firefrost-operations-manual/BACKLOG.md

# 📋 BACKLOG — Prioritized Task List

**Last Updated:** April 7, 2026 by Chronicler #65  
**Purpose:** Organized, prioritized collection of active tasks

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## 🔴 PRIORITY 1 — HIGH (Do Soon)

These tasks have direct revenue impact or are major force multipliers.

| # | Task | Notes |
|---|------|-------|
| 26 | Modpack Version Checker | Commercial product for BuiltByBit, passive income potential |
| 93 | Trinity Codex (Dify/Qdrant) | RAG system for Trinity, architecture complete |
| 94 | Global Restart Scheduler | 680-line spec complete, reduces manual server work |
| — | Trinity Console 2.0 | 1,776-line implementation guide exists |

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## 🟡 PRIORITY 2 — MEDIUM (Important but not urgent)

Operational improvements and infrastructure hardening.

| # | Task | Notes |
|---|------|-------|
| 48 | n8n Rebuild | Automation backbone, workflows from scratch |
| 67 | NC1 Security & Temp Monitoring | Protect hardware investment |
| 40 | World Backup Automation | Data protection |
| 22 | Netdata Deployment | System monitoring on all servers |
| 92 | Desktop MCP + Dispatch | Architecture done, blocked on hardware (Pi) |
| — | Brand Guidelines PDF Review | Upload from Chromebook, add fonts |

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## 🟢 PRIORITY 3 — LOW (Backlog, do when time allows)

Nice-to-have improvements and documentation.

| # | Task | Notes |
|---|------|-------|
| 23 | Department Structure & Access Control | Access control matrix |
| 46 | Server-to-Server SSH Keys | Infrastructure convenience |
| 72 | Infrastructure Health Dashboard | Visual server/service map |
| 74 | SSH Key Auto-Setup Script | Chronicler onboarding helper |
| 79 | Infrastructure Quick Reference | Documentation |
| 49 | NotebookLM Integration | Audio knowledge base, experimental |
| 80 | Task Scaffolding Tool | Meta-tooling for task creation |
| 81 | Memorial Writing Assistant | Chronicler convenience tool |
| 89 | DERP Protocol Review | Formalization of existing protocol |
| 82 | Decommission Plane | Cleanup (may already be done) |

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## 🟣 PRIORITY 4 — PERSONAL / HOLLY (Different track)

Personal projects and Trinity member tasks.

| # | Task | Owner | Notes |
|---|------|-------|-------|
| 32 | Terraria Branding Arc | Michael | Personal texture pack training |
| 57 | Trinity Image - Commit to Branding | Trinity | When ready |
| 61 | AI Minecraft Skins - Trinity | Trinity | Fun project |
| 62 | Wizard Skin Upload | Michael | Upload to account |
| 63 | Emissary Skin Upload | Meg | Upload to account |
| 64 | Catalyst Skin Upload | Holly | Upload to account |

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## 🧊 WAY BACK BURNER

Not until everything else is done.

| # | Task | Owner | Notes |
|---|------|-------|-------|
| 25 | Pokerole WikiJS Content | Holly + Claudius | Aurelian Pokédex publication |

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## ⛔ BLOCKED

| # | Task | Blocker |
|---|------|---------|
| 51 | Ignis Protocol | Waiting on LegalCORPS consultation |

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## 🌟 WISH LIST — Make It Happen Someday

Dreams we'd love to make real when the stars align.

| # | Task | Why It's Amazing | What We Need |
|---|------|------------------|--------------|
| 96 | Gemma 4 Self-Hosted LLM | Zero API costs, frontier AI for Trinity Codex, data never leaves TX1 | Time to test on TX1, validate t/s speed |

**Task #96 Details:**
- **What:** Deploy Gemma 4 26B A4B (MoE) on TX1 via Ollama
- **Why:** Replaces $50-200/month in API costs with $0 self-hosted inference
- **Hardware:** TX1 has 251GB RAM, CPU-only — perfect for MoE architecture
- **Integration:** Connect to Dify for Trinity Codex RAG
- **Commands:** `ollama pull gemma4:26b-a4b-q8_0` (~26GB)
- **Consultation:** `docs/consultations/gemini-gemma4-selfhosting-2026-04-06.md`

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## ✅ RECENTLY COMPLETED

| # | Task | Completed | By |
|---|------|-----------|-----|
| 2 | Rank System Deployment | April 2026 | Holly |
| 34 | Consultant Photo Processing | April 6, 2026 | Archived to laptop |
| 39 | LuckPerms MySQL Backend | April 2026 | Michael |
| 75 | Gemini Consultation Procedure | April 6, 2026 | Chronicler #62 |
| 76 | Social Media Content Calendar | April 6, 2026 | Resolved via Gemini (Phase 2) |
| 87 | Arbiter Lifecycle Handlers | April 6, 2026 | Chronicler #62 |
| 91 | Server Matrix Node Detection | April 2026 | Complete |

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## ❌ OBSOLETE (Removed from tracking)

These tasks are no longer relevant due to architecture changes:

**Ghost CMS Retired (April 2, 2026):**
- #13, #28, #52, #53, #58, #59, #68, #69, #88

**Paymenter Retired (April 3, 2026):**
- #33, #71, #83, #85

**Other:**
- #12, #17 — Holly Staff Onboarding (she's Trinity now)
- #73 — Task Dependency Visualizer (old Gitea system)
- #78 — Design System Widget (superseded by Brand Guidelines PDF)

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## 📊 SUMMARY

| Priority | Count |
|----------|-------|
| HIGH | 4 |
| MEDIUM | 7 |
| LOW | 11 |
| PERSONAL | 7 |
| BLOCKED | 1 |
| WISH LIST | 1 |
| **TOTAL ACTIVE** | **31** |

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## 🎯 HOW TO USE THIS FILE

### Promoting to BLOCKERS.md
When something becomes urgent:
1. Move to BLOCKERS.md with full details
2. Add time estimate, status, assignment
3. Mark as "promoted" here or remove

### Adding New Tasks
1. Assign next available task number
2. Place in appropriate priority section
3. Add brief notes

### Regular Grooming
- Weekly: Check if any LOW items should move up
- Monthly: Archive completed items
- Quarterly: Full audit like today's session

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## 📁 ARCHIVES

**Historical task documentation:**
- `docs/archive/tasks-historical-march-30-2026.md` — 97 tasks documented
- `docs/archive/gitea-issues-archive-2026-04-01.md` — 50 issues closed

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*Last audit: April 6, 2026 — Chronicler #62*