# Mai Development Progress

**Last Updated**: 2026-01-26
**Status**: Fresh Slate - Roadmap Under Construction

## Project Description

Mai is an autonomous conversational AI companion that runs locally-first and can improve her own code. She's not a rigid chatbot, but a genuinely intelligent collaborator with a distinct personality, long-term memory, and real agency. Mai learns from your interactions, analyzes her own performance, and proposes improvements for your review before auto-applying them.

**Key differentiators:**
- **Real Collaborator**: Mai actively contributes ideas, has boundaries, and can refuse requests
- **Learns & Evolves**: Conversation patterns inform personality layers; she remembers you
- **Completely Local**: All inference, memory, and decision-making on your device—no cloud, no tracking
- **Visual Presence**: Desktop avatar (image or VRoid) with real-time voice visualization
- **Cross-Device**: Works on desktop and Android with seamless synchronization
- **Self-Improving**: Analyzes her own code, generates improvements, and gets your approval before applying

**Core Value**: Mai is a real collaborator, not a tool. She learns from you, improves herself, has boundaries and opinions, and actually becomes more *her* over time.

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## Phase Breakdown

### Status Summary
- **Total Phases**: 15
- **Completed**: 0
- **In Progress**: 0
- **Planned**: 15
- **Requirements Mapped**: 99/99 (100%)

### Phase Details

| # | Phase | Goal | Requirements | Status |
|---|-------|------|--------------|--------|
| 1 | Model Interface | Connect to local models and intelligently switch | MODELS (7) | 🔄 Planning |
| 2 | Safety System | Sandbox code execution and implement review workflow | SAFETY (8) | 🔄 Planning |
| 3 | Resource Management | Monitor CPU/RAM/GPU and adapt model selection | RESOURCES (6) | 🔄 Planning |
| 4 | Memory System | Persistent conversation storage with vector search | MEMORY (8) | 🔄 Planning |
| 5 | Conversation Engine | Multi-turn dialogue with reasoning and context | CONVERSATION (9) | 🔄 Planning |
| 6 | CLI Interface | Terminal-based chat with history and commands | CLI (8) | 🔄 Planning |
| 7 | Self-Improvement | Code analysis, change generation, and auto-apply | SELFMOD (10) | 🔄 Planning |
| 8 | Approval Workflow | User approval via CLI and Dashboard for changes | APPROVAL (9) | 🔄 Planning |
| 9 | Personality System | Core values, behavior configuration, learned layers | PERSONALITY (8) | 🔄 Planning |
| 10 | Discord Interface | Bot integration with DM and approval reactions | DISCORD (10) | 🔄 Planning |
| 11 | Offline Operations | Full local-only functionality with graceful degradation | OFFLINE (7) | 🔄 Planning |
| 12 | Voice Visualization | Real-time audio waveform and frequency display | VISUAL (5) | 🔄 Planning |
| 13 | Desktop Avatar | Visual presence with image or VRoid model support | AVATAR (6) | 🔄 Planning |
| 14 | Android App | Native mobile app with local inference and UI | ANDROID (10) | 🔄 Planning |
| 15 | Device Sync | Synchronization of state and memory between devices | SYNC (6) | 🔄 Planning |

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## Current Focus

**Phase**: Infrastructure & Planning
**Work**: Establishing project structure and execution approach

### What's Happening Now
- [x] Codebase mapping complete (7 architectural documents)
- [x] Project vision and core value defined
- [x] Requirements inventory (99 items across 15 phases)
- [x] README with comprehensive setup and features
- [ ] Roadmap creation (distributing requirements across phases)
- [ ] First phase planning (Model Interface)

### Next Steps
1. Create detailed ROADMAP.md with phase dependencies
2. Plan Phase 1: Model Interface & Switching
3. Begin implementation of LMStudio/Ollama integration
4. Setup development infrastructure and CI/CD

