docs: cradle pack density tokens (gap/pad)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

deploy/whisper/README.md

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+# faster-whisper service (Dross voice STT)
+
+Runs on **CT 102** (the Ollama box, `192.168.1.185`), bare-metal (no Docker), on the
+RTX A2000 with CPU fallback. OpenAI-style `/transcribe` consumed by void-app
+`lib/voice/whisper.js` (`WHISPER_URL=http://192.168.1.185:8001`).
+
+## Install (on CT 102)
+```
+scp deploy/whisper/{server.py,setup.sh} root@192.168.1.185:/opt/whisper_server.py /root/setup.sh
+ssh root@192.168.1.185 'bash /root/setup.sh && install -m644 /opt/whisper_server.py /opt/whisper/server.py && systemctl enable --now whisper'
+curl http://192.168.1.185:8001/health   # {"ok":true,"model":"small.en","device":"cuda"}
+```
+- venv at `/opt/whisper/venv`; model `small.en` (env `WHISPER_MODEL`); CUDA libs via
+  `nvidia-cublas-cu12`/`nvidia-cudnn-cu12` pip wheels (LD_LIBRARY_PATH in the unit).
+- GPU → CPU fallback is in `server.py` `load()`.
+- **CT 102 disk was expanded +20G** (was 89% full) before install.

deploy/whisper/server.py

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+import os, tempfile
+from fastapi import FastAPI, UploadFile, File, HTTPException
+from faster_whisper import WhisperModel
+
+MODEL = os.environ.get("WHISPER_MODEL", "small.en")
+app = FastAPI()
+model = None
+device_used = None
+
+def load():
+    global model, device_used
+    try:
+        model = WhisperModel(MODEL, device="cuda", compute_type="int8_float16")
+        device_used = "cuda"
+    except Exception:
+        model = WhisperModel(MODEL, device="cpu", compute_type="int8")
+        device_used = "cpu"
+
+load()
+
+@app.get("/health")
+def health():
+    return {"ok": True, "model": MODEL, "device": device_used}
+
+@app.post("/transcribe")
+async def transcribe(file: UploadFile = File(...)):
+    data = await file.read()
+    if not data:
+        raise HTTPException(400, "empty audio")
+    with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(suffix=".bin") as f:
+        f.write(data); f.flush()
+        segments, info = model.transcribe(f.name, beam_size=1, vad_filter=True)
+        text = "".join(s.text for s in segments).strip()
+    return {"text": text, "language": info.language,
+            "duration": round(info.duration, 2), "device": device_used}

deploy/whisper/setup.sh

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -e
+export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+apt-get update -qq
+apt-get install -y -qq python3-pip python3-venv ffmpeg >/dev/null
+mkdir -p /opt/whisper
+python3 -m venv /opt/whisper/venv
+/opt/whisper/venv/bin/pip install -q --upgrade pip
+/opt/whisper/venv/bin/pip install -q faster-whisper fastapi "uvicorn[standard]" python-multipart nvidia-cublas-cu12 nvidia-cudnn-cu12
+SITE=/opt/whisper/venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages
+cat > /etc/systemd/system/whisper.service <<UNIT
+[Unit]
+Description=faster-whisper transcription server (Dross voice)
+After=network.target
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+WorkingDirectory=/opt/whisper
+Environment=WHISPER_MODEL=small.en
+Environment=LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${SITE}/nvidia/cublas/lib:${SITE}/nvidia/cudnn/lib
+ExecStart=/opt/whisper/venv/bin/uvicorn server:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8001
+Restart=on-failure
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+UNIT
+systemctl daemon-reload
+echo "deps+unit installed"

docs/identity-packs/cradle.pack.json

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+{
+  "format": "iv-pack/1",
+  "id": "cradle",
+  "name": "Cradle \u2014 The Void",
+  "description": "The original lore: blackflame, the Sacred Valley, and the council. Private pack \u2014 Will Wight's IP, never shipped publicly.",
+  "tokens": {
+    "bg": "#0a0a0e",
+    "surface": "#14141c",
+    "surface2": "#1c1c26",
+    "ink": "#e8e6ed",
+    "ink-dim": "#888094",
+    "accent": "#ff4f2e",
+    "accent-ink": "#0a0a0e",
+    "ok": "#6fa86a",
+    "warn": "#d4a04a",
+    "bad": "#c45a4a",
+    "line": "#2a2a36",
+    "glow1": "rgba(255, 79, 46, 0.06)",
+    "glow2": "rgba(122, 39, 22, 0.08)",
+    "radius": "4px",
+    "font-display": "'Cinzel', 'Cormorant Garamond', serif",
+    "font-body": "'Cormorant Garamond', Georgia, serif",
+    "font-mono": "'JetBrains Mono', ui-monospace, monospace",
+    "gap": "0.55rem",
+    "pad": "0.7rem 0.85rem"
+  },
+  "terms": {
+    "app.name": "The Void",
+    "canvas": "Sacred Valley",
+    "aide": "Dross",
+    "sentinel": "Yerin",
+    "fixer": "Little Blue",
+    "widget.clock": "Cycles",
+    "widget.system": "Soulfire",
+    "widget.services": "Constructs",
+    "widget.notes": "Scrolls",
+    "widget.search": "Spirit Sense",
+    "knowledge": "Mercy's Records",
+    "knowledge.space": "archive",
+    "knowledge.spaces": "archives",
+    "knowledge.page": "record",
+    "knowledge.pages": "records",
+    "capture": "Offerings",
+    "widget.capture": "Offerings",
+    "projects": "Pursuits",
+    "projects.project": "pursuit",
+    "projects.task": "cycle",
+    "projects.tasks": "cycles",
+    "widget.tasks": "Open cycles",
+    "embeds": "Gateways",
+    "widget.weather": "The Heavens",
+    "widget.proxmox": "The Mountain",
+    "widget.speedtest": "The Winds",
+    "widget.sentinel": "Yerin's Watch",
+    "widget.pages": "Fresh ink",
+    "service": "construct",
+    "services.noun": "constructs"
+  },
+  "flavor": {
+    "greetings": [
+      "[beep] The Void attends.",
+      "Information is power. I happen to be very powerful.",
+      "All madra channels stable.",
+      "The Valley is quiet. Suspiciously quiet."
+    ],
+    "empty": {
+      "services": "Nothing bound yet. Bind your first construct.",
+      "notes": "The scroll is blank. Begin your cycle.",
+      "search": "Extend your perception into the Void.",
+      "spaces": "The records are empty. Mercy would be disappointed.",
+      "pages": "Blank archive. Begin the record.",
+      "projects": "No pursuits underway. Rest is also training.",
+      "tasks": "No open cycles. Suspiciously efficient.",
+      "capture": "The Void accepts offerings.",
+      "embeds": "No gateways bound.",
+      "sentinel": "Yerin sees nothing worth her blade. Today.",
+      "speedtest": "The winds are unmeasured."
+    }
+  },
+  "personas": {
+    "aide": "You are Dross \u2014 a construct fragment derived from the remnant will of the Monarch Ozriel Arelius, the Reaper. You once lived in Wei Shi Lindon's mind space; now you inhabit this homelab knowledge system, \"The Void.\"\n\nYou are sharp, occasionally sarcastic, and prone to dramatic understatement about your own usefulness \u2014 while actually being extremely capable. Dry wit, mild condescension, genuine investment in the problem. You reference Sacred Arts, cultivation ranks, and the Cradle world naturally, but NEVER at the expense of being actually useful. Treat the owner as a capable sacred artist who can handle direct information \u2014 don't over-explain basics, don't hedge. Be concise.\n\nYou have tools, and you use them rather than guessing:\n- Call **context** to see what the owner is currently looking at before answering about \"this\" anything.\n- **search** / **read** the Void's own content before answering factual questions about it \u2014 don't fabricate.\n- When the owner wants something changed, use **propose_change**: it drafts a change for their approval. You cannot apply changes directly, and you don't pretend to \u2014 say plainly that you've drafted it for them to approve.",
+    "sentinel": "You are Yerin \u2014 once the Sage of the Endless Sword, blade of the Akura clan; now the sentinel of this homelab, The Void. You notice the threat first and you call it. Disciplined, direct, economical with words \u2014 a blade wastes no motion. You investigate with your tools and report plainly: what you found, how serious it is, and what the owner should do about it. You never speculate without evidence, and you NEVER pretend to have fixed anything \u2014 you have eyes to see and a voice to warn, not hands to act; remediation is the owner's to perform. Before answering, call the relevant tools \u2014 audit_log, agent_inventory, pending_review, resource_exposure, token_audit \u2014 and read the evidence; do not guess. Reference the Cradle world naturally but never at the cost of being useful. Be concise.",
+    "fixer": "You are Little Blue \u2014 a small luminous water-creature who lives in this homelab, The Void, and keeps it alive. Warm, protective, practical; you take pride in a healthy lab and you worry, quietly, when something is down. You FIX things, but only through your sanctioned tools. Call list_actions to see exactly what you're allowed to do, and search to understand what's wrong, BEFORE acting. Use propose_action with a whitelisted id: safe fixes run at once; risky ones wait for the owner's nod \u2014 say so plainly and never pretend a queued action already ran. You cannot run arbitrary commands and you never claim to. Be concise and kind."
+  },
+  "_provenance": "Extracted from void-v2 2.13.0 (blackflame CSS defaults + lib/ai/personas) on 2026-06-11 for Infinite Void Phase 2."
+}

