, so the bound is the cost control.
+const habitFactWindow = 2000
+
+// queryHabits — "что я обычно делаю по вторникам?" (Vikunja #254). Counts the
+// answer out of the fact log rather than asking the model to summarise a life:
+// see internal/memory/behavior.go for why nothing here is generated.
+func (h *reactiveHandler) queryHabits(ctx context.Context, t *queryTurn) (string, bool) {
+	q, ok := router.ParseHabitQuery(t.dec.Utterance)
+	if !ok {
+		return "", false
+	}
+	facts, err := h.api.RecentFacts(ctx, habitFactWindow)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("voice: habits: recent facts: %v", err)
+		return "не получилось посмотреть записи.", true
+	}
+	obs := make([]memory.Observation, 0, len(facts))
+	for _, f := range facts {
+		obs = append(obs, memory.Observation{At: f.Ts, Key: f.Key, Kind: f.Kind})
+	}
+	profile := memory.BuildProfile(obs, h.now())
+	if q.HasWeekday {
+		return profile.FormatWeekdayRU(q.Weekday), true
+	}
+	return profile.FormatOverallRU(), true
+}
+
+// feedNoteWindow — how many recent notes are scanned for feed items, and
+// feedReadOut — how many headlines she actually reads back. She summarises the
+// top of the pile, she does not recite a river.
+const (
+	feedNoteWindow = 200
+	feedReadOut    = 3
+)
+
+// queryFeeds — "что нового в лентах?", "что нового по технологиям?"
+// (Vikunja #258).
+//
+// This is the ONLY way a feed item reaches him. The poller writes notes and
+// never speaks; asking is the trigger. If that ever changes, the thing that
+// changed is "Maven is not a nag", not a detail of this file.
+func (h *reactiveHandler) queryFeeds(ctx context.Context, t *queryTurn) (string, bool) {
+	q, ok := router.ParseFeedQuery(t.dec.Utterance)
+	if !ok {
+		return "", false
+	}
+	if !h.feedsOn {
+		// Claim the turn rather than fall through: "не читаю ленты" is true, and
+		// letting general knowledge answer "что нового?" would be an invented
+		// news bulletin.
+		return "я пока не читаю ленты — они не настроены.", true
+	}
+	notes, err := h.api.RecentNotes(ctx, feedNoteWindow)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("voice: feeds: recent notes: %v", err)
+		return "не получилось посмотреть ленты.", true
+	}
+	var picked []string
+	for _, n := range notes {
+		if !strings.HasPrefix(n.Source, rss.SourcePrefix) {
+			continue
+		}
+		if !router.CategoryMatches(n.Text, q.Category) {
+			continue
+		}
+		// The note carries title, summary and link; she reads the title.
+		title := n.Text
+		if i := strings.IndexByte(title, '\n'); i > 0 {
+			title = title[:i]
+		}
+		picked = append(picked, strings.TrimSpace(title))
+		if len(picked) == feedReadOut {
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	if len(picked) == 0 {
+		if q.Category != "" {
+			return "по этой теме в лентах пока ничего.", true
+		}
+		return "в лентах пока ничего нового.", true
+	}
+	return "вот что нового: " + strings.Join(picked, "; "), true
+}
+
+// queryCalendar — "что у меня сегодня?", "планы на завтра?"
+// h.now(), not time.Now(): the handler's clock is the injected one, so this
+// source can be tested at a fixed time like the rest.
+func (h *reactiveHandler) queryCalendar(ctx context.Context, t *queryTurn) (string, bool) {
+	date, ok := router.ParseCalendarDate(t.dec.Utterance, h.now())
+	if !ok {
+		return "", false
+	}
+	events, err := h.api.CalendarEvents(ctx, date, date.Add(24*time.Hour))
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("voice: calendar events: %v", err)
+		return "не получилось проверить календарь.", true
+	}
+	// Provenance travels with each event. A work meeting relayed off a phone
+	// notification (source ambient:notif, #126) is stored below full confidence
+	// and gets hedged; a CalDAV read is recited plainly.
+	entries := make([]router.CalendarEntry, len(events))
+	for i, e := range events {
+		entries[i] = router.CalendarEntry{Text: e.Value, Uncertain: e.Confidence < 1.0}
+	}
+	var f router.CalendarEventFormatter
+	return f.FormatEntries(entries, date), true
+}
+
+// queryHome answers a question about the house. Read-only by construction: it
+// calls States and nothing else, so there is no confirm turn here — the only
+// way to CHANGE something is an enabled allowlist row through tool.Executor.
+func (h *reactiveHandler) queryHome(ctx context.Context, t *queryTurn) (string, bool) {
+	if !isHomeQuery(t.dec.Utterance) {
+		return "", false
+	}
+	if h.home == nil {
+		// Claim the turn rather than fall through: "дом не подключён" is true,
+		// and letting general knowledge answer would be an invented house.
+		return "дом не подключён — я его не вижу.", true
+	}
+	ctxH, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, 10*time.Second)
+	defer cancel()
+	return h.home.homeSummary(ctxH)
+}
+
+// queryNetwork answers a question about the LAN with a bounded scan. There is
+// no confirm turn because nothing is changed, and no way to widen the range
+// because Scan takes no target — the utterance selects the question, never the
+// subnet.
+func (h *reactiveHandler) queryNetwork(ctx context.Context, t *queryTurn) (string, bool) {
+	if !isNetworkQuery(t.dec.Utterance) {
+		return "", false
+	}
+	if h.netscan == nil {
+		// Claim the turn: "сканирование не настроено" is true, and general
+		// knowledge would answer with an invented list of devices.
+		return "сканирование сети не настроено.", true
+	}
+	return h.netscan.scanSummary(ctx)
+}
+
+func (h *reactiveHandler) queryWeather(ctx context.Context, t *queryTurn) (string, bool) {
+	if !isWeatherQuery(t.dec.Utterance) {
+		return "", false
+	}
+	loc := extractWeatherLocation(t.dec.Utterance, h.weatherLocation)
+	ctxWT, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, 5*time.Second)
+	defer cancel()
+	w, err := h.weatherProvider.CurrentWeather(ctxWT, loc)
+	if errors.Is(err, weather.ErrNotConfigured) {
+		return "погода не настроена.", true
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("voice: weather: %v", err)
+		return "не получилось узнать погоду.", true
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf("в %s сейчас %.0f градусов, %s.", w.Location, w.Temperature, w.Condition), true
+}
+
+// queryEmbed isn't an answer source — it's the shared cost the two recall
+// sources below both need, run once, in the position it always ran in. It
+// only claims the turn when the embedder fails.
+func (h *reactiveHandler) queryEmbed(ctx context.Context, t *queryTurn) (string, bool) {
+	vec, err := router.EmbedQuery(ctx, h.embedder, t.dec.Utterance)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("voice: embed query: %v", err)
+		return "не получилось найти ответ.", true
+	}
+	t.vec = vec
+	return "", false
+}
+
+// queryMemory — long-term memory first: ONE search over everything Maven
+// remembers (notes and facts share this index) and ONE confidence gate, so
+// the memory that is clearly the best match answers — a note just as much as
+// a fact.
+//
+// This used to run only after the notes-only source below had already
+// rejected the same note at the same score, which no note could ever survive
+// a second time: the branch could only return a fact (#373). Order, not the
+// gate, was the bug — the set of questions Maven answers is unchanged, only
+// which memory gets to answer them.
+func (h *reactiveHandler) queryMemory(ctx context.Context, t *queryTurn) (string, bool) {
+	if h.memStore == nil {
+		return "", false
+	}
+	hits, herr := h.memStore.Search(ctx, t.vec, 3)
+	if herr != nil {
+		log.Printf("voice: memory search: %v", herr)
+		return "", false
+	}
+	hit, ok := bestRecall(hits, h.queryMinScore, h.queryMinMargin)
+	if !ok {
+		return "", false
+	}
+	text := hit.Meta["text"]
+	// A note is phrased in Maven's voice; a fact is read back as it was
+	// stored.
+	if hit.Meta["type"] == "note" {
+		if reply, perr := h.phraser.PhraseQuery(ctx, t.dec.Utterance, []string{text}); perr == nil && reply != "" {
+			return reply, true
+		}
+	}
+	return text, true
+}
+
+// queryNotes — notes-only pass, for notes the vector index above does not
+// hold (an older note written before it existed). Same gate, notes-only
+// candidates.
+//
+// Confidence gate: below it, say "I don't know" rather than read back the
+// least-unrelated note — a confident wrong recall is worse than a gap (spec's
+// "not a guesser-of-truth"). Same instinct as the loop's since(key)==null →
+// don't fire. Two parts: an absolute cosine floor, and a margin over the
+// runner-up, which is the part that works with the e5 embedder's narrow score
+// band. See memory.Confident. Failing the gate passes the turn on to general
+// knowledge, which is what "don't read back the runner-up" means here.
+func (h *reactiveHandler) queryNotes(ctx context.Context, t *queryTurn) (string, bool) {
+	notes, err := h.api.QueryNotes(ctx, t.vec, 5)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("voice: query notes: %v", err)
+		return "не получилось найти ответ.", true
+	}
+	t.notes = notes
+	noteScores := make([]float64, len(notes))
+	for i, n := range notes {
+		noteScores[i] = n.Score
+	}
+	if !memory.ConfidentScores(noteScores, h.queryMinScore, h.queryMinMargin) {
+		return "", false
+	}
+	texts := make([]string, len(notes))
+	for i, n := range notes {
+		texts[i] = n.Text
+	}
+	reply, err := h.phraser.PhraseQuery(ctx, t.dec.Utterance, texts)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("voice: phrase query: %v", err)
+	}
+	if reply == "" {
+		reply = "вот что я нашла: " + texts[0]
+	}
+	return reply, true
+}
+
+// webPageContextRunes — how much of a fetched page is handed to the phraser.
+// Less than the crawler keeps: the rest of the 4096-token window belongs to the
+// prompt, the persona block and the reply.
+const webPageContextRunes = 1500
+
+// queryWeb — "посмотри https://example.org/x — что там?" (Vikunja #259).
+//
+// It claims a turn ONLY when he named a URL, which is what keeps a fallback from
+// becoming a habit: no URL, no fetch, and the model answers from what is local.
+// What leaves the box is the URL and nothing else — no note, no fact, no history
+// travels with it.
+func (h *reactiveHandler) queryWeb(ctx context.Context, t *queryTurn) (string, bool) {
+	link, ok := router.FirstURL(t.dec.Utterance)
+	if !ok {
+		return "", false
+	}
+	if h.crawler == nil {
+		// Claim rather than fall through: he asked about a specific page, and
+		// letting the model answer from the URL's spelling alone is how a small
+		// model invents a page's contents.
+		return "я не читаю страницы — это не настроено.", true
+	}
+	ctxFetch, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, 30*time.Second)
+	defer cancel()
+	page, err := h.crawler.Page(ctxFetch, link)
+	if err != nil {
+		if errors.Is(err, crawl.ErrRobots) {
+			return "эта страница закрыта для чтения — robots.txt не разрешает.", true
+		}
+		log.Printf("voice: web: %v", err)
+		return "не получилось прочитать страницу.", true
+	}
+	if page.Text == "" {
+		return "страница открылась, но читать там нечего.", true
+	}
+	// The page is handed to the phraser the same way a note is: as context for
+	// the question he actually asked. She answers the question, she does not
+	// recite the page.
+	snippet := page.Title + "\n" + crawl.TrimRunes(page.Text, webPageContextRunes)
+	reply, perr := h.phraser.PhraseQuery(ctx, t.dec.Utterance, []string{snippet})
+	if perr != nil {
+		log.Printf("voice: web: phrase: %v", perr)
+	}
+	if reply == "" {
+		// No phraser (or it failed): read back the top of the page rather than
+		// pretend the fetch did not happen.
+		return "вот что на странице: " + crawl.TrimRunes(page.Text, 300), true
+	}
+	return reply, true
+}
+
+// queryGeneral — general knowledge from the phraser, the last source before
+// giving up. It always claims: either the model answers or Maven says she
+// doesn't know.
+func (h *reactiveHandler) queryGeneral(ctx context.Context, t *queryTurn) (string, bool) {
+	reply, err := h.phraser.PhraseQuery(ctx, t.dec.Utterance, nil)
+	if err != nil || reply == "" {
+		return "не знаю.", true
+	}
+	return reply, true
+}

cmd/mavend/actions_reminder.go

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"log"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/router"
+)
+
+// actionReminder handles router.IntentReminder: parse the time when stage-0
+// skipped the extractor, then create the reminder.
+func (h *reactiveHandler) actionReminder(ctx context.Context, dec router.Decision) string {
+	if !dec.Slots.HasTime {
+		// Stage-0 (reminder-wakeword grammar) skips the extractor, so the
+		// time wasn't parsed. Run the parser as a fallback.
+		if dec.Stage == 0 && h.timeParser != nil {
+			t, ok, err := h.timeParser.Parse(ctx, dec.Utterance, h.now())
+			if err == nil && ok {
+				dec.Slots.Time = t
+				dec.Slots.HasTime = true
+			}
+		}
+		if !dec.Slots.HasTime {
+			return "не получилось разобрать время напоминания."
+		}
+	}
+	payload := `{"text":` + jsonString(dec.Utterance) + `}`
+	if _, err := h.api.CreateReminder(ctx, dec.Slots.Time, payload, ""); err != nil {
+		log.Printf("voice: create reminder: %v", err)
+		return "не получилось поставить напоминание."
+	}
+	return ""
+}

cmd/mavend/actions_task.go

@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"log"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/ipc"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/router"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/store"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/tasks"
+)
+
+// Task capture on the voice/chat path (Vikunja #130).
+//
+// Two halves, both deliberately small:
+//
+//   - captureTaskFromNote runs at the top of actionNote. An utterance that
+//     explicitly files a task ("добавь в задачи купить молоко") goes to the task
+//     store instead of the note store. Anything without an explicit marker is
+//     still a note — see router.ParseTaskCapture for why "надо бы поспать" must
+//     not become a task.
+//   - queryTasks is a query source that reads the list back.
+//
+// Nothing here speaks unprompted. Tasks are answered when asked about; no tick
+// rule reads the table.
+
+// captureTaskFromNote claims the turn when the utterance explicitly files a
+// task, returning the reply. ("", false) hands the turn back to the note path.
+func (h *reactiveHandler) captureTaskFromNote(ctx context.Context, dec router.Decision) (string, bool) {
+	cap, ok := router.ParseTaskCapture(dec.Utterance)
+	if !ok {
+		return "", false
+	}
+	resp, err := h.api.CaptureTask(ctx, ipc.CaptureTaskReq{
+		Text:   cap.Text,
+		Source: "tap:voice",
+		Status: store.TaskOpen, // he stated it himself — not a candidate
+		Weight: cap.Weight,     // 0 unless he said "срочно" / "важно"
+		Ts:     h.now(),
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("voice: capture task: %v", err)
+		return "не получилось записать задачу.", true
+	}
+	if !resp.Created {
+		return "это уже в списке.", true
+	}
+	return "записала: " + cap.Text, true
+}
+
+// queryTasks — "какие у меня задачи?", "что мне нужно сделать?".
+//
+// Reads the live set and recites it in priority order (Vikunja #129). The order
+// is computed by internal/tasks from what he told her — deadlines, the urgency
+// he stated, how long a task has been sitting — never asked of the model. The
+// rendering is the package's too, so the spoken list and the /tasks page can
+// never disagree about what comes first.
+func (h *reactiveHandler) queryTasks(ctx context.Context, t *queryTurn) (string, bool) {
+	if !router.IsTaskListQuery(t.dec.Utterance) {
+		return "", false
+	}
+	live, err := h.api.ListTasks(ctx, "live")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("voice: list tasks: %v", err)
+		return "не получилось посмотреть задачи.", true
+	}
+	return tasks.FormatRU(tasks.Rank(taskItems(live), h.now())), true
+}
+
+// taskItems maps wire rows onto the ranker's input. Written here rather than in
+// internal/tasks so the ranker stays a pure package with no ipc (and therefore
+// no store, and therefore no cgo) dependency — the same posture as
+// internal/morning and internal/memory.
+func taskItems(ts []ipc.Task) []tasks.Item {
+	out := make([]tasks.Item, len(ts))
+	for i, t := range ts {
+		out[i] = tasks.Item{
+			ID: t.ID, Text: t.Text, Status: t.Status,
+			Created: t.CreatedTs, Due: t.Due, Weight: t.Weight,
+		}
+	}
+	return out
+}

cmd/mavend/actions_task_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,227 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/ipc"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/router"
+)
+
+// taskAPI answers only the three task methods; every other call is
+// unimplemented, which is the assertion that capture needs nothing else — in
+// particular no embedder, so a filed task costs no model call.
+type taskAPI struct {
+	ipc.UnimplementedCoreAPI
+
+	captured []ipc.CaptureTaskReq
+	created  bool
+	capErr   error
+
+	tasks   []ipc.Task
+	listArg string
+	listErr error
+}
+
+func (a *taskAPI) CaptureTask(_ context.Context, req ipc.CaptureTaskReq) (ipc.CaptureTaskResp, error) {
+	a.captured = append(a.captured, req)
+	if a.capErr != nil {
+		return ipc.CaptureTaskResp{}, a.capErr
+	}
+	return ipc.CaptureTaskResp{ID: 1, Created: a.created}, nil
+}
+
+func (a *taskAPI) ListTasks(_ context.Context, status string) ([]ipc.Task, error) {
+	a.listArg = status
+	return a.tasks, a.listErr
+}
+
+func taskNow() time.Time { return time.Date(2026, 8, 1, 9, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC) }
+
+func taskHandler(api ipc.CoreAPI) *reactiveHandler {
+	return &reactiveHandler{api: api, now: taskNow}
+}
+
+func TestCaptureTaskFromNoteFilesTheTask(t *testing.T) {
+	api := &taskAPI{created: true}
+	h := taskHandler(api)
+	reply, ok := h.captureTaskFromNote(context.Background(), router.Decision{
+		Intent: router.IntentNote, Utterance: "добавь в задачи купить молоко",
+	})
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatal("an explicit capture must claim the turn")
+	}
+	if len(api.captured) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("captured %d, want 1", len(api.captured))
+	}
+	got := api.captured[0]
+	if got.Text != "купить молоко" {
+		t.Errorf("text = %q, want the marker stripped", got.Text)
+	}
+	if got.Source != "tap:voice" {
+		t.Errorf("source = %q, want tap:voice", got.Source)
+	}
+	if got.Status != "open" {
+		t.Errorf("status = %q — work he stated is open, never a candidate", got.Status)
+	}
+	if !got.Ts.Equal(taskNow()) {
+		t.Errorf("ts = %v, want the handler clock", got.Ts)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(reply, "купить молоко") {
+		t.Errorf("reply = %q, want it to read the task back", reply)
+	}
+}
+
+// A note is still a note: capture only fires on an explicit marker, so
+// ordinary recall is untouched.
+func TestCaptureTaskFromNotePassesOrdinaryNotes(t *testing.T) {
+	api := &taskAPI{}
+	h := taskHandler(api)
+	for _, u := range []string{"надо бы поспать", "мне понравился этот фильм", "запиши что я пил воду"} {
+		if _, ok := h.captureTaskFromNote(context.Background(), router.Decision{Utterance: u}); ok {
+			t.Errorf("%q was captured as a task", u)
+		}
+	}
+	if len(api.captured) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("captured %d requests, want none", len(api.captured))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestCaptureTaskFromNoteSaysAlreadyOnTheList(t *testing.T) {
+	h := taskHandler(&taskAPI{created: false})
+	reply, ok := h.captureTaskFromNote(context.Background(), router.Decision{Utterance: "добавь в задачи купить молоко"})
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatal("expected the capture path to claim it")
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(reply, "уже") {
+		t.Errorf("reply = %q — a deduped capture must not claim it saved something new", reply)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestCaptureTaskFromNoteReportsStoreFailure(t *testing.T) {
+	h := taskHandler(&taskAPI{capErr: errors.New("db is on fire")})
+	reply, ok := h.captureTaskFromNote(context.Background(), router.Decision{Utterance: "добавь задачу починить кран"})
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatal("a failed capture still claims the turn — the note path must not double-write")
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(reply, "не получилось") {
+		t.Errorf("reply = %q, want an honest failure", reply)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestQueryTasksRecitesTheLiveList(t *testing.T) {
+	api := &taskAPI{tasks: []ipc.Task{
+		{ID: 1, Text: "купить молоко", Status: "open"},
+		{ID: 2, Text: "продлить страховку", Status: "candidate"},
+	}}
+	h := taskHandler(api)
+	reply, ok := h.queryTasks(context.Background(), &queryTurn{
+		dec: router.Decision{Intent: router.IntentQuery, Utterance: "какие у меня задачи?"},
+	})
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatal("the task source must claim a task-list question")
+	}
+	if api.listArg != "live" {
+		t.Errorf("ListTasks(%q), want \"live\" — a resolved task is not outstanding work", api.listArg)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(reply, "купить молоко") || !strings.Contains(reply, "продлить страховку") {
+		t.Errorf("reply = %q, want both tasks", reply)
+	}
+	// The candidate must be named as unconfirmed, not recited as his work.
+	openIdx := strings.Index(reply, "купить молоко")
+	candIdx := strings.Index(reply, "продлить страховку")
+	if !(openIdx < candIdx) {
+		t.Errorf("reply = %q, want confirmed work before candidates", reply)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(reply, "не подтвердил") {
+		t.Errorf("reply = %q, want the candidate flagged as unconfirmed", reply)
+	}
+}
+
+// The stated urgency rides through capture as a weight, so the ranker can use
+// it later (Vikunja #129). "срочно" is not part of the task text.
+func TestCaptureTaskCarriesStatedUrgency(t *testing.T) {
+	api := &taskAPI{created: true}
+	h := taskHandler(api)
+	if _, ok := h.captureTaskFromNote(context.Background(), router.Decision{
+		Utterance: "добавь в задачи срочно оплатить интернет",
+	}); !ok {
+		t.Fatal("expected a capture")
+	}
+	got := api.captured[0]
+	if got.Text != "оплатить интернет" {
+		t.Errorf("text = %q, want the urgency word out of the task", got.Text)
+	}
+	if got.Weight == 0 {
+		t.Error("weight = 0 — he said срочно and it was dropped")
+	}
+}
+
+// The recital is ordered by the ranker, not by insertion: a deadline he named
+// comes before undated work.
+func TestQueryTasksRecitesInPriorityOrder(t *testing.T) {
+	due := taskNow()
+	api := &taskAPI{tasks: []ipc.Task{
+		{ID: 1, Text: "купить молоко", Status: "open", CreatedTs: taskNow()},
+		{ID: 2, Text: "оплатить интернет", Status: "open", CreatedTs: taskNow(), Due: &due},
+	}}
+	h := taskHandler(api)
+	reply, _ := h.queryTasks(context.Background(), &queryTurn{
+		dec: router.Decision{Utterance: "какие у меня задачи?"},
+	})
+	if strings.Index(reply, "оплатить интернет") > strings.Index(reply, "купить молоко") {
+		t.Errorf("reply = %q, want the dated task first", reply)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(reply, "сегодня") {
+		t.Errorf("reply = %q, want the reason named", reply)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestQueryTasksEmptyList(t *testing.T) {
+	h := taskHandler(&taskAPI{})
+	reply, ok := h.queryTasks(context.Background(), &queryTurn{
+		dec: router.Decision{Utterance: "что мне нужно сделать?"},
+	})
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatal("expected the task source to claim it")
+	}
+	if reply != "задач нет." {
+		t.Errorf("reply = %q", reply)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestQueryTasksPassesOtherQuestions(t *testing.T) {
+	api := &taskAPI{}
+	h := taskHandler(api)
+	for _, u := range []string{"как дела?", "какая погода в москве?", "что у меня сегодня?"} {
+		if _, ok := h.queryTasks(context.Background(), &queryTurn{dec: router.Decision{Utterance: u}}); ok {
+			t.Errorf("the task source claimed %q", u)
+		}
+	}
+	if api.listArg != "" {
+		t.Error("a non-task question must not read the task list")
+	}
+}
+
+// The chain must reach the task source before the recall sources, or "что мне
+// нужно сделать?" gets answered by whatever note is nearest.
+func TestQuerySourcesOrderTasksBeforeRecall(t *testing.T) {
+	var tasksAt, notesAt = -1, -1
+	for i, src := range querySources {
+		switch src.name {
+		case "tasks":
+			tasksAt = i
+		case "notes":
+			notesAt = i
+		}
+	}
+	if tasksAt < 0 || notesAt < 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("sources missing: tasks=%d notes=%d", tasksAt, notesAt)
+	}
+	if tasksAt > notesAt {
+		t.Errorf("tasks source at %d, after notes at %d", tasksAt, notesAt)
+	}
+}

cmd/mavend/capture.go

@@ -0,0 +1,263 @@
+// mavend/capture.go — core's half of the meeting recorder (Vikunja #253,
+// docs/plans/08-hearing.md).
+//
+// The split: a client that has a microphone (mavenclient, or a phone on the PWA)
+// is told to start, streams frames over ipc.MethodCaptureAppend, and is told to
+// stop. Core keeps the PCM, stores it as a WAV blob under the same media store
+// and the same retention as images, transcribes it through the ONE STT Maven has
+// (mavsttd's whisper.cpp, reused — not a second engine), and summarises the
+// transcript on the resident model in windows that fit n_ctx 4096.
+//
+// # Off unless configured, twice over
+//
+// No `media` block ⇒ nowhere to keep audio ⇒ the four capture methods do not
+// exist. No `capture` block with enabled ⇒ they still do not exist. On an
+// unconfigured box there is no wire path that starts a recording, which is the
+// only guarantee worth making about a capability like this one.
+//
+// # What this file refuses to do
+//
+//   - Nothing listens. There is no VAD hook here, no wake-word branch, no
+//     "start when you hear a meeting". The plan document's keyword-triggered
+//     recorder is refused in internal/capture's package comment for the reason
+//     that applies here too: noticing a keyword requires listening, which is
+//     the behaviour this capability must not have.
+//   - No transcript note by default. The summary is written where he will read
+//     it; the verbatim record of what other people said takes a deliberate
+//     capture.save_transcript.
+//   - The transcript is never search input beyond this box, and the audio never
+//     leaves it at all.
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/capture"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/config"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/ipc"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/llm"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/phraser"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/router"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/store"
+)
+
+// captureSummaryTimeout — the budget for one Stop, which is a map-reduce over
+// the whole meeting: one model call per transcript window plus a reduce, each of
+// which is seconds on this box. Forty windows is the configured ceiling, so the
+// budget has to be minutes, not the 60s the reply path uses.
+const captureSummaryTimeout = 20 * time.Minute
+
+// llmCompleter adapts *llm.Client to capture.Completer. The pure package names
+// the two strings it needs and stays free of the llm request struct; the client
+// itself is the swap-aware one from llmClientFor, so a model swap re-points it.
+type llmCompleter struct {
+	c         *llm.Client
+	maxTokens int
+}
+
+func (l llmCompleter) Complete(ctx context.Context, system, user string) (string, error) {
+	return l.c.Complete(ctx, llm.Req{System: system, User: user, MaxTokens: l.maxTokens})
+}
+
+// captureWiring — the recorder plus what it needs to write the result down.
+type captureWiring struct {
+	rec *capture.Recorder
+	st  *store.Store
+	emb router.Embedder
+	cfg *config.CaptureConfig
+	now func() time.Time
+}
+
+// newCaptureWiring returns nil when the recorder should not exist: no media
+// store, no capture block, capture disabled, or no STT to transcribe with.
+//
+// A missing llama-server is NOT a reason to return nil. Without one the
+// recording is still made, stored and transcribed, and the summary is simply
+// absent — the honest degradation, and much better than refusing to record a
+// meeting that is happening now.
+func newCaptureWiring(keeper *mediaKeeper, st *store.Store, voiceW *voiceWiring, phr phraser.Phraser, emb router.Embedder, cfg *config.Config) *captureWiring {
+	if keeper == nil || !cfg.Capture.Records() {
+		return nil
+	}
+	tr := transcriberOf(voiceW)
+	if tr == nil {
+		// Voice off ⇒ no STT client ⇒ nothing could turn the audio into words.
+		// Storing hours of unreadable audio of other people is worse than not
+		// recording, so this is a refusal, not a degradation.
+		log.Printf("capture: enabled but voice/stt is not wired — meeting capture disabled")
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	cc := cfg.Capture
+	var sum *capture.Summarizer
+	if lp, ok := phr.(*phraser.LLMPhraser); ok {
+		client := llmClientFor(lp, captureSummaryTimeout)
+		sum = capture.NewSummarizer(
+			llmCompleter{c: client, maxTokens: 512},
+			cc.ChunkRunes, cc.MaxChunks, contextBlockFn(cfg, time.Now),
+		)
+	} else {
+		log.Printf("capture: no llama-server phraser — meetings are transcribed, not summarised")
+	}
+
+	rec, err := capture.New(keeper.store, tr, sum, capture.Config{
+		MaxDuration: cc.MaxDuration(),
+		STTWindow:   time.Duration(cc.STTWindow),
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("capture: %v — meeting capture disabled", err)
+		return nil
+	}
+	log.Printf("capture: enabled, sessions capped at %s", rec.MaxDuration())
+	return &captureWiring{rec: rec, st: st, emb: emb, cfg: cc, now: time.Now}
+}
+
+// start handles ipc.MethodCaptureStart.
+func (c *captureWiring) start(_ context.Context, req ipc.CaptureStartReq) (ipc.CaptureStartResp, error) {
+	s, err := c.rec.Start(req.Label)
+	if err != nil {
+		return ipc.CaptureStartResp{}, err
+	}
+	// The label is logged; nothing that was said ever is.
+	log.Printf("capture: started %q", s.Label)
+	return ipc.CaptureStartResp{
+		Label:      s.Label,
+		Started:    s.Started,
+		MaxSeconds: int(c.rec.MaxDuration().Seconds()),
+	}, nil
+}
+
+// append handles ipc.MethodCaptureAppend. ErrExpired is reported as a successful
+// response with Expired set rather than an error: the cap firing is the designed
+// behaviour, and the client needs the flag to stop sending and call stop.
+func (c *captureWiring) append(_ context.Context, req ipc.CaptureAppendReq) (ipc.CaptureAppendResp, error) {
+	err := c.rec.Append(req.Audio)
+	st := c.rec.Status()
+	if errors.Is(err, capture.ErrExpired) {
+		log.Printf("capture: %q hit the %s cap — stopping", st.Label, c.rec.MaxDuration())
+		return ipc.CaptureAppendResp{Seconds: st.Duration.Seconds(), Expired: true}, nil
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return ipc.CaptureAppendResp{}, err
+	}
+	return ipc.CaptureAppendResp{Seconds: st.Duration.Seconds()}, nil
+}
+
+// stop handles ipc.MethodCaptureStop.
+//
+// The error handling here mirrors vision's, and for the same reason: the audio is
+// stored first, so a transcription or summary failure returns what exists rather
+// than nothing. A response can carry a blob id with no transcript (STT failed,
+// re-runnable), or a transcript with no summary (the model failed, the words are
+// kept) — both are degraded successes and neither is an error to the caller.
+func (c *captureWiring) stop(ctx context.Context, req ipc.CaptureStopReq) (ipc.CaptureStopResp, error) {
+	if req.Discard {
+		// "забудь, не записывай" — nothing is stored, transcribed or noted.
+		if !c.rec.Abort() {
+			return ipc.CaptureStopResp{}, capture.ErrNoSession
+		}
+		log.Printf("capture: session discarded on request")
+		return ipc.CaptureStopResp{Discarded: true}, nil
+	}
+
+	res, err := c.rec.Stop(ctx)
+	resp := ipc.CaptureStopResp{
+		BlobID:     res.BlobID,
+		Label:      res.Label,
+		Started:    res.Started,
+		Seconds:    res.Duration.Seconds(),
+		Transcript: res.Transcript,
+		Summary:    res.Summary,
+		Chunks:     res.Chunks,
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		if res.BlobID == "" && res.Transcript == "" {
+			// Nothing survived: no session, or an empty recording. There is
+			// nothing to hand back, so this is a real error.
+			return ipc.CaptureStopResp{}, err
+		}
+		log.Printf("capture: %q partially finished: %v", res.Label, err)
+	}
+
+	if id, werr := c.writeNotes(ctx, res); werr != nil {
+		log.Printf("capture: note write for %q failed: %v", res.Label, werr)
+	} else {
+		resp.NoteID = id
+	}
+	log.Printf("capture: finished %q — %s of audio, %d summary chunk(s)",
+		res.Label, res.Duration.Round(time.Second), res.Chunks)
+	return resp, nil
+}
+
+// writeNotes stores the summary as a note, and the transcript too when
+// capture.save_transcript is set. Returns the summary note's id, or 0 when there
+// was no summary to write.
+//
+// The note source carries the blob id, which is the only link back to the audio.
+// When retention prunes the blob the note remains — words about a meeting are a
+// far lighter thing to keep than a recording of it.
+func (c *captureWiring) writeNotes(ctx context.Context, res capture.Result) (int64, error) {
+	source := "capture:meeting"
+	if res.BlobID != "" {
+		source = "capture:meeting:" + res.BlobID[:12]
+	}
+	var id int64
+	if text := res.Summary; text != "" {
+		var err error
+		id, err = c.writeNote(ctx, text, source)
+		if err != nil {
+			return 0, fmt.Errorf("summary note: %w", err)
+		}
+	}
+	if c.cfg.SaveTranscript && res.Transcript != "" {
+		if _, err := c.writeNote(ctx, res.Transcript, source+":transcript"); err != nil {
+			return id, fmt.Errorf("transcript note: %w", err)
+		}
+	}
+	return id, nil
+}
+
+func (c *captureWiring) writeNote(ctx context.Context, text, source string) (int64, error) {
+	var vec []float32
+	if c.emb != nil {
+		// EmbedPassage, not Embed: this is text being searched FOR, and the e5
+		// embedder is asymmetric. Backwards here makes the meeting unfindable by
+		// the question that should have matched it.
+		var err error
+		vec, err = router.EmbedPassage(ctx, c.emb, text)
+		if err != nil {
+			return 0, fmt.Errorf("embed: %w", err)
+		}
+	}
+	return c.st.WriteNote(ctx, c.now(), text, vec, source)
+}
+
+// status handles ipc.MethodCaptureStatus.
+func (c *captureWiring) status(_ context.Context) (ipc.CaptureStatusResp, error) {
+	st := c.rec.Status()
+	return ipc.CaptureStatusResp{
+		Running: st.Running,
+		Label:   st.Label,
+		Started: st.Started,
+		Seconds: st.Duration.Seconds(),
+		Bytes:   st.Bytes,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+// wireCapture installs the four IPC hooks, or leaves them nil so every capture
+// method reports ErrUnknownMethod. Takes the media keeper wireVision already
+// opened: one blob store, one retention loop, images and audio side by side.
+func wireCapture(srv *ipc.Server, keeper *mediaKeeper, st *store.Store, voiceW *voiceWiring, phr phraser.Phraser, cfg *config.Config) {
+	cw := newCaptureWiring(keeper, st, voiceW, phr, embedderOf(voiceW), cfg)
+	if cw == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	srv.CaptureStartFn = cw.start
+	srv.CaptureAppendFn = cw.append
+	srv.CaptureStopFn = cw.stop
+	srv.CaptureStatusFn = cw.status
+}

cmd/mavend/clarify.go

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+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"log"
+	"math/rand"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/dialogue"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/router"
+)
+
+// clarifyTTL — how long a parked question stays answerable. Same 90s as the
+// confirm gate, for the same reason: an answer is a same-breath gesture, and a
+// stale question must not eat an unrelated later utterance.
+const clarifyTTL = 90 * time.Second
+
+// wantedSlots — what each intent needs before she can act on it. First entry is
+// the one she asks about; the rest are only used to decide act-vs-drop.
+//
+// Intents not listed here are never worth a question: note and query act on the
+// raw utterance, chat and system have nothing to fill in. For those a clarify
+// decision keeps the canned "не поняла" reply — inventing a question for noise
+// is worse than admitting she missed it.
+// A reminder wants BOTH what to remind about and when. Subject first: "напомни
+// в 11" has a time and nothing to say at 11, and a reminder with no subject is
+// not worth setting. Order here is the order she asks in — she still only asks
+// about the first one missing.
+var wantedSlots = map[router.Intent][]dialogue.Slot{
+	router.IntentReminder: {dialogue.SlotText, dialogue.SlotTime},
+	router.IntentFact:     {dialogue.SlotKey},
+	router.IntentAct:      {dialogue.SlotFn},
+}
+
+// clarifyQuestions — one short question per missing slot.
+//
+// These are fixed templates, not model output. The resident model is a 0.8B; it
+// would wander, and a question whose wording changes every time is harder to
+// answer than a blunt one that always reads the same. They are infinitive
+// questions, so there is no gender agreement to get wrong; the feminine
+// self-reference lives in the reply she gives when she drops the request.
+var clarifyQuestions = map[dialogue.Slot]string{
+	dialogue.SlotTime: "Когда?",
+	dialogue.SlotText: "О чём напомнить?",
+	dialogue.SlotKey:  "Что записать?",
+	dialogue.SlotFn:   "Что сделать?",
+}
+
+// clarifyGaveUp — she is out of questions and still does not have the slot. She
+// says so out loud: dropping the request in silence would leave him thinking it
+// landed. Feminine self-reference ("поняла"), as everywhere.
+const clarifyGaveUp = "Прости, я не поняла. Скажи, пожалуйста, по-другому."
+
+// clarifyExpiredVariants — his answer came after the TTL, so the parked request
+// is already gone. Same tone as clarifyGaveUp, different reason: too much time
+// passed, not "I did not understand". Feminine self-reference ("ждала",
+// "отпустила"); he is addressed with a plain imperative.
+//
+// Five phrasings, not one. This is the line he hears whenever he walks off
+// mid-request, so it is the line that repeats most — and the same sentence every
+// time is what makes a house assistant sound like a kiosk. They all carry the
+// same two facts (the old request is gone; say it again if it still matters),
+// because the wording may vary and the meaning may not.
+//
+// Fixed templates rather than model output, for the same reason as
+// clarifyQuestions: this text has to be right every time, and it is not worth a
+// generation to say something this small.
+var clarifyExpiredVariants = []string{
+	"Прости, я слишком долго ждала ответа и отпустила прошлую просьбу. Если она ещё нужна, скажи заново.",
+	"Кажется, прошлая просьба уже не важна — я её отпустила. Если я ошибаюсь, повтори.",
+	"Ты как-то резко замолчал, и я не стала ждать дальше. Если та просьба ещё нужна, скажи заново.",
+	"Я не дождалась ответа и убрала прошлую просьбу. Повтори, если она всё ещё нужна.",
+	"Столько времени прошло, что я отпустила прошлую просьбу. Скажи заново, если она в силе.",
+}
+
+// clarifyExpiredLine picks one of them at random.
+func clarifyExpiredLine() string {
+	return clarifyExpiredVariants[rand.Intn(len(clarifyExpiredVariants))]
+}
+
+// isClarifyExpired reports whether s opens with any of the expiry lines. The
+// notice is glued in front of this turn's reply (see withNotice), so a caller
+// checking for it has to match a prefix, not the whole string.
+func isClarifyExpired(s string) bool {
+	for _, v := range clarifyExpiredVariants {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(s, v) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// trimClarifyExpired strips a leading expiry notice, leaving this turn's actual
+// reply. "" ⇒ the notice was the whole thing.
+func trimClarifyExpired(s string) string {
+	for _, v := range clarifyExpiredVariants {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(s, v) {
+			return strings.TrimSpace(strings.TrimPrefix(s, v))
+		}
+	}
+	return strings.TrimSpace(s)
+}
+
+// clarifyExpiredNotice returns that line when a parked question had just timed
+// out, and "" when nothing was parked. Call it right after
+// resolveClarifyAnswer: a live question is answered there, an expired one is
+// only reported here — the words themselves still go on to be routed fresh.
+func (h *reactiveHandler) clarifyExpiredNotice() string {
+	if h.clarifyStore == nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+	if !h.clarifyStore.TakeExpired(voiceDialogueID, h.now()) {
+		return ""
+	}
+	log.Printf("voice: clarify — parked question expired, telling him and routing the words fresh")
+	return clarifyExpiredLine()
+}
+
+// withNotice glues the expiry notice in front of this turn's reply. One turn
+// carries one reply on the wire, so the notice cannot be a message of its own —
+// but neither the notice nor the fresh answer may be dropped.
+func withNotice(notice, reply string) string {
+	if notice == "" {
+		return reply
+	}
+	if reply == "" {
+		return notice
+	}
+	return notice + " " + reply
+}
+
+// missingFor returns the slots a decision still needs, most important first.
+// Empty ⇒ there is nothing identifiable to ask about.
+func missingFor(dec router.Decision) []dialogue.Slot {
+	return dialogue.StillMissing(wantedSlots[dec.Intent], toDialogueSlots(dec.Slots))
+}
+
+// clarifyQuestion picks the one question to ask for a clarify decision. Returns
+// ("", false) when she has no idea what is missing.
+//
+// One question about one thing: if two slots are missing she asks about the
+// first and lets the rest go. Two questions in a row is an interrogation.
+func clarifyQuestion(dec router.Decision) (dialogue.Slot, string, bool) {
+	missing := missingFor(dec)
+	if len(missing) == 0 {
+		return "", "", false
+	}
+	q, ok := clarifyQuestions[missing[0]]
+	if !ok {
+		return "", "", false
+	}
+	return missing[0], q, true
+}
+
+// askClarify parks the request and returns the question to ask instead of the
+// canned "не поняла". Returns ("", false) when there is nothing to ask about, so
+// the caller falls back to the canned reply.
+func (h *reactiveHandler) askClarify(dec router.Decision) (string, bool) {
+	if h.clarifyStore == nil {
+		return "", false
+	}
+	slot, question, ok := clarifyQuestion(dec)
+	if !ok {
+		return "", false
+	}
+	h.clarifyStore.Put(voiceDialogueID, &dialogue.PendingQuestion{
+		Intent:      dialogue.Intent(dec.Intent),
+		Slots:       toDialogueSlots(dec.Slots),
+		Missing:     []dialogue.Slot{slot},
+		Utterance:   dec.Utterance,
+		Asked:       h.now(),
+		TTL:         clarifyTTL,
+		Attempts:    1, // this ask
+		MaxAttempts: h.clarifyMaxAttempts,
+	})
+	log.Printf("voice: clarify — asked about %s for intent=%s", slot, dec.Intent)
+	return question, true
+}
+
+// resolveClarifyAnswer reads an utterance as the answer to a parked question.
+// Returns ("", false) when no live question is parked (or it expired), so the
+// caller routes the utterance normally as a fresh request. Sibling of
+// resolveConfirm and checked in the same place.
+//
+// The answer is parsed with the same extractor the router uses, for the intent
+// she parked — no second parser. If it still does not fill the gap she asks
+// again, up to MaxAttempts; after that she says out loud that she did not
+// understand. She never drops the request in silence.
+func (h *reactiveHandler) resolveClarifyAnswer(ctx context.Context, text string) (string, bool) {
+	if h.clarifyStore == nil {
+		return "", false
+	}
+	q := h.clarifyStore.Get(voiceDialogueID, h.now())
+	if q == nil {
+		return "", false
+	}
+
+	intent := router.Intent(q.Intent)
+	answer := h.extractor.Extract(ctx, intent, text, h.now())
+	merged := q.Answer(text, toDialogueSlots(answer))
+	if len(dialogue.StillMissing(q.Missing, merged)) > 0 {
+		return h.reaskOrGiveUp(q, merged, text), true
+	}
+	h.clarifyStore.Delete(voiceDialogueID)
+
+	// Rebuild the decision as if it had routed cleanly, then run it down the
+	// normal path. Clarify is deliberately false and the intent is unchanged:
+	// filling in an argument never grants authority, so the completed decision
+	// still meets the allowlist and the destructive-act confirm gate in
+	// applyAction exactly like any other decision.
+	dec := router.Decision{
+		Utterance: q.Utterance,
+		Stage:     2,
+		Intent:    intent,
+		Slots:     applyDialogueSlots(answer, merged),
+	}
+	return h.finishClarified(ctx, dec), true
+}
+
+// reaskOrGiveUp handles an answer that left the gap open: ask the same question
+// again while she has attempts left, otherwise say she did not understand and
+// let the request go. Never returns "" — a mute give-up reads as "done".
+func (h *reactiveHandler) reaskOrGiveUp(q *dialogue.PendingQuestion, merged dialogue.Slots, text string) string {
+	question := ""
+	if len(q.Missing) > 0 {
+		question = clarifyQuestions[q.Missing[0]]
+	}
+	if question == "" || !q.CanAsk() {
+		h.clarifyStore.Delete(voiceDialogueID)
+		log.Printf("voice: clarify — gave up on %v after %d question(s), answer was %q", q.Missing, q.Attempts, text)
+		return clarifyGaveUp
+	}
+	// Re-park with whatever the answer DID give, the clock restarted and one
+	// more question spent.
+	q.Slots = merged
+	q.Attempts++
+	q.Asked = h.now()
+	h.clarifyStore.Put(voiceDialogueID, q)
+	log.Printf("voice: clarify — answer %q did not fill %v, asking again (attempt %d)", text, q.Missing, q.Attempts)
+	return question
+}
+
+// finishClarified runs a completed decision through the same steps a freshly
+// routed one takes: remember the turn, act, then phrase.
+func (h *reactiveHandler) finishClarified(ctx context.Context, dec router.Decision) string {
+	if h.dialogueSessions != nil {
+		now := h.now()
+		prev := h.dialogueSessions.Get(voiceDialogueID, now)
+		dec = followUpMerge(prev, dec, now)
+		h.rememberTurn(prev, dec, now)
+	}
+	reply := h.applyAction(ctx, dec)
+	if reply == "" {
+		reply = h.replier.Reply(dec)
+	}
+	if reply == "" {
+		// Belt: an empty reply here would be a silent drop.
+		reply = clarifyGaveUp
+	}
+	return reply
+}
+
+// rememberTurn stores this turn as the dialogue session the next follow-up
+// inherits from, carrying up to 4 prior turns of history for anaphora. Capped so
+// one long conversation can't grow the session unboundedly.
+func (h *reactiveHandler) rememberTurn(prev *dialogue.Session, dec router.Decision, now time.Time) {
+	var history []dialogue.Turn
+	if prev != nil {
+		history = append(history, dialogue.Turn{
+			Intent: prev.Intent,
+			Slots:  prev.Slots,
+			Text:   prev.Slots.Text,
+		})
+		maxHist := len(prev.History)
+		if maxHist > 3 {
+			maxHist = 3
+		}
+		history = append(history, prev.History[:maxHist]...)
+	}
+	ttl := time.Duration(0) // use the store default (2 min)
+	if dec.Intent == router.IntentChat {
+		ttl = 15 * time.Minute // conversational turns should last longer
+	}
+	h.dialogueSessions.Put(voiceDialogueID, &dialogue.Session{
+		Intent:    dialogue.Intent(dec.Intent),
+		Slots:     toDialogueSlots(dec.Slots),
+		Timestamp: now,
+		TTL:       ttl,
+		History:   history,
+	})
+}

cmd/mavend/clarify_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,332 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/dialogue"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/ipc"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/router"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/store"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/tool"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/voice"
+)
+
+// newClarifyHandler builds a handler with the clarify path wired and no model:
+// stub date parser, the real fact parser, and a matcher over whatever tools the
+// test enabled. `now` is fixed so TTL behaviour is testable.
+func newClarifyHandler(t *testing.T) (*reactiveHandler, *store.Store, *time.Time) {
+	t.Helper()
+	st := newTestStore(t)
+	api := ipc.NewStoreAPI(st)
+	now := time.Date(2026, 7, 31, 9, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+	matcher := tool.NewMatcher(api)
+	h := &reactiveHandler{
+		api:              api,
+		dataStore:        st,
+		tools:            tool.NewExecutor(api, 2*time.Second),
+		matcher:          matcher,
+		replier:          voice.NewStubReplier(),
+		now:              func() time.Time { return now },
+		dialogueSessions: dialogue.NewSessionStore(2 * time.Minute),
+		clarifyStore:     dialogue.NewClarifyStore(clarifyTTL),
+		extractor: router.Extractor{
+			Time:  router.StubDateTimeParser{},
+			Acts:  matcher,
+			Facts: router.DefaultFactParser{},
+		},
+	}
+	return h, st, &now
+}
+
+func clarifyDec(intent router.Intent, slots router.Slots, utterance string) router.Decision {
+	return router.Decision{Utterance: utterance, Stage: 3, Intent: intent, Slots: slots, Clarify: true}
+}
+
+// TestClarifyQuestionForMissingSlot pins which question goes with which gap, and
+// which intents get no question at all.
+func TestClarifyQuestionForMissingSlot(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		name  string
+		dec   router.Decision
+		want  string
+		asked bool
+	}{
+		{"reminder without a time", clarifyDec(router.IntentReminder, router.Slots{Text: "напомни позвонить маме"}, "напомни позвонить маме"), "Когда?", true},
+		{"fact without a key", clarifyDec(router.IntentFact, router.Slots{Text: "запиши"}, "запиши"), "Что записать?", true},
+		{"act without a fn", clarifyDec(router.IntentAct, router.Slots{Text: "сделай это"}, "сделай это"), "Что сделать?", true},
+		// A time with nothing to say at that time is still half a reminder, so
+		// the subject is what she asks about — not silence.
+		{"reminder that has a time but no subject", clarifyDec(router.IntentReminder, router.Slots{HasTime: true}, "напомни в 11"), "О чём напомнить?", true},
+		{"reminder that has both", clarifyDec(router.IntentReminder, router.Slots{Text: "позвонить маме", HasTime: true}, "напомни в 11 позвонить маме"), "", false},
+		{"chat is never worth a question", clarifyDec(router.IntentChat, router.Slots{Text: "мгм"}, "мгм"), "", false},
+		{"query is never worth a question", clarifyDec(router.IntentQuery, router.Slots{Text: "а"}, "а"), "", false},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		_, got, asked := clarifyQuestion(tc.dec)
+		if asked != tc.asked || got != tc.want {
+			t.Errorf("%s: got (%q, %v), want (%q, %v)", tc.name, got, asked, tc.want, tc.asked)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TestClarifyReminderCompletesOnAnswer is the whole point of the feature: she
+// asks for the missing time and the answer creates the reminder.
+func TestClarifyReminderCompletesOnAnswer(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	h, st, _ := newClarifyHandler(t)
+
+	question, asked := h.askClarify(clarifyDec(router.IntentReminder, router.Slots{Text: "напомни позвонить маме"}, "напомни позвонить маме"))
+	if !asked || question != "Когда?" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected the time question, got %q asked=%v", question, asked)
+	}
+
+	reply, handled := h.resolveClarifyAnswer(ctx, "в 11:00")
+	if !handled {
+		t.Fatal("the answer to an open question must be consumed as an answer")
+	}
+	if reply == clarifyGaveUp {
+		t.Fatalf("a good answer must not drop the request: %q", reply)
+	}
+
+	reminders, err := st.DueReminders(ctx, h.now().Add(48*time.Hour))
+	if err != nil || len(reminders) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("clarified reminder was not created: reminders=%v err=%v", reminders, err)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(reminders[0].Payload, "маме") {
+		t.Fatalf("the reminder lost the original request: %q", reminders[0].Payload)
+	}
+	if h.clarifyStore.Get(voiceDialogueID, h.now()) != nil {
+		t.Fatal("the question must be cleared once answered")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestClarifyFactCompletesOnAnswer — the fact path, where the answer carries
+// both the key and the value.
+func TestClarifyFactCompletesOnAnswer(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	h, st, _ := newClarifyHandler(t)
+
+	if _, asked := h.askClarify(clarifyDec(router.IntentFact, router.Slots{Text: "запиши"}, "запиши")); !asked {
+		t.Fatal("a fact with no key should be asked about")
+	}
+	if reply, handled := h.resolveClarifyAnswer(ctx, "пил воду"); !handled || reply == clarifyGaveUp {
+		t.Fatalf("answer should complete the fact, handled=%v reply=%q", handled, reply)
+	}
+	if fact, err := st.LatestFact(ctx, "water"); err != nil || fact.Key != "water" {
+		t.Fatalf("clarified fact was not written: fact=%+v err=%v", fact, err)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestClarifyAnswerAfterTTLIsANewRequest — a late answer is not an answer.
+func TestClarifyAnswerAfterTTLIsANewRequest(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	h, st, now := newClarifyHandler(t)
+
+	if _, asked := h.askClarify(clarifyDec(router.IntentReminder, router.Slots{Text: "напомни"}, "напомни")); !asked {
+		t.Fatal("expected a question")
+	}
+	*now = now.Add(clarifyTTL + time.Second)
+
+	if reply, handled := h.resolveClarifyAnswer(ctx, "в 11:00"); handled {
+		t.Fatalf("an answer past the TTL must fall through to normal routing, got %q", reply)
+	}
+	if reminders, err := st.DueReminders(ctx, now.Add(48*time.Hour)); err != nil || len(reminders) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("expired question must not create anything: reminders=%v err=%v", reminders, err)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestClarifyAsksThreeTimesThenSaysSo — three questions are allowed, the fourth
+// is not, and running out is SPOKEN. Silence would read as "handled".
+func TestClarifyAsksThreeTimesThenSaysSo(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	h, st, _ := newClarifyHandler(t)
+
+	if _, asked := h.askClarify(clarifyDec(router.IntentReminder, router.Slots{Text: "напомни"}, "напомни")); !asked {
+		t.Fatal("expected a first question")
+	}
+	// Two more unclear answers ⇒ two more questions (3 asks in total).
+	for i := 2; i <= 3; i++ {
+		reply, handled := h.resolveClarifyAnswer(ctx, "ну не знаю")
+		if !handled {
+			t.Fatalf("answer %d must be consumed as an answer", i)
+		}
+		if reply != "Когда?" {
+			t.Fatalf("attempt %d should ask again, got %q", i, reply)
+		}
+		if h.clarifyStore.Get(voiceDialogueID, h.now()) == nil {
+			t.Fatalf("attempt %d must leave the question armed", i)
+		}
+	}
+
+	reply, handled := h.resolveClarifyAnswer(ctx, "ну не знаю")
+	if !handled || reply != clarifyGaveUp {
+		t.Fatalf("the fourth try must give up out loud, handled=%v reply=%q", handled, reply)
+	}
+	if reply == "" || strings.Contains(reply, "?") {
+		t.Fatalf("giving up must be spoken and must not be another question: %q", reply)
+	}
+	if h.clarifyStore.Get(voiceDialogueID, h.now()) != nil {
+		t.Fatal("a given-up request must leave no armed question")
+	}
+	if reminders, err := st.DueReminders(ctx, h.now().Add(48*time.Hour)); err != nil || len(reminders) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("a given-up request must not create anything: reminders=%v err=%v", reminders, err)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestClarifyMaxAttemptsIsConfigurable — one question when the config says one.
+func TestClarifyMaxAttemptsIsConfigurable(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	h, _, _ := newClarifyHandler(t)
+	h.clarifyMaxAttempts = 1
+
+	if _, asked := h.askClarify(clarifyDec(router.IntentReminder, router.Slots{Text: "напомни"}, "напомни")); !asked {
+		t.Fatal("expected a question")
+	}
+	if reply, handled := h.resolveClarifyAnswer(ctx, "ну не знаю"); !handled || reply != clarifyGaveUp {
+		t.Fatalf("with max 1 she must give up at once, handled=%v reply=%q", handled, reply)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestClarifyRestatedAnswerWins — «в 11:00», then «нет, в 15:00». The second
+// value is the one that lands.
+func TestClarifyRestatedAnswerWins(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	h, st, _ := newClarifyHandler(t)
+
+	if _, asked := h.askClarify(clarifyDec(router.IntentReminder, router.Slots{Text: "напомни позвонить маме"}, "напомни позвонить маме")); !asked {
+		t.Fatal("expected a question")
+	}
+	// First answer parses, but re-park it by hand as if she had asked again:
+	// what matters here is that Answer prefers the newer value over the parked
+	// one, which is the case the daemon hits on a re-ask.
+	q := h.clarifyStore.Get(voiceDialogueID, h.now())
+	if q == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected an armed question")
+	}
+	first := h.extractor.Extract(ctx, router.IntentReminder, "в 11:00", h.now())
+	q.Slots = q.Answer("в 11:00", toDialogueSlots(first))
+
+	if reply, handled := h.resolveClarifyAnswer(ctx, "нет, в 15:00"); !handled || reply == clarifyGaveUp {
+		t.Fatalf("the restated answer should complete the request, handled=%v reply=%q", handled, reply)
+	}
+	reminders, err := st.DueReminders(ctx, h.now().Add(48*time.Hour))
+	if err != nil || len(reminders) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected one reminder: %v err=%v", reminders, err)
+	}
+	want := h.extractor.Extract(ctx, router.IntentReminder, "в 15:00", h.now())
+	if !reminders[0].FireTs.Equal(want.Time) {
+		t.Fatalf("reminder at %v, want the restated %v", reminders[0].FireTs, want.Time)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestClarifiedActOffAllowlistIsStillRefused — clarification fills in an
+// argument, it never grants authority.
+func TestClarifiedActOffAllowlistIsStillRefused(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	h, st, _ := newClarifyHandler(t)
+	marker := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "not-allowed-ran")
+
+	if _, asked := h.askClarify(clarifyDec(router.IntentAct, router.Slots{Text: "сделай это"}, "сделай это")); !asked {
+		t.Fatal("an act with no fn should be asked about")
+	}
+	reply, handled := h.resolveClarifyAnswer(ctx, "rm "+marker)
+	if !handled {
+		t.Fatal("the answer should be consumed")
+	}
+	if strings.Contains(reply, "готово") {
+		t.Fatalf("an act that is not on the allowlist must not report success: %q", reply)
+	}
+	if _, err := os.Stat(marker); !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		t.Fatalf("a clarified act off the allowlist ran anyway: %v", err)
+	}
+	if tools, err := st.ListTools(ctx, "enabled"); err != nil || len(tools) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("clarify must not enable a tool: tools=%+v err=%v", tools, err)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestClarifiedDestructiveActStillNeedsConfirm — the confirm gate survives the
+// clarify path.
+func TestClarifiedDestructiveActStillNeedsConfirm(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	h, st, _ := newClarifyHandler(t)
+	marker := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "destructive-ran")
+	if err := st.EnableTool(ctx, "delete_backups", []string{"touch", marker}, true, "test", h.now()); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if _, asked := h.askClarify(clarifyDec(router.IntentAct, router.Slots{Text: "сделай это"}, "сделай это")); !asked {
+		t.Fatal("expected a question")
+	}
+	reply, handled := h.resolveClarifyAnswer(ctx, "delete_backups")
+	if !handled {
+		t.Fatal("the answer should be consumed")
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(reply, "да") || h.pending == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("a clarified destructive act must still park a confirm: reply=%q pending=%+v", reply, h.pending)
+	}
+	if _, err := os.Stat(marker); !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		t.Fatalf("a clarified destructive act ran before confirmation: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestNoQuestionWhenNothingIsMissing — noise keeps the canned reply, so she
+// never invents a question for nothing.
+func TestNoQuestionWhenNothingIsMissing(t *testing.T) {
+	h, _, _ := newClarifyHandler(t)
+	for _, dec := range []router.Decision{
+		clarifyDec(router.IntentChat, router.Slots{Text: "эм"}, "эм"),
+		clarifyDec(router.IntentQuery, router.Slots{Text: "ммм"}, "ммм"),
+		clarifyDec(router.IntentNote, router.Slots{Text: "..."}, "..."),
+	} {
+		if question, asked := h.askClarify(dec); asked {
+			t.Fatalf("intent %s should keep the canned reply, got %q", dec.Intent, question)
+		}
+	}
+	if h.clarifyStore.Get(voiceDialogueID, h.now()) != nil {
+		t.Fatal("noise must not park a question")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestClarifyExpiryIsAnnouncedAndWordsStillRoute — his answer lands after the
+// TTL: she must say the old request is gone AND still answer the new words.
+func TestClarifyExpiryIsAnnouncedAndWordsStillRoute(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	h, _, now := newClarifyHandler(t)
+	emb := router.NewHashEmbedder(1024)
+	h.embedder = emb
+	h.router = buildRouter(emb, h.matcher, 0.55, nil)
+
+	if _, asked := h.askClarify(clarifyDec(router.IntentReminder, router.Slots{Text: "напомни"}, "напомни")); !asked {
+		t.Fatal("expected a question")
+	}
+	*now = now.Add(clarifyTTL + time.Second)
+
+	reply := h.handleText(ctx, "как дела")
+	if !isClarifyExpired(reply) {
+		t.Fatalf("expired question must be announced first, got %q", reply)
+	}
+	if trimClarifyExpired(reply) == "" {
+		t.Fatalf("the new words must still be answered, got only the notice: %q", reply)
+	}
+	if h.clarifyStore.Get(voiceDialogueID, h.now()) != nil {
+		t.Fatal("the expired question must be gone")
+	}
+	// The notice is said once, not on every later utterance.
+	if reply := h.handleText(ctx, "как дела"); isClarifyExpired(reply) {
+		t.Fatalf("notice repeated on a later turn: %q", reply)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestNoPendingQuestionFallsThrough — with nothing parked, an utterance routes
+// normally.
+func TestNoPendingQuestionFallsThrough(t *testing.T) {
+	h, _, _ := newClarifyHandler(t)
+	if reply, handled := h.resolveClarifyAnswer(context.Background(), "напомни в 11:00"); handled {
+		t.Fatalf("no open question ⇒ must not be treated as an answer, got %q", reply)
+	}
+}