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## Recent Milestones

### 🎯 Project Initialization (2026-01-26)
- Codebase mapping with 7 structured documents (STACK, ARCHITECTURE, STRUCTURE, CONVENTIONS, TESTING, INTEGRATIONS, CONCERNS)
- Deep questioning and context gathering completed
- PROJECT.md created with core value and vision
- REQUIREMENTS.md with 99 fully mapped requirements
- Feature additions: Android app, voice visualizer, desktop avatar included in v1
- README.md with comprehensive setup and architecture documentation
- Progress report framework for regular updates

### 📋 Planning Foundation
- All v1 requirements categorized into logical phases
- Cross-device synchronization included as core feature
- Safety and self-improvement as phase 2 priority
- Offline capability planned as phase 11 (ensures all features work locally first)

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## Development Methodology

**All phases are executed through Claude Code** (`/gsd` workflow) which provides:
- Automated phase planning with task decomposition
- Code generation with test creation
- Atomic git commits with clear messages
- Multi-agent verification (research, plan checking, execution verification)
- Parallel task execution where applicable
- State tracking and checkpoint recovery

Each phase follows the standard GSD pattern:
1. `/gsd:plan-phase N` → Creates detailed PHASE-N-PLAN.md
2. `/gsd:execute-phase N` → Implements with automatic test coverage
3. Verification and state updates

This ensures **consistent quality**, **full test coverage**, and **clean git history** across all 15 phases.

## Technical Highlights

### Stack
- **Primary**: Python 3.10+ (core/desktop) with `.venv` virtual environment
- **Mobile**: Kotlin (Android)
- **UI**: React/TypeScript (eventual web)
- **Model Interface**: LMStudio/Ollama
- **Storage**: SQLite (local)
- **IPC/Sync**: Local network (no server)
- **Development**: Claude Code (OpenCode) for all implementation

### Key Architecture Decisions
| Decision | Rationale | Status |
|----------|-----------|--------|
| Local-first, no cloud | Privacy and independence from external services | ✅ Approved |
| Second-agent review for all changes | Safety without blocking innovation | ✅ Approved |
| Personality as code + learned layers | Unshakeable core + authentic growth | ✅ Approved |
| Offline-first design (phase 11 early) | Ensure full functionality before online features | ✅ Approved |
| Android in v1 | Mobile-first future vision | ✅ Approved |
| Cross-device sync without server | Privacy-preserving multi-device support | ✅ Approved |

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## Known Challenges & Solutions

| Challenge | Current Approach |
|-----------|------------------|
| Memory efficiency at scale | Auto-compressing conversation history with pattern distillation (phase 4) |
| Model switching without context loss | Standardized context format + token budgeting (phase 1) |
| Personality consistency across changes | Personality as code + test suite for behavior (phases 7-9) |
| Safety vs. autonomy balance | Dual review system: agent checks breaking changes, user approves (phase 2/8) |
| Android model inference | Quantized models + resource scaling (phase 14) |
| Cross-device sync without server | P2P sync on local network + conflict resolution (phase 15) |

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## How to Follow Progress

### Discord Forum
Regular updates posted in the `#mai-progress` forum channel with:
- Weekly milestone summaries
- Blocker alerts if any
- Community feedback requests

### Git & Issues
- All work tracked in git with atomic commits
- Phase plans in `.planning/PHASE-N-PLAN.md`
- Progress in git commit history

### Local Development
- Run `make progress` to see current status
- Check `.planning/STATE.md` for live project state
- Review `.planning/ROADMAP.md` for phase dependencies

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## Get Involved

### Providing Feedback
- React to forum posts with 👍 / 👎 / 🎯
- Reply with thoughts on design decisions
- Suggest priorities for upcoming phases

### Contributing
- Development contributions coming as phases execute
- Code review and testing needed starting Phase 1
- Security audit important for self-improvement system

### Questions?
- Ask in the Discord thread
- Reply to this forum post with questions
- Issues/discussions: https://github.com/yourusername/mai

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**Mai's development is transparent and community-informed. Updates will continue as phases progress.**

Next Update: After Phase 1 Planning Complete (target: next week)