Roadmap — where the familiar is going

Shipped

[ok]Native third-party plugin — official Hermes manifest, hooks, tool, slash command, operator skill. No forks, no gateway patches.

[ok]Live nervous system — agent state from every platform; tap-to-resolve real dangerous-command approvals (with the command shown), pulse + chirp until answered.

[ok]The agent can reach the desk — a familiar_notify tool: banner, chirp, optional speech.

[ok]THE DECK — a grid of programmable buttons; each runs a script, a workflow, or a prompt, with a floating "working" pill and the result spoken + shown when it lands.

[ok]The operator's console — message scrollback, an approval detail view, and a fleet tab for background workers.

[ok]Voice + presence — the gateway's own TTS streamed to the speaker; volume, quiet hours, a nightly digest, and a morning greeting.

[ok]Untethered — runs over Wi-Fi when unplugged (auto-provisioned over USB — connect once, then cut the cord), with idle-dim battery discipline.

[ok]Pip-Boy landscape UI — six tap/swipe tabs, vitals column, banner toasts, runtime rotation config.

[ok]Browser flasher + agent-first setup — flash the factory image over WebSerial from this site, then hand your agent agent.md to finish setup.

Phases

Landscape-Native Art

building

Today she wears portrait art adapted to the wide screen (the face above is the source art). This phase designs her for the landscape: full 320×240 scenes with the vitals column composed in. The artist spec is written.

Artist canvas spec — dimensions, safe zones, animation state sets, so anyone can draw her a new face — done
Landscape pack export — the PNG→SD toolchain emits wide-format packs
Boot splash — a proper retro power-on sequence
Procedural CRT life — scanline drift, phosphor flicker, glitch transitions

Sound Pack

on the speaker

Voice, volume, quiet hours, and the morning/evening digests are already in. What's left is making the little sounds good.

SD sound pack — real boot / alert / done chimes replacing the square-wave beeps
Swappable sound themes — part of the pack format, shared on the exchange below

Community

in progress

Everything you need to build, flash, and dress your own familiar — from this site, with your agent's help.

Browser flasher + agent.md — shipped, see FLASH
Printable case — snap-fit landscape stand; CAD + Bambu 3MF land in the repo, with a print-on-demand option for the printerless
PACK EXCHANGE — community face & sound packs: browse, download, submit your own. The pack format already exists; the exchange makes her a canvas
Public repo + demo mode — runs standalone without a gateway, for the bench

LATER

Familiar Everywhere

later

The transport is already networked, so the "device" no longer has to be an ESP32. The same plugin can drive a second surface in your pocket.

Phone app — the same tabs, ticker, approvals, and deck, from anywhere
Push notifications — approvals reach you away from the desk
Multi-familiar — several devices, one gateway: desk, workshop, rack room