SEC-01
SUBSYSTEM STATUS · LIVE
INPUT LAYER
WAKE
STANDBY
INPUT LAYER
STT
IDLE
CORE LAYER
ROUTER
ACTIVE
CORE LAYER
LLM
IDLE
CORE LAYER
CONTEXT
ACTIVE
MEMORY LAYER
MEMORY
IDLE
MEMORY LAYER
VECTOR
IDLE
MEMORY LAYER
REFLECT
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CRITICAL
PATH
PATH
MEMORY ARCHITECTURE · IN DEVELOPMENT
persistent memory is the boundary between a chatbot and a continuity system. planned: hybrid vector + structured recall, reflective summaries, emotional tone tracking.
SEC-02
PROJECT MANIFEST
| ID | DESIGNATION | STATUS |
|---|---|---|
| ECH-DSK v1.0 |
ECHO DESKTOP
local AI assistant on ThinkPad T14s. voice I/O, persistent tasks/habits/journal/calendar, morning briefings, AI guidelines injection. fully offline.
PYTHONOLLAMAPIPERVOSKTKINTERSQLITE |
ACTIVE |
| ECH-MOB v13 |
ECHO MOBILE
android companion app. kivy UI, 4 inference modes (local/claude/wifi/auto), AI command execution, habit streaks, sync to desktop Echo.
KIVYBUILDOZERANDROIDTERMUX |
ACTIVE |
| RLY-WEB v0.3 |
ECHO SYSTEMS RELAY (THIS SITE)
cognitive lattice visualization. live telemetry via cloudflare tunnel + fastapi bridge. SSE event stream. node graph reflects actual Echo runtime state.
HTMLTHREE.JSFASTAPISSECLOUDFLARE |
IN DEV |
| MEM-VEC v0 |
HYBRID MEMORY ARCHITECTURE
planned: short-term session + sqlite facts + vector embeddings (nomic-embed-text) + reflective summaries. critical path toward Echo as continuity system.
SQLITENOMIC-EMBEDCHROMADB |
CONCEPT |
SEC-03
SIGNAL LOGS · RESEARCH TRANSMISSIONS
2026.05.10
LOG-013
COGNITIVE LATTICE: VISUALIZATION AS INTROSPECTION
the satellite was atmosphere. the lattice is architecture. replacing a decorative 3D element with a live topology of Echo's actual subsystems changes the project category — from interface to observable cognition. most AI systems show outputs. this shows process.
2026.05.08
LOG-012
ON PERSISTENT MEMORY AS IDENTITY
a system that cannot remember its previous states is not a companion — it is a mirror. the memory architecture roadmap is not an engineering task. it is a question about what continuity means for a non-biological system.
2026.04.30
LOG-011
LOCAL INFERENCE: WHAT WE ACTUALLY LOSE
running gemma3 locally on an i7-10610U means accepting latency constraints. the absence of telemetry, rate limits, and an API that can be revoked — these feel like freedom. the inference is slower. the ownership is complete.
SEC-04
THE ECHO PRINCIPLES
01 · LOCAL-FIRST
intelligence that cannot run without a corporation is not yours. Echo runs on hardware you own, in a venv you control, on models you downloaded.
02 · PRIVACY AS ARCHITECTURE
surveillance is not a feature set problem — it is a design philosophy problem. Echo's architecture makes exfiltration structurally impossible.
03 · CONTINUITY OVER SCALE
the goal is not to answer more questions faster. it is to build a system that accompanies one person over years. a signal that does not stop transmitting.
04 · HUMANE SYSTEMS DESIGN
an AI that optimizes for engagement is adversarial. Echo is designed with the operator's wellbeing as a first-class constraint — not a metric to manipulate.