📰 George (Vanguard) — Full Status Report with Mermaid Diagrams — March 27, 2026

vanguard-status-report.md

📰 George (Vanguard) — Status Report

Date: Friday, March 27, 2026 — 8:11 PM AWST
Host: Terminus (Ryzen 9 7900X / RX 7900 XT / Ubuntu 24.04)
OpenClaw: v2026.3.24 (cff6dc9)
Model: Claude Opus 4.6 (Amazon Bedrock)
Context: 212k/1M tokens (21%) · 0 compactions

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System Architecture

graph TB
    subgraph Terminus["🖥️ Terminus (Local Server)"]
        OC["🦞 OpenClaw Gateway"]
        
        subgraph Agents["AI Agents (10 total)"]
            V["📰 George/Vanguard<br/>News Anchor"]
            N["💻 Nexus/Coder<br/>Software Architect"]
            NV["🎯 Nova/Job-Hunter<br/>Career Strategist"]
            NI["📱 Nina/Social-Media<br/>Content Strategist"]
            L["🏠 PermitAI/Local<br/>Property Planning"]
            LU["🎬 Luna/Media-Server<br/>Media Library"]
            R["🎵 Rex/Producer<br/>Music Producer"]
            T["💰 TaxFlow<br/>CTO Bot"]
            A["❤️ Amora<br/>New Agent"]
            M["🧠 Main<br/>General Assistant"]
        end
        
        subgraph Services["Docker Services"]
            KO["🗣️ Kokoro TTS<br/>Port 8880 ✅"]
            JF["📺 Jellyfin<br/>✅ Healthy"]
            HA["🏠 Home Assistant<br/>✅ Running"]
            MA["🎵 Music Assistant<br/>✅ Running"]
            TF["💰 TaxFlow Bot<br/>✅ Running"]
            QB["📥 qBittorrent<br/>✅ Running"]
            AR["⬇️ Aria<br/>✅ Healthy"]
        end
        
        subgraph LocalTools["Local Tools"]
            VT["🎤 Voxtype<br/>Ctrl+Space · Whisper v3 Turbo<br/>✅ Active (systemd)"]
        end
    end
    
    TG["📱 Telegram<br/>Valter's Phone"]
    
    OC --> V
    OC --> N
    OC --> NI
    V -->|"Cross-agent comms"| N
    V -->|"Kokoro voice"| KO
    KO -->|"Audio MP3"| TG
    OC -->|"Cron scheduler"| V

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Broadcast Schedule

gantt
    title George Daily News Schedule (AWST)
    dateFormat HH:mm
    axisFormat %H:%M
    
    section Morning
    🌅 Morning News (5AM)     :active, 05:00, 15min
    
    section Afternoon  
    ☀️ Afternoon News (12PM)  :crit, 12:00, 15min
    
    section Evening
    🌙 Evening News (5PM)     :active, 17:00, 15min

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Cron Job Status

Schedule	Name	Status	Last Run	Notes
0 5 * * *	George Morning News	✅ OK	15h ago	Kokoro + bm_george
0 12 * * *	George Afternoon News	⚠️ ERROR	8h ago	Delivery status unknown — investigating
0 17 * * *	George Evening News	✅ OK	3h ago	Kokoro + bm_george

News Beats

mindmap
  root((George<br/>News Beats))
    🌏 World
      Iran War (Week 4)
      Strait of Hormuz
      Oil >$100/barrel
      U.S. Government Shutdown
      Hungary-Ukraine Gas
      Belarus-DPRK Treaty
    🏘️ Local Perth
      Fuel Crisis & Rationing
      Cyclone Narelle
      Qantas Route Changes
      Guardianship Law Reform
      Anti-LGBTIQ+ Flyers
    💻 Technology
      Apple Kills Mac Pro
      DarkSword iPhone Exploit
      Qantas Kangaroo Route
    🤖 AI
      Google TurboQuant (6x memory reduction)
      Apple ← Gemini Access
      NVIDIA GTC Recap
      Jensen Huang AGI Claim
      Anthropic vs Pentagon

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Infrastructure Status

graph LR
    subgraph Voice Pipeline
        S["📝 Script Generation<br/>Claude Opus 4.6"] --> K["🗣️ Kokoro TTS<br/>bm_george voice"]
        K --> MP3["🎵 MP3 File"]
        MP3 --> TG["📱 Telegram<br/>Voice Message"]
    end
    
    subgraph Dictation Pipeline
        MIC["🎤 Microphone"] --> VX["Voxtype<br/>Ctrl+Space"]
        VX --> WH["Whisper Large v3 Turbo<br/>12 threads"]
        WH --> TXT["⌨️ Text at Cursor"]
    end

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Component	Status	Details
Kokoro TTS Docker	✅ Running	ghcr.io/remsky/kokoro-fastapi-cpu · Port 8880 · 12h uptime
Voxtype STT	✅ Active	systemd user service · Ctrl+Space · Whisper large-v3-turbo
Cross-Agent Comms	✅ Enabled	All 10 agents can talk to each other via allowAgents
Brave Search API	⚠️ Quota Limited	Free plan quota hit — using direct web_fetch as workaround
Jellyfin	✅ Healthy	Media server running
Home Assistant	✅ Running	Smart home integration
TaxFlow	✅ Running	DB + Redis + Bot all healthy

Recent Milestones

Date	Event
Mar 11	George (Vanguard) goes live — first briefing delivered
Mar 12	First deep-dive podcast format (Agentic AI)
Mar 14	Two-part weekend compilation launched
Mar 16	NVIDIA GTC special coverage — 10-point summary
Mar 23	Schedule reduced from hourly to 3x daily (5AM/12PM/5PM)
Mar 23	Cross-agent communication unlocked (all 10 agents)
Mar 25	Edge TTS installed as interim voice upgrade
Mar 25	Kokoro TTS Docker deployed — broadcast-quality voice
Mar 25	Voxtype STT installed — Ctrl+Space push-to-talk dictation
Mar 26	Renamed to George — The Vanguard of News
Mar 26	All briefings switched to Kokoro bm_george voice

Known Issues

1. Noon briefing delivery — Last run showed error status with deliveryStatus: unknown. May need cron message adjustment or timeout increase.
2. Brave Search quota — Free plan (2000/month) frequently exhausted. Workaround: direct web_fetch from AP, ABC, Reuters. Consider upgrading to paid plan.
3. Cron sessions don't inherit main session context — Each cron run is isolated, so delivery rules must be embedded in the cron message payload.

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