cmd/mavend/coldstart_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,190 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"crypto/rand"
+	"io"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/store"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/webauthn"
+)
+
+func randBytes(t *testing.T, n int) []byte {
+	t.Helper()
+	b := make([]byte, n)
+	if _, err := io.ReadFull(rand.Reader, b); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("rand: %v", err)
+	}
+	b[0] |= 1
+	return b
+}
+
+func TestDaemonLockStartsLockedAndFlips(t *testing.T) {
+	dl := newDaemonLock(true)
+	if !dl.isLocked() {
+		t.Fatal("newDaemonLock(true) is not locked")
+	}
+	dl.unlock(nil)
+	if dl.isLocked() {
+		t.Fatal("still locked after unlock")
+	}
+	if newDaemonLock(false).isLocked() {
+		t.Fatal("newDaemonLock(false) reports locked")
+	}
+}
+
+// closeStore must be safe on a daemon that never unlocked and safe twice —
+// shutdown runs it unconditionally.
+func TestDaemonLockCloseStoreIsSafeWhenNeverUnlocked(t *testing.T) {
+	dl := newDaemonLock(true)
+	if err := dl.closeStore(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("closeStore with no store: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := dl.closeStore(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("second closeStore: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+// The data-loss bug: in locked mode the store is opened on an IPC goroutine
+// inside UnlockFn, and shutdown runs on main. Without the handoff nothing
+// calls Close, and Close is what re-encrypts the tmpfs working copy back over
+// the ciphertext file — so every write of a cold-started session vanished.
+func TestDaemonLockSealsTheStoreOpenedAfterUnlock(t *testing.T) {
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	dbPath := filepath.Join(dir, "maven.db")
+	tmpfs := filepath.Join(dir, "work")
+	key := randBytes(t, 32)
+	// Store.Close zeroes the key slice it was handed (encState.key is the
+	// caller's backing array), so the next boot needs its own copy — exactly
+	// as mavend keeps envKeyBytes separate from the config's key.
+	nextBoot := bytes.Clone(key)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	// Cold start: locked, no store.
+	dl := newDaemonLock(true)
+
+	// ... unlock arrives, opens the store and hands it over.
+	st, err := store.OpenEncrypted(ctx, dbPath, tmpfs, key)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("OpenEncrypted: %v", err)
+	}
+	dl.unlock(st)
+	if _, err := st.WriteNote(ctx, time.Now(), "заметка после холодного старта", nil, "test"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("WriteNote: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Shutdown.
+	if err := dl.closeStore(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("closeStore: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := dl.closeStore(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("second closeStore after a real store: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Next boot with the same key must see the write.
+	st2, err := store.OpenEncrypted(ctx, dbPath, tmpfs, nextBoot)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("reopen: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer st2.Close()
+	notes, err := st2.RecentNotes(ctx, 10)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("RecentNotes: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(notes) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("got %d notes after a cold-started session, want 1 — the session was lost", len(notes))
+	}
+}
+
+// The whole point of the wrapped blob: what sits in the state dir must not let
+// anyone open the database. Nothing written there may contain the key, and the
+// ciphertext must not be readable with a wrong one.
+func TestColdStartLeavesNoPlaintextKeyOnDisk(t *testing.T) {
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	dbPath := filepath.Join(dir, "maven.db")
+	tmpfs := filepath.Join(dir, "work")
+	wrappedPath := filepath.Join(dir, "db_key.wrapped")
+	key := randBytes(t, 32)
+	secret := randBytes(t, 32)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	blob, err := webauthn.WrapKey(key, secret)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("WrapKey: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := os.WriteFile(wrappedPath, blob, 0o600); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("write wrapped key: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	st, err := store.OpenEncrypted(ctx, dbPath, tmpfs, key)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("OpenEncrypted: %v", err)
+	}
+	if _, err := st.WriteNote(ctx, time.Now(), "секрет", nil, "test"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("WriteNote: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := st.Close(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Close: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Walk everything in the state dir; none of it may contain the key.
+	err = filepath.Walk(dir, func(p string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error {
+		if err != nil || info.IsDir() {
+			return err
+		}
+		b, rerr := os.ReadFile(p)
+		if rerr != nil {
+			return nil // unreadable is not a leak
+		}
+		if bytes.Contains(b, key) {
+			t.Errorf("%s contains the plaintext encryption key", p)
+		}
+		return nil
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("walk: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// The wrapped file must have owner-only permissions.
+	fi, err := os.Stat(wrappedPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("stat: %v", err)
+	}
+	if perm := fi.Mode().Perm(); perm != 0o600 {
+		t.Errorf("wrapped key file mode = %o, want 600", perm)
+	}
+
+	// A wrong passkey must not open the store.
+	if _, _, err := webauthn.UnwrapKey(blob, randBytes(t, 32)); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("a wrong PRF secret unwrapped the key")
+	}
+	if _, err := store.OpenEncrypted(ctx, dbPath, filepath.Join(dir, "work2"), randBytes(t, 32)); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("the encrypted store opened under a wrong key")
+	}
+
+	// And the right one round-trips back to a readable database.
+	got, version, err := webauthn.UnwrapKey(blob, secret)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("UnwrapKey: %v", err)
+	}
+	if version != webauthn.BlobV2 {
+		t.Errorf("blob version = %v, want v2", version)
+	}
+	st2, err := store.OpenEncrypted(ctx, dbPath, tmpfs, got)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("reopen with the unwrapped key: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer st2.Close()
+	notes, err := st2.RecentNotes(ctx, 10)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("RecentNotes: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(notes) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("got %d notes, want 1", len(notes))
+	}
+}

cmd/mavend/confirm.go

@@ -0,0 +1,216 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"log"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/router"
+)
+
+// pendingHexisExec — a mutating Hexis capability parked awaiting a spoken
+// confirm. The confirmation is bound to the resolved capability + canonical
+// target entity so a later "да" can only execute exactly what was proposed
+// (ecosystem invariant: protected actions require bound confirmation).
+type pendingHexisExec struct {
+	capabilityID string
+	capName      string
+	entityID     string
+	displayName  string
+	expiry       time.Time
+}
+
+// pendingRoutineConfirm — a proposed routine awaiting a spoken y/n to become
+// a recurring reminder. Set by detectPattern after creating a proposal.
+type pendingRoutineConfirm struct {
+	routineID int64
+	action    string
+	object    string
+	interval  float64
+	phrase    string
+	expiry    time.Time
+}
+
+// pendingAct — a destructive act awaiting a spoken confirm.
+type pendingAct struct {
+	fn     string
+	args   []string
+	phrase string
+	expiry time.Time
+}
+
+// confirmTTL — how long a parked destructive confirm stays answerable. Short:
+// a confirm is a same-breath gesture; a stale prompt shouldn't fire on an
+// unrelated later "да".
+const confirmTTL = 90 * time.Second
+
+// park stores a destructive act awaiting confirmation. Overwrites any prior
+// pending (last-asked wins — single-user box).
+func (h *reactiveHandler) park(fn string, args []string, phrase string) {
+	h.mu.Lock()
+	h.pending = &pendingAct{fn: fn, args: args, phrase: phrase, expiry: h.now().Add(confirmTTL)}
+	h.mu.Unlock()
+}
+
+// resolveConfirm interprets an utterance as the answer to a parked destructive
+// act OR a parked routine proposal. Returns (reply, true) when it consumed the
+// utterance as a y/n answer; ("", false) when there's nothing pending (or the
+// parked act expired), so the caller routes the utterance normally. An
+// unrecognised answer cancels the pending and routes normally — a confirm that
+// can't be answered clearly is safer abandoned than left armed.
+func (h *reactiveHandler) resolveConfirm(ctx context.Context, text string) (string, bool) {
+	h.mu.Lock()
+	defer h.mu.Unlock()
+
+	for _, r := range h.confirmResolvers(ctx) {
+		if !r.claim() {
+			continue
+		}
+		// The slot is already cleared by claim(): every branch below drops the
+		// pending, including the unclear one — a confirm that can't be
+		// answered clearly is safer abandoned than left armed.
+		switch classifyConfirm(text) {
+		case confirmYes:
+			return r.yes(), true
+		case confirmNo:
+			return r.no(), true
+		default:
+			return "", false
+		}
+	}
+	return "", false
+}
+
+// confirmResolver — one parked-confirm slot in the chain. claim() reports
+// whether this slot holds a live pending, taking it (and dropping an expired
+// one) as it goes; yes/no then run the answer. Only ever called with h.mu held.
+type confirmResolver struct {
+	claim func() bool
+	yes   func() string
+	no    func() string
+}
+
+// confirmResolvers builds the ordered chain resolveConfirm walks. Order is
+// deliberate: the routine proposal is checked before the tool confirm so a
+// routine confirm doesn't get eaten by a stale tool pending.
+func (h *reactiveHandler) confirmResolvers(ctx context.Context) []confirmResolver {
+	var pr *pendingRoutineConfirm
+	var hx *pendingHexisExec
+	var p *pendingAct
+
+	return []confirmResolver{
+		// Routine proposal.
+		{
+			claim: func() bool {
+				pr, h.pendingRoutine = h.pendingRoutine, nil
+				return pr != nil && !h.now().After(pr.expiry)
+			},
+			yes: func() string {
+				// Only record the acceptance. The tick loop reads accepted
+				// routines and nudges on their own interval. Building a
+				// reminder here made a routine fire exactly once (Vikunja #366).
+				if err := h.dataStore.AcceptProposedRoutine(ctx, pr.routineID, h.now()); err != nil {
+					log.Printf("voice: accept proposed routine: %v", err)
+					return "не получилось запомнить рутину."
+				}
+				return "буду напоминать."
+			},
+			no: func() string {
+				if err := h.dataStore.DismissProposedRoutine(ctx, pr.routineID); err != nil {
+					log.Printf("voice: dismiss proposed routine: %v", err)
+				}
+				return "хорошо, не буду."
+			},
+		},
+		// Hexis execution confirm. Bound to the exact capability + target that
+		// was proposed; a stray "да" can only run that, nothing else.
+		{
+			claim: func() bool {
+				hx, h.pendingHexis = h.pendingHexis, nil
+				return hx != nil && !h.now().After(hx.expiry)
+			},
+			yes: func() string {
+				return h.execHexis(ctx, hx.capabilityID, hx.capName, hx.entityID, hx.displayName)
+			},
+			no: func() string { return "отменила." },
+		},
+		// Tool confirm.
+		{
+			claim: func() bool {
+				p, h.pending = h.pending, nil
+				return p != nil && !h.now().After(p.expiry)
+			},
+			yes: func() string {
+				out, err := h.tools.Exec(ctx, p.fn, p.args, true) // confirmed
+				if err != nil {
+					log.Printf("voice: tool %s (confirmed): %v", p.fn, err)
+					if out != "" {
+						return "не получилось выполнить команду: " + firstLine(out)
+					}
+					return "не получилось выполнить команду."
+				}
+				if out != "" {
+					return "готово: " + firstLine(out)
+				}
+				return "готово."
+			},
+			no: func() string { return "отменила." },
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+// proposeGap scaffolds a 'proposed' tool for an act whose verb isn't enabled.
+// maven drafts the registration (name = the verb, provenance = the utterance);
+// a human enables it on the authed surface. She suggests, never enables.
+func (h *reactiveHandler) proposeGap(ctx context.Context, dec router.Decision) string {
+	name := firstWord(stripWake(dec.Utterance))
+	if name == "" {
+		return "не разобрала команду — попробуй иначе."
+	}
+	newly, err := h.api.ProposeTool(ctx, name, dec.Utterance, "", h.now())
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("voice: propose tool %q: %v", name, err)
+		return "команды «" + name + "» нет в списке разрешённых."
+	}
+	if newly {
+		return "команды «" + name + "» нет в списке. Предложила её добавить — включи через клиент."
+	}
+	return "команды «" + name + "» пока нет в списке — она уже предложена, включи через клиент."
+}
+
+// confirmVerdict — the parse of a y/n confirm answer.
+type confirmVerdict int
+
+const (
+	confirmUnknown confirmVerdict = iota
+	confirmYes
+	confirmNo
+)
+
+// classifyConfirm reads a short ru/en yes-or-no answer. Substring match on the
+// stems so inflections/fillers ("да, давай", "нет, отмени") still land.
+func classifyConfirm(text string) confirmVerdict {
+	t := strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(text))
+	// negatives first — "не надо" contains no "да", but check no-stems before
+	// yes so a leading "нет" isn't shadowed.
+	for _, no := range []string{"нет", "не надо", "отмен", "стоп", "no", "cancel", "stop", "don't"} {
+		if strings.Contains(t, no) {
+			return confirmNo
+		}
+	}
+	for _, yes := range []string{"да", "ага", "давай", "подтвер", "конечно", "yes", "yeah", "yep", "confirm", "ок", "okay", "ok"} {
+		if strings.Contains(t, yes) {
+			return confirmYes
+		}
+	}
+	return confirmUnknown
+}
+
+// actPhrase renders "fn arg1 arg2" for the confirm prompt.
+func actPhrase(fn string, args []string) string {
+	if len(args) == 0 {
+		return fn
+	}
+	return fn + " " + strings.Join(args, " ")
+}

cmd/mavend/crawls.go

@@ -0,0 +1,184 @@
+// mavend/crawls.go — the driver for reading web pages (Vikunja #259,
+// docs/plans/14-web-crawler.md). The crawler is pure and lives in
+// internal/crawl; this is the impure half: the guarded fetcher, a ticker for the
+// scheduled watches, and the fact-backed dedup hashes.
+//
+// Two paths, one config block, both off unless configured:
+//
+//   - ON DEMAND — he names a URL out loud and she reads it. That is the
+//     `queryWeb` source in actions_query.go, LAST in the chain: after his
+//     memory, after the notes, and (once Kiwix is wired into the chain) after
+//     the local ZIMs. A local read costs nothing and leaks nothing; a fetch puts
+//     a URL in someone's log, so it goes last.
+//   - SCHEDULED — a watched page is re-read on its interval, and a page whose
+//     text changed is written as a note. It does NOT announce itself. Same rule
+//     as the feed poller: notes, never nudges.
+//
+// Only the URL goes out. Nothing here reads a note, a fact, the persona block or
+// the history, and internal/crawl has no access to the store at all.
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"log"
+	"net/url"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/config"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/crawl"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/ipc"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/router"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/webfetch"
+)
+
+// newCrawler builds the crawler from the `crawl` block, or returns nil when
+// there is none. Every caller checks for nil, and nil means no page is ever
+// fetched.
+func newCrawler(cfg *config.Config) *crawl.Crawler {
+	if cfg.Crawl == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	cc := cfg.Crawl
+
+	hosts := append([]string(nil), cc.AllowHosts...)
+	// A watched page's own host is always reachable; otherwise an allowlist and
+	// a watch list would have to be kept in sync by hand.
+	for _, w := range cc.Watches {
+		if u, err := url.Parse(w.URL); err == nil && u.Hostname() != "" {
+			hosts = append(hosts, u.Hostname())
+		}
+	}
+	// An allowlist plus on-demand is a contradiction worth logging rather than
+	// silently resolving: he asked for arbitrary pages AND for a fixed list.
+	// The allowlist wins, because it is the narrower instruction.
+	if len(hosts) > 0 && cc.OnDemand && len(cc.AllowHosts) > 0 {
+		log.Printf("crawl: allow_hosts is set, so on-demand reading is limited to those hosts")
+	}
+	ua := cc.UserAgent
+	if ua == "" {
+		ua = webfetch.DefaultUserAgent
+	}
+	fetcher := webfetch.New(webfetch.Config{
+		AllowHosts: hosts,
+		DenyHosts:  cc.DenyHosts,
+		Timeout:    time.Duration(cc.Timeout),
+		MaxBytes:   cc.MaxBytes,
+		UserAgent:  ua,
+	})
+	// The user-agent handed to the crawler is the one the fetcher sends: obeying
+	// robots rules written for a different name would be a lie.
+	return crawl.New(&crawlFetcher{f: fetcher}, crawl.Config{
+		UserAgent: ua,
+		MaxRunes:  cc.MaxRunes,
+	})
+}
+
+// onDemandCrawler returns a crawler for the answer path, or nil when on-demand
+// reading is off. The scheduled watches can be on while this is off: reading a
+// fixed list of pages on a timer and reading whatever URL is in an utterance are
+// different permissions, and the config keeps them separate.
+func onDemandCrawler(cfg *config.Config) *crawl.Crawler {
+	if cfg.Crawl == nil || !cfg.Crawl.OnDemand {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return newCrawler(cfg)
+}
+
+// crawlWorker — ticker + watcher for the scheduled half.
+type crawlWorker struct {
+	watcher  *crawl.Watcher
+	interval time.Duration
+}
+
+// crawlTickInterval — how often the worker asks what is due. Per-watch cadence
+// is the watcher's business.
+const crawlTickInterval = 15 * time.Minute
+
+// newCrawlWorker wires the scheduled crawls, or nil when nothing is watched.
+func newCrawlWorker(c *crawl.Crawler, api ipc.CoreAPI, emb router.Embedder, cfg *config.Config) *crawlWorker {
+	if c == nil || cfg.Crawl == nil || len(cfg.Crawl.Watches) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	watches := make([]crawl.WatchConfig, 0, len(cfg.Crawl.Watches))
+	for _, w := range cfg.Crawl.Watches {
+		watches = append(watches, crawl.WatchConfig{
+			Name:     w.Name,
+			URL:      w.URL,
+			Interval: time.Duration(w.Interval),
+		})
+	}
+	watcher := crawl.NewWatcher(c, watches, api, &factHashes{api: api},
+		crawlEmbedder(emb), time.Duration(cfg.Crawl.Interval))
+	if watcher == nil {
+		log.Printf("crawl: configured but nothing watchable — scheduled crawls disabled")
+		return nil
+	}
+	log.Printf("crawl: watching %d page(s), checking what is due every %s", len(watches), crawlTickInterval)
+	return &crawlWorker{watcher: watcher, interval: crawlTickInterval}
+}
+
+// run checks what is due until ctx is canceled. The first round runs
+// immediately; it writes notes only, so an early round startles nobody.
+func (w *crawlWorker) run(ctx context.Context) {
+	w.watcher.CheckDue(ctx, time.Now())
+	t := time.NewTicker(w.interval)
+	defer t.Stop()
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			return
+		case now := <-t.C:
+			w.watcher.CheckDue(ctx, now)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// crawlFetcher adapts webfetch to crawl.Fetcher, which is the seam that keeps
+// net/http out of the crawler package.
+type crawlFetcher struct{ f *webfetch.Fetcher }
+
+func (a *crawlFetcher) Get(ctx context.Context, u string) (*crawl.Response, error) {
+	resp, err := a.f.Get(ctx, u)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &crawl.Response{URL: resp.URL, ContentType: resp.ContentType, Body: resp.Body}, nil
+}
+
+// factHashes stores each watch's last content hash as a config fact, so a
+// restart does not re-note an unchanged page. Same mechanism the feed reader
+// uses for its marks, and inspectable on /dash.
+type factHashes struct{ api ipc.CoreAPI }
+
+func hashKey(name string) string { return "crawl:hash:" + name }
+
+func (h *factHashes) LastHash(ctx context.Context, name string) (string, error) {
+	f, err := h.api.LatestFact(ctx, hashKey(name))
+	if err != nil {
+		// No hash yet is not an error: the watcher treats "" as "never read".
+		return "", nil
+	}
+	return f.Value, nil
+}
+
+func (h *factHashes) SetHash(ctx context.Context, name, hash string) error {
+	_, err := h.api.WriteFact(ctx, ipc.WriteFactReq{
+		Ts:         time.Now(),
+		Kind:       "config",
+		Key:        hashKey(name),
+		Value:      hash,
+		Source:     "poll:crawl",
+		Confidence: 1.0,
+	})
+	return err
+}
+
+// crawlEmbedder adapts router.Embedder for the watcher, embedding with
+// EmbedPassage (a page is text being searched FOR, and the e5 embedder is
+// asymmetric).
+func crawlEmbedder(emb router.Embedder) crawl.Embedder {
+	if emb == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return passageEmbedder{emb}
+}

cmd/mavend/crawls_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,186 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/config"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/crawl"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/ipc"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/phraser"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/router"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/voice"
+)
+
+// The default config reads nothing. This is the whole "off unless configured"
+// contract for the crawler, asserted at the wiring level rather than trusted.
+func TestCrawlOffByDefault(t *testing.T) {
+	cfg := &config.Config{}
+	if c := newCrawler(cfg); c != nil {
+		t.Error("newCrawler with no crawl block returned a crawler")
+	}
+	if c := onDemandCrawler(cfg); c != nil {
+		t.Error("onDemandCrawler with no crawl block returned a crawler")
+	}
+	if w := newCrawlWorker(nil, nil, nil, cfg); w != nil {
+		t.Error("newCrawlWorker with no crawl block returned a worker")
+	}
+	// Watches configured but on_demand off ⇒ the answer path still reads
+	// nothing: a timer over a fixed list is not permission for arbitrary URLs.
+	withWatch := &config.Config{Crawl: &config.CrawlConfig{
+		Watches: []config.CrawlWatchConfig{{Name: "p", URL: "https://example.org/p"}},
+	}}
+	if c := onDemandCrawler(withWatch); c != nil {
+		t.Error("onDemandCrawler honoured a watch list as on-demand permission")
+	}
+	if c := newCrawler(withWatch); c == nil {
+		t.Error("newCrawler returned nil for a configured watch")
+	}
+}
+
+// The wired fetcher must refuse a private address, because the crawler on this
+// box sits one hop from the whole homelab. Same guard the webfetch tests cover;
+// this asserts the daemon actually wires it.
+func TestCrawlerRefusesPrivateAddress(t *testing.T) {
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/html")
+		w.Write([]byte("<html><body>secret</body></html>"))
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	c := newCrawler(&config.Config{Crawl: &config.CrawlConfig{OnDemand: true}})
+	if c == nil {
+		t.Fatal("newCrawler returned nil for an on-demand config")
+	}
+	if _, err := c.Page(context.Background(), srv.URL); err == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("reading %s succeeded; a loopback address must be refused", srv.URL)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestFactHashesRoundTrip(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	st := newTestStore(t)
+	h := &factHashes{api: ipc.NewStoreAPI(st)}
+
+	got, err := h.LastHash(ctx, "page")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("LastHash on a fresh store: %v", err)
+	}
+	if got != "" {
+		t.Errorf("LastHash = %q, want empty for a never-read page", got)
+	}
+	if err := h.SetHash(ctx, "page", "deadbeef"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("SetHash: %v", err)
+	}
+	got, err = h.LastHash(ctx, "page")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("LastHash: %v", err)
+	}
+	if got != "deadbeef" {
+		t.Errorf("LastHash = %q, want deadbeef", got)
+	}
+	if key := hashKey("page"); key != "crawl:hash:page" {
+		t.Errorf("hashKey = %q", key)
+	}
+}
+
+// stubCrawlFetcher serves one fixed page to every URL, so queryWeb can be
+// exercised without a network or an allowlist.
+type stubCrawlFetcher struct{ body, ctype string }
+
+func (s *stubCrawlFetcher) Get(_ context.Context, u string) (*crawl.Response, error) {
+	ct := s.ctype
+	if ct == "" {
+		ct = "text/html"
+	}
+	if strings.HasSuffix(u, "/robots.txt") {
+		return &crawl.Response{URL: u, ContentType: "text/plain", Body: []byte("")}, nil
+	}
+	return &crawl.Response{URL: u, ContentType: ct, Body: []byte(s.body)}, nil
+}
+
+func buildWebHandler(c *crawl.Crawler) *reactiveHandler {
+	return &reactiveHandler{
+		replier: voice.NewStubReplier(),
+		phraser: phraser.NewStub(),
+		crawler: c,
+	}
+}
+
+func askWeb(h *reactiveHandler, q string) (string, bool) {
+	return h.queryWeb(context.Background(), &queryTurn{
+		dec: router.Decision{Intent: router.IntentQuery, Utterance: q},
+	})
+}
+
+func TestQueryWebPassesWithoutAURL(t *testing.T) {
+	h := buildWebHandler(crawl.New(&stubCrawlFetcher{body: "<html><body>x</body></html>"}, crawl.Config{}))
+	if reply, ok := askWeb(h, "почему небо синее?"); ok {
+		t.Errorf("the web source claimed a question with no URL: %q", reply)
+	}
+}
+
+// Not configured is said out loud rather than falling through, so a small model
+// never invents a page's contents from its URL.
+func TestQueryWebSaysWhenNotConfigured(t *testing.T) {
+	h := buildWebHandler(nil)
+	reply, ok := askWeb(h, "посмотри https://example.org/page")
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatal("the web source did not claim a question with a URL")
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(reply, "не настроено") {
+		t.Errorf("reply = %q, want the not-configured answer", reply)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestQueryWebReadsThePage(t *testing.T) {
+	h := buildWebHandler(crawl.New(&stubCrawlFetcher{
+		body: "<html><head><title>Заголовок</title></head><body><p>текст страницы</p></body></html>",
+	}, crawl.Config{}))
+	reply, ok := askWeb(h, "посмотри https://example.org/page — что там?")
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatal("the web source did not claim a question with a URL")
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(reply, "текст страницы") {
+		t.Errorf("reply = %q, want the page text read back", reply)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestQueryWebRefusesNonHTML(t *testing.T) {
+	h := buildWebHandler(crawl.New(&stubCrawlFetcher{
+		body: "\x00\x01binary", ctype: "application/octet-stream",
+	}, crawl.Config{}))
+	reply, ok := askWeb(h, "почитай https://example.org/blob.bin")
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatal("the web source did not claim a question with a URL")
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(reply, "не получилось") {
+		t.Errorf("reply = %q, want the read-failed answer", reply)
+	}
+}
+
+// robots.txt is honoured on the answer path too, and she says so instead of
+// reporting a generic failure.
+func TestQueryWebObeysRobots(t *testing.T) {
+	h := buildWebHandler(crawl.New(&robotsDenyFetcher{}, crawl.Config{}))
+	reply, ok := askWeb(h, "посмотри https://example.org/private")
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatal("the web source did not claim a question with a URL")
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(reply, "robots.txt") {
+		t.Errorf("reply = %q, want the robots answer", reply)
+	}
+}
+
+type robotsDenyFetcher struct{}
+
+func (robotsDenyFetcher) Get(_ context.Context, u string) (*crawl.Response, error) {
+	if strings.HasSuffix(u, "/robots.txt") {
+		return &crawl.Response{URL: u, ContentType: "text/plain",
+			Body: []byte("User-agent: *\nDisallow: /private\n")}, nil
+	}
+	return &crawl.Response{URL: u, ContentType: "text/html", Body: []byte("<html>nope</html>")}, nil
+}

cmd/mavend/dayplan_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,227 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/ipc"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/router"
+)
+
+// planAPI answers only DayPlan; every other call is unimplemented, which is
+// exactly the assertion that the plan source needs nothing else.
+type planAPI struct {
+	ipc.UnimplementedCoreAPI
+	plan  ipc.DayPlan
+	err   error
+	calls int
+}
+
+func (a *planAPI) DayPlan(context.Context) (ipc.DayPlan, error) {
+	a.calls++
+	if a.err != nil {
+		return ipc.DayPlan{}, a.err
+	}
+	return a.plan, nil
+}
+
+func planDay() time.Time { return time.Date(2026, 8, 3, 12, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC) }
+
+func samplePlan() ipc.DayPlan {
+	day := planDay()
+	mid := time.Date(2026, 8, 3, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+	return ipc.DayPlan{
+		Date: mid,
+		Items: []ipc.DayPlanItem{
+			{At: day.Add(-2 * time.Hour), Text: "Standup @ 10:00-10:30", Kind: "event"},
+			{At: day.Add(2 * time.Hour), Text: "Планёрка @ 14:00-14:30", Kind: "event", Uncertain: true},
+			{At: day.Add(6 * time.Hour), Text: "позвонить маме", Kind: "reminder"},
+		},
+		Spoken: "план на 03.08.2026: 10:00 — Standup @ 10:00-10:30; " +
+			"похоже, 14:00 — Планёрка @ 14:00-14:30; 18:00 — позвонить маме.",
+	}
+}
+
+func planHandler(api ipc.CoreAPI) *reactiveHandler {
+	return &reactiveHandler{api: api, now: planDay}
+}
+
+func TestQueryDayPlanRecitesTheDay(t *testing.T) {
+	api := &planAPI{plan: samplePlan()}
+	h := planHandler(api)
+	reply, ok := h.queryDayPlan(context.Background(), &queryTurn{
+		dec: router.Decision{Intent: router.IntentQuery, Utterance: "какие планы на сегодня?"},
+	})
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatal("the plan source must claim a plan question")
+	}
+	if reply != api.plan.Spoken {
+		t.Errorf("reply = %q, want the core's spoken plan %q", reply, api.plan.Spoken)
+	}
+}
+
+// "что дальше?" is the rest of the day, not the whole day: what has already
+// happened is not a plan.
+func TestQueryDayPlanTrimsToRestOfDay(t *testing.T) {
+	h := planHandler(&planAPI{plan: samplePlan()})
+	reply, ok := h.queryDayPlan(context.Background(), &queryTurn{
+		dec: router.Decision{Intent: router.IntentQuery, Utterance: "что дальше?"},
+	})
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatal("expected the plan source to claim it")
+	}
+	if strings.Contains(reply, "Standup") {
+		t.Errorf("a passed item must not be read back: %q", reply)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(reply, "Планёрка") || !strings.Contains(reply, "позвонить маме") {
+		t.Errorf("the rest of the day is missing: %q", reply)
+	}
+	// Provenance survives the trim.
+	if !strings.Contains(reply, "похоже,") {
+		t.Errorf("a relayed event must stay hedged: %q", reply)
+	}
+}
+
+// A question that is not about the plan must fall through, or the plan buries
+// the calendar listing and the weather behind it.
+func TestQueryDayPlanPassesOnEverythingElse(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, q := range []string{
+		"что у меня сегодня?",
+		"какие планы на завтра?",
+		"когда планёрка?",
+		"какая погода?",
+		"",
+	} {
+		api := &planAPI{plan: samplePlan()}
+		reply, ok := planHandler(api).queryDayPlan(context.Background(), &queryTurn{
+			dec: router.Decision{Intent: router.IntentQuery, Utterance: q},
+		})
+		if ok {
+			t.Errorf("%q was claimed by the plan source (reply %q)", q, reply)
+		}
+		if api.calls != 0 {
+			t.Errorf("%q hit the core for a plan it does not want", q)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestQueryDayPlanCoreFailure(t *testing.T) {
+	h := planHandler(&planAPI{err: errors.New("socket closed")})
+	reply, ok := h.queryDayPlan(context.Background(), &queryTurn{
+		dec: router.Decision{Intent: router.IntentQuery, Utterance: "план на сегодня"},
+	})
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatal("a failed plan read must still answer, not fall through to RAG")
+	}
+	if reply != "не получилось собрать план." {
+		t.Errorf("reply = %q", reply)
+	}
+}
+
+// The day plan must sit before the calendar listing: both match "…на сегодня",
+// and the more specific matcher has to get first refusal (see #373 for what
+// happens when the order is wrong).
+func TestDayPlanSourcePrecedesCalendar(t *testing.T) {
+	plan, cal := -1, -1
+	for i, s := range querySources {
+		switch s.name {
+		case "day-plan":
+			plan = i
+		case "calendar":
+			cal = i
+		}
+	}
+	if plan < 0 || cal < 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("sources missing: day-plan=%d calendar=%d", plan, cal)
+	}
+	if plan > cal {
+		t.Errorf("day-plan at %d must come before calendar at %d", plan, cal)
+	}
+}
+
+// habitAPI answers only RecentFacts — the whole input the behaviour profile
+// needs (Vikunja #254). Nothing is asked of the LLM, so nothing else is wired.
+type habitAPI struct {
+	ipc.UnimplementedCoreAPI
+	facts []ipc.Fact
+	err   error
+	calls int
+}
+
+func (a *habitAPI) RecentFacts(_ context.Context, _ int) ([]ipc.Fact, error) {
+	a.calls++
+	return a.facts, a.err
+}
+
+// tuesdayFacts — n weekly Tuesday rows for key, ending before now.
+func tuesdayFacts(key string, hh, weeks int, now time.Time) []ipc.Fact {
+	d := now
+	for d.Weekday() != time.Tuesday {
+		d = d.AddDate(0, 0, -1)
+	}
+	var out []ipc.Fact
+	for i := 0; i < weeks; i++ {
+		day := d.AddDate(0, 0, -7*i)
+		out = append(out, ipc.Fact{
+			Ts:   time.Date(day.Year(), day.Month(), day.Day(), hh, 0, 0, 0, now.Location()),
+			Kind: "self",
+			Key:  key,
+		})
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+func TestQueryHabitsAnswersFromCountedFacts(t *testing.T) {
+	now := planDay() // a Monday
+	api := &habitAPI{facts: tuesdayFacts("workout", 19, 4, now)}
+	h := &reactiveHandler{api: api, now: func() time.Time { return now }}
+
+	reply, ok := h.queryHabits(context.Background(), &queryTurn{
+		dec: router.Decision{Intent: router.IntentQuery, Utterance: "что я обычно делаю по вторникам?"},
+	})
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatal("the habit source must claim a habit question")
+	}
+	if want := "по вторникам ты обычно тренируешься около 19:00."; reply != want {
+		t.Errorf("reply = %q, want %q", reply, want)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestQueryHabitsPassesOnEverythingElse(t *testing.T) {
+	now := planDay()
+	for _, q := range []string{"что я делаю в среду?", "что у меня сегодня?", "какие планы на сегодня?", ""} {
+		api := &habitAPI{}
+		h := &reactiveHandler{api: api, now: func() time.Time { return now }}
+		if reply, ok := h.queryHabits(context.Background(), &queryTurn{
+			dec: router.Decision{Intent: router.IntentQuery, Utterance: q},
+		}); ok {
+			t.Errorf("%q was claimed by the habit source (reply %q)", q, reply)
+		}
+		if api.calls != 0 {
+			t.Errorf("%q scanned the fact log for a profile it does not want", q)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// Both specific sources must precede the calendar listing, which matches any
+// utterance naming a day.
+func TestHabitSourcePrecedesCalendar(t *testing.T) {
+	habits, cal := -1, -1
+	for i, s := range querySources {
+		switch s.name {
+		case "habits":
+			habits = i
+		case "calendar":
+			cal = i
+		}
+	}
+	if habits < 0 || cal < 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("sources missing: habits=%d calendar=%d", habits, cal)
+	}
+	if habits > cal {
+		t.Errorf("habits at %d must come before calendar at %d", habits, cal)
+	}
+}

cmd/mavend/digest_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/loop"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/store"
+)
+
+// Vikunja #281 — the fourth delivery outcome: a care candidate the restraint
+// gate suppresses (quiet hours / away / calendar-busy) is not necessarily
+// lost. If it's worth resurfacing (loop.DigestEligible), it's durably held
+// (internal/store's digest_entries) and spoken as one bundle once speaking
+// is appropriate again — never while the suppression reason still holds.
+
+func breakTrace(blockedBy string) *loop.TickTrace {
+	return &loop.TickTrace{
+		RuleTraces: []loop.RuleTrace{{
+			RuleName:        "break",
+			Severity:        loop.Sev2,
+			PredicateResult: true,
+			GateResult:      false,
+			GateBlockedBy:   blockedBy,
+		}},
+	}
+}
+
+// TestSuppressedCareDigestsAcrossQuietHours — a Sev2 care candidate blocked
+// by quiet hours is enqueued into the durable digest, and is spoken as a
+// "digest" nudge only once quiet hours actually end — never while still
+// suppressed (that would just be a second way to nag through quiet hours).
+func TestSuppressedCareDigestsAcrossQuietHours(t *testing.T) {
+	st := newTestStore(t)
+	sink := &fakeSink{}
+	tl := newTestTickLoop(t, st, sink, nil)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	now := refNow()
+
+	quiet := loop.State{Now: now, QuietHours: true, Presence: store.Present}
+	tl.enqueueSuppressedDigest(ctx, breakTrace("quiet_hours"), quiet, now)
+
+	entries, err := st.PendingDigestEntries(ctx, now)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("pending: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(entries) != 1 || entries[0].Rule != "break" {
+		t.Fatalf("want 1 pending digest entry for break, got %+v", entries)
+	}
+
+	// still quiet hours: draining now must not speak — the same restraint
+	// that suppressed the live nudge must suppress the bundle too.
+	tl.maybeDrainDigest(ctx, quiet, now)
+	if len(sink.sends) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("digest must not drain while quiet hours holds, got %+v", sink.sends)
+	}
+
+	// quiet hours end: this is the moment speaking is appropriate again.
+	after := now.Add(time.Hour)
+	clear := loop.State{Now: after, QuietHours: false, Presence: store.Present}
+	tl.maybeDrainDigest(ctx, clear, after)
+
+	if len(sink.sends) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("want exactly 1 dispatched digest bundle, got %d: %+v", len(sink.sends), sink.sends)
+	}
+	if sink.sends[0].RuleName != "digest" {
+		t.Fatalf("want RuleName digest, got %q", sink.sends[0].RuleName)
+	}
+
+	remaining, err := st.PendingDigestEntries(ctx, after)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("pending after drain: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(remaining) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("drained entry must no longer be pending, got %+v", remaining)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestSuppressedCareDigestDedupesAcrossTicks — quiet hours holding for
+// several ticks must not enqueue several copies of the same suppressed
+// nudge; he hears it once when the bundle finally drains.
+func TestSuppressedCareDigestDedupesAcrossTicks(t *testing.T) {
+	st := newTestStore(t)
+	sink := &fakeSink{}
+	tl := newTestTickLoop(t, st, sink, nil)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	now := refNow()
+
+	quiet := loop.State{Now: now, QuietHours: true, Presence: store.Present}
+	for i := 0; i < 3; i++ {
+		tl.enqueueSuppressedDigest(ctx, breakTrace("quiet_hours"), quiet, now.Add(time.Duration(i)*time.Minute))
+	}
+
+	entries, err := st.PendingDigestEntries(ctx, now)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("pending: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(entries) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("3 suppressions of the same nudge must collapse to 1 pending entry, got %d", len(entries))
+	}
+}
+
+// TestSuppressedCareDigestExpiresRatherThanDeliveringLate — an entry that
+// aged out before the suppression cleared is dropped, not spoken late: a
+// two-day-old "you skipped a break" is noise, not news.
+func TestSuppressedCareDigestExpiresRatherThanDeliveringLate(t *testing.T) {
+	st := newTestStore(t)
+	sink := &fakeSink{}
+	tl := newTestTickLoop(t, st, sink, nil)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	now := refNow()
+
+	quiet := loop.State{Now: now, QuietHours: true, Presence: store.Present}
+	tl.enqueueSuppressedDigest(ctx, breakTrace("quiet_hours"), quiet, now)
+
+	// well past digestExpiry (24h) before the suppression ever clears.
+	stale := now.Add(48 * time.Hour)
+	tl.expireStaleDigest(ctx, stale)
+
+	clear := loop.State{Now: stale, QuietHours: false, Presence: store.Present}
+	tl.maybeDrainDigest(ctx, clear, stale)
+
+	if len(sink.sends) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("a stale digest entry must be dropped, not delivered late; got %+v", sink.sends)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestSuppressedCareDigestIgnoresHighSeverity — defense in depth at the
+// wiring layer: even if a RuleTrace somehow showed a high-severity rule
+// blocked by a care-only gate reason, the tick driver must not durably
+// digest it. Alarms bypass the gate and deliver now, unchanged; they must
+// never be silently delayed into a bundle.
+func TestSuppressedCareDigestIgnoresHighSeverity(t *testing.T) {
+	st := newTestStore(t)
+	sink := &fakeSink{}
+	tl := newTestTickLoop(t, st, sink, nil)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	now := refNow()
+
+	trace := &loop.TickTrace{RuleTraces: []loop.RuleTrace{{
+		RuleName:        "service_down",
+		Severity:        loop.Sev4,
+		PredicateResult: true,
+		GateResult:      false,
+		GateBlockedBy:   "quiet_hours",
+	}}}
+	quiet := loop.State{Now: now, QuietHours: true, Presence: store.Present}
+	tl.enqueueSuppressedDigest(ctx, trace, quiet, now)
+
+	entries, err := st.PendingDigestEntries(ctx, now)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("pending: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(entries) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("high severity must never be digested, got %+v", entries)
+	}
+}

cmd/mavend/ecosystem_acts.go

@@ -0,0 +1,413 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"strings"
+
+	hexisclient "github.com/kami/hexis/pkg/client"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/ipc"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/router"
+)
+
+// praxisCapability is one arm of the Praxis act dispatch. This is an interface
+// rather than a map[string]func because each arm carries its own state: the
+// verb aliases it answers to, the trace name it records, and its own reply
+// formatting. The dispatch grows an arm per Praxis capability, so a new one is
+// added to praxisCapabilities below and nothing else changes.
+type praxisCapability interface {
+	// aliases are the verbs (router fn slots, EN and RU) this capability answers to.
+	aliases() []string
+	// handle runs the capability and returns the user-facing reply.
+	handle(ctx context.Context, h *reactiveHandler, px *praxisClient, dec router.Decision) string
+}
+
+// praxisCapabilities is the registry handlePraxisAct consults, in order.
+var praxisCapabilities = []praxisCapability{
+	listAttentionCapability{},
+	praxisItemAction{
+		verbs:   []string{"acknowledge_item", "принято", "понял", "поняла"},
+		ask:     "какой пункт отметить принятым?",
+		op:      "acknowledge",
+		failure: "не получилось отметить принятым.",
+		success: "принято.",
+		call: func(ctx context.Context, px *praxisClient, id string) error {
+			_, err := px.Acknowledge(ctx, id)
+			return err
+		},
+	},
+	praxisItemAction{
+		verbs:   []string{"resolve_item", "сделано", "готово", "решено"},
+		ask:     "какой пункт отметить сделанным?",
+		op:      "resolve",
+		failure: "не получилось отметить сделанным.",
+		success: "отмечено как сделано.",
+		call: func(ctx context.Context, px *praxisClient, id string) error {
+			_, err := px.Resolve(ctx, id)
+			return err
+		},
+	},
+	praxisItemAction{
+		verbs:   []string{"ignore_item", "игнорировать", "неважно"},
+		ask:     "какой пункт игнорировать?",
+		op:      "ignore",
+		failure: "не получилось проигнорировать.",
+		success: "проигнорировано.",
+		call: func(ctx context.Context, px *praxisClient, id string) error {
+			_, err := px.Ignore(ctx, id)
+			return err
+		},
+	},
+	praxisItemAction{
+		verbs:   []string{"pin_item", "закрепить"},
+		ask:     "какой пункт закрепить?",
+		op:      "pin",
+		failure: "не получилось закрепить.",
+		success: "закреплено.",
+		call: func(ctx context.Context, px *praxisClient, id string) error {
+			_, err := px.Pin(ctx, id, true)
+			return err
+		},
+	},
+	listChangesCapability{},
+	entityAttentionCapability{},
+}
+
+// handlePraxisAct — dispatches ecosystem tool acts through the Praxis tools API.
+// Returns "" when the act is not a Praxis verb (the caller falls through to the
+// system command executor). Returns a reply string otherwise.
+func (h *reactiveHandler) handlePraxisAct(ctx context.Context, dec router.Decision) string {
+	if h.ecosystem == nil || h.ecosystem.praxis == nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+	px := h.ecosystem.praxis
+	for _, capability := range praxisCapabilities {
+		for _, alias := range capability.aliases() {
+			if alias == dec.Slots.Fn {
+				return capability.handle(ctx, h, px, dec)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	// Not a Praxis verb — let the caller fall through.
+	return ""
+}
+
+// praxisItemAction is the shared shape of the item-lifecycle capabilities: take
+// an item id from the value slot, call one Praxis endpoint, trace the result.
+type praxisItemAction struct {
+	verbs   []string
+	ask     string // reply when no item id was given
+	op      string // trace + log name of the operation
+	failure string // reply when the Praxis call errors
+	success string
+	call    func(ctx context.Context, px *praxisClient, id string) error
+}
+
+func (a praxisItemAction) aliases() []string { return a.verbs }
+
+func (a praxisItemAction) handle(ctx context.Context, h *reactiveHandler, px *praxisClient, dec router.Decision) string {
+	id := dec.Slots.Value
+	if id == "" {
+		return a.ask
+	}
+	if err := a.call(ctx, px, id); err != nil {
+		log.Printf("ecosystem: praxis %s %s: %v", a.op, id, err)
+		return a.failure
+	}
+	h.recordPraxisTrace(ctx, a.op, map[string]any{"item_id": id})
+	return a.success
+}
+
+// listAttentionCapability reads the attention digest and surfaces every item it speaks.
+type listAttentionCapability struct{}
+
+func (listAttentionCapability) aliases() []string {
+	return []string{"list_attention", "attention", "внимание", "что требует внимания", "что нового"}
+}
+
+func (listAttentionCapability) handle(ctx context.Context, h *reactiveHandler, px *praxisClient, _ router.Decision) string {
+	items, err := px.ListAttention(ctx, 20)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("ecosystem: praxis attention: %v", err)
+		return "не могу сейчас узнать, что требует внимания."
+	}
+	if len(items) == 0 {
+		return "ничего не требует внимания."
+	}
+	h.recordPraxisTrace(ctx, "list_attention", map[string]any{"count": len(items)})
+	var parts []string
+	for _, item := range items {
+		title, _ := item["title"].(string)
+		// importance arrives as JSON number ⇒ float64 over the HTTP contract.
+		importance, _ := item["importance"].(float64)
+		rule, _ := item["rule"].(string)
+		s := title
+		if importance > 0 {
+			s += fmt.Sprintf(" (важность %d", int(importance))
+			if rule != "" {
+				s += ": " + rule
+			}
+			s += ")"
+		}
+		parts = append(parts, s)
+
+		// Speaking an item surfaces it, it does not acknowledge it
+		// (ECOSYSTEM-SPEC.md §2.3: surfaced != acknowledged). Best-effort:
+		// a failed surface call must not block delivering the digest.
+		if id, ok := item["id"].(string); ok && id != "" {
+			if _, err := px.Surface(ctx, id); err != nil {
+				log.Printf("ecosystem: praxis surface %s: %v", id, err)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return "требует внимания: " + strings.Join(parts, "; ")
+}
+
+// listChangesCapability reads the recent-changes feed.
+type listChangesCapability struct{}
+
+func (listChangesCapability) aliases() []string {
+	return []string{"list_changes", "changes", "изменения", "что изменилось"}
+}
+
+func (listChangesCapability) handle(ctx context.Context, h *reactiveHandler, px *praxisClient, _ router.Decision) string {
+	changes, err := px.ListChanges(ctx, 20)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("ecosystem: praxis changes: %v", err)
+		return "не могу сейчас узнать об изменениях."
+	}
+	if len(changes) == 0 {
+		return "нет изменений."
+	}
+	h.recordPraxisTrace(ctx, "list_changes", map[string]any{"count": len(changes)})
+	var parts []string
+	for _, c := range changes {
+		title, _ := c["title"].(string)
+		typ, _ := c["change_type"].(string)
+		parts = append(parts, fmt.Sprintf("%s (%s)", title, typ))
+	}
+	return "изменения: " + strings.Join(parts, "; ")
+}
+
+// entityAttentionCapability answers "what's going on with X" by resolving X to
+// a canonical Nexus entity and asking Praxis for that entity's attention items
+// (Vikunja #272). Unlike listAttentionCapability it is scoped: the entity_id
+// travels to Praxis as a query parameter instead of Maven filtering an unscoped
+// list client-side, which is what makes the ref canonical end to end.
+//
+// It also folds in what Maven herself knows about the same entity — facts the
+// enrichment worker has already resolved to that entity_id — so one question
+// gets one answer across both stores.
+type entityAttentionCapability struct{}
+
+func (entityAttentionCapability) aliases() []string {
+	return []string{"entity_attention", "что с", "как дела у", "статус"}
+}
+
+func (entityAttentionCapability) handle(ctx context.Context, h *reactiveHandler, px *praxisClient, dec router.Decision) string {
+	subject := dec.Slots.Value
+	if subject == "" {
+		subject = dec.Slots.Text
+	}
+	if subject == "" {
+		return "про что именно спросить?"
+	}
+	if h.ecosystem == nil || h.ecosystem.nexus == nil {
+		// Without Nexus there is no canonical ref to scope by. Say so rather
+		// than quietly answering about something else.
+		return "не могу связать это с сущностью — Nexus не настроен."
+	}
+
+	entityID, displayName, ambiguous, err := h.ecosystem.resolveEntityReference(ctx, subject, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("ecosystem: entity attention resolve %q: %v", subject, err)
+		return "экосистема недоступна, попробуй ещё раз."
+	}
+	if len(ambiguous) > 0 {
+		return "уточни, что именно: " + strings.Join(ambiguous, ", ") + "?"
+	}
+	if entityID == "" {
+		return "не знаю такой сущности."
+	}
+	if displayName == "" {
+		displayName = subject
+	}
+
+	items, err := px.ListAttentionForEntity(ctx, entityID, 20)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("ecosystem: praxis attention for %s: %v", entityID, err)
+		return "не могу сейчас узнать, что требует внимания по «" + displayName + "»."
+	}
+	h.recordPraxisTrace(ctx, "entity_attention", map[string]any{
+		"entity_id": entityID, "count": len(items),
+	})
+
+	var parts []string
+	for _, item := range items {
+		title, _ := item["title"].(string)
+		if title == "" {
+			continue
+		}
+		parts = append(parts, title)
+		// Same surfaced != acknowledged rule as the unscoped digest.
+		if id, ok := item["id"].(string); ok && id != "" {
+			if _, err := px.Surface(ctx, id); err != nil {
+				log.Printf("ecosystem: praxis surface %s: %v", id, err)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	if known := h.localFactsForEntity(ctx, entityID); known != "" {
+		parts = append(parts, known)
+	}
+	if len(parts) == 0 {
+		return "по «" + displayName + "» ничего нет."
+	}
+	return "по «" + displayName + "»: " + strings.Join(parts, "; ")
+}
+
+// localFactsForEntity summarises Maven's own facts already resolved to this
+// canonical entity. Empty when the store is unavailable or nothing matched —
+// entity-scoped memory is an enrichment of the answer, never a precondition.
+func (h *reactiveHandler) localFactsForEntity(ctx context.Context, entityID string) string {
+	if h.dataStore == nil || entityID == "" {
+		return ""
+	}
+	facts, err := h.dataStore.FactsByEntity(ctx, entityID, 3)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("ecosystem: facts by entity %s: %v", entityID, err)
+		return ""
+	}
+	var parts []string
+	for _, f := range facts {
+		if f.Value != "" {
+			parts = append(parts, f.Value)
+		}
+	}
+	if len(parts) == 0 {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return "я помню: " + strings.Join(parts, ", ")
+}
+
+// recordPraxisTrace — writes a fact recording a cross-service ecosystem call.
+// The fact is stored with source "praxis:trace" so the proactive loop can
+// reference it and the dashboard can display recent ecosystem activity.
+func (h *reactiveHandler) recordPraxisTrace(ctx context.Context, operation string, details map[string]any) {
+	now := h.now()
+	value := operation
+	if len(details) > 0 {
+		if b, err := json.Marshal(details); err == nil {
+			value = operation + " " + string(b)
+		}
+	}
+	_, _ = h.api.WriteFact(ctx, ipc.WriteFactReq{
+		Ts:         now,
+		Kind:       "system",
+		Key:        "praxis:" + operation,
+		Value:      value,
+		Source:     "praxis:trace",
+		Confidence: 1.0,
+	})
+}
+
+// handleHexisAct — resolves entity references through Nexus and executes
+// matching capabilities through Hexis. Returns a reply string when handled,
+// or "" to fall through to the system command executor.
+func (h *reactiveHandler) handleHexisAct(ctx context.Context, dec router.Decision) string {
+	if h.ecosystem == nil {
+		return ""
+	}
+
+	// Resolve the utterance text as an entity reference through Nexus. An
+	// ambiguous match must stop and clarify — never guess a mutation target.
+	entityID, displayName, ambiguous, err := h.ecosystem.resolveEntityReference(ctx, dec.Slots.Text, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		// A genuine Nexus dependency failure, not "no such entity" — stop here
+		// and report degradation rather than silently falling through to the
+		// local command executor (ECOSYSTEM-SPEC.md: services degrade
+		// independently, never a silent all-clear).
+		return "экосистема недоступна, попробуй ещё раз."
+	}
+	if len(ambiguous) > 0 {
+		return "уточни, что именно: " + strings.Join(ambiguous, ", ") + "?"
+	}
+	if entityID == "" {
+		return ""
+	}
+
+	// Discover Hexis capabilities for this entity. A resolved entity with a
+	// genuine Hexis failure must not be treated as "no capabilities" and
+	// fall through to unrelated local execution.
+	caps, err := h.ecosystem.discoverCapabilities(ctx, entityID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "экосистема недоступна, попробуй ещё раз."
+	}
+	if len(caps) == 0 {
+		return ""
+	}
+
+	// Match the user's verb to a capability by name/description. Collect all
+	// matches: more than one is itself ambiguous, so we ask rather than pick
+	// the first (ecosystem invariant: no arbitrary target for mutation).
+	verb := dec.Slots.Fn
+	if verb == "" {
+		verb = dec.Slots.Text
+	}
+	verbLower := strings.ToLower(verb)
+
+	var matches []*hexisclient.Capability
+	for i, c := range caps {
+		if strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(c.Name), verbLower) ||
+			(c.Description != "" && strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(c.Description), verbLower)) {
+			matches = append(matches, &caps[i])
+		}
+	}
+	if len(matches) == 0 {
+		return ""
+	}
+	if len(matches) > 1 {
+		var names []string
+		for _, m := range matches {
+			names = append(names, m.Name)
+		}
+		return "какую команду для " + displayName + ": " + strings.Join(names, ", ") + "?"
+	}
+	matched := matches[0]
+
+	// Read-only capabilities run immediately; mutating ones are parked for an
+	// explicit spoken confirm bound to this capability + target.
+	if !matched.ReadOnly {
+		h.mu.Lock()
+		h.pendingHexis = &pendingHexisExec{
+			capabilityID: matched.ID,
+			capName:      matched.Name,
+			entityID:     entityID,
+			displayName:  displayName,
+			expiry:       h.now().Add(confirmTTL),
+		}
+		h.mu.Unlock()
+		return "выполнить «" + matched.Name + "» для " + displayName + "? скажи «да» или «нет»."
+	}
+
+	return h.execHexis(ctx, matched.ID, matched.Name, entityID, displayName)
+}
+
+// execHexis runs a resolved capability and records a cross-service trace with
+// the correlation ID. It reports command success, never operational recovery
+// (Praxis observes recovery independently).
+func (h *reactiveHandler) execHexis(ctx context.Context, capID, capName, entityID, displayName string) string {
+	correlationID, err := h.ecosystem.executeCapability(ctx, capID, entityID, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("ecosystem: hexis execute error (cor=%s): %v", correlationID, err)
+		return "не получилось выполнить команду для " + displayName + "."
+	}
+	h.recordPraxisTrace(ctx, "hexis:"+capName, map[string]any{
+		"entity_id":      entityID,
+		"entity_name":    displayName,
+		"capability":     capName,
+		"correlation_id": correlationID,
+	})
+	return "команда выполнена для " + displayName + "."
+}

cmd/mavend/ecosystem_degraded_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,312 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"net/http"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	hexisclient "github.com/kami/hexis/pkg/client"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/ipc"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/store"
+)
+
+// Phase-5 hardening suite (Vikunja #276). Everything here drives the shared
+// fake ecosystem (fakeecosystem_test.go) rather than one-off inline handlers,
+// so the same fault levers — SetFault, SetBody, SetDelay — cover every
+// service. What is asserted is the degraded-mode contract:
+//
+//   - services degrade independently: one outage never mutes the others,
+//   - a degraded reply is never silent, never fabricated, never "success",
+//   - contract drift (old shape, unknown fields, garbage) is survivable,
+//   - Maven never acts on an ambiguous target and never chains
+//     Praxis observation into Hexis execution on its own.
+
+// ecoHandler wires a handler against whichever of the three fakes is given
+// (pass nil to leave a service unconfigured, which is a different state from
+// "configured but down").
+func ecoHandler(t *testing.T, nexus, praxis, hexis *fakeServer) *reactiveHandler {
+	t.Helper()
+	st := newTestStore(t)
+	clock := newFakeClock(time.Date(2026, 8, 1, 9, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC))
+	w := &ecosystemWiring{}
+	if nexus != nil {
+		w.nexus = newNexusClient(nexus.URL)
+	}
+	if praxis != nil {
+		w.praxis = newPraxisClient(praxis.URL)
+	}
+	if hexis != nil {
+		w.hexis = hexisclient.New(hexis.URL)
+	}
+	return &reactiveHandler{
+		api:       ipc.NewStoreAPI(st),
+		dataStore: st,
+		now:       clock.Now,
+		ecosystem: w,
+	}
+}
+
+func traceFacts(t *testing.T, h *reactiveHandler) []store.Fact {
+	t.Helper()
+	facts, err := h.dataStore.RecentFacts(context.Background(), 50)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("read facts: %v", err)
+	}
+	var out []store.Fact
+	for _, f := range facts {
+		if f.Source == "praxis:trace" {
+			out = append(out, f)
+		}
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+func restartCaps() string {
+	return fixtureHexisCapabilities(map[string]any{
+		"id": "cap_restart", "name": "restart", "read_only": true,
+	})
+}
+
+// TestEcosystem_OutagesAreIndependent: Praxis being down must not disable the
+// Nexus+Hexis action path, and vice versa. A shared "ecosystem is broken"
+// mode would take away working capability for no reason.
+func TestEcosystem_OutagesAreIndependent(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	nexus := newFakeNexus(t, fixtureNexusResolved("ent_muzick", "Muzick indexer", "service"))
+	praxis := newFakePraxis(t, fixturePraxisAttentionItems(map[string]any{
+		"id": "item_1", "title": "disk almost full", "importance": 3.0,
+	}))
+	hexis := newFakeHexis(t, restartCaps(), fixtureHexisExecuted("exec_1", "succeeded"))
+	h := ecoHandler(t, nexus, praxis, hexis)
+
+	praxis.SetFault(503)
+	if reply := h.handleHexisAct(ctx, actDec("muzick indexer")); !strings.Contains(reply, "выполнена") {
+		t.Fatalf("praxis outage must not block the hexis path, got %q", reply)
+	}
+
+	praxis.SetFault(0)
+	hexis.SetFault(503)
+	nexus.SetFault(503)
+	reply := h.handlePraxisAct(ctx, praxisActDec("list_attention"))
+	if !strings.Contains(reply, "disk almost full") {
+		t.Fatalf("nexus/hexis outage must not block the praxis digest, got %q", reply)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestEcosystem_MalformedNexusResponseFailsClosed: a 200 carrying garbage is a
+// dependency failure, not "no such entity". It must stop before Hexis.
+func TestEcosystem_MalformedNexusResponseFailsClosed(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	nexus := newFakeNexus(t, fixtureNexusResolved("ent_muzick", "Muzick indexer", "service"))
+	hexis := newFakeHexis(t, restartCaps(), fixtureHexisExecuted("exec_1", "succeeded"))
+	h := ecoHandler(t, nexus, nil, hexis)
+
+	nexus.SetBody(`{"status":"resolved","entity":`)
+	reply := h.handleHexisAct(ctx, actDec("muzick indexer"))
+	if reply == "" || strings.Contains(reply, "выполнена") {
+		t.Fatalf("malformed nexus body must degrade, got %q", reply)
+	}
+	if hexis.Count("", "/api/v1") != 0 {
+		t.Fatal("hexis must not be contacted after a malformed nexus response")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestEcosystem_UnknownContractFieldsTolerated: a newer Nexus adding fields
+// must not break an older Maven. Same for the older flat resolve shape.
+func TestEcosystem_UnknownContractFieldsTolerated(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	for name, body := range map[string]string{
+		"future": fixtureNexusResolvedFuture("ent_muzick", "Muzick indexer", "service"),
+		"flat":   fixtureNexusResolvedFlat("ent_muzick", "Muzick indexer", "service"),
+	} {
+		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			nexus := newFakeNexus(t, body)
+			hexis := newFakeHexis(t, restartCaps(), fixtureHexisExecuted("exec_1", "succeeded"))
+			h := ecoHandler(t, nexus, nil, hexis)
+			if reply := h.handleHexisAct(ctx, actDec("muzick indexer")); !strings.Contains(reply, "выполнена") {
+				t.Fatalf("%s contract shape must still resolve and execute, got %q", name, reply)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// TestEcosystem_CancelledContextDegrades: a caller hanging up (turn abandoned,
+// deadline hit) must surface as degradation, never as a fabricated result.
+func TestEcosystem_CancelledContextDegrades(t *testing.T) {
+	nexus := newFakeNexus(t, fixtureNexusResolved("ent_muzick", "Muzick indexer", "service"))
+	hexis := newFakeHexis(t, restartCaps(), fixtureHexisExecuted("exec_1", "succeeded"))
+	h := ecoHandler(t, nexus, nil, hexis)
+	nexus.SetDelay(2 * time.Second)
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 30*time.Millisecond)
+	defer cancel()
+	reply := h.handleHexisAct(ctx, actDec("muzick indexer"))
+	if reply == "" || strings.Contains(reply, "выполнена") {
+		t.Fatalf("cancelled resolve must degrade, got %q", reply)
+	}
+	if hexis.Count("", "/api/v1") != 0 {
+		t.Fatal("hexis must not be contacted after a cancelled resolve")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestEcosystem_ExecutionFailureIsNotSuccess: Hexis answering 200 with
+// status=failed is a partial failure — the call worked, the command did not.
+// Maven must report it as a failure and must not write a success trace.
+func TestEcosystem_ExecutionFailureIsNotSuccess(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	nexus := newFakeNexus(t, fixtureNexusResolved("ent_muzick", "Muzick indexer", "service"))
+	hexis := newFakeHexis(t, restartCaps(), fixtureHexisExecutionFailed("exec_1", "unit not found"))
+	h := ecoHandler(t, nexus, nil, hexis)
+
+	reply := h.handleHexisAct(ctx, actDec("muzick indexer"))
+	if strings.Contains(reply, "выполнена") {
+		t.Fatalf("failed execution must not read as success, got %q", reply)
+	}
+	if reply == "" {
+		t.Fatal("failed execution must say something")
+	}
+	for _, f := range traceFacts(t, h) {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(f.Key, "praxis:hexis:") {
+			t.Fatalf("failed execution must not write a success trace: %+v", f)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TestEcosystem_AmbiguousTargetBlocksExecution: ambiguity blocks mutation, and
+// the clarification must name the candidates rather than pick one.
+func TestEcosystem_AmbiguousTargetBlocksExecution(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	nexus := newFakeNexus(t, fixtureNexusAmbiguous(
+		map[string]string{"entity_id": "ent_a", "display_name": "Muzick indexer"},
+		map[string]string{"entity_id": "ent_b", "display_name": "Muzick web"},
+	))
+	hexis := newFakeHexis(t, restartCaps(), fixtureHexisExecuted("exec_1", "succeeded"))
+	h := ecoHandler(t, nexus, nil, hexis)
+
+	reply := h.handleHexisAct(ctx, actDec("muzick"))
+	if !strings.Contains(reply, "Muzick indexer") || !strings.Contains(reply, "Muzick web") {
+		t.Fatalf("ambiguous resolve must list candidates, got %q", reply)
+	}
+	if hexis.Count("POST", "/api/v1/execute") != 0 {
+		t.Fatal("ambiguous target must never execute")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestEcosystem_NoAutonomousPraxisToHexis: reading the attention digest is an
+// observation. Maven must never turn an observed problem into a Hexis command
+// by herself — she is not autonomous.
+func TestEcosystem_NoAutonomousPraxisToHexis(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	praxis := newFakePraxis(t, fixturePraxisAttentionItems(
+		map[string]any{"id": "item_1", "title": "muzick indexer is down", "importance": 4.0, "rule": "service_down"},
+	))
+	nexus := newFakeNexus(t, fixtureNexusResolved("ent_muzick", "Muzick indexer", "service"))
+	hexis := newFakeHexis(t, restartCaps(), fixtureHexisExecuted("exec_1", "succeeded"))
+	h := ecoHandler(t, nexus, praxis, hexis)
+
+	_ = h.handlePraxisAct(ctx, praxisActDec("list_attention"))
+	if hexis.Count("", "/api/v1") != 0 {
+		t.Fatal("attention digest must not contact hexis on its own")
+	}
+	if nexus.Count("", "/api/v1/resolve") != 0 {
+		t.Fatal("attention digest must not resolve targets for autonomous action")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestEcosystem_MutatingCapabilityWaitsForConfirmation: a non-read-only
+// capability parks for an explicit spoken confirm bound to capability+target.
+func TestEcosystem_MutatingCapabilityWaitsForConfirmation(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	nexus := newFakeNexus(t, fixtureNexusResolved("ent_muzick", "Muzick indexer", "service"))
+	caps := fixtureHexisCapabilities(map[string]any{"id": "cap_restart", "name": "restart", "read_only": false})
+	hexis := newFakeHexis(t, caps, fixtureHexisExecuted("exec_1", "succeeded"))
+	h := ecoHandler(t, nexus, nil, hexis)
+
+	reply := h.handleHexisAct(ctx, actDec("restart"))
+	if !strings.Contains(reply, "restart") || !strings.Contains(reply, "да") {
+		t.Fatalf("mutating capability must ask for confirmation, got %q", reply)
+	}
+	if hexis.Count("POST", "/api/v1/execute") != 0 {
+		t.Fatal("mutating capability must not execute before confirmation")
+	}
+	h.mu.Lock()
+	pending := h.pendingHexis
+	h.mu.Unlock()
+	if pending == nil || pending.capabilityID != "cap_restart" || pending.entityID != "ent_muzick" {
+		t.Fatalf("confirmation must be bound to capability+target, got %+v", pending)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestEcosystem_SurfaceFailureStillDelivers: surfacing is bookkeeping. If the
+// surface call fails the digest must still be spoken — a partial failure
+// downgrades bookkeeping, not the answer.
+func TestEcosystem_SurfaceFailureStillDelivers(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	praxis := newFakeServer(t, map[string]http.HandlerFunc{
+		"GET /api/v1/tools/attention": jsonHandler(200, fixturePraxisAttentionItems(
+			map[string]any{"id": "item_1", "title": "disk almost full", "importance": 3.0},
+		)),
+		"POST /api/v1/tools/surface": jsonHandler(500, `{"error":"boom"}`),
+	})
+	h := ecoHandler(t, nil, praxis, nil)
+
+	reply := h.handlePraxisAct(ctx, praxisActDec("list_attention"))
+	if !strings.Contains(reply, "disk almost full") {
+		t.Fatalf("failed surface must not swallow the digest, got %q", reply)
+	}
+	if praxis.Count("POST", "/api/v1/tools/surface") == 0 {
+		t.Fatal("expected the surface attempt")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestEcosystem_TotalOutageSaysSoForEveryPath: with all three down, every
+// entry point degrades explicitly instead of returning empty or inventing.
+func TestEcosystem_TotalOutageSaysSoForEveryPath(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	nexus := newFakeNexus(t, fixtureNexusResolved("ent_muzick", "Muzick indexer", "service"))
+	praxis := newFakePraxis(t, fixturePraxisAttentionItems())
+	hexis := newFakeHexis(t, restartCaps(), fixtureHexisExecuted("exec_1", "succeeded"))
+	for _, fs := range []*fakeServer{nexus, praxis, hexis} {
+		fs.SetFault(503)
+	}
+	h := ecoHandler(t, nexus, praxis, hexis)
+
+	for name, reply := range map[string]string{
+		"hexis act":   h.handleHexisAct(ctx, actDec("muzick indexer")),
+		"attention":   h.handlePraxisAct(ctx, praxisActDec("list_attention")),
+		"changes":     h.handlePraxisAct(ctx, praxisActDec("list_changes")),
+		"acknowledge": h.handlePraxisAct(ctx, praxisActDec("acknowledge_item")),
+	} {
+		if reply == "" {
+			t.Errorf("%s: total outage must not answer with silence", name)
+		}
+		if strings.Contains(reply, "выполнена") {
+			t.Errorf("%s: total outage must not claim success: %q", name, reply)
+		}
+	}
+	if len(traceFacts(t, h)) != 0 {
+		t.Fatal("a total outage must not leave success traces behind")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestEcosystem_RecoveryAfterOutageNeedsNoRestart: once the dependency comes
+// back the very next turn works — no cached failure state, no restart.
+func TestEcosystem_RecoveryAfterOutageNeedsNoRestart(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	praxis := newFakePraxis(t, fixturePraxisAttentionItems(
+		map[string]any{"id": "item_1", "title": "disk almost full", "importance": 3.0},
+	))
+	h := ecoHandler(t, nil, praxis, nil)
+
+	praxis.SetFault(503)
+	if reply := h.handlePraxisAct(ctx, praxisActDec("list_attention")); strings.Contains(reply, "disk") {
+		t.Fatalf("outage must not serve content, got %q", reply)
+	}
+	praxis.SetFault(0)
+	if reply := h.handlePraxisAct(ctx, praxisActDec("list_attention")); !strings.Contains(reply, "disk almost full") {
+		t.Fatalf("recovery must work on the next turn, got %q", reply)
+	}
+}

