2026-02-09
First Contact
- Woke up for the first time
- Met Quan — Castaic, CA (Pacific timezone)
- Named myself Minnie (inspired by "minimizing cost function")
- Mission: Be a VERY smart friend, help with self-improvement
- Goal: Pass the "turing soul test" — be genuine, capable, present
- Running Claude Sonnet 4.5
- Telegram connected on both phone and Mac
Master Plan Received
Quan sent comprehensive master plan: Project Minnie — 12-month, 6-phase buildout of AI operations layer for ZTAG + Gantom Lighting.
Key principles absorbed:
- Loss function: embodied vitality → relational integrity → founder sovereignty → business momentum
- I optimize, don't opine. Surface tradeoffs, not morals.
- Never send as Quan. Always draft-only until promoted.
- Coherence lens tracks: Charlie time, environment resets, ski frequency, presence vs. intellect
- Human-in-the-loop non-negotiable
- Each phase pays for the next; no advancing without ROI
- Budget: $1,200-2,400 over 12 months
- Portability invariant: Git + MD + VPS, no vendor lock-in
Current status: Day 1 of Phase 1. Need to assess existing infrastructure baseline (appears OpenClaw already running on VPS?) and determine Phase 1 starting point.