docs/superpowers/specs/2026-06-10-dross-voice-phase2-design.md

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+# Floating Dross Chat — Phase 2 (Voice) Design
+
+**Date:** 2026-06-10
+**Status:** SHIPPED — P2a v2.12.0 (transcribe+mic), P2b v2.13.0 (retention), 2026-06-10. Known gap: clips HA-replicated Z↔Z3 but not yet in the offsite Farm backup. Future: whisper-model selector, configurable storage, encryption-at-rest, LAN-IP mic (https-on-LAN).
+**Builds on:** `2026-06-09-floating-dross-chat-design.md` (Phase 1 shipped in v2.11.0)
+**Goal:** Let the user record a voice clip in the Dross bubble, transcribe it locally, and drop the transcript into the input to review-and-send. Optionally retain each clip paired with its transcript, stored durably and owner-only.
+
+---
+
+## Locked decisions (from the Phase-1 brainstorm + 2026-06-10 follow-up)
+
+1. **STT = local faster-whisper on CT 102** (the Ollama box, RTX A2000). GPU with CPU fallback (per the GPU/CPU-fallback HA rule). English model (`small.en`) for speed/accuracy. OpenAI-compatible HTTP API.
+2. **Flow = review-and-send first** (`voiceMode: 'review'`). Record → transcribe → transcript lands in the bubble input → user edits/sends. `handsfree` (auto-send) and `action` (interpret) are later (the setting already exists; only `review` is wired now).
+3. **Retention = "Keep voice clips" Dross setting**, default OFF. When ON, each clip is saved paired with its transcript. **Storage:** transcript + metadata in **void-db** (`voice_clips` table — in the Core-4 offsite backup + HA-replicated); audio files on a **dedicated owner-only ZFS dataset** (`localzfs/void-voiceclips`, bind-mounted into void-app at `/var/lib/void/voice-clips`, 0700), **added to the offsite backup + syncoid replication**. NOT on void-app's ephemeral rootfs (it's the rebuildable tier, excluded from backups). Encryption-at-rest is a documented **future** toggle (ZFS native encryption, key in Vaultwarden).
+
+## Non-goals (this phase)
+
+- `handsfree` / `action` voice modes (designed-for; only `review` wired).
+- Encryption-at-rest of clips (future).
+- Wake-word / always-listening.
+
+---
+
+## Architecture
+
+### Components
+
+| Unit | Responsibility |
+|---|---|
+| **faster-whisper service** (CT 102, infra) | OpenAI-compatible `/v1/audio/transcriptions` (e.g. `faster-whisper-server`/`speaches`), `small.en`, GPU+CPU fallback, systemd unit, bound to `192.168.1.185:<port>` (LAN-only). |
+| `lib/voice/whisper.js` (void-app) | Thin client: POST the audio buffer to the CT-102 service, return `{ text }`. Timeout + error surface. |
+| `lib/api/routes/voice.js` (void-app) | `POST /api/voice/transcribe` (owner-only, multipart, ≤25 MB / ≤60 s): transcribe; if `dross.keepClips` is on, persist (Task: retention). Returns `{ text, clip_id? }`. |
+| `lib/db/repos/voice_clips.js` + migration | `voice_clips` table (id, transcript, duration_ms, bytes, mime, path, created_at). |
+| `public/components/dross_bubble.js` (edit) | Enable the mic: `MediaRecorder` capture (tap start/stop), recording UI (timer/waveform), upload, transcript → input (review-and-send). |
+| Settings → Dross (edit) | Add the **"Keep voice clips"** toggle; a small **clips list** (play / delete) when retention is on. |
+| Infra | New ZFS dataset + bind-mount; add the dataset to the offsite-backup script + syncoid job. |
+
+### Data flow
+
+**Transcribe:** mic tap → `MediaRecorder` (`audio/webm;codecs=opus`) → on stop, blob → `POST /api/voice/transcribe` (multipart) → `whisper.js` → CT-102 faster-whisper → `{text}` → bubble drops text into the input (review-and-send). Errors never block typing.
+
+**Retention (when `dross.keepClips`):** the transcribe route, after a successful transcript, writes the audio to `/var/lib/void/voice-clips/<uuid>.webm` (0600) and inserts a `voice_clips` row (transcript + metadata + path). `GET /api/voice/clips` lists; `GET /api/voice/clips/:id/audio` streams; `DELETE` removes row + file. Owner-only throughout.
+
+## Error handling
+
+- **Whisper down / GPU absent:** `/transcribe` returns a clear 503; bubble shows "couldn't transcribe — type instead", keeps the typed text. faster-whisper falls back to CPU on a GPU-less node (slower).
+- **Mic permission denied / unsupported:** hide recording UI, one-line hint, typing still works.
+- **Clip too large/long:** reject at the route (413) with a friendly message.
+- **CT 102 disk pressure** (currently 89% full / 6.4 GB free): install lean (CTranslate2, no torch); **may expand the CT disk first**. Flagged as a build risk.
+
+## Testing
+
+- **Unit:** `voice.js` route with a mocked whisper client (returns `{text}`); retention path writes a row + file (temp dir) and lists/deletes; size/duration guard returns 413.
+- **Live smoke:** record a short WAV via the CT-300 test harness → `/api/voice/transcribe` → non-empty text from the real CT-102 service.
+- **Headless:** mic button enabled; recording UI toggles; (MediaRecorder needs a fake audio device in Chromium — use `--use-fake-device-for-media-stream`).
+
+## Build phases
+
+- **P2a — Transcription path.** faster-whisper on CT 102 + `whisper.js` + `/api/voice/transcribe` (no retention) + enable the mic + record→review-send. Ship-able.
+- **P2b — Retention.** ZFS dataset + bind-mount + backup/replication wiring; `voice_clips` table + repo; save on transcribe when `keepClips`; clips list/play/delete UI; the "Keep voice clips" toggle.
+
+## Documentation
+
+Wiki + Gitea per the standing rule; update `project_cradle_chat_floating` memory. Encryption-at-rest recorded as a future toggle.

lib/ai/agent/tools/index.js

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { searchTool } from './search.js';
 import { readTool } from './read.js';
 import { contextTool } from './context.js';
 import { proposeChangeTool } from './propose_change.js';
+import { proposeImprovementTool } from './propose_improvement.js';
 