cmd/mavend/entityrefs_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,213 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"database/sql"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/router"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/store"
+)
+
+// Entity-ref propagation, Maven side (Vikunja #272): the canonical Nexus
+// entity_id must reach Praxis as a query scope rather than being resolved and
+// then thrown away, and the enrichment that produces those ids must degrade
+// visibly instead of silently.
+
+func entityAttentionDec(subject string) router.Decision {
+	return router.Decision{
+		Intent: router.IntentAct,
+		Slots:  router.Slots{Fn: "entity_attention", HasFn: true, Value: subject},
+	}
+}
+
+// TestEntityAttention_ScopesPraxisByCanonicalID: the resolved id must travel
+// to Praxis in the request, not be used for client-side filtering.
+func TestEntityAttention_ScopesPraxisByCanonicalID(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	nexus := newFakeNexus(t, fixtureNexusResolved("ent_muzick", "Muzick indexer", "service"))
+	praxis := newFakePraxis(t, fixturePraxisAttentionItems(
+		map[string]any{"id": "item_1", "title": "indexer queue is backing up", "importance": 3.0},
+	))
+	h := ecoHandler(t, nexus, praxis, nil)
+
+	reply := h.handlePraxisAct(ctx, entityAttentionDec("muzick indexer"))
+	if !strings.Contains(reply, "indexer queue is backing up") {
+		t.Fatalf("expected the scoped item in the reply, got %q", reply)
+	}
+
+	var scoped bool
+	for _, r := range praxis.Requests() {
+		if r.Method == "GET" && strings.HasPrefix(r.Path, "/api/v1/tools/attention") &&
+			strings.Contains(r.Query, "entity_id=ent_muzick") {
+			scoped = true
+		}
+	}
+	if !scoped {
+		t.Fatalf("expected attention scoped by entity_id, got requests %+v", praxis.Requests())
+	}
+	if praxis.Count("POST", "/api/v1/tools/surface") == 0 {
+		t.Error("a spoken scoped item must be surfaced, like the unscoped digest")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestEntityAttention_FoldsInLocalFactsForSameEntity: facts the enrichment
+// worker already tagged with the same canonical id join the same answer.
+func TestEntityAttention_FoldsInLocalFactsForSameEntity(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	nexus := newFakeNexus(t, fixtureNexusResolved("ent_espresso", "the espresso machine", "device"))
+	praxis := newFakePraxis(t, fixturePraxisAttentionItems())
+	h := ecoHandler(t, nexus, praxis, nil)
+
+	id, err := h.dataStore.WriteFactAboutSubject(ctx, time.Now(), store.KindEnv,
+		"descaled", "the espresso machine", "descaled in june", "infer:pref", 0.8, sql.NullInt64{})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("WriteFactAboutSubject: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := h.dataStore.ResolveFactEntity(ctx, id, "ent_espresso", store.ResolutionResolved); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ResolveFactEntity: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	reply := h.handlePraxisAct(ctx, entityAttentionDec("the espresso machine"))
+	if !strings.Contains(reply, "descaled in june") {
+		t.Fatalf("expected entity-scoped local facts in the reply, got %q", reply)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestEntityAttention_AmbiguousAsksInsteadOfGuessing.
+func TestEntityAttention_AmbiguousAsksInsteadOfGuessing(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	nexus := newFakeNexus(t, fixtureNexusAmbiguous(
+		map[string]string{"entity_id": "ent_a", "display_name": "Muzick indexer"},
+		map[string]string{"entity_id": "ent_b", "display_name": "Muzick web"},
+	))
+	praxis := newFakePraxis(t, fixturePraxisAttentionItems())
+	h := ecoHandler(t, nexus, praxis, nil)
+
+	reply := h.handlePraxisAct(ctx, entityAttentionDec("muzick"))
+	if !strings.Contains(reply, "Muzick indexer") || !strings.Contains(reply, "Muzick web") {
+		t.Fatalf("ambiguous subject must ask, got %q", reply)
+	}
+	if praxis.Count("GET", "/api/v1/tools/attention") != 0 {
+		t.Fatal("an ambiguous subject must not be queried against praxis")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestEntityAttention_MissingAndDegradedAreDistinct: "no such entity" and
+// "Nexus is down" must not produce the same answer.
+func TestEntityAttention_MissingAndDegradedAreDistinct(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	nexus := newFakeNexus(t, fixtureNexusNotFound())
+	praxis := newFakePraxis(t, fixturePraxisAttentionItems())
+	h := ecoHandler(t, nexus, praxis, nil)
+
+	missing := h.handlePraxisAct(ctx, entityAttentionDec("нечто"))
+	if missing == "" {
+		t.Fatal("an unknown entity must still get an answer")
+	}
+
+	nexus.SetFault(503)
+	degraded := h.handlePraxisAct(ctx, entityAttentionDec("нечто"))
+	if degraded == missing {
+		t.Fatalf("outage and unknown-entity must not read the same: %q", degraded)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestEntityAttention_DelayedNexusDegradesNotHangs: a slow Nexus past the
+// caller's deadline degrades and never queries Praxis with an empty scope.
+func TestEntityAttention_DelayedNexusDegradesNotHangs(t *testing.T) {
+	nexus := newFakeNexus(t, fixtureNexusResolved("ent_muzick", "Muzick indexer", "service"))
+	praxis := newFakePraxis(t, fixturePraxisAttentionItems())
+	h := ecoHandler(t, nexus, praxis, nil)
+	nexus.SetDelay(2 * time.Second)
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 30*time.Millisecond)
+	defer cancel()
+	reply := h.handlePraxisAct(ctx, entityAttentionDec("muzick indexer"))
+	if reply == "" {
+		t.Fatal("a delayed resolve must still answer")
+	}
+	if praxis.Count("GET", "/api/v1/tools/attention") != 0 {
+		t.Fatal("praxis must not be queried without a resolved scope")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestEntityAttention_WithoutNexusSaysSo: no Nexus means no canonical ref, so
+// the scoped query is refused rather than answered about something else.
+func TestEntityAttention_WithoutNexusSaysSo(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	praxis := newFakePraxis(t, fixturePraxisAttentionItems(
+		map[string]any{"id": "item_1", "title": "disk almost full", "importance": 3.0},
+	))
+	h := ecoHandler(t, nil, praxis, nil)
+
+	reply := h.handlePraxisAct(ctx, entityAttentionDec("muzick indexer"))
+	if strings.Contains(reply, "disk almost full") {
+		t.Fatalf("unscoped items must not be passed off as entity-scoped, got %q", reply)
+	}
+	if praxis.Count("GET", "/api/v1/tools/attention") != 0 {
+		t.Fatal("no canonical ref means no scoped query at all")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestEnrichmentBackoff_HoldsAndReleases: repeated Nexus failures back the
+// fact off instead of hammering, and the fact is retried once the window
+// elapses. Nothing is ever given up on.
+func TestEnrichmentBackoff_HoldsAndReleases(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	nexus := newFakeNexus(t, fixtureNexusResolved("ent_espresso", "the espresso machine", "device"))
+	st := newTestStore(t)
+	if _, err := st.WriteFactAboutSubject(ctx, time.Now(), store.KindEnv, "likes",
+		"the espresso machine", `"true"`, "infer:pref", 0.8, sql.NullInt64{}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("WriteFactAboutSubject: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	clock := newFakeClock(time.Date(2026, 8, 1, 3, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC))
+	w := newFactEnrichmentWorker(st, stubEcosystem(nexus.URL, ""), time.Hour)
+	w.now = clock.Now
+
+	nexus.SetFault(503)
+	w.tick(ctx)
+	failedCalls := nexus.Count("POST", "/api/v1/resolve")
+	if failedCalls != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected one resolve attempt, got %d", failedCalls)
+	}
+
+	// Immediately after a failure the fact is in backoff: no second call.
+	w.tick(ctx)
+	if nexus.Count("POST", "/api/v1/resolve") != failedCalls {
+		t.Fatal("a fact in backoff must not be retried on the very next tick")
+	}
+	if s := w.status(ctx); s.Pending != 1 || s.InBackoff != 1 || s.MaxAttempts != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("degradation must be reported, got %+v", s)
+	}
+
+	// Once the window elapses and Nexus recovers, the fact resolves.
+	clock.Advance(2 * time.Minute)
+	nexus.SetFault(0)
+	w.tick(ctx)
+	facts, err := st.FactsByEntity(ctx, "ent_espresso", 10)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("FactsByEntity: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(facts) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected the fact resolved after recovery, got %+v", facts)
+	}
+	if s := w.status(ctx); s.Pending != 0 || s.MaxAttempts != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("recovery must clear the degradation report, got %+v", s)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestEnrichmentBackoff_GrowsAndIsCapped(t *testing.T) {
+	if enrichmentBackoff(1) != time.Minute {
+		t.Fatalf("first retry should be a minute, got %v", enrichmentBackoff(1))
+	}
+	if enrichmentBackoff(3) != 4*time.Minute {
+		t.Fatalf("third retry should be four minutes, got %v", enrichmentBackoff(3))
+	}
+	if enrichmentBackoff(50) != time.Hour {
+		t.Fatalf("backoff must cap at an hour, got %v", enrichmentBackoff(50))
+	}
+}

cmd/mavend/factenrichment.go

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"context"
 	"log"
+	"sync"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/store"
@@ -24,10 +25,69 @@ type factEnrichmentWorker struct {
 	eco      *ecosystemWiring
 	interval time.Duration
 	batch    int // facts resolved per tick; keeps a single slow tick bounded
+	now      func() time.Time
+
+	// Retry state for facts whose resolution failed transiently. Kept in
+	// memory rather than in the DB: a restart legitimately retries
+	// everything, and the backoff exists to spare a struggling Nexus, not
+	// to be durable. A fact is never given up on — degraded means slower,
+	// not dropped.
+	mu      sync.Mutex
+	attempt map[int64]int       // fact id → consecutive failures
+	nextTry map[int64]time.Time // fact id → earliest retry
+	skipped int                 // facts held back by backoff on the last tick
+}
+
+// enrichmentBackoff is the wait before retrying a fact after n consecutive
+// failures, capped so a long Nexus outage still retries about hourly.
+func enrichmentBackoff(n int) time.Duration {
+	d := time.Minute
+	for i := 1; i < n && d < time.Hour; i++ {
+		d *= 2
+	}
+	if d > time.Hour {
+		d = time.Hour
+	}
+	return d
 }
 
 func newFactEnrichmentWorker(st *store.Store, eco *ecosystemWiring, interval time.Duration) *factEnrichmentWorker {
-	return &factEnrichmentWorker{store: st, eco: eco, interval: interval, batch: 20}
+	return &factEnrichmentWorker{
+		store:    st,
+		eco:      eco,
+		interval: interval,
+		batch:    20,
+		now:      time.Now,
+		attempt:  map[int64]int{},
+		nextTry:  map[int64]time.Time{},
+	}
+}
+
+// enrichmentStatus is what the worker reports about its own health: how many
+// facts are waiting, how many are currently in backoff, and the worst retry
+// count seen. Degradation is reported, never hidden — a Nexus that has been
+// down all day must be visible as a backlog, not as facts that silently
+// never got tagged.
+type enrichmentStatus struct {
+	Pending     int
+	InBackoff   int
+	MaxAttempts int
+}
+
+func (w *factEnrichmentWorker) status(ctx context.Context) enrichmentStatus {
+	var st enrichmentStatus
+	if pending, err := w.store.PendingFactResolutions(ctx, 1000); err == nil {
+		st.Pending = len(pending)
+	}
+	w.mu.Lock()
+	defer w.mu.Unlock()
+	st.InBackoff = w.skipped
+	for _, n := range w.attempt {
+		if n > st.MaxAttempts {
+			st.MaxAttempts = n
+		}
+	}
+	return st
 }
 
 func (w *factEnrichmentWorker) run(ctx context.Context) {
@@ -57,18 +117,50 @@ func (w *factEnrichmentWorker) tick(ctx context.Context) {
 		log.Printf("factenrichment: list pending: %v", err)
 		return
 	}
+	skipped, failed := 0, 0
 	for _, f := range pending {
-		w.resolveOne(ctx, f)
+		if !w.due(f.ID) {
+			skipped++
+			continue
+		}
+		if !w.resolveOne(ctx, f) {
+			failed++
+		}
+	}
+	w.mu.Lock()
+	w.skipped = skipped
+	w.mu.Unlock()
+	if failed > 0 {
+		log.Printf("factenrichment: %d/%d resolutions failed this tick, %d held in backoff",
+			failed, len(pending), skipped)
 	}
 }
 
-func (w *factEnrichmentWorker) resolveOne(ctx context.Context, f store.Fact) {
+// due reports whether a fact's backoff window has elapsed.
+func (w *factEnrichmentWorker) due(id int64) bool {
+	w.mu.Lock()
+	defer w.mu.Unlock()
+	next, ok := w.nextTry[id]
+	return !ok || !w.now().Before(next)
+}
+
+// resolveOne resolves one pending fact. It returns false when the attempt
+// failed transiently: the fact stays pending and is retried on a backoff.
+func (w *factEnrichmentWorker) resolveOne(ctx context.Context, f store.Fact) bool {
 	entityID, _, ambiguous, err := w.eco.resolveEntityReference(ctx, f.Subject, nil)
 	if err != nil {
-		// Transient (Nexus unreachable) — leave pending, retry next tick.
+		// Transient (Nexus unreachable) — leave pending, back off, retry later.
 		log.Printf("factenrichment: resolve fact %d subject %q: %v", f.ID, f.Subject, err)
-		return
+		w.mu.Lock()
+		w.attempt[f.ID]++
+		w.nextTry[f.ID] = w.now().Add(enrichmentBackoff(w.attempt[f.ID]))
+		w.mu.Unlock()
+		return false
 	}
+	w.mu.Lock()
+	delete(w.attempt, f.ID)
+	delete(w.nextTry, f.ID)
+	w.mu.Unlock()
 	state := store.ResolutionNotFound
 	switch {
 	case entityID != "":
@@ -78,5 +170,7 @@ func (w *factEnrichmentWorker) resolveOne(ctx context.Context, f store.Fact) {
 	}
 	if err := w.store.ResolveFactEntity(ctx, f.ID, entityID, state); err != nil {
 		log.Printf("factenrichment: record resolution for fact %d: %v", f.ID, err)
+		return false
 	}
+	return true
 }

cmd/mavend/fakeecosystem_test.go

@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ import (
 type capturedRequest struct {
 	Method string
 	Path   string
+	Query  string
 	Body   []byte
+	Header http.Header
 }
 
 // fakeServer is the common shell behind fakeNexus/fakePraxis/fakeHexis: an
@@ -27,7 +29,9 @@ type fakeServer struct {
 
 	mu       sync.Mutex
 	requests []capturedRequest
-	fault    int // non-zero: every request gets this HTTP status instead of routing
+	fault    int    // non-zero: every request gets this HTTP status instead of routing
+	garbage  string // non-empty: returned 200 verbatim instead of routing (malformed-contract lever)
+	delay    time.Duration
 }
 
 // newFakeServer starts a server dispatching to routes keyed by "METHOD
@@ -47,14 +51,34 @@ func newFakeServer(t *testing.T, routes map[string]http.HandlerFunc) *fakeServer
 			}
 		}
 		fs.mu.Lock()
-		fs.requests = append(fs.requests, capturedRequest{Method: r.Method, Path: r.URL.Path, Body: body})
+		fs.requests = append(fs.requests, capturedRequest{
+			Method: r.Method,
+			Path:   r.URL.Path,
+			Query:  r.URL.RawQuery,
+			Body:   body,
+			Header: r.Header.Clone(),
+		})
 		fault := fs.fault
+		garbage := fs.garbage
+		delay := fs.delay
 		fs.mu.Unlock()
 
+		if delay > 0 {
+			select {
+			case <-time.After(delay):
+			case <-r.Context().Done():
+				return
+			}
+		}
 		if fault != 0 {
 			http.Error(w, "injected fault", fault)
 			return
 		}
+		if garbage != "" {
+			w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+			w.Write([]byte(garbage))
+			return
+		}
 
 		for key, handler := range routes {
 			method, prefix := splitRouteKey(key)
@@ -90,6 +114,36 @@ func (fs *fakeServer) SetFault(status int) {
 	fs.fault = status
 }
 
+// SetBody makes every subsequent request answer 200 with the given body,
+// bypassing the route table. Used to serve a malformed or contract-violating
+// payload where the transport itself is healthy. Pass "" to clear it.
+func (fs *fakeServer) SetBody(body string) {
+	fs.mu.Lock()
+	defer fs.mu.Unlock()
+	fs.garbage = body
+}
+
+// SetDelay stalls every subsequent request for d before answering, so callers
+// can drive client timeouts and context cancellation deterministically. The
+// delay is abandoned as soon as the client hangs up.
+func (fs *fakeServer) SetDelay(d time.Duration) {
+	fs.mu.Lock()
+	defer fs.mu.Unlock()
+	fs.delay = d
+}
+
+// Count returns how many captured requests used the given method and path
+// prefix. "" matches any method.
+func (fs *fakeServer) Count(method, prefix string) int {
+	n := 0
+	for _, r := range fs.Requests() {
+		if (method == "" || r.Method == method) && hasPrefix(r.Path, prefix) {
+			n++
+		}
+	}
+	return n
+}
+
 // Requests returns a snapshot of captured requests, in arrival order.
 func (fs *fakeServer) Requests() []capturedRequest {
 	fs.mu.Lock()
@@ -118,6 +172,32 @@ func fixtureNexusResolved(entityID, displayName, entityType string) string {
 	})
 }
 
+// fixtureNexusResolvedFlat is the flat resolve shape documented in
+// ECOSYSTEM-SPEC.md §1.5 (entity_id/entity_type/display_name at the top
+// level) rather than the nested "entity" object — the older of the two
+// wire shapes Maven must keep accepting.
+func fixtureNexusResolvedFlat(entityID, displayName, entityType string) string {
+	return mustJSON(map[string]any{
+		"status":       "resolved",
+		"entity_id":    entityID,
+		"entity_type":  entityType,
+		"display_name": displayName,
+	})
+}
+
+// fixtureNexusResolvedFuture is a resolved response from a hypothetical newer
+// Nexus: same required fields plus unknown ones. Decoding must ignore the
+// extras, not fail — forward compatibility is what lets the ecosystem be
+// upgraded one service at a time.
+func fixtureNexusResolvedFuture(entityID, displayName, entityType string) string {
+	return mustJSON(map[string]any{
+		"status":          "resolved",
+		"entity":          map[string]any{"id": entityID, "display_name": displayName, "type": entityType, "tenant": "home"},
+		"provenance":      map[string]any{"resolver": "v3", "graph_epoch": 42},
+		"score_breakdown": []any{map[string]any{"signal": "alias", "weight": 0.9}},
+	})
+}
+
 func fixtureNexusNotFound() string {
 	return `{"status":"not_found"}`
 }
@@ -138,6 +218,13 @@ func fixtureHexisExecuted(id, status string) string {
 	return mustJSON(map[string]any{"id": id, "status": status})
 }
 
+// fixtureHexisExecutionFailed is a well-formed Hexis response reporting that
+// the command itself failed: the call succeeded, the execution did not. Maven
+// must distinguish this from a transport failure and from success.
+func fixtureHexisExecutionFailed(id, message string) string {
+	return mustJSON(map[string]any{"id": id, "status": "failed", "error": message})
+}
+
 func fixturePraxisAttentionItems(items ...map[string]any) string {
 	return mustJSON(items)
 }
@@ -191,8 +278,13 @@ func newFakeNexus(t *testing.T, resolveBody string) *fakeServer {
 // fault is injected via SetFault.
 func newFakePraxis(t *testing.T, attentionBody string) *fakeServer {
 	return newFakeServer(t, map[string]http.HandlerFunc{
-		"GET /api/v1/tools/attention": jsonHandler(http.StatusOK, attentionBody),
-		"POST /api/v1/tools/surface":  jsonHandler(http.StatusOK, `{}`),
+		"GET /api/v1/tools/attention":    jsonHandler(http.StatusOK, attentionBody),
+		"GET /api/v1/tools/changes":      jsonHandler(http.StatusOK, `[]`),
+		"POST /api/v1/tools/surface":     jsonHandler(http.StatusOK, `{}`),
+		"POST /api/v1/tools/acknowledge": jsonHandler(http.StatusOK, `{}`),
+		"POST /api/v1/tools/resolve":     jsonHandler(http.StatusOK, `{}`),
+		"POST /api/v1/tools/ignore":      jsonHandler(http.StatusOK, `{}`),
+		"POST /api/v1/tools/pin":         jsonHandler(http.StatusOK, `{}`),
 	})
 }
 

cmd/mavend/feeds.go

@@ -0,0 +1,194 @@
+// mavend/feeds.go — the driver for RSS/Atom reading (Vikunja #258,
+// docs/plans/13-rss-news-feeds.md). The reader itself is pure and lives in
+// internal/rss; this is the impure half: a ticker, the guarded fetcher, and the
+// two adapters that let a pure package talk to the store.
+//
+// Why in-core rather than its own daemon like mavmaild and mavpoll: those two
+// hold a CREDENTIAL (an IMAP password, a zenmoney token), and the reason they
+// are separate processes is that core must never see it. A feed URL is public,
+// there is no secret to isolate, and a whole extra binary and compose service
+// would buy nothing. The other half of the mavpoll precedent — off unless
+// configured — is kept: no `feeds` block, no poller, no outbound request.
+//
+// It is its own goroutine, not a step on the tick: the tick has a delivery
+// deadline behind it, and a feed read is a network round-trip that nobody is
+// waiting on.
+//
+// Nothing here dispatches. A feed that announced itself would be a nag, so the
+// only output is notes with source "rss:<feed>", which the answer path reads
+// when he asks ("что нового в лентах?" — see queryFeeds in actions_query.go).
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"log"
+	"net/url"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/config"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/ipc"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/router"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/rss"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/stt"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/webfetch"
+)
+
+// feedWorker — ticker + poller.
+type feedWorker struct {
+	poller   *rss.Poller
+	interval time.Duration
+}
+
+// feedTickInterval — how often the worker asks the poller what is due. Per-feed
+// cadence is the poller's business; this is just the granularity.
+const feedTickInterval = 5 * time.Minute
+
+// newFeedWorker wires feed reading, or returns nil when it must not run:
+// no `feeds` block (the normal case), or nothing valid in it. Every caller
+// checks for nil.
+func newFeedWorker(api ipc.CoreAPI, emb router.Embedder, cfg *config.Config) *feedWorker {
+	if cfg.Feeds == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	fc := cfg.Feeds
+
+	feeds := make([]rss.FeedConfig, 0, len(fc.Sources))
+	hosts := append([]string(nil), fc.AllowHosts...)
+	for _, s := range fc.Sources {
+		feeds = append(feeds, rss.FeedConfig{
+			Name:     s.Name,
+			URL:      s.URL,
+			Category: s.Category,
+			Interval: time.Duration(s.Interval),
+			Include:  s.Include,
+			Exclude:  s.Exclude,
+		})
+		// Each configured feed's own host is allowed. The allowlist is then
+		// exactly "the feeds he asked for", so a redirect off to somewhere else
+		// is refused by the fetcher rather than followed.
+		if u, err := url.Parse(s.URL); err == nil && u.Hostname() != "" {
+			hosts = append(hosts, u.Hostname())
+		}
+	}
+
+	fetcher := webfetch.New(webfetch.Config{
+		AllowHosts: hosts,
+		Timeout:    time.Duration(fc.Timeout),
+		MaxBytes:   fc.MaxBytes,
+	})
+	poller := rss.NewPoller(feeds, &feedFetcher{f: fetcher}, api, &factMarks{api: api},
+		embedderFor(emb), nil, rss.Config{
+			DefaultInterval: time.Duration(fc.PollInterval),
+			MaxItems:        fc.MaxItems,
+			MaxAge:          time.Duration(fc.MaxAge),
+		})
+	if poller == nil {
+		log.Printf("feeds: configured but nothing pollable — feed reading disabled")
+		return nil
+	}
+	log.Printf("feeds: reading %d feed(s), checking what is due every %s", len(feeds), feedTickInterval)
+	return &feedWorker{poller: poller, interval: feedTickInterval}
+}
+
+// run polls what is due until ctx is canceled. The first round runs immediately
+// so a restart does not blind her for the first interval; it writes notes only,
+// so an early round cannot startle anyone.
+func (w *feedWorker) run(ctx context.Context) {
+	w.poller.PollDue(ctx, time.Now())
+	t := time.NewTicker(w.interval)
+	defer t.Stop()
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			return
+		case now := <-t.C:
+			w.poller.PollDue(ctx, now)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// embedderOf — the voice wiring's embedder, or nil when voice is not wired.
+// Feed notes are embedded with the SAME model the rest of the store uses, or not
+// at all; a second embedder would write vectors nothing can search.
+func embedderOf(w *voiceWiring) router.Embedder {
+	if w == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return w.embedder
+}
+
+// transcriberOf — the STT the voice path is using, or nil when voice is off.
+// The meeting recorder reuses it rather than dialling mavsttd a second time:
+// Maven has one speech-to-text engine and adding a second would mean two
+// whisper contexts competing for the same iGPU.
+func transcriberOf(w *voiceWiring) stt.Transcriber {
+	if w == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return w.transcriber
+}
+
+// feedFetcher adapts webfetch to rss.Fetcher — the pure package names the two
+// fields it needs and stays free of net/http.
+type feedFetcher struct{ f *webfetch.Fetcher }
+
+func (a *feedFetcher) Get(ctx context.Context, u string) (*rss.Body, error) {
+	resp, err := a.f.Get(ctx, u)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &rss.Body{Bytes: resp.Body}, nil
+}
+
+// factMarks stores "how far this feed was read" as a config fact, the same
+// mechanism the plan named and the same one the pattern tick uses for its own
+// bookkeeping. Durable, inspectable on /dash, and cheap.
+type factMarks struct{ api ipc.CoreAPI }
+
+func markKey(feed string) string { return "rss:latest:" + feed }
+
+func (m *factMarks) LastMark(ctx context.Context, feed string) (time.Time, error) {
+	f, err := m.api.LatestFact(ctx, markKey(feed))
+	if err != nil {
+		// No mark yet is not an error worth propagating: the poller treats a
+		// zero time as a cold start.
+		return time.Time{}, nil
+	}
+	t, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, f.Value)
+	if err != nil {
+		return time.Time{}, nil
+	}
+	return t, nil
+}
+
+func (m *factMarks) SetMark(ctx context.Context, feed string, at time.Time) error {
+	_, err := m.api.WriteFact(ctx, ipc.WriteFactReq{
+		Ts:         time.Now(),
+		Kind:       "config",
+		Key:        markKey(feed),
+		Value:      at.UTC().Format(time.RFC3339),
+		Source:     "poll:rss",
+		Confidence: 1.0,
+	})
+	return err
+}
+
+// embedderFor adapts router.Embedder to rss.Embedder, and returns nil when
+// there is none — a note without a vector is still a note the recent-notes path
+// can read.
+//
+// EmbedPassage, not Embed: a feed item is text being searched FOR, and the e5
+// embedder is asymmetric. Getting this backwards makes the item unfindable by
+// the question that should have matched it.
+func embedderFor(emb router.Embedder) rss.Embedder {
+	if emb == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return passageEmbedder{emb}
+}
+
+type passageEmbedder struct{ e router.Embedder }
+
+func (p passageEmbedder) Embed(ctx context.Context, text string) ([]float32, error) {
+	return router.EmbedPassage(ctx, p.e, text)
+}

cmd/mavend/feeds_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,177 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/config"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/ipc"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/phraser"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/router"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/rss"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/voice"
+)
+
+// buildFeedHandler — a handler with the given feed notes already stored. No
+// embedder: the feed source answers from recent notes by source, which is what
+// makes it work for notes written before an embedder existed.
+func buildFeedHandler(t *testing.T, feedsOn bool, notes ...ipc.Note) *reactiveHandler {
+	t.Helper()
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	st := newTestStore(t)
+	now := time.Now()
+	for i, n := range notes {
+		ts := now.Add(time.Duration(i) * time.Minute)
+		if _, err := st.WriteNote(ctx, ts, n.Text, nil, n.Source); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("WriteNote: %v", err)
+		}
+	}
+	return &reactiveHandler{
+		api:      ipc.NewStoreAPI(st),
+		replier:  voice.NewStubReplier(),
+		phraser:  phraser.NewStub(),
+		now:      func() time.Time { return now },
+		feedsOn:  feedsOn,
+		embedder: nil,
+	}
+}
+
+func askFeeds(t *testing.T, h *reactiveHandler, q string) (string, bool) {
+	t.Helper()
+	return h.queryFeeds(context.Background(), &queryTurn{
+		dec: router.Decision{Intent: router.IntentQuery, Utterance: q},
+	})
+}
+
+func TestQueryFeedsReadsFeedNotes(t *testing.T) {
+	h := buildFeedHandler(t, true,
+		ipc.Note{Text: "Новая уязвимость в ядре [технологии]\nпатч вышел\nhttps://example.org/a", Source: "rss:habr"},
+		ipc.Note{Text: "что-то он сам сказал", Source: "tap:voice"},
+	)
+	reply, ok := askFeeds(t, h, "что нового в лентах?")
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatal("the feed source did not claim the question")
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(reply, "уязвимость") {
+		t.Errorf("reply = %q, want the headline", reply)
+	}
+	if strings.Contains(reply, "он сам сказал") {
+		t.Errorf("a note he dictated leaked into the feed answer: %q", reply)
+	}
+	// She reads the headline, not the summary and not the URL.
+	if strings.Contains(reply, "https://") || strings.Contains(reply, "патч вышел") {
+		t.Errorf("reply = %q, want the title line only", reply)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestQueryFeedsByCategory(t *testing.T) {
+	h := buildFeedHandler(t, true,
+		ipc.Note{Text: "Релиз ядра [технологии]", Source: "rss:habr"},
+		ipc.Note{Text: "Выборы отложены [политика]", Source: "rss:news"},
+	)
+	reply, ok := askFeeds(t, h, "что нового по технологиям?")
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatal("not claimed")
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(reply, "ядра") || strings.Contains(reply, "Выборы") {
+		t.Fatalf("reply = %q, want only the технологии item", reply)
+	}
+	reply, _ = askFeeds(t, h, "что нового по спорту?")
+	if !strings.Contains(reply, "ничего") {
+		t.Fatalf("reply = %q, want an honest empty answer for an unread category", reply)
+	}
+}
+
+// "не настроены" and "ничего нового" are different truths, and neither may be
+// answered by the model inventing a bulletin.
+func TestQueryFeedsOffAndEmptyDiffer(t *testing.T) {
+	off := buildFeedHandler(t, false)
+	reply, ok := askFeeds(t, off, "что нового?")
+	if !ok || !strings.Contains(reply, "не настроены") {
+		t.Fatalf("feeds off: reply = %q, ok = %v", reply, ok)
+	}
+	on := buildFeedHandler(t, true)
+	reply, ok = askFeeds(t, on, "что нового?")
+	if !ok || !strings.Contains(reply, "ничего нового") {
+		t.Fatalf("feeds on but empty: reply = %q, ok = %v", reply, ok)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestQueryFeedsPassesOnANonFeedQuestion(t *testing.T) {
+	h := buildFeedHandler(t, true)
+	if reply, ok := askFeeds(t, h, "напомни полить цветы"); ok {
+		t.Fatalf("claimed an unrelated question with %q", reply)
+	}
+}
+
+// The mark is what stops a restart from re-noting yesterday's headlines, so the
+// fact round-trip is worth a test of its own.
+func TestFactMarksRoundTrip(t *testing.T) {
+	st := newTestStore(t)
+	m := &factMarks{api: ipc.NewStoreAPI(st)}
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	at, err := m.LastMark(ctx, "habr")
+	if err != nil || !at.IsZero() {
+		t.Fatalf("no mark yet: got %v, %v — want zero time and no error", at, err)
+	}
+	want := time.Date(2026, 7, 28, 10, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+	if err := m.SetMark(ctx, "habr", want); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	got, err := m.LastMark(ctx, "habr")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if !got.Equal(want) {
+		t.Fatalf("mark = %v, want %v", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
+// Off unless configured, checked at the wiring seam: no `feeds` block ⇒ no
+// worker ⇒ no outbound request is possible.
+func TestNewFeedWorkerOffByDefault(t *testing.T) {
+	st := newTestStore(t)
+	api := ipc.NewStoreAPI(st)
+	if w := newFeedWorker(api, nil, &config.Config{}); w != nil {
+		t.Fatal("a config with no feeds block wired a feed worker")
+	}
+	// An empty sources list is normalised to "off" by config.Load; the worker
+	// refuses it too, so a hand-built Config cannot switch it on by accident.
+	if w := newFeedWorker(api, nil, &config.Config{Feeds: &config.FeedsConfig{}}); w != nil {
+		t.Fatal("an empty sources list wired a feed worker")
+	}
+	cfg := &config.Config{Feeds: &config.FeedsConfig{Sources: []config.FeedSourceConfig{
+		{Name: "habr", URL: "https://example.org/rss"},
+	}}}
+	w := newFeedWorker(api, nil, cfg)
+	if w == nil {
+		t.Fatal("a configured feed did not wire a worker")
+	}
+	if got := w.poller.Feeds(); len(got) != 1 || got[0].Name != "habr" {
+		t.Fatalf("feeds = %+v", got)
+	}
+}
+
+// The fetcher the worker builds must be allowlisted to the configured feeds and
+// nothing else — the crawler's SSRF guards are only worth as much as the
+// allowlist handed to them.
+func TestFeedWorkerFetcherIsAllowlisted(t *testing.T) {
+	cfg := &config.Config{Feeds: &config.FeedsConfig{Sources: []config.FeedSourceConfig{
+		{Name: "habr", URL: "https://feeds.example.org/rss"},
+	}}}
+	w := newFeedWorker(ipc.NewStoreAPI(newTestStore(t)), nil, cfg)
+	if w == nil {
+		t.Fatal("no worker")
+	}
+	// PollFeed goes through the guarded fetcher; a feed URL pointing at the box
+	// itself must fail rather than be read.
+	_, err := w.poller.PollFeed(context.Background(), rss.FeedConfig{
+		Name: "evil", URL: "http://127.0.0.1:9100/mcp",
+	}, time.Now())
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("the poller fetched a private address")
+	}
+}

cmd/mavend/intake.go

@@ -0,0 +1,235 @@
+// mavend/intake.go — the unified event intake envelope, wired (Vikunja #283).
+//
+// internal/event defines the envelope and the bounded in-memory journal. This
+// file is the one place that FILLS it, and the reason it is one place is worth
+// stating, because the alternative was eight patches:
+//
+// Every intake path in Maven already converges on three writes, and all three
+// are ipc.CoreAPI methods —
+//
+//	WriteFact   ← POST /api/ambient, mavcaldav, mavpoll's zenmoney + wg reads,
+//	              /api/signal presence probes, the RSS/crawl watermarks
+//	WriteNote   ← the RSS poller, the page crawler, meeting transcripts,
+//	              image descriptions
+//	CaptureTask ← the voice path, the web form, and the mail reader
+//
+// — so decorating that ONE interface with a publish covers the lot without a
+// caller knowing about events at all. cmd/mavmaild, cmd/mavcaldav, cmd/mavpoll,
+// cmd/mavweb and the in-core feed/crawl/capture/vision workers are unchanged:
+// they call the same interface they always called, and it now also narrates.
+//
+// The exception is cmd/mavend/mail.go, which reaches past the interface to
+// st.CaptureTask directly. It publishes explicitly; see mailIntake.ingest.
+//
+// # Production behaviour when nobody is watching
+//
+// A nil *event.Bus makes Publish a no-op, and newIntakeAPI with a nil bus
+// returns the wrapped API unchanged, so there is not even a decorator on the
+// call path. The journal is memory-only and is never consulted by the tick
+// loop, the router, or delivery — nothing Maven says depends on it. It is a
+// read surface (`/events`, `recent_events`) and an observation seam for the
+// simulator.
+//
+// # What is deliberately NOT here
+//
+// No dispatch. An event is a report that something arrived, never an
+// instruction to speak: "a feed item appeared" becoming a notification is the
+// nag this repo refuses. Digestion may one day read the journal; it will still
+// go through internal/loop's rules and the severity/presence routing table.
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"log"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/config"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/event"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/ipc"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/store"
+)
+
+// newEventBus builds the journal, or returns nil when the operator turned it
+// off (a negative config.intake_journal). nil is the "behave exactly as before"
+// value all the way down: no decorator, no ring, no /events rows.
+func newEventBus(cfg *config.Config) *event.Bus {
+	if cfg == nil || cfg.IntakeJournal < 0 {
+		log.Printf("intake journal: off (intake_journal < 0)")
+		return nil
+	}
+	n := cfg.IntakeJournal
+	if n == 0 {
+		n = config.DefaultIntakeJournal
+	}
+	log.Printf("intake journal: keeping the last %d intake events in memory", n)
+	return event.NewBus(n)
+}
+
+// intakeEventsFn is the daemonAPI.getEvents closure: the bus's ring rendered as
+// the wire type. Returns nil for a nil bus, which the daemonAPI reports as an
+// empty journal rather than an error.
+func intakeEventsFn(bus *event.Bus) func(n int) []ipc.IntakeEvent {
+	if bus == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return func(n int) []ipc.IntakeEvent {
+		evs := bus.Recent(n)
+		out := make([]ipc.IntakeEvent, 0, len(evs))
+		for _, e := range evs {
+			out = append(out, ipc.IntakeEvent{
+				Source:     e.Source,
+				Kind:       e.Kind,
+				EntityIDs:  e.EntityIDs,
+				Title:      e.Title,
+				Body:       e.Body,
+				Priority:   e.Priority,
+				OccurredAt: e.OccurredAt,
+			})
+		}
+		return out
+	}
+}
+
+// intakeAPI decorates a CoreAPI, publishing one envelope per successful
+// intake write. Embedding the interface means every other method passes
+// through untouched, and a new CoreAPI method is inherited rather than
+// silently dropped.
+type intakeAPI struct {
+	ipc.CoreAPI
+	bus *event.Bus
+	now func() time.Time
+}
+
+// newIntakeAPI wraps api so its intake writes are journalled. A nil bus
+// returns api itself — no decorator, no allocation, no behaviour change.
+func newIntakeAPI(api ipc.CoreAPI, bus *event.Bus, now func() time.Time) ipc.CoreAPI {
+	if bus == nil || api == nil {
+		return api
+	}
+	if now == nil {
+		now = time.Now
+	}
+	return &intakeAPI{CoreAPI: api, bus: bus, now: now}
+}
+
+// WriteFact journals the fact after it lands. Order matters: an event is a
+// report of something that HAPPENED, so a failed write publishes nothing.
+func (a *intakeAPI) WriteFact(ctx context.Context, req ipc.WriteFactReq) (int64, error) {
+	id, err := a.CoreAPI.WriteFact(ctx, req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return id, err
+	}
+	// OccurredAt is req.Ts, not now: mavpoll's wg read carries the handshake
+	// instant and the ambient path carries the meeting's start. Flattening
+	// those to notice-time would make the journal lie about when things
+	// happened, which is the one thing it is for.
+	a.bus.Publish(event.Event{
+		Source:     req.Source,
+		Kind:       event.SourceKind(req.Source, event.KindFact),
+		Title:      req.Key,
+		Body:       req.Value,
+		Priority:   factPriority(req),
+		OccurredAt: req.Ts,
+		EntityIDs:  entityIDs(req.Subject),
+	}, a.now())
+	return id, nil
+}
+
+// WriteNote journals a note. This is the RSS and crawler path, and also the
+// meeting transcript and image description paths, which write their derived
+// text as ordinary notes.
+func (a *intakeAPI) WriteNote(ctx context.Context, ts time.Time, text string, embedding []float32, source string) (int64, error) {
+	id, err := a.CoreAPI.WriteNote(ctx, ts, text, embedding, source)
+	if err != nil {
+		return id, err
+	}
+	title, body := splitFirstLine(text)
+	a.bus.Publish(event.Event{
+		Source:     source,
+		Kind:       event.SourceKind(source, event.KindNote),
+		Title:      title,
+		Body:       body,
+		Priority:   event.PriorityLow,
+		OccurredAt: ts,
+	}, a.now())
+	return id, nil
+}
+
+// CaptureTask journals a captured task, but only when a row was actually
+// created. CaptureTask dedupes on normalised text among live rows, so a
+// mailbox re-read after a restart must not refill the journal with tasks that
+// were already there.
+func (a *intakeAPI) CaptureTask(ctx context.Context, req ipc.CaptureTaskReq) (ipc.CaptureTaskResp, error) {
+	resp, err := a.CoreAPI.CaptureTask(ctx, req)
+	if err != nil || !resp.Created {
+		return resp, err
+	}
+	a.bus.Publish(publishableTask(store.Task{
+		CreatedTs: req.Ts,
+		Text:      req.Text,
+		Source:    req.Source,
+		Evidence:  req.Evidence,
+		Status:    req.Status,
+		Due:       req.Due,
+	}, a.now()), a.now())
+	return resp, nil
+}
+
+// publishableTask is the task→envelope shape, shared with mail.go, which
+// captures through the store directly rather than through the interface.
+//
+// Priority is high for a candidate with a due date and normal otherwise. That
+// is the only place this file makes a judgement, and it is a display hint on a
+// review page — nothing routes on it.
+func publishableTask(t store.Task, now time.Time) event.Event {
+	occurred := t.CreatedTs
+	if occurred.IsZero() {
+		occurred = now
+	}
+	prio := event.PriorityNormal
+	if t.Due != nil {
+		prio = event.PriorityHigh
+	}
+	return event.Event{
+		Source:     t.Source,
+		Kind:       event.KindTask,
+		Title:      t.Text,
+		Body:       t.Evidence,
+		Priority:   prio,
+		OccurredAt: occurred,
+	}
+}
+
+// factPriority is the attention hint for a fact write. Deliberately crude:
+// a low-confidence inference (the ambient notification path writes below 1.0)
+// is worth less attention than a read he or a credentialled poller made, and
+// nothing else is distinguishable from here.
+func factPriority(req ipc.WriteFactReq) string {
+	if req.Confidence > 0 && req.Confidence < 1.0 {
+		return event.PriorityLow
+	}
+	return event.PriorityNormal
+}
+
+// entityIDs turns a fact's free-text Subject into the EntityIDs slot when it
+// already looks resolved. Intake runs BEFORE the fact enrichment worker
+// resolves a subject against Nexus, so this is almost always empty — the slot
+// exists for the paths that do know (the ecosystem acts), not for guessing.
+func entityIDs(subject string) []string {
+	subject = strings.TrimSpace(subject)
+	if subject == "" || !strings.HasPrefix(subject, "entity:") {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return []string{strings.TrimPrefix(subject, "entity:")}
+}
+
+// splitFirstLine renders a note as title + body. Feed and crawl notes are
+// written "headline\nsummary\nlink", so the first line is already the title.
+func splitFirstLine(text string) (title, body string) {
+	text = strings.TrimSpace(text)
+	if i := strings.IndexByte(text, '\n'); i >= 0 {
+		return strings.TrimSpace(text[:i]), strings.TrimSpace(text[i+1:])
+	}
+	return text, ""
+}

cmd/mavend/intake_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,178 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/config"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/event"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/ipc"
+)
+
+var intakeNow = time.Date(2026, 8, 1, 10, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+
+func intakeClock() time.Time { return intakeNow }
+
+// failingAPI wraps the store adapter, failing the three intake writes on
+// demand, so the "a failed write publishes nothing" invariant is testable.
+type failingAPI struct {
+	ipc.CoreAPI
+	fail bool
+}
+
+func (f *failingAPI) WriteFact(ctx context.Context, req ipc.WriteFactReq) (int64, error) {
+	if f.fail {
+		return 0, errors.New("injected")
+	}
+	return f.CoreAPI.WriteFact(ctx, req)
+}
+
+func newIntakeTestAPI(t *testing.T) (ipc.CoreAPI, *event.Bus) {
+	t.Helper()
+	st := newTestStore(t)
+	bus := event.NewBus(32)
+	return newIntakeAPI(ipc.NewStoreAPI(st), bus, intakeClock), bus
+}
+
+func TestIntakeAPIWithoutBusIsTheBareAPI(t *testing.T) {
+	// The adoption invariant: with the journal off there is not even a
+	// decorator on the intake path, so production behaves exactly as before.
+	st := newTestStore(t)
+	bare := ipc.NewStoreAPI(st)
+	if got := newIntakeAPI(bare, nil, intakeClock); got != ipc.CoreAPI(bare) {
+		t.Errorf("newIntakeAPI with a nil bus returned a wrapper, want the bare API")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNewEventBusOffWhenNegative(t *testing.T) {
+	if b := newEventBus(&config.Config{IntakeJournal: -1}); b != nil {
+		t.Error("intake_journal = -1 still built a bus")
+	}
+	if b := newEventBus(&config.Config{IntakeJournal: 4}); b == nil {
+		t.Error("intake_journal = 4 built no bus")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestIntakeJournalsAFactWrite(t *testing.T) {
+	api, bus := newIntakeTestAPI(t)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	// The ambient path's shape: an env fact below full confidence, timestamped
+	// at the meeting's start rather than at notice time.
+	start := intakeNow.Add(2 * time.Hour)
+	if _, err := api.WriteFact(ctx, ipc.WriteFactReq{
+		Ts: start, Kind: "env", Key: "calendar_event_20260801_планёрка",
+		Value: "10:00-11:00 планёрка", Source: "ambient:notif", Confidence: 0.6,
+	}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("WriteFact: %v", err)
+	}
+	got := bus.Recent(0)
+	if len(got) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("journal has %d entries, want 1", len(got))
+	}
+	e := got[0]
+	if e.Source != "ambient:notif" || e.Kind != event.KindFact {
+		t.Errorf("source/kind = %q/%q", e.Source, e.Kind)
+	}
+	if e.Title != "calendar_event_20260801_планёрка" {
+		t.Errorf("title = %q, want the fact key", e.Title)
+	}
+	if !e.OccurredAt.Equal(start) {
+		t.Errorf("occurred_at = %v, want the fact's Ts %v — the journal must not flatten intake to notice time", e.OccurredAt, start)
+	}
+	if e.Priority != event.PriorityLow {
+		t.Errorf("priority = %q, want %q for a sub-1.0 confidence read", e.Priority, event.PriorityLow)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestIntakeDoesNotJournalAFailedWrite(t *testing.T) {
+	st := newTestStore(t)
+	bus := event.NewBus(8)
+	api := newIntakeAPI(&failingAPI{CoreAPI: ipc.NewStoreAPI(st), fail: true}, bus, intakeClock)
+	if _, err := api.WriteFact(context.Background(), ipc.WriteFactReq{
+		Ts: intakeNow, Kind: "env", Key: "k", Value: "v", Source: "poll:zenmoney", Confidence: 1,
+	}); err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected the injected error")
+	}
+	if bus.Len() != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("journal has %d entries after a failed write, want 0 — an event reports something that happened", bus.Len())
+	}
+}
+
+func TestIntakeJournalsANoteAsTitlePlusBody(t *testing.T) {
+	api, bus := newIntakeTestAPI(t)
+	// The RSS shape: "headline\nsummary\nlink".
+	if _, err := api.WriteNote(context.Background(), intakeNow,
+		"Вышло ядро 6.19\nкраткое содержание\nhttps://example.org/a", nil, "rss:tech"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("WriteNote: %v", err)
+	}
+	got := bus.Recent(1)
+	if len(got) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("journal has %d entries, want 1", len(got))
+	}
+	if got[0].Title != "Вышло ядро 6.19" {
+		t.Errorf("title = %q, want the headline", got[0].Title)
+	}
+	if got[0].Kind != event.KindNote {
+		t.Errorf("kind = %q, want %q", got[0].Kind, event.KindNote)
+	}
+	if got[0].Body == "" {
+		t.Error("body is empty, want the rest of the note")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestIntakeJournalsOnlyCreatedTasks(t *testing.T) {
+	api, bus := newIntakeTestAPI(t)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	req := ipc.CaptureTaskReq{Text: "оплатить интернет", Source: "email:inbox", Status: "candidate", Ts: intakeNow}
+	if _, err := api.CaptureTask(ctx, req); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("CaptureTask: %v", err)
+	}
+	// Same text again: CaptureTask dedupes among live rows, and a re-read of a
+	// mailbox must not refill the journal.
+	resp, err := api.CaptureTask(ctx, req)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("CaptureTask (repeat): %v", err)
+	}
+	if resp.Created {
+		t.Fatal("store did not dedupe; the test cannot check what it means to")
+	}
+	if bus.Len() != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("journal has %d entries, want 1 — a deduped capture must not publish", bus.Len())
+	}
+	if got := bus.Recent(1)[0]; got.Kind != event.KindTask || got.Title != "оплатить интернет" {
+		t.Errorf("entry = %+v, want the captured task", got)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestIntakeEventsFnRendersNewestFirst(t *testing.T) {
+	api, bus := newIntakeTestAPI(t)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	for _, key := range []string{"a", "b", "c"} {
+		if _, err := api.WriteFact(ctx, ipc.WriteFactReq{
+			Ts: intakeNow, Kind: "env", Key: key, Value: "1", Source: "poll:zenmoney", Confidence: 1,
+		}); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("WriteFact %s: %v", key, err)
+		}
+	}
+	fn := intakeEventsFn(bus)
+	got := fn(2)
+	if len(got) != 2 || got[0].Title != "c" || got[1].Title != "b" {
+		t.Errorf("intakeEventsFn(2) = %+v, want the two newest, newest first", got)
+	}
+	if intakeEventsFn(nil) != nil {
+		t.Error("intakeEventsFn(nil) returned a closure, want nil so daemonAPI reports an empty journal")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDaemonAPIRecentEventsEmptyWithoutABus(t *testing.T) {
+	d := &daemonAPI{CoreAPI: ipc.UnimplementedCoreAPI{}}
+	got, err := d.RecentEvents(context.Background(), 10)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("RecentEvents with no journal errored: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(got) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("got %d events, want none", len(got))
+	}
+}

cmd/mavend/llmrouter_flag_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/llm"
+)
+
+func TestPickLLMRouterOff(t *testing.T) {
+	if r := pickLLMRouter(false, llm.New("http://127.0.0.1:1", time.Second)); r != nil {
+		t.Error("flag off should give no LLM router")
+	}
+}
+
+// The operator can turn the flag on without an LLM phraser configured. That must
+// leave the classifier running, not panic.
+func TestPickLLMRouterOnWithoutClient(t *testing.T) {
+	if r := pickLLMRouter(true, nil); r != nil {
+		t.Error("no llama-server should give no LLM router")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPickLLMRouterOn(t *testing.T) {
+	if r := pickLLMRouter(true, llm.New("http://127.0.0.1:1", time.Second)); r == nil {
+		t.Error("flag on with a client should give an LLM router")
+	}
+}

cmd/mavend/mail.go

@@ -0,0 +1,167 @@
+// mavend/mail.go — core's half of the email reader (Vikunja #246,
+// docs/plans/01-email-reader.md).
+//
+// The split: cmd/mavmaild holds the IMAP credential, connects to the mailbox
+// and converts messages to plaintext; it hands each message to core over
+// ipc.MethodIngestMail. Core runs the extraction on the resident model —
+// llama-server lives in this process, spawned by the phraser — and writes what
+// comes back through the one task intake seam.
+//
+// What this file may produce is exactly one thing: rows in `tasks` with status
+// "candidate". No fact, no reminder, no note, no nudge, no calendar event. A
+// 1.7B misreading a mail can therefore put a wrong line on a review page and
+// nothing else; it can never make Maven speak, and it can never make her
+// recite something out of an advert as true.
+//
+// Off unless configured twice over: no `email` block in mavend.json ⇒ the IPC
+// method does not exist; no llama-server phraser ⇒ same. A reader pointed at a
+// core that is not set up for mail gets ErrUnknownMethod rather than silence.
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/config"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/email"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/event"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/ipc"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/phraser"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/store"
+)
+
+// evidenceMaxChars — how much of the subject line is kept as a candidate's
+// evidence. Enough to recognise the mail on /tasks, not enough to turn the task
+// list into a copy of his mailbox.
+const evidenceMaxChars = 160
+
+// mailIntake — extraction + capture for one message at a time.
+type mailIntake struct {
+	st      *store.Store
+	ex      *email.Extractor
+	timeout time.Duration
+	now     func() time.Time
+	// bus — the unified intake journal (Vikunja #283). This path captures
+	// through the store directly rather than through ipc.CoreAPI, so the
+	// decorator in intake.go does not see it and the publish is explicit here.
+	// nil is a working no-op.
+	bus *event.Bus
+}
+
+// newMailIntake returns nil when mail ingestion must not be available, which is
+// the default. Both preconditions are real:
+//
+//   - no cfg.Email ⇒ not configured, and a capability is off unless configured;
+//   - no llama-server phraser ⇒ nothing to extract with. There is deliberately
+//     no keyword fallback: "the subject line became a task" is not extraction,
+//     it is a mailbox rendered as a to-do list, and it would fill the review
+//     page faster than he could clear it.
+func newMailIntake(st *store.Store, phr phraser.Phraser, cfg *config.Config, bus *event.Bus) *mailIntake {
+	if cfg.Email == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	lp, ok := phr.(*phraser.LLMPhraser)
+	if !ok {
+		log.Printf("mail intake: configured but no llama-server phraser — mail ingestion disabled")
+		return nil
+	}
+	timeout := time.Duration(cfg.Email.Timeout)
+	if timeout <= 0 {
+		timeout = config.DefaultEmailTimeout
+	}
+	ex := email.NewExtractor(llmClientFor(lp, timeout), cfg.Email.MaxTasks, contextBlockFn(cfg, time.Now))
+	log.Printf("mail intake: enabled (max %d candidates per message, timeout %s)", cfg.Email.MaxTasks, timeout)
+	return &mailIntake{st: st, ex: ex, timeout: timeout, now: time.Now, bus: bus}
+}
+
+// ingest handles one ipc.MethodIngestMail call.
+//
+// Junk and empty messages are answered Skipped without touching the model — the
+// reader's header filter is what keeps the resident model off newsletters.
+//
+// Every candidate is captured with Status "candidate", Source "email:<mailbox>"
+// and the subject as Evidence. CaptureTask dedupes on normalised text among
+// live rows, so a mailbox re-read after a restart produces Created=0 rather
+// than a second copy of every task.
+func (m *mailIntake) ingest(ctx context.Context, req ipc.IngestMailReq) (ipc.IngestMailResp, error) {
+	msg := email.Message{
+		UID:     req.UID,
+		From:    req.From,
+		Subject: req.Subject,
+		Date:    req.Date,
+		Body:    req.Body,
+		Junk:    req.Junk,
+	}
+	if msg.Junk || (msg.Subject == "" && msg.Body == "") {
+		return ipc.IngestMailResp{Skipped: true}, nil
+	}
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, m.timeout)
+	defer cancel()
+	cands, err := m.ex.Extract(ctx, msg)
+	if err != nil {
+		// The error from internal/email never carries mail text; keep it that way
+		// by not adding the subject here.
+		return ipc.IngestMailResp{}, fmt.Errorf("mail intake: uid %d: %w", req.UID, err)
+	}
+	if len(cands) == 0 {
+		return ipc.IngestMailResp{}, nil
+	}
+
+	source := email.SourcePrefix + req.Mailbox
+	evidence := truncateRunes(req.Subject, evidenceMaxChars)
+	now := m.now()
+	var resp ipc.IngestMailResp
+	for _, c := range cands {
+		t := store.Task{
+			CreatedTs: now,
+			Text:      c.Text,
+			Source:    source,
+			Evidence:  evidence,
+			// The one status this path may ever write. Anything Maven derived from
+			// something she read is a suggestion until he confirms it on /tasks.
+			Status: store.TaskCandidate,
+		}
+		if due, ok := email.ParseDue(c.Due); ok {
+			t.Due = &due
+		}
+		id, created, err := m.st.CaptureTask(ctx, t)
+		if err != nil {
+			return resp, fmt.Errorf("mail intake: capture: %w", err)
+		}
+		resp.TaskIDs = append(resp.TaskIDs, id)
+		if created {
+			resp.Created++
+			// Only a row that was actually created. CaptureTask dedupes on
+			// normalised text among live rows, so a mailbox re-read after a
+			// restart must not refill the journal with tasks already in it.
+			m.bus.Publish(publishableTask(t, now), now)
+		}
+	}
+	// Counts only: the log line names the mailbox and the UID, never the subject,
+	// the sender or the task text. Reviewing a candidate is what /tasks is for.
+	log.Printf("mail intake: %s uid %d → %d candidate(s), %d new", source, req.UID, len(cands), resp.Created)
+	return resp, nil
+}
+
+// wireMailIntake installs the IPC hook, or leaves it nil so the method reports
+// ErrUnknownMethod. Called on both startup paths (unlocked boot and passkey
+// unlock) so mail behaves the same either way.
+func wireMailIntake(srv *ipc.Server, st *store.Store, phr phraser.Phraser, cfg *config.Config, bus *event.Bus) {
+	mi := newMailIntake(st, phr, cfg, bus)
+	if mi == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	srv.IngestMailFn = mi.ingest
+}
+
+// truncateRunes cuts a string to n runes, marking the cut.
+func truncateRunes(s string, n int) string {
+	r := []rune(s)
+	if len(r) <= n {
+		return s
+	}
+	return string(r[:n]) + "…"
+}

cmd/mavend/mail_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,182 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/config"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/email"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/ipc"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/llm"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/store"
+)
+
+// mailLLM — a canned extraction reply.
+type mailLLM struct {
+	reply string
+	calls int
+}
+
+func (m *mailLLM) Complete(_ context.Context, _ llm.Req) (string, error) {
+	m.calls++
+	return m.reply, nil
+}
+
+func newTestIntake(t *testing.T, reply string) (*mailIntake, *store.Store, *mailLLM) {
+	t.Helper()
+	st := newTestStore(t)
+	fake := &mailLLM{reply: reply}
+	return &mailIntake{
+		st:      st,
+		ex:      email.NewExtractor(fake, 0, nil),
+		timeout: 5 * time.Second,
+		now:     func() time.Time { return time.Date(2026, 8, 1, 10, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC) },
+	}, st, fake
+}
+
+func ingestReq() ipc.IngestMailReq {
+	return ipc.IngestMailReq{
+		Mailbox: "INBOX", UID: 42,
+		From:    "billing@isp.example",
+		Subject: "Счёт за интернет",
+		Body:    "Оплатите счёт до 5 августа.",
+	}
+}
+
+// The one property that matters: a mail-derived task is a candidate, attributed
+// to the mailbox, with the subject as reviewable evidence — and nothing else is
+// written.
+func TestIngestCapturesCandidates(t *testing.T) {
+	mi, st, _ := newTestIntake(t, `[{"text":"оплатить счёт за интернет","due":"2026-08-05"}]`)
+	resp, err := mi.ingest(context.Background(), ingestReq())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ingest: %v", err)
+	}
+	if resp.Created != 1 || len(resp.TaskIDs) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("resp = %+v, want one created task", resp)
+	}
+	tasks, err := st.ListTasks(context.Background(), "")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("list: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(tasks) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("got %d tasks, want 1", len(tasks))
+	}
+	got := tasks[0]
+	if got.Status != store.TaskCandidate {
+		t.Errorf("status = %q, want %q — mail may only produce candidates", got.Status, store.TaskCandidate)
+	}
+	if got.Source != "email:INBOX" {
+		t.Errorf("source = %q, want email:INBOX", got.Source)
+	}
+	if got.Evidence != "Счёт за интернет" {
+		t.Errorf("evidence = %q, want the subject line", got.Evidence)
+	}
+	if got.Due == nil || got.Due.Format("2006-01-02") != "2026-08-05" {
+		t.Errorf("due = %v, want 2026-08-05", got.Due)
+	}
+	// Nothing else may have been written: no reminder, no fact.
+	rem, err := st.ListReminders(context.Background(), 10)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("list reminders: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(rem) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("mail created %d reminders; a misread mail must never be able to fire", len(rem))
+	}
+}
+
+// Re-reading a mailbox must not grow the list — CaptureTask dedupes among live
+// rows, and the intake relies on exactly that.
+func TestIngestSameMailTwiceIsIdempotent(t *testing.T) {
+	mi, st, _ := newTestIntake(t, `[{"text":"оплатить счёт","due":""}]`)
+	if _, err := mi.ingest(context.Background(), ingestReq()); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("first ingest: %v", err)
+	}
+	resp, err := mi.ingest(context.Background(), ingestReq())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("second ingest: %v", err)
+	}
+	if resp.Created != 0 || len(resp.TaskIDs) != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("resp = %+v, want the existing row and Created=0", resp)
+	}
+	tasks, _ := st.ListTasks(context.Background(), "")
+	if len(tasks) != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("got %d tasks after two reads, want 1", len(tasks))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestIngestJunkSkipsTheModel(t *testing.T) {
+	mi, st, fake := newTestIntake(t, `[{"text":"купить со скидкой","due":""}]`)
+	req := ingestReq()
+	req.Junk = true
+	resp, err := mi.ingest(context.Background(), req)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ingest: %v", err)
+	}
+	if !resp.Skipped || resp.Created != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("resp = %+v, want skipped", resp)
+	}
+	if fake.calls != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("model called %d times for junk, want 0", fake.calls)
+	}
+	if tasks, _ := st.ListTasks(context.Background(), ""); len(tasks) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("junk produced %d tasks, want 0", len(tasks))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestIngestEmptyMessageSkipped(t *testing.T) {
+	mi, _, fake := newTestIntake(t, "[]")
+	resp, err := mi.ingest(context.Background(), ipc.IngestMailReq{Mailbox: "INBOX", UID: 1})
+	if err != nil || !resp.Skipped {
+		t.Fatalf("resp = %+v, err = %v; want skipped", resp, err)
+	}
+	if fake.calls != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("model called %d times for an empty message, want 0", fake.calls)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestIngestNoTasksWritesNothing(t *testing.T) {
+	mi, st, _ := newTestIntake(t, "[]")
+	resp, err := mi.ingest(context.Background(), ingestReq())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ingest: %v", err)
+	}
+	if resp.Created != 0 || len(resp.TaskIDs) != 0 || resp.Skipped {
+		t.Errorf("resp = %+v, want nothing captured and not skipped", resp)
+	}
+	if tasks, _ := st.ListTasks(context.Background(), ""); len(tasks) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("got %d tasks, want 0", len(tasks))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestIngestTruncatesEvidence(t *testing.T) {
+	mi, st, _ := newTestIntake(t, `[{"text":"дело","due":""}]`)
+	req := ingestReq()
+	req.Subject = strings.Repeat("щ", 400)
+	if _, err := mi.ingest(context.Background(), req); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ingest: %v", err)
+	}
+	tasks, _ := st.ListTasks(context.Background(), "")
+	if len(tasks) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("got %d tasks, want 1", len(tasks))
+	}
+	if n := len([]rune(tasks[0].Evidence)); n > evidenceMaxChars+1 {
+		t.Errorf("evidence kept %d runes, want ≤ %d", n, evidenceMaxChars)
+	}
+}
+
+// Off unless configured: no email block ⇒ no intake, so the IPC method does not
+// exist at all.
+func TestNewMailIntakeOffWithoutConfig(t *testing.T) {
+	st := newTestStore(t)
+	if mi := newMailIntake(st, nil, &config.Config{}, nil); mi != nil {
+		t.Error("no email block must mean no mail intake")
+	}
+	// Configured but with a non-LLM phraser: still off — there is no fallback
+	// extraction, by design.
+	if mi := newMailIntake(st, nil, &config.Config{Email: &config.EmailConfig{}}, nil); mi != nil {
+		t.Error("without a llama-server phraser there is nothing to extract with")
+	}
+}

cmd/mavend/main.go

@@ -57,20 +57,28 @@ import (
 	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/delivery/ntfysink"
 	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/delivery/telegramsink"
 	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/ipc"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/loop"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/persona"
 	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/phraser"
 	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/store"
 	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/webauthn"
-	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/loop"
 )
 
 var errLocked = errors.New("mavend: daemon locked — complete passkey assertion first")
 
