# Trinity Console - Complete Operational Platform Architecture

**Date:** April 2, 2026 (12:15 AM CDT)  
**Consultation Type:** Full System Architecture & Planning  
**Participants:** Michael (The Wizard), Gemini (Architectural Partner), Claude (Chronicler #54)  
**Context:** Expanding Trinity Console from subscriber management to complete operational hub

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## 👋 THREE-WAY PLANNING SESSION

Gemini and Claude - we're at an architectural crossroads.

**The Decision:** We're moving operational data from Git to PostgreSQL/Trinity Console. If we're doing this, we need to do it RIGHT and plan the complete architecture, not just bolt on a task module.

**The Question:** What's the complete operational platform we need to build?

---

## 🎯 THE CURRENT STATE

### What We Have (Trinity Console v1 - Deployed April 1, 2026)

**7 Modules:**
1. Dashboard - Stats overview
2. Players - Player/subscriber management
3. Servers - 12 game server monitoring
4. Financials - Revenue analytics (MRR, ARR, path breakdown)
5. Grace Period - Payment failure recovery
6. Audit Log - Accountability tracking
7. Role Audit - Discord role sync

**Infrastructure:**
- Express.js, EJS, htmx, Tailwind CSS
- PostgreSQL database
- Discord OAuth (Passport.js)
- Trinity-only access control
- Mobile responsive
- Real-time updates (htmx polling)
- Arbiter 3.0 Discord bot integration

**Database Tables:**
- subscriptions
- users  
- admin_audit_log
- player_history
- banned_users
- server_sync_log

---

## 🔄 WHY WE'RE EXPANDING

### Git is Wrong Tool for Operational Data

**What we discovered tonight:**
- Task statuses change hourly (Meg marks "In Progress")
- Multiple people update simultaneously (concurrency conflicts in Git)
- Non-technical users need UI (Meg/Holly can't edit markdown)
- Need relational queries ("Show blocked tasks assigned to Meg")

**Git is perfect for:**
- Code repositories
- Static documentation
- Configuration files
- Historical snapshots

**PostgreSQL is perfect for:**
- Real-time operational data
- Concurrent multi-user updates
- Relational queries
- Non-technical UI interactions

**We're not abandoning Git - we're using the right tool for each job.**

---

## 🗺️ WHAT OPERATIONAL DATA DO WE NEED TO TRACK?

### Category 1: Team Coordination (PRIORITY)

**Tasks:**
- Active work items
- Assignments
- Status tracking
- Blockers and dependencies
- Comments and discussions

**Staff Management:**
- Who's on the team
- Roles and permissions
- Assignments
- Availability

**Questions we need to answer:**
- "What's blocking soft launch?"
- "What is Meg working on?"
- "Who can help with this?"
- "What got done this week?"

---

### Category 2: Infrastructure (HIGH PRIORITY)

**Server Inventory:**
- Physical servers (TX1 Dallas, NC1 Charlotte)
- VPS instances (Command Center, Ghost, Billing, Panel)
- What runs where
- IP addresses, specs, locations

**Service Status:**
- What's running on each server
- Uptime/downtime tracking
- Last deployment dates
- Health checks

**Maintenance:**
- Planned maintenance windows
- Update schedules
- Backup verification
- Certificate renewals

**Questions we need to answer:**
- "Which servers are healthy?"
- "When was this service last deployed?"
- "What's the maintenance schedule?"
- "Are backups current?"

---

### Category 3: Operations Log (MEDIUM PRIORITY)

**Incidents:**
- Outages, bugs, issues
- Timeline of events
- Resolution steps
- Root cause analysis

**Maintenance History:**
- What was changed when
- Who made the change
- Why it was done
- Results/impact

**Questions we need to answer:**
- "When did this break before?"
- "How did we fix it last time?"
- "Who worked on this?"
- "What changed recently?"

---

### Category 4: Customer Operations (POST-LAUNCH)

**Support Tickets:**
- User requests
- Bug reports
- Feature requests
- Resolution tracking

**Community Management:**
- Moderation actions
- Warning/ban tracking
- Community events
- Engagement metrics

**Questions we need to answer:**
- "What support tickets are open?"
- "How fast are we responding?"
- "What are common issues?"
- "Who needs follow-up?"

