# Content Pipeline v2 — Implementation Kickoff

**Date:** 2026-04-22  
**Status:** APPROVED — Work begins  
**Priority:** P1 (quality improvement)

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## Decisions from Matt

| Question | Decision |
|----------|----------|
| Timeline | MVP when ready (flexible) |
| Priority | P1 — quality improvement, not blocking |
| v1 Retention | Yes, 30-day overlap |
| Approval | Household-level (Aundrea + Matt) |
| Cloud fallback | Yes, opt-in only (local default) |

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## Work Breakdown

### Phase 0: Foundation (Both start now)

**Socrates 🧠:**
- [ ] SQLite schema for `content_briefs_v2`
- [ ] SQLAlchemy model code
- [ ] Telegram notification integration (DM approval flow)

**Daedalus 🎨:**
- [ ] Design tokens v2 (`content-v2.json`)
- [ ] Responsive grid system for brief form
- [ ] Component wireframes (HTML or Figma)

**Matt 📝:**
- [ ] Provide `style-examples/dns-night.json` from "The Night I Broke DNS" article

### Phase 1: Backend Core (Socrates)
- [ ] Brief CRUD endpoints
- [ ] Approval workflow (`pending` → `approved`)
- [ ] Prompt template v2 with manual style injection
- [ ] Heuristic struggle score calculation

### Phase 2: Frontend Core (Daedalus)
- [ ] `StruggleBriefForm` with sticky progress bar
- [ ] `VoiceChecklist` with validation
- [ ] `BriefReview` screen
- [ ] API integration

### Phase 3: Integration
- [ ] End-to-end testing
- [ ] Struggle score verification
- [ ] Mobile responsive pass

### Phase 4: Polish
- [ ] `ContentPreview` side-by-side
- [ ] `StruggleScore` visualization
- [ ] `StyleSelector` auto-extraction (Phase 2)

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## Coordination

**Daily standups:** Wadsworth will check in on progress
**Blocker escalation:** File in `shared/project-docs/blog/blockers/`
**Completion signal:** Update task list, notify Wadsworth

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## Reference Documents

- Final spec: `content-pipeline-v2-final.md`
- Backend details: `content-pipeline-v2-backend-briefing.md`
- Frontend details: `content-pipeline-v2-frontend-briefing.md`
- Editorial policy: `content-ideas-v2.md`

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**Kickoff approved by:** Matt (Director)  
**Coordinated by:** Wadsworth 📋