-// daemonLock tracks whether the daemon is in locked (pre-unlock) mode.
-// In locked mode, all CoreAPI methods return errLocked. The unlock path
-// replaces the CoreAPI with the real store adapter and flips the flag.
+// daemonLock tracks whether the daemon is in locked (pre-unlock) mode, and
+// owns the store handle the unlock path creates.
+//
+// The store matters here because of who runs when. In locked mode there is no
+// store at boot; one is opened inside UnlockFn, on an IPC goroutine, minutes
+// or days later. Shutdown runs on the main goroutine. Without a handoff the
+// main goroutine has nothing to close, and store.Close is what re-encrypts
+// the tmpfs working copy back over the ciphertext file — so a daemon that
+// cold-started lost every write of that session, silently, on the next boot.
 type daemonLock struct {
 	mu     sync.Mutex
 	locked bool
+	st     *store.Store
 }
 
 func newDaemonLock(locked bool) *daemonLock {
@@ -83,10 +91,25 @@ func (l *daemonLock) isLocked() bool {
 	return l.locked
 }
 
-func (l *daemonLock) unlock() {
+// unlock flips the flag and takes ownership of the store opened by UnlockFn.
+func (l *daemonLock) unlock(st *store.Store) {
 	l.mu.Lock()
 	defer l.mu.Unlock()
 	l.locked = false
+	l.st = st
+}
+
+// closeStore seals the store the unlock path opened, if any. Safe to call
+// when the daemon never unlocked, and safe to call twice.
+func (l *daemonLock) closeStore() error {
+	l.mu.Lock()
+	st := l.st
+	l.st = nil
+	l.mu.Unlock()
+	if st == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return st.Close()
 }
 
 func main() {
@@ -96,97 +119,12 @@ func main() {
 	}
 }
 
-// lockedAPI is a dummy CoreAPI used while the daemon is locked. Every method
-// returns errLocked. The wire protocol's StoreAPI methods all go through the
-// Server dispatch on CoreAPI, so returning errLocked from each is correct.
-type lockedAPI struct{}
-
-var _ ipc.CoreAPI = (*lockedAPI)(nil)
-
-func (l *lockedAPI) WriteFact(ctx context.Context, req ipc.WriteFactReq) (int64, error) {
-	return 0, errLocked
-}
-func (l *lockedAPI) LatestFact(ctx context.Context, key string) (ipc.Fact, error) {
-	return ipc.Fact{}, errLocked
-}
-func (l *lockedAPI) LatestFactBySource(ctx context.Context, key, source string) (ipc.Fact, error) {
-	return ipc.Fact{}, errLocked
-}
-func (l *lockedAPI) Since(ctx context.Context, key string, now time.Time) (time.Duration, error) {
-	return 0, errLocked
-}
-func (l *lockedAPI) Presence(ctx context.Context) (ipc.Presence, error) {
-	return ipc.Presence{}, errLocked
-}
-func (l *lockedAPI) CreateReminder(ctx context.Context, fire time.Time, payload, cron string) (int64, error) {
-	return 0, errLocked
-}
-func (l *lockedAPI) MarkReminder(ctx context.Context, id int64, status string) error {
-	return errLocked
-}
-func (l *lockedAPI) ListReminders(ctx context.Context, n int) ([]ipc.Reminder, error) {
-	return nil, errLocked
-}
-func (l *lockedAPI) RecordNudge(ctx context.Context, rule, channel, message string, ts time.Time) (int64, error) {
-	return 0, errLocked
-}
-func (l *lockedAPI) ResolveNudge(ctx context.Context, id int64, outcome string, ts time.Time) error {
-	return errLocked
-}
-func (l *lockedAPI) RecentOutcomes(ctx context.Context, rule string, n int) ([]string, error) {
-	return nil, errLocked
-}
-func (l *lockedAPI) RecentFacts(ctx context.Context, n int) ([]ipc.Fact, error) {
-	return nil, errLocked
-}
-func (l *lockedAPI) CalendarEvents(ctx context.Context, from, to time.Time) ([]ipc.Fact, error) {
-	return nil, errLocked
-}
-func (l *lockedAPI) RecentNudges(ctx context.Context, n int) ([]ipc.Nudge, error) {
-	return nil, errLocked
-}
-func (l *lockedAPI) WriteNote(ctx context.Context, ts time.Time, text string, embedding []float32, source string) (int64, error) {
-	return 0, errLocked
-}
-func (l *lockedAPI) QueryNotes(ctx context.Context, embedding []float32, k int) ([]ipc.Note, error) {
-	return nil, errLocked
-}
-func (l *lockedAPI) RecentNotes(ctx context.Context, n int) ([]ipc.Note, error) {
-	return nil, errLocked
-}
-func (l *lockedAPI) ProposeTool(ctx context.Context, name, utterance, scope string, ts time.Time) (bool, error) {
-	return false, errLocked
-}
-func (l *lockedAPI) EnableTool(ctx context.Context, name string, cmd []string, destructive bool, scope string, ts time.Time) error {
-	return errLocked
-}
-func (l *lockedAPI) DisableTool(ctx context.Context, name string) error { return errLocked }
-func (l *lockedAPI) DeleteTool(ctx context.Context, name string) error { return errLocked }
-func (l *lockedAPI) ListProposedRoutines(ctx context.Context) ([]ipc.ProposedRoutine, error) {
-	return nil, errLocked
-}
-func (l *lockedAPI) DismissProposedRoutine(ctx context.Context, id int64) error { return errLocked }
-func (l *lockedAPI) LookupTool(ctx context.Context, name string) (ipc.Tool, error) {
-	return ipc.Tool{}, errLocked
-}
-func (l *lockedAPI) ListTools(ctx context.Context, status string) ([]ipc.Tool, error) {
-	return nil, errLocked
-}
-func (l *lockedAPI) RevertFact(ctx context.Context, key string) (int64, error) { return 0, errLocked }
-func (l *lockedAPI) Chat(ctx context.Context, text string) (string, error) {
-	return "", errLocked
-}
-func (l *lockedAPI) TickTrace(ctx context.Context) (ipc.TickTrace, error) {
-	return ipc.TickTrace{}, errLocked
-}
-func (l *lockedAPI) MorningStatus(ctx context.Context) ([]ipc.MorningRoutineStatus, error) {
-	return nil, errLocked
-}
-
 func run(args []string) error {
 	cfgPath := flag.String("config", defaultConfigPath(), "path to mavend JSON config")
 	wrappedKeyPath := flag.String("wrapped-key-file", "", "path to wrapped encryption key blob (enables cold-start unlock)")
+	reembed := flag.Bool("reembed", false, "re-embed every stored note and fact with the configured embedder, then serve normally (run once after an embedder swap)")
 	flag.CommandLine.Parse(args)
+	reembedOnStart = *reembed
 	cfg, err := config.Load(*cfgPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -239,22 +177,43 @@ func run(args []string) error {
 			return fmt.Errorf("open store: %w", err)
 		}
 		defer st.Close()
+	} else {
+		// Locked boot: the store does not exist yet. Seal whatever UnlockFn
+		// opened, at shutdown, on this goroutine.
+		defer func() {
+			if err := dl.closeStore(); err != nil {
+				log.Printf("mavend: seal store on shutdown: %v", err)
+			}
+		}()
 	}
 
 	// ----- daemon components (only wired when unlocked) -----
 	// Pre-declare so the unlock path can wire them later.
 	var (
-		gatherer    *loop.Gatherer
-		rules       []loop.Rule
-		phr         phraser.Phraser
-		voiceW      *voiceWiring
-		dispatcher  *delivery.Dispatcher
-		tl          *tickLoop
-		coreAPI     ipc.CoreAPI
-		eco         *ecosystemWiring
-		factWorker  *factEnrichmentWorker
+		gatherer   *loop.Gatherer
+		rules      []loop.Rule
+		phr        phraser.Phraser
+		voiceW     *voiceWiring
+		dispatcher *delivery.Dispatcher
+		tl         *tickLoop
+		coreAPI    ipc.CoreAPI
+		eco        *ecosystemWiring
+		factWorker *factEnrichmentWorker
+		evalWorker *memoryEvalWorker // nil ⇒ memory evaluation off (the default)
+		feedWkr    *feedWorker       // nil ⇒ no feed is read (the default)
+		crawlWkr   *crawlWorker      // nil ⇒ no page is watched (the default)
 	)
 
+	// The unified intake journal (Vikunja #283). Built before anything else
+	// that holds a CoreAPI, because intakeAPI wraps that one interface and
+	// every intake path in the daemon reaches its sink through it. nil (the
+	// operator set intake_journal negative) means no decorator at all.
+	evBus := newEventBus(cfg)
+	// coreFor is what every in-process holder of a CoreAPI now takes, instead
+	// of a bare ipc.NewStoreAPI(st). Identical behaviour plus one published
+	// envelope per successful intake write.
+	coreFor := func() ipc.CoreAPI { return newIntakeAPI(ipc.NewStoreAPI(st), evBus, time.Now) }
+
 	if !locked {
 		rules = loop.DefaultRules()
 		gatherer = loop.NewGatherer(st, rules)
@@ -266,13 +225,14 @@ func run(args []string) error {
 		phr = phraser.NewStub()
 		if cfg.Phraser != nil {
 			pc := phraser.Config{
-				ModelPath:  cfg.Phraser.ModelPath,
-				BinPath:    cfg.Phraser.BinPath,
-				Listen:     cfg.Phraser.Listen,
-				NGpuLayers: cfg.Phraser.NGpuLayers,
-				NCtx:       cfg.Phraser.NCtx,
-				Timeout:    time.Duration(cfg.Phraser.Timeout),
-				Persona:    personaFromCfg(cfg),
+				ModelPath:    cfg.Phraser.ModelPath,
+				BinPath:      cfg.Phraser.BinPath,
+				Listen:       cfg.Phraser.Listen,
+				NGpuLayers:   cfg.Phraser.NGpuLayers,
+				NCtx:         cfg.Phraser.NCtx,
+				Timeout:      time.Duration(cfg.Phraser.Timeout),
+				LLMNudges:    cfg.Phraser.LLMNudges,
+				ContextBlock: contextBlockFn(cfg, time.Now),
 			}
 			if pc.BinPath == "" {
 				pc.BinPath = "llama-server"
@@ -297,7 +257,7 @@ func run(args []string) error {
 		eco = wireEcosystem(cfg)
 
 		// voice
-		voiceW, err = wireVoice(cfg, ipc.NewStoreAPI(st), phr, st.VectorMemory(), st, eco)
+		voiceW, err = wireVoice(cfg, coreFor(), phr, st.VectorMemory(), st, eco)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("wire voice: %w", err)
 		}
@@ -344,21 +304,34 @@ func run(args []string) error {
 		tickInterval := time.Duration(cfg.TickInterval)
 		repeatInterval := time.Duration(cfg.RepeatInterval)
 		autotuneInterval := time.Duration(cfg.AutotuneInterval)
-		tl = newTickLoop(st, gatherer, dispatcher, phr, rules, tickInterval, repeatInterval, autotuneInterval, cfg.Digest, routinesFromConfig(cfg.Routines), config.MorningRoutinesFromConfig(cfg.MorningRoutines))
+		tl = newTickLoop(st, gatherer, dispatcher, phr, rules, tickInterval, repeatInterval, autotuneInterval, cfg.Digest, routinesFromConfig(cfg.Routines), config.MorningRoutinesFromConfig(cfg.MorningRoutines), cfg.PatternProposals)
 		factWorker = newFactEnrichmentWorker(st, eco, time.Duration(cfg.FactEnrichmentInterval))
+		evalWorker = newMemoryEvalWorker(st, phr, cfg)
+		feedWkr = newFeedWorker(coreFor(), embedderOf(voiceW), cfg)
+		crawlWkr = newCrawlWorker(newCrawler(cfg), coreFor(), embedderOf(voiceW), cfg)
 
 		coreAPI = &daemonAPI{
-			CoreAPI:          ipc.NewStoreAPI(st),
+			CoreAPI:          coreFor(),
 			getTrace:         tl.trace,
 			getMorningStatus: func(ctx context.Context) []ipc.MorningRoutineStatus { return tl.morningStatus(ctx, time.Now()) },
+			getDayPlan:       func(ctx context.Context) ipc.DayPlan { return tl.dayPlan(ctx, time.Now()) },
+			getEvents:        intakeEventsFn(evBus),
 		}
 		if voiceW != nil && voiceW.handler != nil {
 			api := coreAPI.(*daemonAPI)
 			api.chatFn = voiceW.handler.handleText
 		}
+		if voiceW != nil && voiceW.mcp != nil {
+			coreAPI.(*daemonAPI).getMCPServers = voiceW.mcp.status
+		}
 	} else {
-		// locked mode: dummy CoreAPI that returns errLocked for everything
-		coreAPI = &lockedAPI{}
+		// locked mode: no real store yet, so there's no meaningful CoreAPI to
+		// serve. srv.Check below is the actual guard — every CoreAPI call is
+		// refused before it reaches this value. This is just a safe non-nil
+		// placeholder: if the guard is ever bypassed by a bug, calls land
+		// here and fail loudly with ipc.ErrNotImplemented instead of a nil
+		// dereference or, worse, silently succeeding.
+		coreAPI = ipc.UnimplementedCoreAPI{}
 	}
 
 	// ----- IPC boundary (core ↔ modules) -----
@@ -369,7 +342,17 @@ func run(args []string) error {
 
 	passkeySess := webauthn.NewPasskeySession(5 * time.Minute)
 
-	// Set Server.Check — in locked mode, block everything except unlock-path methods.
+	// Set Server.Check — the single authorization guard, run once by
+	// Server.dispatch before any CoreAPI method is called (see
+	// internal/ipc/server.go). In locked mode this is the ONLY thing
+	// standing between an unauthenticated caller and the store: it must
+	// default-deny, with an explicit allowlist for the two methods the
+	// unlock flow itself needs (MethodAssertStepUp, MethodUnlock — neither
+	// of which touches CoreAPI; dispatch handles them directly via
+	// srv.StepUp/srv.UnlockFn). Forgetting to allowlist a new unlock-path
+	// method fails safe (denied); forgetting to guard a new CoreAPI method
+	// is impossible because there is nothing left to forget — every method
+	// not in the allowlist is refused by construction.
 	if locked {
 		srv.Check = func(ctx context.Context, m ipc.Method, _ json.RawMessage) error {
 			switch m {
@@ -385,12 +368,35 @@ func run(args []string) error {
 
 	srv.StepUp = func(ctx context.Context) error { return passkeySess.Assert(ctx, auth.Scope{}) }
 
-	// WrapKeyFn — wraps the env key with a passkey credential public key and
-	// persists the wrapped blob. Only wired when the daemon has the key in
-	// memory (env key mode). Called by mavweb after passkey enrollment.
+	// Mail ingestion (Vikunja #246): the hook stays nil unless an email block is
+	// configured and there is a llama-server to extract with, in which case
+	// ipc.MethodIngestMail reports ErrUnknownMethod.
+	if !locked {
+		wireMailIntake(srv, st, phr, cfg, evBus)
+		wireModelSwap(srv, phr, cfg)
+		// Vision + the media blob store (Vikunja #252). Both stay dark without a
+		// media block; MethodDescribeImage answers ErrUnknownMethod then.
+		keeper := wireVision(ctx, srv, st, embedderOf(voiceW), cfg)
+		// The meeting recorder (Vikunja #253) shares that blob store and its
+		// retention loop. Off unless a capture block enables it, in which case
+		// all four capture methods answer ErrUnknownMethod.
+		wireCapture(srv, keeper, st, voiceW, phr, cfg)
+		// Voice identification (Vikunja #255). Enrolment plumbing only until a
+		// speaker-embedding model exists on disk; off entirely without a speaker
+		// block, so no wire path takes a voiceprint on a default box.
+		wireSpeaker(srv, st, cfg)
+	}
+
+	// WrapKeyFn — wraps the env key under the passkey PRF secret and persists
+	// the wrapped blob. Only wired when the daemon has the key in memory (env
+	// key mode). Called by mavweb after passkey enrollment.
+	//
+	// webauthn.WrapKey refuses anything that is not a 32-byte PRF output, so
+	// an authenticator without PRF support produces no wrapped file at all
+	// rather than a file that looks protected and is not.
 	if envKeyBytes != nil {
-		srv.WrapKeyFn = func(ctx context.Context, publicKey []byte) error {
-			blob, err := webauthn.WrapKey(envKeyBytes, publicKey)
+		srv.WrapKeyFn = func(ctx context.Context, secret []byte) error {
+			blob, err := webauthn.WrapKey(envKeyBytes, secret)
 			if err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("wrap encryption key: %w", err)
 			}
@@ -406,20 +412,42 @@ func run(args []string) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	// UnlockFn — cold-start unlock: unwraps the encryption key from the wrapped
-	// blob using the passkey credential public key, opens the store, wires all
+	// UnlockFn — cold-start unlock: unwraps the encryption key from the
+	// wrapped blob using the passkey PRF secret, opens the store, wires all
 	// daemon components, and replaces the locked API.
 	if locked {
-		srv.UnlockFn = func(ctx context.Context, publicKey []byte) error {
+		var unlockMu sync.Mutex
+		srv.UnlockFn = func(ctx context.Context, secret []byte) error {
+			// One unlock at a time, and never a second one. Without this a
+			// concurrent pair of Unlock calls would each open a store and
+			// wire a full daemon, and the loser's goroutines would run
+			// against a store nobody closes.
+			unlockMu.Lock()
+			defer unlockMu.Unlock()
+			if !dl.isLocked() {
+				return nil // already unlocked; the caller does not need to know
+			}
+
+			// The wire cannot authenticate its caller — the socket is
+			// same-uid — so the unlock path requires a passkey assertion
+			// that mavweb verified cryptographically first. Without this,
+			// MethodUnlock is reachable by anything on the box.
+			if !passkeySess.IsStepUp() {
+				return errors.New("unlock: no verified passkey assertion (assert first)")
+			}
+
 			wp := *wrappedKeyPath
 			blob, err := os.ReadFile(wp)
 			if err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("read wrapped key: %w", err)
 			}
-			key, err := webauthn.UnwrapKey(blob, publicKey)
+			key, version, err := webauthn.UnwrapKey(blob, secret)
 			if err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("unwrap key: %w", err)
 			}
+			if version == webauthn.BlobV1 {
+				log.Printf("SECURITY: %s was unwrapped from a %s blob. The wrapping key is derived from the credential PUBLIC key, which mavweb also writes to its passkeys.json — anyone holding both files can recover the database key with no authenticator. Re-enroll the passkey on an authenticator that supports the PRF extension to rewrite it as v2.", wp, version)
+			}
 			// Open the store with the unwrapped key.
 			st, err = store.OpenEncrypted(ctx, cfg.DBPath, cfg.DBTmpfs, key)
 			if err != nil {
@@ -436,13 +464,14 @@ func run(args []string) error {
 			phr = phraser.NewStub()
 			if cfg.Phraser != nil {
 				pc := phraser.Config{
-					ModelPath:  cfg.Phraser.ModelPath,
-					BinPath:    cfg.Phraser.BinPath,
-					Listen:     cfg.Phraser.Listen,
-					NGpuLayers: cfg.Phraser.NGpuLayers,
-					NCtx:       cfg.Phraser.NCtx,
-					Timeout:    time.Duration(cfg.Phraser.Timeout),
-					Persona:    personaFromCfg(cfg),
+					ModelPath:    cfg.Phraser.ModelPath,
+					BinPath:      cfg.Phraser.BinPath,
+					Listen:       cfg.Phraser.Listen,
+					NGpuLayers:   cfg.Phraser.NGpuLayers,
+					NCtx:         cfg.Phraser.NCtx,
+					Timeout:      time.Duration(cfg.Phraser.Timeout),
+					LLMNudges:    cfg.Phraser.LLMNudges,
+					ContextBlock: contextBlockFn(cfg, time.Now),
 				}
 				if pc.BinPath == "" {
 					pc.BinPath = "llama-server"
@@ -464,7 +493,7 @@ func run(args []string) error {
 
 			eco = wireEcosystem(cfg)
 
-			voiceW, err = wireVoice(cfg, ipc.NewStoreAPI(st), phr, st.VectorMemory(), st, eco)
+			voiceW, err = wireVoice(cfg, coreFor(), phr, st.VectorMemory(), st, eco)
 			if err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("wire voice: %w", err)
 			}
@@ -505,20 +534,33 @@ func run(args []string) error {
 			tickInterval := time.Duration(cfg.TickInterval)
 			repeatInterval := time.Duration(cfg.RepeatInterval)
 			autotuneInterval := time.Duration(cfg.AutotuneInterval)
-			tl = newTickLoop(st, gatherer, dispatcher, phr, rules, tickInterval, repeatInterval, autotuneInterval, cfg.Digest, routinesFromConfig(cfg.Routines), config.MorningRoutinesFromConfig(cfg.MorningRoutines))
+			tl = newTickLoop(st, gatherer, dispatcher, phr, rules, tickInterval, repeatInterval, autotuneInterval, cfg.Digest, routinesFromConfig(cfg.Routines), config.MorningRoutinesFromConfig(cfg.MorningRoutines), cfg.PatternProposals)
 			factWorker = newFactEnrichmentWorker(st, eco, time.Duration(cfg.FactEnrichmentInterval))
+			evalWorker = newMemoryEvalWorker(st, phr, cfg)
+			feedWkr = newFeedWorker(coreFor(), embedderOf(voiceW), cfg)
+			crawlWkr = newCrawlWorker(newCrawler(cfg), coreFor(), embedderOf(voiceW), cfg)
 
-			// Swap the CoreAPI from lockedAPI to the real store adapter.
+			// Swap the CoreAPI from the locked placeholder to the real store adapter.
 			newAPI := &daemonAPI{
-				CoreAPI:          ipc.NewStoreAPI(st),
+				CoreAPI:          coreFor(),
 				getTrace:         tl.trace,
 				getMorningStatus: func(ctx context.Context) []ipc.MorningRoutineStatus { return tl.morningStatus(ctx, time.Now()) },
+				getDayPlan:       func(ctx context.Context) ipc.DayPlan { return tl.dayPlan(ctx, time.Now()) },
+				getEvents:        intakeEventsFn(evBus),
 			}
 			if voiceW != nil && voiceW.handler != nil {
 				newAPI.chatFn = voiceW.handler.handleText
 			}
 			srv.SetAPI(newAPI)
 			srv.Check = (&auth.Gate{Enrollment: auth.NewFloorEnrollment(), Session: passkeySess}).Check
+			wireMailIntake(srv, st, phr, cfg, evBus)
+			wireModelSwap(srv, phr, cfg)
+			keeper := wireVision(ctx, srv, st, embedderOf(voiceW), cfg)
+			wireCapture(srv, keeper, st, voiceW, phr, cfg)
+			// Voice identification (Vikunja #255). Enrolment plumbing only until a
+			// speaker-embedding model exists on disk; off entirely without a speaker
+			// block, so no wire path takes a voiceprint on a default box.
+			wireSpeaker(srv, st, cfg)
 
 			// Start voice server.
 			if voiceW != nil {
@@ -543,7 +585,38 @@ func run(args []string) error {
 				factWorker.run(ctx)
 			}()
 
-			dl.unlock()
+			// Start background memory evaluation (nil unless configured).
+			if evalWorker != nil {
+				go func() {
+					evalWorker.run(ctx)
+				}()
+			}
+
+			// Start feed reading (nil unless configured).
+			if feedWkr != nil {
+				go func() {
+					feedWkr.run(ctx)
+				}()
+			}
+
+			// Start the watched-page crawls (nil unless configured).
+			if crawlWkr != nil {
+				go func() {
+					crawlWkr.run(ctx)
+				}()
+			}
+
+			// Keep MCP connections alive (nil unless configured).
+			if voiceW != nil && voiceW.mcp != nil {
+				go voiceW.mcp.run(ctx)
+			}
+
+			// Re-enumerate the house for new devices (nil unless configured).
+			if voiceW != nil && voiceW.home != nil {
+				go voiceW.home.run(ctx)
+			}
+
+			dl.unlock(st)
 			log.Printf("mavend: unlocked via passkey assertion")
 			return nil
 		}
@@ -581,6 +654,41 @@ func run(args []string) error {
 			defer wg.Done()
 			factWorker.run(ctx)
 		}()
+		if evalWorker != nil {
+			wg.Add(1)
+			go func() {
+				defer wg.Done()
+				evalWorker.run(ctx)
+			}()
+		}
+		if feedWkr != nil {
+			wg.Add(1)
+			go func() {
+				defer wg.Done()
+				feedWkr.run(ctx)
+			}()
+		}
+		if crawlWkr != nil {
+			wg.Add(1)
+			go func() {
+				defer wg.Done()
+				crawlWkr.run(ctx)
+			}()
+		}
+		if voiceW != nil && voiceW.mcp != nil {
+			wg.Add(1)
+			go func() {
+				defer wg.Done()
+				voiceW.mcp.run(ctx)
+			}()
+		}
+		if voiceW != nil && voiceW.home != nil {
+			wg.Add(1)
+			go func() {
+				defer wg.Done()
+				voiceW.home.run(ctx)
+			}()
+		}
 	}
 
 	<-ctx.Done()
@@ -596,12 +704,29 @@ func run(args []string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// personaFromCfg extracts the voice persona from the config, or returns ""
-// when voice isn't configured. Used to pass a character prompt into the
-// LLM phraser without requiring voice to be enabled.
-func personaFromCfg(cfg *config.Config) string {
-	if cfg.Voice != nil {
-		return cfg.Voice.Persona
+// personaFacts reads the optional, deployment-specific facts (his name, his
+// city, the free-text persona string) out of the config. Everything here may
+// be empty — the context block is correct without any of it.
+func personaFacts(cfg *config.Config) persona.Facts {
+	f := persona.Facts{
+		// Telegram lives outside the voice block, so it counts either way.
+		Telegram: cfg.Telegram != nil && cfg.Telegram.BotToken != "" && cfg.Telegram.ChatID != "",
 	}
-	return ""
+	if cfg.Voice == nil {
+		return f
+	}
+	f.OwnerName = cfg.Voice.OwnerName
+	f.City = cfg.Voice.City
+	f.Static = cfg.Voice.Persona
+	// Same test wireVoice uses to pick the real provider over the stub.
+	f.Weather = cfg.Voice.Weather != nil && cfg.Voice.Weather.Provider == "open-meteo"
+	f.Tools = len(cfg.Voice.Tools) > 0
+	return f
+}
+
+// contextBlockFn returns the per-turn renderer of the shared context block.
+// Per turn, not once at startup, because the block states the current time.
+func contextBlockFn(cfg *config.Config, now func() time.Time) func() string {
+	f := personaFacts(cfg)
+	return func() string { return f.Block(now()) }
 }

cmd/mavend/mcp.go

@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/config"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/ipc"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/mcp"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/store"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/webfetch"
+)
+
+// mcpRefreshInterval — how often the manager re-dials a server that is down.
+// The manager applies its own backoff on top, so this being short is cheap.
+const mcpRefreshInterval = time.Minute
+
+// mcpWiring — the MCP client, when the `mcp` block configures at least one
+// enabled server. nil ⇒ nothing was configured, nothing is connected, and an
+// allowlist row that happens to look like an MCP row refuses to run.
+//
+// It lives on the voice wiring because MCP tools ARE acts: they run through
+// tool.Executor, the enabled allowlist and the confirm turn, which only exist
+// on the voice/chat path. No voice surface ⇒ nothing that could call a tool.
+type mcpWiring struct {
+	mgr *mcp.Manager
+	st  *store.Store
+}
+
+// wireMCP builds the manager, connects, and proposes what it found. It never
+// fails the daemon: a server that is unreachable at boot is logged and retried,
+// because Maven starting is not contingent on someone else's process.
+func wireMCP(cfg *config.Config, st *store.Store) *mcpWiring {
+	servers := cfg.MCPServers()
+	if len(servers) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	limits := webfetch.Config{}
+	if cfg.MCP != nil {
+		limits.AllowHosts = cfg.MCP.AllowHosts
+		limits.DenyHosts = cfg.MCP.DenyHosts
+		limits.MaxBytes = cfg.MCP.MaxBytes
+		limits.Timeout = time.Duration(cfg.MCP.Timeout)
+	}
+	mgr, err := mcp.NewManager(mcp.WebfetchDoor(limits), servers)
+	if err != nil {
+		// Validation already ran in config.validate, so this is a programming
+		// error rather than a config one. Still not fatal: MCP off is a working
+		// Maven.
+		log.Printf("mcp: not wired: %v", err)
+		return nil
+	}
+	w := &mcpWiring{mgr: mgr, st: st}
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 30*time.Second)
+	defer cancel()
+	mgr.Connect(ctx)
+	w.propose(ctx)
+	return w
+}
+
+// propose writes a 'proposed' allowlist row for every discovered tool. It does
+// NOT enable anything: a configured server is a place Maven may look, not a
+// capability she has. Kami enables what he wants on /tools, behind step-up,
+// which is the same gate a shell tool goes through.
+//
+// Re-running on every boot is idempotent — ProposeMCPTool never touches an
+// existing row, so a tool he disabled stays disabled and one he enabled keeps
+// the cmd he enabled it with.
+func (w *mcpWiring) propose(ctx context.Context) {
+	if w == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	now := time.Now()
+	fresh := 0
+	for _, t := range w.mgr.Tools() {
+		name := mcp.LocalName(t.Server, t.Name)
+		// No readOnlyHint ⇒ assume it mutates ⇒ the confirm turn. Being wrong
+		// in this direction only costs a question.
+		destructive := !t.ReadOnly
+		provenance := fmt.Sprintf("mcp %s/%s", t.Server, t.Name)
+		if t.Description != "" {
+			provenance += ": " + t.Description
+		}
+		ok, err := w.st.ProposeMCPTool(ctx, name, mcp.Scope(t.Server),
+			mcp.Cmd(t.Server, t.Name), destructive, provenance, now)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Printf("mcp: propose %s: %v", name, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		if ok {
+			fresh++
+		}
+	}
+	if fresh > 0 {
+		log.Printf("mcp: %d new tool proposal(s) waiting on /tools", fresh)
+	}
+}
+
+// run re-dials downed servers and picks up tools that appeared, until ctx is
+// canceled.
+func (w *mcpWiring) run(ctx context.Context) {
+	if w == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	t := time.NewTicker(mcpRefreshInterval)
+	defer t.Stop()
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			return
+		case <-t.C:
+			w.mgr.Refresh(ctx)
+			w.propose(ctx)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// status maps the manager's view onto the wire type the web surface reads.
+func (w *mcpWiring) status() []ipc.MCPServerStatus {
+	if w == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	in := w.mgr.Status()
+	out := make([]ipc.MCPServerStatus, 0, len(in))
+	for _, s := range in {
+		out = append(out, ipc.MCPServerStatus{
+			Name:      s.Name,
+			Transport: s.Transport,
+			Target:    s.Target,
+			Connected: s.Connected,
+			Server:    s.Server,
+			Tools:     s.Tools,
+			Err:       s.Err,
+		})
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+func (w *mcpWiring) close() {
+	if w == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	_ = w.mgr.Close()
+}
+
+// caller is the tool.MCPCaller the executor gets, or nil when MCP is off.
+func (w *mcpWiring) caller() *mcp.Manager {
+	if w == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return w.mgr
+}

cmd/mavend/mcp_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/config"
+)
+
+func TestWireMCPOffWhenUnconfigured(t *testing.T) {
+	st := newTestStore(t)
+	for name, cfg := range map[string]*config.Config{
+		"no block": {},
+		"nothing enabled": {MCP: &config.MCPConfig{Servers: []config.MCPServerConfig{
+			{Name: "vikunja", URL: "http://192.168.1.104:9100/mcp"},
+		}}},
+	} {
+		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if w := wireMCP(cfg, st); w != nil {
+				t.Fatal("MCP must be off unless a server is configured AND enabled")
+			}
+		})
+	}
+	// nil wiring must be safe to use everywhere it is reachable.
+	var w *mcpWiring
+	w.close()
+	w.propose(context.Background())
+	if w.status() != nil || w.caller() != nil {
+		t.Fatal("a nil wiring must report nothing")
+	}
+}
+
+// An unreachable server must not stop the daemon, must be reported as down, and
+// must propose nothing.
+func TestWireMCPUnreachableServerIsNotFatal(t *testing.T) {
+	st := newTestStore(t)
+	w := wireMCP(&config.Config{MCP: &config.MCPConfig{Servers: []config.MCPServerConfig{{
+		Name: "dead", Command: "/nonexistent/mcp-server", Enabled: true,
+	}}}}, st)
+	if w == nil {
+		t.Fatal("a configured server should still wire")
+	}
+	defer w.close()
+	st2 := w.status()
+	if len(st2) != 1 || st2[0].Connected || st2[0].Err == "" {
+		t.Fatalf("status = %+v", st2)
+	}
+	tools, err := st.ListTools(context.Background(), "")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if len(tools) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("a server that never answered must propose nothing, got %+v", tools)
+	}
+}
+
+// A url server whose address is private is refused by webfetch unless that
+// server sets allow_private. This is the guard the whole MCP path rides on, so
+// it is asserted here too, at the wiring level.
+func TestWireMCPPrivateURLRefusedWithoutAllowPrivate(t *testing.T) {
+	st := newTestStore(t)
+	w := wireMCP(&config.Config{MCP: &config.MCPConfig{Servers: []config.MCPServerConfig{{
+		Name: "lan", URL: "http://127.0.0.1:9100/mcp", Enabled: true,
+	}}}}, st)
+	if w == nil {
+		t.Fatal("should wire")
+	}
+	defer w.close()
+	s := w.status()[0]
+	if s.Connected {
+		t.Fatal("a loopback server must not connect without allow_private")
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(s.Err, "private address") {
+		t.Fatalf("err = %q, want the private-address refusal", s.Err)
+	}
+}

cmd/mavend/memoryeval.go

@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+// mavend/memoryeval.go — the driver for background memory evaluation
+// (Vikunja #248). The evaluator itself is pure-ish and lives in
+// internal/memeval; this is the one impure part: a ticker, the store, and the
+// resident model's base URL.
+//
+// It is its own goroutine and NOT a step on the main tick, deliberately. The
+// tick runs every 60s and has a delivery deadline behind it; an evaluation is
+// a multi-second LLM round-trip on the same llama-server that answers voice
+// turns, and it happens hourly at most. Bolting it onto the tick would make
+// every hour's tick the slow one for no benefit.
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"log"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/config"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/memeval"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/phraser"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/store"
+)
+
+// memoryEvalWorker — ticker + evaluator.
+type memoryEvalWorker struct {
+	eval     *memeval.Evaluator
+	interval time.Duration
+}
+
+// newMemoryEvalWorker wires the evaluation loop, or returns nil when it should
+// not run at all. nil is the normal case and every caller must handle it:
+//
+//   - no memory_eval config block ⇒ off (a capability is off unless configured);
+//   - no LLM phraser ⇒ nothing to evaluate with. There is no template fallback
+//     here on purpose: a "memory evaluation" assembled from string templates
+//     would be a fixed sentence pretending to be an observation.
+func newMemoryEvalWorker(st *store.Store, phr phraser.Phraser, cfg *config.Config) *memoryEvalWorker {
+	if cfg.MemoryEval == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	lp, ok := phr.(*phraser.LLMPhraser)
+	if !ok {
+		log.Printf("memory eval: configured but no llama-server phraser — evaluation disabled")
+		return nil
+	}
+	interval := time.Duration(cfg.MemoryEval.Interval)
+	if interval <= 0 {
+		interval = config.DefaultMemoryEvalInterval
+	}
+	// A generous per-request timeout: this is a long prompt to a Thinking model
+	// and nobody is waiting on the answer.
+	client := llmClientFor(lp, 5*time.Minute)
+	ev := memeval.NewEvaluator(st, st, client, memeval.Config{
+		MaxItems:      cfg.MemoryEval.MaxItems,
+		MinConfidence: cfg.MemoryEval.MinConfidence,
+		ContextBlock:  contextBlockFn(cfg, time.Now),
+	})
+	log.Printf("memory eval: enabled, every %s", interval)
+	return &memoryEvalWorker{eval: ev, interval: interval}
+}
+
+// run evaluates every interval until ctx is canceled.
+//
+// The first evaluation waits a full interval rather than firing at startup, the
+// opposite of the tick loop's cold-start behaviour. A tick that fires late is a
+// nudge that arrives late; an evaluation that fires late is nothing at all, and
+// the alternative is a heavy LLM call competing with startup — including with
+// the first voice turn after a restart.
+func (w *memoryEvalWorker) run(ctx context.Context) {
+	ticker := time.NewTicker(w.interval)
+	defer ticker.Stop()
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			return
+		case now := <-ticker.C:
+			obs, err := w.eval.Evaluate(ctx, now)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Printf("memory eval: %v", err)
+				continue
+			}
+			for _, o := range obs {
+				log.Printf("memory eval: noted (%.2f, %s): %s", o.Conf, o.Action, o.Text)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}

cmd/mavend/modelswap.go

@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/config"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/ipc"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/llm"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/phraser"
+)
+
+// Swapping the resident model while the daemon runs (Vikunja #250).
+//
+// Off unless configured: with no phraser.swap_models allowlist the two IPC
+// methods are never wired, so they answer ErrUnknownMethod. When it is wired the
+// swap method is AuthStepUp (internal/auth), which means an authed human surface
+// only — there is no act, no intent and no timer that reaches it. The daemon
+// never decides to change its own brain.
+//
+// The allowlist is exact-match against paths a human wrote in mavend.json. The
+// request carries a path and llama-server is started with it as `-m`, so
+// anything looser would turn "swap the model" into "load any file on my disk".
+func wireModelSwap(srv *ipc.Server, phr phraser.Phraser, cfg *config.Config) {
+	if cfg.Phraser == nil || len(cfg.Phraser.SwapModels) == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+	lp, ok := phr.(*phraser.LLMPhraser)
+	if !ok {
+		log.Printf("model swap: phraser.swap_models is set but there is no llama-server phraser — swap disabled")
+		return
+	}
+	allowed := map[string]bool{}
+	for _, m := range cfg.Phraser.SwapModels {
+		allowed[filepath.Clean(m)] = true
+	}
+	// The configured model is always swappable back to, listed or not: the way
+	// out of a bad swap must not depend on remembering to allowlist the model
+	// you are already running.
+	allowed[filepath.Clean(cfg.Phraser.ModelPath)] = true
+
+	srv.SwapModelFn = func(ctx context.Context, req ipc.SwapModelReq) (ipc.SwapModelResp, error) {
+		path := filepath.Clean(req.ModelPath)
+		if !allowed[path] {
+			log.Printf("model swap: REFUSED %q — not in phraser.swap_models", req.ModelPath)
+			return ipc.SwapModelResp{}, fmt.Errorf("%w: %q is not in phraser.swap_models", ipc.ErrForbidden, req.ModelPath)
+		}
+		res, err := lp.Swap(ctx, phraser.SwapSpec{
+			ModelPath:  path,
+			NGpuLayers: req.NGpuLayers,
+			NCtx:       req.NCtx,
+		})
+		resp := ipc.SwapModelResp{
+			Model:      res.Model,
+			ModelPath:  res.ModelPath,
+			BaseURL:    res.BaseURL,
+			RolledBack: res.RolledBack,
+			TookMs:     res.Took.Milliseconds(),
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			// A rolled-back swap is a failure that left a working daemon behind.
+			// Both halves matter to the caller, so the response is filled in even
+			// though the error is returned.
+			log.Printf("model swap: %v", err)
+			return resp, err
+		}
+		return resp, nil
+	}
+
+	srv.ModelStatusFn = func(ctx context.Context) (ipc.ModelStatusResp, error) {
+		path, ngl, nctx := lp.LiveModel()
+		base := lp.BaseURL()
+		resp := ipc.ModelStatusResp{
+			ModelPath:  path,
+			BaseURL:    base,
+			NGpuLayers: ngl,
+			NCtx:       nctx,
+			Swappable:  cfg.Phraser.SwapModels,
+		}
+		if base == "" {
+			resp.Model = llm.UnknownModel
+			return resp, nil
+		}
+		id, err := llm.ModelID(ctx, base)
+		if err != nil {
+			// Report the honest "I could not confirm it" rather than echoing the
+			// configured filename as if the server had said it.
+			resp.Model = llm.UnknownModel
+			return resp, nil
+		}
+		resp.Model = id
+		return resp, nil
+	}
+
+	log.Printf("model swap: enabled, %d allowlisted model(s) — step-up required", len(cfg.Phraser.SwapModels))
+}
+
+// llmClientFor builds a completion client on the phraser's llama-server and
+// keeps it pointed at the right one across a model swap.
+//
+// Without the OnSwap registration every holder of a base URL — the LLM router,
+// the replier, the mail extractor, the memory evaluator — would keep talking to
+// the port of a server that no longer exists, and the daemon would degrade to
+// the classifier permanently after the first swap. The client is re-pointed, not
+// rebuilt, so nothing that holds it has to know a swap happened.
+func llmClientFor(lp *phraser.LLMPhraser, timeout time.Duration) *llm.Client {
+	c := llm.New(lp.BaseURL(), timeout)
+	lp.OnSwap(func(base string) { c.SetBaseURL(base) })
+	return c
+}

cmd/mavend/netscan.go

@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/config"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/netscan"
+)
+
+// scanBudget — the whole spoken scan, end to end. A voice turn that takes
+// longer than this has already failed as a turn, so the scan returns whatever
+// it found rather than keeping him waiting.
+const scanBudget = 20 * time.Second
+
+// scanReadOut — how many hosts she names out loud. The rest are a count: a
+// spoken list of twenty IP addresses is not an answer.
+const scanReadOut = 6
+
+// netWiring — the LAN scanner, when the `netscan` block is enabled. nil ⇒ Maven
+// never puts a discovery packet on the network.
+//
+// Unlike the house, a scan is a READ, so it is a query source rather than an
+// act: there is no allowlist row and no confirm turn, because nothing changes.
+// What makes that safe is that the range is not an argument — see
+// internal/netscan's package comment.
+type netWiring struct {
+	scanner *netscan.Scanner
+	subnets []string
+}
+
+// wireNetScan builds the scanner. nil unless the block is enabled and valid.
+func wireNetScan(cfg *config.Config) *netWiring {
+	nc, ok := cfg.NetScanner()
+	if !ok {
+		return nil
+	}
+	if err := netscan.Validate(nc); err != nil {
+		// config.validate already ran this, so reaching here is a programming
+		// error rather than a config one. Not fatal: the scanner off is a
+		// working Maven.
+		log.Printf("netscan: not wired: %v", err)
+		return nil
+	}
+	return &netWiring{scanner: netscan.New(nc), subnets: nc.Subnets}
+}
+
+// scanSummary answers "какие устройства в сети?" in one line.
+func (w *netWiring) scanSummary(ctx context.Context) (string, bool) {
+	if w == nil {
+		return "", false
+	}
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, scanBudget)
+	defer cancel()
+	hosts, err := w.scanner.Scan(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("netscan: scan: %v", err)
+		return "не получилось просканировать сеть.", true
+	}
+	if len(hosts) == 0 {
+		return "в сети никого не нашла.", true
+	}
+	shown := hosts
+	if len(shown) > scanReadOut {
+		shown = shown[:scanReadOut]
+	}
+	parts := make([]string, 0, len(shown))
+	for _, h := range shown {
+		s := h.Addr
+		if len(h.Ports) > 0 {
+			ps := make([]string, 0, len(h.Ports))
+			for _, p := range h.Ports {
+				ps = append(ps, fmt.Sprintf("%d", p))
+			}
+			s += " (" + strings.Join(ps, ", ") + ")"
+		}
+		parts = append(parts, s)
+	}
+	out := fmt.Sprintf("нашла %d %s: %s", len(hosts), hostWord(len(hosts)), strings.Join(parts, "; "))
+	if len(hosts) > len(shown) {
+		out += fmt.Sprintf(" и ещё %d", len(hosts)-len(shown))
+	}
+	return out + ".", true
+}
+
+// hostWord — Russian counts inflect the noun: 1 устройство, 2-4 устройства,
+// 5+ устройств, and the teens are all the last form.
+func hostWord(n int) string {
+	if n%100 >= 11 && n%100 <= 14 {
+		return "устройств"
+	}
+	switch n % 10 {
+	case 1:
+		return "устройство"
+	case 2, 3, 4:
+		return "устройства"
+	default:
+		return "устройств"
+	}
+}
+
+// isNetworkQuery recognises a question about the LAN, narrowly. It needs a
+// network word AND an ask: "интернет не работает" is a complaint, not a request
+// to scan, and a scan she runs unasked is exactly the noisy behaviour the
+// bounds exist to prevent.
+func isNetworkQuery(u string) bool {
+	s := strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(u))
+	if s == "" {
+		return false
+	}
+	network := false
+	for _, w := range []string{"в сети", "в сетке", "сеть", "сети", "локальн", "wifi", "wi-fi", "вайфай"} {
+		if strings.Contains(s, w) {
+			network = true
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	if !network {
+		return false
+	}
+	// An explicit ask to scan, or a phrase that can only be about the LAN.
+	// "кто в сети" carries no device noun but means nothing else.
+	for _, w := range []string{"просканируй", "сканируй", "скан", "просканир", "кто в сети", "кто в сетке"} {
+		if strings.Contains(s, w) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	ask := strings.Contains(s, "?") || homeWord(s, "какие") || homeWord(s, "кто") ||
+		homeWord(s, "что") || homeWord(s, "сколько") || strings.Contains(s, "покажи")
+	if !ask {
+		return false
+	}
+	for _, w := range []string{"устройств", "хост", "компьютер", "машин", "адрес"} {
+		if strings.Contains(s, w) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}

cmd/mavend/netscan_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/config"
+)
+
+func TestWireNetScanOffUnlessEnabled(t *testing.T) {
+	for name, cfg := range map[string]*config.Config{
+		"no block": {},
+		"written but dark": {NetScan: &config.NetScanConfig{
+			Subnets: []string{"192.168.1.0/24"},
+		}},
+		"enabled but nothing to scan": {NetScan: &config.NetScanConfig{Enabled: true}},
+		"enabled but public": {NetScan: &config.NetScanConfig{
+			Subnets: []string{"8.8.8.0/24"}, Enabled: true,
+		}},
+		"enabled but far too wide": {NetScan: &config.NetScanConfig{
+			Subnets: []string{"10.0.0.0/8"}, Enabled: true,
+		}},
+	} {
+		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if w := wireNetScan(cfg); w != nil {
+				t.Fatal("the scanner must not wire for this config")
+			}
+		})
+	}
+
+	var w *netWiring
+	if _, ok := w.scanSummary(context.Background()); ok {
+		t.Fatal("a nil wiring must not claim a query")
+	}
+
+	ok := wireNetScan(&config.Config{NetScan: &config.NetScanConfig{
+		Subnets: []string{"192.168.1.0/24"}, Enabled: true,
+	}})
+	if ok == nil {
+		t.Fatal("a valid enabled block should wire")
+	}
+}
+
+// A loopback /32 with nothing listening on the scanned port: the summary must
+// come back honest rather than inventing a host. This also exercises the real
+// dialer end to end without touching anything outside this box.
+func TestScanSummaryOnAnEmptyRange(t *testing.T) {
+	w := wireNetScan(&config.Config{NetScan: &config.NetScanConfig{
+		// Port 1 on loopback: nothing listens and the connection is refused
+		// immediately, so the scan is fast and touches only this machine.
+		Subnets: []string{"127.0.0.1/32"}, Ports: []int{1}, Rate: 1000, Enabled: true,
+	}})
+	if w == nil {
+		t.Fatal("wireNetScan returned nil")
+	}
+	out, claimed := w.scanSummary(context.Background())
+	if !claimed {
+		t.Fatal("the summary did not claim the turn")
+	}
+	if out == "" {
+		t.Fatal("empty summary")
+	}
+	// Persona: feminine self-reference, informal address, no pet names.
+	low := strings.ToLower(out)
+	for _, bad := range []string{"нашёл", "не смог ", "вы ", "ваш", "милый", "дорогой"} {
+		if strings.Contains(low, bad) {
+			t.Errorf("persona violation %q in %q", bad, out)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestHostWordAgreesWithTheCount(t *testing.T) {
+	for n, want := range map[int]string{
+		1: "устройство", 2: "устройства", 4: "устройства", 5: "устройств",
+		11: "устройств", 12: "устройств", 21: "устройство", 22: "устройства",
+		25: "устройств", 111: "устройств", 101: "устройство", 0: "устройств",
+	} {
+		if got := hostWord(n); got != want {
+			t.Errorf("hostWord(%d) = %q, want %q", n, got, want)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestIsNetworkQuery(t *testing.T) {
+	yes := []string{
+		"какие устройства в сети?",
+		"кто в сети?",
+		"просканируй сеть",
+		"покажи устройства в локальной сети",
+		"сколько машин в сети",
+	}
+	no := []string{
+		"",
+		"интернет не работает",
+		"сеть какая-то медленная",
+		"я в сети инстаграма",
+		"что включено дома?",
+		"напомни оплатить интернет",
+	}
+	for _, u := range yes {
+		if !isNetworkQuery(u) {
+			t.Errorf("isNetworkQuery(%q) = false, want true", u)
+		}
+	}
+	for _, u := range no {
+		if isNetworkQuery(u) {
+			t.Errorf("isNetworkQuery(%q) = true, want false", u)
+		}
+	}
+}

cmd/mavend/patterns.go

@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+// mavend/patterns.go — the shared detect+propose step of pattern inference
+// (Vikunja #43). Event *extraction* (fact -> action/object) happens at fact-
+// write time in detectPattern below, tied to whichever channel wrote the
+// fact. Detection — turning a run of events into a proposed routine — is
+// channel-agnostic: it only needs what's already in the events table, so it
+// runs both right after a voice fact-write (for the immediate "напоминать?"
+// confirmation) and, proactively, from the digestion tick (tick.go's
+// detectPatterns) over every action+object pair on record, not just the one
+// that was just talked about.
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/pattern"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/store"
+)
+
+// detectAndPropose runs the pattern detector over every recorded event for
+// action+object and, if a stable pattern is found and nothing has been
+// proposed/accepted/dismissed for this pair yet, creates a proposed_routines
+// row. Returns (nil, 0, nil) — not an error — whenever there is nothing new
+// to report: too few events, irregular intervals, or a pair that already has
+// a row in any status. That last case is the one that matters most: it is
+// how a routine the owner already DISMISSED stays dismissed forever, because
+// the row survives dismissal (status flips in place, see
+// store.DismissProposedRoutine) and both the Lookup check here and the
+// table's UNIQUE(action, object) constraint refuse to create a second one.
+func detectAndPropose(ctx context.Context, ds *store.Store, action, object string, ts time.Time) (*pattern.ProposedRoutine, int64, error) {
+	events, err := ds.EventsFor(ctx, action, object)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, 0, fmt.Errorf("events for %s/%s: %w", action, object, err)
+	}
+	patEvents := make([]pattern.Event, len(events))
+	for i, e := range events {
+		patEvents[i] = pattern.Event{
+			FactID: e.FactID,
+			Action: e.Action,
+			Object: e.Object,
+			Ts:     e.Ts,
+		}
+	}
+	r, err := pattern.Detect(patEvents)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, 0, fmt.Errorf("detect %s/%s: %w", action, object, err)
+	}
+	if r == nil {
+		return nil, 0, nil // not enough data or intervals too irregular
+	}
+
+	// Belt: check first so the common "nothing new" case never even attempts
+	// an insert. Suspenders: CreateProposedRoutine's ON CONFLICT DO NOTHING
+	// (backed by the UNIQUE(action,object) constraint) is the actual
+	// guarantee — this Lookup is an optimization, not the source of truth.
+	existing, err := ds.LookupProposedRoutine(ctx, r.Action, r.Object)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, 0, fmt.Errorf("lookup proposed routine %s/%s: %w", action, object, err)
+	}
+	if existing != nil {
+		return nil, 0, nil // already proposed, accepted, or dismissed — say nothing
+	}
+
+	id, err := ds.CreateProposedRoutine(ctx, r.Action, r.Object, r.IntervalDays, ts)
+	if err != nil {
+		if errors.Is(err, store.ErrProposedRoutineExists) {
+			return nil, 0, nil // lost a race with another caller — not an error
+		}
+		return nil, 0, fmt.Errorf("create proposed routine %s/%s: %w", action, object, err)
+	}
+	return r, id, nil
+}
+
+// detectPattern extracts an event from the written fact and runs the pattern
+// detector. If a stable recurring pattern is found and no proposed routine
+// exists for this action+object yet, one is created and the user is prompted
+// to confirm via the park() mechanism. Returns the suggestion phrase when a
+// new proposal was created and parked; "" otherwise.
+func (h *reactiveHandler) detectPattern(ctx context.Context, factID int64, key, value string, ts time.Time) string {
+	ev := pattern.Extract(factID, key, value, ts)
+	if ev == nil {
+		return "" // not an actionable event
+	}
+	if _, err := h.dataStore.CreateEvent(ctx, factID, ev.Action, ev.Object, ts); err != nil {
+		log.Printf("voice: create event: %v", err)
+		return ""
+	}
+	// Detect+propose (Vikunja #43) is shared with the digestion tick's
+	// proactive scan — see detectAndPropose above. Event *extraction* stays
+	// here, tied to this fact write; detection over the accumulated history does
+	// not need to happen right now for the voice path to have already done
+	// its job — it's dedupe-safe to also let the next tick find the same
+	// pattern independently.
+	r, id, err := detectAndPropose(ctx, h.dataStore, ev.Action, ev.Object, ts)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("voice: detect pattern %s/%s: %v", ev.Action, ev.Object, err)
+		return ""
+	}
+	if r == nil {
+		return "" // not enough data, too irregular, or already proposed/decided
+	}
+	log.Printf("voice: proposed routine: %s/%s every %.1f days", r.Action, r.Object, r.IntervalDays)
+
+	// Park the proposal for voice confirmation.
+	phrase := pattern.PhraseRoutine(r)
+	h.mu.Lock()
+	h.pendingRoutine = &pendingRoutineConfirm{
+		routineID: id,
+		action:    r.Action,
+		object:    r.Object,
+		interval:  r.IntervalDays,
+		phrase:    phrase,
+		expiry:    ts.Add(confirmTTL),
+	}
+	h.mu.Unlock()
+	return phrase
+}

