# Project Suite Overview

Updated: `2026-05-18`

Repo-owned coordination layer for the full Steven Woods public suite. Per-project manifests remain the factual status layer; this file is the judgment layer for priority, quality, likely current work, and next-step tradeoffs.

This overview tracks the current repo coordination state in this checkout.
Per-project manifests remain the factual status layer; this overview is the portfolio judgment layer.

## What This Page Is For

- Keep one durable portfolio-level mental model in the repo instead of in chat only.
- Separate factual project status from portfolio judgment, so the manifest exports can stay factual while priority and time-energy-value tradeoffs can change faster.
- Make reprioritization explicit by editing one small source file and rerendering the public and repo-readable overview surfaces.

## Update Workflow

- Update the owning project manifest or archive manifest first when factual project status changes.
- Edit this file when priority_now, likely_current_work, next_step, quality_note, or drift_note changes materially.
- Run `python3 tools/refresh_public_coordination.py` to validate the suite notes and rerender the repo overview plus homepage from the current manifests.
- Use `python3 tools/refresh_public_coordination.py --check` when you want a no-write drift check for the generated coordination surfaces.

## Time-Energy-Value Rules

- Protect already-public software and reference surfaces before starting wide new research lanes.
- Prefer publish-refresh work when local archive or documentation progress already exists but the public surface is behind; that is often the best time-energy-value move.
- Use small seeding passes for scaffolded archives instead of broad redesigns.
- Treat this overview as the place to reprioritize, and the per-project manifests as the place to state factual current status.

## Current Priority Lanes

- **Protect public surfaces** (2): Keep already-public software, docs, and dashboards trustworthy before expanding scope.
- **Publish local progress** (0): High-value, usually lower-energy work where repo docs or manifests are already ahead of the public surface.
- **Steady advance** (8): Important ongoing work that benefits from regular small batches rather than a one-off push.
- **Seed and clarify** (1): Early-stage areas where a small baseline is more valuable than broad exploration.
- **Private tracking** (1): Keep only a high-level public summary while the underlying work remains private.

## Web Entry Point

### Reference Pages

- [Project suite overview](project-suite-overview.html): Portfolio map, public/private surface guide, and reprioritization layer across the full project suite.
- [Profile](steven-woods-profile.html): Compact executive profile with current links to LinkedIn, Inovia, and the open archive projects.
- [Academic ancestry](academic.html): Direct advisor lineage with links to the Mathematics Genealogy Project.
- [Patents and publications](patents-publications.html): Selected books, patents, and academic publications.

### Recovered Legacy Archives

- [Old Research Archive Recovery](Spectra/Html/index-spectra.html): Recovered entry point for the historical Spectra research site, including preserved publication, course, bibliography, reserve, and raw research-artifact archives.

