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+;;; STATE.scm - Mobile AI Orchestrator Project State
+;;; Format: Guile Scheme S-expressions
+;;; Last Updated: 2025-12-08
+;;; Repository: hyperpolymath/heterogenous-mobile-computing
+
+;;;============================================================================
+;;; METADATA
+;;;============================================================================
+
+(define-module (state mobile-ai-orchestrator)
+  #:export (project-state))
+
+(define metadata
+  '((format-version . "1.0.0")
+    (state-schema . "hyperpolymath/state.scm")
+    (created . "2025-11-22")
+    (updated . "2025-12-08")
+    (session-count . 1)))
+
+;;;============================================================================
+;;; PROJECT IDENTITY
+;;;============================================================================
+
+(define project
+  '((name . "Mobile AI Orchestrator")
+    (repository . "hyperpolymath/heterogenous-mobile-computing")
+    (description . "Hybrid AI orchestration system for constrained mobile platforms combining on-device inference with intelligent routing to remote APIs")
+    (version . "0.1.0")
+    (license . "MIT + Palimpsest-0.8")
+    (compliance . "RSR Bronze")))
+
+;;;============================================================================
+;;; CURRENT POSITION
+;;;============================================================================
+
+(define current-position
+  '((phase . "Phase 2+ Complete")
+    (status . "in-progress")
+    (completion . 65)
+    (summary . "Phase 1 MVP fully implemented and tested. Phase 2+ advanced features (reservoir computing, MLP routing, SNN, persistence) implemented but not yet integrated into production pipeline.")
+
+    (achievements
+      ((name . "Phase 1 MVP")
+       (status . "complete")
+       (completion . 100)
+       (items
+         ("Expert system with rule-based safety (PRIVACY_001, PRIVACY_002, SAFETY_001, RESOURCE_001)")
+         ("Heuristic router (keyword and length-based decisions)")
+         ("In-memory context manager with project switching")
+         ("Orchestrator pipeline coordination")
+         ("CLI interface (interactive and single-query modes)")
+         ("41 passing tests with >90% coverage")
+         ("Zero unsafe blocks - fully memory-safe")
+         ("RSR Bronze compliance achieved")))
+
+      ((name . "Phase 2+ Features")
+       (status . "implemented-not-integrated")
+       (completion . 100)
+       (items
+         ("Echo State Network reservoir (1000-neuron liquid state)")
+         ("MLP neural router (384-dim input, 2 hidden layers)")
+         ("Spiking Neural Networks for wake detection")
+         ("Training infrastructure (online + batch modes)")
+         ("SQLite persistence layer")
+         ("Benchmarking suite (Criterion)")
+         ("3 example applications"))))
+
+    (codebase-stats
+      ((total-lines . 4198)
+       (source-files . 12)
+       (test-count . 41)
+       (examples . 3)
+       (benchmarks . 3)
+       (documentation-words . 10000)))))
+
+;;;============================================================================
+;;; ROUTE TO MVP v1 (PHASE 3 INTEGRATION)
+;;;============================================================================
+
+(define mvp-v1-route
+  '((target . "Phase 3: Integration & Training")
+    (goal . "Replace heuristic routing with trained MLP, integrate reservoir for context compression")
+    (estimated-completion . 80)
+
+    (milestones
+      ((id . "M1")
+       (name . "MLP Router Integration")
+       (status . "pending")
+       (priority . "high")
+       (tasks
+         ("Wire MLP into Router::route() as alternative to heuristics"
+          "Add feature flag to switch between heuristic and neural routing"
+          "Create training data collection mechanism"
+          "Implement online learning from user feedback")))
+
+      ((id . "M2")
+       (name . "Sentence Transformer Integration")
+       (status . "pending")
+       (priority . "high")
+       (tasks
+         ("Replace bag-of-words with sentence-transformers embeddings"
+          "Evaluate rust-bert vs ONNX runtime for mobile"
+          "Optimize model size for 2-4GB RAM constraint"
+          "Add embedding caching for repeated queries")))
+
+      ((id . "M3")
+       (name . "Reservoir Training Pipeline")
+       (status . "pending")
+       (priority . "medium")
+       (tasks
+         ("Collect real conversation data for training"
+          "Train reservoir on conversation patterns"
+          "Integrate reservoir state into ContextManager"
+          "Validate 10x compression claim (1000 turns -> 100-dim)")))
+
+      ((id . "M4")
+       (name . "Hardware Deployment")
+       (status . "pending")
+       (priority . "low")
+       (tasks
+         ("Deploy SNN on DSP/NPU hardware"
+          "Benchmark on MediaTek Dimensity 900"
+          "Test ARM NEON intrinsics optimization"
+          "Profile battery impact"))))))
+
+;;;============================================================================
+;;; CURRENT BLOCKERS & ISSUES
+;;;============================================================================
+
+(define blockers
+  '((critical . ())
+
+    (high
+      (((id . "ISSUE-001")
+        (title . "No real inference backend")
+        (description . "Currently returns placeholder responses. Need to integrate llama.cpp or similar for actual local inference.")