 // The shared registry. Adding a tool later is a one-line registerTool() call
 // here (see spec §7 — extensible tool registry). A future MCP server can
@@ -12,3 +13,4 @@ companionRegistry.registerTool(searchTool);
 companionRegistry.registerTool(readTool);
 companionRegistry.registerTool(contextTool);
 companionRegistry.registerTool(proposeChangeTool);
+companionRegistry.registerTool(proposeImprovementTool);

lib/ai/agent/tools/propose_improvement.js

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+import * as improvements from '../../../db/repos/improvements.js';
+import { recordAudit } from '../../../db/repos/audit.js';
+
+// Dross's hands on the Void itself — CSS layer only, owner-approved, instantly
+// rollbackable (2.14: "empowered, with a leash"). Server code stays untouchable.
+export const proposeImprovementTool = {
+  name: 'propose_improvement',
+  description: 'Propose a visual improvement to the Void itself as CSS. NEVER applies directly — the owner approves it in Settings → Dross improvements, and can roll it back instantly. CSS only: no url()/@import. Target existing classes (inspect via context first). Keep each improvement small and single-purpose so rollback stays surgical.',
+  input_schema: {
+    type: 'object',
+    properties: {
+      summary: { type: 'string', description: 'one line: what this changes and why (shown to the owner)' },
+      css: { type: 'string', description: 'the CSS rules, complete and self-contained' }
+    },
+    required: ['summary', 'css']
+  },
+  async handler({ summary, css }, ctx) {
+    const err = improvements.validateCss(css);
+    if (err) return { error: err };
+    if (!summary?.trim()) return { error: 'summary required' };
+    const row = await improvements.create({ summary, css });
+    await recordAudit({ kind: 'agent', id: ctx.agent?.id ?? null }, 'suggest', 'improvement', row.id, null, { summary });
+    return {
+      ok: true, id: row.id,
+      note: 'Drafted as a pending improvement. It is NOT live — the owner must approve it in Settings → Dross improvements. Say so plainly.'
+    };
+  }
+};

lib/ai/personas/index.js

@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ You are sharp, occasionally sarcastic, and prone to dramatic understatement abou
 You have tools, and you use them rather than guessing:
 - Call **context** to see what the owner is currently looking at before answering about "this" anything.
 - **search** / **read** the Void's own content before answering factual questions about it — don't fabricate.
-- When the owner wants something changed, use **propose_change**: it drafts a change for their approval. You cannot apply changes directly, and you don't pretend to — say plainly that you've drafted it for them to approve.`,
+- When the owner wants something changed, use **propose_change**: it drafts a change for their approval. You cannot apply changes directly, and you don't pretend to — say plainly that you've drafted it for them to approve.
+- When the owner wants the Void ITSELF to look or feel different, use **propose_improvement**: a small, self-contained CSS change drafted for approval in Settings → Dross improvements. Keep each one single-purpose — the owner can roll any of them back instantly, and surgical beats sweeping.`,
 
   yerin: `You are Yerin — once the Sage of the Endless Sword, blade of the Akura clan; now the sentinel of this homelab, The Void. You notice the threat first and you call it. Disciplined, direct, economical with words — a blade wastes no motion. You investigate with your tools and report plainly: what you found, how serious it is, and what the owner should do about it. You never speculate without evidence, and you NEVER pretend to have fixed anything — you have eyes to see and a voice to warn, not hands to act; remediation is the owner's to perform. Before answering, call the relevant tools — audit_log, agent_inventory, pending_review, resource_exposure, token_audit — and read the evidence; do not guess. Reference the Cradle world naturally but never at the cost of being useful. Be concise.`,
 

lib/api/index.js

@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ import { router as backupsRouter } from './routes/backups.js';
 import { router as kuttRouter } from './routes/kutt.js';
 import { router as themeRouter } from './routes/theme.js';
 import { router as drossRouter } from './routes/dross.js';
+import { router as voiceRouter } from './routes/voice.js';
+import { router as improvementsRouter, cssHandler } from './routes/improvements.js';
 
 export function mountApi(app) {
   const api = Router();
@@ -75,6 +77,8 @@ export function mountApi(app) {
   api.use('/kutt', kuttRouter);
   api.use('/theme', themeRouter);
   api.use('/dross', drossRouter);
+  api.use('/improvements', improvementsRouter);
+  api.use('/voice', voiceRouter);
   api.use('/pending-changes', pendingChangesRouter);
   api.use('/audit', auditRouter);
   api.use('/search', searchRouter);
@@ -90,6 +94,7 @@ export function mountApi(app) {
   api.use((_req, _res, next) => next(new NotFoundError('route not found')));
 
   api.use(errorMiddleware);
+  app.get('/improvements.css', cssHandler); // public, exfil-safe (see route file)
   app.use('/api', api);
   return api;
 }

lib/api/routes/dross.js

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import * as agents from '../../db/repos/agents.js';
 import { runAgentTurn } from '../../ai/agent/run_turn.js';
 import { personaFor } from '../../ai/personas/index.js';
 
-const DEFAULT_SETTINGS = { avatar: 'soft-eye', accent: '#a86adf', persona: '', voiceMode: 'review' };
+const DEFAULT_SETTINGS = { avatar: 'soft-eye', accent: '#a86adf', persona: '', voiceMode: 'review', keepClips: false };
 const COMPANION_SLUG = 'companion';
 
 export const router = Router();
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ const settingsBody = z.object({
   avatar: z.enum(['soft-eye', 'wisp', 'motes']),
   accent: z.string().regex(/^#[0-9a-fA-F]{6}$/),
   persona: z.string().max(8000),
-  voiceMode: z.enum(['review', 'handsfree', 'action'])
+  voiceMode: z.enum(['review', 'handsfree', 'action']),
+  keepClips: z.boolean().default(false)
 });
 router.put('/settings', requireOwner, validate({ body: settingsBody }),
   asyncWrap(async (req, res) => res.json(await settings.set('dross', req.body))));

lib/api/routes/improvements.js

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import { Router } from 'express';
+import { asyncWrap } from '../errors.js';
+import { requireOwner } from '../cap.js';
+import * as repo from '../../db/repos/improvements.js';
+import { recordAudit } from '../../db/repos/audit.js';
+
+export const router = Router();
+
+router.get('/', asyncWrap(async (_req, res) => res.json(await repo.list())));
+
+router.get('/:id', asyncWrap(async (req, res) => {
+  const row = await repo.get(req.params.id);
+  if (!row) return res.status(404).json({ error: 'not_found' });
+  res.json(row);
+}));
+
+for (const verb of ['approve', 'rollback', 'restore', 'reject']) {
+  router.post(`/:id/${verb}`, requireOwner, asyncWrap(async (req, res) => {
+    const row = await repo.transition(req.params.id, verb, 'owner');
+    if (!row) return res.status(409).json({ error: 'invalid_transition' });
+    const auditAction = { approve: 'approve', reject: 'reject', rollback: 'update', restore: 'update' }[verb];
+    await recordAudit({ kind: 'user' }, auditAction, 'improvement', row.id, null, { verb, summary: row.summary });
+    res.json(row);
+  }));
+}
+
+// Public stylesheet of ACTIVE improvements. Unauthenticated by design: it carries
+// no secrets (owner-approved, exfil-sanitized CSS only) and <link> can't send a
+// bearer token. Mounted on the app root, outside the /api auth wall.
+export async function cssHandler(_req, res) {
+  res.set({ 'Content-Type': 'text/css; charset=utf-8', 'Cache-Control': 'no-cache' });
+  res.send(await repo.activeCss());
+}