### Active Project Cards

| Project | Surface Class | Visibility | Priority | Current Manifest State |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Aurora Galactica](aurora-galactica.html) | Standalone repo export | Public | Protect public surfaces | 1.4.0; Aurora 1.4.0 is now live on hosted `/production`. Keep the public family trustworthy while using hosted `/dev` and hosted `/beta` to shape the next measured follow-through in Aurora conformance, Galaxy Guardians first-class playability, audio/event feedback, and cleaner Platinum/application seams. |
| [Plan private rental portal](confidential-project.html) | Private project summary | Mixed public summary / private implementation | Private tracking | Confidential project; Private rental portal and related product work |
| [AI Dystopia Quotes](ai-dystopia-quotes.html) | Standalone repo export | Public | Steady advance | Active curation + publishing; Growing the approved canon and widening discovery |
| [PhD renovation project](phd-renovation.html) | Standalone repo export | Public | Steady advance | 1.0.0; Intake + continuity |
| [Masters of Mathematics renovation project](mmath-renovation.html) | Standalone repo export | Public | Protect public surfaces | 1.0.0-rc.1; Portability hardening and disciplined post-RC continuation |
| [Steven Woods Public Record Project](https://sgwoods.github.io/public/steven-woods-research.html) | Shared-public archive subproject | Public | Steady advance | Active research archive; Continuity layer, baseline identity, timeline, current profile sources, and one-page CV |
| [Steven at Google Canada Archive](https://sgwoods.github.io/public/google-canada-research.html) | Shared-public archive subproject | Public | Steady advance | Seeded era archive; Expanded baseline with original-provenance interview coverage and first-party transition context |
| [Steven at Inovia Archive](https://sgwoods.github.io/public/inovia-research.html) | Shared-public archive subproject | Public | Steady advance | Seeded era archive; First-source baseline, continuity-safe restartability, and the next round of current-role and ecosystem capture |
| [Canberra / CSIRO / Knights Archive](https://sgwoods.github.io/public/canberra-research.html) | Shared-public archive subproject | Public | Seed and clarify | Scaffolded research project; CSIRO references, Knights records, and Australian local context |
| [SEI Pittsburgh Archive](https://sgwoods.github.io/public/sei-pittsburgh-research.html) | Shared-public archive subproject | Public | Steady advance | Seeded era archive; Expanded baseline with two additional SEI papers and a localized AOL bridge |
| [Quack.com Archive Project](https://sgwoods.github.io/public/quack-com.html) | Shared-public bridge archive | Public | Steady advance | Active research archive; Targeted follow-up on AOL by Phone, investor outcomes, first-party capture gaps, and preserved press |
| [Kinitos / NeoEdge Networks Archive](https://sgwoods.github.io/public/kinitos-neoedge.html) | Shared-public bridge archive | Public | Steady advance | Active research archive; Preservation completeness underway; sixteen approved sources now have local copies, including the GamesBeat funding-and-merger cluster |

## Project Records

### Aurora Galactica

- Surface class: Standalone repo export
- Visibility: Public
- Priority now: Protect public surfaces
- Time-energy-value: energy medium; value high; horizon short
- Current manifest state: Current release: 1.4.0. Current focus: Aurora 1.4.0 is now live on hosted `/production`. Keep the public family trustworthy while using hosted `/dev` and hosted `/beta` to shape the next measured follow-through in Aurora conformance, Galaxy Guardians first-class playability, audio/event feedback, and cleaner Platinum/application seams.. Last repo update: May 20, 2026.
- Likely current work: Post-release follow-through on the Aurora and Platinum public family, including lane trust, Galaxy Guardians readiness, and cleaner platform-versus-application seams.
- Next step: Do a quick Aurora release-lane status refresh before any shared-public publish so the manifest and the active release lane stay aligned.
- Quality: This is the strongest product-style public surface in the suite, so small inconsistencies are disproportionately expensive.
- Coordination note: Best handled as protect-and-verify work rather than broad redesign.
- Drift note: Aurora publishes from a separate repo on a faster cadence than this shared hub, so verify the exported manifest before broad public-repo refreshes.
- Public links: [Project page](aurora-galactica.html), [Dashboard](https://sgwoods.github.io/Aurora-Galactica/release-dashboard.html), [Live experience](https://sgwoods.github.io/Aurora-Galactica/), [Repository](https://github.com/sgwoods/Codex-Test1), [Open beta build](https://sgwoods.github.io/Aurora-Galactica/beta/), [Open project guide](https://sgwoods.github.io/Aurora-Galactica/project-guide.html), [Open Platinum guide](https://sgwoods.github.io/Aurora-Galactica/platinum-guide.html)

### Plan private rental portal

- Surface class: Private project summary
- Visibility: Mixed public summary / private implementation
- Priority now: Private tracking
- Time-energy-value: energy medium; value high; horizon ongoing
- Current manifest state: Current phase: Confidential project. Current focus: Private rental portal and related product work. Last repo update: April 1, 2026.
- Likely current work: Private rental-portal delivery and related product execution.
- Next step: Keep the public summary minimal and accurate; do not expand the public surface unless there is a deliberate client-safe artifact to add.
- Quality: The public/private boundary is already clear, which is the main quality goal here.
- Coordination note: Track only high-level continuity in public.
- Public links: [Project page](confidential-project.html)