+        (impact . "Cannot demonstrate real AI capabilities")
+        (resolution . "Integrate llama-rs or llama.cpp FFI bindings"))
+
+       ((id . "ISSUE-002")
+        (title . "Sentence transformer not integrated")
+        (description . "MLP router expects 384-dim embeddings but we're using mock vectors. Need real sentence-transformers.")
+        (impact . "Neural routing cannot work with real queries")
+        (resolution . "Add rust-bert or ONNX runtime dependency"))))
+
+    (medium
+      (((id . "ISSUE-003")
+        (title . "No training data")
+        (description . "MLP and reservoir need real conversation data to train on. Currently using synthetic test data.")
+        (impact . "Cannot validate learned routing decisions")
+        (resolution . "Implement telemetry collection, use anonymized user feedback"))
+
+       ((id . "ISSUE-004")
+        (title . "Persistence not connected to orchestrator")
+        (description . "SQLite persistence layer exists but isn't wired into the main pipeline.")
+        (impact . "Context lost between sessions")
+        (resolution . "Add persistence calls to Orchestrator::new() and process()"))))
+
+    (low
+      (((id . "ISSUE-005")
+        (title . "No Android/iOS build tested")
+        (description . "Cross-compilation documented but not CI-tested")
+        (impact . "Mobile deployment unverified")
+        (resolution . "Add cross-compilation to CI matrix"))
+
+       ((id . "ISSUE-006")
+        (title . "Benchmarks not baselined")
+        (description . "Criterion benchmarks exist but no baseline established for regression detection")
+        (impact . "Cannot detect performance regressions")
+        (resolution . "Run cargo bench --save-baseline in CI"))))))
+
+;;;============================================================================
+;;; QUESTIONS FOR USER
+;;;============================================================================
+
+(define questions
+  '(((id . "Q1")
+     (priority . "high")
+     (question . "Which local LLM backend should we prioritize?")
+     (context . "Options: llama.cpp (via FFI), llama-rs (pure Rust), candle (HuggingFace Rust), ONNX Runtime")
+     (tradeoffs . "llama.cpp is most mature but requires unsafe FFI. Pure Rust options are safer but less optimized."))
+
+    ((id . "Q2")
+     (priority . "high")
+     (question . "What embedding model for sentence-transformers?")
+     (context . "Need 384-dim embeddings. Options: all-MiniLM-L6-v2 (22MB), gte-small (33MB), e5-small-v2 (33MB)")
+     (tradeoffs . "Smaller models faster but less accurate. Need to balance mobile constraints vs routing quality."))
+
+    ((id . "Q3")
+     (priority . "medium")
+     (question . "Should we collect anonymized telemetry for training?")
+     (context . "MLP router needs real routing decisions to learn from. Could collect: query length, keywords (hashed), routing decision, latency, user feedback.")
+     (tradeoffs . "Privacy vs model improvement. Could make opt-in with local-only option."))
+
+    ((id . "Q4")
+     (priority . "medium")
+     (question . "Target mobile platform for first deployment?")
+     (context . "Options: Android (largest market), iOS (App Store review), Linux Mobile (PinePhone - open ecosystem)")
+     (tradeoffs . "Android has JNI complexity. iOS requires Swift bridging. Linux Mobile is easiest but smallest user base."))
+
+    ((id . "Q5")
+     (priority . "low")
+     (question . "Should Phase 4 features (MoE, RAG, Knowledge Graph) be separate crates?")
+     (context . "Current monolith works but Phase 4 adds significant complexity.")
+     (tradeoffs . "Monorepo simpler for development. Workspace allows independent versioning."))))