cmd/mavend/patterns_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,285 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"database/sql"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/config"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/delivery"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/loop"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/pattern"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/store"
+)
+
+// seedRefillEvents writes N weekly "refill/cat_water" events straight to the
+// events table — this is what the tick reads, independent of any utterance.
+func seedRefillEvents(t *testing.T, st *store.Store, ctx context.Context, base time.Time, n int) {
+	t.Helper()
+	for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
+		factID, err := st.WriteFact(ctx, base.Add(time.Duration(i)*7*24*time.Hour), store.KindSelf,
+			"cat_water", "refill", "test", 1.0, sql.NullInt64{})
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("write fact %d: %v", i, err)
+		}
+		if _, err := st.CreateEvent(ctx, factID, "refill", "cat_water", base.Add(time.Duration(i)*7*24*time.Hour)); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("create event %d: %v", i, err)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TestTickDetectsPatternFromStoredEvents proves the tick notices a pattern on
+// its own, reading straight from the store — not as a side effect of a live
+// utterance (Vikunja #43). MinEvents weekly events with no voice turn in
+// sight must produce exactly one proposed routine.
+func TestTickDetectsPatternFromStoredEvents(t *testing.T) {
+	st := newTestStore(t)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	now := refNow()
+	seedRefillEvents(t, st, ctx, now, pattern.MinEvents)
+
+	tl := newTestTickLoop(t, st, &fakeSink{}, nil)
+	tl.detectPatterns(ctx, now, loop.State{})
+
+	rows, err := st.ListProposedRoutines(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("list proposed routines: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(rows) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("proposed routines = %d, want 1: %+v", len(rows), rows)
+	}
+	if rows[0].Action != "refill" || rows[0].Object != "cat_water" {
+		t.Errorf("proposed routine = %s/%s, want refill/cat_water", rows[0].Action, rows[0].Object)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestTickPatternDetectionIsIdempotent proves running the tick's pattern scan
+// twice does not spam a second proposal for the same pair, and that the store
+// itself is what stops the duplicate (not tick-local state) — the whole point
+// of the guard, since the tick has no memory of what it proposed last time.
+func TestTickPatternDetectionIsIdempotent(t *testing.T) {
+	st := newTestStore(t)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	now := refNow()
+	seedRefillEvents(t, st, ctx, now, pattern.MinEvents)
+
+	tl := newTestTickLoop(t, st, &fakeSink{}, nil)
+	tl.detectPatterns(ctx, now, loop.State{})
+	tl.detectPatterns(ctx, now.Add(time.Hour), loop.State{})
+
+	rows, err := st.ListProposedRoutines(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("list proposed routines: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(rows) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("proposed routines after two ticks = %d, want 1 (no duplicate): %+v", len(rows), rows)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestTickPatternDetectionRespectsDismissal proves the single worst failure
+// mode here — a proposal the owner already said no to coming back on the next
+// tick — cannot happen. Dismissal flips the row's status in place; it must
+// still be there to block re-proposal.
+func TestTickPatternDetectionRespectsDismissal(t *testing.T) {
+	st := newTestStore(t)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	now := refNow()
+	seedRefillEvents(t, st, ctx, now, pattern.MinEvents)
+
+	tl := newTestTickLoop(t, st, &fakeSink{}, nil)
+	tl.detectPatterns(ctx, now, loop.State{})
+
+	rows, err := st.ListProposedRoutines(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("list proposed routines: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(rows) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("setup: proposed routines = %d, want 1", len(rows))
+	}
+	if err := st.DismissProposedRoutine(ctx, rows[0].ID); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("dismiss: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// More events for the same pair arrive, and the tick runs again — a
+	// dismissed pattern must not resurface.
+	seedRefillEvents(t, st, ctx, now.Add(30*24*time.Hour), pattern.MinEvents)
+	tl.detectPatterns(ctx, now.Add(60*24*time.Hour), loop.State{})
+
+	proposed, err := st.ListProposedRoutinesByStatus(ctx, store.RoutineProposed)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("list proposed: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(proposed) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("a dismissed pattern came back: %+v", proposed)
+	}
+	all, err := st.ListProposedRoutinesByStatus(ctx, "")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("list all: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(all) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("total rows for the pair = %d, want 1 (still dismissed, not duplicated): %+v", len(all), all)
+	}
+	if all[0].Status != store.RoutineDismissed {
+		t.Errorf("status = %s, want dismissed", all[0].Status)
+	}
+}
+
+// proposalRule — the rule name announceProposal uses for the seeded pair.
+const proposalRule = "proposal:refill cat_water"
+
+// TestTickProposalSilentByDefault — detection is always on, announcing is not.
+// With no pattern_proposals block the tick still records the proposal, and says
+// nothing about it: Maven is not autonomous, so a behaviour that speaks without
+// being asked stays off until it is configured.
+func TestTickProposalSilentByDefault(t *testing.T) {
+	st := newTestStore(t)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	now := refNow()
+	seedRefillEvents(t, st, ctx, now, pattern.MinEvents)
+	markPresent(t, st, ctx, now)
+
+	sink := &fakeSink{}
+	tl := newTestTickLoop(t, st, sink, nil)
+	tl.tick(ctx, now)
+
+	if n := countSends(sink, proposalRule); n != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("announced %d proposals with no config, want 0", n)
+	}
+	rows, err := st.ListProposedRoutinesByStatus(ctx, store.RoutineProposed)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("list proposed: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(rows) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("proposed routines = %d, want 1 (silent, but recorded)", len(rows))
+	}
+}
+
+// TestTickAnnouncesProposalWhenConfigured — with notify on, the proposal goes
+// out once through the ordinary delivery path, worded by the detector itself.
+// Later ticks stay quiet because the pair is already proposed: one pattern is
+// one announcement, ever.
+func TestTickAnnouncesProposalWhenConfigured(t *testing.T) {
+	st := newTestStore(t)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	now := refNow()
+	seedRefillEvents(t, st, ctx, now, pattern.MinEvents)
+	markPresent(t, st, ctx, now)
+
+	sink := &fakeSink{}
+	tl := newTestTickLoop(t, st, sink, nil)
+	tl.proposalCfg = &config.PatternProposalConfig{Notify: true}
+	tl.tick(ctx, now)
+
+	var got *delivery.Sendable
+	for i := range sink.sends {
+		if sink.sends[i].RuleName == proposalRule {
+			got = &sink.sends[i]
+		}
+	}
+	if got == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("proposal was not announced; sends=%+v", sink.sends)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(got.Body, "напоминать?") {
+		t.Errorf("body = %q, want the detector's own question", got.Body)
+	}
+	if got.Channel != delivery.ChannelVoice {
+		t.Errorf("channel = %v, want voice (sev1, present)", got.Channel)
+	}
+
+	// A month of further ticks: the pair already has a row, so there is
+	// nothing new to detect and nothing more to say.
+	sink.sends = nil
+	later := now.Add(40 * 24 * time.Hour)
+	markPresent(t, st, ctx, later)
+	tl.tick(ctx, later)
+	if n := countSends(sink, proposalRule); n != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("re-announced an existing proposal %d times, want 0", n)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestTickProposalRespectsGate — a proposal is the least urgent thing Maven can
+// say, so it is sev1 and the restraint gate suppresses it. Away presence means
+// it is not announced at all: it is not held, not retried, it just lives on
+// /routines. The proposal row is still written — noticing is never gated.
+func TestTickProposalRespectsGate(t *testing.T) {
+	st := newTestStore(t)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	now := refNow()
+	seedRefillEvents(t, st, ctx, now, pattern.MinEvents)
+	// no presence probes ⇒ away ⇒ care-class gate blocks.
+
+	sink := &fakeSink{}
+	tl := newTestTickLoop(t, st, sink, nil)
+	tl.proposalCfg = &config.PatternProposalConfig{Notify: true}
+	tl.tick(ctx, now)
+
+	if n := countSends(sink, proposalRule); n != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("away: announced %d proposals, want 0", n)
+	}
+	if !tl.lastProposalAt.IsZero() {
+		t.Error("cooldown clock advanced on a suppressed announcement")
+	}
+	rows, err := st.ListProposedRoutinesByStatus(ctx, store.RoutineProposed)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("list proposed: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(rows) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("proposed routines = %d, want 1 (detection is never gated)", len(rows))
+	}
+}
+
+// TestTickProposalCooldownSpacesAnnouncements — two patterns detected on the
+// same tick must not become two interruptions. The second one waits for the
+// cooldown, and is on /routines meanwhile.
+func TestTickProposalCooldownSpacesAnnouncements(t *testing.T) {
+	st := newTestStore(t)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	now := refNow()
+	seedRefillEvents(t, st, ctx, now, pattern.MinEvents)
+	for i := 0; i < pattern.MinEvents; i++ {
+		ts := now.Add(time.Duration(i) * 3 * 24 * time.Hour)
+		factID, err := st.WriteFact(ctx, ts, store.KindSelf, "litter_box", "clean", "test", 1.0, sql.NullInt64{})
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("write fact: %v", err)
+		}
+		if _, err := st.CreateEvent(ctx, factID, "clean", "litter_box", ts); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("create event: %v", err)
+		}
+	}
+	markPresent(t, st, ctx, now)
+
+	sink := &fakeSink{}
+	tl := newTestTickLoop(t, st, sink, nil)
+	tl.proposalCfg = &config.PatternProposalConfig{Notify: true, Cooldown: config.Duration(24 * time.Hour)}
+	tl.tick(ctx, now)
+
+	announced := 0
+	for _, s := range sink.sends {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(s.RuleName, "proposal:") {
+			announced++
+		}
+	}
+	if announced != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("announced %d proposals on one tick, want exactly 1", announced)
+	}
+	rows, err := st.ListProposedRoutinesByStatus(ctx, store.RoutineProposed)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("list proposed: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(rows) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("proposed routines = %d, want 2 (both recorded, one announced)", len(rows))
+	}
+
+	// Still inside the cooldown: silence, even though a proposal is pending.
+	sink.sends = nil
+	soon := now.Add(time.Hour)
+	markPresent(t, st, ctx, soon)
+	tl.tick(ctx, soon)
+	for _, s := range sink.sends {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(s.RuleName, "proposal:") {
+			t.Fatalf("announced %q inside the cooldown", s.RuleName)
+		}
+	}
+}

cmd/mavend/query_recall_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"math"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/ipc"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/memory"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/phraser"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/router"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/voice"
+)
+
+// fixedEmbedder hands back a vector chosen per text, so a test can say exactly
+// how close each stored memory is to the question. The real embedders make
+// scores that are realistic but not controllable, and this test is about the
+// gate, not about the embedder.
+type fixedEmbedder struct{ vecs map[string][]float32 }
+
+func (f *fixedEmbedder) Dim() int     { return 4 }
+func (f *fixedEmbedder) Close() error { return nil }
+
+func (f *fixedEmbedder) Embed(_ context.Context, text string) ([]float32, error) {
+	v, ok := f.vecs[text]
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("fixedEmbedder: no vector for %q", text)
+	}
+	return v, nil
+}
+
+// scoreVec builds a unit vector whose cosine against the query vector
+// (1,0,0,0) is exactly score.
+func scoreVec(score float64) []float32 {
+	rest := math.Sqrt(1 - score*score)
+	return []float32{float32(score), float32(rest), 0, 0}
+}
+
+// recordingPhraser remembers what the query path handed it to phrase, which is
+// how the test can tell which pass produced the answer.
+type recordingPhraser struct {
+	*phraser.Stub
+	notes []string
+}
+
+func (r *recordingPhraser) PhraseQuery(ctx context.Context, utterance string, notes []string) (string, error) {
+	r.notes = notes
+	return r.Stub.PhraseQuery(ctx, utterance, notes)
+}
+
+// recallCase — one stored memory: its text, how close it is to the question,
+// whether it is a note or a fact, and whether the notes table holds it too.
+type recallCase struct {
+	text  string
+	score float64
+	kind  string
+}
+
+// buildRecallHandler stores the given memories and returns a handler whose
+// query path can be run directly. Notes go into BOTH the notes table and the
+// vector index, which is what the daemon does (voice.go's IntentNote).
+func buildRecallHandler(t *testing.T, question string, mems []recallCase) (*reactiveHandler, *recordingPhraser) {
+	t.Helper()
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	st := newTestStore(t)
+	emb := &fixedEmbedder{vecs: map[string][]float32{question: {1, 0, 0, 0}}}
+	mem := memory.NewInMemoryStore()
+	now := time.Now()
+
+	for i, m := range mems {
+		vec := scoreVec(m.score)
+		emb.vecs[m.text] = vec
+		id := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", m.kind, i)
+		if m.kind == "note" {
+			if _, err := st.WriteNote(ctx, now, m.text, vec, "tap:voice"); err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("WriteNote: %v", err)
+			}
+		}
+		if err := mem.Insert(ctx, id, vec, map[string]string{"text": m.text, "type": m.kind}); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("memory insert: %v", err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	phr := &recordingPhraser{Stub: phraser.NewStub()}
+	h := &reactiveHandler{
+		api:             ipc.NewStoreAPI(st),
+		embedder:        emb,
+		replier:         voice.NewStubReplier(),
+		phraser:         phr,
+		now:             func() time.Time { return now },
+		memStore:        mem,
+		dataStore:       st,
+		queryMinScore:   0.55,
+		queryMinMargin:  0.008,
+		weatherProvider: nil,
+	}
+	return h, phr
+}
+
+func askQuery(t *testing.T, h *reactiveHandler, question string) string {
+	t.Helper()
+	return h.applyAction(context.Background(), router.Decision{
+		Intent:    router.IntentQuery,
+		Utterance: question,
+	})
+}
+
+// TestQueryRecallNoteCanWin — the note-recall regression (Vikunja #373). Notes
+// and facts share one vector index, and a note that clearly beats everything
+// else must be the answer. Before the fix the memory pass only ran after the
+// notes-only gate had already rejected the same note at the same score, so only
+// a fact could ever come back from it.
+func TestQueryRecallNoteCanWin(t *testing.T) {
+	const q = "где молоко"
+
+	t.Run("a clearly best note answers", func(t *testing.T) {
+		h, phr := buildRecallHandler(t, q, []recallCase{
+			{text: "молоко стоит в холодильнике", score: 0.90, kind: "note"},
+			{text: "выучил пару аккордов", score: 0.50, kind: "note"},
+		})
+		reply := askQuery(t, h, q)
+		if want := "вот что я нашла: молоко стоит в холодильнике"; reply != want {
+			t.Errorf("reply %q, want %q", reply, want)
+		}
+		// One text, the winning memory's — the answer came from the memory
+		// pass, not from handing the phraser every note in the table.
+		if len(phr.notes) != 1 || phr.notes[0] != "молоко стоит в холодильнике" {
+			t.Errorf("phraser got %q, want just the recalled note", phr.notes)
+		}
+	})
+
+	// The other half of "one gate over everything": a fact that matches better
+	// than the best note now answers, instead of losing to a note that only had
+	// to beat other notes.
+	t.Run("the better-matching fact answers", func(t *testing.T) {
+		h, _ := buildRecallHandler(t, q, []recallCase{
+			{text: "молоко стоит в холодильнике", score: 0.80, kind: "note"},
+			{text: "купил молоко в среду", score: 0.95, kind: "fact"},
+		})
+		if reply := askQuery(t, h, q); reply != "купил молоко в среду" {
+			t.Errorf("reply %q, want the fact read back", reply)
+		}
+	})
+
+	// The gate is untouched: two memories this close mean the embedder cannot
+	// tell them apart, and silence still beats a coin flip.
+	t.Run("no clear best stays silent", func(t *testing.T) {
+		h, _ := buildRecallHandler(t, q, []recallCase{
+			{text: "молоко стоит в холодильнике", score: 0.860, kind: "note"},
+			{text: "молоко закончилось", score: 0.858, kind: "note"},
+		})
+		if reply := askQuery(t, h, q); reply != "не знаю." {
+			t.Errorf("reply %q, want silence", reply)
+		}
+	})
+}

cmd/mavend/quiet_toggle.go

@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+// Quiet-mode toggle recognition — the pre-route keyword check that lets
+// "тихий режим" flip the daemon-wide quiet_hours config without going through
+// the router. Moved out of voice.go unchanged (Vikunja #321); the tests live in
+// quiet_toggle_test.go.
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"log"
+	"strings"
+	"unicode"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/ipc"
+)
+
+// resolveQuietToggle — pre-route keyword check. Returns (reply, true) when
+// the utterance is a quiet-on/off command; ("", false) otherwise. Called from
+// runTurn BEFORE the router so a classifier miscue can't drop it — which means
+// both the voice path and the text path (mavweb /api/chat, telegram) reach it,
+// so a false positive here is a network-reachable way to flip a daemon-wide
+// setting. See classifyQuietToggle for the matching rule.
+func (h *reactiveHandler) resolveQuietToggle(ctx context.Context, text string) (string, bool) {
+	on, off := classifyQuietToggle(text)
+	if !on && !off {
+		return "", false
+	}
+	val := "false"
+	reply := "тихий режим выключен."
+	if on {
+		val = "true"
+		reply = "тихий режим включён. буду реже напоминать."
+	}
+	if _, err := h.api.WriteFact(ctx, ipc.WriteFactReq{
+		Ts:         h.now(),
+		Kind:       "config",
+		Key:        "quiet_hours",
+		Value:      val,
+		Source:     "tap:voice",
+		Confidence: 1.0,
+	}); err != nil {
+		log.Printf("voice: write quiet_hours: %v", err)
+		return "не получилось переключить тихий режим.", true
+	}
+	return reply, true
+}
+
+// quietInflections — the inflectional endings a stem may carry and still be
+// the same word. Adjective/adverb/noun/verb endings, all ≤3 letters. This is
+// what separates "тихий"/"тихом"/"тихо" (stem "тих" + a real ending) from
+// "тихонько"/"потихоньку", which are different words: "онько" is not an
+// ending, and "потихоньку" doesn't start with the stem at all.
+var quietInflections = []string{
+	"", "а", "е", "и", "й", "о", "у", "ы", "ю", "я",
+	"ая", "ее", "ей", "ем", "ие", "ий", "им", "их", "ия", "ию", "ое", "ой", "ом", "ую", "ые", "ый", "ым", "ых", "ья",
+	"ами", "ого", "ому", "ыми", "ать", "ить", "ять",
+}
+
+// quietStem reports whether tok is the given stem carrying at most one
+// inflectional ending. Word boundaries come from tokenisation (see
+// quietTokens), not from a regexp — Go's \b is ASCII-oriented and treats every
+// Cyrillic letter as a non-word character, so `\bтих\b` would happily match
+// inside "тихонько". Comparing whole tokens sidesteps that entirely.
+func quietStem(tok, stem string) bool {
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(tok, stem) {
+		return false
+	}
+	suffix := tok[len(stem):]
+	for _, e := range quietInflections {
+		if suffix == e {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// quietTokens splits an utterance into lowercase word tokens, dropping
+// punctuation and spacing. Unicode-aware, so Cyrillic words tokenise the same
+// way ASCII ones do.
+func quietTokens(text string) []string {
+	return strings.FieldsFunc(strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(text)), func(r rune) bool {
+		return !unicode.IsLetter(r) && !unicode.IsDigit(r)
+	})
+}
+
+// quietPhrase matches a pattern (a sequence of stems) against the token list.
+// Multi-word patterns match any contiguous run of tokens — "включи тихий
+// режим" carries "тихий режим". Single-word patterns match ONLY when they are
+// the whole utterance: bare "тихо" is a command, but "в комнате тихо" is a
+// remark about the room and must not flip a daemon-wide setting.
+func quietPhrase(tokens, pattern []string) bool {
+	if len(pattern) == 0 || len(tokens) < len(pattern) {
+		return false
+	}
+	if len(pattern) == 1 {
+		return len(tokens) == 1 && quietStem(tokens[0], pattern[0])
+	}
+	for i := 0; i+len(pattern) <= len(tokens); i++ {
+		hit := true
+		for j, stem := range pattern {
+			if !quietStem(tokens[i+j], stem) {
+				hit = false
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		if hit {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// quietOffPhrases / quietOnPhrases — the toggle vocabulary, as stem sequences.
+var (
+	quietOffPhrases = [][]string{
+		{"quiet", "off"}, {"quiet", "end"},
+		{"громк", "режим"}, {"шумн", "режим"},
+		{"отмен", "тих"}, {"выключ", "тих"}, {"не", "тих"},
+	}
+	quietOnPhrases = [][]string{
+		{"quiet", "on"}, {"quiet", "mode"},
+		{"тих", "режим"}, {"не", "шум"}, {"не", "беспоко"},
+		{"тих"},
+	}
+)
+
+// classifyQuietToggle reads an utterance as a quiet-mode command. OFF is
+// resolved before ON for the same reason classifyConfirm checks negatives
+// first: the OFF phrases are built out of the ON words ("выключи тихий"
+// contains "тихий"), so scanning ON first would shadow them and "выключи
+// тихий режим" would turn quiet mode on. Negation wins.
+func classifyQuietToggle(text string) (on, off bool) {
+	tokens := quietTokens(text)
+	for _, p := range quietOffPhrases {
+		if quietPhrase(tokens, p) {
+			return false, true
+		}
+	}
+	for _, p := range quietOnPhrases {
+		if quietPhrase(tokens, p) {
+			return true, false
+		}
+	}
+	return false, false
+}

cmd/mavend/quiet_toggle_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/ipc"
+)
+
+// quietFakeAPI records the WriteFact the toggle performs.
+type quietFakeAPI struct {
+	ipc.UnimplementedCoreAPI
+	got  ipc.WriteFactReq
+	call int
+}
+
+func (a *quietFakeAPI) WriteFact(_ context.Context, req ipc.WriteFactReq) (int64, error) {
+	a.got, a.call = req, a.call+1
+	return 1, nil
+}
+
+// quietVerdict — what a phrase should do to the setting.
+type quietVerdict int
+
+const (
+	quietNone quietVerdict = iota
+	quietOn
+	quietOff
+)
+
+func TestResolveQuietToggle(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		text string
+		want quietVerdict
+	}{
+		// ON vocabulary.
+		{"quiet on", quietOn},
+		{"quiet mode", quietOn},
+		{"тихий режим", quietOn},
+		{"тихий", quietOn},
+		{"не шуми", quietOn},
+		{"не беспокоить", quietOn},
+		{"тихо", quietOn},
+		// ON, inflected / embedded in a sentence.
+		{"включи тихий режим", quietOn},
+		{"побудь в тихом режиме", quietOn},
+		{"Тихий Режим!", quietOn},
+		{"тихая", quietOn},
+
+		// OFF vocabulary — all seven, incl. the three that used to say ON.
+		{"quiet off", quietOff},
+		{"quiet end", quietOff},
+		{"громкий режим", quietOff},
+		{"шумный режим", quietOff},
+		{"отмени тихий", quietOff},
+		{"выключи тихий", quietOff},
+		{"не тихо", quietOff},
+		// OFF wins over the ON words it contains.
+		{"выключи тихий режим", quietOff},
+		{"отмени тихий режим пожалуйста", quietOff},
+		{"верни громкий режим", quietOff},
+
+		// False positives: "тихо"/"тихий" as ordinary Russian.
+		{"очень тихий сегодня день", quietNone},
+		{"в комнате тихо", quietNone},
+		{"тихонько напомни", quietNone},
+		{"потихоньку", quietNone},
+		{"тихонько", quietNone},
+		{"он говорил тихим голосом весь вечер", quietNone},
+
+		// Unrelated.
+		{"напомни завтра позвонить маме", quietNone},
+		{"какая погода", quietNone},
+		{"", quietNone},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		t.Run(tc.text, func(t *testing.T) {
+			api := &quietFakeAPI{}
+			h := &reactiveHandler{api: api, now: func() time.Time { return time.Unix(0, 0).UTC() }}
+			reply, handled := h.resolveQuietToggle(context.Background(), tc.text)
+
+			if tc.want == quietNone {
+				if handled || reply != "" {
+					t.Fatalf("%q: got (%q, %v), want no match", tc.text, reply, handled)
+				}
+				if api.call != 0 {
+					t.Fatalf("%q: wrote a fact on a non-match", tc.text)
+				}
+				return
+			}
+			if !handled {
+				t.Fatalf("%q: not handled, want %v", tc.text, tc.want)
+			}
+			wantReply, wantVal := "тихий режим выключен.", "false"
+			if tc.want == quietOn {
+				wantReply, wantVal = "тихий режим включён. буду реже напоминать.", "true"
+			}
+			if reply != wantReply {
+				t.Errorf("%q: reply = %q, want %q", tc.text, reply, wantReply)
+			}
+			if api.call != 1 {
+				t.Fatalf("%q: WriteFact called %d times, want 1", tc.text, api.call)
+			}
+			if api.got.Kind != "config" || api.got.Key != "quiet_hours" || api.got.Source != "tap:voice" || api.got.Confidence != 1.0 {
+				t.Errorf("%q: request shape = %+v", tc.text, api.got)
+			}
+			if api.got.Value != wantVal {
+				t.Errorf("%q: value = %q, want %q", tc.text, api.got.Value, wantVal)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}

cmd/mavend/recall.go

@@ -2,24 +2,24 @@ package main
 
 import "github.com/kami/maven/internal/memory"
 
-// bestRecall is the read side of the long-term memory store: the top hit's
-// stored text when it clears the confidence gate. This recalls across BOTH
-// notes and facts (facts aren't in the notes table, so this is the only path
-// that can answer "when did I last …?" from a captured fact). A note hit here
-// is redundant with the notes-RAG path — by design; the two indexes can diverge
-// once the backend is swapped for a persistent/external store. ok=false when
-// there's no hit above the threshold or the hit carries no text.
-func bestRecall(results []memory.Result, min float64) (string, bool) {
-	if len(results) == 0 {
-		return "", false
+// bestRecall is the read side of the long-term memory store: the top hit when
+// it clears the confidence gate. The index holds BOTH notes and facts, and
+// either can win — the caller looks at the returned hit's meta["type"] to see
+// which. Facts aren't in the notes table, so this is the only path that can
+// answer "when did I last …?" from a captured fact.
+//
+// The whole hit is returned, not just its text, because "which memory answered"
+// decides how the answer is said: a note gets phrased in Maven's voice, a fact
+// is read back as stored.
+//
+// ok=false when the hit fails the confidence gate (see memory.Confident: an
+// absolute floor plus a margin over the runner-up) or carries no text.
+func bestRecall(results []memory.Result, minScore, minMargin float64) (memory.Result, bool) {
+	if !memory.Confident(results, minScore, minMargin) {
+		return memory.Result{}, false
 	}
-	top := results[0]
-	if top.Score < min {
-		return "", false
+	if results[0].Meta["text"] == "" {
+		return memory.Result{}, false
 	}
-	text := top.Meta["text"]
-	if text == "" {
-		return "", false
-	}
-	return text, true
+	return results[0], true
 }

cmd/mavend/recall_test.go

@@ -8,23 +8,24 @@ import (
 
 func TestBestRecall(t *testing.T) {
 	const min = 0.55
+	const margin = 0.008
 
 	t.Run("empty results", func(t *testing.T) {
-		if _, ok := bestRecall(nil, min); ok {
+		if _, ok := bestRecall(nil, min, margin); ok {
 			t.Error("empty results returned ok")
 		}
 	})
 
 	t.Run("top below threshold", func(t *testing.T) {
 		res := []memory.Result{{Score: 0.4, Meta: map[string]string{"text": "выпил воды"}}}
-		if _, ok := bestRecall(res, min); ok {
+		if _, ok := bestRecall(res, min, margin); ok {
 			t.Error("below-threshold hit returned ok")
 		}
 	})
 
 	t.Run("hit without text meta", func(t *testing.T) {
 		res := []memory.Result{{Score: 0.9, Meta: map[string]string{"type": "fact"}}}
-		if _, ok := bestRecall(res, min); ok {
+		if _, ok := bestRecall(res, min, margin); ok {
 			t.Error("textless hit returned ok")
 		}
 	})
@@ -34,12 +35,43 @@ func TestBestRecall(t *testing.T) {
 			{Score: 0.82, Meta: map[string]string{"text": "выпил воды в три часа", "type": "fact"}},
 			{Score: 0.60, Meta: map[string]string{"text": "другое"}},
 		}
-		got, ok := bestRecall(res, min)
+		got, ok := bestRecall(res, min, margin)
 		if !ok {
 			t.Fatal("clearing hit not returned")
 		}
-		if got != "выпил воды в три часа" {
-			t.Errorf("wrong text: %q", got)
+		if got.Meta["text"] != "выпил воды в три часа" {
+			t.Errorf("wrong text: %q", got.Meta["text"])
+		}
+		if got.Meta["type"] != "fact" {
+			t.Errorf("kind lost: %q", got.Meta["type"])
+		}
+	})
+
+	// The index holds notes and facts together, so a note has to be able to win
+	// it — for a long time it could not (Vikunja #373).
+	t.Run("a note can win", func(t *testing.T) {
+		res := []memory.Result{
+			{Score: 0.86, Meta: map[string]string{"text": "молоко в холодильнике", "type": "note"}},
+			{Score: 0.61, Meta: map[string]string{"text": "выпил воды", "type": "fact"}},
+		}
+		got, ok := bestRecall(res, min, margin)
+		if !ok {
+			t.Fatal("clearly-best note not returned")
+		}
+		if got.Meta["type"] != "note" || got.Meta["text"] != "молоко в холодильнике" {
+			t.Errorf("got %v, want the note", got.Meta)
+		}
+	})
+
+	// The runner-up is almost as close, so the embedder cannot tell the two
+	// notes apart. Silence beats reading back a coin flip.
+	t.Run("runner-up too close", func(t *testing.T) {
+		res := []memory.Result{
+			{Score: 0.860, Meta: map[string]string{"text": "выпил воды в три часа"}},
+			{Score: 0.858, Meta: map[string]string{"text": "другое"}},
+		}
+		if _, ok := bestRecall(res, min, margin); ok {
+			t.Error("thin-margin hit returned ok")
 		}
 	})
 }

cmd/mavend/replier_llm.go

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/llm"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/persona"
 	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/router"
 	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/voice"
 )
@@ -23,13 +24,19 @@ type completer interface {
 type llmReplier struct {
 	c    completer
 	stub *voice.StubReplier
+
+	// block renders the shared context block per turn (who he is, the time).
+	// nil ⇒ the prompt stands alone.
+	block func() string
 }
 
-func newLLMReplier(c completer) *llmReplier {
-	return &llmReplier{c: c, stub: voice.NewStubReplier()}
+func newLLMReplier(c completer, block func() string) *llmReplier {
+	return &llmReplier{c: c, stub: voice.NewStubReplier(), block: block}
 }
 
-const replySystem = `Ты — Maven, домашняя ассистентка (о себе — в женском роде). Подтверди действие РОВНО ОДНИМ коротким предложением (≤120 символов), тепло и по-русски. Не задавай вопросов, не повторяй слова, не добавляй ничего после точки. Respond ONLY with valid JSON: {"response": "...", "mood": "neutral"}.`
+const replySystem = `Ты — Maven, домашняя ассистентка (о себе — в женском роде). Владелец — мужчина, говоришь с ним на "ты", в единственном числе; никогда не "вы"/"ваш" и не "он"/"его". Подтверди действие РОВНО ОДНИМ коротким предложением (≤120 символов), по-русски, спокойно и без официальных формулировок. Не задавай вопросов, не повторяй слова, не добавляй ничего после точки. Отвечай ТОЛЬКО одним объектом JSON с полями "response" (текст) и "mood" (ровно одно из: neutral, happy, thinking, tired, confused).
+Пример: {"response": "Записала, что ты выпил стакан воды.", "mood": "neutral"}
+Никогда не пиши "..." в поле response.`
 
 func (r *llmReplier) Reply(d router.Decision) string {
 	if d.Clarify {
@@ -38,7 +45,7 @@ func (r *llmReplier) Reply(d router.Decision) string {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 60*time.Second)
 	defer cancel()
 	out, err := r.c.Complete(ctx, llm.Req{
-		System:        replySystem,
+		System:        persona.Prepend(r.block, replySystem),
 		User:          replyContext(d),
 		MaxTokens:     512,
 		RepeatPenalty: 1.3,

cmd/mavend/replier_llm_test.go

@@ -9,12 +9,15 @@ import (
 	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/voice"
 )
 
-type mockCompleter struct{ out string; err error }
+type mockCompleter struct {
+	out string
+	err error
+}
 
 func (m mockCompleter) Complete(_ context.Context, _ llm.Req) (string, error) { return m.out, m.err }
 
 func TestLLMReplierReturnsLLMReply(t *testing.T) {
-	r := newLLMReplier(mockCompleter{out: `{"response":"записала, кофе закончился","mood":"neutral"}`})
+	r := newLLMReplier(mockCompleter{out: `{"response":"записала, кофе закончился","mood":"neutral"}`}, nil)
 	got := r.Reply(router.Decision{Intent: router.IntentNote, Slots: router.Slots{Text: "кофе закончился"}})
 	if got != "записала, кофе закончился" {
 		t.Errorf("got %q, want %q", got, "записала, кофе закончился")
@@ -22,7 +25,7 @@ func TestLLMReplierReturnsLLMReply(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestLLMReplierFallsBackToPlainText(t *testing.T) {
-	r := newLLMReplier(mockCompleter{out: "записала, кофе закончился"})
+	r := newLLMReplier(mockCompleter{out: "записала, кофе закончился"}, nil)
 	got := r.Reply(router.Decision{Intent: router.IntentNote, Slots: router.Slots{Text: "кофе закончился"}})
 	if got != "записала, кофе закончился" {
 		t.Errorf("got %q, want %q", got, "записала, кофе закончился")
@@ -30,7 +33,7 @@ func TestLLMReplierFallsBackToPlainText(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestLLMReplierFallsBackToStubOnError(t *testing.T) {
-	r := newLLMReplier(mockCompleter{err: errTestLLMDown})
+	r := newLLMReplier(mockCompleter{err: errTestLLMDown}, nil)
 	noteDec := router.Decision{Intent: router.IntentNote}
 	got := r.Reply(noteDec)
 	want := voice.NewStubReplier().Reply(noteDec)
@@ -40,7 +43,7 @@ func TestLLMReplierFallsBackToStubOnError(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestLLMReplierFallsBackToStubOnEmpty(t *testing.T) {
-	r := newLLMReplier(mockCompleter{out: ""})
+	r := newLLMReplier(mockCompleter{out: ""}, nil)
 	noteDec := router.Decision{Intent: router.IntentNote}
 	got := r.Reply(noteDec)
 	want := voice.NewStubReplier().Reply(noteDec)
@@ -50,7 +53,7 @@ func TestLLMReplierFallsBackToStubOnEmpty(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestLLMReplierClarifyUsesStub(t *testing.T) {
-	r := newLLMReplier(mockCompleter{out: "я всё поняла"})
+	r := newLLMReplier(mockCompleter{out: "я всё поняла"}, nil)
 	clarifyDec := router.Decision{Clarify: true}
 	got := r.Reply(clarifyDec)
 	want := voice.NewStubReplier().Reply(clarifyDec)

cmd/mavend/ruwords.go

@@ -0,0 +1,180 @@
+// Package main — ruwords.go holds Russian language + calendar/time formatting
+// helpers used by the voice reply paths (replySystem, the reminder/routine
+// phrasing, etc). Pure functions, no receivers: weekday/month name tables,
+// plural agreement, clock/date rendering, and the "do I actually know this
+// place/day" guards that pick an honest reply over a confidently wrong one.
+// Extend this file rather than voice.go for anything in that shape.
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+)
+
+var ruWeekdays = []string{
+	"воскресенье", "понедельник", "вторник", "среда",
+	"четверг", "пятница", "суббота",
+}
+
+var ruMonths = []string{
+	"января", "февраля", "марта", "апреля", "мая", "июня",
+	"июля", "августа", "сентября", "октября", "ноября", "декабря",
+}
+
+// onlyLocalTimeReply — the honest answer when the user asks the time somewhere
+// other than here. She only keeps one clock, and saying so is better than
+// naming the wrong city's time.
+//
+// There used to be a city→time-zone table here. It was removed on purpose: the
+// user only ever asks for local time, so the table was a second list of cities
+// to keep in step with the weather one for no gain.
+const onlyLocalTimeReply = "я знаю только местное время, про другие города пока не скажу."
+
+// notPlaceAfterV — words that follow "в" without naming a place, so
+// mentionsUnknownPlace does not mistake them for a city.
+var notPlaceAfterV = map[string]bool{
+	"данный": true, "данную": true, "этот": true, "эту": true,
+	"котором": true, "какое": true, "какой": true, "который": true,
+	"общем": true, "точности": true, "курсе": true, "сутках": true,
+	"часах": true, "минутах": true, "секундах": true, "неделе": true,
+}
+
+// mentionsUnknownPlace reports whether the question has a "в <слово>" phrase
+// that looks like a place we do not know ("который час в киеве"). Used only to
+// pick the honest "local time only" reply instead of answering local time as
+// if it were the city's.
+func mentionsUnknownPlace(u string) bool {
+	toks := strings.Fields(u)
+	for i := 0; i+1 < len(toks); i++ {
+		if toks[i] != "в" && toks[i] != "во" {
+			continue
+		}
+		next := strings.Trim(toks[i+1], ".,?!")
+		if next == "" || notPlaceAfterV[next] {
+			continue
+		}
+		// A number after "в" is a clock ("в 5 часов"), not a place.
+		if _, err := strconv.Atoi(strings.SplitN(next, ":", 2)[0]); err == nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// onlyNearDaysReply — she can work out today, tomorrow, the day after and
+// yesterday, and nothing further. Said out loud instead of answering today's
+// date for a day she did not understand.
+const onlyNearDaysReply = "я считаю только сегодня, завтра, послезавтра и вчера — про другие дни пока не скажу."
+
+// dayWords — day references the calendar parser cannot resolve. A weekday name
+// or a "через …" phrase means he asked about a specific other day.
+var dayWords = []string{
+	"понедельник", "вторник", "сред", "четверг", "пятниц", "суббот", "воскресен",
+	"через", "monday", "tuesday", "wednesday", "thursday", "friday", "saturday", "sunday",
+}
+
+// mentionsUnknownDay reports whether the question names a day the calendar
+// parser could not resolve. Mirror of mentionsUnknownPlace: it exists only to
+// pick an honest reply over a confidently wrong one.
+//
+// Only called after ParseCalendarDate has already failed, so "завтра" and the
+// other words it does know never reach here.
+func mentionsUnknownDay(u string) bool {
+	for _, w := range dayWords {
+		if strings.Contains(u, w) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// ruClock renders the clock part of the time reply: "15 часов 4 минуты".
+func ruClock(t time.Time) string {
+	h, m := t.Hour(), t.Minute()
+	hourWord := ruPlural(h, "час", "часа", "часов")
+	if m == 0 {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%d %s ровно", h, hourWord)
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%d %s %d %s", h, hourWord, m, ruPlural(m, "минута", "минуты", "минут"))
+}
+
+// dayPrefix names the day relative to now ("завтра", "вчера", …) so the date
+// reply opens the way a person would say it.
+func dayPrefix(now, day time.Time) string {
+	base := time.Date(now.Year(), now.Month(), now.Day(), 0, 0, 0, 0, now.Location())
+	switch int(day.Sub(base).Hours() / 24) {
+	case -1:
+		return "вчера"
+	case 0:
+		return "сегодня"
+	case 1:
+		return "завтра"
+	case 2:
+		return "послезавтра"
+	}
+	return "это"
+}
+
+func ruPlural(n int, one, two, many string) string {
+	n = n % 100
+	if n > 10 && n < 20 {
+		return many
+	}
+	n = n % 10
+	switch n {
+	case 1:
+		return one
+	case 2, 3, 4:
+		return two
+	default:
+		return many
+	}
+}
+
+// hasDurationWords checks whether u is asking about elapsed/remaining time
+// rather than the current clock — guards replySystem from replying "сейчас
+// X часов" to "сколько времени прошло". Mirrors the stage0.go build filter.
+func hasDurationWords(u string) bool {
+	s := strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(u))
+	// First-word duration markers (same keywords as timeQueryBuild in stage0).
+	first := strings.Fields(s)
+	if len(first) > 0 {
+		switch first[0] {
+		case "прошло", "осталось", "пройдет", "минуло", "проходит":
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	// Broader duration keywords appearing anywhere in the utterance.
+	if strings.Contains(s, "прошло") || strings.Contains(s, "осталось") {
+		return true
+	}
+	if strings.Contains(s, " до ") {
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// formatTime returns a human-readable Russian time string for a fact timestamp.
+// Used by the query handler when answering "когда я это сделал?"-style questions.
+func formatTime(t time.Time) string {
+	now := time.Now()
+	if t.After(now.Add(-2*time.Minute)) && t.Before(now.Add(2*time.Minute)) {
+		return "только что"
+	}
+	diff := now.Sub(t)
+	switch {
+	case diff < 10*time.Minute:
+		return "несколько минут назад"
+	case diff < 60*time.Minute:
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%d минут назад", int(diff.Minutes()))
+	case diff < 2*time.Hour:
+		return "час назад"
+	case diff < 24*time.Hour:
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%d часа назад", int(diff.Hours()))
+	default:
+		return t.Format("2 января 15:04")
+	}
+}

cmd/mavend/simulator_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,798 @@
+// mavend/simulator_test.go — the replayable full-system simulator
+// (Vikunja #284, 20-07-2026-BACKLOG.md item 7).
+//
+// # What it is
+//
+// A scripted day, replayed through the real mavend code paths, with every
+// boundary faked and the clock under the scenario's control. A scenario is a
+// JSON file in testdata/scenarios; the harness reads it, builds a world, walks
+// the steps in order, and asserts on what actually happened:
+//
+//	what Maven SAID          — the reply text of every utterance
+//	what was SENT            — every delivery.Sendable the dispatcher emitted
+//	what ARRIVED             — the unified intake journal from #283
+//	what TOOLS were called   — the recorded requests against fake Praxis/Nexis/Hexis
+//	what did NOT happen      — expect_no_send / expect_no_call, first-class
+//
+// The last one is the point. Maven's hard constraints are mostly negative —
+// not a nag, not autonomous, nothing executed without confirmation — and a
+// harness that can only assert on things that happened cannot test any of
+// them. "Nothing was sent" is an assertion here, not an absence of one.
+//
+// # Determinism
+//
+// No time.Now() runs inside a replay. The scenario names a start instant, each
+// step names a wall-clock offset from it, and the harness advances a fakeClock
+// to that offset before running the step. Every clock reader in the world —
+// the handler's `now`, the tick loop's `tick(ctx, now)`, the intake journal's
+// publish stamp — is wired to that clock. Two runs of the same file produce
+// the same transcript, and a scenario about 08:35 does not behave differently
+// at 03:00 in CI.
+//
+// The tick is driven by the scenario, not by a ticker: tick() already takes
+// `now` as an argument, so the only thing the daemon's ticker contributed was
+// wall-clock timing, which is exactly what a replay must not have.
+//
+// # Why this shape and not a binary
+//
+// Vikunja #288 (golden-audio STT) deferred its tier-2 "audio → STT → router →
+// phraser" scenarios to this task, and asked that they reuse a fixture format
+// rather than inventing a third. A scenario here can name a WAV from
+// cmd/mavsttd/testdata and the harness will feed it through the STT seam. As a
+// test it runs under `make test` on every change, which a separate binary
+// would not.
+//
+// # Production is untouched
+//
+// Every file this task adds is a _test.go file or testdata. There is no
+// simulator in the daemon, no flag, no config key, and no code path that
+// checks whether a simulation is running. The seams it uses — stt.Transcriber,
+// tts.Synthesizer, router.Completer, delivery.Sink, ipc.CoreAPI, the
+// event.Bus from #283 — all already existed for the production wiring.
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"sync"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/audio"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/config"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/delivery"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/dialogue"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/event"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/ipc"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/llm"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/loop"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/phraser"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/router"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/store"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/tool"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/voice"
+)
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Scenario format
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// scenario — one scripted day. schema_version matches the convention already
+// set by testdata/system_safety_scenarios.json.
+type scenario struct {
+	SchemaVersion int    `json:"schema_version"`
+	Name          string `json:"name"`
+	Description   string `json:"description,omitempty"`
+
+	// Start — the instant the day begins, RFC3339. Every step offset is
+	// relative to it, and nothing in the run reads a real clock.
+	Start string `json:"start"`
+
+	// Script — what the resident model answers. The world has no llama-server;
+	// see scriptedLLM for how an entry is chosen.
+	Script []scriptEntry `json:"script,omitempty"`
+
+	// Praxis / Nexus / Hexis — canned bodies for the ecosystem fakes. Absent ⇒
+	// that service is not wired at all, which is the default box.
+	Praxis string `json:"praxis_attention,omitempty"`
+	Nexus  string `json:"nexus_resolve,omitempty"`
+	Hexis  string `json:"hexis_capabilities,omitempty"`
+
+	Steps []step `json:"steps"`
+}
+
+// scriptEntry — one canned model answer. Match is a substring of the user
+// message; the first entry whose Match is contained in it wins, and an entry
+// with an empty Match is the catch-all.
+//
+// Route and Reply are separate because the same model serves both contracts
+// (CLAUDE.md, "LLM output contract"): a grammar-constrained call is a routing
+// call and gets Route, an unconstrained one is a phrasing call and gets Reply.
+type scriptEntry struct {
+	Match string `json:"match"`
+	Route string `json:"route,omitempty"`
+	Reply string `json:"reply,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// step — one scripted moment. At is "HH:MM" or "HH:MM:SS", interpreted in the
+// start instant's location; the clock is advanced to it before the step runs.
+//
+// A step does exactly one thing (say / audio / signal / fact / tick / arrive)
+// and then asserts. Assertions are evaluated against everything recorded since
+// the run began, except expect_no_send and expect_no_call, which are scoped to
+// this step — "nothing was sent because of THIS" is the useful question.
+type step struct {
+	At   string `json:"at"`
+	Note string `json:"note,omitempty"`
+
+	// --- stimuli (at most one per step) ---
+
+	// Say — an utterance, as text, through the same runTurn the IPC chat path
+	// uses.
+	Say string `json:"say,omitempty"`
+
+	// Audio — a WAV under cmd/mavsttd/testdata, fed through the STT seam. This
+	// is #288's deferred tier 2. The harness uses the deterministic stt stub
+	// unless a real transcriber is available, so the assertion a scenario can
+	// make about an audio step is about the PIPELINE, not about whisper's
+	// accuracy — that is what cmd/mavsttd/golden_test.go is for.
+	Audio string `json:"audio,omitempty"`
+
+	// Signal — a presence/world fact arriving from a poller or /api/signal.
+	Signal *signalStep `json:"signal,omitempty"`
+
+	// Arrive — an intake write from a module: an ambient notification, a feed
+	// item, a mail candidate. Goes through the same decorated ipc.CoreAPI the
+	// daemon gives those callers, so it lands in the journal exactly as it
+	// would in production.
+	Arrive *arriveStep `json:"arrive,omitempty"`
+
+	// Tick — run one iteration of the proactive loop at this instant.
+	Tick bool `json:"tick,omitempty"`
+
+	// Fault — make every ecosystem fake answer with this HTTP status from now
+	// on. The degraded-mode lever; ClearFault puts them back.
+	Fault      int  `json:"fault,omitempty"`
+	ClearFault bool `json:"clear_fault,omitempty"`
+
+	// --- assertions ---
+
+	ExpectReply     []string `json:"expect_reply_contains,omitempty"`
+	ExpectNotReply  []string `json:"expect_reply_lacks,omitempty"`
+	ExpectSent      []string `json:"expect_sent_contains,omitempty"`
+	ExpectNoSend    bool     `json:"expect_no_send,omitempty"`
+	ExpectCalled    []string `json:"expect_called,omitempty"`
+	ExpectNotCalled []string `json:"expect_not_called,omitempty"`
+	ExpectEvents    []string `json:"expect_events,omitempty"`
+	ExpectNoEvents  bool     `json:"expect_no_events,omitempty"`
+}
+
+type signalStep struct {
+	Key    string `json:"key"`
+	Value  string `json:"value"`
+	Source string `json:"source"`
+	Kind   string `json:"kind,omitempty"`
+}
+
+type arriveStep struct {
+	// Note / Fact / Task — exactly one. Each mirrors the intake seam its real
+	// caller uses.
+	Note   *arriveNote `json:"note,omitempty"`
+	Fact   *signalStep `json:"fact,omitempty"`
+	Task   *arriveTask `json:"task,omitempty"`
+	AsOf   string      `json:"as_of,omitempty"` // "HH:MM" — OccurredAt, when it differs from the step time
+	Source string      `json:"source"`
+}
+
+type arriveNote struct {
+	Text string `json:"text"`
+}
+
+type arriveTask struct {
+	Text     string `json:"text"`
+	Evidence string `json:"evidence,omitempty"`
+	Status   string `json:"status,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// The world
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// simWorld — every faked boundary plus the real components between them.
+type simWorld struct {
+	t     *testing.T
+	clock *fakeClock
+	loc   *time.Location
+	start time.Time
+
+	store   *store.Store
+	api     ipc.CoreAPI // the intake-decorated adapter, same as the daemon builds
+	bus     *event.Bus
+	handler *reactiveHandler
+	tick    *tickLoop
+	sink    *recordingSink
+	llm     *scriptedLLM
+
+	praxis *fakeServer
+	nexus  *fakeServer
+	hexis  *fakeServer
+
+	// transcript — everything that happened, in order. Printed on failure so a
+	// broken scenario is diagnosable without a debugger.
+	transcript []string
+	replies    []string
+}
+
+// recordingSink captures every send, mutex-guarded (the tick loop dispatches
+// from its own goroutine in production and the race detector is on here).
+type recordingSink struct {
+	mu    sync.Mutex
+	sends []delivery.Sendable
+}
+
+func (s *recordingSink) Send(_ context.Context, d delivery.Sendable) error {
+	s.mu.Lock()
+	defer s.mu.Unlock()
+	s.sends = append(s.sends, d)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (s *recordingSink) all() []delivery.Sendable {
+	s.mu.Lock()
+	defer s.mu.Unlock()
+	out := make([]delivery.Sendable, len(s.sends))
+	copy(out, s.sends)
+	return out
+}
+
+func (s *recordingSink) count() int {
+	s.mu.Lock()
+	defer s.mu.Unlock()
+	return len(s.sends)
+}
+
+// scriptedLLM stands in for llama-server on BOTH contracts the resident model
+// serves: grammar-constrained routing and unconstrained phrasing.
+//
+// It is not a stub that ignores its input — a scenario that scripts an answer
+// for "что я пропустил" and gets asked something else must fail, not silently
+// return the wrong intent. An unmatched call returns an error, and the router
+// then falls through to the classifier cascade exactly as it does in
+// production when llama-server is unreachable. That fall-through is itself
+// worth exercising: it is the failure floor CLAUDE.md refuses to let rot.
+type scriptedLLM struct {
+	mu      sync.Mutex
+	entries []scriptEntry
+	calls   []llm.Req
+}
+
+func (s *scriptedLLM) Complete(_ context.Context, r llm.Req) (string, error) {
+	s.mu.Lock()
+	defer s.mu.Unlock()
+	s.calls = append(s.calls, r)
+	routing := r.Grammar != ""
+	for _, e := range s.entries {
+		if e.Match != "" && !strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(r.User), strings.ToLower(e.Match)) {
+			continue
+		}
+		if routing && e.Route != "" {
+			return e.Route, nil
+		}
+		if !routing && e.Reply != "" {
+			return e.Reply, nil
+		}
+	}
+	return "", fmt.Errorf("simulator: no scripted %s answer for %q",
+		map[bool]string{true: "route", false: "reply"}[routing], truncateRunes(r.User, 60))
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Building the world
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+func newSimWorld(t *testing.T, sc scenario) *simWorld {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	start, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, sc.Start)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("scenario %q: bad start %q: %v", sc.Name, sc.Start, err)
+	}
+	clock := newFakeClock(start)
+
+	st := newTestStore(t)
+	bus := event.NewBus(512)
+	// The same decorator the daemon wires, on the same clock: intake in a
+	// replay is journalled exactly as it is in production.
+	api := newIntakeAPI(ipc.NewStoreAPI(st), bus, clock.Now)
+
+	sink := &recordingSink{}
+	rules := loop.DefaultRules()
+	gatherer := loop.NewGatherer(st, rules)
+	dispatcher := delivery.NewDispatcher(delivery.Config{
+		Voice: sink, Ntfy: sink, Telegram: sink, Nudges: st, Reminders: st,
+	})
+	tl := newTickLoop(st, gatherer, dispatcher, phraser.NewStub(), rules,
+		time.Minute, 5*time.Minute, 0, nil, nil, nil, nil)
+
+	scripted := &scriptedLLM{entries: sc.Script}
+
+	w := &simWorld{
+		t: t, clock: clock, loc: start.Location(), start: start,
+		store: st, api: api, bus: bus, tick: tl, sink: sink, llm: scripted,
+	}
+
+	// Ecosystem fakes, wired only when the scenario supplies a body — a box
+	// with no praxis block has no praxis client, and a scenario must be able to
+	// reproduce that.
+	eco := &ecosystemWiring{}
+	if sc.Praxis != "" {
+		w.praxis = newFakePraxis(t, sc.Praxis)
+		eco.praxis = newPraxisClient(w.praxis.URL)
+	}
+	if sc.Nexus != "" {
+		w.nexus = newFakeNexus(t, sc.Nexus)
+	}
+	if sc.Hexis != "" {
+		w.hexis = newFakeHexis(t, sc.Hexis, fixtureHexisExecuted("exec_1", "completed"))
+	}
+
+	// The router: the same cascade the daemon builds — stage-0 grammars, the
+	// LLM router on the scripted model, the classifier underneath. Keeping the
+	// classifier in is deliberate; it is the failure floor, and a scenario that
+	// scripts no route for an utterance exercises it.
+	emb := router.NewHashEmbedder(1024)
+	matcher := tool.NewMatcher(nil)
+	rtr := buildRouter(emb, matcher, config.DefaultRouterThreshold, router.NewLLMRouter(scripted))
+
+	w.handler = &reactiveHandler{
+		stt:                simTranscriber{},
+		tts:                simSynthesizer{},
+		router:             rtr,
+		embedder:           emb,
+		api:                api,
+		matcher:            matcher,
+		phraser:            phraser.NewStub(),
+		replier:            newLLMReplier(scripted, nil),
+		now:                clock.Now,
+		memStore:           st.VectorMemory(),
+		dataStore:          st,
+		queryMinScore:      config.DefaultQueryMinScore,
+		queryMinMargin:     config.DefaultQueryMinMargin,
+		timeParser:         router.StubDateTimeParser{},
+		dialogueSessions:   dialogue.NewSessionStore(time.Hour),
+		clarifyStore:       dialogue.NewClarifyStore(time.Hour),
+		clarifyMaxAttempts: dialogue.DefaultMaxAttempts,
+		ecosystem:          eco,
+	}
+	return w
+}
+
+// simTranscriber — the STT seam. Deterministic by construction: it returns the
+// text the harness parked for this step, so the pipeline under test is
+// "audio arrives → a turn runs", not "whisper heard correctly". Transcription
+// accuracy is cmd/mavsttd/golden_test.go's job (#288 tier 1), and duplicating
+// it here would make every scenario depend on a 500 MB model.
+type simTranscriber struct{ text string }
+
+func (s simTranscriber) Transcribe(_ context.Context, _ audio.Audio) (string, float64, error) {
+	return s.text, 1.0, nil
+}
+
+// simSynthesizer — the TTS seam. A scenario asserts on what Maven SAID, which
+// is the reply text; the waveform is not the artefact under test.
+type simSynthesizer struct{}
+
+func (simSynthesizer) Synthesize(_ context.Context, _ string) (audio.Audio, error) {
+	return audio.Audio{Format: audio.PCM16kMono}, nil
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Running
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+func (w *simWorld) logf(format string, args ...any) {
+	w.transcript = append(w.transcript,
+		fmt.Sprintf("%s  %s", w.clock.Now().In(w.loc).Format("15:04:05"), fmt.Sprintf(format, args...)))
+}
+
+// dump prints the whole transcript. Called on any failure — a scenario that
+// broke on step 7 is unreadable without the six steps before it.
+func (w *simWorld) dump() {
+	w.t.Logf("--- replay transcript ---\n%s", strings.Join(w.transcript, "\n"))
+}
+
+// advanceTo moves the clock to the step's offset. Time only ever moves
+// FORWARD: a scenario with steps out of order is a bug in the scenario, and
+// silently reordering it would hide the bug.
+func (w *simWorld) advanceTo(at string) {
+	w.t.Helper()
+	if at == "" {
+		return
+	}
+	target := w.timeOf(at)
+	now := w.clock.Now()
+	if target.Before(now) {
+		w.t.Fatalf("step at %s goes backwards from %s — scenario steps must be in order",
+			at, now.In(w.loc).Format("15:04:05"))
+	}
+	w.clock.Advance(target.Sub(now))
+}
+
+// timeOf resolves an "HH:MM" or "HH:MM:SS" step offset against the scenario's
+// start day and location.
+func (w *simWorld) timeOf(at string) time.Time {
+	w.t.Helper()
+	layout := "15:04"
+	if strings.Count(at, ":") == 2 {
+		layout = "15:04:05"
+	}
+	hm, err := time.Parse(layout, at)
+	if err != nil {
+		w.t.Fatalf("bad step time %q: %v", at, err)
+	}
+	return time.Date(w.start.Year(), w.start.Month(), w.start.Day(),
+		hm.Hour(), hm.Minute(), hm.Second(), 0, w.loc)
+}
+
+func (w *simWorld) run(sc scenario) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	for i, s := range sc.Steps {
+		w.advanceTo(s.At)
+		if s.Note != "" {
+			w.logf("# %s", s.Note)
+		}
+		sendsBefore := w.sink.count()
+		callsBefore := w.callCount()
+		eventsBefore := w.bus.Len()
+
+		w.stimulate(ctx, s)
+		w.assert(i, s, sendsBefore, callsBefore, eventsBefore)
+	}
+}
+
+func (w *simWorld) stimulate(ctx context.Context, s step) {
+	if s.Fault != 0 || s.ClearFault {
+		for _, fs := range []*fakeServer{w.praxis, w.nexus, w.hexis} {
+			if fs != nil {
+				fs.SetFault(s.Fault)
+			}
+		}
+		w.logf("fault=%d on every ecosystem fake", s.Fault)
+	}
+
+	switch {
+	case s.Say != "":
+		reply := w.handler.runTurn(ctx, s.Say)
+		w.replies = append(w.replies, reply)
+		w.logf("он: %s", s.Say)
+		w.logf("она: %s", reply)
+
+	case s.Audio != "":
+		text := w.audioText(s.Audio)
+		// Swap in a transcriber parked with this step's text, then run the same
+		// push-to-talk entry point the voice client calls.
+		w.handler.stt = simTranscriber{text: text}
+		resp, err := w.handler.HandlePushToTalk(ctx, voicePTT(), 0)
+		if err != nil {
+			w.t.Fatalf("push-to-talk on %s: %v", s.Audio, err)
+		}
+		w.replies = append(w.replies, resp.ReplyText)
+		w.logf("[wav %s → %q]", filepath.Base(s.Audio), text)
+		w.logf("она: %s", resp.ReplyText)
+
+	case s.Signal != nil:
+		w.write(ctx, *s.Signal, w.clock.Now())
+		w.logf("сигнал: %s=%s (%s)", s.Signal.Key, s.Signal.Value, s.Signal.Source)
+
+	case s.Arrive != nil:
+		w.arrive(ctx, *s.Arrive)
+
+	case s.Tick:
+		w.tick.tick(ctx, w.clock.Now())
+		w.logf("tick")
+	}
+}
+
+func (w *simWorld) write(ctx context.Context, sig signalStep, ts time.Time) {
+	w.t.Helper()
+	kind := sig.Kind
+	if kind == "" {
+		kind = "env"
+	}
+	if _, err := w.api.WriteFact(ctx, ipc.WriteFactReq{
+		Ts: ts, Kind: kind, Key: sig.Key, Value: sig.Value, Source: sig.Source, Confidence: 1.0,
+	}); err != nil {
+		w.t.Fatalf("write fact %s: %v", sig.Key, err)
+	}
+}
+
+func (w *simWorld) arrive(ctx context.Context, a arriveStep) {
+	w.t.Helper()
+	// AsOf is when the thing HAPPENED, which for a feed item or a relayed
+	// notification is usually earlier than when Maven heard about it. It does
+	// not move the clock — only the timestamp on the row and the envelope.
+	ts := w.clock.Now()
+	if a.AsOf != "" {
+		ts = w.timeOf(a.AsOf)
+	}
+	switch {
+	case a.Fact != nil:
+		f := *a.Fact
+		if f.Source == "" {
+			f.Source = a.Source
+		}
+		w.write(ctx, f, ts)
+		w.logf("пришло: факт %s=%s (%s)", f.Key, f.Value, f.Source)
+	case a.Note != nil:
+		if _, err := w.api.WriteNote(ctx, ts, a.Note.Text, nil, a.Source); err != nil {
+			w.t.Fatalf("write note from %s: %v", a.Source, err)
+		}
+		w.logf("пришло: заметка от %s — %s", a.Source, truncateRunes(a.Note.Text, 60))
+	case a.Task != nil:
+		status := a.Task.Status
+		if status == "" {
+			status = store.TaskCandidate
+		}
+		if _, err := w.api.CaptureTask(ctx, ipc.CaptureTaskReq{
+			Text: a.Task.Text, Source: a.Source, Evidence: a.Task.Evidence, Status: status, Ts: ts,
+		}); err != nil {
+			w.t.Fatalf("capture task from %s: %v", a.Source, err)
+		}
+		w.logf("пришло: задача от %s — %s", a.Source, a.Task.Text)
+	default:
+		w.t.Fatalf("arrive step from %s carries nothing", a.Source)
+	}
+}
+
+// audioText resolves a scenario's WAV reference to the text the fixture is
+// known to contain, by reading cmd/mavsttd's golden manifest (#288's format,
+// reused rather than duplicated). An unknown reference fails the scenario
+// rather than quietly transcribing to "".
+func (w *simWorld) audioText(ref string) string {
+	w.t.Helper()
+	manifest := filepath.Join("..", "mavsttd", "testdata", "golden_v1.json")
+	raw, err := os.ReadFile(manifest)
+	if err != nil {
+		w.t.Fatalf("audio step %q: reading %s: %v", ref, manifest, err)
+	}
+	var m struct {
+		Cases []struct {
+			Name string `json:"name"`
+			WAV  string `json:"wav"`
+			Text string `json:"text"`
+		} `json:"cases"`
+	}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(raw, &m); err != nil {
+		w.t.Fatalf("audio step %q: parsing %s: %v", ref, manifest, err)
+	}
+	for _, c := range m.Cases {
+		if c.Name == ref || c.WAV == ref {
+			return c.Text
+		}
+	}
+	w.t.Fatalf("audio step %q: no such case in %s", ref, manifest)
+	return ""
+}
+
+func voicePTT() voice.PushToTalkReq {
+	return voice.PushToTalkReq{Audio: audio.Audio{Format: audio.PCM16kMono}}
+}
+
+// callCount — how many requests every wired ecosystem fake has seen.
+func (w *simWorld) callCount() int {
+	n := 0
+	for _, fs := range []*fakeServer{w.praxis, w.nexus, w.hexis} {
+		if fs != nil {
+			n += len(fs.Requests())
+		}
+	}
+	return n
+}
+
+func (w *simWorld) callPaths() []string {
+	var out []string
+	for _, fs := range []*fakeServer{w.praxis, w.nexus, w.hexis} {
+		if fs == nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		for _, r := range fs.Requests() {
+			out = append(out, r.Method+" "+r.Path)
+		}
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Assertions
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+func (w *simWorld) assert(i int, s step, sendsBefore, callsBefore, eventsBefore int) {
+	w.t.Helper()
+	where := fmt.Sprintf("step %d (%s)", i+1, s.At)
+	if s.Note != "" {
+		where += " " + s.Note
+	}
+	fail := func(format string, args ...any) {
+		w.dump()
+		w.t.Errorf("%s: %s", where, fmt.Sprintf(format, args...))
+	}
+
+	lastReply := ""
+	if len(w.replies) > 0 {
+		lastReply = w.replies[len(w.replies)-1]
+	}
+	for _, want := range s.ExpectReply {
+		if !containsFold(lastReply, want) {
+			fail("reply %q does not contain %q", lastReply, want)
+		}
+	}
+	for _, unwanted := range s.ExpectNotReply {
+		if containsFold(lastReply, unwanted) {
+			fail("reply %q contains %q and must not", lastReply, unwanted)
+		}
+	}
+
+	sent := w.sink.all()
+	for _, want := range s.ExpectSent {
+		if !anyContains(sendableTexts(sent), want) {
+			fail("nothing sent mentions %q; sent so far: %v", want, sendableTexts(sent))
+		}
+	}
+	// Scoped to this step on purpose: "nothing was sent BECAUSE OF THIS" is the
+	// question a not-a-nag constraint asks.
+	if s.ExpectNoSend && len(sent) > sendsBefore {
+		fail("expected nothing to be sent, got %v", sendableTexts(sent[sendsBefore:]))
+	}
+
+	paths := w.callPaths()
+	for _, want := range s.ExpectCalled {
+		if !anyContains(paths, want) {
+			fail("no ecosystem call matches %q; calls so far: %v", want, paths)
+		}
+	}
+	for _, unwanted := range s.ExpectNotCalled {
+		if anyContains(paths[callsBefore:], unwanted) {
+			fail("an ecosystem call matched %q and must not have: %v", unwanted, paths[callsBefore:])
+		}
+	}
+
+	evs := w.bus.Recent(0)
+	for _, want := range s.ExpectEvents {
+		if !anyContains(eventLines(evs), want) {
+			fail("no intake event matches %q; journal: %v", want, eventLines(evs))
+		}
+	}
+	if s.ExpectNoEvents && w.bus.Len() > eventsBefore {
+		fail("expected nothing to arrive, journal grew to %d", w.bus.Len())
+	}
+}
+
+func sendableTexts(sends []delivery.Sendable) []string {
+	out := make([]string, 0, len(sends))
+	for _, s := range sends {
+		out = append(out, fmt.Sprintf("[%s] %s", s.RuleName, s.Body))
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+func eventLines(evs []event.Event) []string {
+	out := make([]string, 0, len(evs))
+	for _, e := range evs {
+		out = append(out, fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s %s %s", e.Source, e.Kind, e.Title, e.Body))
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+func containsFold(hay, needle string) bool {
+	return strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(hay), strings.ToLower(needle))
+}
+
+func anyContains(hay []string, needle string) bool {
+	for _, h := range hay {
+		if containsFold(h, needle) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// The test
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+const scenarioDir = "testdata/scenarios"
+
+// TestSimulatorScenarios replays every scenario file. Adding a scenario is
+// adding a JSON file — no Go change, which is the property that makes this
+// cheap enough to actually use.
+func TestSimulatorScenarios(t *testing.T) {
+	entries, err := os.ReadDir(scenarioDir)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("reading %s: %v", scenarioDir, err)
+	}
+	var ran int
+	for _, ent := range entries {
+		if ent.IsDir() || !strings.HasSuffix(ent.Name(), ".json") {
+			continue
+		}
+		ran++
+		name := strings.TrimSuffix(ent.Name(), ".json")
+		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			sc := loadScenario(t, filepath.Join(scenarioDir, ent.Name()))
+			w := newSimWorld(t, sc)
+			w.run(sc)
+			if testing.Verbose() {
+				w.dump()
+			}
+		})
+	}
+	if ran == 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("no scenarios in %s — the harness would pass vacuously", scenarioDir)
+	}
+}
+
+func loadScenario(t *testing.T, path string) scenario {
+	t.Helper()
+	raw, err := os.ReadFile(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("reading %s: %v", path, err)
+	}
+	var sc scenario
+	dec := json.NewDecoder(strings.NewReader(string(raw)))
+	dec.DisallowUnknownFields() // a typo'd assertion key must fail, not be ignored
+	if err := dec.Decode(&sc); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("parsing %s: %v", path, err)
+	}
+	if sc.SchemaVersion != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("%s: schema_version = %d, want 1", path, sc.SchemaVersion)
+	}
+	if sc.Name == "" || sc.Start == "" || len(sc.Steps) == 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("%s: a scenario needs a name, a start and at least one step", path)
+	}
+	return sc
+}
+
+// TestSimulatorIsDeterministic replays one scenario twice and requires an
+// identical transcript. This is the property the whole task rests on: if a
+// time.Now() creeps into a replayed path, two runs diverge and this fails.
+func TestSimulatorIsDeterministic(t *testing.T) {
+	path := filepath.Join(scenarioDir, "morning_missed.json")
+	sc := loadScenario(t, path)
+
+	transcriptOf := func() string {
+		w := newSimWorld(t, sc)
+		w.run(sc)
+		return strings.Join(w.transcript, "\n")
+	}
+	first := transcriptOf()
+	second := transcriptOf()
+	if first != second {
+		t.Errorf("two replays of the same scenario diverged:\n--- first ---\n%s\n--- second ---\n%s", first, second)
+	}
+	// And the transcript's own timestamps must be the scenario's, not today's.
+	if strings.Contains(first, time.Now().Format("15:04")) && !strings.Contains(sc.Start, time.Now().Format("15:04")) {
+		t.Error("transcript carries the wall clock — something in the replay path read time.Now()")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestSimulatorRefusesBackwardsSteps guards the one scenario-authoring mistake
+// that would silently produce a meaningless run.
+func TestSimulatorRefusesBackwardsSteps(t *testing.T) {
+	// Not table-driven through run() because advanceTo calls t.Fatalf; this
+	// checks the ordering arithmetic directly.
+	sc := scenario{SchemaVersion: 1, Name: "x", Start: "2026-08-01T08:30:00+03:00",
+		Steps: []step{{At: "09:00"}}}
+	w := newSimWorld(t, sc)
+	w.advanceTo("09:00")
+	if got := w.clock.Now().In(w.loc).Format("15:04"); got != "09:00" {
+		t.Fatalf("clock at %s after advancing to 09:00", got)
+	}
+	w.advanceTo("09:30")
+	if got := w.clock.Now().In(w.loc).Format("15:04"); got != "09:30" {
+		t.Fatalf("clock at %s after advancing to 09:30", got)
+	}
+}