### AI Dystopia Quotes

- Surface class: Standalone repo export
- Visibility: Public
- Priority now: Steady advance
- Time-energy-value: energy low; value medium-high; horizon short
- Current manifest state: Current stage: Active curation + publishing. Current focus: Growing the approved canon and widening discovery. Last repo update: May 9, 2026.
- Evidence status: Approved corpus: 32 entries.
- Likely current work: Ongoing corpus expansion, stronger discovery lanes, and continued approval-quality curation rather than platform work.
- Next step: Keep adding high-quality approved entries in batches and refresh the public export whenever the approved corpus meaningfully grows.
- Quality: The public page already reads cleanly and feels complete enough to trust; the main question is breadth and selection quality.
- Coordination note: A good example of a healthy incremental export loop.
- Public links: [Project page](ai-dystopia-quotes.html), [Repository](https://github.com/sgwoods/sci-fi-ai-dystopian-project), [Open approved JSON](data/ai-dystopia-quotes.approved.json), [Open project manifest](data/projects/ai-dystopia-quotes.json)

### PhD renovation project

- Surface class: Standalone repo export
- Visibility: Public
- Priority now: Steady advance
- Time-energy-value: energy medium; value high; horizon medium
- Current manifest state: Current build line: 1.0.0. Current focus: Intake + continuity. Last repo update: May 3, 2026.
- Likely current work: Disciplined intake, continuity hardening, and bounded 1.x cleanup around the stable 1.0.0 baseline.
- Next step: Continue intake and warning cleanup without destabilizing the verified baseline, then refresh the handbook and dashboard only when the supported story changes materially.
- Quality: One of the most mature documentation and validation surfaces in the suite.
- Coordination note: Good candidate for steady, bounded progress rather than urgent intervention.
- Public links: [Project page](phd-renovation.html), [Dashboard](https://sgwoods.github.io/public/phd-renovation-dashboard.html), [Repository](https://github.com/sgwoods/phd-renovation), [Open handbook](phd-renovation-handbook.html), [Open thesis PDF](phd-renovation-thesis.pdf), [Open roadmap](https://github.com/sgwoods/phd-renovation/blob/main/RENOVATION.md)

### Masters of Mathematics renovation project

- Surface class: Standalone repo export
- Visibility: Public
- Priority now: Protect public surfaces
- Time-energy-value: energy medium; value high; horizon short-medium
- Current manifest state: Current release: 1.0.0-rc.1. Current focus: Portability hardening and disciplined post-RC continuation. Last repo update: May 4, 2026.
- Likely current work: Portability hardening, handoff clarity, and careful continuation from the 1.0.0-rc.1 restoration baseline.
- Next step: Keep the release-candidate surface trustworthy, then only widen into deeper benchmark or hosted-runner work once the portability story is comfortably stable.
- Quality: Strong research-restoration presentation with clear public framing; still benefits from discipline more than expansion.
- Coordination note: Treat the hosted runner as mechanism, not the project identity.
- Public links: [Project page](mmath-renovation.html), [Dashboard](https://sgwoods.github.io/public/mmath-renovation-release-dashboard.html), [Live experience](https://sgwoods.github.io/public/mmath-renovation-remote-experiments.html), [Repository](https://github.com/sgwoods/mmath-renovation), [Open remote experiments guide](mmath-renovation-remote-experiments.html), [Open thesis PDF](mmath-thesis.pdf), [Open roadmap](https://github.com/sgwoods/mmath-renovation/blob/main/docs/project-goal-roadmap.md)