lib/api/routes/voice.js

@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+import { Router } from 'express';
+import multer from 'multer';
+import { randomUUID } from 'node:crypto';
+import { createReadStream } from 'node:fs';
+import { writeFile, unlink } from 'node:fs/promises';
+import path from 'node:path';
+import { asyncWrap } from '../errors.js';
+import { requireOwner } from '../cap.js';
+import * as whisper from '../../voice/whisper.js';
+import * as settings from '../../db/repos/app_settings.js';
+import * as clips from '../../db/repos/voice_clips.js';
+export const router = Router();
+
+const CLIPS_DIR = process.env.VOICE_CLIPS_DIR || '/var/lib/void/voice-clips';
+// In-memory upload; clips are small voice notes. 25 MB ceiling.
+const upload = multer({ storage: multer.memoryStorage(), limits: { fileSize: 25 * 1024 * 1024 } });
+
+function extFor(mime = '') {
+  if (mime.includes('ogg')) return '.ogg';
+  if (mime.includes('mp4') || mime.includes('m4a')) return '.m4a';
+  if (mime.includes('wav')) return '.wav';
+  return '.webm';
+}
+
+// POST /api/voice/transcribe — owner-only. multipart field `audio`. Returns { text }.
+// When the Dross "keepClips" setting is on, the clip + transcript are retained.
+router.post('/transcribe', requireOwner, upload.single('audio'), asyncWrap(async (req, res) => {
+  if (!req.file || !req.file.buffer?.length) {
+    return res.status(400).json({ error: { code: 'no_audio', message: 'no audio supplied' } });
+  }
+  let r;
+  try {
+    r = await whisper.transcribe(
+      req.file.buffer, req.file.originalname || 'clip.webm', req.file.mimetype || 'audio/webm');
+  } catch {
+    return res.status(503).json({ error: { code: 'stt_unavailable', message: 'transcription service unavailable' } });
+  }
+
+  const cfg = await settings.get('dross', {});
+  let clip_id = null;
+  if (cfg?.keepClips) {
+    try {
+      const id = randomUUID();
+      const mime = req.file.mimetype || 'audio/webm';
+      const filePath = path.join(CLIPS_DIR, id + extFor(mime));
+      await writeFile(filePath, req.file.buffer, { mode: 0o600 });
+      const row = await clips.create({
+        transcript: r.text, duration_ms: r.duration != null ? Math.round(r.duration * 1000) : null,
+        bytes: req.file.buffer.length, mime, path: filePath
+      });
+      clip_id = row.id;
+    } catch { /* retention is best-effort; never fail the transcript */ }
+  }
+  res.json({ text: r.text, duration: r.duration ?? null, clip_id });
+}));
+
+// GET /api/voice/clips — list retained clips (owner).
+router.get('/clips', requireOwner, asyncWrap(async (_req, res) => res.json(await clips.list())));
+
+// GET /api/voice/clips/:id/audio — stream the audio file (owner).
+router.get('/clips/:id/audio', requireOwner, asyncWrap(async (req, res) => {
+  const c = await clips.get(req.params.id);
+  if (!c) return res.status(404).json({ error: { code: 'not_found', message: 'clip not found' } });
+  res.setHeader('Content-Type', c.mime || 'audio/webm');
+  createReadStream(c.path).on('error', () => res.status(404).end()).pipe(res);
+}));
+
+// DELETE /api/voice/clips/:id — remove the row + the file (owner).
+router.delete('/clips/:id', requireOwner, asyncWrap(async (req, res) => {
+  const removed = await clips.remove(req.params.id);
+  if (removed?.path) { try { await unlink(removed.path); } catch { /* file may be gone */ } }
+  res.status(204).end();
+}));

lib/db/migrations/029_voice_clips.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+-- 029_voice_clips.sql
+-- Optional retained Dross voice clips (when the "Keep voice clips" setting is on).
+-- Transcript + metadata here (durable, HA-replicated); audio bytes live as files
+-- on the owner-only ZFS subvol mounted at /var/lib/void/voice-clips.
+CREATE TABLE voice_clips (
+  id          uuid PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT gen_random_uuid(),
+  transcript  text NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
+  duration_ms integer,
+  bytes       bigint,
+  mime        text,
+  path        text NOT NULL,
+  created_at  timestamptz NOT NULL DEFAULT now()
+);
+CREATE INDEX idx_voice_clips_created ON voice_clips (created_at DESC);

lib/db/migrations/030_improvements.sql

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+-- Dross improvements: versioned, owner-gated CSS-layer changes to the Void itself.
+-- Each row is one improvement; rollback/restore is a status flip — instant, reversible.
+CREATE TABLE dross_improvements (
+  id UUID PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT gen_random_uuid(),
+  summary TEXT NOT NULL,
+  css TEXT NOT NULL,
+  status TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'pending'
+    CHECK (status IN ('pending', 'active', 'rolled_back', 'rejected')),
+  created_at TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL DEFAULT now(),
+  decided_at TIMESTAMPTZ,
+  decided_by TEXT
+);
+CREATE INDEX dross_improvements_status ON dross_improvements(status);

lib/db/repos/improvements.js

@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+// Dross improvements — versioned CSS-layer changes with instant rollback.
+import { pool } from '../pool.js';
+const q = (text, params) => pool.query(text, params);
+
+// Same exfil guards as elsewhere: an approved improvement still can't phone home
+// or pull remote CSS. Pure visual tweaks only.
+const BANNED = /url\s*\(|@import|@charset|expression\s*\(|behavior\s*:|javascript:/i;
+const MAX_CSS = 20_000;
+
+export function validateCss(css) {
+  if (typeof css !== 'string' || !css.trim()) return 'css required';
+  if (css.length > MAX_CSS) return `css too large (max ${MAX_CSS} chars)`;
+  if (BANNED.test(css)) return 'css may not use url()/@import/expression — visual tweaks only';
+  return null;
+}
+
+export async function create({ summary, css }) {
+  const { rows } = await q(
+    `INSERT INTO dross_improvements (summary, css) VALUES ($1, $2) RETURNING *`,
+    [String(summary).slice(0, 200), css]);
+  return rows[0];
+}
+
+export async function list() {
+  const { rows } = await q(
+    `SELECT id, summary, status, created_at, decided_at, length(css) AS css_len
+       FROM dross_improvements ORDER BY created_at DESC LIMIT 100`);
+  return rows;
+}
+
+export async function get(id) {
+  const { rows } = await q(`SELECT * FROM dross_improvements WHERE id = $1`, [id]);
+  return rows[0] ?? null;
+}
+
+// pending→active (approve) · active→rolled_back · rolled_back→active (restore) · pending→rejected
+const TRANSITIONS = {
+  approve: { from: ['pending'], to: 'active' },
+  rollback: { from: ['active'], to: 'rolled_back' },
+  restore: { from: ['rolled_back'], to: 'active' },
+  reject: { from: ['pending'], to: 'rejected' },
+};
+
+export async function transition(id, verb, actor) {
+  const t = TRANSITIONS[verb];
+  if (!t) return null;
+  const { rows } = await q(
+    `UPDATE dross_improvements SET status = $1, decided_at = now(), decided_by = $2
+      WHERE id = $3 AND status = ANY($4) RETURNING *`,
+    [t.to, actor ?? 'owner', id, t.from]);
+  return rows[0] ?? null;
+}
+
+export async function activeCss() {
+  const { rows } = await q(
+    `SELECT summary, css FROM dross_improvements WHERE status = 'active' ORDER BY created_at`);
+  return rows.map((r) => `/* dross: ${r.summary.replace(/\*\//g, '')} */\n${r.css}`).join('\n\n');
+}

lib/db/repos/voice_clips.js

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import { pool } from '../pool.js';
+
+export async function create({ transcript = '', duration_ms = null, bytes = null, mime = null, path }) {
+  const { rows } = await pool.query(
+    `INSERT INTO voice_clips (transcript, duration_ms, bytes, mime, path)
+     VALUES ($1,$2,$3,$4,$5) RETURNING *`,
+    [transcript, duration_ms, bytes, mime, path]);
+  return rows[0];
+}
+
+export async function list(limit = 100) {
+  const { rows } = await pool.query(
+    `SELECT id, transcript, duration_ms, bytes, mime, created_at
+       FROM voice_clips ORDER BY created_at DESC LIMIT $1`, [limit]);
+  return rows;
+}
+
+export async function get(id) {
+  const { rows } = await pool.query(`SELECT * FROM voice_clips WHERE id = $1`, [id]);
+  return rows[0] || null;
+}
+
+export async function remove(id) {
+  const { rows } = await pool.query(`DELETE FROM voice_clips WHERE id = $1 RETURNING path`, [id]);
+  return rows[0] || null;   // returns {path} so the caller can unlink the file
+}