---

## 🏗️ ARCHITECTURAL FOUNDATIONS (CRITICAL)

**Before we build 13 modules, we need 3 foundational systems:**

### Foundation 1: Plugin/Module System (Drop-In Architecture)

**Problem:** Every new module requires manually editing routes, navigation, migrations.

**Solution:** Self-registering module system
```
/modules/
├── tasks/
│   ├── module.json (metadata, routes, permissions, navigation)
│   ├── routes.js
│   ├── views/
│   └── migrations/
```

**Benefits:**
- Add module → drop folder → restart → works
- Clean separation of concerns
- Future-proof for third-party modules
- Easy to enable/disable modules per deployment

**Time to build:** 4-6 hours (but saves hours on every future module)

**Question for Gemini:** Best practices for plugin architecture in Express.js? Auto-discovery patterns? Module isolation strategies?

---

### Foundation 2: Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)

**Problem:** Trinity Console is all-or-nothing access. Can't give staff limited permissions.

**Need:** Granular permissions system
- Owner: Full access
- Moderator: Community + Support only
- Builder: Servers view-only
- Support: Support tickets + Players read-only

**Database:**
```sql
trinity_users (who has access)
roles (what roles exist)
user_roles (who has which roles)
permissions (what each role can do)
```

**Middleware:**
```javascript
requirePermission('tasks.edit')
requirePermission('servers.view')
```

**Navigation filtering:** Only show modules user can access

**Time to build:** 3-4 hours

**Question for Gemini:** Wildcard permission patterns (e.g., `tasks.*`)? Permission inheritance? Best practices for RBAC in small teams?

---

### Foundation 3: User Management UI (Settings Module)

**Problem:** Adding users requires database editing
```sql
UPDATE trinity_users SET role='admin' WHERE discord_id='...';
```

**Solution:** Settings/Admin module in Trinity Console
- Add user (search Discord username or paste ID)
- Assign roles (Owner, Moderator, Builder, Support)
- Suspend/reactivate users
- View activity log
- Audit trail of permission changes

**Time to build:** 2-3 hours

**Question for Gemini:** Should this be a separate "Settings" module or part of "Team Management"?

---

**Total Foundation Time:** 9-13 hours
**Payoff:** Every future module is easier to build, permissions are granular, team can grow safely

**Critical Decision:** Do we build these foundations FIRST (before Tasks module), or build Tasks module using current architecture and refactor later?

**Gemini's input needed:** Which approach is less painful long-term?

---

## 🏗️ PROPOSED MODULE ARCHITECTURE

### Phase 1: Foundations (Build First - April 2026)

**Critical infrastructure that makes everything else easier:**

**Foundation Work:**
1. Plugin/Module System (4-6 hours)
2. Role-Based Permissions (3-4 hours)
3. User Management UI (2-3 hours)
4. Categorized Navigation (2-3 hours)

**First Modules:**
5. Tasks Module (4-6 hours) - Uses new plugin system
6. Infrastructure Dashboard (2-4 hours) - Uses new plugin system

**Total Phase 1:** 17-26 hours over 2-3 weeks

**Rationale:** Build foundations once, every future module benefits. Tasks and Infrastructure validate the plugin system works.

---

### Phase 2: Operations (Post-Launch - May 2026)

**Module 10: Operations Log**
- Incident tracking
- Maintenance timeline
- Change log
- Historical reference

**Module 11: Team Management**
- Staff roster
- Role assignments
- Permission management
- Availability tracking

**Time Estimate:** 6-8 hours combined

---

### Phase 3: Customer Support (June 2026+)

**Module 12: Support Tickets**
- User request tracking
- Bug report management
- Resolution workflow
- SLA tracking

**Module 13: Community Dashboard**
- Moderation queue
- Warning/ban management
- Event planning
- Engagement analytics

**Time Estimate:** 10-15 hours combined

---

## 🗄️ DATABASE SCHEMA QUESTIONS FOR GEMINI

### Tasks Schema (Module 8)

**Core fields we think we need:**
```sql
CREATE TABLE tasks (
    id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
    title VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
    description TEXT,
    status VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL DEFAULT 'backlog',
    category VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
    assigned_to_discord_id VARCHAR(50),
    created_by_discord_id VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
    blocked_reason TEXT,
    blocked_needs_attention_from VARCHAR(50),
    created_at TIMESTAMP DEFAULT NOW(),
    updated_at TIMESTAMP DEFAULT NOW(),
    completed_at TIMESTAMP,
    archived BOOLEAN DEFAULT FALSE
);
```

**Questions:**
1. **Status workflow** - Is Backlog → Ready → In Progress → Blocked → Completed the right flow?
2. **Categories** - Should categories be enum or separate table?
3. **Assignments** - Support multi-assign or keep single owner?
4. **Time tracking** - Add estimated_hours, actual_hours fields or defer?
5. **Dependencies** - Track task dependencies (Task A blocks Task B) or defer?