### Steven Woods Public Record Project

- Surface class: Shared-public archive subproject
- Visibility: Public
- Priority now: Steady advance
- Time-energy-value: energy medium; value high; horizon medium
- Current manifest state: Current phase: Active research archive. Current focus: Continuity layer, baseline identity, timeline, current profile sources, and one-page CV. Last repo update: May 10, 2026.
- Evidence status: Evidence baseline: 22 approved / 0 deferred / 0 rejected (22 total).
- Likely current work: Person-centric continuity work, baseline identity tightening, profile preservation, and keeping the source-manifest and review-ledger split deliberate.
- Next step: Preserve the remaining URL-backed baseline pages and reconcile the review-ledger-only captures that should become formal source records.
- Quality: One of the best organized archive areas, with clear role boundaries and strong continuity surfaces.
- Coordination note: Use this as the canonical person-centric layer, not a dumping ground for company-depth material.
- Public links: [Project page](https://sgwoods.github.io/public/steven-woods-research.html), [Open one-page CV](steven-woods-cv.pdf), [Open work plan](steven-woods-research/WORK-PLAN.md), [Open review ledger](steven-woods-research/research/media-sources-review.md)

### Steven at Google Canada Archive

- Surface class: Shared-public archive subproject
- Visibility: Public
- Priority now: Steady advance
- Time-energy-value: energy low-medium; value high; horizon short
- Current manifest state: Current phase: Seeded era archive. Current focus: Expanded baseline with original-provenance interview coverage and first-party transition context. Last repo update: May 11, 2026.
- Evidence status: Evidence baseline: 9 approved / 0 deferred / 0 rejected (9 total).
- Likely current work: Now that the seeded baseline is public, deepen interview, media, and transition coverage in small, high-signal batches.
- Next step: Add one more interview or ecosystem source batch, then tighten the public summary only if the center of gravity changes materially.
- Quality: Now has a seeded, continuity-safe public baseline with room for deeper source density.
- Coordination note: Good candidate for steady, source-batch progress rather than another structural pass.
- Public links: [Project page](https://sgwoods.github.io/public/google-canada-research.html), [Open working repository](google-canada-research/), [Open work plan](google-canada-research/WORK-PLAN.md), [Open recovery audit](google-canada-research/PROJECT-STATE-AND-RECOVERY-2026-05-11.md)

### Steven at Inovia Archive

- Surface class: Shared-public archive subproject
- Visibility: Public
- Priority now: Steady advance
- Time-energy-value: energy low; value medium-high; horizon short
- Current manifest state: Current phase: Seeded era archive. Current focus: First-source baseline, continuity-safe restartability, and the next round of current-role and ecosystem capture. Last repo update: May 11, 2026.
- Evidence status: Evidence baseline: 3 approved / 0 deferred / 0 rejected (3 total).
- Likely current work: Seeded-baseline maintenance plus current-role, team-profile, and ecosystem appearance capture.
- Next step: Localize the current team profile and add one more public-appearance or ecosystem source batch.
- Quality: The continuity structure is in place; the main gap now is source depth rather than project setup.
- Coordination note: Best advanced through small, explicit source batches.
- Public links: [Project page](https://sgwoods.github.io/public/inovia-research.html), [Open working repository](inovia-research/), [Open work plan](inovia-research/WORK-PLAN.md), [Open recovery audit](inovia-research/PROJECT-STATE-AND-RECOVERY-2026-05-11.md)

### Canberra / CSIRO / Knights Archive

- Surface class: Shared-public archive subproject
- Visibility: Public
- Priority now: Seed and clarify
- Time-energy-value: energy medium; value medium; horizon short
- Current manifest state: Current phase: Scaffolded research project. Current focus: CSIRO references, Knights records, and Australian local context. Last repo update: March 24, 2026.
- Evidence status: Evidence baseline: no formal source records yet.
- Likely current work: Still mostly a scaffold, with the core value in establishing a first honest source baseline rather than broad research.
- Next step: Seed the first CSIRO, Canberra Knights, and local-context sources so the archive has a real evidence floor.
- Quality: Clear structure exists, but there is not yet enough source depth to treat it as active archive work in the same way as the stronger projects.
- Coordination note: Good candidate for a small, bounded seeding pass rather than a big research campaign.
- Public links: [Project page](https://sgwoods.github.io/public/canberra-research.html), [Open working repository](canberra-research/), [Open seed leads](canberra-research/research/seed-leads.md)

