stoned-ai/docs/01-PROJECT-CHARTER.md

Project Charter

Project Name

• Name: Stoned.AI

Purpose

• Stoned.AI is a live-streamed, unscripted conversation show between a human host (Jason) and an AI.
• It fills a gap in the AI content space: instead of productivity tutorials, it is genuine, funny, and curious conversation — going wherever the discussion leads.
• It exists now because the concept was proven in a single conversation on April 1, 2026, and the local TTS and AI infrastructure to support it already exists on svc-ai.

Goals

• Goal 1: Build a browser-based host interface where Jason types his side of the conversation and the AI responds, with both sides voiced via local Kokoro TTS.
• Goal 2: Provide a clean OBS-capturable broadcast view showing only the scrolling conversation feed — no controls, styled for streaming.
• Goal 3: Support at least one AI backend for responses (Codex or Gemini initially, Claude added after initial launch).

Non-Goals

• Not an AI-to-AI debate tool. One human, one AI. That is the format.
• Not a productivity or workflow tool. The output is entertainment and conversation, not work product.
• Not a replacement for Arena. This is a separate project with a separate purpose.
• Not building a mobile app, desktop app, or browser extension. Web only for the initial version.

Users / Stakeholders

• Primary user: Jason (host)
• Audience: YouTube live stream viewers
• Secondary stakeholders: none currently

Constraints

• Must run on svc-ai (AMD Ryzen 5 3600, ~14 GiB RAM, no GPU).
• Must reuse the existing Kokoro TTS stack from the Arena project (/opt/models/kokoro, pykokoro).
• Must be capturable by OBS Studio as a browser source.
• No microphone dependency — both sides are text-in, voice-out.
• Host types their side; the system voices it. No speech-to-text.

Deliverables

• Deliverable 1: A working stoned-web server with host input, AI response, and Kokoro TTS for both sides.
• Deliverable 2: A /broadcast view (no controls, OBS-ready) and a /host control view (input box, voice selection, session management).
• Deliverable 3: At least one wired AI backend capable of generating conversational responses.
• Deliverable 4: Per-speaker Kokoro voice assignment (host voice and AI voice are independently selectable).

Success Definition

• Jason can type a message, hear it spoken in his chosen voice, the AI responds, and the AI response is spoken in its chosen voice.
• The broadcast view displays cleanly in OBS as a browser source.
• A full test conversation runs end to end without manual intervention.
• Jason can go live on YouTube using this as the audio and visual source.

Authority

• User approval required: yes
• Supervisor revision required for charter changes: yes

Signature

• Document role: governing
• Created by: Claude (supervisor)
• Created at: 2026-04-12
• Revision status: initial
• Future revision rule: this document may be revised only by the user or by an explicitly authorized supervisor revision