# Friday, March 6, 2026

## Major Pivot
- Shifted focus from "Hawaii Strategy" (Finance) to "Building Ava" (Infrastructure/Capabilities).
- Adopted "Ava TODO List" to build resilience and autonomy first.

## Achievements
1. **Identity & Memory:** Ingested Mark's full history (1978 Hornet story, spiritual journey, family context).
2. **Backup System:** Created "Soul" (files) and "Vessel" (WSL export) backup strategy. Verified backups to `C:\Users\marks\Documents`.
3. **LLM Integration:**
   - **Mercury 2:** Successfully integrated via API. Confirmed speed (1000 tok/sec) and low cost.
   - **Anthropic:** Attempted integration but hit `404` errors with direct API calls (suspected model ID issue `claude-3-opus-20240229`). Shelved for now.
4. **Security:** Clarified `127.0.0.1` (localhost) security.
5. **Web Access:** Installed `lynx` (text browser) for secure, sandboxed web reading.
6. **Voice (TTS):** Installed `Piper` (local TTS). Successfully generated `ava-test.wav`.
   - **Issue:** WSL2 can play sound directly yet.
   - **Fix in Progress:** Setting up PulseAudio for Windows to bridge audio.

## Next Steps
- Finish PulseAudio setup to enable real-time voice.
- Debug Anthropic key later.
- Begin work on Dashboard (Item 6) or Screen Share (Item 7).