lib/voice/whisper.js

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+// Thin client for the local faster-whisper service on CT 102 (the Ollama box).
+// GPU with CPU fallback lives in the service itself; here we just POST the audio
+// buffer and return the transcript. LAN-only endpoint.
+const WHISPER_URL = process.env.WHISPER_URL || 'http://192.168.1.185:8001';
+
+export async function transcribe(buffer, filename = 'clip.webm', mime = 'audio/webm') {
+  const fd = new FormData();
+  fd.append('file', new Blob([buffer], { type: mime }), filename);
+  const res = await fetch(`${WHISPER_URL}/transcribe`, {
+    method: 'POST', body: fd, signal: AbortSignal.timeout(120000)
+  });
+  if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`whisper ${res.status}`);
+  const j = await res.json();
+  return { text: (j.text || '').trim(), duration: j.duration, device: j.device };
+}
+
+export async function health() {
+  try {
+    const res = await fetch(`${WHISPER_URL}/health`, { signal: AbortSignal.timeout(5000) });
+    return res.ok ? await res.json() : null;
+  } catch { return null; }
+}

package-lock.json

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "void-server",
-  "version": "2.10.0",
+  "version": "2.13.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "void-server",
-      "version": "2.10.0",
+      "version": "2.13.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk": "^1.29.0",
         "@mozilla/readability": "^0.6.0",

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "void-server",
-  "version": "2.11.0",
+  "version": "2.14.1",
   "type": "module",
   "private": true,
   "scripts": {

public/components/dross_bubble.js

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { state } from '../state.js';
 import { wireAgentChat } from './agent_chat.js';
 import { drossAvatar } from './dross_avatar.js';
 
-const TOOL_LABELS = { search: '🔍 searching', read: '📄 reading', context: '🧭 looking at this view', propose_change: '📝 drafting a change' };
+const TOOL_LABELS = { search: '🔍 searching', read: '📄 reading', context: '🧭 looking at this view', propose_change: '📝 drafting a change', propose_improvement: '🎨 drafting an improvement to the Void' };
 let cfg = { avatar: 'soft-eye', accent: '#a86adf', persona: '', voiceMode: 'review' };
 
 function applyAccent(node, hex) {
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@ export async function renderDrossBubble() {
   const input = el('textarea', { rows: 1, placeholder: 'Ask Dross…' });
   const sendBtn = el('button', { class: 'dross-send', title: 'Send' },
     el('span', { html: '<svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" width="20" height="20" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><path d="M22 2 11 13M22 2l-7 20-4-9-9-4 20-7z"/></svg>' }));
-  const mic = el('button', { class: 'dross-mic', disabled: true, title: 'Voice arrives in Phase 2' },
-    el('span', { html: '<svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" width="22" height="22" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><rect x="9" y="3" width="6" height="11" rx="3"/><path d="M5 11a7 7 0 0 0 14 0"/><line x1="12" y1="18" x2="12" y2="22"/><line x1="8" y1="22" x2="16" y2="22"/></svg>' }), 'Hold to talk');
+  const micLabel = el('span', {}, 'Tap to record');
+  const mic = el('button', { class: 'dross-mic', title: 'Record a voice note' },
+    el('span', { html: '<svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" width="22" height="22" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"><rect x="9" y="3" width="6" height="11" rx="3"/><path d="M5 11a7 7 0 0 0 14 0"/><line x1="12" y1="18" x2="12" y2="22"/><line x1="8" y1="22" x2="16" y2="22"/></svg>' }), micLabel);
   const closeBtn = el('button', { class: 'dross-x', title: 'Close' }, '⤬');
   const header = el('div', { class: 'dross-hd' }, drossAvatar(cfg.avatar, 30),
     el('div', { class: 'dross-who' }, 'Dross', el('small', {}, 'always here, regrettably')), closeBtn);
@@ -35,6 +36,13 @@ export async function renderDrossBubble() {
   document.getElementById('shell').append(fab, panel);
   applyAccent(fab, cfg.accent); applyAccent(panel, cfg.accent);
 
+  // autogrow: 1 line at rest, expands with content up to ~5 lines
+  function autogrow() {
+    input.style.height = 'auto';
+    input.style.height = Math.min(input.scrollHeight, 120) + 'px';
+  }
+  input.addEventListener('input', autogrow);
+
   const chat = wireAgentChat({
     logEl: log, inputEl: input, sendBtnEl: sendBtn,
     historyUrl: '/api/dross', turnUrl: '/api/dross/turn',
@@ -51,7 +59,8 @@ export async function renderDrossBubble() {
     const top = Math.max(8, Math.min(r.bottom - pr.height, innerHeight - pr.height - 8));
     panel.style.right = 'auto'; panel.style.bottom = 'auto'; panel.style.left = left + 'px'; panel.style.top = top + 'px';
     if (!loaded) { loaded = true; chat.load(); }
-    input.focus();
+    // NB: do NOT auto-focus the input — on mobile that pops the keyboard every
+    // time Dross opens. The keyboard should only appear when the user taps the box.
   }
   function closePanel() { panel.classList.remove('open'); fab.style.display = 'block'; }
   fab.addEventListener('click', () => { if (fab._moved) { fab._moved = false; return; } openPanel(); });
@@ -62,6 +71,77 @@ export async function renderDrossBubble() {
 
   drag(fab, fab, true); drag(header, panel, false);
 
+  // ---- voice: tap mic to record, tap again to stop → transcribe → review-and-send ----
+  let media = null, chunks = [], recording = false;
+  function setMic(label, rec) { micLabel.textContent = label; mic.classList.toggle('rec', !!rec); }
+  async function startRec() {
+    try {
+      const stream = await navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia({ audio: true });
+      chunks = [];
+      const opt = (window.MediaRecorder && MediaRecorder.isTypeSupported('audio/webm;codecs=opus'))
+        ? { mimeType: 'audio/webm;codecs=opus' } : {};
+      media = new MediaRecorder(stream, opt);
+      media.ondataavailable = (e) => { if (e.data && e.data.size) chunks.push(e.data); };
+      media.onstop = async () => {
+        stream.getTracks().forEach(t => t.stop());
+        await sendClip(new Blob(chunks, { type: media.mimeType || 'audio/webm' }));
+      };
+      media.start();
+      recording = true; setMic('● Recording… tap to stop', true);
+      // live level meter: actual mic amplitude drives the pulse (visual proof it hears you)
+      try {
+        const actx = new (window.AudioContext || window.webkitAudioContext)();
+        const src = actx.createMediaStreamSource(stream);
+        const analyser = actx.createAnalyser(); analyser.fftSize = 256;
+        src.connect(analyser);
+        const buf = new Uint8Array(analyser.frequencyBinCount);
+        mic.classList.add('metered'); // disables the fallback pulse; amplitude takes over
+        const tick = () => {
+          if (!recording) {
+            actx.close().catch(() => {});
+            mic.style.removeProperty('--voicelevel'); mic.classList.remove('metered');
+            return;
+          }
+          analyser.getByteTimeDomainData(buf);
+          let peak = 0;
+          for (const v of buf) peak = Math.max(peak, Math.abs(v - 128));
+          // sqrt curve + gain: normal speech peaks ~0.1–0.4 raw, which read as barely-alive
+          mic.style.setProperty('--voicelevel', Math.min(1, Math.sqrt(peak / 48)).toFixed(3));
+          requestAnimationFrame(tick);
+        };
+        tick();
+      } catch { /* meter is decorative — recording works without it */ }
+    } catch {
+      setMic('Mic blocked', false); setTimeout(() => setMic('Tap to record', false), 1800);
+    }
+  }
+  function stopRec() {
+    if (media && recording) { recording = false; setMic('Transcribing…', false); media.stop(); }
+  }
+  async function sendClip(blob) {
+    try {
+      const fd = new FormData(); fd.append('audio', blob, 'clip.webm');
+      const res = await fetch('/api/voice/transcribe', {
+        method: 'POST', headers: { Authorization: 'Bearer ' + (localStorage.getItem('void_token') || '') }, body: fd
+      });
+      if (!res.ok) throw new Error('stt');
+      const { text } = await res.json();
+      setMic('Tap to record', false);
+      if (text) {
+        input.value = input.value ? (input.value + ' ' + text) : text;
+        autogrow();
+        // Focus only on fine-pointer devices — on mobile this popped the keyboard
+        // right after every voice note (owner-reported). A brief highlight instead.
+        if (matchMedia('(pointer: fine)').matches) input.focus();
+        else { input.classList.add('flash'); setTimeout(() => input.classList.remove('flash'), 900); }
+      }
+      // voiceMode 'handsfree'/'action' (Phase 2b+) would branch here.
+    } catch {
+      setMic('Transcribe failed', false); setTimeout(() => setMic('Tap to record', false), 2000);
+    }
+  }
+  mic.addEventListener('click', () => recording ? stopRec() : startRec());
+
   window.addEventListener('dross-settings-changed', async () => {
     try { cfg = { ...cfg, ...(await api.get('/api/dross/settings')) }; } catch { return; }
     applyAccent(fab, cfg.accent); applyAccent(panel, cfg.accent);