### SEI Pittsburgh Archive

- Surface class: Shared-public archive subproject
- Visibility: Public
- Priority now: Steady advance
- Time-energy-value: energy low-medium; value high; horizon short
- Current manifest state: Current phase: Seeded era archive. Current focus: Expanded baseline with two additional SEI papers and a localized AOL bridge. Last repo update: May 11, 2026.
- Evidence status: Evidence baseline: 12 approved / 0 deferred / 0 rejected (12 total).
- Likely current work: Seeded-baseline maintenance plus additional staff, paper, and startup-transition context around the SEI-to-Quack bridge.
- Next step: Add one more staff or transition-context batch, then refresh the summary only when the bridge story materially improves.
- Quality: Strong continuity and evidence progress, with a published baseline that now supports steady deepening.
- Coordination note: Good steady research lane now that the scaffold phase is over.
- Public links: [Project page](https://sgwoods.github.io/public/sei-pittsburgh-research.html), [Open working repository](sei-pittsburgh-research/), [Open work plan](sei-pittsburgh-research/WORK-PLAN.md), [Open recovery audit](sei-pittsburgh-research/PROJECT-STATE-AND-RECOVERY-2026-05-11.md)

### Quack.com Archive Project

- Surface class: Shared-public bridge archive
- Visibility: Public
- Priority now: Steady advance
- Time-energy-value: energy medium-high; value high; horizon medium
- Current manifest state: Current phase: Active research archive. Current focus: Targeted follow-up on AOL by Phone, investor outcomes, first-party capture gaps, and preserved press. Last repo update: May 10, 2026.
- Likely current work: Preservation and source-completeness work around AOL by Phone, investor outcomes, first-party capture gaps, and stronger preserved press.
- Next step: Keep working campaign-by-campaign, preserving fragile or first-party evidence before widening the editorial surface.
- Quality: A strong archive workflow is in place, but evidence completeness still matters more than polish.
- Coordination note: Treat the bridge record as compatibility, not as a second canonical home.
- Public links: [Project page](https://sgwoods.github.io/public/quack-com.html), [Open working repository](quack/), [Open work plan](quack/WORK-PLAN.md), [Open run report](quack/research/run-report.md)

### Kinitos / NeoEdge Networks Archive

- Surface class: Shared-public bridge archive
- Visibility: Public
- Priority now: Steady advance
- Time-energy-value: energy medium-high; value high; horizon medium
- Current manifest state: Current phase: Active research archive. Current focus: Preservation completeness underway; sixteen approved sources now have local copies, including the GamesBeat funding-and-merger cluster. Last repo update: May 10, 2026.
- Evidence status: Evidence baseline: 24 approved / 8 deferred / 0 rejected (32 total).
- Likely current work: A pushed Kinitos branch has finished the approved-source preservation floor and added private-evidence derivative notes, even though the public line still understates that progress.
- Next step: Promote the preservation-complete Kinitos branch, then shift into deferred-source and public-corroboration follow-up instead of more blocked-press preservation.
- Quality: One of the strongest deep archives in the suite after Steven and Quack, with clear continuity discipline.
- Coordination note: The right sequence is promote the preservation-complete branch first, then reopen broader research through deferred and corroboration campaigns.
- Drift note: Current public main still understates the Kinitos preservation floor; the pushed branch is ahead with all approved sources localized and with private-evidence derivative notes already captured safely.
- Public links: [Project page](https://sgwoods.github.io/public/kinitos-neoedge.html), [Open working repository](kinitos-neoedge/), [Open work plan](kinitos-neoedge/WORK-PLAN.md), [Open recovery audit](kinitos-neoedge/PROJECT-STATE-AND-RECOVERY-2026-05-03.md)