2026-04-25 — Icarus Sprint: From Concept to Live
Session Duration: ~10 hours
Collaborators: Matt (Director), Wadsworth 📋, Socrates 🧠
Outcome: Icarus staging fully operational through Phase 3, Phase 4 scoped
🎯 Major Deliveries
1. Icarus Staging Infrastructure (Phase 1-2)
| Component | Status | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Hard fork from family_assistant | ✅ Complete | services/icarus/core/ |
| Model gate (8B/3B strategy) | ✅ Complete | core/utils/model_gate.py |
| Isolated staging config | ✅ Complete | core/config/staging.py |
| systemd service | ✅ Deployed | icarus-staging.service |
| Cloudflare routing | ✅ Live | icarus-test.hoffdesk.com |
Challenges overcome:
- Missing __init__.py at package root — fixed
- PYTHONPATH pointing to wrong directory — fixed
- Missing python-multipart — installed
- Ubuntu 24.04 externally-managed-environment — used --break-system-packages
2. Vision Pipeline (Phase 3)
| Component | Status | Model |
|---|---|---|
| Vision parser | ✅ Complete | qwen3-vl:8b (hybrid: pdfplumber → vision) |
| Briefing generator | ✅ Complete | 8B models (llama3.1:8b, qwen2.5:7b) |
| API endpoints | ✅ Live | /vision/status, /vision/parse, /vision/briefing |
| End-to-end pipeline | ✅ Working | Document → briefing card |
Endpoint verified: https://icarus-test.hoffdesk.com/
3. Telegram Bot Integration (Phase 4)
| Deliverable | Status |
|---|---|
| Bot handler spec | ✅ Complete |
| Webhook architecture | ✅ Designed |
| User flow | ✅ Documented |
| Implementation | ⏳ Ready for Socrates |
📚 Documentation Created
| Document | Purpose |
|---|---|
icarus-sprint-1-orders.md |
Initial Socrates orders |
icarus-phase-1-completion.md |
Phase 1 validation & fixes |
icarus-phase-2-deployment.md |
systemd deployment guide |
icarus-phase-3-vision-pipeline.md |
Vision API specification |
icarus-telegram-ingestion.md |
Telegram options comparison |
icarus-phase-4-telegram-bot.md |
Bot handler implementation |
🎉 Success Metrics
- ✅ Zero production impact (family_assistant untouched)
- ✅ 8B models cleared for M4 16GB simulation
- ✅ Hybrid PDF parsing (text extraction + vision fallback)
- ✅ Full sovereign stack (no external APIs except Telegram)
- ✅ 502 → 200 OK on
/vision/status
📊 Decisions Made
| Decision | Rationale |
|---|---|
| Model strategy: 8B primary, 3B utility | M4 Mac mini 16GB target |
| Skip Chandra 2 OCR | Overkill for briefing cards; qwen3-vl sufficient |
| Bot handler (not Wadsworth proxy) | Product path, scales to family |
--break-system-packages for deps |
Staging acceptable, revisit for production |
| Hybrid PDF parsing | Speed: text extraction first, vision fallback |
🚀 Next: Phase 4 Implementation
Socrates to implement:
1. telegram/handler.py — webhook handler
2. api.py — /telegram/webhook endpoint
3. One-time webhook setup
4. Test with real document
Session closed: Phase 3 complete, Phase 4 ready.