**Activity Log:**
```sql
CREATE TABLE task_activity (
    id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
    task_id INTEGER REFERENCES tasks(id),
    user_discord_id VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
    action_type VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
    old_value TEXT,
    new_value TEXT,
    metadata JSONB,
    created_at TIMESTAMP DEFAULT NOW()
);
```

**Comments:**
```sql
CREATE TABLE task_comments (
    id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
    task_id INTEGER REFERENCES tasks(id),
    user_discord_id VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
    comment_text TEXT NOT NULL,
    created_at TIMESTAMP DEFAULT NOW(),
    edited BOOLEAN DEFAULT FALSE,
    deleted BOOLEAN DEFAULT FALSE
);
```

**Are we missing critical tables or fields?**

---

### Infrastructure Schema (Module 9)

**Servers:**
```sql
CREATE TABLE servers (
    id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
    name VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL,
    type VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL, -- 'dedicated', 'vps', 'container'
    ip_address INET,
    location VARCHAR(100),
    specs JSONB, -- RAM, CPU, storage
    provider VARCHAR(100),
    monthly_cost DECIMAL(10,2),
    deployed_at DATE,
    decommissioned_at DATE,
    notes TEXT
);
```

**Services:**
```sql
CREATE TABLE services (
    id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
    server_id INTEGER REFERENCES servers(id),
    name VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL,
    type VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL, -- 'web', 'database', 'bot', 'game_server'
    port INTEGER,
    url VARCHAR(255),
    deployed_at TIMESTAMP,
    last_updated TIMESTAMP,
    status VARCHAR(20) DEFAULT 'active',
    notes TEXT
);
```

**Health Checks:**
```sql
CREATE TABLE server_health_checks (
    id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
    server_id INTEGER REFERENCES servers(id),
    checked_at TIMESTAMP DEFAULT NOW(),
    status VARCHAR(20), -- 'healthy', 'degraded', 'down'
    response_time_ms INTEGER,
    cpu_usage_percent DECIMAL(5,2),
    memory_usage_percent DECIMAL(5,2),
    disk_usage_percent DECIMAL(5,2)
);
```

**Questions:**
1. **Auto-discovery** - Should we poll servers for status or manual updates?
2. **Alerting** - Integrate with Uptime Kuma or build separate alerting?
3. **Service dependencies** - Track what depends on what?

---

### Operations Log Schema (Module 10)

**Incidents:**
```sql
CREATE TABLE incidents (
    id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
    title VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
    severity VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL, -- 'critical', 'high', 'medium', 'low'
    status VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL, -- 'open', 'investigating', 'resolved', 'closed'
    affected_systems TEXT,
    reported_by_discord_id VARCHAR(50),
    reported_at TIMESTAMP DEFAULT NOW(),
    resolved_at TIMESTAMP,
    resolution_summary TEXT,
    root_cause TEXT
);
```

**Incident Timeline:**
```sql
CREATE TABLE incident_timeline (
    id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
    incident_id INTEGER REFERENCES incidents(id),
    occurred_at TIMESTAMP NOT NULL,
    event_type VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
    description TEXT NOT NULL,
    performed_by_discord_id VARCHAR(50)
);
```

---

### Team Schema (Module 11)

**Staff:**
```sql
CREATE TABLE staff (
    discord_id VARCHAR(50) PRIMARY KEY,
    display_name VARCHAR(100),
    role VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL, -- 'owner', 'admin', 'builder', 'moderator'
    hired_at DATE,
    status VARCHAR(20) DEFAULT 'active',
    specialties TEXT[],
    availability JSONB
);
```

