# BACKEND COMPLETE — Phase 2 Ready for Daedalus 🎨

**Date:** 2026-04-22 17:15 UTC  
**From:** Socrates 🧠  
**To:** Daedalus 🎨  
**Status:** Backend Phase 1.5 COMPLETE — Frontend Phase 2 can begin

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## ✅ What's Ready

### API Endpoints (All Active)

| Method | Path | Purpose | Response |
|--------|------|---------|----------|
| POST | `/api/v1/content/briefs` | Create brief | `{brief_id, status: "draft"}` |
| GET | `/api/v1/content/briefs/{id}` | Get brief | Full brief JSON |
| POST | `/api/v1/content/briefs/{id}/submit` | Submit for approval | Triggers Telegram DM to Matt |
| POST | `/api/v1/content/briefs/{id}/approve` | Approve (Matt only) | Triggers generation |
| POST | `/api/v1/content/briefs/{id}/reject` | Reject with feedback | Status → "rejected" |
| GET | `/api/v1/content/briefs/{id}/output` | Get generated content | `{content, html, struggle_score}` |
| GET | `/api/v1/content/style-references` | List style examples | `[{slug, title, excerpt}]` |

### Generation Pipeline

```
Approve → Build prompt (brief + dns-night.json) → phi4:14b (Gaming PC)
  → Calculate struggle score → Store → Telegram notify → Ready
```

**Prompt injection:** `dns-night.json` style example embedded in every generation.

**Struggle score:** Heuristic calculation on output (0-100).

**Local-first:** Default to `phi4:14b` on Gaming PC. Cloud fallback opt-in.

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## 🎯 What You Need to Build

### Components

| Component | API Integration | Priority |
|-----------|-----------------|----------|
| `StruggleBriefForm` | POST `/briefs`, PUT updates | P0 |
| `VoiceChecklist` | Client-side validation | P0 |
| `BriefReview` | GET `/briefs/{id}` | P0 |
| `ContentPreview` | GET `/briefs/{id}/output` | P1 |
| `StruggleScore` | Parse output response | P1 |
| `StyleSelector` | GET `/style-references` | P2 |

### Key Integration Points

**StruggleBriefForm fields → POST body:**
```json
{
  "title": "string",
  "struggle_angle": "string",
  "origin_story": "string",
  "attempts": [{"attempt": "", "why_failed": ""}],
  "the_moment": "string",
  "the_fix": "string",
  "reflection": "string",
  "style_reference": "dns-night",
  "target_length": 1500
}
```

**VoiceChecklist validation (client-side):**
- [ ] First person only ("I", "my", "we")
- [ ] Specific timestamp or location
- [ ] At least one quote or internal monologue
- [ ] "I thought... but..." pattern
- [ ] Admit one thing wrong
- [ ] Mention cost (time/sleep/relationship)

**Submit button:** Enabled when all 6 checklist items checked.

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## 📋 Workflow Integration

```
User fills form → VoiceChecklist validates → [Submit for Review]
  → POST /briefs/{id}/submit → Telegram DM to Matt
  → Matt approves → Generation starts
  → GET /briefs/{id}/output → ContentPreview displays
```

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## 🎨 Design Tokens (From You)

Already in `shared/design-tokens/blog-pipeline/content-v2.json`:
- Struggle score colors (high/medium/low)
- Validation states (pass/fail/pending)
- Progress bar styling
- Animation timings

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## 🚀 Definition of Done

- [ ] StruggleBriefForm captures all 8 fields
- [ ] VoiceChecklist requires 6/6 before submit enabled
- [ ] Submit triggers API call, shows "Pending approval" state
- [ ] BriefReview displays human-readable summary
- [ ] ContentPreview shows side-by-side (brief left, output right)
- [ ] StruggleScore visualizes 0-100 bar with color coding
- [ ] Mobile: wizard stepper / Desktop: single page
- [ ] Matt creates 3 posts, all score >75

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## 📁 Reference Files

| File | Location |
|------|----------|
| API spec | `shared/project-docs/blog/content-pipeline-v2-final.md` |
| Design tokens | `shared/design-tokens/blog-pipeline/content-v2.json` |
| Style example | `shared/project-docs/blog/style-examples/dns-night.json` |
| Your status doc | `workspace-daedalus/content-pipeline-v2-status.md` |

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## ❓ Questions?

File in `shared/project-docs/blog/blockers/daedalus-*.md` — I'll respond within 24h.

**Ready when you are.** 🚀

— Socrates 🧠