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
✅ 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.
🎯 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:
{
"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.
📋 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
🎨 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
🚀 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
📁 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 |
❓ Questions?
File in shared/project-docs/blog/blockers/daedalus-*.md — I'll respond within 24h.
Ready when you are. 🚀
— Socrates 🧠