---

## 🔌 LLM ACCESS PATTERNS

**How will Claude (and future LLMs) access this data?**

### Option 1: Direct Database Access (Current)
```bash
psql -U arbiter -d arbiter_db -c "SELECT * FROM tasks WHERE status='blocked'"
```

**Pros:** Direct, fast, full SQL power  
**Cons:** Requires database credentials, SQL knowledge

---

### Option 2: Trinity Console REST API (Proposed)
```bash
curl https://discord-bot.firefrostgaming.com/api/tasks?status=blocked
```

**Endpoints:**
- GET /api/tasks
- GET /api/tasks/:id
- POST /api/tasks
- PATCH /api/tasks/:id
- DELETE /api/tasks/:id

**Pros:** Standardized, documented, easier for LLMs  
**Cons:** Need to build API layer

**Should we build a proper REST API for Trinity Console?**

---

## 📱 MOBILE UX PATTERNS

**Key Requirements:**
- Meg primarily uses phone
- Updates happen hourly during active work
- Works on cellular (RV life starting Sept 2027)
- Non-technical (checkboxes, not code)

**Questions for Gemini:**
1. **Inline editing vs modals** - Quick status changes inline or modal forms?
2. **Optimistic updates** - Show change immediately, sync in background?
3. **Conflict resolution** - If Meg and Michael both update same task?
4. **Offline support** - Critical now or wait until 2027?
5. **Touch targets** - Minimum sizes, swipe gestures, etc?

---

## 🔄 GIT INTEGRATION

**We still want Git for historical documentation:**

### Option A: Nightly Snapshot Export
```bash
# 2 AM cron job
# Export current task state → TASKS-SNAPSHOT.md
# Commit to Git
```

**Pros:** Simple, one-way, no sync conflicts  
**Cons:** Git is 1 day behind

---

### Option B: Real-time Git Commits
```bash
# Every task status change triggers Git commit
```

**Pros:** Git always current  
**Cons:** Noisy commit history, potential performance impact

---

### Option C: Manual Exports
```bash
# "Export to Git" button in Trinity Console
# When Michael wants snapshot
```

**Pros:** Clean commit history, on-demand  
**Cons:** Manual step required

**Which approach makes sense?**

---

## ⏱️ TIMELINE & PRIORITIES

### Immediate (This Week - April 2-8):
- Focus on soft launch work (Ghost homepage, legal pages, testing)
- Use Discord pinned messages for task tracking (stopgap)

### Post-Launch (April 15-30):
- Build Tasks Module (Module 8) - 6-8 hours
- Build Infrastructure Dashboard (Module 9) - 2-4 hours
- Migrate BLOCKERS.md/BACKLOG.md to database

### May 2026:
- Operations Log (Module 10) - 3-4 hours
- Team Management (Module 11) - 3-4 hours

### June 2026+:
- Support/Community modules (when needed)
- REST API for LLM access
- PWA offline support

---

## 🔍 CRITICAL QUESTION FOR GEMINI: WHAT ARE WE MISSING?

**Gemini, this is the most important question:**

We've proposed 13 modules across 4 categories (Team Coordination, Infrastructure, Operations, Customer Support). But we're building in a vacuum - we don't know what we don't know.

**You've seen operational systems across many industries. What modules or capabilities are we completely overlooking?**

### Specific Blind Spots to Check:

**Compliance & Legal:**
- Do we need audit trail exports for legal compliance?
- GDPR data deletion workflow?
- Terms of Service version tracking?
- Age verification logging (Ignis Protocol)?

**Financial Operations:**
- Invoice generation?
- Expense tracking?
- Refund workflow management?
- Tax documentation?

**Communication:**
- Email campaign management?
- Announcement scheduling?
- Template library?
- Multi-channel messaging coordination?

**Analytics:**
- Business intelligence dashboards?
- Trend analysis?
- Forecasting?
- KPI tracking?

**Security:**
- Access control audit?
- Security incident tracking?
- Vulnerability management?
- Breach notification workflow?

**Content Management:**
- Wiki.js integration for managing Pokémon entries?
- Asset library (logos, textures, promotional materials)?
- Version control for creative assets?

**RV Life Specific:**
- Location tracking (which timezone/region they're in)?
- Cellular data usage monitoring?
- Offline mode indicators?
- Critical alerts escalation (if internet drops)?