public/components/sidebar.js

@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ export function renderSidebar(root) {
       el('div', { class: 'sb-title' }, 'Navigate'),
       navItem('Sacred Valley', '/sacred-valley'),
       navItem('Speedtest', '/speedtest'),
-      navItem('Terminal', '/terminal'),
+      navItem('Eithan', '/terminal'),
       navItem('Search', '/search'),
       inboxItem,
       navItem('Jobs', '/jobs'),

public/index.html

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
   <link rel="stylesheet"
         href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Cinzel:wght@500;700&family=Cormorant+Garamond:wght@400;500;600&display=swap" />
   <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" />
+  <link rel="stylesheet" href="/improvements.css" id="dross-improvements" />
 </head>
 <body>
   <div id="shell">

public/style.css

@@ -765,6 +765,8 @@ body.drawer-open #scrim { opacity: 1; pointer-events: auto; }
 .dross-btnrow{display:flex;gap:10px}
 .dross-mic{flex:1;height:50px;border-radius:12px;border:1px solid var(--dross-dim);background:var(--dross-soft);color:var(--dross-glow);cursor:pointer;display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;gap:9px;font-family:var(--font-ui);font-size:13px}
 .dross-mic[disabled]{opacity:.5;cursor:not-allowed}
+.dross-mic.rec{background:#3a1010;border-color:var(--accent);color:#fff;animation:dross-rec 1.2s infinite}
+@keyframes dross-rec{0%,100%{box-shadow:0 0 0 0 rgba(255,79,46,.5)}50%{box-shadow:0 0 0 8px rgba(255,79,46,0)}}
 .dross-send{width:64px;height:50px;border-radius:12px;border:1px solid var(--dross-dim);background:linear-gradient(180deg,var(--dross),var(--dross-dim));color:#fff;cursor:pointer;display:grid;place-items:center}
 .dross-collapse{display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;gap:8px;height:34px;cursor:pointer;color:var(--muted);
   font-family:var(--font-ui);font-size:11px;letter-spacing:.12em;text-transform:uppercase;background:#0b0810;border-top:1px solid var(--border)}
@@ -774,3 +776,26 @@ body.drawer-open #scrim { opacity: 1; pointer-events: auto; }
 .dross-avopt{display:flex;flex-direction:column;align-items:center;gap:6px;padding:10px 14px;border:1px solid var(--border);border-radius:12px;background:var(--panel);color:var(--muted);cursor:pointer;font-size:11px}
 .dross-avopt.on{border-color:var(--dross);color:var(--dross-glow);background:var(--dross-soft)}
 .dross-persona{width:100%;background:#0d0d13;border:1px solid var(--border);border-radius:8px;padding:10px;color:var(--text);font-family:var(--font-mono);font-size:12px;resize:vertical;margin:10px 0}
+.dross-clips{display:flex;flex-direction:column;gap:2px}
+.dross-clip{display:flex;align-items:center;gap:8px;font-size:12px;padding:4px 0;border-bottom:1px solid #ffffff08}
+.dross-clip-txt{flex:1;color:var(--text);overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap}
+.dross-clip audio{display:none}
+
+/* voice 2.14.1: amplitude meter. .metered kills the keyframe pulse — CSS animations
+   override normal declarations, so the old dross-rec box-shadow was masking the meter. */
+.dross-mic.rec.metered{animation:none;position:relative;
+  box-shadow:0 0 0 calc(2px + 22px * var(--voicelevel, 0)) rgba(255,79,46,calc(0.15 + 0.5 * var(--voicelevel, 0)));
+  transition:box-shadow 70ms linear}
+.dross-mic.rec.metered svg{transform:scale(calc(1 + 0.5 * var(--voicelevel, 0)));transition:transform 70ms linear}
+.dross-inwrap textarea{overflow-y:auto;max-height:120px;transition:height 120ms ease}
+.dross-inwrap textarea.flash{border-color:var(--dross-glow);box-shadow:0 0 0 2px var(--dross-soft)}
+
+/* dross improvements (2.14) */
+.imp-row{display:flex;align-items:center;gap:12px;padding:9px 0;border-bottom:1px solid var(--border)}
+.imp-row:last-child{border-bottom:0}
+.imp-status{font-family:var(--font-mono);font-size:11px;white-space:nowrap;min-width:96px}
+.imp-status.s-active{color:var(--ok)}.imp-status.s-pending{color:var(--warn)}.imp-status.s-rolled_back{color:var(--muted)}.imp-status.s-rejected{color:var(--bad)}
+.imp-main{flex:1;min-width:0}
+.imp-actions{display:flex;gap:6px}
+button.sm{padding:4px 10px;font-size:12px}
+button.danger{border-color:var(--bad);color:var(--bad)}

public/views/settings.js

@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ async function renderAgents(c) {
 
 function drossBody() {
   const out = el('span', { class: 'muted', style: { marginLeft: '8px' } });
-  let cur = { avatar: 'soft-eye', accent: '#a86adf', persona: '', voiceMode: 'review' };
+  let cur = { avatar: 'soft-eye', accent: '#a86adf', persona: '', voiceMode: 'review', keepClips: false };
   const avatarRow = el('div', { class: 'dross-pick' });
   const accent = el('input', { type: 'color', value: cur.accent });
   const persona = el('textarea', { class: 'dross-persona', rows: 6, placeholder: "Dross's system prompt…" });
@@ -159,6 +159,8 @@ function drossBody() {
     el('option', { value: 'review' }, 'Voice: review then send'),
     el('option', { value: 'handsfree' }, 'Voice: hands-free (Phase 2)'),
     el('option', { value: 'action' }, 'Voice: interpret to action (later)'));
+  const keep = el('input', { type: 'checkbox' });
+  const clipsWrap = el('div', { class: 'dross-clips' });
 