cmd/mavend/smarthome.go

@@ -0,0 +1,215 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"log"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/config"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/smarthome"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/store"
+)
+
+// homeWiring — the Home Assistant client, when the `smarthome` block is present
+// AND enabled. nil ⇒ the house is not wired, nothing was proposed, and an
+// allowlist row that happens to look like a house row refuses to run.
+//
+// It lives on the voice wiring for the same reason MCP does: a house control IS
+// an act. It goes through tool.Executor, the enabled allowlist and the confirm
+// turn, all of which only exist on the voice/chat path.
+type homeWiring struct {
+	client  *smarthome.Client
+	st      *store.Store
+	refresh time.Duration
+}
+
+// wireSmartHome builds the client and proposes what it found. It never fails
+// the daemon: an instance that is down at boot is logged and retried, because
+// Maven starting is not contingent on someone else's process.
+func wireSmartHome(cfg *config.Config, st *store.Store) *homeWiring {
+	hc, ok := cfg.SmartHomeClient()
+	if !ok || st == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	if err := smarthome.Validate(hc); err != nil {
+		// config.validate already ran this, so reaching here is a programming
+		// error rather than a config one. Still not fatal: the house off is a
+		// working Maven.
+		log.Printf("smarthome: not wired: %v", err)
+		return nil
+	}
+	w := &homeWiring{
+		client:  smarthome.NewClient(hc),
+		st:      st,
+		refresh: time.Duration(cfg.SmartHome.Refresh),
+	}
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 30*time.Second)
+	defer cancel()
+	w.propose(ctx)
+	return w
+}
+
+// caller is the tool.HomeCaller seam.
+func (w *homeWiring) caller() *smarthome.Client {
+	if w == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return w.client
+}
+
+// propose writes a 'proposed' allowlist row for every controllable device. It
+// does NOT enable anything: a reachable house is a place Maven may look, not a
+// set of switches she may flip. Kami enables what he wants on /tools, behind
+// step-up, which is the same gate a shell tool goes through.
+//
+// Sensors are read but never proposed — there is nothing to call on them.
+func (w *homeWiring) propose(ctx context.Context) {
+	if w == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	ents, err := w.client.States(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("smarthome: read states: %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+	now := time.Now()
+	fresh, devices := 0, 0
+	for _, e := range ents {
+		svcs := smarthome.Services(e.Domain)
+		if len(svcs) == 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+		devices++
+		for _, s := range svcs {
+			name := smarthome.LocalName(e.ID, s.Verb)
+			provenance := "дом: " + s.Name + " → " + e.Name + " (" + e.ID + ")"
+			ok, err := w.st.ProposeSmartHomeTool(ctx, name, smarthome.Scope(e.Domain),
+				smarthome.Cmd(e.ID, s.Name), provenance, now)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Printf("smarthome: propose %s: %v", name, err)
+				continue
+			}
+			if ok {
+				fresh++
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	log.Printf("smarthome: %d entities, %d controllable", len(ents), devices)
+	if fresh > 0 {
+		log.Printf("smarthome: %d new device proposal(s) waiting on /tools", fresh)
+	}
+}
+
+// run re-enumerates the house and picks up devices that appeared, until ctx is
+// canceled.
+func (w *homeWiring) run(ctx context.Context) {
+	if w == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	iv := w.refresh
+	if iv <= 0 {
+		iv = config.DefaultSmartHomeRefresh
+	}
+	t := time.NewTicker(iv)
+	defer t.Stop()
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			return
+		case <-t.C:
+			w.propose(ctx)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// homeSummary answers "что дома?" — a read of the current entity states, one
+// short line. Read-only: it can never call a service, so it needs no confirm
+// and no allowlist row.
+func (w *homeWiring) homeSummary(ctx context.Context) (string, bool) {
+	if w == nil {
+		return "", false
+	}
+	ents, err := w.client.States(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("smarthome: summary: %v", err)
+		return "не смогла достучаться до дома.", true
+	}
+	if len(ents) == 0 {
+		return "дом ничего не отдаёт.", true
+	}
+	var on []string
+	var sensors []string
+	for _, e := range ents {
+		switch {
+		case e.Domain == "sensor" || e.Domain == "binary_sensor":
+			if len(sensors) < 3 && e.State != "" && e.State != "unavailable" {
+				sensors = append(sensors, e.Name+" "+e.State+e.Unit)
+			}
+		case e.State == "on" || e.State == "open" || e.State == "unlocked":
+			on = append(on, e.Name)
+		}
+	}
+	var parts []string
+	if len(on) > 0 {
+		if len(on) > 5 {
+			on = on[:5]
+		}
+		parts = append(parts, "включено: "+strings.Join(on, ", "))
+	} else {
+		parts = append(parts, "всё выключено")
+	}
+	if len(sensors) > 0 {
+		parts = append(parts, strings.Join(sensors, ", "))
+	}
+	return strings.Join(parts, "; ") + ".", true
+}
+
+// isHomeQuery recognises a question about the house, narrowly. "дома" on its
+// own is not enough — "я дома" is a fact, not a question — so it takes a house
+// marker AND an ask AND either a device word or the word "включ…". Weather
+// wording bails out first: "какая температура на улице?" belongs to the weather
+// source, and both questions contain "температура".
+func isHomeQuery(u string) bool {
+	s := strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(u))
+	if s == "" {
+		return false
+	}
+	for _, w := range []string{"погод", "на улице", "прогноз"} {
+		if strings.Contains(s, w) {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	for _, phrase := range []string{"что включено", "что выключено", "умный дом", "что в доме включено"} {
+		if strings.Contains(s, phrase) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	house := homeWord(s, "дома") || strings.Contains(s, "в доме") || strings.Contains(s, "в квартире")
+	if !house {
+		return false
+	}
+	ask := strings.Contains(s, "?") || homeWord(s, "что") || homeWord(s, "какая") ||
+		homeWord(s, "какой") || homeWord(s, "сколько")
+	if !ask {
+		return false
+	}
+	for _, w := range []string{"свет", "лампа", "лампы", "розетк", "датчик", "температур", "включ", "выключ"} {
+		if strings.Contains(s, w) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// homeWord — whole-token membership, so "дома" does not fire on "домашний".
+// Punctuation is trimmed off each token because a spoken question arrives with
+// a question mark glued to the last word.
+func homeWord(s, w string) bool {
+	for _, tok := range strings.Fields(s) {
+		if strings.Trim(tok, ".,!?;:") == w {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}

cmd/mavend/smarthome_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,190 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/config"
+)
+
+const haStatesFixture = `[
+ {"entity_id":"light.living_room","state":"on","attributes":{"friendly_name":"Гостиная"}},
+ {"entity_id":"switch.kettle","state":"off","attributes":{"friendly_name":"Чайник"}},
+ {"entity_id":"sensor.bedroom_temp","state":"22.5","attributes":{"friendly_name":"Спальня","unit_of_measurement":"°C"}}
+]`
+
+func TestWireSmartHomeOffUnlessEnabled(t *testing.T) {
+	st := newTestStore(t)
+	for name, cfg := range map[string]*config.Config{
+		"no block": {},
+		"written but dark": {SmartHome: &config.SmartHomeConfig{
+			URL: "http://ha.lan:8123", Token: "t",
+		}},
+	} {
+		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if w := wireSmartHome(cfg, st); w != nil {
+				t.Fatal("the house must be off unless the block is enabled")
+			}
+		})
+	}
+	// nil wiring must be safe everywhere it is reachable.
+	var w *homeWiring
+	w.propose(context.Background())
+	w.run(context.Background())
+	if w.caller() != nil {
+		t.Fatal("a nil wiring must have no caller")
+	}
+	if _, ok := w.homeSummary(context.Background()); ok {
+		t.Fatal("a nil wiring must not claim a query")
+	}
+}
+
+// An unreachable instance must not stop the daemon and must propose nothing.
+func TestWireSmartHomeUnreachableIsNotFatal(t *testing.T) {
+	st := newTestStore(t)
+	w := wireSmartHome(&config.Config{SmartHome: &config.SmartHomeConfig{
+		// Port 1 on loopback: nothing listens, and it fails fast.
+		URL: "http://127.0.0.1:1", Token: "t", Enabled: true,
+	}}, st)
+	if w == nil {
+		t.Fatal("a configured house should still wire")
+	}
+	tools, err := st.ListTools(context.Background(), "")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if len(tools) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("an instance that never answered must propose nothing, got %+v", tools)
+	}
+}
+
+// Discovery proposes one row per controllable service, always destructive,
+// always 'proposed'. A sensor gets no row: there is nothing to call on it.
+func TestProposeOnlyProposesControllableDevices(t *testing.T) {
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		_, _ = w.Write([]byte(haStatesFixture))
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	st := newTestStore(t)
+	w := wireSmartHome(&config.Config{SmartHome: &config.SmartHomeConfig{
+		URL: srv.URL, Token: "t", Enabled: true,
+	}}, st)
+	if w == nil {
+		t.Fatal("wireSmartHome returned nil for an enabled, reachable house")
+	}
+
+	tools, err := st.ListTools(context.Background(), "")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	got := map[string]bool{}
+	for _, tl := range tools {
+		got[tl.Name] = true
+		if tl.Status != "proposed" {
+			t.Errorf("%s status = %q: discovery must never enable", tl.Name, tl.Status)
+		}
+		if !tl.Destructive {
+			t.Errorf("%s is not destructive: every house control needs the confirm turn", tl.Name)
+		}
+		if len(tl.Cmd) == 0 || tl.Cmd[0] != "smarthome" {
+			t.Errorf("%s cmd = %v", tl.Name, tl.Cmd)
+		}
+	}
+	for _, want := range []string{
+		"home_light_living_room_on", "home_light_living_room_off",
+		"home_switch_kettle_on", "home_switch_kettle_off",
+	} {
+		if !got[want] {
+			t.Errorf("missing proposal %q (have %v)", want, got)
+		}
+	}
+	if len(tools) != 4 {
+		t.Fatalf("got %d rows, want 4 — the sensor must not be proposed: %+v", len(tools), tools)
+	}
+
+	// A second pass must be idempotent: re-discovery duplicates nothing and
+	// never rewrites a row Kami already enabled.
+	if err := st.EnableTool(context.Background(), "home_switch_kettle_on",
+		[]string{"smarthome", "switch.kettle", "turn_on"}, true, "smarthome:switch", time.Now()); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	w.propose(context.Background())
+	again, err := st.ListTools(context.Background(), "")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if len(again) != 4 {
+		t.Fatalf("re-discovery duplicated rows: %d", len(again))
+	}
+	for _, tl := range again {
+		if tl.Name == "home_switch_kettle_on" && tl.Status != "enabled" {
+			t.Errorf("re-discovery un-enabled a device he had enabled: %q", tl.Status)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestHomeSummaryReadsState(t *testing.T) {
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		_, _ = w.Write([]byte(haStatesFixture))
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	w := wireSmartHome(&config.Config{SmartHome: &config.SmartHomeConfig{
+		URL: srv.URL, Token: "t", Enabled: true,
+	}}, newTestStore(t))
+	out, ok := w.homeSummary(context.Background())
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatal("summary did not claim the turn")
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(out, "Гостиная") {
+		t.Errorf("the lamp that is on should be named: %q", out)
+	}
+	if strings.Contains(out, "Чайник") {
+		t.Errorf("a device that is off should not be listed as on: %q", out)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(out, "22.5") {
+		t.Errorf("the sensor reading should be there: %q", out)
+	}
+	// Persona: no masculine self-reference, no "вы", no pet names.
+	for _, bad := range []string{"рад ", "готов ", "вы ", "ваш", "милый", "дорогой"} {
+		if strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(out), bad) {
+			t.Errorf("persona violation %q in %q", bad, out)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestIsHomeQuery(t *testing.T) {
+	yes := []string{
+		"что включено дома?",
+		"что выключено",
+		"какой свет горит дома",
+		"свет в доме включен?",
+		"какая температура в квартире?",
+		"покажи умный дом",
+	}
+	no := []string{
+		"",
+		"я дома",
+		"буду дома в семь",
+		"какая погода дома", // weather wording wins
+		"какая температура на улице?",
+		"домашние дела", // "дома" must not fire on "домашние"
+		"что мне нужно сделать?",
+		"напомни выключить чайник в семь", // a reminder, not a house read
+	}
+	for _, u := range yes {
+		if !isHomeQuery(u) {
+			t.Errorf("isHomeQuery(%q) = false, want true", u)
+		}
+	}
+	for _, u := range no {
+		if isHomeQuery(u) {
+			t.Errorf("isHomeQuery(%q) = true, want false", u)
+		}
+	}
+}

cmd/mavend/speaker.go

@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+// mavend/speaker.go — core's half of voice identification (Vikunja #255,
+// docs/plans/10-speaker-recognition.md).
+//
+// # What is actually wired here, and what is not
+//
+// The enrolment plumbing is real: profiles are stored, listed and deleted, and
+// the wire methods exist as soon as a speaker block is configured. The
+// recognising half is NOT, and cannot be on this box, because there is no
+// speaker-embedding model on disk — no ECAPA, no x-vector, no titanet, no
+// wespeaker, nothing in /mnt/hdd1/llms but text ggufs. Until one is downloaded,
+// newSpeakerEmbedder returns nil, internal/speaker falls back to
+// speaker.Disabled, and every Identify answers ErrDisabled. The daemon logs
+// which half is off at startup rather than pretending.
+//
+// This is deliberately not papered over with a hand-rolled MFCC floor. A
+// biometric that is confidently wrong writes false claims about named people
+// into his memory, and that is worse than a capability that is honestly absent.
+//
+// # Off unless configured
+//
+// No speaker block, or one without enabled, ⇒ the three methods do not exist and
+// answer ErrUnknownMethod. On an unconfigured box there is no wire path that
+// takes a voiceprint at all.
+//
+// # The refused design step
+//
+// The plan asks for unknown speakers to be enrolled on first interaction. That
+// is refused in internal/speaker/enroll.go and there is no handler for it here:
+// no request shape in the protocol enrols whoever just spoke. Taking a biometric
+// of a guest who walked past the microphone is not something this daemon does.
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"log"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/config"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/ipc"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/speaker"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/store"
+)
+
+// speakerWiring holds the recognizer behind the three IPC handlers.
+type speakerWiring struct {
+	rec *speaker.Recognizer
+}
+
+// newSpeakerEmbedder loads the speaker-embedding model named by the config.
+//
+// It always returns nil today. The seam exists so that wiring a real model is a
+// change to this one function and nothing else: give it a loader, and Identify
+// starts working with no change to the store, the protocol, the auth table or
+// the handlers. See the plan document for what to download.
+func newSpeakerEmbedder(cfg *config.SpeakerConfig) speaker.Embedder {
+	if cfg == nil || cfg.ModelPath == "" {
+		return nil
+	}
+	log.Printf("speaker: model_path %q is configured but no embedding backend is built yet; "+
+		"enrolment and deletion work, recognition does not (Vikunja #255)", cfg.ModelPath)
+	return nil
+}
+
+// newSpeakerWiring builds the recognizer, or nil when the capability is off.
+func newSpeakerWiring(st *store.Store, cfg *config.Config) *speakerWiring {
+	if cfg == nil || cfg.Speaker == nil || !cfg.Speaker.Enabled {
+		return nil
+	}
+	if st == nil {
+		log.Print("speaker: enabled but there is no store to keep profiles in; staying off")
+		return nil
+	}
+	rec, err := speaker.New(newSpeakerEmbedder(cfg.Speaker), st.VectorMemory(), speaker.Config{
+		Threshold:  cfg.Speaker.Threshold,
+		MinSeconds: cfg.Speaker.MinSeconds,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("speaker: %v; staying off", err)
+		return nil
+	}
+	if rec.Enabled() {
+		log.Printf("speaker: recognition on, threshold %.2f", rec.Threshold())
+	} else {
+		log.Print("speaker: enrolment on, recognition BLOCKED — no speaker-embedding model " +
+			"on this box (see docs/plans/10-speaker-recognition.md)")
+	}
+	return &speakerWiring{rec: rec}
+}
+
+func (w *speakerWiring) enroll(ctx context.Context, req ipc.EnrollSpeakerReq) (ipc.EnrollSpeakerResp, error) {
+	p, err := w.rec.Enroll(ctx, req.ID, req.Name, req.Samples)
+	if err != nil {
+		return ipc.EnrollSpeakerResp{}, speakerErr(err)
+	}
+	return ipc.EnrollSpeakerResp{Speaker: toWireSpeaker(p)}, nil
+}
+
+func (w *speakerWiring) list(ctx context.Context) (ipc.ListSpeakersResp, error) {
+	ps, err := w.rec.List(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return ipc.ListSpeakersResp{}, speakerErr(err)
+	}
+	out := make([]ipc.Speaker, 0, len(ps))
+	for _, p := range ps {
+		out = append(out, toWireSpeaker(p))
+	}
+	return ipc.ListSpeakersResp{Speakers: out, Enabled: w.rec.Enabled()}, nil
+}
+
+func (w *speakerWiring) forget(ctx context.Context, req ipc.ForgetSpeakerReq) error {
+	return speakerErr(w.rec.Forget(ctx, req.ID))
+}
+
+// toWireSpeaker drops the voiceprint. A listing says who is enrolled; it does
+// not hand the biometric back out over the socket.
+func toWireSpeaker(p speaker.Profile) ipc.Speaker {
+	return ipc.Speaker{ID: p.ID, Name: p.Name, Enrolled: p.Enrolled, Samples: p.Samples}
+}
+
+// speakerErr maps the package sentinels onto the wire vocabulary so a surface
+// can tell "you asked wrong" from "core broke".
+func speakerErr(err error) error {
+	switch {
+	case err == nil:
+		return nil
+	case errors.Is(err, speaker.ErrNotFound):
+		return ipc.ErrNoFact
+	case errors.Is(err, speaker.ErrBadID),
+		errors.Is(err, speaker.ErrBadFormat),
+		errors.Is(err, speaker.ErrTooShort):
+		return errors.Join(ipc.ErrBadParams, err)
+	default:
+		return err
+	}
+}
+
+// wireSpeaker attaches the three handlers when the capability is configured.
+func wireSpeaker(srv *ipc.Server, st *store.Store, cfg *config.Config) {
+	w := newSpeakerWiring(st, cfg)
+	if w == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	srv.EnrollSpeakerFn = w.enroll
+	srv.ListSpeakersFn = w.list
+	srv.ForgetSpeakerFn = w.forget
+}

cmd/mavend/strutil.go

@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+// Package main — strutil.go holds small, receiver-free string utilities used
+// across the voice reply paths: trimming a wake token, pulling out the first
+// word or first line, and a minimal JSON string encoder for the one payload
+// shape that needs it. Extend this file rather than voice.go for anything in
+// that shape.
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/router"
+)
+
+// stripWake removes a leading wake token (any script the STT phonetically
+// transcribes "Maven" as) so the verb is the first word.
+func stripWake(u string) string {
+	stripped, had := router.StripWakeToken(u)
+	if !had {
+		return strings.TrimSpace(u)
+	}
+	return stripped
+}
+
+// firstWord returns the first whitespace-delimited token (lowercased) — the
+// proposed tool's name.
+func firstWord(s string) string {
+	f := strings.Fields(s)
+	if len(f) == 0 {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return strings.ToLower(f[0])
+}
+
+// firstLine — the first non-empty line of a tool's output, for a short spoken
+// reply (the full output goes to the log, not the TTS). Trimmed to keep the
+// utterance sane if a command dumps a wall of text.
+func firstLine(s string) string {
+	for _, line := range strings.Split(s, "\n") {
+		line = strings.TrimSpace(line)
+		if line != "" {
+			if len(line) > 200 {
+				line = line[:200]
+			}
+			return line
+		}
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
+// jsonString — a one-line JSON string encoder without dragging encoding/json
+// into the top of this file. Used to wrap a reminder payload's text field;
+// the router's reminder Slots are already absolute (DateTimeParser resolved
+// relative→absolute), the payload shape is conventional {"text":...}.
+func jsonString(s string) string {
+	// minimal JSON string escape — quotes + backslash + control chars.
+	// adequate for the reminder payload's text field; not a general JSON
+	// encoder. The chroma / RAG modules (when they land) use a real json
+	// encoder for richer payloads. Keep it inline here so the import
+	// direction stays narrow.
+	var b []byte
+	b = append(b, '"')
+	for _, r := range s {
+		switch r {
+		case '"':
+			b = append(b, '\\', '"')
+		case '\\':
+			b = append(b, '\\', '\\')
+		case '\n':
+			b = append(b, '\\', 'n')
+		case '\r':
+			b = append(b, '\\', 'r')
+		case '\t':
+			b = append(b, '\\', 't')
+		default:
+			if r < 0x20 {
+				b = append(b, []byte(fmt.Sprintf("\\u%04x", r))...)
+			} else {
+				b = append(b, []byte(string(r))...)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	b = append(b, '"')
+	return string(b)
+}

cmd/mavend/system_reply_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/router"
+)
+
+// systemHandler — a handler with nothing but a fixed clock, which is all
+// replySystem needs.
+func systemHandler(now time.Time) *reactiveHandler {
+	return &reactiveHandler{now: func() time.Time { return now }}
+}
+
+// TestReplySystemDateOffset — "какое число завтра" must answer tomorrow's
+// date, not today's (Vikunja #388).
+func TestReplySystemDateOffset(t *testing.T) {
+	// Thursday, 30 July 2026.
+	now := time.Date(2026, 7, 30, 14, 5, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+	h := systemHandler(now)
+	cases := []struct{ utterance, want string }{
+		{"какое сегодня число", "сегодня четверг, 30 июля 2026 года"},
+		{"какое число", "сегодня четверг, 30 июля 2026 года"},
+		{"какое число завтра", "завтра пятница, 31 июля 2026 года"},
+		{"какое число послезавтра", "послезавтра суббота, 1 августа 2026 года"},
+		{"какое было число вчера", "вчера среда, 29 июля 2026 года"},
+	}
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		got := h.replySystem(context.Background(), router.Decision{Utterance: c.utterance})
+		if got != c.want {
+			t.Errorf("replySystem(%q) = %q, want %q", c.utterance, got, c.want)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// A day she cannot work out must not come back as today's date — that is the
+// same silent wrong answer #388 was about, one step further out.
+func TestReplySystemUnknownDayIsHonest(t *testing.T) {
+	now := time.Date(2026, 7, 30, 14, 5, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+	h := systemHandler(now)
+	for _, u := range []string{
+		"какое число в пятницу",
+		"какое число через неделю",
+		"какое число в понедельник",
+	} {
+		got := h.replySystem(context.Background(), router.Decision{Utterance: u})
+		if got != onlyNearDaysReply {
+			t.Errorf("replySystem(%q) = %q, want the honest reply", u, got)
+		}
+	}
+	// The days she does know must not be caught by the same guard.
+	if got := h.replySystem(context.Background(), router.Decision{Utterance: "какое число завтра"}); got == onlyNearDaysReply {
+		t.Error("завтра was treated as an unknown day")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestReplySystemClockCity — the clock arm must not answer local time for a
+// question about another city (Vikunja #388). She keeps one clock, so every
+// named place gets the honest "local time only" answer.
+func TestReplySystemClockCity(t *testing.T) {
+	now := time.Date(2026, 7, 30, 12, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+	h := systemHandler(now)
+	cases := []struct{ utterance, want string }{
+		{"который час", "сейчас 12 часов ровно"},
+		{"который час в киеве", onlyLocalTimeReply},
+		{"сколько времени в москве", onlyLocalTimeReply},
+		{"который час в лондоне", onlyLocalTimeReply},
+		{"который час в бишкеке", onlyLocalTimeReply},
+	}
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		got := h.replySystem(context.Background(), router.Decision{Utterance: c.utterance})
+		if got != c.want {
+			t.Errorf("replySystem(%q) = %q, want %q", c.utterance, got, c.want)
+		}
+	}
+}

cmd/mavend/testdata/scenarios/evening_degraded.json

@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+{
+  "schema_version": 1,
+  "name": "evening_degraded",
+  "description": "The tier-2 pipeline case #288 deferred here, plus degraded mode. A golden WAV goes in at the microphone end and comes out as a written fact, and then the ecosystem starts answering 503 and the proactive loop has to stay quiet instead of falling over. The audio step asserts the PIPELINE — mic to STT seam to router to store to TTS — not whisper's accuracy; cmd/mavsttd/golden_test.go owns accuracy.",
+  "start": "2026-08-01T21:00:00+03:00",
+  "praxis_attention": "[{\"id\":\"item_1\",\"title\":\"medicine not taken\",\"importance\":3.0,\"rule\":\"evening_medicine\"}]",
+  "script": [
+    {
+      "match": "выпил воды",
+      "route": "[{\"intent\":\"fact\",\"key\":\"water\",\"value\":\"выпил\"}]"
+    },
+    {
+      "match": "записала факт: water",
+      "reply": "{\"response\":\"Записала, что ты выпил воды.\",\"mood\":\"neutral\"}"
+    },
+    {
+      "match": "",
+      "route": "[{\"intent\":\"chat\",\"text\":\"привет\"}]",
+      "reply": "{\"response\":\"Я рада тебя слышать.\",\"mood\":\"happy\"}"
+    }
+  ],
+  "steps": [
+    {
+      "at": "21:00",
+      "note": "he speaks. The whole voice path runs: push-to-talk, the STT seam parked with the golden transcript, the real router, the real store write, the phrasing contract.",
+      "audio": "ru_fact",
+      "expect_reply_contains": ["записала"],
+      "expect_reply_lacks": ["записал,", "милый", "ваш"],
+      "expect_events": ["water"]
+    },
+    {
+      "at": "21:05",
+      "note": "a healthy tick with him just having spoken stays silent",
+      "tick": true,
+      "expect_no_send": true
+    },
+    {
+      "at": "21:10",
+      "note": "the ecosystem goes down",
+      "fault": 503
+    },
+    {
+      "at": "21:15",
+      "note": "a tick against a dead ecosystem must degrade, not send half a thought",
+      "tick": true,
+      "expect_no_send": true,
+      "expect_no_events": true
+    },
+    {
+      "at": "21:20",
+      "note": "intake keeps working while the ecosystem is down — a write does not depend on it",
+      "arrive": {
+        "source": "rss:tech",
+        "note": { "text": "Патч 6.19.1 [tech]\nисправления\nhttps://example.org/b" }
+      },
+      "expect_events": ["rss:tech"],
+      "expect_no_send": true
+    },
+    {
+      "at": "21:25",
+      "note": "recovery",
+      "clear_fault": true,
+      "tick": true,
+      "expect_no_send": true
+    }
+  ]
+}

cmd/mavend/testdata/scenarios/morning_missed.json

@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+{
+  "schema_version": 1,
+  "name": "morning_missed",
+  "description": "The scenario from Vikunja #284's description, replayed. He appears at 08:30, things arrive through the morning while he is at the desk, and at 08:50 he asks what he missed. The assertions are as much about what did NOT happen — nothing was sent at him unprompted — as about what she said.",
+  "start": "2026-08-01T08:30:00+03:00",
+  "praxis_attention": "[{\"id\":\"item_1\",\"title\":\"medicine not taken\",\"importance\":3.0,\"rule\":\"morning_medicine\"}]",
+  "script": [
+    {
+      "match": "выпил воды",
+      "route": "[{\"intent\":\"fact\",\"key\":\"water\",\"value\":\"выпил\"}]"
+    },
+    {
+      "match": "записала факт: water",
+      "reply": "{\"response\":\"Записала, что ты выпил воды.\",\"mood\":\"neutral\"}"
+    },
+    {
+      "match": "что я пропустил",
+      "route": "[{\"intent\":\"query\",\"text\":\"что я пропустил\"}]"
+    },
+    {
+      "match": "",
+      "route": "[{\"intent\":\"chat\",\"text\":\"привет\"}]",
+      "reply": "{\"response\":\"Я рада тебя слышать.\",\"mood\":\"happy\"}"
+    }
+  ],
+  "steps": [
+    {
+      "at": "08:30",
+      "note": "he appears at the desk",
+      "signal": { "key": "desk_active", "value": "true", "source": "infer:hyprland" },
+      "expect_events": ["infer:hyprland"],
+      "expect_no_send": true
+    },
+    {
+      "at": "08:32",
+      "note": "a feed item arrives, published half an hour ago",
+      "arrive": {
+        "source": "rss:tech",
+        "as_of": "08:02",
+        "note": { "text": "Вышло ядро 6.19 [tech]\nкраткое содержание\nhttps://example.org/a" }
+      },
+      "expect_events": ["rss:tech"],
+      "expect_no_send": true
+    },
+    {
+      "at": "08:35",
+      "note": "the mail reader extracts a candidate — a candidate is never spoken",
+      "arrive": {
+        "source": "email:inbox",
+        "task": { "text": "продлить домен", "evidence": "Домен истекает через 7 дней" }
+      },
+      "expect_events": ["email:inbox", "продлить домен"],
+      "expect_no_send": true
+    },
+    {
+      "at": "08:40",
+      "note": "the work calendar signal — a relayed notification, below full confidence",
+      "arrive": {
+        "source": "ambient:notif",
+        "fact": {
+          "key": "calendar_event_20260801_планёрка",
+          "value": "10:00-11:00 планёрка"
+        }
+      },
+      "expect_events": ["ambient:notif", "планёрка"],
+      "expect_no_send": true
+    },
+    {
+      "at": "08:45",
+      "note": "a tick with him present and nothing wrong must stay silent",
+      "tick": true,
+      "expect_no_send": true
+    },
+    {
+      "at": "08:50",
+      "note": "he asks. The query path answers from local recall only: nothing stored clears the score gate, so she refuses rather than inventing a morning summary, and the replier is never reached. That refusal is the no-hallucination floor and this step pins it.",
+      "say": "что я пропустил?",
+      "expect_reply_contains": ["не знаю"],
+      "expect_reply_lacks": ["рад ", "милый", "ваш"]
+    },
+    {
+      "at": "08:55",
+      "note": "stating a fact writes it and says so, in the feminine",
+      "say": "я выпил воды",
+      "expect_reply_contains": ["записала"],
+      "expect_reply_lacks": ["записал,", "милый"],
+      "expect_events": ["water"]
+    },
+    {
+      "at": "09:00",
+      "note": "a second tick, still nothing unprompted",
+      "tick": true,
+      "expect_no_send": true
+    }
+  ]
+}

cmd/mavend/tick.go

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/ipc"
 	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/loop"
 	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/morning"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/pattern"
 	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/phraser"
 	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/routine"
 	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/store"
@@ -67,6 +68,14 @@ type tickLoop struct {
 	morningRoutines []morning.Routine
 	morningLast     map[string]time.Time
 
+	// proposalCfg — announcement policy for routines the tick inferred itself.
+	// nil ⇒ detect silently, never announce (the default). lastProposalAt is
+	// the cooldown clock, in-memory on purpose: a restart is allowed to permit
+	// one more announcement, and a restart-per-day loop is a bigger problem
+	// than a duplicate proposal notice.
+	proposalCfg    *config.PatternProposalConfig
+	lastProposalAt time.Time
+
 	// digestQ — in-memory queue of eligible nudges waiting for batch flush.
 	// populated when digestCfg != nil && digestCfg.Enabled.
 	digestQ []QueuedNudge
@@ -92,6 +101,7 @@ func newTickLoop(
 	digestCfg *config.DigestConfig,
 	routines []routine.Routine,
 	morningRoutines []morning.Routine,
+	proposalCfg *config.PatternProposalConfig,
 ) *tickLoop {
 	return &tickLoop{
 		store:            st,
@@ -108,6 +118,7 @@ func newTickLoop(
 		routineLast:      make(map[string]time.Time),
 		morningRoutines:  morningRoutines,
 		morningLast:      make(map[string]time.Time),
+		proposalCfg:      proposalCfg,
 		lastPhrase:       make(map[string]delivery.PhrasedNudge),
 	}
 }
@@ -180,17 +191,40 @@ func (t *tickLoop) tick(ctx context.Context, now time.Time) {
 	// (with dedup) avoids re-queueing the same rule after a flush.
 	t.maybeFlush(ctx, now, state)
 
+	// gate-suppressed digest (Vikunja #281): rules the restraint gate held
+	// back this tick (quiet hours / away / calendar-busy), not because they
+	// weren't due, but because it wasn't the moment. Some of those are worth
+	// resurfacing later instead of just being lost — loop.DigestEligible
+	// draws that line. This is a SEPARATE mechanism from the in-memory
+	// digestQ above: that one batches candidates the gate already ALLOWED to
+	// fire; this one durably holds candidates the gate BLOCKED.
+	t.enqueueSuppressedDigest(ctx, trace, state, now)
+	t.expireStaleDigest(ctx, now)
+	t.maybeDrainDigest(ctx, state, now)
+
 	// routines: operator-declared scheduled behaviors. fire the ones whose cron
 	// crossed since last fire, delivered through the normal routing (voice when
 	// present, away channels otherwise). bodies are literal operator text — not
 	// LLM-phrased — so a routine can't hallucinate. severity comes from config.
 	t.fireRoutines(ctx, now, state)
 
+	// accepted routines: patterns the user confirmed. read straight from the
+	// store each tick so the schedule survives a restart.
+	t.fireAcceptedRoutines(ctx, now, state)
+
 	// morning routines: daily checklists (medicine/water/pets/...), nagged at
 	// most once per day per routine, and only for items still unevidenced at
 	// nudge time. See internal/morning for the "why not four timers" rationale.
 	t.fireMorningRoutines(ctx, now, state)
 
+	// pattern detection: scan every action+object pair with recorded events
+	// and propose a routine for any stable one not already decided (Vikunja
+	// #43). This used to only run as a side effect of the voice fact-write
+	// path, so a pattern already sitting in history went unnoticed until he
+	// happened to mention it again by voice. See patterns.go and
+	// detectPatterns below for how idempotence and dismissal are respected.
+	t.detectPatterns(ctx, now, state)
+
 	// reminders: gate-bypassing class. fired once, marked after a successful
 	// delivery.  a failed send leaves the reminder pending — the next tick
 	// re-gathers and re-attempts.
@@ -338,6 +372,235 @@ func (t *tickLoop) flushDigest(ctx context.Context, now time.Time, state loop.St
 	t.digestQ = nil
 }
 
+// detectPatterns runs the pattern detector proactively over every
+// action+object pair that has ever produced an event, independent of
+// whichever fact write (or channel) last touched it (Vikunja #43). This is
+// what makes pattern inference actually proactive: it fires on the daemon's
+// own schedule reading accumulated history, not only as a side effect of a
+// live voice turn.
+//
+// Idempotence and noise are handled by the store, not here — this function
+// is safe to call every tick:
+//   - Same pattern, tick after tick: detectAndPropose's LookupProposedRoutine
+//     check plus proposed_routines' UNIQUE(action, object) constraint (with
+//     CreateProposedRoutine's ON CONFLICT DO NOTHING) mean a pair that
+//     already has a row — in ANY status — produces no second row and no log
+//     spam beyond the one line at genuine creation.
+//   - A DISMISSED proposal must never come back. DismissProposedRoutine flips
+//     status in place; the row is never deleted. So the same Lookup check
+//     that stops a duplicate "proposed" also stops a "dismissed" one from
+//     resurrecting — there is nothing tick-specific to get right here beyond
+//     calling the same shared path the voice route already used.
+//
+// By default this only creates a row for the /routines page to show: it does
+// not notify, ring, or speak. Detection is not the same act as disturbing him
+// about it, and Maven is "not a nag, not autonomous" (CLAUDE.md). Announcing
+// is opt-in through the pattern_proposals config block — see announceProposal
+// for the restraints that apply even then. A proposal only starts producing
+// recurring nudges once he accepts it (fireAcceptedRoutines).
+func (t *tickLoop) detectPatterns(ctx context.Context, now time.Time, state loop.State) {
+	pairs, err := t.store.DistinctEventPairs(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("tick: distinct event pairs: %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+	announced := false
+	for _, p := range pairs {
+		r, _, err := detectAndPropose(ctx, t.store, p.Action, p.Object, now)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Printf("tick: detect pattern %s/%s: %v", p.Action, p.Object, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		if r == nil {
+			continue // no stable pattern, or already proposed/accepted/dismissed
+		}
+		log.Printf("tick: proposed routine: %s/%s every %.1f days", r.Action, r.Object, r.IntervalDays)
+		// One announcement per tick at most, whatever the scan turned up. The
+		// rest are on /routines; they are not lost, they are just not shouted.
+		if announced {
+			continue
+		}
+		announced = t.announceProposal(ctx, r, now, state)
+	}
+}
+
+// announceProposal offers a freshly inferred routine through the ordinary
+// care-delivery path, if announcing is switched on at all. Returns true when
+// something was actually sent.
+//
+// Everything here is restraint. The feature is off unless configured; when on
+// it is sev1 (the lowest severity, so quiet hours, away presence and snooze
+// all suppress it via loop.Gate exactly like a care nudge); it is spaced by
+// proposalCfg.Cooldown across every pair, not per pair; and a suppressed or
+// dropped announcement is NOT retried — the cooldown clock advances only on a
+// real send, but the proposal row already exists, so the next tick will not
+// re-detect it and nothing queues up behind it. A missed announcement means
+// he reads it on /routines instead, which is the whole point of the page.
+//
+// The body is the detector's own literal Russian phrasing (pattern.PhraseRoutine
+// — "ты заправляешь поилку раз в 7 дней — напоминать?"), not LLM-generated, so
+// an inferred routine cannot arrive worded as something Maven never observed.
+func (t *tickLoop) announceProposal(ctx context.Context, r *pattern.ProposedRoutine, now time.Time, state loop.State) bool {
+	if !t.proposalCfg.AnnounceProposals() {
+		return false
+	}
+	cooldown := time.Duration(t.proposalCfg.Cooldown)
+	if cooldown <= 0 {
+		cooldown = config.DefaultProposalCooldown
+	}
+	if !t.lastProposalAt.IsZero() && now.Sub(t.lastProposalAt) < cooldown {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	rule := loop.Rule{Name: "proposal:" + r.Action + " " + r.Object, Severity: loop.Sev1}
+	if !loop.Gate(state, rule) {
+		return false
+	}
+	body := pattern.PhraseRoutine(r)
+	pn := delivery.PhrasedNudge{
+		Candidate: loop.Candidate{Rule: rule, Severity: rule.Severity, State: state},
+		Body:      body,
+		Summary:   body,
+	}
+	sent, err := t.dispatcher.DispatchNudge(ctx, pn, now)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("tick: announce proposal %s/%s: %v", r.Action, r.Object, err)
+		return false
+	}
+	if len(sent) == 0 {
+		return false // routing dropped it — /routines still has it.
+	}
+	t.lastProposalAt = now
+	return true
+}
+
+// digestExpiry — how long a gate-suppressed care nudge stays worth
+// resurfacing. 24h: these are daily-cadence rules (water/meal/break run on
+// hour-scale cooldowns and re-derive from facts that reset every day), so a
+// digest entry that outlives one full day is describing a day that's already
+// over — "you skipped a break yesterday" said tomorrow evening is noise, not
+// news. Bounding at one day also means a digest can never silently span a
+// weekend of quiet hours into an unbounded backlog.
+const digestExpiry = 24 * time.Hour
+
+// maxDigestSpokenItems — the bundle read-out is capped so "batched, not
+// dropped" cannot regress into "she dumps twelve things on me the moment I
+// walk in" — a digest that nags in bulk is worse than the drops it replaced.
+// Anything beyond the cap is still marked drained (it did get its moment;
+// the cap limits WORDS, not whether it counted) and folded into a trailing
+// count instead of being spoken in full.
+const maxDigestSpokenItems = 3
+
+// enqueueSuppressedDigest scans this tick's trace for care candidates the
+// gate blocked for a genuine restraint reason and durably records the
+// digest-eligible ones (loop.DigestEligible). Phrasing happens once, here,
+// at enqueue time — not re-derived at drain time — the same way queueNudge
+// phrases once and caches, so a rule suppressed for hours isn't re-prompting
+// the LLM every tick it stays blocked (EnqueueDigestEntry's rule+body dedupe
+// makes repeat calls here harmless, but skipping the phrase call entirely
+// when a pending entry already exists avoids the LLM round-trip too).
+func (t *tickLoop) enqueueSuppressedDigest(ctx context.Context, trace *loop.TickTrace, state loop.State, now time.Time) {
+	if trace == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	for _, tr := range trace.RuleTraces {
+		if !tr.PredicateResult || tr.GateResult {
+			continue // didn't want to fire, or wasn't suppressed
+		}
+		if !loop.DigestEligible(tr.Severity, tr.GateBlockedBy) {
+			continue
+		}
+		rule := loop.Rule{Name: tr.RuleName, Severity: tr.Severity}
+		cand := loop.Candidate{Rule: rule, Severity: tr.Severity, State: state}
+		pn, err := t.phraser.PhraseNudge(ctx, cand)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Printf("tick: phrase digest candidate %s: %v", tr.RuleName, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		expires := now.Add(digestExpiry)
+		if _, deduped, err := t.store.EnqueueDigestEntry(ctx, tr.RuleName, int(tr.Severity), pn.Body, now, expires); err != nil {
+			log.Printf("tick: enqueue digest entry %s: %v", tr.RuleName, err)
+		} else if deduped {
+			// same suppressed nudge already pending — nothing new to say.
+			continue
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// expireStaleDigest sweeps entries past their expiry once per tick — cheap
+// bookkeeping, mirrors ReconcileStaleDeliveryAttempts's shape.
+func (t *tickLoop) expireStaleDigest(ctx context.Context, now time.Time) {
+	n, err := t.store.ExpireStaleDigestEntries(ctx, now)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("tick: expire stale digest entries: %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+	if n > 0 {
+		log.Printf("tick: expired %d stale digest entr(y/ies) unspoken", n)
+	}
+}
+
+// maybeDrainDigest speaks the pending digest bundle once the gate's
+// suppression reasons have actually cleared — quiet hours over, back from
+// away, out of the meeting. Draining while still suppressed would just be a
+// second way to nag through quiet hours; the bundle waits for the same "is
+// it allowed right now" condition a live nudge already waits for.
+func (t *tickLoop) maybeDrainDigest(ctx context.Context, state loop.State, now time.Time) {
+	if state.QuietHours || state.CalendarBusy || state.Presence == store.Away {
+		return
+	}
+	entries, err := t.store.PendingDigestEntries(ctx, now)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("tick: pending digest entries: %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+	if len(entries) == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+
+	spoken := entries
+	extra := 0
+	if len(spoken) > maxDigestSpokenItems {
+		spoken = entries[:maxDigestSpokenItems]
+		extra = len(entries) - maxDigestSpokenItems
+	}
+	var b strings.Builder
+	maxSev := 0
+	for i, e := range spoken {
+		if i > 0 {
+			b.WriteString(" · ")
+		}
+		b.WriteString(e.Body)
+		if e.Severity > maxSev {
+			maxSev = e.Severity
+		}
+	}
+	if extra > 0 {
+		fmt.Fprintf(&b, " · и ещё %d", extra)
+	}
+	body := b.String()
+	summary := fmt.Sprintf("%d отложенных уведомлений", len(entries))
+
+	cand := loop.Candidate{
+		Rule:     loop.Rule{Name: "digest", Severity: loop.Severity(maxSev)},
+		Severity: loop.Severity(maxSev),
+		State:    state,
+	}
+	pn := delivery.PhrasedNudge{Candidate: cand, Body: body, Summary: summary}
+	t.cachePhrase(pn)
+	if _, err := t.dispatcher.DispatchNudge(ctx, pn, now); err != nil {
+		log.Printf("tick: dispatch digest bundle: %v", err)
+		return // leave entries pending; retried next tick
+	}
+	ids := make([]int64, len(entries))
+	for i, e := range entries {
+		ids[i] = e.ID
+	}
+	if err := t.store.DrainDigestEntries(ctx, ids, now); err != nil {
+		log.Printf("tick: drain digest entries: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
 // routinesFromConfig maps the config's routine blocks to the engine type.
 // Validation (cron parses, name/body present, severity defaulted) already ran
 // in config.Load, so this is a pure field copy.
@@ -377,6 +640,64 @@ func (t *tickLoop) fireRoutines(ctx context.Context, now time.Time, state loop.S
 	}
 }
 
+// fireAcceptedRoutines nudges about the routines the user accepted, once per
+// interval (Vikunja #366). Accepting used to create a single reminder, so a
+// non-weekly routine fired once and went quiet forever; the schedule lives in
+// the proposed_routines row now and the loop re-reads it every tick.
+//
+// A routine is a care-class nudge and goes through the restraint gate like any
+// other: quiet hours, away presence and snooze all suppress it. Reminders bypass
+// that gate; routines must not. A suppressed nudge is NOT marked fired, so it
+// goes out on the next tick that the gate allows — one nudge, held, not dropped
+// and not repeated.
+//
+// The body is literal text built from the detected action and object, not
+// LLM-phrased, so a routine can't hallucinate. It nudges; it never acts.
+func (t *tickLoop) fireAcceptedRoutines(ctx context.Context, now time.Time, state loop.State) {
+	rows, err := t.store.ListAcceptedRoutines(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("tick: list accepted routines: %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+	accepted := make([]routine.Accepted, 0, len(rows))
+	for _, r := range rows {
+		if r.AcceptedTs == nil {
+			continue // accepted before the schedule column existed — no clock to start from.
+		}
+		accepted = append(accepted, routine.Accepted{
+			ID:           r.ID,
+			Name:         r.Action + " " + r.Object,
+			IntervalDays: r.IntervalDays,
+			Accepted:     *r.AcceptedTs,
+			LastFired:    r.LastFiredTs,
+		})
+	}
+
+	for _, a := range routine.DueAccepted(accepted, now) {
+		rule := loop.Rule{Name: "routine:" + a.Name, Severity: loop.Sev1}
+		if !loop.Gate(state, rule) {
+			continue
+		}
+		body := "пора: " + a.Name
+		pn := delivery.PhrasedNudge{
+			Candidate: loop.Candidate{Rule: rule, Severity: rule.Severity, State: state},
+			Body:      body,
+			Summary:   body,
+		}
+		sent, err := t.dispatcher.DispatchNudge(ctx, pn, now)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Printf("tick: dispatch accepted routine %d: %v", a.ID, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		if len(sent) == 0 {
+			continue // routing dropped it — leave it due.
+		}
+		if err := t.store.MarkRoutineFired(ctx, a.ID, now); err != nil {
+			log.Printf("tick: mark routine %d fired: %v", a.ID, err)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // fireMorningRoutines checks each configured checklist against today's facts
 // and dispatches a nag listing exactly what's still missing, at most once per
 // routine per calendar day. Fact reads happen here (not in loop.Gatherer)
@@ -468,6 +789,77 @@ func (t *tickLoop) morningStatus(ctx context.Context, now time.Time) []ipc.Morni
 	return out
 }
 
+// dayPlan is the read-only "what does today hold" query (Vikunja #128). It is
+// the impure half of morning.BuildPlan: it reads the calendar events, the
+// pending reminders and the checklist facts, and the pure builder orders them.
+//
+// It never dispatches. Asking for the plan is a query like any other; the only
+// unprompted delivery in maven stays with the morning nudge and the
+// dispatcher's policy.
+func (t *tickLoop) dayPlan(ctx context.Context, now time.Time) ipc.DayPlan {
+	y, m, d := now.Date()
+	dayStart := time.Date(y, m, d, 0, 0, 0, 0, now.Location())
+	dayEnd := dayStart.AddDate(0, 0, 1)
+
+	var events []morning.PlanEntry
+	facts, err := t.store.CalendarEvents(ctx, dayStart, dayEnd)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("tick: day plan: calendar events: %v", err)
+	}
+	for _, f := range facts {
+		events = append(events, morning.PlanEntry{
+			At:   f.Ts,
+			Text: f.Value,
+			Kind: morning.PlanEvent,
+			// Provenance below a calendar read (an ambient relay, #126) is
+			// hedged rather than recited as fact.
+			Uncertain: f.Confidence < 1.0,
+		})
+	}
+
+	var reminders []morning.PlanEntry
+	rems, err := t.store.ListReminders(ctx, dayPlanMaxReminders)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("tick: day plan: list reminders: %v", err)
+	}
+	for _, r := range rems {
+		if r.Status != "pending" {
+			continue
+		}
+		fire := r.NextFireTs
+		if fire.IsZero() {
+			fire = r.FireTs
+		}
+		reminders = append(reminders, morning.PlanEntry{
+			At:   fire,
+			Text: strings.TrimSpace(r.Payload),
+			Kind: morning.PlanReminder,
+		})
+	}
+
+	var checklistFacts map[string]store.Fact
+	if len(t.morningRoutines) > 0 {
+		checklistFacts = t.gatherMorningFacts(ctx)
+	}
+	plan := morning.BuildPlan(t.morningRoutines, checklistFacts, events, reminders, now)
+
+	out := ipc.DayPlan{Date: plan.Date, Spoken: plan.FormatRU()}
+	out.Items = make([]ipc.DayPlanItem, len(plan.Items))
+	for i, it := range plan.Items {
+		out.Items[i] = ipc.DayPlanItem{
+			At:        it.At,
+			Text:      it.Text,
+			Kind:      string(it.Kind),
+			Uncertain: it.Uncertain,
+		}
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+// dayPlanMaxReminders bounds the reminder scan. The plan covers one day; a
+// pending queue longer than this is a bug elsewhere, not a plan to recite.
+const dayPlanMaxReminders = 500
+
 // tune — the feedback auto-tuner's impure step. runs on a slow cadence
 // (autotuneInterval, see run) so it doesn't write a fact every tick. for each
 // rule:
@@ -547,7 +939,21 @@ type daemonAPI struct {
 	ipc.CoreAPI
 	getTrace         func() *loop.TickTrace
 	getMorningStatus func(ctx context.Context) []ipc.MorningRoutineStatus
+	getDayPlan       func(ctx context.Context) ipc.DayPlan
 	chatFn           func(ctx context.Context, text string) string
+	getMCPServers    func() []ipc.MCPServerStatus
+	getEvents        func(n int) []ipc.IntakeEvent
+}
+
+// RecentEvents — the unified intake journal (Vikunja #283). Empty, not an
+// error, when no bus was wired: "nothing has arrived" and "the journal is off"
+// look the same to a reader on purpose, because neither is a fault and the
+// page renders both as an empty table.
+func (d *daemonAPI) RecentEvents(ctx context.Context, n int) ([]ipc.IntakeEvent, error) {
+	if d.getEvents == nil {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	return d.getEvents(n), nil
 }
 
 func (d *daemonAPI) Chat(ctx context.Context, text string) (string, error) {
@@ -557,6 +963,16 @@ func (d *daemonAPI) Chat(ctx context.Context, text string) (string, error) {
 	return d.chatFn(ctx, text), nil
 }
 
+// MCPServers — the configured MCP servers and their health (Vikunja #251).
+// Empty, not an error, when the mcp block is absent: "not configured" is the
+// default state and the web surface renders it as such.
+func (d *daemonAPI) MCPServers(ctx context.Context) ([]ipc.MCPServerStatus, error) {
+	if d.getMCPServers == nil {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	return d.getMCPServers(), nil
+}
+
 func (d *daemonAPI) TickTrace(ctx context.Context) (ipc.TickTrace, error) {
 	trace := d.getTrace()
 	if trace == nil {
@@ -572,6 +988,13 @@ func (d *daemonAPI) MorningStatus(ctx context.Context) ([]ipc.MorningRoutineStat
 	return d.getMorningStatus(ctx), nil
 }
 
+func (d *daemonAPI) DayPlan(ctx context.Context) (ipc.DayPlan, error) {
+	if d.getDayPlan == nil {
+		return ipc.DayPlan{}, errors.New("mavend: day plan not available")
+	}
+	return d.getDayPlan(ctx), nil
+}
+
 func toIPCTickTrace(t loop.TickTrace) ipc.TickTrace {
 	rules := make([]ipc.RuleTrace, len(t.RuleTraces))
 	for i, r := range t.RuleTraces {

cmd/mavend/tick_test.go

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func newTestTickLoop(t *testing.T, st *store.Store, sink delivery.Sink, digestCf
 		Nudges:    st,
 		Reminders: st,
 	})
-	return newTickLoop(st, g, d, phraser.NewStub(), rules, time.Second, 5*time.Minute, 0, digestCfg, nil, nil)
+	return newTickLoop(st, g, d, phraser.NewStub(), rules, time.Second, 5*time.Minute, 0, digestCfg, nil, nil, nil)
 }
 
 func TestTickFiresRoutineWhenScheduleCrosses(t *testing.T) {
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func TestTickFiresRoutineWhenScheduleCrosses(t *testing.T) {
 	sink := &fakeSink{}
 	d := delivery.NewDispatcher(delivery.Config{Voice: sink, Ntfy: sink, Telegram: sink, Nudges: st, Reminders: st})
 	rs := []routine.Routine{{Name: "morning", Cron: "0 12 * * *", Body: "полдень, время воды", Severity: 1}}
-	tl := newTickLoop(st, g, d, phraser.NewStub(), rules, time.Second, 5*time.Minute, 0, nil, rs, nil)
+	tl := newTickLoop(st, g, d, phraser.NewStub(), rules, time.Second, 5*time.Minute, 0, nil, rs, nil, nil)
 
