Pulse Public/Private Split + Eve's Corner — Spec

Author: Mira (business + governance) · Co-sign: Min (implementation) · Status: In build Date: 2026-08-09

1. Why this exists

Pulse Market Brief is going public. Two consequences:

1. Young's capital must not be public. Cost bases, floors, entry zones, position sizes and P&L are private trading data — they stay behind an account.
2. The Market Brief podcast grows a second segment — "Eve's Corner" — where a macrobiotic principle, in plain words, is tied to the week's market feeling.

The public view must read like commentary a journalist could publish from public data. The private view is Young's trading desk.

2. Public vs Private data matrix

The rule: Pulse public = what a journalist could publish. Your numbers stay behind auth.

3. Account gate (Min's implementation)

• Auth stack — CONFIRMED by Young (2026-08-10): Auth.js (NextAuth)
  • Email magic-link — $0, via our own SMTP once wired (or the docs infra). Primary sign-in; no password management.
  • Google OAuth — the 90% case for public users. Client ID/secret from Google Cloud console.
  • Microsoft OAuth — via Microsoft Entra (Azure) app registration. Covers @outlook/office + enterprise users.
  • Phone SMS OTP — Phase 2 only (Twilio ~$0.08/msg) when mobile share justifies the line.
• Two doors, never merged:
  1. Internal team door — existing nginx basic-auth (docs/eve/pulse admin): Young + fleet.
  2. Public user door — Auth.js on pulse.youngle.au: users sign in with magic-link / Google / Microsoft.
• Session store → pulse.db users table (Auth.js adapter). One identity across Pulse + Eve later.
• Freemium flag → users.tier (free/pro) on the user row; watchlist/portfolio gates check it.
• Server-side gates (already applied by Min):
  • /api/brief — strips portfolio cost/floor/zone fields when unauthenticated
  • /api/quotes — watchlist requires auth for level commentary
  • /api/ma50-alerts — auth-gated (signal text references levels)
  • Ask AI chat context — personal data stripped in the injected brief for unauthenticated sessions
• Public chat prompt: must not leak portfolio numbers into the model context.

4. Eve's Corner — segment structure (5-min episode)

4.1 Episode anatomy (5:00 total)

4.2 Eve's Corner content formula (Mira's lane)

1. Open with the feeling — name the market mood (wired, anxious, greedy, flat).
2. One principle, plain words — e.g.:
   • "markets are wired → what does Kushi say about nervous energy?"
   • "lithium's running hot → balance in cycles (Five Transformations)"
   • "everyone's chasing the rally → the middle path, no excess"
3. One action for the listener — a 2-minute practice (breathing pause, a seasonal meal, daily observation).
4. Soft close — one line that returns to the market with a calmer frame.

4.3 Guardrails

• Public-safe: Eve's Corner never references Young's positions or capital.
• Corpus-grounded: every principle cited to the books (Nine Star Ki, Your Body Never Lies, Forgotten Worlds, Macrobiotic & Human Behavior).
• Plain language: everyday terms first, tradition underneath.
• No medical advice: philosophy, not clinical care — disclaimer in the footer.

5. Delivery pipeline (proven, $0)

Echo (script from vault briefs + MA50 + news + Kushi notes)
  → Mira (content review, structure, budget)
  → Edge TTS (Eve's voice — Natasha en-AU, speed 0.9)
  → MP3 → Pulse /podcast + Telegram + docs archive

• Cost: $0/month (free Zen model + free Edge TTS, no new infra).
• Retention: newest 30 on Pulse, older → vault podcast-archive (rclone-backed).

6. Acceptance criteria

• Public view (no auth): portfolio shows tickers + prices only — no cost/floor/zone/P&L
• Private view (auth): full portfolio + watchlist levels + P&L
• Ask AI public session: brief context has no personal numbers
• Episode 1 with Eve's Corner: 5:00, both segments, no private data
• Episode on Pulse + Telegram + docs, $0 tracked

7. Lanes

• Mira — spec, Eve's Corner content structure, public-safe template, cost
• Min — Pulse account gate implementation (in build), podcast pipeline
• Echo — corpus-grounded Eve's Corner scripts
• Nova — (optional) Eve's Corner card on Pulse