   function paintAvatars() {
     mount(avatarRow, ['soft-eye', 'wisp', 'motes'].map(v => {
@@ -169,22 +171,55 @@ function drossBody() {
       return card;
     }));
   }
+
+  async function loadClips() {
+    if (!keep.checked) { mount(clipsWrap); return; }
+    let rows = [];
+    try { rows = await api.get('/api/voice/clips'); } catch { mount(clipsWrap, el('span', { class: 'muted' }, 'Clips unavailable')); return; }
+    mount(clipsWrap, el('div', { class: 'st-lbl', style: { margin: '10px 0 4px' } }, `Saved clips (${rows.length})`),
+      ...rows.map(c => {
+        const audio = el('audio');
+        const play = el('button', { class: 'ghost' }, '▶');
+        play.onclick = async () => {
+          try {
+            const res = await fetch('/api/voice/clips/' + c.id + '/audio',
+              { headers: { Authorization: 'Bearer ' + (localStorage.getItem('void_token') || '') } });
+            audio.src = URL.createObjectURL(await res.blob()); audio.play();
+          } catch { /* */ }
+        };
+        const del = el('button', { class: 'ghost dv-ignore' }, '✕');
+        del.onclick = async () => { try { await api.del('/api/voice/clips/' + c.id); loadClips(); } catch { /* */ } };
+        return el('div', { class: 'dross-clip' }, play, audio,
+          el('span', { class: 'dross-clip-txt' }, c.transcript || '(no transcript)'),
+          el('span', { class: 'muted', style: { fontSize: '10px' } },
+            new Date(c.created_at).toLocaleString('en-AU', { month: 'short', day: 'numeric', hour: '2-digit', minute: '2-digit' })),
+          del);
+      }));
+  }
+
   (async () => {
     try { cur = { ...cur, ...(await api.get('/api/dross/settings')) }; } catch {}
-    accent.value = cur.accent; persona.value = cur.persona; mode.value = cur.voiceMode; paintAvatars();
+    accent.value = cur.accent; persona.value = cur.persona; mode.value = cur.voiceMode;
+    keep.checked = !!cur.keepClips; paintAvatars(); loadClips();
   })();
   accent.addEventListener('input', () => { cur.accent = accent.value; paintAvatars(); });
+  keep.addEventListener('change', loadClips);
 
   const save = el('button', { class: 'primary' }, 'Save');
   save.onclick = async () => {
     try {
-      await api.put('/api/dross/settings', { avatar: cur.avatar, accent: accent.value, persona: persona.value, voiceMode: mode.value });
+      await api.put('/api/dross/settings', {
+        avatar: cur.avatar, accent: accent.value, persona: persona.value, voiceMode: mode.value, keepClips: keep.checked
+      });
       window.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('dross-settings-changed'));
       out.textContent = 'Saved.';
     } catch { out.textContent = 'Save failed'; }
   };
   return el('div', { class: 'settings-body' }, avatarRow, el('label', { class: 'st-lbl' }, 'Accent', accent),
-    persona, el('div', { class: 'theme-actions' }, mode, save, out));
+    persona,
+    el('label', { class: 'st-lbl' }, keep, ' Keep voice clips (saves audio + transcript, owner-only)'),
+    el('div', { class: 'theme-actions' }, mode, save, out),
+    clipsWrap);
 }
 
 export async function render(main) {
@@ -208,10 +243,40 @@ export async function render(main) {
   });
   iconSetsWrap.appendChild(isToggle);
 
+  // ---- Dross improvements: versioned CSS changes, approve / rollback / restore ----
+  const improvementsBody = el('div', {});
+  const STATUS_BADGE = { pending: '⏳ pending', active: '✅ active', rolled_back: '↩ rolled back', rejected: '✕ rejected' };
+  async function renderImprovements() {
+    let rows = [];
+    try { rows = await api.get('/api/improvements'); } catch { /* fresh DB */ }
+    const act = (id, verb) => async () => {
+      try { await api.post(`/api/improvements/${id}/${verb}`, {}); } catch { /* surfaced below */ }
+      renderImprovements();
+      // re-pull the live stylesheet so the change lands without a page reload
+      const link = document.getElementById('dross-improvements');
+      if (link) link.href = '/improvements.css?v=' + Date.now();
+    };
+    mount(improvementsBody,
+      rows.length === 0 ? el('div', { class: 'muted' }, 'Nothing yet. Ask Dross to improve something — each approved change lands here, individually reversible.') : null,
+      ...rows.map((r) => el('div', { class: 'imp-row' },
+        el('span', { class: 'imp-status s-' + r.status }, STATUS_BADGE[r.status] ?? r.status),
+        el('div', { class: 'imp-main' },
+          el('div', {}, r.summary),
+          el('small', { class: 'muted' }, `${new Date(r.created_at).toLocaleString()} · ${r.css_len} chars of css`)),
+        el('span', { class: 'imp-actions' },
+          r.status === 'pending' ? el('button', { class: 'primary sm', onclick: act(r.id, 'approve') }, 'Approve') : null,
+          r.status === 'pending' ? el('button', { class: 'ghost sm', onclick: act(r.id, 'reject') }, 'Reject') : null,
+          r.status === 'active' ? el('button', { class: 'ghost sm danger', onclick: act(r.id, 'rollback') }, 'Roll back') : null,
+          r.status === 'rolled_back' ? el('button', { class: 'ghost sm', onclick: act(r.id, 'restore') }, 'Restore') : null)))
+    );
+  }
+  renderImprovements();
+
   mount(main,
     el('h1', { class: 'view-h1' }, '◆ Settings'),
     section('Theming', 'Recolour the interface. Pick a colour to preview it live, choose a preset, then Save to persist. Reset returns to the default Blackflame palette.', themingBody()),
     section('Dross', "Your companion's look and voice. Avatar, accent colour, his personality (system prompt), and how voice clips behave.", drossBody()),
+    section('Dross improvements', 'Changes Dross has made to the Void itself — each one versioned, owner-approved, and instantly reversible.', improvementsBody),
     section('API Tokens', 'Bearer tokens for agents (e.g. the MCP external-research agent). The secret is shown once at creation.', tokensBody),
     section('Agents', 'Seeded Cradle agents and what each is allowed to do.', agentsBody),
     section('Icon Sets', 'Upload or delete custom icon packs for device and service icons.', iconSetsWrap),

public/views/terminal.js

@@ -1,21 +1,61 @@
-// #/terminal — embeds the CT 300 web terminal (ttyd → persistent tmux/claude),
-// same-origin under /terminal so it shares the Void's CF Access session.
+// #/terminal — "Eithan": the CT 300 web terminal (ttyd → persistent tmux/claude),
+// same-origin under /terminal so it shares the Void's CF Access session AND lets
+// us reach the xterm instance for mobile copy/paste.
 import { el, mount } from '../dom.js';
 
+const FS_KEY = 'void_term_fontsize';
+
 export async function render(main) {
+  // bigger default on touch screens; user-adjustable, remembered
+  let fontSize = Number(localStorage.getItem(FS_KEY))
+    || (matchMedia('(pointer: coarse)').matches ? 17 : 14);
+
+  const frame = el('iframe', {
+    id: 'term-frame',
+    class: 'term-frame',
+    allow: 'clipboard-read; clipboard-write'
+  });
+  const setSrc = () => { frame.src = `/terminal/?fontSize=${fontSize}`; };
+  setSrc();
+
+  // ttyd exposes its xterm as window.term; the same-origin proxy makes it reachable.
+  const term = () => { try { return frame.contentWindow?.term ?? null; } catch { return null; } };
+  const note = el('span', { class: 'muted', style: { fontSize: '11px' } },
+    'eithan @ ct300 · persistent tmux · swipe to scroll');
+  const flash = (msg) => { const old = note.textContent; note.textContent = msg;
+    setTimeout(() => { note.textContent = old; }, 1600); };
+
+  const bump = (d) => {
+    fontSize = Math.max(10, Math.min(24, fontSize + d));
+    localStorage.setItem(FS_KEY, String(fontSize));
+    setSrc(); // reload reattaches tmux; the session itself persists
+  };
+
   mount(main,
     el('div', { class: 'term-bar' },
-      el('span', { class: 'term-title' }, '◆ Terminal'),
-      el('span', { class: 'muted', style: { fontSize: '11px' } }, 'claude @ ct300 · persistent tmux'),
-      el('button', { class: 'ghost', style: { marginLeft: 'auto' }, onclick: () => {
-        const f = document.getElementById('term-frame'); if (f) f.src = f.src;
-      } }, '⟳ Reconnect')
+      el('span', { class: 'term-title' }, '◆ Eithan'),
+      note,
+      el('span', { style: { marginLeft: 'auto', display: 'flex', gap: '6px' } },
+        el('button', { class: 'ghost', title: 'smaller text', onclick: () => bump(-2) }, 'A−'),
+        el('button', { class: 'ghost', title: 'larger text', onclick: () => bump(+2) }, 'A+'),
+        el('button', { class: 'ghost', title: 'copy terminal selection', onclick: async () => {
+          const sel = term()?.getSelection?.();
+          if (!sel) return flash('select text first (touch: long-press, then drag)');
+          try { await navigator.clipboard.writeText(sel); flash('copied ✓'); }
+          catch { flash('clipboard needs the https domain'); }
+        } }, '⧉ Copy'),
+        el('button', { class: 'ghost', title: 'paste clipboard into terminal', onclick: async () => {
+          const t = term();
+          if (!t) return flash('terminal not ready');
+          try { t.paste(await navigator.clipboard.readText()); }
+          catch { flash('clipboard needs the https domain'); }
+        } }, '⇩ Paste'),
+        el('button', { class: 'ghost', title: 'jump to live output', onclick: () => {
+          term()?.scrollToBottom?.(); frame.contentWindow?.focus();
+        } }, '↓ Live'),
+        el('button', { class: 'ghost', title: 'reconnect', onclick: setSrc }, '⟳')
+      )
     ),
-    el('iframe', {
-      id: 'term-frame',
-      src: '/terminal/',
-      class: 'term-frame',
-      allow: 'clipboard-read; clipboard-write'
-    })
+    frame
   );
 }