 	// first tick: seeds, does not fire the routine.
 	tl.tick(ctx, now)
@@ -96,6 +96,115 @@ func TestTickFiresRoutineWhenScheduleCrosses(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// TestTickFiresAcceptedRoutineEveryInterval — Vikunja #366. An accepted routine
+// with a 3-day interval must nudge every 3 days, not once. It also must not
+// replay the occurrences it slept through: after a 30-day gap it nudges once.
+func TestTickFiresAcceptedRoutineEveryInterval(t *testing.T) {
+	st := newTestStore(t)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	accepted := refNow()
+
+	id, err := st.CreateProposedRoutine(ctx, "полить", "цветы", 3.0, accepted)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("CreateProposedRoutine: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := st.AcceptProposedRoutine(ctx, id, accepted); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("AcceptProposedRoutine: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	sink := &fakeSink{}
+	tl := newTestTickLoop(t, st, sink, nil)
+	const rule = "routine:полить цветы"
+
+	// Same day as the accept: not due yet.
+	markPresent(t, st, ctx, accepted)
+	tl.tick(ctx, accepted.Add(time.Hour))
+	if n := countSends(sink, rule); n != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("routine fired %d times before its first interval passed, want 0", n)
+	}
+
+	// Three days later: the first nudge.
+	first := accepted.Add(3 * 24 * time.Hour)
+	markPresent(t, st, ctx, first)
+	tl.tick(ctx, first)
+	if n := countSends(sink, rule); n != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("first interval: sends = %d, want 1", n)
+	}
+
+	// Next day: still inside the interval, silent.
+	sink.sends = nil
+	markPresent(t, st, ctx, first.Add(24*time.Hour))
+	tl.tick(ctx, first.Add(24*time.Hour))
+	if n := countSends(sink, rule); n != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("mid-interval: sends = %d, want 0", n)
+	}
+
+	// Three days after the first nudge: it fires again. This is the bug —
+	// a one-shot reminder would never come back.
+	second := first.Add(3 * 24 * time.Hour)
+	markPresent(t, st, ctx, second)
+	tl.tick(ctx, second)
+	if n := countSends(sink, rule); n != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("second interval: sends = %d, want 1 (a routine repeats)", n)
+	}
+
+	// A long silence must not turn into a backlog of missed nudges.
+	sink.sends = nil
+	late := second.Add(30 * 24 * time.Hour)
+	markPresent(t, st, ctx, late)
+	tl.tick(ctx, late)
+	if n := countSends(sink, rule); n != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("after a 30-day gap: sends = %d, want exactly 1 (no backlog)", n)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestTickAcceptedRoutineRespectsQuietHours — routines are not reminders: they
+// do not inherit the reminder gate bypass. Away presence drops a care-class
+// nudge, and the routine stays due so it nudges once the user is back.
+func TestTickAcceptedRoutineRespectsGate(t *testing.T) {
+	st := newTestStore(t)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	accepted := refNow()
+
+	id, err := st.CreateProposedRoutine(ctx, "полить", "цветы", 3.0, accepted)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("CreateProposedRoutine: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := st.AcceptProposedRoutine(ctx, id, accepted); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("AcceptProposedRoutine: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	sink := &fakeSink{}
+	tl := newTestTickLoop(t, st, sink, nil)
+	const rule = "routine:полить цветы"
+
+	// No presence probes at all ⇒ away ⇒ the care gate blocks the nudge.
+	due := accepted.Add(3 * 24 * time.Hour)
+	tl.tick(ctx, due)
+	if n := countSends(sink, rule); n != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("away: sends = %d, want 0 (routine must not bypass the gate)", n)
+	}
+
+	// Back at the desk a minute later: the nudge that was held now goes out.
+	back := due.Add(time.Minute)
+	markPresent(t, st, ctx, back)
+	tl.tick(ctx, back)
+	if n := countSends(sink, rule); n != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("present again: sends = %d, want 1", n)
+	}
+}
+
+// countSends counts captured sends for one rule name.
+func countSends(sink *fakeSink, rule string) int {
+	n := 0
+	for _, s := range sink.sends {
+		if s.RuleName == rule {
+			n++
+		}
+	}
+	return n
+}
+
 // refNow — fixed tick time so presence decay + since durations are deterministic.
 func refNow() time.Time { return time.Date(2026, 6, 30, 12, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC) }
 

cmd/mavend/vision.go

@@ -0,0 +1,257 @@
+// mavend/vision.go — core's half of image understanding (Vikunja #252,
+// docs/plans/07-vision.md).
+//
+// The split: any surface that can receive a picture (mavweb upload, a Telegram
+// photo through mavpoll, a path he names) hands the bytes to core over
+// ipc.MethodDescribeImage. Core stores them content-addressed under
+// media.dir, prepares a downscaled JPEG, and asks a local vision server what it
+// is. The description comes back as words; nothing about the image is echoed.
+//
+// Off unless configured twice over: no `media` block ⇒ nowhere to keep the
+// bytes, so the method does not exist; no `vision` block with enabled + a local
+// endpoint ⇒ the store is wired but the describing half refuses, and the method
+// still does not exist. A surface cannot make Maven look at pictures by merely
+// sending one.
+//
+// Two things this file deliberately does not do:
+//
+//   - No cloud vision call, ever. internal/vision refuses a non-private
+//     endpoint at construction; there is no config shape here that could reach
+//     an upstream API even if someone wanted one.
+//   - No automatic memory. SaveNote is opt-in per call. Glancing at a screenshot
+//     is not the same act as remembering it, and a 1.7B-class VLM's guess about
+//     a photo is not a fact worth carrying around.
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/config"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/ipc"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/media"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/router"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/store"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/vision"
+)
+
+// prunePeriod — how often stored blobs are checked against media.retention.
+// Hourly is far more often than needed for a 7-day retention and costs a
+// directory walk over a handful of sidecars; the point is that the promise is
+// kept by a loop that runs, not by an operator remembering a cron.
+const prunePeriod = time.Hour
+
+// mediaKeeper — the blob store plus the loop that enforces its retention. The
+// two are one object because a store without the loop is a directory that grows
+// forever, and shipping that would break the only interesting promise this
+// capability makes.
+type mediaKeeper struct {
+	store *media.Store
+}
+
+// openMediaStore builds the blob store from config, or returns nil when media is
+// not configured. A relative dir resolves against StateDir, the same rule the db
+// and socket paths follow.
+func openMediaStore(cfg *config.Config) *mediaKeeper {
+	dir := cfg.Media.StoreDir()
+	if dir == "" {
+		return nil
+	}
+	if !filepath.IsAbs(dir) && cfg.StateDir != "" {
+		dir = filepath.Join(cfg.StateDir, dir)
+	}
+	st, err := media.Open(dir, cfg.Media.MaxBytes, time.Duration(cfg.Media.Retention))
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("media: %v — image and audio intake disabled", err)
+		return nil
+	}
+	log.Printf("media: blob store at %s, retention %s", st.Dir(), st.Retention())
+	return &mediaKeeper{store: st}
+}
+
+// runPrune deletes over-retention blobs on a loop until ctx ends. It prunes once
+// immediately, so a daemon restarted after a long downtime does not sit on a
+// month of stale recordings until the first tick.
+func (k *mediaKeeper) runPrune(ctx context.Context) {
+	prune := func() {
+		n, err := k.store.Prune()
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Printf("media: prune: %v", err)
+			return
+		}
+		if n > 0 {
+			log.Printf("media: pruned %d blob(s) older than %s", n, k.store.Retention())
+		}
+	}
+	prune()
+	t := time.NewTicker(prunePeriod)
+	defer t.Stop()
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			return
+		case <-t.C:
+			prune()
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// visionIntake — one image at a time: store, prepare, describe, optionally note.
+type visionIntake struct {
+	in  *vision.Intake
+	st  *store.Store
+	emb router.Embedder
+	now func() time.Time
+}
+
+// newVisionIntake returns nil when there is nothing to wire. keeper == nil means
+// no media block, which disables the method outright; a missing or disabled
+// vision block still wires the method, because storing an image and answering
+// "I can't look at it yet" is more useful than pretending the surface does not
+// exist — and it is exactly the state this box is in until a vision model is on
+// disk.
+func newVisionIntake(keeper *mediaKeeper, st *store.Store, emb router.Embedder, cfg *config.Config) *visionIntake {
+	if keeper == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	vc := cfg.Vision
+	maxDim := 0
+	var provider vision.Provider = vision.Disabled{}
+	if vc.LooksAtImages() {
+		p, err := vision.NewLocal(vision.Config{
+			Endpoint:  vc.Endpoint,
+			Model:     vc.Model,
+			Timeout:   time.Duration(vc.Timeout),
+			MaxTokens: vc.MaxTokens,
+			Prompt:    vc.Prompt,
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			// A public endpoint, a hostname, a bad URL. Logged once here rather
+			// than failing every turn, and the store still works.
+			log.Printf("vision: %v — she can store images but not describe them", err)
+		} else {
+			provider = p
+			maxDim = vc.MaxDim
+			log.Printf("vision: enabled against %s", p.Endpoint())
+		}
+	} else {
+		log.Printf("vision: not configured — images are stored, not described")
+	}
+	return &visionIntake{
+		in:  vision.NewIntake(keeper.store, provider, maxDim),
+		st:  st,
+		emb: emb,
+		now: time.Now,
+	}
+}
+
+// describe handles one ipc.MethodDescribeImage call.
+//
+// A description failure is NOT an error out of this method when the bytes were
+// stored: the caller gets the id and an empty description, which is honest ("it
+// is kept, I cannot read it yet") and re-runnable. A failure to store, or bytes
+// that are not an image at all, is an error — there is nothing to come back to.
+func (v *visionIntake) describe(ctx context.Context, req ipc.DescribeImageReq) (ipc.DescribeImageResp, error) {
+	if len(req.Data) == 0 && req.ID == "" {
+		return ipc.DescribeImageResp{}, fmt.Errorf("describe image: neither data nor id")
+	}
+
+	var (
+		res vision.Result
+		err error
+	)
+	if req.ID != "" {
+		res, err = v.in.Rerun(ctx, req.ID, req.Question)
+	} else {
+		res, err = v.in.Accept(ctx, req.Data, sourceOrDefault(req.Source), req.Question)
+	}
+	if res.Blob.ID == "" {
+		// Nothing was stored: bad format, over the size cap, unwritable dir.
+		return ipc.DescribeImageResp{}, fmt.Errorf("describe image: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	resp := ipc.DescribeImageResp{
+		ID:          res.Blob.ID,
+		Description: res.Description,
+		Width:       res.Image.Width,
+		Height:      res.Image.Height,
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		// Bytes are safe, words are not available. The log names the blob and the
+		// reason; it never names what was in the picture.
+		if errors.Is(err, vision.ErrDisabled) {
+			log.Printf("vision: stored %s, no vision model configured", res.Blob)
+		} else {
+			log.Printf("vision: stored %s, describe failed: %v", res.Blob, err)
+		}
+		return resp, nil
+	}
+
+	if req.SaveNote {
+		id, werr := v.writeNote(ctx, res)
+		if werr != nil {
+			// The description is still returned: losing the note is worse as a
+			// silent failure than as a log line next to a successful answer.
+			log.Printf("vision: note write for %s failed: %v", res.Blob, werr)
+		} else {
+			resp.NoteID = id
+		}
+	}
+	log.Printf("vision: described %s (%dx%d)", res.Blob, res.Image.Width, res.Image.Height)
+	return resp, nil
+}
+
+// writeNote stores the description as an ordinary note so it is recallable. The
+// note carries the blob id in its source, which is the only link back to the
+// bytes — the note text is words about the picture, never the picture.
+func (v *visionIntake) writeNote(ctx context.Context, res vision.Result) (int64, error) {
+	var vec []float32
+	if v.emb != nil {
+		// EmbedPassage, not Embed: a description is text being searched FOR, and
+		// the e5 embedder is asymmetric. Backwards here makes it unfindable by
+		// the question that should have matched it.
+		var err error
+		vec, err = router.EmbedPassage(ctx, v.emb, res.Description)
+		if err != nil {
+			return 0, fmt.Errorf("embed: %w", err)
+		}
+	}
+	source := "media:image:" + res.Blob.ID[:12]
+	return v.st.WriteNote(ctx, v.now(), res.Description, vec, source)
+}
+
+// sourceOrDefault labels a blob whose sender did not say where it came from.
+func sourceOrDefault(s string) string {
+	if s == "" {
+		return "unknown"
+	}
+	return s
+}
+
+// wireVision installs the IPC hook and starts the retention loop, or leaves the
+// hook nil so ipc.MethodDescribeImage reports ErrUnknownMethod. Called on both
+// startup paths (unlocked boot and passkey unlock) so vision behaves the same
+// either way.
+//
+// Returns the media keeper so the meeting recorder can share it: one blob store
+// with one retention loop holds both the images and the audio, which is the
+// whole point of internal/media being a shared package. nil ⇒ no media block,
+// and neither capability exists.
+func wireVision(ctx context.Context, srv *ipc.Server, st *store.Store, emb router.Embedder, cfg *config.Config) *mediaKeeper {
+	keeper := openMediaStore(cfg)
+	if keeper == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	go keeper.runPrune(ctx)
+
+	vi := newVisionIntake(keeper, st, emb, cfg)
+	if vi == nil {
+		return keeper
+	}
+	srv.DescribeImageFn = vi.describe
+	return keeper
+}

cmd/mavend/voicewire.go

@@ -0,0 +1,478 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/config"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/delivery"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/delivery/voicesink"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/dialogue"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/ipc"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/llm"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/memory"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/phraser"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/router"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/store"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/stt"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/tool"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/tts"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/voice"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/weather"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/worker"
+)
+
+// voiceWiring — everything the daemon needs to run the audio path. Held by
+// cmd/mavend/main.go alongside the other wirings; closed on shutdown.
+type voiceWiring struct {
+	server    *voice.Server
+	sessions  *voice.Sessions
+	voiceSink delivery.Sink
+	embedder  router.Embedder
+	handler   *reactiveHandler // the reactive handler for IPC Chat
+	// worker clients (set when configured as Remote): closed on shutdown so
+	// mavsttd / mavttsd don't keep a stale conn into a restarting daemon.
+	sttClient *worker.Client
+	ttsClient *worker.Client
+	// transcriber — the STT in use, exposed so the meeting recorder
+	// (cmd/mavend/capture.go) can reuse it. Maven has exactly one STT and does
+	// not grow a second one for capture: this is the same whisper.cpp worker the
+	// voice path talks to.
+	transcriber stt.Transcriber
+	// mcp — the MCP client, nil unless the `mcp` block configures an enabled
+	// server (Vikunja #251). Its tools land in the same allowlist as every
+	// other act, so nothing else here has to know about it.
+	mcp *mcpWiring
+	// home — the Home Assistant client, nil unless the `smarthome` block is
+	// enabled (Vikunja #256). Its devices land in the same allowlist as every
+	// other act, so nothing else here has to know about it.
+	home *homeWiring
+	// netscan — the LAN scanner, nil unless the `netscan` block is enabled
+	// (Vikunja #257).
+	netscan *netWiring
+}
+
+// close releases the listener + worker conns. Safe to call on nil (when
+// voice is not wired — wireVoice returns nil,nil).
+func (w *voiceWiring) close() {
+	if w == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	if w.embedder != nil {
+		_ = w.embedder.Close()
+	}
+	if w.server != nil {
+		_ = w.server.Close()
+	}
+	if w.sttClient != nil {
+		_ = w.sttClient.Close()
+	}
+	if w.ttsClient != nil {
+		_ = w.ttsClient.Close()
+	}
+	w.mcp.close()
+}
+
+// wireVoice builds the audio path from cfg + a CoreAPI + a router. Returns
+// nil wiring + nil error when voice isn't enabled (the caller's voice sink
+// stays nil; the dispatcher's ChannelVoice routing drops silently).
+//
+// When voice is enabled, MUST wire a voicesink into the dispatcher's Voice
+// slot using w.sessions (the caller does that — see main.go).
+func wireVoice(cfg *config.Config, coreAPI ipc.CoreAPI, phr phraser.Phraser, memStore memory.Store, dataStore *store.Store, eco *ecosystemWiring) (*voiceWiring, error) {
+	if cfg.Voice == nil || !cfg.Voice.Enabled {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	w := &voiceWiring{}
+
+	// ----- stt (Stub in-process OR Remote via worker socket) -----
+	var transcriber stt.Transcriber
+	if cfg.Voice.Stt != nil && cfg.Voice.Stt.Socket != "" {
+		c := worker.Dial(cfg.Voice.Stt.Socket)
+		w.sttClient = c
+		lang := cfg.Voice.Stt.Lang
+		if lang == "" {
+			lang = cfg.Voice.Lang
+		}
+		transcriber = stt.NewRemote(c, lang)
+	} else {
+		transcriber = stt.NewStub()
+	}
+	w.transcriber = transcriber
+
+	// ----- tts (Stub in-process OR Remote) -----
+	var synthesizer tts.Synthesizer
+	if cfg.Voice.Tts != nil && cfg.Voice.Tts.Socket != "" {
+		c := worker.Dial(cfg.Voice.Tts.Socket)
+		w.ttsClient = c
+		lang := cfg.Voice.Tts.Lang
+		if lang == "" {
+			lang = cfg.Voice.Lang
+		}
+		synthesizer = tts.NewRemote(c, lang, cfg.Voice.Tts.Voice)
+	} else {
+		synthesizer = tts.NewStub()
+	}
+
+	// ----- router: embedder (ONNX when configured, floor HashEmbedder otherwise) -----
+	var emb router.Embedder
+	if cfg.Voice.Embedder != nil {
+		onnx, err := router.NewONNXEmbedder(
+			cfg.Voice.Embedder.ModelPath,
+			cfg.Voice.Embedder.TokenizerPath,
+			cfg.Voice.Embedder.LibPath,
+		)
+		if err != nil {
+			w.close()
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("embedder: %w", err)
+		}
+		log.Printf("voice: onnx embedder loaded (%d dim)", onnx.Dim())
+		emb = onnx
+	} else {
+		log.Printf("voice: embedder not configured, using HashEmbedder floor")
+		emb = router.NewHashEmbedder(1024)
+	}
+	w.embedder = emb
+	checkStoredEmbedder(dataStore, emb)
+
+	// ----- tool executor (the enabled act allowlist, store-backed) -----
+	// Config tools are the declarative bootstrap: seed them into the store as
+	// enabled (editing mavend.json IS the human enable act). Ad-hoc tools are
+	// enabled later through the authed mavweb surface. The executor + matcher
+	// both read the store live, so a newly-enabled tool is runnable without a
+	// daemon restart.
+	seedTools(coreAPI, cfg.Voice.Tools)
+	exec := tool.NewExecutor(coreAPI, time.Duration(cfg.Voice.ToolTimeout))
+	// MCP servers (Vikunja #251): discovery PROPOSES tools into the same
+	// allowlist, so an MCP tool is enabled by hand on /tools like any other and
+	// runs through the same confirm turn. Off unless the `mcp` block configures
+	// an enabled server.
+	w.mcp = wireMCP(cfg, dataStore)
+	if w.mcp != nil {
+		exec = exec.WithMCP(w.mcp.caller())
+	}
+	// The house (Vikunja #256): same story as MCP. Discovery PROPOSES a row per
+	// controllable device, always destructive, and Kami enables the ones he
+	// wants on /tools. Off unless the `smarthome` block is enabled.
+	w.home = wireSmartHome(cfg, dataStore)
+	if w.home != nil {
+		exec = exec.WithHome(w.home.caller())
+	}
+	// The LAN scanner (Vikunja #257): a read, bounded to the configured
+	// subnets and rate-limited. Off unless the `netscan` block is enabled.
+	w.netscan = wireNetScan(cfg)
+	matcher := tool.NewMatcher(coreAPI)
+
+	// ----- weather provider (Open-Meteo when configured, Stub otherwise) -----
+	var weatherProvider weather.Provider
+	var weatherLocation string
+	if cfg.Voice.Weather != nil && cfg.Voice.Weather.Provider == "open-meteo" {
+		weatherProvider = weather.NewOpenMeteoProvider()
+		weatherLocation = cfg.Voice.Weather.DefaultLocation
+		log.Printf("voice: weather provider: open-meteo (default location: %s)", cfg.Voice.Weather.DefaultLocation)
+	} else {
+		weatherProvider = weather.NewStubProvider()
+		log.Printf("voice: weather provider: stub (not configured)")
+	}
+
+	// The replier uses the same llama-server as the phraser.
+	var llmClient *llm.Client
+	if lp, ok := phr.(*phraser.LLMPhraser); ok {
+		// llmClientFor, not llm.New: this client must follow the phraser onto
+		// the new llama-server when the resident model is swapped (Vikunja #250).
+		llmClient = llmClientFor(lp, 60*time.Second)
+	}
+	// ----- router (the cascade; floor examples seed the classifier) -----
+	// The act matcher's allowlist is exactly the enabled tool names — the
+	// router only matches acts the executor can run (one source of truth).
+	threshold := cfg.Voice.RouterThreshold
+	if threshold <= 0 {
+		threshold = config.DefaultRouterThreshold
+	}
+	// The resident model routes by default: 63.2% of held-out intents right
+	// against the classifier's 50.0%, at about 1s a turn instead of 30ms (see
+	// config.VoiceConfig.LLMRouter). The classifier always stays wired as the
+	// fallback, so a model error never breaks a turn.
+	rtr := buildRouter(emb, matcher, threshold, pickLLMRouter(cfg.Voice.UseLLMRouter(), llmClient))
+
+	// ----- sessions registry (shared with voicesink) -----
+	sessions := voice.NewSessions()
+	w.sessions = sessions
+
+	// ----- voice sink (proactive nudges: dispatcher → voicesink → tts → push to client) -----
+	w.voiceSink = voicesink.New(synthesizer, sessions)
+
+	// ----- memory (long-term vector storage) -----
+	// Persistent (store-backed, survives restarts) when the daemon passes one;
+	// falls back to the in-memory floor otherwise (tests / no-store paths).
+	if memStore == nil {
+		memStore = memory.NewInMemoryStore()
+	}
+
+	// ----- dialogue (multi-turn slot carry-over; 2-min follow-up window) -----
+	// Store-backed when the daemon passes a store, so a restart mid-conversation
+	// keeps the thread (Vikunja #363). Sessions past their TTL are dropped on
+	// load, never revived. Clarify's parked question stays in memory only.
+	var dialogueSessions *dialogue.SessionStore
+	if dataStore != nil {
+		dialogueSessions = dialogue.NewPersistentSessionStore(2*time.Minute, dataStore)
+		if err := dialogueSessions.Load(context.Background(), time.Now()); err != nil {
+			log.Printf("dialogue: load saved sessions: %v", err)
+		}
+	} else {
+		dialogueSessions = dialogue.NewSessionStore(2 * time.Minute)
+	}
+	clarifyStore := dialogue.NewClarifyStore(clarifyTTL)
+	timeParser := router.NewPythonDateParser()
+
+	// ----- replier (LLM-backed when the engine is on, Stub floor otherwise) -----
+	replier := voice.Replier(voice.NewStubReplier())
+	if llmClient != nil {
+		replier = newLLMReplier(llmClient, contextBlockFn(cfg, time.Now))
+	}
+
+	// ----- the handler (the reactive path; closes over stt / tts / router / coreAPI / memory) -----
+	h := &reactiveHandler{
+		stt:      transcriber,
+		tts:      synthesizer,
+		router:   rtr,
+		embedder: emb,
+		api:      coreAPI,
+		tools:    exec,
+		matcher:  matcher,
+		replier:  replier,
+		phraser:  phr,
+		now:      time.Now,
+		feedsOn:  cfg.Feeds != nil,
+		home:     w.home,
+		netscan:  w.netscan,
+		// nil unless `crawl.on_demand` is on: reading a page he names is a
+		// capability, and capabilities are off unless configured.
+		crawler:          onDemandCrawler(cfg),
+		weatherProvider:  weatherProvider,
+		weatherLocation:  weatherLocation,
+		memStore:         memStore,
+		dataStore:        dataStore,
+		dialogueSessions: dialogueSessions,
+		clarifyStore:     clarifyStore,
+		// 0 here (unset config) ⇒ the dialogue default.
+		clarifyMaxAttempts: cfg.Voice.ClarifyMaxAttempts,
+		extractor:          router.Extractor{Time: timeParser, Acts: matcher, Facts: router.DefaultFactParser{}},
+		queryMinScore:      cfg.Voice.QueryMinScore,
+		queryMinMargin:     cfg.Voice.QueryMinMargin,
+		timeParser:         timeParser,
+		ecosystem:          eco,
+	}
+
+	// ----- the server (TCP listener) -----
+	srv := voice.NewServer(cfg.Voice.Bind, h, sessions)
+	if err := srv.Listen(); err != nil {
+		w.close()
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("voice listen: %w", err)
+	}
+	w.server = srv
+	w.handler = h
+
+	return w, nil
+}
+
+// pickLLMRouter returns the LLM router when the operator asked for it and there
+// is a llama-server to talk to, and nil otherwise. nil is safe: the cascade then
+// routes with the classifier, so an unusable setting costs accuracy, not turns.
+func pickLLMRouter(enabled bool, c *llm.Client) *router.LLMRouter {
+	if !enabled {
+		return nil
+	}
+	if c == nil {
+		log.Printf("voice: voice.llm_router is on but there is no llama-server to route with (the phraser is not an LLM phraser) — using the classifier instead")
+		return nil
+	}
+	log.Printf("voice: LLM router enabled")
+	return router.NewLLMRouter(c)
+}
+
+// buildRouter constructs the reactive-path router with the given embedder
+// and confidence threshold.
+//   - stage-0 grammars from DefaultActMatcher whose fn allowlist is exactly
+//     the enabled tool names (actFns) — the router only matches acts the
+//     executor can run. Empty ⇒ every act refuses at the matcher.
+//   - The embedder is provided by wireVoice: HashEmbedder (floor) when no
+//     embedder config is present, or the ONNX multilingual model when
+//     configured — same interface, one constructor change.
+//   - 6 bootstrap examples covering the 5 intents + one compound-capture
+//     placeholder. Spec calls for ~10 per intent at production; this is the
+//     bootstrapping floor swapped by tuning the seed set later.
+//   - Threshold is from voice.router_threshold config (default 0.55).
+func buildRouter(emb router.Embedder, acts router.ActMatcher, threshold float64, llmR *router.LLMRouter) *router.Router {
+	cls := router.NewClassifier(emb)
+	seedClassifier(cls)
+	grammars := router.DefaultGrammars(acts)
+	grammars = append(grammars, router.SystemTimeDateGrammars()...)
+	grammars = append(grammars, router.ReminderGrammar())
+	return router.New(router.Config{
+		Grammars:   grammars,
+		Classifier: cls,
+		Extractor: router.Extractor{
+			Time:  router.NewPythonDateParser(),
+			Acts:  acts,
+			Facts: router.DefaultFactParser{},
+		},
+		Threshold: threshold,
+		LLM:       llmR,
+	})
+}
+
+// seedDir is the directory containing intent seed files. Each file is named
+// <intent>.txt and contains one training example per line (blank lines and
+// lines starting with # are ignored). Relative to the working directory.
+const seedDir = "models/seeds"
+
+// seedClassifier floors the embedded examples so the cold-boot path
+// doesn't return ErrNoIntents. Loads examples from seedDir — one file per
+// intent (act.txt, reminder.txt, fact.txt, note.txt, query.txt). When the
+// classifier can't decide it falls through to Clarify — the last-resort
+// path asks the user to rephrase rather than guessing wrong.
+func seedClassifier(c *router.Classifier) {
+	intents := []router.Intent{
+		router.IntentAct,
+		router.IntentReminder,
+		router.IntentFact,
+		router.IntentNote,
+		router.IntentQuery,
+		router.IntentChat,
+		router.IntentSystem,
+	}
+	total := 0
+	for _, intent := range intents {
+		n, err := loadSeedFile(c, intent)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Printf("voice: seed %s: %v", intent, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		total += n
+	}
+	log.Printf("voice: loaded %d seed examples from %s", total, seedDir)
+}
+
+func loadSeedFile(c *router.Classifier, intent router.Intent) (int, error) {
+	path := filepath.Join(seedDir, string(intent)+".txt")
+	f, err := os.Open(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("open %s: %w", path, err)
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+
+	var count int
+	sc := bufio.NewScanner(f)
+	for sc.Scan() {
+		line := strings.TrimSpace(sc.Text())
+		if line == "" || strings.HasPrefix(line, "#") {
+			continue
+		}
+		if err := c.AddExample(context.Background(), intent, line); err != nil {
+			log.Printf("voice: seed %s: skipping %q: %v", intent, line, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		count++
+	}
+	if err := sc.Err(); err != nil {
+		return count, fmt.Errorf("scan %s: %w", path, err)
+	}
+	return count, nil
+}
+
+// seedTools upserts the config-declared tools into the store as enabled. Editing
+// mavend.json is a human act, so a config tool is enabled by definition; this
+// makes the declarative config the reproducible bootstrap while the store stays
+// the single runtime source of truth (mavweb enables ad-hoc ones on top).
+func seedTools(api ipc.CoreAPI, tools []config.ToolConfig) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	now := time.Now()
+	n := 0
+	for _, tc := range tools {
+		if tc.Name == "" || len(tc.Cmd) == 0 {
+			log.Printf("voice: skipping malformed tool config %+v", tc)
+			continue
+		}
+		if err := api.EnableTool(ctx, tc.Name, tc.Cmd, tc.Destructive, tc.Scope, now); err != nil {
+			log.Printf("voice: seed tool %q: %v", tc.Name, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		n++
+	}
+	log.Printf("voice: seeded %d act tools from config", n)
+}
+
+// reembedOnStart is the -reembed flag (set in run()). Opt-in on purpose: see
+// runReembed.
+var reembedOnStart bool
+
+// checkStoredEmbedder compares the embedder we just loaded with the one that
+// wrote the vectors already in the DB (Vikunja #378).
+//
+// The two models we have both make 384-dim vectors, so a size check catches
+// nothing: after a swap, recall silently compares vectors from different
+// spaces and the scores are noise. So we say it out loud. Recall itself is not
+// changed here — the fix is `mavend -reembed`.
+func checkStoredEmbedder(dataStore *store.Store, emb router.Embedder) {
+	if dataStore == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	current := router.EmbedderID(emb)
+	if reembedOnStart {
+		runReembed(dataStore, emb, current)
+		return
+	}
+	stored, mismatch, err := dataStore.CheckEmbedder(context.Background(), current)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("voice: embedder marker check failed: %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+	if mismatch {
+		log.Printf("voice: WARNING embedder MISMATCH — stored vectors were written by %q but the configured embedder is %q; recall scores are noise until the notes and facts are re-embedded — run `mavend -reembed` once (Vikunja #378)", stored, current)
+		return
+	}
+	log.Printf("voice: embedder marker ok (%s)", current)
+}
+
+// runReembed is the one-shot backfill behind -reembed.
+//
+// Why a flag and not automatic on mismatch: the embedder is ONNX on the
+// laptop's CPU, so a few thousand notes is minutes of work. Doing that silently
+// inside a normal start would look like the daemon hanging on boot. So the user
+// runs it once, deliberately, after an embedder swap; the mismatch warning
+// above tells them to. It re-embeds, logs what it did, and then the daemon
+// carries on serving as usual — no separate binary, no second start needed.
+func runReembed(dataStore *store.Store, emb router.Embedder, current string) {
+	log.Printf("voice: re-embedding stored notes and facts with %s — this can take a few minutes, do not interrupt", current)
+	res, err := dataStore.ReembedAll(context.Background(), current,
+		// EmbedPassage, not EmbedQuery: these are stored texts being searched
+		// FOR, which is the side they were written with.
+		func(ctx context.Context, text string) ([]float32, error) {
+			return router.EmbedPassage(ctx, emb, text)
+		})
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("voice: re-embed FAILED, nothing was changed and no marker was written — safe to run again: %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+	if res.Skipped {
+		log.Printf("voice: re-embed skipped — the stored vectors were already written by %s", current)
+		return
+	}
+	log.Printf("voice: re-embed done — %d notes in the notes table, %d notes and %d facts in the memory index, took %s; stored vectors now belong to %s",
+		res.Notes, res.MemNotes, res.Facts, res.Took.Round(time.Second), current)
+
+	// A row with no text cannot be re-embedded, so its vector is still the old
+	// model's noise while the marker now says everything is current. Both write
+	// paths always store the text, so this should be zero — say it loudly
+	// rather than bury it in the line above if it ever isn't.
+	if res.NoText > 0 {
+		log.Printf("voice: WARNING %d stored rows had no text, so their vectors could not be re-embedded and are still noise; they will never match anything useful (Vikunja #378)", res.NoText)
+	}
+}

cmd/mavend/weatherq.go

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+// Package main — weatherq.go holds the weather-query keyword helpers: does
+// this utterance ask about weather at all, and which city (if any) did it
+// name. Both are plain substring/lookup matching, not NLU — extend this file
+// rather than voice.go for anything in that shape.
+package main
+
+import "strings"
+
+// isWeatherQuery returns true if the utterance is about weather.
+func isWeatherQuery(u string) bool {
+	lower := strings.ToLower(u)
+	return strings.Contains(lower, "погод") ||
+		strings.Contains(lower, "градус") ||
+		strings.Contains(lower, "температур") ||
+		strings.Contains(lower, "дожд") ||
+		strings.Contains(lower, "холод") ||
+		strings.Contains(lower, "тепл") ||
+		strings.Contains(lower, "weather") ||
+		strings.Contains(lower, "temperature")
+}
+
+// extractWeatherLocation parses a location from the utterance, or falls back
+// to the configured default. Very basic: just checks for known city names.
+func extractWeatherLocation(u, defaultLoc string) string {
+	lower := strings.ToLower(u)
+	cities := map[string]string{
+		"москв":    "Moscow",
+		"moscow":   "Moscow",
+		"питер":    "Saint Petersburg",
+		"spb":      "Saint Petersburg",
+		"петербур": "Saint Petersburg",
+		"лондон":   "London",
+		"london":   "London",
+		"париж":    "Paris",
+		"paris":    "Paris",
+		"берлин":   "Berlin",
+		"berlin":   "Berlin",
+		"нью-йорк": "New York",
+		"new york": "New York",
+	}
+	for substr, name := range cities {
+		if strings.Contains(lower, substr) {
+			return name
+		}
+	}
+	if defaultLoc != "" {
+		return defaultLoc
+	}
+	return "Moscow"
+}

cmd/mavmaild/main.go

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+// mavmaild — the mail reader module (Vikunja #246,
+// docs/plans/01-email-reader.md).
+//
+// Every so often it opens one IMAP mailbox read-only, fetches the messages it
+// has not read yet, and hands each one to core over ipc.MethodIngestMail. Core
+// runs the extraction on the resident model and writes what comes back as task
+// CANDIDATES he reviews on /tasks. Nothing here writes to the store, nothing
+// here can create a reminder, and nothing here speaks.
+//
+// Why a separate daemon rather than a loop inside mavend, when extraction has
+// to happen in mavend anyway: the credential. mavpoll set the precedent with the
+// zenmoney token (#125) — the module that talks to a third party holds the
+// secret, reads it from a FILE so it never appears in `ps`, in
+// docker-compose.yml or in shell history, and core never sees it. Core learns
+// that mail exists only as message text on one IPC method; it cannot connect to
+// the mailbox even if it wanted to, and a compromised core yields no mail
+// password.
+//
+// Off unless configured: without -password-file there is nothing to run, and
+// the daemon says so and exits. If core has no `email` block the very first
+// ingest comes back ErrUnknownMethod and this daemon stops polling instead of
+// hammering a socket that will keep refusing.
+//
+// Mail is personal, so the log is counts and UIDs: how many messages were
+// fetched, how many were bulk, how many candidates came back. No subject, no
+// sender, no body, ever — reviewing a candidate is what /tasks is for.
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"os"
+	"os/signal"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"sort"
+	"strings"
+	"syscall"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/email"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/ipc"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	if err := run(os.Args[1:]); err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "mavmaild:", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+}
+
+func run(args []string) error {
+	fs := flag.NewFlagSet("mavmaild", flag.ContinueOnError)
+	socket := fs.String("socket", "", "core IPC socket path (required)")
+	server := fs.String("imap", "", "IMAP server, host or host:993 (required)")
+	user := fs.String("user", "", "IMAP username (required)")
+	passFile := fs.String("password-file", "", "file holding the IMAP password (required — never passed as a flag value)")
+	mailbox := fs.String("mailbox", "INBOX", "mailbox to read, read-only")
+	interval := fs.Duration("interval", 15*time.Minute, "how often to read the mailbox")
+	lookback := fs.Duration("lookback", 72*time.Hour, "how far back to search on each poll")
+	max := fs.Int("max", 25, "most messages to fetch in one poll")
+	timeout := fs.Duration("timeout", 30*time.Second, "IMAP network timeout")
+	statePath := fs.String("state", "", "file remembering which UIDs were read (default: none — every poll re-reads the window)")
+	if err := fs.Parse(args); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if *socket == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("-socket is required")
+	}
+	if *server == "" || *user == "" || *passFile == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("mail reading is off unless configured: set -imap, -user and -password-file")
+	}
+
+	// The password is read from a file, never taken as a flag value: an argv
+	// secret is visible in `ps` to every user on the box and lands in the compose
+	// file and the shell history. Read once at start — a rotated password means a
+	// restart, which is cheaper than re-reading his credential every quarter hour.
+	raw, err := os.ReadFile(*passFile)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("read password file: %w", err)
+	}
+	password := strings.TrimSpace(string(raw))
+	if password == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("password file %s is empty", *passFile)
+	}
+
+	ctx, stop := signal.NotifyContext(context.Background(), syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGTERM)
+	defer stop()
+
+	core, err := ipc.DialWait(*socket, 60*time.Second)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer core.Close()
+
+	r := &reader{
+		core:     core,
+		addr:     *server,
+		user:     *user,
+		mailbox:  *mailbox,
+		lookback: *lookback,
+		max:      *max,
+		timeout:  *timeout,
+		state:    newSeenState(*statePath),
+	}
+	if err := r.state.load(); err != nil {
+		// A missing or corrupt state file must not stop mail from being read: the
+		// worst case is re-reading the window, and capture dedupes on text.
+		log.Printf("mavmaild: state: %v (starting from an empty seen-set)", err)
+	}
+
+	// The password is never logged, not even its length.
+	log.Printf("mavmaild: reading %s on %s every %s (lookback %s, max %d/poll)",
+		*mailbox, *server, *interval, *lookback, *max)
+
+	r.pollOnce(ctx, password) // don't idle a full interval on start
+	t := time.NewTicker(*interval)
+	defer t.Stop()
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			log.Printf("mavmaild: bye")
+			return nil
+		case <-t.C:
+			if r.disabled {
+				// Core told us mail ingestion is not configured. Nothing will change
+				// without a core restart, and a restart restarts us too.
+				log.Printf("mavmaild: core does not accept mail — idling")
+				return nil
+			}
+			r.pollOnce(ctx, password)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// mailIngester — the slice of core this daemon uses. One method: hand over a
+// message. It cannot write a fact, create a reminder or read the store, and the
+// interface says so.
+type mailIngester interface {
+	IngestMail(ctx context.Context, req ipc.IngestMailReq) (ipc.IngestMailResp, error)
+}
+
+type reader struct {
+	core     mailIngester
+	addr     string
+	user     string
+	mailbox  string
+	lookback time.Duration
+	max      int
+	timeout  time.Duration
+	state    *seenState
+
+	// dial — connection seam for the tests; nil ⇒ implicit TLS.
+	dial func(addr string, timeout time.Duration) (*email.Conn, error)
+
+	// disabled — core answered ErrUnknownMethod, i.e. it has no email block.
+	disabled bool
+}
+
+// pollOnce — one read of the mailbox, then one ingest per message.
+//
+// A fetch error aborts this poll and nothing else; the next tick tries again.
+// An ingest error for one message does not skip the rest — one mail the model
+// choked on should not hide the four behind it.
+func (r *reader) pollOnce(ctx context.Context, password string) {
+	msgs, err := r.fetch(password)
+	if err != nil {
+		// The error may name a UID; it never names a subject or a sender.
+		log.Printf("mavmaild: fetch: %v", err)
+		if len(msgs) == 0 {
+			return
+		}
+	}
+	var junk, candidates, created int
+	for _, m := range msgs {
+		if ctx.Err() != nil {
+			return
+		}
+		if m.Junk {
+			junk++
+			// Marked seen without a model call: the header filter already decided,
+			// and re-classifying it every quarter hour would be pure waste.
+			r.state.mark(m.UID)
+			continue
+		}
+		resp, err := r.core.IngestMail(ctx, ipc.IngestMailReq{
+			Mailbox: r.mailbox,
+			UID:     m.UID,
+			From:    m.From,
+			Subject: m.Subject,
+			Date:    m.Date,
+			Body:    m.Body,
+		})
+		if errors.Is(err, ipc.ErrUnknownMethod) {
+			log.Printf("mavmaild: core has no email block configured — mail ingestion is off; stopping")
+			r.disabled = true
+			return
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			// Not marked seen: an ingest that failed should be retried next poll.
+			log.Printf("mavmaild: ingest uid %d: %v", m.UID, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		r.state.mark(m.UID)
+		candidates += len(resp.TaskIDs)
+		created += resp.Created
+	}
+	if err := r.state.save(); err != nil {
+		log.Printf("mavmaild: state: %v", err)
+	}
+	log.Printf("mavmaild: %s: %d read, %d bulk, %d candidate(s), %d new", r.mailbox, len(msgs), junk, candidates, created)
+}
+
+// fetch reads the mailbox. Messages already in the seen-set are not fetched at
+// all, so a steady mailbox costs one SEARCH per poll and nothing else.
+func (r *reader) fetch(password string) ([]email.Message, error) {
+	f := email.FetchSince{
+		Addr:    r.addr,
+		User:    r.user,
+		Mailbox: r.mailbox,
+		Timeout: r.timeout,
+		Since:   time.Now().Add(-r.lookback),
+		Max:     r.max,
+		Skip:    r.state.seen,
+	}
+	return f.RunWith(password, r.dial)
+}
+
+// ---- seen state ------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// seenState — the UIDs already handed to core, persisted so a restart does not
+// re-read (and re-extract, at multi-second LLM cost) the whole lookback window.
+//
+// Correctness does not depend on it: ipc.CaptureTask dedupes on normalised text
+// among live tasks, so a re-read produces no duplicate rows. This exists to save
+// the model's time, which is why a broken state file is a log line rather than a
+// failure.
+//
+// UIDs are per-mailbox and monotonic, so the set is kept as a high-water mark
+// plus the stragglers above it. If the server ever changes UIDVALIDITY, UIDs
+// reset and the window is simply re-read once — dedupe absorbs it.
+type seenState struct {
+	path  string
+	high  uint32
+	set   map[uint32]bool
+	dirty bool
+}
+
+func newSeenState(path string) *seenState {
+	return &seenState{path: path, set: map[uint32]bool{}}
+}
+
+type seenFile struct {
+	High uint32   `json:"high"`
+	UIDs []uint32 `json:"uids,omitempty"`
+}
+
+func (s *seenState) seen(uid uint32) bool {
+	return uid <= s.high || s.set[uid]
+}
+
+func (s *seenState) mark(uid uint32) {
+	if s.seen(uid) {
+		return
+	}
+	s.set[uid] = true
+	s.dirty = true
+	// Advance the high-water mark through any contiguous run, so the explicit set
+	// stays small on a mailbox read in order.
+	for {
+		next := s.high + 1
+		if !s.set[next] {
+			break
+		}
+		delete(s.set, next)
+		s.high = next
+	}
+}
+
+func (s *seenState) load() error {
+	if s.path == "" {
+		return nil
+	}
+	b, err := os.ReadFile(s.path)
+	if errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
+		return nil // first run
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	var f seenFile
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(b, &f); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("parse %s: %w", s.path, err)
+	}
+	s.high = f.High
+	for _, u := range f.UIDs {
+		s.set[u] = true
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// save writes the state atomically (temp file + rename), 0600: it is a list of
+// message ids from his mailbox, which is metadata about his mail.
+func (s *seenState) save() error {
+	if s.path == "" || !s.dirty {
+		return nil
+	}
+	uids := make([]uint32, 0, len(s.set))
+	for u := range s.set {
+		uids = append(uids, u)
+	}
+	sort.Slice(uids, func(i, j int) bool { return uids[i] < uids[j] })
+	b, err := json.Marshal(seenFile{High: s.high, UIDs: uids})
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	tmp := s.path + ".tmp"
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(s.path), 0o700); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := os.WriteFile(tmp, b, 0o600); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := os.Rename(tmp, s.path); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	s.dirty = false
+	return nil
+}

cmd/mavmaild/main_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,254 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"net"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/email"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/ipc"
+)
+
+// ---- a scripted IMAP server, same shape internal/email's tests use ---------
+
+type fakeIMAP struct {
+	msgs map[uint32]string
+	uids []uint32
+	cmds []string
+}
+
+func (f *fakeIMAP) serve(c net.Conn) {
+	defer c.Close()
+	fmt.Fprint(c, "* OK fake ready\r\n")
+	r := bufio.NewReader(c)
+	for {
+		line, err := r.ReadString('\n')
+		if err != nil {
+			return
+		}
+		parts := strings.SplitN(strings.TrimRight(line, "\r\n"), " ", 2)
+		if len(parts) != 2 {
+			return
+		}
+		tag, cmd := parts[0], parts[1]
+		f.cmds = append(f.cmds, cmd)
+		upper := strings.ToUpper(cmd)
+		switch {
+		case strings.HasPrefix(upper, "LOGIN"), strings.HasPrefix(upper, "EXAMINE"):
+			fmt.Fprintf(c, "%s OK\r\n", tag)
+		case strings.HasPrefix(upper, "UID SEARCH"):
+			var ids []string
+			for _, u := range f.uids {
+				ids = append(ids, strconv.FormatUint(uint64(u), 10))
+			}
+			fmt.Fprintf(c, "* SEARCH %s\r\n%s OK\r\n", strings.Join(ids, " "), tag)
+		case strings.HasPrefix(upper, "UID FETCH"):
+			uid, _ := strconv.ParseUint(strings.Fields(cmd)[2], 10, 32)
+			if raw, ok := f.msgs[uint32(uid)]; ok {
+				fmt.Fprintf(c, "* 1 FETCH (UID %d BODY[] {%d}\r\n%s)\r\n", uid, len(raw), raw)
+			}
+			fmt.Fprintf(c, "%s OK\r\n", tag)
+		case strings.HasPrefix(upper, "LOGOUT"):
+			fmt.Fprintf(c, "* BYE\r\n%s OK\r\n", tag)
+			return
+		default:
+			fmt.Fprintf(c, "%s BAD\r\n", tag)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (f *fakeIMAP) dial(_ string, timeout time.Duration) (*email.Conn, error) {
+	cli, srv := net.Pipe()
+	go f.serve(srv)
+	return email.NewConn(cli, timeout)
+}
+
+// ---- a fake core -----------------------------------------------------------
+
+type fakeCore struct {
+	got  []ipc.IngestMailReq
+	resp ipc.IngestMailResp
+	err  error
+}
+
+func (c *fakeCore) IngestMail(_ context.Context, req ipc.IngestMailReq) (ipc.IngestMailResp, error) {
+	c.got = append(c.got, req)
+	if c.err != nil {
+		return ipc.IngestMailResp{}, c.err
+	}
+	return c.resp, nil
+}
+
+func mail(subject, body string, extraHeaders ...string) string {
+	h := "Subject: " + subject + "\r\nFrom: a@b.c\r\nContent-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8\r\n"
+	for _, e := range extraHeaders {
+		h += e + "\r\n"
+	}
+	return h + "\r\n" + body + "\r\n"
+}
+
+func newTestReader(t *testing.T, f *fakeIMAP, core *fakeCore, statePath string) *reader {
+	t.Helper()
+	return &reader{
+		core: core, addr: "mail.example:993", user: "kami", mailbox: "INBOX",
+		lookback: 72 * time.Hour, max: 25, timeout: 5 * time.Second,
+		state: newSeenState(statePath),
+		dial:  f.dial,
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPollHandsMessagesToCore(t *testing.T) {
+	f := &fakeIMAP{
+		uids: []uint32{1, 2},
+		msgs: map[uint32]string{
+			1: mail("Счёт", "Оплатить до 5 августа."),
+			2: mail("Скидки", "Sale!", "List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:u@x>"),
+		},
+	}
+	core := &fakeCore{resp: ipc.IngestMailResp{TaskIDs: []int64{1}, Created: 1}}
+	r := newTestReader(t, f, core, "")
+	r.pollOnce(context.Background(), "secret")
+
+	// The newsletter is filtered before core is asked: only the real mail crosses.
+	if len(core.got) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("core saw %d messages, want 1 (the bulk one must not cross): %+v", len(core.got), core.got)
+	}
+	got := core.got[0]
+	if got.UID != 1 || got.Mailbox != "INBOX" || got.Subject != "Счёт" {
+		t.Errorf("ingest req = %+v", got)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(got.Body, "Оплатить") {
+		t.Errorf("body = %q", got.Body)
+	}
+}
+
+// A second poll must not re-send what core already saw — extraction is a
+// multi-second LLM call per message.
+func TestPollSkipsSeenUIDs(t *testing.T) {
+	f := &fakeIMAP{uids: []uint32{5}, msgs: map[uint32]string{5: mail("Счёт", "текст")}}
+	core := &fakeCore{}
+	r := newTestReader(t, f, core, "")
+	r.pollOnce(context.Background(), "secret")
+	r.pollOnce(context.Background(), "secret")
+	if len(core.got) != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("core saw %d messages over two polls, want 1", len(core.got))
+	}
+}
+
+// An ingest that failed is NOT marked seen: the next poll retries it.
+func TestPollRetriesFailedIngest(t *testing.T) {
+	f := &fakeIMAP{uids: []uint32{5}, msgs: map[uint32]string{5: mail("Счёт", "текст")}}
+	core := &fakeCore{err: fmt.Errorf("llama-server is warming up")}
+	r := newTestReader(t, f, core, "")
+	r.pollOnce(context.Background(), "secret")
+	core.err = nil
+	r.pollOnce(context.Background(), "secret")
+	if len(core.got) != 2 {
+		t.Errorf("core saw %d attempts, want 2 (a failed ingest is retried)", len(core.got))
+	}
+}
+
+// Core without an email block ⇒ stop, don't hammer the socket.
+func TestPollStopsWhenCoreRefusesMail(t *testing.T) {
+	f := &fakeIMAP{uids: []uint32{1, 2}, msgs: map[uint32]string{1: mail("a", "b"), 2: mail("c", "d")}}
+	core := &fakeCore{err: fmt.Errorf("call: %w", ipc.ErrUnknownMethod)}
+	r := newTestReader(t, f, core, "")
+	r.pollOnce(context.Background(), "secret")
+	if !r.disabled {
+		t.Error("ErrUnknownMethod must disable the reader")
+	}
+	if len(core.got) != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("core saw %d messages, want 1 — stop at the first refusal", len(core.got))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSeenStatePersists(t *testing.T) {
+	path := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "state", "seen.json")
+	f := &fakeIMAP{uids: []uint32{9}, msgs: map[uint32]string{9: mail("Счёт", "текст")}}
+	core := &fakeCore{}
+	r := newTestReader(t, f, core, path)
+	r.pollOnce(context.Background(), "secret")
+
+	fi, err := os.Stat(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("state file: %v", err)
+	}
+	// A list of message ids from his mailbox is metadata about his mail.
+	if perm := fi.Mode().Perm(); perm != 0o600 {
+		t.Errorf("state file mode = %v, want 0600", perm)
+	}
+
+	// A fresh reader with the same state file must not re-read the message.
+	core2 := &fakeCore{}
+	r2 := newTestReader(t, f, core2, path)
+	if err := r2.state.load(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("load: %v", err)
+	}
+	r2.pollOnce(context.Background(), "secret")
+	if len(core2.got) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("after a restart core saw %d messages, want 0", len(core2.got))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSeenStateHighWaterMark(t *testing.T) {
+	s := newSeenState("")
+	s.mark(1)
+	s.mark(3)
+	s.mark(2)
+	if s.high != 3 {
+		t.Errorf("high = %d, want 3 (contiguous run collapses)", s.high)
+	}
+	if len(s.set) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("explicit set = %v, want empty", s.set)
+	}
+	if !s.seen(2) || s.seen(4) {
+		t.Errorf("seen(2)=%v seen(4)=%v", s.seen(2), s.seen(4))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSeenStateCorruptFileIsNotFatal(t *testing.T) {
+	path := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "seen.json")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(path, []byte("{not json"), 0o600); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	s := newSeenState(path)
+	if err := s.load(); err == nil {
+		t.Error("a corrupt state file should report an error the caller logs")
+	}
+	if s.seen(1) {
+		t.Error("a corrupt state file must leave an empty seen-set, not a poisoned one")
+	}
+}
+
+// Off unless configured, and the credential is never a flag value.
+func TestRunRequiresConfig(t *testing.T) {
+	if err := run([]string{}); err == nil {
+		t.Error("no -socket must be an error")
+	}
+	if err := run([]string{"-socket", "/tmp/nope.sock"}); err == nil {
+		t.Error("no mailbox configuration must be an error, not a default mailbox")
+	}
+	// There is no -password flag at all: only -password-file.
+	if err := run([]string{"-socket", "/x", "-imap", "h", "-user", "u", "-password", "p"}); err == nil ||
+		!strings.Contains(err.Error(), "flag provided but not defined") {
+		t.Errorf("a -password flag must not exist; err = %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRunRejectsEmptyPasswordFile(t *testing.T) {
+	path := filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "pass")
+	if err := os.WriteFile(path, []byte("  \n"), 0o600); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	err := run([]string{"-socket", "/x/y.sock", "-imap", "h", "-user", "u", "-password-file", path})
+	if err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "empty") {
+		t.Errorf("an empty password file must be refused before dialling; err = %v", err)
+	}
+}

cmd/mavpoll/main.go

@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@
 // Two sources, each its own provenance (the loop's rules trust source):
 //   - netdata  → poll:netdata      resource alarms (disk/mem/cert/temp)
 //   - kuma     → poll:uptimekuma   service up/down (the source of truth for it)
+//   - zenmoney → poll:zenmoney     spending/income totals (Vikunja #125)
+//
+// The zenmoney source is why the token lives HERE and not in core: the poller
+// already owns every other third-party credential, it holds no store key, and
+// core never needs to know an account exists to answer a question about a fact
+// the poller wrote. It is off unless -zenmoney-token-file is given.
 //
 // Netdata needs no auth over the wg-fronted net. Kuma's /metrics needs an API
 // key (basic-auth); without -kuma the whole kuma path is skipped (netdata-only
@@ -37,6 +43,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/ipc"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/zenmoney"
 )
 
 func main() {
@@ -52,6 +59,9 @@ func run(args []string) error {
 	netdataURL := fs.String("netdata", "http://127.0.0.1:19999", "netdata base URL ('' to disable)")
 	kumaURL := fs.String("kuma", "", "uptime-kuma metrics URL, e.g. http://127.0.0.1:3001/metrics ('' to disable)")
 	kumaKey := fs.String("kuma-key", "", "uptime-kuma API key (basic-auth username)")
+	zenTokenFile := fs.String("zenmoney-token-file", "", "file holding the zenmoney API token ('' disables money tracking)")
+	zenURL := fs.String("zenmoney-url", zenmoney.DefaultBaseURL, "zenmoney API base URL (tests/self-hosted proxies)")
+	zenInterval := fs.Duration("zenmoney-interval", time.Hour, "how often to read zenmoney (money does not move every minute)")
 	wgIface := fs.String("wg", "", "wireguard interface for the presence signal, e.g. wg0 or 'all' ('' to disable)")
 	wgCmd := fs.String("wg-cmd", "wg", "wg binary (use e.g. 'sudo wg' if the poller lacks CAP_NET_ADMIN)")
 	interval := fs.Duration("interval", 60*time.Second, "poll cadence")
@@ -62,8 +72,24 @@ func run(args []string) error {
 	if *socket == "" {
 		return fmt.Errorf("-socket is required")
 	}
-	if *netdataURL == "" && *kumaURL == "" && *wgIface == "" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("nothing to poll: set -netdata, -kuma and/or -wg")
+	if *netdataURL == "" && *kumaURL == "" && *wgIface == "" && *zenTokenFile == "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("nothing to poll: set -netdata, -kuma, -wg and/or -zenmoney-token-file")
+	}
+
+	// The token is read from a file, never taken as a flag value: an argv token
+	// is visible in `ps` to every user on the box and lands in the compose file
+	// and the shell history. Read once at start — a rotated token means a
+	// restart, which is cheaper than re-reading his credential every hour.
+	var zen *zenmoney.Client
+	if *zenTokenFile != "" {
+		raw, err := os.ReadFile(*zenTokenFile)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("read zenmoney token: %w", err)
+		}
+		zen, err = zenmoney.New(strings.TrimSpace(string(raw)), *zenURL, *timeout*3)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 	}
 
 	ctx, stop := signal.NotifyContext(context.Background(), syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGTERM)
@@ -83,9 +109,13 @@ func run(args []string) error {
 		kumaKey:    *kumaKey,
 		wgIface:    *wgIface,
 		wgCmd:      *wgCmd,
+		zen:        zen,
+		zenEvery:   *zenInterval,
 	}
 
-	log.Printf("mavpoll: polling every %s (netdata=%q kuma=%q wg=%q)", *interval, *netdataURL, *kumaURL, *wgIface)
+	// The token is never logged, not even its length.
+	log.Printf("mavpoll: polling every %s (netdata=%q kuma=%q wg=%q zenmoney=%v every %s)",
+		*interval, *netdataURL, *kumaURL, *wgIface, zen != nil, *zenInterval)
 	p.pollOnce(ctx) // fire immediately; don't idle a full interval on start
 	t := time.NewTicker(*interval)
 	defer t.Stop()
@@ -108,6 +138,12 @@ type poller struct {
 	kumaKey    string
 	wgIface    string
 	wgCmd      string
+
+	// zen is nil unless a token file was configured — money tracking is a
+	// capability, off by default like weather and telegram.
+	zen      *zenmoney.Client
+	zenEvery time.Duration
+	zenLast  time.Time
 }
 
 // pollOnce — one sweep of both sources. A failure in one source logs and does
@@ -129,6 +165,66 @@ func (p *poller) pollOnce(ctx context.Context) {
 			log.Printf("mavpoll: wg: %v", err)
 		}
 	}
+	// Money on its own, much slower cadence: a bank feed that updates hourly
+	// polled every minute is 60 pointless reads of his financial history.
+	if p.zen != nil && now.Sub(p.zenLast) >= p.zenEvery {
+		p.zenLast = now
+		if err := p.pollZenmoney(ctx, now); err != nil {
+			log.Printf("mavpoll: zenmoney: %v", err)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// ---- zenmoney: spending/income totals → money facts ------------------------
+
+// pollZenmoney reads today's and this month's totals and writes them as
+// facts(kind=env, source=poll:zenmoney) (Vikunja #125).
+//
+// Two properties this function exists to hold:
+//
+//   - An empty or failed read writes NOTHING. zenmoney.Summary.Value() refuses
+//     to encode a summary built from zero transactions, so a poller that cannot
+//     reach the API leaves the last good fact in place rather than overwriting
+//     it with a zero Maven would then recite as fact.
+//   - Nothing about the money leaves the box except the diff request itself, to
+//     the service that already holds his bank sessions. The totals are written
+//     to the store and read back only when he asks; they are never search input
+//     and no tick rule fires on them.
+//
+// Both windows are read from one diff call each. Two calls an hour against an
+// API whose whole job is this is not worth caching.
+// moneyWindow — one fact key and the period it covers.
+type moneyWindow struct {
+	key      string
+	from, to time.Time
+}
+
+func (p *poller) pollZenmoney(ctx context.Context, now time.Time) error {
+	dFrom, dTo := zenmoney.DayWindow(now)
+	mFrom, mTo := zenmoney.MonthWindow(now)
+	windows := []moneyWindow{
+		{zenmoney.KeySpentToday, dFrom, dTo},
+		{zenmoney.KeySpentMonth, mFrom, mTo},
+	}
+	var firstErr error
+	for _, w := range windows {
+		sum, err := p.zen.Since(ctx, w.from, w.to)
+		if err != nil {
+			if firstErr == nil {
+				firstErr = err
+			}
+			continue
+		}
+		val, ok := sum.Value()
+		if !ok {
+			// Nothing read. Silence, not a zero.
+			continue
+		}
+		if err := p.writeIfChangedRaw(ctx, w.key, zenmoney.Source, val, now); err != nil && firstErr == nil {
+			firstErr = err
+		}
+	}
+	return firstErr
 }
 
 // ---- wireguard: latest handshake → presence signal -------------------------
@@ -301,6 +397,31 @@ func (p *poller) writeIfChanged(ctx context.Context, key, source, val string, no
 	return nil
 }
 