+
+;;;============================================================================
+;;; LONG-TERM ROADMAP
+;;;============================================================================
+
+(define roadmap
+  '((phases
+      (((id . "phase-1")
+        (name . "MVP Foundation")
+        (status . "complete")
+        (completion . 100)
+        (timeframe . "Completed 2025-11-22")
+        (deliverables
+          ("Expert system with rule-based safety"
+           "Heuristic router"
+           "In-memory context manager"
+           "Orchestrator pipeline"
+           "CLI interface"
+           "Test suite (>90% coverage)"
+           "RSR Bronze compliance")))
+
+       ((id . "phase-2")
+        (name . "Neural Components")
+        (status . "complete")
+        (completion . 100)
+        (timeframe . "Completed 2025-11-22")
+        (deliverables
+          ("Echo State Network reservoir"
+           "Multi-Layer Perceptron router"
+           "Spiking Neural Networks"
+           "Training infrastructure"
+           "SQLite persistence"
+           "Benchmarking suite")))
+
+       ((id . "phase-3")
+        (name . "Integration & Training")
+        (status . "in-progress")
+        (completion . 0)
+        (timeframe . "Current")
+        (deliverables
+          ("Integrate MLP with production router"
+           "Replace bag-of-words with sentence-transformers"
+           "Train reservoir on real conversation data"
+           "Deploy SNN on DSP/NPU hardware"
+           "Establish performance baselines")))
+
+       ((id . "phase-4")
+        (name . "Advanced Intelligence")
+        (status . "planned")
+        (completion . 0)
+        (timeframe . "Future")
+        (deliverables
+          ("Mixture of Experts (specialized routing)"
+           "Bayesian decision engine"
+           "RAG system (document retrieval)"
+           "Knowledge graph (project relationships)"
+           "On-device fine-tuning"
+           "Reinforcement learning from feedback")))
+
+       ((id . "phase-5")
+        (name . "Production Deployment")
+        (status . "planned")
+        (completion . 0)
+        (timeframe . "Future")
+        (deliverables
+          ("Android app release"
+           "iOS app release"
+           "Linux mobile packages"
+           "Edge device support"
+           "RSR Silver compliance")))))
+
+    (vision
+      ((short-term . "Demonstrate intelligent local/remote routing with real inference")
+       (medium-term . "Cross-session context preservation solving context-switching hell for 60+ projects")
+       (long-term . "Fully autonomous mobile AI assistant that learns from user patterns while preserving privacy")))))
+
+;;;============================================================================
+;;; CRITICAL NEXT ACTIONS
+;;;============================================================================
+
+(define next-actions
+  '(((priority . 1)
+     (action . "Integrate llama.cpp or llama-rs for real local inference")
+     (rationale . "Cannot validate routing decisions without actual inference")
+     (depends-on . "Q1 decision"))
+
+    ((priority . 2)
+     (action . "Add sentence-transformer embeddings (rust-bert or ONNX)")
+     (rationale . "MLP router requires real 384-dim embeddings")
+     (depends-on . "Q2 decision"))
+
+    ((priority . 3)
+     (action . "Wire persistence layer into Orchestrator")
+     (rationale . "Enable cross-session context preservation")
+     (depends-on . ()))
+
+    ((priority . 4)
+     (action . "Add feature flag for MLP vs heuristic routing")
+     (rationale . "Allow A/B testing of routing strategies")
+     (depends-on . ()))
+
+    ((priority . 5)
+     (action . "Establish benchmark baselines in CI")
+     (rationale . "Detect performance regressions automatically")
+     (depends-on . ()))))
+
+;;;============================================================================
+;;; DEPENDENCIES & RELATED PROJECTS
+;;;============================================================================
+
+(define dependencies
+  '((upstream
+      (("llama.cpp" . "Local LLM inference")
+       ("sentence-transformers" . "Query embeddings")
+       ("rusqlite" . "SQLite persistence")
+       ("serde" . "Serialization")))
+
+    (related-projects
+      (("echomesh" . "Conversation context preservation - feeds into reservoir design")
+       ("oblibeny" . "Safety-critical language - informs expert system rules")
+       ("upm" . "Universal Project Manager - source of 60+ project problem")
+       ("cadre" . "CRDT state management - potential persistence backend")))))
+
+;;;============================================================================
+;;; SESSION NOTES
+;;;============================================================================
+
+(define session-notes
+  '((current-session
+      ((date . "2025-12-08")
+       (focus . "STATE.scm creation for project continuity")
+       (accomplishments . ("Created comprehensive STATE.scm checkpoint"))
+       (discoveries . ())
+       (blockers-encountered . ())))))
+
+;;;============================================================================
+;;; EXPORT
+;;;============================================================================
+
+(define project-state
+  `((metadata . ,metadata)
+    (project . ,project)
+    (current-position . ,current-position)
+    (mvp-v1-route . ,mvp-v1-route)
+    (blockers . ,blockers)
+    (questions . ,questions)
+    (roadmap . ,roadmap)
+    (next-actions . ,next-actions)
+    (dependencies . ,dependencies)
+    (session-notes . ,session-notes)))
+
+;;; End of STATE.scm