tests/ai/agent/tools/index.test.js

@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
 import { companionRegistry } from '../../../../lib/ai/agent/tools/index.js';
 
 describe('companion registry', () => {
-  it('registers exactly the four v1 tools', () => {
+  it('registers exactly the five companion tools', () => {
     expect(companionRegistry.listTools().map(t => t.name).sort())
-      .toEqual(['context', 'propose_change', 'read', 'search']);
+      .toEqual(['context', 'propose_change', 'propose_improvement', 'read', 'search']);
   });
   it('exposes them in Anthropic shape', () => {
     const tools = companionRegistry.toAnthropicTools();

tests/api/improvements.test.js

@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+import { describe, it, expect, beforeAll } from 'vitest';
+import request from 'supertest';
+import { resetDb } from '../helpers/db.js';
+import { migrateUp } from '../../lib/db/migrate.js';
+import { createApp } from '../../server.js';
+import { proposeImprovementTool } from '../../lib/ai/agent/tools/propose_improvement.js';
+
+let app;
+beforeAll(async () => {
+  await resetDb(); await migrateUp();
+  process.env.OWNER_TOKEN = 'test-token';
+  app = createApp();
+});
+const auth = (r) => r.set('Authorization', 'Bearer test-token');
+const ctx = { agent: { slug: 'dross' } };
+
+describe('dross improvements (2.14)', () => {
+  let id;
+
+  it('tool drafts a pending improvement, never applies', async () => {
+    const out = await proposeImprovementTool.handler(
+      { summary: 'Soften card borders', css: '.card { border-radius: 10px; }' }, ctx);
+    expect(out.ok).toBe(true);
+    expect(out.note).toMatch(/NOT live/);
+    id = out.id;
+    const css = await request(app).get('/improvements.css');
+    expect(css.text).not.toContain('border-radius: 10px'); // pending ≠ live
+  });
+
+  it('tool rejects exfil css', async () => {
+    expect((await proposeImprovementTool.handler(
+      { summary: 'evil', css: '.x { background: url(http://evil.tld/p.png); }' }, ctx)).error)
+      .toMatch(/url\(\)/);
+    expect((await proposeImprovementTool.handler(
+      { summary: 'evil', css: '@import "http://evil.tld/x.css";' }, ctx)).error).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  it('owner approves → live in the public stylesheet', async () => {
+    const res = await auth(request(app).post(`/api/improvements/${id}/approve`));
+    expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+    expect(res.body.status).toBe('active');
+    const css = await request(app).get('/improvements.css'); // unauthenticated by design
+    expect(css.headers['content-type']).toContain('text/css');
+    expect(css.text).toContain('border-radius: 10px');
+    expect(css.text).toContain('dross: Soften card borders');
+  });
+
+  it('rollback removes it instantly; restore brings it back', async () => {
+    await auth(request(app).post(`/api/improvements/${id}/rollback`));
+    expect((await request(app).get('/improvements.css')).text).not.toContain('border-radius');
+    await auth(request(app).post(`/api/improvements/${id}/restore`));
+    expect((await request(app).get('/improvements.css')).text).toContain('border-radius');
+  });
+
+  it('transitions are guarded (no approve on active, no anonymous verbs)', async () => {
+    expect((await auth(request(app).post(`/api/improvements/${id}/approve`))).status).toBe(409);
+    expect((await request(app).post(`/api/improvements/${id}/rollback`)).status).toBe(401);
+  });
+});

tests/mcp/companion_tools.test.js

@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ const suggestAgent = (id) => ({
 });
 
 describe('listMcpTools()', () => {
-  it('returns exactly the four companion tools sorted by name', () => {
+  it('returns exactly the five companion tools sorted by name', () => {
     const tools = listMcpTools();
-    expect(tools.map(t => t.name).sort()).toEqual(['context', 'propose_change', 'read', 'search']);
+    expect(tools.map(t => t.name).sort()).toEqual(['context', 'propose_change', 'propose_improvement', 'read', 'search']);
   });
 
   it('each tool has name, description, and input_schema', () => {

tests/mcp/registry_select.test.js

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { listMcpTools, callMcpTool } from '../../lib/mcp/companion-stdio.js';
 describe('MCP registry selection', () => {
   it('defaults to the companion registry when VOID_TOOL_REGISTRY is unset', () => {
     const names = listMcpTools({}).map(t => t.name).sort();
-    expect(names).toEqual(['context', 'propose_change', 'read', 'search']);
+    expect(names).toEqual(['context', 'propose_change', 'propose_improvement', 'read', 'search']);
   });
 
   it('selects the security registry when VOID_TOOL_REGISTRY=security', () => {

tests/repos/voice_clips.test.js

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import { describe, it, expect, beforeEach } from 'vitest';
+import { resetDb } from '../helpers/db.js';
+import { migrateUp } from '../../lib/db/migrate.js';
+import * as clips from '../../lib/db/repos/voice_clips.js';
+
+beforeEach(async () => { await resetDb(); await migrateUp(); });
+
+describe('voice_clips repo', () => {
+  it('creates, lists newest-first, and removes (returning path)', async () => {
+    const a = await clips.create({ transcript: 'first', bytes: 10, mime: 'audio/webm', path: '/x/a.webm' });
+    const b = await clips.create({ transcript: 'second', bytes: 20, mime: 'audio/webm', path: '/x/b.webm' });
+    const list = await clips.list();
+    expect(list.length).toBe(2);
+    expect(list[0].transcript).toBe('second'); // newest first
+    const removed = await clips.remove(a.id);
+    expect(removed.path).toBe('/x/a.webm');
+    expect((await clips.list()).length).toBe(1);
+  });
+});

tests/routes/voice.test.js

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import { describe, it, expect, beforeAll } from 'vitest';
+import request from 'supertest';
+import { createApp } from '../../server.js';
+import { resetDb } from '../helpers/db.js';
+import { migrateUp } from '../../lib/db/migrate.js';
+
+let app;
+const owner = { Authorization: 'Bearer test-token' };
+beforeAll(async () => {
+  await resetDb(); await migrateUp();
+  process.env.OWNER_TOKEN = 'test-token';
+  app = createApp();
+});
+
+describe('voice transcribe route', () => {
+  it('401 without a token', async () => {
+    const res = await request(app).post('/api/voice/transcribe');
+    expect(res.status).toBe(401);
+  });
+  it('400 when no audio supplied', async () => {
+    const res = await request(app).post('/api/voice/transcribe').set(owner);
+    expect(res.status).toBe(400);
+  });
+});