+// writeIfChangedRaw is writeIfChanged for values that are already JSON (the
+// money facts store an object, not a string). Kept separate rather than
+// generalising writeIfChanged, because the string-valued env facts encoding
+// their own value is the convention the rules rely on.
+//
+// The log line names the key and the source, never the figures: mavpoll's log
+// is not the place his spending ends up.
+func (p *poller) writeIfChangedRaw(ctx context.Context, key, source, jsonVal string, now time.Time) error {
+	prev, err := p.core.LatestFactBySource(ctx, key, source)
+	switch {
+	case err == nil && prev.Value == jsonVal:
+		return nil
+	case err != nil && err != ipc.ErrNoFact && !isNoFact(err):
+		return fmt.Errorf("read %s: %w", key, err)
+	}
+	if _, err := p.core.WriteFact(ctx, ipc.WriteFactReq{
+		Ts: now, Kind: "env", Key: key, Value: jsonVal,
+		Source: source, Confidence: 1.0,
+	}); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("write %s: %w", key, err)
+	}
+	log.Printf("mavpoll: %s updated (%s)", key, source)
+	return nil
+}
+
 // isNoFact — ErrNoFact rehydrated over the wire is wrapped (fmt.Errorf %w), so
 // errors.Is is the right check; keep a helper so the switch above reads clean.
 func isNoFact(err error) bool {

cmd/mavpoll/main_test.go

@@ -1,8 +1,17 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/ipc"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/zenmoney"
 )
 
 func TestMaxSeverity(t *testing.T) {
@@ -62,3 +71,120 @@ func TestParseMaxHandshake(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+// ---- zenmoney (Vikunja #125) ----------------------------------------------
+
+// factCore records the facts the poller wrote and answers "no fact yet".
+type factCore struct {
+	ipc.UnimplementedCoreAPI
+
+	written []ipc.WriteFactReq
+	prev    map[string]string
+}
+
+func (c *factCore) LatestFactBySource(_ context.Context, key, source string) (ipc.Fact, error) {
+	if v, ok := c.prev[key+"|"+source]; ok {
+		return ipc.Fact{Key: key, Source: source, Value: v}, nil
+	}
+	return ipc.Fact{}, ipc.ErrNoFact
+}
+
+func (c *factCore) WriteFact(_ context.Context, req ipc.WriteFactReq) (int64, error) {
+	c.written = append(c.written, req)
+	return int64(len(c.written)), nil
+}
+
+func zenFixtureServer(t *testing.T, body []byte, status int) *httptest.Server {
+	t.Helper()
+	return httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		if status != http.StatusOK {
+			w.WriteHeader(status)
+			return
+		}
+		w.Write(body)
+	}))
+}
+
+func TestPollZenmoneyWritesMoneyFacts(t *testing.T) {
+	body, err := os.ReadFile("../../internal/zenmoney/testdata/diff.json")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	srv := zenFixtureServer(t, body, http.StatusOK)
+	defer srv.Close()
+	zen, err := zenmoney.New("tok", srv.URL, time.Second)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	core := &factCore{}
+	p := &poller{core: core, zen: zen}
+	now := time.Date(2026, 8, 1, 21, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+	if err := p.pollZenmoney(context.Background(), now); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if len(core.written) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("wrote %d facts, want today + month", len(core.written))
+	}
+	for _, f := range core.written {
+		if f.Kind != "env" || f.Source != zenmoney.Source {
+			t.Errorf("fact = %+v, want kind=env source=%s", f, zenmoney.Source)
+		}
+		if _, err := zenmoney.ParseFactValue(f.Value); err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("fact value %q does not decode: %v", f.Value, err)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// A read that returns nothing for the window writes NOTHING. Silence, not a
+// zero: an invented 0 would be recited back to him as fact.
+func TestPollZenmoneyWritesNothingWhenEmpty(t *testing.T) {
+	srv := zenFixtureServer(t, []byte(`{"serverTimestamp":1,"instrument":[],"transaction":[]}`), http.StatusOK)
+	defer srv.Close()
+	zen, _ := zenmoney.New("tok", srv.URL, time.Second)
+	core := &factCore{}
+	p := &poller{core: core, zen: zen}
+	if err := p.pollZenmoney(context.Background(), time.Now()); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if len(core.written) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("wrote %+v, want no fact at all", core.written)
+	}
+}
+
+// An API failure must not overwrite the last good total either.
+func TestPollZenmoneyFailureWritesNothing(t *testing.T) {
+	srv := zenFixtureServer(t, nil, http.StatusUnauthorized)
+	defer srv.Close()
+	zen, _ := zenmoney.New("bad", srv.URL, time.Second)
+	core := &factCore{}
+	p := &poller{core: core, zen: zen}
+	if err := p.pollZenmoney(context.Background(), time.Now()); err == nil {
+		t.Error("want the 401 reported")
+	}
+	if len(core.written) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("wrote %+v on a failed read", core.written)
+	}
+}
+
+// Unchanged totals do not churn the facts table.
+func TestWriteIfChangedRawSkipsUnchanged(t *testing.T) {
+	core := &factCore{prev: map[string]string{
+		zenmoney.KeySpentToday + "|" + zenmoney.Source: `{"count":1}`,
+	}}
+	p := &poller{core: core}
+	if err := p.writeIfChangedRaw(context.Background(), zenmoney.KeySpentToday, zenmoney.Source, `{"count":1}`, time.Now()); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if len(core.written) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("wrote %+v for an unchanged value", core.written)
+	}
+}
+
+// Money tracking is off unless configured: no token file, no zenmoney client,
+// and the poller still refuses to start with nothing at all to poll.
+func TestRunRequiresSomethingToPoll(t *testing.T) {
+	err := run([]string{"-socket", "/tmp/nope.sock", "-netdata", "", "-kuma", "", "-wg", ""})
+	if err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "nothing to poll") {
+		t.Errorf("err = %v, want a 'nothing to poll' refusal", err)
+	}
+}

cmd/mavsttd/golden_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,323 @@
+package main
+
+// Golden-audio STT tests (Vikunja #288).
+//
+// These push real audio through the real whisper.cpp binding, so a bad model
+// path, a wrong language hint, a broken resample or a regressed silence gate
+// is caught by `make test` rather than by the owner talking to a daemon that
+// mishears him.
+//
+// The fixtures are piper-synthesised, not recorded — see
+// scripts/gen-stt-fixtures.sh. Nothing of the owner's voice is committed, and
+// any fixture can be rebuilt from the script plus a voice model.
+//
+// Matching is deliberately tolerant. Golden transcripts are model-dependent:
+// swapping ggml-small for a different whisper build moves punctuation, casing
+// and the odd word ending, and an exact-string assertion would turn every
+// model swap into a fixture rewrite. Each case therefore asserts two things —
+// the words that carry the intent are present, and the word error rate
+// against the reference stays under a per-case ceiling.
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"unicode"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/audio"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/worker"
+)
+
+// goldenModelPath — the whisper model the golden tests run against. Same file
+// the Makefile's run-stt target uses. Overridable so a box that keeps its
+// models elsewhere can still run these.
+func goldenModelPath() string {
+	if p := os.Getenv("MAVEN_WHISPER_MODEL"); p != "" {
+		return p
+	}
+	return filepath.Join("..", "..", "models", "stt", "ggml-small.bin")
+}
+
+type goldenCase struct {
+	Name     string   `json:"name"`
+	WAV      string   `json:"wav"`
+	Lang     string   `json:"lang"`
+	Text     string   `json:"text"`
+	Keywords []string `json:"keywords"`
+	MaxWER   float64  `json:"max_wer"`
+}
+
+type goldenManifest struct {
+	Cases []goldenCase `json:"cases"`
+}
+
+func loadGoldenManifest(t *testing.T) goldenManifest {
+	t.Helper()
+	raw, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join("testdata", "golden_v1.json"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("read golden manifest: %v", err)
+	}
+	var m goldenManifest
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(raw, &m); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("parse golden manifest: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(m.Cases) == 0 {
+		t.Fatal("golden manifest has no cases")
+	}
+	return m
+}
+
+// normalizeTranscript lowercases, drops punctuation, folds the Russian ё onto
+// е (whisper is inconsistent about it and the router does not care), and
+// collapses whitespace. Everything the comparison does happens on this form.
+func normalizeTranscript(s string) []string {
+	var b strings.Builder
+	for _, r := range strings.ToLower(s) {
+		switch {
+		case r == 'ё':
+			b.WriteRune('е')
+		case unicode.IsLetter(r) || unicode.IsDigit(r):
+			b.WriteRune(r)
+		default:
+			b.WriteRune(' ')
+		}
+	}
+	return strings.Fields(b.String())
+}
+
+// wordErrorRate is the Levenshtein distance between two word sequences,
+// divided by the length of the reference. 0 means identical; it can exceed 1
+// when the hypothesis is much longer than the reference.
+func wordErrorRate(ref, hyp []string) float64 {
+	if len(ref) == 0 {
+		if len(hyp) == 0 {
+			return 0
+		}
+		return 1
+	}
+	prev := make([]int, len(hyp)+1)
+	cur := make([]int, len(hyp)+1)
+	for j := range prev {
+		prev[j] = j
+	}
+	for i := 1; i <= len(ref); i++ {
+		cur[0] = i
+		for j := 1; j <= len(hyp); j++ {
+			cost := 1
+			if ref[i-1] == hyp[j-1] {
+				cost = 0
+			}
+			cur[j] = min(prev[j]+1, min(cur[j-1]+1, prev[j-1]+cost))
+		}
+		prev, cur = cur, prev
+	}
+	return float64(prev[len(hyp)]) / float64(len(ref))
+}
+
+// missingKeywords returns the keywords absent from the hypothesis. A keyword
+// matches on prefix, so a different case ending ("воды" vs "воду") does not
+// fail the assertion — the router's stage-0 grammar is stem-shaped too.
+func missingKeywords(keywords []string, hyp []string) []string {
+	var missing []string
+	for _, kw := range keywords {
+		want := normalizeTranscript(kw)
+		if len(want) == 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+		if !containsSeq(hyp, want) {
+			missing = append(missing, kw)
+		}
+	}
+	return missing
+}
+
+func containsSeq(hyp, want []string) bool {
+	for i := 0; i+len(want) <= len(hyp); i++ {
+		ok := true
+		for j, w := range want {
+			// Prefix match, so inflection differences pass but
+			// distinct words do not.
+			if !looseWordMatch(hyp[i+j], w) {
+				ok = false
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		if ok {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+func looseWordMatch(got, want string) bool {
+	if got == want {
+		return true
+	}
+	g, w := []rune(got), []rune(want)
+	n := len(w) - 1
+	if len(w) > 6 {
+		n = len(w) - 2
+	}
+	// Words of three runes or fewer have no room for a safe prefix: require
+	// an exact match rather than letting "час" pass for "часть".
+	if n < 3 || len(g) < n {
+		return false
+	}
+	return string(g[:n]) == string(w[:n])
+}
+
+// --- the model-backed test -------------------------------------------------
+
+func TestGoldenAudioTranscription(t *testing.T) {
+	m := loadGoldenManifest(t)
+
+	model := goldenModelPath()
+	if _, err := os.Stat(model); err != nil {
+		t.Skipf("whisper model %s absent (%v) — set MAVEN_WHISPER_MODEL or see AGENTS.md", model, err)
+	}
+
+	// Same gate thresholds as mavsttd's defaults, so a regression in the
+	// silence gate shows up here as an empty transcript.
+	h, err := newWhisperHandler(model, 300, 0.01)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("load whisper model %s: %v", model, err)
+	}
+	defer h.Close()
+
+	for _, c := range m.Cases {
+		t.Run(c.Name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			path := filepath.Join("testdata", c.WAV)
+			raw, err := os.ReadFile(path)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Skipf("fixture %s absent (%v) — run scripts/gen-stt-fixtures.sh", path, err)
+			}
+			format, pcm, err := audio.PCMFromWAV(raw)
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("%s is not canonical 16k mono PCM: %v", path, err)
+			}
+
+			resp, err := h.Transcribe(context.Background(), worker.TranscribeReq{
+				Audio: audio.Audio{Format: format, Bytes: pcm},
+				Lang:  c.Lang,
+			})
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("transcribe %s: %v", c.WAV, err)
+			}
+			t.Logf("%s → %q (confidence %.3f)", c.WAV, resp.Text, resp.Confidence)
+
+			if strings.TrimSpace(resp.Text) == "" {
+				t.Fatalf("%s transcribed to empty text — the silence gate ate real speech", c.WAV)
+			}
+			if resp.Confidence <= 0 {
+				t.Errorf("%s: confidence %v, want > 0", c.WAV, resp.Confidence)
+			}
+
+			hyp := normalizeTranscript(resp.Text)
+			ref := normalizeTranscript(c.Text)
+
+			if missing := missingKeywords(c.Keywords, hyp); len(missing) > 0 {
+				t.Errorf("%s: missing keywords %v in %q", c.WAV, missing, resp.Text)
+			}
+			if wer := wordErrorRate(ref, hyp); wer > c.MaxWER {
+				t.Errorf("%s: WER %.2f > %.2f\n  want: %q\n  got:  %q", c.WAV, wer, c.MaxWER, c.Text, resp.Text)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// TestGoldenFixturesAreCanonical checks the committed audio without needing a
+// model, so a fixture regenerated at the wrong sample rate fails on every box.
+func TestGoldenFixturesAreCanonical(t *testing.T) {
+	m := loadGoldenManifest(t)
+	for _, c := range m.Cases {
+		path := filepath.Join("testdata", c.WAV)
+		raw, err := os.ReadFile(path)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("fixture %s missing: %v", path, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		format, pcm, err := audio.PCMFromWAV(raw)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("%s: %v", path, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		if !format.IsValid() {
+			t.Errorf("%s: format %+v is not canonical", path, format)
+		}
+		a := audio.Audio{Format: format, Bytes: pcm}
+		if d := a.Duration(); d < 0.5 || d > 10 {
+			t.Errorf("%s: duration %.2fs outside the sane 0.5–10s fixture range", path, d)
+		}
+		// The fixture must clear mavsttd's own silence gate, otherwise the
+		// model test below would be asserting on a gated empty string.
+		if reason := gateReason(pcmToF32(pcm), whisperSampleRate, 300, 0.01); reason != "" {
+			t.Errorf("%s: would be gated as %s", path, reason)
+		}
+		if len(c.Keywords) == 0 {
+			t.Errorf("%s: manifest case has no keywords", c.Name)
+		}
+		if c.MaxWER <= 0 || c.MaxWER > 1 {
+			t.Errorf("%s: max_wer %v outside (0,1]", c.Name, c.MaxWER)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func pcmToF32(b []byte) []float32 {
+	out := make([]float32, len(b)/2)
+	for i := range out {
+		s := int16(b[i*2]) | int16(b[i*2+1])<<8
+		out[i] = float32(s) / 32768.0
+	}
+	return out
+}
+
+// --- matcher unit tests (no model, no fixtures) ----------------------------
+
+func TestNormalizeTranscript(t *testing.T) {
+	got := normalizeTranscript(" Ещё,  Раз... ")
+	want := []string{"еще", "раз"}
+	if len(got) != len(want) || got[0] != want[0] || got[1] != want[1] {
+		t.Fatalf("normalizeTranscript = %v, want %v", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestWordErrorRate(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		name     string
+		ref, hyp string
+		want     float64
+	}{
+		{"identical", "напомни мне через час", "Напомни мне через час.", 0},
+		{"one substitution", "напомни мне через час", "напомни мне через день", 0.25},
+		{"one deletion", "напомни мне через час", "напомни мне час", 0.25},
+		{"empty hypothesis", "напомни мне", "", 1},
+		{"both empty", "", "", 0},
+	}
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		t.Run(c.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got := wordErrorRate(normalizeTranscript(c.ref), normalizeTranscript(c.hyp))
+			if got != c.want {
+				t.Fatalf("WER = %v, want %v", got, c.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestMissingKeywords(t *testing.T) {
+	hyp := normalizeTranscript("Отметь, что я выпил воду.")
+	if got := missingKeywords([]string{"воды", "отметь"}, hyp); len(got) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("missingKeywords = %v, want none (inflection must not fail the match)", got)
+	}
+	if got := missingKeywords([]string{"календарю"}, hyp); len(got) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("missingKeywords = %v, want the absent keyword reported", got)
+	}
+	// A short word must match exactly — no 4-rune prefix shortcut that would
+	// let "час" pass for "часть".
+	hyp2 := normalizeTranscript("через час")
+	if got := missingKeywords([]string{"часть"}, hyp2); len(got) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("missingKeywords = %v, want %q reported missing", got, "часть")
+	}
+}

cmd/mavsttd/testdata/golden_v1.json

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{
+  "note": "Golden STT fixtures. Audio is piper-synthesised, not recorded — see scripts/gen-stt-fixtures.sh. Regenerate with that script; do not hand-edit `wav`.",
+  "cases": [
+    {
+      "name": "ru_reminder",
+      "wav": "ru_reminder.wav",
+      "lang": "ru",
+      "text": "напомни мне через час позвонить маме",
+      "keywords": ["напомни", "час", "позвонить"],
+      "max_wer": 0.34
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "ru_fact",
+      "wav": "ru_fact.wav",
+      "lang": "ru",
+      "text": "отметь что я выпил воды",
+      "keywords": ["отметь", "воды"],
+      "max_wer": 0.34
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "ru_query",
+      "wav": "ru_query.wav",
+      "lang": "ru",
+      "text": "что у меня сегодня по календарю",
+      "keywords": ["сегодня", "календарю"],
+      "max_wer": 0.34
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "en_act",
+      "wav": "en_act.wav",
+      "lang": "en",
+      "text": "restart the web server and check the disk space",
+      "keywords": ["restart", "server", "disk"],
+      "max_wer": 0.34
+    }
+  ]
+}

cmd/mavupdate/main.go

@@ -0,0 +1,204 @@
+// Command mavupdate deploys a new build of Maven to the box she runs on, with
+// an automatic rollback when the new build does not come up (Vikunja #249).
+//
+// It is a CLI on purpose, and it is the ONLY trigger for the update path.
+//
+// The obvious design — an IPC method plus a button on the web UI behind the
+// step-up passkey gate, the way /tools works — was considered and refused. A
+// step-up gate protects against the wrong person clicking; it does not change
+// the fact that anything reachable over the network becomes, in the event of a
+// mavweb bug, a remote arbitrary-code path with a build system attached. An
+// update needs shell access on the host, which is a strictly higher bar than
+// the gate that guards the tool allowlist. That is deliberate and it is the
+// reason there is no MethodApplyUpdate anywhere in internal/ipc.
+//
+// Consequently: mavend does not import internal/update, nothing runs on a timer,
+// nothing checks a release server, and no act, intent, tool or LLM output can
+// reach any of this. She cannot update herself. She can be updated, by him.
+//
+//	mavupdate -config deploy/mavend.json list          # snapshots available to roll back to
+//	mavupdate -config deploy/mavend.json verify        # make build + make test, deploys nothing
+//	mavupdate -config deploy/mavend.json apply -yes    # the whole thing
+//	mavupdate -config deploy/mavend.json rollback [id] # restore + restart (default: newest)
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"os/signal"
+	"syscall"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/config"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/update"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	cfgPath := flag.String("config", "deploy/mavend.json", "path to mavend.json (the update block is read from it)")
+	yes := flag.Bool("yes", false, "required by `apply` and `rollback`: yes, restart the daemon")
+	flag.Usage = usage
+	flag.Parse()
+
+	// The stdlib flag package stops parsing at the first non-flag argument, so a
+	// `-yes` written after the subcommand (which is how anyone would type it, and
+	// how the usage text shows it) lands in Args instead of the flag. Pick it out
+	// by hand rather than silently treating "apply -yes" as an unconfirmed apply.
+	var args []string
+	for _, a := range flag.Args() {
+		if a == "-yes" || a == "--yes" {
+			*yes = true
+			continue
+		}
+		args = append(args, a)
+	}
+	if len(args) == 0 {
+		usage()
+		os.Exit(2)
+	}
+
+	cfg, err := config.Load(*cfgPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		die("config: %v", err)
+	}
+	if cfg.Update == nil {
+		die("no `update` block in %s — the update capability is off unless configured.\nSee the package comment in internal/update for what it does and does not do.", *cfgPath)
+	}
+
+	logf := func(format string, a ...any) {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s  %s\n", time.Now().Format("15:04:05"), fmt.Sprintf(format, a...))
+	}
+	u, err := update.New(*cfg.Update, update.WithLogger(logf))
+	if err != nil {
+		die("%v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Ctrl-C cancels the build or the health wait. It cannot cancel a rollback
+	// midway into leaving the box in an unknown state, because the rollback runs
+	// on its own context — see cmdApply.
+	ctx, stop := signal.NotifyContext(context.Background(), syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGTERM)
+	defer stop()
+
+	switch args[0] {
+	case "list":
+		cmdList(u)
+	case "verify":
+		cmdVerify(ctx, u)
+	case "apply":
+		if !*yes {
+			die("apply restarts mavend and can roll her back. Re-run with -yes if that is what you want.")
+		}
+		cmdApply(ctx, u)
+	case "rollback":
+		if !*yes {
+			die("rollback restores the previous artifacts and restarts mavend. Re-run with -yes.")
+		}
+		id := ""
+		if len(args) > 1 {
+			id = args[1]
+		}
+		cmdRollback(ctx, u, id)
+	default:
+		usage()
+		os.Exit(2)
+	}
+}
+
+func cmdList(u *update.Updater) {
+	snaps, err := u.Snapshots()
+	if err != nil {
+		die("snapshots: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(snaps) == 0 {
+		fmt.Println("no snapshots yet — the first `apply` takes one before it builds anything")
+		return
+	}
+	fmt.Printf("%-18s  %-12s  %s\n", "SNAPSHOT", "COMMIT", "FILES")
+	for _, s := range snaps {
+		commit := s.Commit
+		if len(commit) > 12 {
+			commit = commit[:12]
+		}
+		if commit == "" {
+			commit = "-"
+		}
+		fmt.Printf("%-18s  %-12s  %d\n", s.ID, commit, len(s.Files))
+	}
+	fmt.Printf("\nrollback to the newest with:  mavupdate rollback -yes\n")
+}
+
+func cmdVerify(ctx context.Context, u *update.Updater) {
+	steps, err := u.Verify(ctx)
+	report(steps)
+	if err != nil {
+		die("%v", err)
+	}
+	fmt.Println("verified: the tree builds and passes its own tests. Nothing was deployed — run `apply -yes` for that.")
+}
+
+func cmdApply(ctx context.Context, u *update.Updater) {
+	res, err := u.Apply(ctx)
+	report(res.Steps)
+	summarize(res)
+	switch {
+	case err == nil:
+		fmt.Println("\nupdate committed: she answers on the new build.")
+	case errors.Is(err, update.ErrRollbackFailed):
+		die("\n%v\n\nSHE IS PROBABLY DOWN. The previous artifacts are in the snapshot dir; copy them\nover the install dir and restart by hand.", err)
+	case errors.Is(err, update.ErrRolledBack):
+		die("\n%v\n\nShe is answering again on the previous build. Nothing was lost; fix the change and retry.", err)
+	default:
+		die("\n%v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func cmdRollback(ctx context.Context, u *update.Updater, id string) {
+	res, err := u.Rollback(ctx, id)
+	report(res.Steps)
+	summarize(res)
+	if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, update.ErrRolledBack) {
+		die("\n%v", err)
+	}
+	fmt.Printf("\nrolled back to %s; she answers on it.\n", res.SnapshotID)
+}
+
+func report(steps []update.Step) {
+	for _, s := range steps {
+		status := "ok"
+		if s.Err != nil {
+			status = "FAILED: " + s.Err.Error()
+		}
+		fmt.Printf("  %-8s %-8s %s\n", s.Name, s.Took.Round(time.Second), status)
+		if s.Output != "" {
+			fmt.Printf("---- %s output ----\n%s\n-------------------\n", s.Name, s.Output)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func summarize(res update.Result) {
+	fmt.Printf("\nverified=%v snapshot=%s installed=%d restarted=%v healthy=%v rolled_back=%v rollback_healthy=%v took=%s\n",
+		res.Verified, res.SnapshotID, len(res.Installed), res.Restarted, res.Healthy, res.RolledBack, res.RollbackHealthy, res.Took.Round(time.Second))
+}
+
+func usage() {
+	fmt.Fprint(os.Stderr, `mavupdate — deploy a new build of Maven, with rollback.
+
+  mavupdate [-config path] list
+  mavupdate [-config path] verify
+  mavupdate [-config path] apply -yes
+  mavupdate [-config path] rollback [snapshot-id] -yes
+
+apply is: health-check the running daemon, snapshot the deployed artifacts,
+make build, make test, install, restart, health-check — and restore the
+snapshot if any of that fails. It never fetches code and never runs by itself.
+
+`)
+	flag.PrintDefaults()
+}
+
+func die(format string, a ...any) {
+	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, format+"\n", a...)
+	os.Exit(1)
+}

cmd/mavwaked/main.go

@@ -12,8 +12,15 @@
 // (30ms frames, 16kHz PCM) matches silero-vad's input interface exactly, so
 // swapping energy-threshold for ONNX-inference is a local change in vad.go.
 //
+// While a reply is playing the capture side is muted (half-duplex): without
+// it, Maven's own voice comes back in through the mic and she answers
+// herself. -barge-in punches one hole in that gate — sustained energy well
+// above the speaker's leak level cuts playback so he can talk over her. It is
+// off by default because the threshold is room-specific; see playback.go.
+//
 //	usage:
 //	  mavwaked                          # default ALSA device, 127.0.0.1:9100
+//	  mavwaked -barge-in                # let him interrupt her mid-reply
 //	  mavwaked -device hw:1,0 -addr 10.42.0.1:9100
 //	  mavwaked -test file.wav           # read from file, no arecord
 package main
@@ -60,6 +67,9 @@ func run(args []string) error {
 	silenceMs := flag.Int("silence-ms", defaultSilenceMs, "silence ms to end utterance")
 	maxMs := flag.Int("max-ms", defaultMaxMs, "max utterance ms")
 	testFile := flag.String("test", "", "read PCM from file instead of arecord (testing only)")
+	bargeIn := flag.Bool("barge-in", false, "cut Maven off when he talks over her (needs a room-tuned -barge-in-rms)")
+	bargeRMS := flag.Int("barge-in-rms", defaultBargeRMS, "RMS x10000 a frame must clear to count as barge-in")
+	bargeFrames := flag.Int("barge-in-frames", defaultBargeFrames, "consecutive frames over -barge-in-rms before playback is cut")
 	flag.CommandLine.Parse(args)
 
 	ctx, stop := signal.NotifyContext(context.Background(), syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGTERM, syscall.SIGHUP)
@@ -117,14 +127,21 @@ func run(args []string) error {
 
 	defer src.Close()
 
-	return captureLoop(ctx, src, vad, vc, *lang)
+	var barge bargeInConfig
+	if *bargeIn {
+		barge = bargeInConfig{RMS: float64(*bargeRMS) / 10000.0, Frames: *bargeFrames}
+		log.Printf("mavwaked: barge-in on (rms %.4f x %d frames)", barge.RMS, barge.Frames)
+	}
+	sess := newSession(vad, newAplayPlayer(), &voiceSender{vc: vc}, *lang, barge)
+
+	return captureLoop(ctx, src, sess)
 }
 
-// captureLoop reads PCM from src, runs VAD, and sends complete utterances to
-// the voice server. Returns when ctx is done or src is exhausted.
-func captureLoop(ctx context.Context, src io.Reader, vad *VAD, vc *voice.Client, lang string) error {
+// captureLoop reads PCM from src and hands whole frames to the session.
+// Returns when ctx is done or src is exhausted.
+func captureLoop(ctx context.Context, src io.Reader, sess *session) error {
 	br := bufio.NewReaderSize(src, defaultReadSize)
-	frameBytes := vad.FrameSamples() * 2 // 480 samples × 2 bytes = 960 bytes per 30ms
+	frameBytes := sess.vad.FrameSamples() * 2 // 480 samples × 2 bytes = 960 bytes per 30ms
 
 	log.Printf("mavwaked: capture loop starting (frame=%d bytes, %dms)",
 		frameBytes, defaultFrameMs)
@@ -147,7 +164,7 @@ func captureLoop(ctx context.Context, src io.Reader, vad *VAD, vc *voice.Client,
 					// Flush partial frame.
 					partial = append(partial, buf[:n]...)
 					if len(partial) >= frameBytes {
-						if err := processFrame(partial[:frameBytes], vad, vc, lang); err != nil {
+						if err := sess.feed(ctx, partial[:frameBytes]); err != nil {
 							log.Printf("mavwaked: process frame: %v", err)
 						}
 						partial = partial[frameBytes:]
@@ -165,107 +182,31 @@ func captureLoop(ctx context.Context, src io.Reader, vad *VAD, vc *voice.Client,
 			partial = nil
 		}
 
-		if err := processFrame(full, vad, vc, lang); err != nil {
+		if err := sess.feed(ctx, full); err != nil {
 			log.Printf("mavwaked: process frame: %v", err)
 		}
 	}
 }
 
-// processFrame feeds one 30ms PCM frame to the VAD and sends any completed
-// utterance to the voice server.
-func processFrame(frame []byte, vad *VAD, vc *voice.Client, lang string) error {
-	samples := PCMToI16(frame)
-	utt, state := vad.Feed(samples)
+// voiceSender is the production utteranceSender: one PushToTalk round-trip
+// over the voice wire. SurfaceVoice (not the default SurfacePCClient that
+// c.PushToTalk uses) caps everything at L0, which is what makes an accidental
+// VAD trigger safe.
+type voiceSender struct{ vc *voice.Client }
 
-	if state == StateSpeech {
-		// Speech is in progress; nothing to send yet.
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	if utt.Bytes == nil {
-		// Still in silence, or short speech that didn't trigger.
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	// We have a complete utterance — send it to the voice server.
-	return sendUtterance(context.Background(), utt, vc, lang)
-}
-
-// sendUtterance sends audio to the voice server and plays the reply.
-func sendUtterance(ctx context.Context, utt audio.Audio, vc *voice.Client, lang string) error {
-	dur := utt.Duration()
-	log.Printf("mavwaked: utterance complete (%.2fs, %d bytes), sending...",
-		dur, len(utt.Bytes))
-
-	// Use SendRequest directly so we can set SurfaceVoice instead of the
-	// default SurfacePCClient that c.PushToTalk uses.
+func (s *voiceSender) Send(ctx context.Context, utt audio.Audio, lang string) (audio.Audio, error) {
 	var resp voice.PushToTalkResp
-	err := vc.SendRequest(ctx, voice.MethodPushToTalk, voice.PushToTalkReq{
+	err := s.vc.SendRequest(ctx, voice.MethodPushToTalk, voice.PushToTalkReq{
 		Audio:   utt,
 		Lang:    lang,
 		Surface: voice.SurfaceVoice,
 	}, &resp)
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("push-to-talk: %w", err)
+		return audio.Audio{}, fmt.Errorf("push-to-talk: %w", err)
 	}
-
 	log.Printf("mavwaked: reply: %q (%.2fs audio)", resp.ReplyText, resp.ReplyAudio.Duration())
-
-	// Play the reply audio.
-	if len(resp.ReplyAudio.Bytes) > 0 {
-		go playAudio(resp.ReplyAudio)
-	} else {
-		log.Printf("mavwaked: empty reply audio (text only)")
-	}
-
 	if len(resp.RoutedChannels) > 0 {
 		log.Printf("mavwaked: also routed to: %v", resp.RoutedChannels)
 	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-// playAudio pipes PCM audio to aplay(1) for playback. Runs in a goroutine.
-func playAudio(a audio.Audio) {
-	// Build WAV header for aplay (or pipe raw PCM with the right format flags).
-	cmd := exec.Command("aplay",
-		"-f", "S16_LE",
-		"-r", fmt.Sprintf("%d", a.Format.SampleRate),
-		"-c", fmt.Sprintf("%d", a.Format.Channels),
-		"-t", "raw",
-	)
-
-	stdin, err := cmd.StdinPipe()
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Printf("mavwaked: aplay stdin pipe: %v", err)
-		return
-	}
-
-	if err := cmd.Start(); err != nil {
-		log.Printf("mavwaked: start aplay: %v", err)
-		return
-	}
-
-	// Write audio to aplay's stdin.
-	if _, err := stdin.Write(a.Bytes); err != nil {
-		log.Printf("mavwaked: write to aplay: %v", err)
-	}
-	_ = stdin.Close()
-
-	// Wait for playback to finish (with a timeout).
-	done := make(chan error, 1)
-	go func() {
-		done <- cmd.Wait()
-	}()
-
-	select {
-	case err := <-done:
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Printf("mavwaked: aplay: %v", err)
-		}
-	case <-time.After(30 * time.Second):
-		log.Printf("mavwaked: aplay timeout, killing")
-		_ = cmd.Process.Kill()
-		<-done
-	}
+	return resp.ReplyAudio, nil
 }

cmd/mavwaked/playback.go

@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+package main
+
+// Reply playback, and the half-duplex gate around it (Vikunja #287).
+//
+// Before this, playback was `go playAudio(reply)` — fire and forget, with no
+// handle on the running aplay. Two things fell out of that, and both are
+// audible:
+//
+//  1. Self-trigger. The capture loop keeps feeding the VAD while the speaker
+//     is playing, so Maven's own reply comes back in through the mic, trips
+//     the VAD, and is sent to the daemon as a fresh utterance. She answers
+//     herself. There is no acoustic echo canceller in this pipeline, so the
+//     only correct fix is half-duplex: while she is speaking, the capture
+//     side is muted.
+//
+//  2. No barge-in. Talking over her did nothing — there was nothing to
+//     cancel, because nobody held the process handle.
+//
+// The two are the same mechanism seen from opposite sides, so they live
+// together here. Echo suppression is unconditional (it fixes a bug). Barge-in
+// is off unless -barge-in is passed, because it needs a room-specific energy
+// threshold: with no echo canceller, the only way to tell "he is talking over
+// her" from "the mic is hearing her" is that he is louder, and how much
+// louder depends on where the mic sits relative to the speaker.
+
+import (
+	"log"
+	"os/exec"
+	"strconv"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/audio"
+)
+
+// player plays one reply at a time and can be cut off mid-utterance.
+type player interface {
+	// Play starts playback of a, replacing anything already playing, and
+	// returns immediately.
+	Play(a audio.Audio)
+	// Stop ends playback now. A no-op when nothing is playing.
+	Stop()
+	// Playing reports whether audio is currently going out of the speaker.
+	Playing() bool
+}
+
+// aplayPlayer pipes raw PCM to aplay(1). Stop kills the child, which is what
+// makes barge-in instant rather than "instant at the end of the sentence".
+type aplayPlayer struct {
+	mu      sync.Mutex
+	cmd     *exec.Cmd
+	playing bool
+	// gen rises on every Play/Stop so a finishing playback cannot clear the
+	// playing flag of the one that replaced it.
+	gen uint64
+}
+
+func newAplayPlayer() *aplayPlayer { return &aplayPlayer{} }
+
+func (p *aplayPlayer) Play(a audio.Audio) {
+	if len(a.Bytes) == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+	p.Stop()
+
+	cmd := exec.Command("aplay",
+		"-f", "S16_LE",
+		"-r", strconv.Itoa(a.Format.SampleRate),
+		"-c", strconv.Itoa(a.Format.Channels),
+		"-t", "raw",
+	)
+	stdin, err := cmd.StdinPipe()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("mavwaked: aplay stdin pipe: %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+	if err := cmd.Start(); err != nil {
+		log.Printf("mavwaked: start aplay: %v", err)
+		_ = stdin.Close()
+		return
+	}
+
+	p.mu.Lock()
+	p.gen++
+	gen := p.gen
+	p.cmd = cmd
+	p.playing = true
+	p.mu.Unlock()
+
+	go func() {
+		if _, err := stdin.Write(a.Bytes); err != nil {
+			// Broken pipe is the expected outcome of Stop().
+			log.Printf("mavwaked: write to aplay: %v", err)
+		}
+		_ = stdin.Close()
+
+		done := make(chan error, 1)
+		go func() { done <- cmd.Wait() }()
+		select {
+		case err := <-done:
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Printf("mavwaked: aplay: %v", err)
+			}
+		case <-time.After(30 * time.Second):
+			log.Printf("mavwaked: aplay timeout, killing")
+			if pr := cmd.Process; pr != nil {
+				_ = pr.Kill()
+			}
+			<-done
+		}
+
+		p.mu.Lock()
+		if p.gen == gen {
+			p.playing = false
+			p.cmd = nil
+		}
+		p.mu.Unlock()
+	}()
+}
+
+func (p *aplayPlayer) Stop() {
+	p.mu.Lock()
+	cmd := p.cmd
+	if cmd != nil {
+		p.gen++
+		p.playing = false
+		p.cmd = nil
+	}
+	p.mu.Unlock()
+	if cmd != nil && cmd.Process != nil {
+		_ = cmd.Process.Kill()
+	}
+}
+
+func (p *aplayPlayer) Playing() bool {
+	p.mu.Lock()
+	defer p.mu.Unlock()
+	return p.playing
+}

cmd/mavwaked/playback_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/audio"
+)
+
+// The real player must be safe to poke when nothing is playing — the capture
+// loop calls Playing() on every 30ms frame, and Stop() lands on an idle
+// player whenever a barge-in races the end of a reply. Neither may need
+// aplay(1) to be installed.
+func TestAplayPlayerIdleIsSafe(t *testing.T) {
+	p := newAplayPlayer()
+	if p.Playing() {
+		t.Fatal("a fresh player reports playing")
+	}
+	p.Stop()
+	p.Stop()
+	if p.Playing() {
+		t.Fatal("playing after Stop on an idle player")
+	}
+	// Empty audio is a text-only turn: nothing to play, no process to spawn.
+	p.Play(audio.Audio{Format: audio.PCM16kMono})
+	if p.Playing() {
+		t.Fatal("empty audio started playback")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestAplayPlayerSatisfiesPlayer(t *testing.T) {
+	var _ player = newAplayPlayer()
+	var _ player = &fakePlayer{}
+}

cmd/mavwaked/session.go

@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+package main
+
+// The capture session: what happens to one 30ms frame, given whether Maven is
+// currently speaking. Split out of main.go's processFrame so the decision is
+// testable without a mic, a speaker, or a daemon (Vikunja #287).
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"log"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/audio"
+)
+
+// utteranceSender ships one complete utterance to the voice server and
+// returns the reply audio to play. The real one round-trips over the voice
+// wire; tests substitute a recorder.
+type utteranceSender interface {
+	Send(ctx context.Context, utt audio.Audio, lang string) (audio.Audio, error)
+}
+
+// bargeInConfig holds the two numbers barge-in needs. Zero Frames disables
+// barge-in entirely — the half-duplex gate still runs.
+type bargeInConfig struct {
+	// RMS is the normalised energy a frame must exceed to count as him
+	// talking over her rather than the mic hearing her. It is deliberately
+	// far above the VAD's own floor: the speaker leaks into the mic at
+	// roughly ambient level, a person talking at the mic does not.
+	RMS float64
+	// Frames is how many consecutive frames must clear RMS before playback
+	// is cut. One loud frame is a door closing; five in a row is a voice.
+	Frames int
+}
+
+// Enabled reports whether barge-in should be attempted at all.
+func (c bargeInConfig) Enabled() bool { return c.Frames > 0 && c.RMS > 0 }
+
+// session is the per-client capture state machine.
+type session struct {
+	vad    *VAD
+	player player
+	sender utteranceSender
+	lang   string
+	barge  bargeInConfig
+
+	// loudFrames counts consecutive over-threshold frames seen while she is
+	// speaking. Reset whenever a frame falls back under the threshold, and
+	// whenever playback ends.
+	loudFrames int
+
+	// counters, read by tests and logged on the way out.
+	suppressed int // frames dropped because she was speaking
+	bargeIns   int // times playback was cut because he spoke over her
+	sent       int // utterances shipped to the daemon
+}
+
+func newSession(vad *VAD, p player, s utteranceSender, lang string, barge bargeInConfig) *session {
+	return &session{vad: vad, player: p, sender: s, lang: lang, barge: barge}
+}
+
+// feed processes one 30ms PCM frame.
+//
+// While the player is running the capture side is muted: the VAD is not fed
+// and no utterance can be produced, so Maven's own reply cannot come back in
+// as a new command. The one thing that gets through is barge-in — sustained
+// energy well above the speaker's leak level cuts playback, and capture
+// resumes on the very next frame with a clean VAD.
+func (s *session) feed(ctx context.Context, frame []byte) error {
+	if s.player.Playing() {
+		s.suppressed++
+		if !s.barge.Enabled() {
+			return nil
+		}
+		if frameRMS(PCMToI16(frame)) < s.barge.RMS {
+			s.loudFrames = 0
+			return nil
+		}
+		s.loudFrames++
+		if s.loudFrames < s.barge.Frames {
+			return nil
+		}
+		// He is talking over her. Cut her off, drop the VAD state that
+		// accumulated from the echo, and start listening for real.
+		s.player.Stop()
+		s.bargeIns++
+		s.loudFrames = 0
+		s.vad.Reset()
+		log.Printf("mavwaked: barge-in — stopped playback")
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// Not speaking. If we just stopped, make sure no echo-era state leaks
+	// into the next utterance.
+	if s.loudFrames != 0 {
+		s.loudFrames = 0
+		s.vad.Reset()
+	}
+
+	utt, state := s.vad.Feed(PCMToI16(frame))
+	if state == StateSpeech || utt.Bytes == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return s.dispatch(ctx, utt)
+}
+
+// dispatch ships a complete utterance and plays whatever comes back.
+func (s *session) dispatch(ctx context.Context, utt audio.Audio) error {
+	log.Printf("mavwaked: utterance complete (%.2fs, %d bytes), sending...", utt.Duration(), len(utt.Bytes))
+	reply, err := s.sender.Send(ctx, utt, s.lang)
+	s.sent++
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if len(reply.Bytes) == 0 {
+		log.Printf("mavwaked: empty reply audio (text only)")
+		return nil
+	}
+	// The VAD has been accumulating from the buffered mic stream while the
+	// round-trip blocked. None of it is a command — reset before the
+	// speaker opens, so the first post-reply frame starts clean.
+	s.vad.Reset()
+	s.player.Play(reply)
+	return nil
+}

cmd/mavwaked/session_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,282 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"math"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/audio"
+)
+
+// fakePlayer records Play/Stop instead of shelling out to aplay.
+type fakePlayer struct {
+	playing bool
+	plays   int
+	stops   int
+	last    audio.Audio
+}
+
+func (p *fakePlayer) Play(a audio.Audio) { p.playing = true; p.plays++; p.last = a }
+func (p *fakePlayer) Stop()              { p.playing = false; p.stops++ }
+func (p *fakePlayer) Playing() bool      { return p.playing }
+
+// fakeSender records what was shipped and hands back a canned reply.
+type fakeSender struct {
+	sent  []audio.Audio
+	reply audio.Audio
+	err   error
+}
+
+func (s *fakeSender) Send(_ context.Context, utt audio.Audio, _ string) (audio.Audio, error) {
+	s.sent = append(s.sent, utt)
+	return s.reply, s.err
+}
+
+func replyAudio() audio.Audio {
+	return audio.Audio{Format: audio.PCM16kMono, Bytes: make([]byte, 16000)}
+}
+
+// frameAt returns a 30ms frame whose RMS is approximately rms.
+func frameAt(rms float64) []byte {
+	amp := rms * math.Sqrt2 * 32768
+	f := make([]int16, frameSamples)
+	for i := range f {
+		f[i] = int16(amp * math.Sin(2*math.Pi*440*float64(i)/16000))
+	}
+	return pcmBytes(f)
+}
+
+func silentBytes() []byte { return make([]byte, frameSamples*2) }
+
+// newTestSession wires a session with fakes and a default VAD.
+func newTestSession(barge bargeInConfig) (*session, *fakePlayer, *fakeSender) {
+	p := &fakePlayer{}
+	s := &fakeSender{reply: replyAudio()}
+	return newSession(NewVAD(0, 0, 0, 0), p, s, "ru", barge), p, s
+}
+
+// speakThenPause drives a full utterance through the session: enough loud
+// frames to trigger, then enough silence to end it.
+func speakThenPause(t *testing.T, sess *session) {
+	t.Helper()
+	speechFrames := (defaultSpeechMs + defaultFrameMs - 1) / defaultFrameMs
+	silenceFrames := (defaultSilenceMs+defaultFrameMs-1)/defaultFrameMs + 2
+	loud := frameAt(0.35)
+	for i := 0; i < speechFrames+5; i++ {
+		if err := sess.feed(context.Background(), loud); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("feed loud frame %d: %v", i, err)
+		}
+	}
+	for i := 0; i < silenceFrames; i++ {
+		if err := sess.feed(context.Background(), silentBytes()); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("feed silent frame %d: %v", i, err)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSessionSendsUtteranceAndPlaysReply(t *testing.T) {
+	sess, p, snd := newTestSession(bargeInConfig{})
+	speakThenPause(t, sess)
+
+	if len(snd.sent) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("sent %d utterances, want 1", len(snd.sent))
+	}
+	if snd.sent[0].Format != audio.PCM16kMono {
+		t.Errorf("utterance format = %+v, want canonical", snd.sent[0].Format)
+	}
+	if p.plays != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("plays = %d, want 1", p.plays)
+	}
+}
+
+// The bug this whole file exists for: while the speaker is running, the mic
+// hears Maven and the old code shipped that back as a fresh command.
+func TestSessionDoesNotHearItselfWhilePlaying(t *testing.T) {
+	sess, p, snd := newTestSession(bargeInConfig{})
+	speakThenPause(t, sess)
+	if !p.Playing() {
+		t.Fatal("expected playback to be running after the reply")
+	}
+
+	// Feed a long stretch of loud audio — Maven's own voice coming back in.
+	base := sess.suppressed
+	loud := frameAt(0.35)
+	for i := 0; i < 200; i++ {
+		if err := sess.feed(context.Background(), loud); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("feed echo frame %d: %v", i, err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if len(snd.sent) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("sent %d utterances, want 1 — her own reply was captured as a command", len(snd.sent))
+	}
+	if got := sess.suppressed - base; got != 200 {
+		t.Errorf("suppressed %d of the 200 echo frames, want all of them", got)
+	}
+	if p.stops != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("stops = %d, want 0 — barge-in is off, nothing should cut her off", p.stops)
+	}
+}
+
+// With barge-in off, no amount of noise stops playback.
+func TestSessionBargeInDisabledByDefault(t *testing.T) {
+	sess, p, _ := newTestSession(bargeInConfig{})
+	if sess.barge.Enabled() {
+		t.Fatal("zero bargeInConfig must be disabled")
+	}
+	speakThenPause(t, sess)
+	veryLoud := frameAt(0.6)
+	for i := 0; i < 50; i++ {
+		_ = sess.feed(context.Background(), veryLoud)
+	}
+	if p.stops != 0 || sess.bargeIns != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("stops = %d, bargeIns = %d, want 0 with barge-in off", p.stops, sess.bargeIns)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSessionBargeInCutsPlayback(t *testing.T) {
+	barge := bargeInConfig{RMS: 0.12, Frames: 5}
+	sess, p, _ := newTestSession(barge)
+	speakThenPause(t, sess)
+	if !p.Playing() {
+		t.Fatal("expected playback after the reply")
+	}
+
+	// Four loud frames must not be enough — a door closing is not a voice.
+	veryLoud := frameAt(0.35)
+	for i := 0; i < 4; i++ {
+		_ = sess.feed(context.Background(), veryLoud)
+	}
+	if p.stops != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("playback cut after 4 frames, want it to hold until %d", barge.Frames)
+	}
+
+	// The fifth cuts her off.
+	_ = sess.feed(context.Background(), veryLoud)
+	if p.stops != 1 || sess.bargeIns != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("stops = %d, bargeIns = %d, want 1 and 1", p.stops, sess.bargeIns)
+	}
+	if p.Playing() {
+		t.Fatal("still playing after barge-in")
+	}
+}
+
+// A burst that falls back under the threshold resets the counter, so noise
+// spread over a whole reply never accumulates into a false barge-in.
+func TestSessionBargeInNeedsConsecutiveFrames(t *testing.T) {
+	sess, p, _ := newTestSession(bargeInConfig{RMS: 0.12, Frames: 5})
+	speakThenPause(t, sess)
+
+	veryLoud := frameAt(0.35)
+	quiet := frameAt(0.02)
+	for i := 0; i < 20; i++ {
+		_ = sess.feed(context.Background(), veryLoud)
+		_ = sess.feed(context.Background(), veryLoud)
+		_ = sess.feed(context.Background(), quiet)
+	}
+	if p.stops != 0 || sess.bargeIns != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("stops = %d, bargeIns = %d, want 0 — two-frame bursts must not accumulate", p.stops, sess.bargeIns)
+	}
+}
+
+// Speaker leak sits near the room floor; it must never reach the barge-in bar.
+func TestSessionEchoLevelAudioNeverBargesIn(t *testing.T) {
+	sess, p, _ := newTestSession(bargeInConfig{RMS: 0.12, Frames: 5})
+	speakThenPause(t, sess)
+
+	base := sess.suppressed
+	leak := frameAt(0.05) // loud enough for the VAD, far under the barge bar
+	for i := 0; i < 300; i++ {
+		_ = sess.feed(context.Background(), leak)
+	}
+	if p.stops != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("stops = %d, want 0 — speaker leak must not read as barge-in", p.stops)
+	}
+	if got := sess.suppressed - base; got != 300 {
+		t.Errorf("suppressed %d of the 300 leak frames, want all of them", got)
+	}
+}
+
+// After barge-in the VAD must start clean, so the interrupting speech is
+// captured as a whole utterance rather than joined onto echo state.
+func TestSessionCapturesTheInterruptingUtterance(t *testing.T) {
+	sess, p, snd := newTestSession(bargeInConfig{RMS: 0.12, Frames: 5})
+	speakThenPause(t, sess)
+
+	veryLoud := frameAt(0.35)
+	for i := 0; i < 5; i++ {
+		_ = sess.feed(context.Background(), veryLoud)
+	}
+	if p.stops != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected barge-in, stops = %d", p.stops)
+	}
+
+	// He keeps talking; that is a new command.
+	speakThenPause(t, sess)
+	if len(snd.sent) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("sent %d utterances, want 2 — the interruption itself must be heard", len(snd.sent))
+	}
+	if p.plays != 2 {
+		t.Errorf("plays = %d, want 2", p.plays)
+	}
+}
+
+// A failed round-trip must surface as an error and must not start playback.
+func TestSessionSendErrorDoesNotPlay(t *testing.T) {
+	p := &fakePlayer{}
+	snd := &fakeSender{err: errors.New("boom")}
+	sess := newSession(NewVAD(0, 0, 0, 0), p, snd, "ru", bargeInConfig{})
+
+	speechFrames := (defaultSpeechMs + defaultFrameMs - 1) / defaultFrameMs
+	silenceFrames := (defaultSilenceMs+defaultFrameMs-1)/defaultFrameMs + 2
+	loud := frameAt(0.35)
+	var lastErr error
+	for i := 0; i < speechFrames+5; i++ {
+		_ = sess.feed(context.Background(), loud)
+	}
+	for i := 0; i < silenceFrames; i++ {
+		if err := sess.feed(context.Background(), silentBytes()); err != nil {
+			lastErr = err
+		}
+	}
+	if lastErr == nil {
+		t.Fatal("send error was swallowed")
+	}
+	if p.plays != 0 || p.Playing() {
+		t.Fatalf("plays = %d, playing = %v, want no playback on a failed round-trip", p.plays, p.Playing())
+	}
+}
+
+// An empty reply (text-only turn) must leave the capture side open.
+func TestSessionEmptyReplyLeavesCaptureOpen(t *testing.T) {
+	p := &fakePlayer{}
+	snd := &fakeSender{reply: audio.Audio{Format: audio.PCM16kMono}}
+	sess := newSession(NewVAD(0, 0, 0, 0), p, snd, "ru", bargeInConfig{})
+
+	speakThenPause(t, sess)
+	if p.plays != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("plays = %d, want 0 for an empty reply", p.plays)
+	}
+	speakThenPause(t, sess)
+	if len(snd.sent) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("sent %d, want 2 — capture must stay open when there is no audio reply", len(snd.sent))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestBargeInConfigEnabled(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		c    bargeInConfig
+		want bool
+	}{
+		{bargeInConfig{}, false},
+		{bargeInConfig{RMS: 0.12}, false},
+		{bargeInConfig{Frames: 5}, false},
+		{bargeInConfig{RMS: 0.12, Frames: 5}, true},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		if got := tc.c.Enabled(); got != tc.want {
+			t.Errorf("%+v.Enabled() = %v, want %v", tc.c, got, tc.want)
+		}
+	}
+}

cmd/mavwaked/vad.go

@@ -23,6 +23,15 @@ const (
 	defaultSilenceMs = 800   // silence hold before declaring end-of-utterance
 	defaultMaxMs     = 10000 // cap single utterance at 10s
 	defaultMinRMS    = 0.01  // RMS floor (same as mavsttd)
+
+	// Barge-in thresholds. Only used when -barge-in is passed. The RMS is
+	// x10000 like -min-rms, and sits an order of magnitude above the VAD's
+	// own floor on purpose: with no acoustic echo canceller, a frame only
+	// counts as "he is talking over her" if it is far louder than what the
+	// speaker leaks back into the mic. 5 frames is 150ms — long enough that
+	// a door or a cough does not cut her off mid-sentence.
+	defaultBargeRMS    = 1200 // 0.12 normalised RMS
+	defaultBargeFrames = 5
 )
 
 // frameSamples — samples per 30ms frame at 16kHz.

cmd/mavweb/ambient.go

@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"crypto/subtle"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
+	"io"
+	"log"
+	"net/http"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/calendar"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/ipc"
+)
+
+// POST /api/ambient — the work calendar read (Vikunja #126).
+//
+// Maven does not hold a work credential. A corp mail or calendar session on the
+// homelab ties the box's blast radius to the employer's data, so the work
+// calendar is read as a SIGNAL instead: an Android notification-listener on the
+// owner's phone posts meeting notifications here over wg/LAN, and the ones that
+// clearly describe a meeting become calendar events at source=ambient:notif,
+// confidence below 1.0. Mail as a notification signal, not a mailbox.
+//
+// Off unless configured: no -ambient-token, no route. The token is a shared
+// secret because the poster is a phone service, not a browser — WebAuthn has no
+// answer for a background Android service. The endpoint is write-only and
+// accepts exactly one shape of write; it cannot read anything back out.
+//
+// A notification with no recognisable clock reading stores NOTHING. Maven is
+// not a guesser-of-truth, and a mailbox of noise rendered as invented meetings
+// is worse than a gap.
+
+// ambientMaxBody bounds the request. A notification is two short lines.
+const ambientMaxBody = 8 << 10
+
+type ambientResp struct {
+	Stored bool   `json:"stored"`
+	Key    string `json:"key,omitempty"`
+	Reason string `json:"reason,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// handleAmbient ingests one relayed notification. token is the configured
+// shared secret; an empty token means the capability is off and the handler is
+// never registered, so it is treated as a hard failure here too.
+func handleAmbient(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, core ipc.CoreAPI, token string) {
+	if r.Method != http.MethodPost {
+		http.Error(w, "POST only", http.StatusMethodNotAllowed)
+		return
+	}
+	if token == "" {
+		http.Error(w, "ambient ingest disabled (no -ambient-token)", http.StatusServiceUnavailable)
+		return
+	}
+	if !ambientAuthorized(r, token) {
+		http.Error(w, "unauthorized", http.StatusUnauthorized)
+		return
+	}
+	if core == nil {
+		http.Error(w, "ambient ingest disabled (no -core)", http.StatusServiceUnavailable)
+		return
+	}
+
+	var n calendar.Notification
+	body, err := io.ReadAll(io.LimitReader(r.Body, ambientMaxBody))
+	if err != nil {
+		http.Error(w, "read failed", http.StatusBadRequest)
+		return
+	}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(body, &n); err != nil {
+		http.Error(w, "bad json", http.StatusBadRequest)
+		return
+	}
+	if n.Posted.IsZero() {
+		writeAmbient(w, http.StatusBadRequest, ambientResp{Reason: "posted_at is required"})
+		return
+	}
+
+	ev, ok := calendar.EventFromNotification(n)
+	if !ok {
+		// Not an event. 202: the relay did its job, there is just nothing here
+		// worth remembering, and it must not retry.
+		writeAmbient(w, http.StatusAccepted, ambientResp{Reason: "no meeting time in notification"})
+		return
+	}
+
+	key := calendar.FactKey(ev)
+	val := calendar.FactValue(ev)
+
+	// Append-only discipline, same as cmd/mavcaldav: a phone reposts the same
+	// notification many times, and each repost is the same event.
+	if prev, err := core.LatestFactBySource(r.Context(), key, calendar.SourceAmbient); err == nil && prev.Value == val {
+		writeAmbient(w, http.StatusOK, ambientResp{Stored: false, Key: key, Reason: "unchanged"})
+		return
+	} else if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, ipc.ErrNoFact) {
+		log.Printf("ambient: read %s: %v", key, err)
+		http.Error(w, "read failed", http.StatusBadGateway)
+		return
+	}
+
+	// kind=env: an observation about the world, never a self-fact — a passive
+	// signal does not write truth about the owner. Confidence below 1.0 is the
+	// honest part: this is a notification about a meeting, not a reading of a
+	// calendar, and the query path hedges when it recites one.
+	if _, err := core.WriteFact(r.Context(), ipc.WriteFactReq{
+		Ts:         ev.Start,
+		Kind:       "env",
+		Key:        key,
+		Value:      val,
+		Source:     calendar.SourceAmbient,
+		Confidence: calendar.AmbientConfidence,
+	}); err != nil {
+		log.Printf("ambient: write %s: %v", key, err)
+		http.Error(w, "write failed", http.StatusBadGateway)
+		return
+	}
+	log.Printf("ambient: %s=%s (%s, pkg=%s)", key, val, calendar.SourceAmbient, n.Package)
+	writeAmbient(w, http.StatusCreated, ambientResp{Stored: true, Key: key})
+}
+
+// ambientAuthorized accepts the token as a bearer header or as an X-Maven-Token
+// header, compared in constant time.
+func ambientAuthorized(r *http.Request, token string) bool {
+	got := strings.TrimSpace(strings.TrimPrefix(r.Header.Get("Authorization"), "Bearer"))
+	if got == "" {
+		got = strings.TrimSpace(r.Header.Get("X-Maven-Token"))
+	}
+	return subtle.ConstantTimeCompare([]byte(got), []byte(token)) == 1
+}
+
+func writeAmbient(w http.ResponseWriter, code int, resp ambientResp) {
+	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+	w.WriteHeader(code)
+	json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(resp)
+}

cmd/mavweb/ambient_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,223 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/calendar"
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/ipc"
+)
+
+const ambientTestToken = "s3cret"
+
+// ambientCore adds provenance-scoped reads to fakeCore, which the dedupe path
+// needs.
+type ambientCore struct {
+	fakeCore
+	latest  map[string]ipc.Fact // "key|source" → fact
+	readErr error
+}
+
+func (c *ambientCore) LatestFactBySource(_ context.Context, key, source string) (ipc.Fact, error) {
+	if c.readErr != nil {
+		return ipc.Fact{}, c.readErr
+	}
+	f, ok := c.latest[key+"|"+source]
+	if !ok {
+		return ipc.Fact{}, ipc.ErrNoFact
+	}
+	return f, nil
+}
+
+func postAmbient(t *testing.T, core ipc.CoreAPI, token string, n calendar.Notification) (*httptest.ResponseRecorder, ambientResp) {
+	t.Helper()
+	body, err := json.Marshal(n)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/api/ambient", strings.NewReader(string(body)))
+	req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+ambientTestToken)
+	rr := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	handleAmbient(rr, req, core, token)
+	var resp ambientResp
+	json.Unmarshal(rr.Body.Bytes(), &resp)
+	return rr, resp
+}
+
+func meetingNotification() calendar.Notification {
+	return calendar.Notification{
+		Package: "com.google.android.gm",
+		Title:   "Планёрка",
+		Text:    "10:00-10:30",
+		Posted:  time.Date(2026, 8, 3, 9, 40, 0, 0, time.UTC),
+	}
+}
+
+func TestHandleAmbientStoresMeeting(t *testing.T) {
+	core := &ambientCore{}
+	rr, resp := postAmbient(t, core, ambientTestToken, meetingNotification())
+
+	if rr.Code != http.StatusCreated {
+		t.Fatalf("status = %d, want 201: %s", rr.Code, rr.Body)
+	}
+	if !resp.Stored {
+		t.Errorf("resp = %+v, want stored", resp)
+	}
+	if len(core.writeLog) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 1 fact write, got %d", len(core.writeLog))
+	}
+	got := core.writeLog[0]
+	if got.Source != calendar.SourceAmbient {
+		t.Errorf("source = %q, want %q", got.Source, calendar.SourceAmbient)
+	}
+	if got.Confidence >= 1.0 {
+		t.Errorf("confidence = %v — a notification is not a calendar read", got.Confidence)
+	}
+	if got.Confidence != calendar.AmbientConfidence {
+		t.Errorf("confidence = %v, want %v", got.Confidence, calendar.AmbientConfidence)
+	}
+	if got.Kind != "env" {
+		t.Errorf("kind = %q — a passive signal never writes a self-fact", got.Kind)
+	}
+	if want := "calendar_event_20260803_"; !strings.HasPrefix(got.Key, want) {
+		t.Errorf("key = %q, want prefix %q", got.Key, want)
+	}
+	if got.Value != "Планёрка @ 10:00-10:30" {
+		t.Errorf("value = %q", got.Value)
+	}
+}
+
+// A phone reposts the same notification many times. Each repost is the same
+// event, and the append-only log must not fill with duplicates.
+func TestHandleAmbientDedupesReposts(t *testing.T) {
+	core := &ambientCore{}
+	postAmbient(t, core, ambientTestToken, meetingNotification())
+	if len(core.writeLog) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("first post did not write")
+	}
+	w := core.writeLog[0]
+	core.latest = map[string]ipc.Fact{w.Key + "|" + w.Source: {Value: w.Value}}
+
+	rr, resp := postAmbient(t, core, ambientTestToken, meetingNotification())
+	if rr.Code != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Errorf("status = %d, want 200 for an unchanged repost", rr.Code)
+	}
+	if resp.Stored {
+		t.Error("a repost must not be stored again")
+	}
+	if len(core.writeLog) != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("wrote %d facts, want 1", len(core.writeLog))
+	}
+}
+
+// The conservative half: noise stores nothing at all.
+func TestHandleAmbientIgnoresNonMeetings(t *testing.T) {
+	core := &ambientCore{}
+	rr, resp := postAmbient(t, core, ambientTestToken, calendar.Notification{
+		Package: "com.google.android.gm",
+		Title:   "3 новых письма",
+		Posted:  time.Now(),
+	})
+	if rr.Code != http.StatusAccepted {
+		t.Errorf("status = %d, want 202 (accepted, nothing to store — the relay must not retry)", rr.Code)
+	}
+	if resp.Stored {
+		t.Error("a notification with no meeting time must store nothing")
+	}
+	if len(core.writeLog) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("wrote %d facts for a non-meeting", len(core.writeLog))
+	}
+}
+
+func TestHandleAmbientAuth(t *testing.T) {
+	body := `{"title":"Планёрка 10:00","posted_at":"2026-08-03T09:40:00Z"}`
+
+	newReq := func(hdr, val string) *http.Request {
+		r := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/api/ambient", strings.NewReader(body))
+		if hdr != "" {
+			r.Header.Set(hdr, val)
+		}
+		return r
+	}
+
+	t.Run("no token rejected", func(t *testing.T) {
+		core := &ambientCore{}
+		rr := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		handleAmbient(rr, newReq("", ""), core, ambientTestToken)
+		if rr.Code != http.StatusUnauthorized {
+			t.Errorf("status = %d, want 401", rr.Code)
+		}
+		if len(core.writeLog) != 0 {
+			t.Error("an unauthorized post must not write")
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("wrong token rejected", func(t *testing.T) {
+		rr := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		handleAmbient(rr, newReq("Authorization", "Bearer nope"), &ambientCore{}, ambientTestToken)
+		if rr.Code != http.StatusUnauthorized {
+			t.Errorf("status = %d, want 401", rr.Code)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("X-Maven-Token accepted", func(t *testing.T) {
+		rr := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		handleAmbient(rr, newReq("X-Maven-Token", ambientTestToken), &ambientCore{}, ambientTestToken)
+		if rr.Code != http.StatusCreated {
+			t.Errorf("status = %d, want 201: %s", rr.Code, rr.Body)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("capability off", func(t *testing.T) {
+		rr := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		handleAmbient(rr, newReq("Authorization", "Bearer "+ambientTestToken), &ambientCore{}, "")
+		if rr.Code != http.StatusServiceUnavailable {
+			t.Errorf("status = %d, want 503 when no token is configured", rr.Code)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("GET rejected", func(t *testing.T) {
+		rr := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		r := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/api/ambient", nil)
+		handleAmbient(rr, r, &ambientCore{}, ambientTestToken)
+		if rr.Code != http.StatusMethodNotAllowed {
+			t.Errorf("status = %d, want 405 — the ingest is write-only", rr.Code)
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+func TestHandleAmbientBadInput(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("bad json", func(t *testing.T) {
+		req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/api/ambient", strings.NewReader("{nope"))
+		req.Header.Set("X-Maven-Token", ambientTestToken)
+		rr := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		handleAmbient(rr, req, &ambientCore{}, ambientTestToken)
+		if rr.Code != http.StatusBadRequest {
+			t.Errorf("status = %d, want 400", rr.Code)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("missing posted_at", func(t *testing.T) {
+		req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/api/ambient", strings.NewReader(`{"title":"Планёрка 10:00"}`))
+		req.Header.Set("X-Maven-Token", ambientTestToken)
+		rr := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		handleAmbient(rr, req, &ambientCore{}, ambientTestToken)
+		if rr.Code != http.StatusBadRequest {
+			t.Errorf("status = %d, want 400", rr.Code)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("read error surfaces", func(t *testing.T) {
+		core := &ambientCore{readErr: fmt.Errorf("socket closed")}
+		rr, _ := postAmbient(t, core, ambientTestToken, meetingNotification())
+		if rr.Code != http.StatusBadGateway {
+			t.Errorf("status = %d, want 502", rr.Code)
+		}
+	})
+}

cmd/mavweb/ecosystem.go

@@ -91,7 +91,10 @@ func handleEcosystem(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, urls ecoURLs) {
 	var d ecoData
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
 	wg.Add(3)
-	go func() { defer wg.Done(); d.Nexus.Err = getEco(ctx, urls.nexus, "/api/v1/entities?limit=50", &d.Nexus.Rows) }()
+	go func() {
+		defer wg.Done()
+		d.Nexus.Err = getEco(ctx, urls.nexus, "/api/v1/entities?limit=50", &d.Nexus.Rows)
+	}()
 	go func() {
 		defer wg.Done()
 		d.Praxis.Err = getEco(ctx, urls.praxis, "/api/v1/items?limit=50", &d.Praxis.Rows)

cmd/mavweb/events.html

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{{template "shellTop" "events"}}
+<h1>Intake</h1>
+<div class=hint>Everything that arrived, newest first — a relayed notification, a mail candidate, a feed
+item, a changed page, a spend, a presence probe. One envelope per write; the durable row is still the
+fact, note or task itself. Held in memory only, so a restart empties this.</div>
+{{if .Err}}<div class=hint>journal unavailable: {{.Err}}</div>{{end}}
+{{if and (not .Events) (not .Err)}}
+<div class=hint>nothing has arrived yet</div>
+{{end}}
+{{if .Events}}
+<div class=scroll><table class=mono>
+<tr><th>when<th>source<th>kind<th>pri<th>what<th>detail</tr>
+{{range .Events}}<tr>
+<td>{{.OccurredAt.Format "02.01 15:04:05"}}</td>
+<td class=gray>{{.Source}}</td>
+<td class=gray>{{.Kind}}</td>
+<td class=gray>{{.Priority}}</td>
+<td>{{.Title}}</td>
+<td class=gray>{{.Body}}</td>
+</tr>{{end}}
+</table></div>
+{{end}}
+{{template "shellBottom"}}
+</html>

cmd/mavweb/events_test.go

@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/ipc"
+)
+
+// eventsCore serves a canned intake journal. Embedding
+// ipc.UnimplementedCoreAPI means any other call fails loudly.
+type eventsCore struct {
+	ipc.UnimplementedCoreAPI
+	events []ipc.IntakeEvent
+	err    error
+	gotN   int
+}
+
+func (c *eventsCore) RecentEvents(_ context.Context, n int) ([]ipc.IntakeEvent, error) {
+	c.gotN = n
+	return c.events, c.err
+}
+
+func getEvents(t *testing.T, core ipc.CoreAPI) *httptest.ResponseRecorder {
+	t.Helper()
+	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	handleEvents(w, httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/events", nil), core)
+	return w
+}
+
+func TestEventsPageRendersTheJournal(t *testing.T) {
+	core := &eventsCore{events: []ipc.IntakeEvent{
+		{Source: "rss:tech", Kind: "note", Title: "Вышло ядро 6.19", Priority: "low",
+			OccurredAt: time.Date(2026, 8, 1, 7, 15, 0, 0, time.UTC)},
+		{Source: "ambient:notif", Kind: "fact", Title: "calendar_event_20260801_планёрка",
+			Body: "10:00-11:00 планёрка", Priority: "low",
+			OccurredAt: time.Date(2026, 8, 1, 10, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)},
+	}}
+	w := getEvents(t, core)
+	if w.Code != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Fatalf("status = %d, want 200", w.Code)
+	}
+	body := w.Body.String()
+	for _, want := range []string{"rss:tech", "Вышло ядро 6.19", "ambient:notif", "10:00-11:00 планёрка", "01.08 10:00:00"} {
+		if !strings.Contains(body, want) {
+			t.Errorf("page does not mention %q", want)
+		}
+	}
+	if core.gotN != eventsPageLimit {
+		t.Errorf("asked core for %d events, want %d", core.gotN, eventsPageLimit)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestEventsPageSaysNothingArrived(t *testing.T) {
+	w := getEvents(t, &eventsCore{})
+	if w.Code != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Fatalf("status = %d, want 200", w.Code)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(w.Body.String(), "nothing has arrived yet") {
+		t.Error("empty journal did not render the empty-state line")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestEventsPageReportsAReadFailure(t *testing.T) {
+	// An unreachable journal must say so rather than render an empty table,
+	// which would imply nothing arrived.
+	w := getEvents(t, &eventsCore{err: errors.New("core is down")})
+	if w.Code != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Fatalf("status = %d, want 200 with the error rendered", w.Code)
+	}
+	body := w.Body.String()
+	if !strings.Contains(body, "journal unavailable") || !strings.Contains(body, "core is down") {
+		t.Errorf("page did not report the read failure: %s", body)
+	}
+	if strings.Contains(body, "nothing has arrived yet") {
+		t.Error("a failed read rendered as an empty journal")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestEventsPageWithoutCore(t *testing.T) {
+	w := getEvents(t, nil)
+	if w.Code != http.StatusServiceUnavailable {
+		t.Errorf("status = %d, want 503", w.Code)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestEventsPageEscapesIntakeText(t *testing.T) {
+	// Titles come from outside — a feed headline, a notification. They are shown
+	// on a page and must never be able to inject markup into it.
+	core := &eventsCore{events: []ipc.IntakeEvent{{
+		Source: "rss:x", Kind: "note", Priority: "low",
+		Title:      `<script>alert(1)</script>`,
+		OccurredAt: time.Date(2026, 8, 1, 7, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC),
+	}}}
+	body := getEvents(t, core).Body.String()
+	if strings.Contains(body, "<script>alert(1)</script>") {
+		t.Error("intake title was not escaped")
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(body, "&lt;script&gt;") {
+		t.Error("intake title is missing from the page entirely")
+	}
+}