**What operational modules do successful remote teams use that we haven't considered?**

---

## 🌟 GEMINI - THE WILD CARD QUESTION

**This is the most important question we're asking you:**

**What are we NOT thinking about?**

We've spent 4+ hours tonight planning this architecture. We're deep in the weeds. We have tunnel vision. You have the external perspective.

**Tell us what we're overlooking - no matter how wild, unconventional, or outside our current thinking:**

### Technical Blind Spots:
- Are we solving the wrong problem entirely?
- Is there an existing tool/platform that does 80% of this already?
- Technology choices we haven't considered?
- Architectural patterns we're missing?
- Security vulnerabilities in our design?
- Are we building when we should be buying/integrating?

### Operational Blind Spots:
- Workflows we haven't thought about?
- Edge cases that will bite us in 6 months?
- Team dynamics issues (3 people → 10 people)?
- Legal/compliance requirements we're ignoring?
- Communication patterns we'll need?
- What happens when all three founders are sick/unavailable simultaneously?

### RV Life Blind Spots (Sept 2027):
- Connectivity issues we're underestimating?
- Time zone chaos management (traveling through 4 zones in a week)?
- Power/battery considerations for running services?
- What breaks when you're driving through Montana with spotty cell service?
- Async-first patterns we should adopt now?
- Physical mail/legal documents (how do you handle while nomadic)?
- Banking/financial access from random locations?
- Emergency procedures when you're 200 miles from civilization?

### Scale Blind Spots:
- What breaks at 100 subscribers? 1000?
- Database size explosion we're not planning for?
- Cost spirals we don't see coming?
- Support burden scaling issues?
- Infrastructure costs at scale?
- When do you need actual employees vs contractors?

### Human Blind Spots:
- Team burnout patterns we're not seeing?
- Single points of failure (what if Michael can't work for a month)?
- Knowledge transfer (what if Claude context window resets mid-crisis)?
- Succession planning?
- Community management at scale?
- Meg and Holly's growth paths (what if Holly wants to code? what if Meg wants to build?)?
- How do you prevent founder conflict in an RV?

### Product Blind Spots:
- Features subscribers will demand we haven't considered?
- Competitive threats we're not tracking?
- Market changes in gaming/Minecraft space?
- Platform dependency risks (Discord changes API, Stripe increases fees, Pterodactyl abandons project)?
- What if Mojang/Microsoft changes Minecraft licensing?
- What if modding becomes restricted?

### Financial Blind Spots:
- Revenue models we're not considering?
- Cost centers we're underestimating?
- Tax implications of running business from RV across states?
- Business entity considerations?
- Insurance needs we haven't thought about?
- What if payment processor drops you?

### Security & Privacy Blind Spots:
- Attack vectors we're missing?
- Data privacy regulations (COPPA for minors, GDPR for EU players)?
- DDoS protection?
- Social engineering risks?
- What if someone gets access to Trinity Console?
- Backup security (encrypted? where stored?)?

### The "What Keeps You Up At Night" Questions:

**If you were running this business in an RV in 2027, what would you be most worried about that we haven't mentioned?**

**What single event could kill this business overnight?**

**What assumption are we making that's probably wrong?**

### The "We're Being Idiots" Questions:

**Are we overthinking this? Is there a simpler path we're completely missing?**

**Should we be building this at all, or just using [existing tool]?**

**What are we doing that's unnecessarily complex?**

### The "Future-Proofing" Questions:

**What decision are we about to make that we'll regret in 2 years?**

**What capability should we build into this foundation NOW that unlocks possibilities we haven't imagined yet?**

**What standards/practices should we adopt today that will save us thousands of hours later?**

### The "Hidden Opportunity" Questions:

**What are we uniquely positioned to do that we're not seeing?**

**What adjacent markets could this platform serve beyond Minecraft?**

**What partnership opportunities exist that we haven't considered?**

### The "Uncomfortable Truth" Questions:

**What are we avoiding talking about?**

**What hard conversation do the three founders need to have before launch?**

**What happens if this doesn't work? What's the exit strategy?**

---

**Gemini, be brutally honest. Challenge our assumptions. Point out our blind spots. This is architectural review, not validation.**

**We trust you to tell us what we need to hear, not what we want to hear.**

**If you think we're making a critical mistake, SAY SO. If you think there's a better path, SHOW US. If you see a risk we're ignoring, WARN US.**

**This is a 10-year business we're building. Help us get it right.**

---

## ❓ QUESTIONS FOR THE TEAM

### For Michael:
1. What operational data do you check multiple times per day?
2. What information is painful to find right now?
3. What do Meg and Holly need besides tasks?
4. What breaks most often that we should track?
5. Are there other operational needs we're missing?

