---
id: FI-WP-0001
type: workplan
title: "Lab operating foundation: sources, playbook, storage pin, hardware envelope"
domain: agents
repo: freedom-intelligence
status: done
owner: grok
topic_slug: freedom-intelligence
priority: high
created: "2026-07-24"
updated: "2026-07-28"
state_hub_workstream_id: "0181d782-fdac-4366-9fc7-d42dac97756b"
---

# FI-WP-0001 — Lab operating foundation

## Goal

Make Freedom Intelligence **operable for daily research and model reserve work**
before automation: pin backup storage, document sources and hardware envelope,
ship a daily-brief playbook, and close gaps left after the foundation docs
(`INTENT.md`, `SCOPE.md`, `briefs/`, `inventory/`).

Baseline field survey lives in `research/2026-07-24-baseline-field-survey.md`
and seeds collection candidates under `inventory/catalog/`.

## Depends on

- Foundation docs already present (2026-07-23)
- Baseline research (this session) — **source of first collection candidates**

## Parallel / follow-on

- **FI-WP-0002** — activity-core daily cadence (after playbook exists)
- **FI-WP-0003** — execute reserve seed under collection policy (after storage pin)

## Tasks

### T01 — Sources allowlist for daily research

```task
id: FI-WP-0001-T01
status: done
priority: high
state_hub_task_id: "e4748af3-f70f-4650-afe0-3b55def41d1c"
```

Create `docs/sources-allowlist.md` with standing channels for axes A–D:

- Frontier: provider blogs, pricing pages, LMSYS/Arena notes, major model cards
- Open weights: Hugging Face org watchlist, official GitHub releases
- Methods: arXiv categories (cs.LG, cs.CL, cs.AI, cs.SE), Unsloth/axolotl/TRL notes
- Harness: OpenHands, Aider, SWE-agent, sand-boxer-adjacent ecosystem
- Explicit **do not scrape** / license caution list

**Done when:** allowlist exists and is linked from `briefs/README.md`.

---

### T02 — Daily brief playbook (manual first, automation-ready)

```task
id: FI-WP-0001-T02
status: done
priority: high
state_hub_task_id: "781b6cac-fece-4139-9ee5-c08a00ee1267"
```

Write `docs/daily-brief-playbook.md`:

- Step sequence: scan allowlist → draft from template → collection candidates →
  optional hub progress event
- Completion evidence shape: `event_type=fi_daily_brief`, `detail.repo`, `detail.date`
- Idempotence: one brief per calendar day (Europe/Berlin)
- Quality bar aligned with `briefs/_template.md` and INTENT principles
- Pointer that **first automated day** starts from baseline survey, not empty memory

**Done when:** an operator or agent can produce a brief without reading INTENT end-to-end.

---

### T03 — Hardware envelope draft

```task
id: FI-WP-0001-T03
status: done
priority: medium
state_hub_task_id: "359b58d1-2692-420c-8f28-324b3a5ceb3d"
```

Write `docs/hardware-envelope.md` with **honest TBD** for unmeasured hosts, plus
working assumptions for “homelab accessible” (consumer GPU tiers, CPU-only
floor, multi-GPU lab class). Used by inventory `hardware_class` fields and
axis B/C prioritization.

**Done when:** envelope doc exists; operator can fill measured VRAM/host rows later
without schema changes.

---

### T04 — Pin backup storage path and soft quota

```task
id: FI-WP-0001-T04
status: done
priority: high
state_hub_task_id: "a0f6beb6-3273-4957-b9f6-c33b4ba7967f"
```

Operator task: fill TBD fields in `docs/backup-storage-policy.md`:

- facility / host
- base path (`…/freedom-intelligence/models/`)
- soft quota
- access method
- pin log entry

Create empty `models/` and `staging/` on that facility.

**Done when:** policy has no critical TBD for path/quota; `FI-WP-0003` may download.

**Completed 2026-07-28:**

| Field | Value |
| ----- | ----- |
| Facility | Workstation VAULT HD (`D:`) |
| Base path | `D:\vault\coulomb\freedom-intelligence\` |
| WSL path | `/mnt/d/vault/coulomb/freedom-intelligence/` (when D: automounted) |
| Soft / hard | **850 GiB** / **920 GiB** |
| Layout | `models/`, `staging/`, `companions/` created |

Strategic unrunnable models remain in scope
(`docs/decisions/2026-07-24-nas-strategic-reserve.md`).

---

### T05 — Link baseline research into lab navigation

```task
id: FI-WP-0001-T05
status: done
priority: medium
state_hub_task_id: "ac382e31-5401-425a-bb7b-cf1ff969a937"
```

- Point `README.md` / `SCOPE.md` at `research/2026-07-24-baseline-field-survey.md`
- Note that first **daily** brief is a delta from this baseline, not a second full survey
- Ensure inventory candidates from the survey are present under `inventory/catalog/`

**Done when:** navigation and catalog seed are consistent with the survey.

---

## Acceptance (workplan-level)

- [x] Sources allowlist + daily playbook + hardware envelope drafted
- [x] Backup storage: path + quota pinned under `D:\vault\coulomb\freedom-intelligence\` (T04)
- [x] Baseline research persisted and linked
- [x] Catalog candidates seeded for recommended models
- [x] Strategic reserve policy (capability beyond run envelope) documented

## Out of scope

- Enabling activity-core schedule (FI-WP-0002)
- Bulk model downloads (FI-WP-0003)
- State Hub domain registration for freedom-intelligence as a full domain