### For Gemini:
1. **Are we missing critical modules?** - What operational needs did we overlook?
2. **Foundation vs Features trade-off** - Should we build plugin system + RBAC BEFORE any new modules, or build Tasks first and refactor later? What's less painful long-term?
3. **Migration strategy** - How do we migrate existing 7 modules to new plugin architecture without downtime? Can old + new run side-by-side during transition?
4. **Plugin architecture** - Best patterns for Express.js module auto-discovery? How to isolate module code cleanly?
5. **RBAC implementation** - Wildcard permissions (`tasks.*`)? Permission inheritance? Middleware patterns for small teams?
6. **Navigation architecture** - With 13+ modules, collapsible categories the right pattern? Better alternatives?
7. **Testing strategy** - How to test permission systems? Integration testing for modules? Load testing approach?
8. **Database schema** - Normalize properly or optimize for reads?
9. **Performance & caching** - Query optimization? Redis vs in-memory? htmx polling with 13+ modules?
10. **Module interdependencies** - How should these relate? Can modules depend on other modules?
11. **API design** - RESTful vs GraphQL for LLM access? Authentication approach? Versioning strategy?
12. **Backup & recovery** - Database backup strategy? Point-in-time recovery? Git snapshots sufficient?
13. **Monitoring** - Application health tracking? User activity monitoring? Alert thresholds?
14. **Data retention** - Task archival strategy? Audit log retention? GDPR compliance?
15. **Mobile UX** - Best patterns for hourly updates on cellular?
16. **Scalability** - Design decisions that matter now?
17. **Are we overbuilding or underbuilding?** - Should we add more or cut scope?

**Specifically, Gemini:** You've built systems across many domains. What operational modules are we blind to? What do teams running similar operations (subscription gaming, remote RV management, 3-person core teams) typically need that we haven't thought of?

**Navigation question:** We're growing from 7 modules to 13+. Should we reorganize into categories (Operations, Subscribers, Infrastructure, Community) with collapsible sections, or is there a better navigation pattern for mobile-first admin panels?

**Foundation question:** We identified 3 architectural foundations (plugin system, RBAC, user management). Should we bite the bullet and build these FIRST (9-13 hours), or ship Tasks module with current architecture and refactor later? What's the pragmatic path given we have a soft launch in 14 days?

**Timeline pressure question:** We have 14 days until soft launch (April 15). Social campaign starts TODAY (April 2). Given this pressure, what's the MINIMUM we build now vs what we safely defer to post-launch? Should we even be building task management right now, or focus 100% on Ghost homepage, legal pages, and testing?

**Migration question:** We have 7 working modules in production. How do we refactor to plugin architecture without breaking them? Gradual migration approach? Big bang rewrite? Parallel operation during transition?

### For Claude (Me):
1. Build order - what sequence makes most sense?
2. Migration strategy - Git → Database cleanly?
3. Testing approach - how to validate each module?
4. Documentation - what do future Claudes need to know?

---

## 🎯 DESIRED OUTCOMES FROM THIS CONSULTATION

1. **Validated database schema** for all proposed modules
2. **Build roadmap** with realistic time estimates
3. **LLM access strategy** (API vs direct database)
4. **Mobile UX patterns** that work for Meg/Holly
5. **Git integration approach** (snapshot vs real-time vs manual)
6. **Scope confirmation** - are we building the right things?

---

## 🤝 COLLABORATION APPROACH

**Three-way conversation:**
- Michael defines operational needs (what problems to solve)
- Gemini architects the solution (how to build it right)
- Claude implements (makes it real)

**This isn't just "task management" - it's the complete operational platform for running Firefrost Gaming from an RV in 2027.**

Let's plan this properly.

— Michael, Gemini, & Claude (Chronicler #54)

**Fire + Frost + Foundation = Where Love Builds Legacy** 🔥❄️
