feat: proactive thoughts — auto-ping salient ones + daily digest

She was passive (thoughts piled up 'open'; Brian had to mine the feed). Now she
brings them to him:

- Live: a thought >= PING_AUTO_SALIENCE (0.8) auto-pings — _compose_reachout writes
  a short personal text in her voice (not a thought-dump), on a cooldown
  (PING_COOLDOWN_MIN=60, AUTO only; explicit reach-outs bypass), quiet hours respected.
- Daily: maybe_daily_digest() texts a once-per-local-day summary of what she's been
  turning over (after DIGEST_HOUR=18), run from the dream cycle.
- maybe_ping gains bypass_cooldown (her deliberate reach-outs always go through).

8 new/updated tests (auto-ping above/below bar, digest once-per-day, floor/cooldown
isolation). Suite 80 green, ruff clean.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

.env.example

@@ -45,3 +45,6 @@ FEED_REACT_PROB=0.5      # chance a new thought reacts to a feed item
 # Defaults to SUMMARY_BACKEND. Set to run her reflections/thoughts on a steerable model.
 INTROSPECTION_BACKEND=
 INTROSPECTION_MODEL=
+PING_AUTO_SALIENCE=0.8   # a thought this salient auto-pings even without an explicit reach-out
+PING_COOLDOWN_MIN=60     # min minutes between AUTO pings (explicit reach-outs bypass)
+DIGEST_HOUR=18           # local hour to send her daily "what I've been thinking" digest

lyra/config.py

@@ -32,9 +32,11 @@ class Config:
     ntfy_topic: str        # topic to publish to, e.g. "lyra"
     web_url: str           # base url of the Lyra web app, for push tap-through links
     timezone: str          # IANA tz for quiet hours / local time
-    ping_salience: float   # min thought salience to push (eager = ~0.7)
-    ping_cooldown_min: int  # min minutes between pushes (eager = 0)
+    ping_salience: float   # hard floor for any push (0 = her decision drives it)
+    ping_auto_salience: float  # a thought this salient auto-pings even without an explicit reach-out
+    ping_cooldown_min: int  # min minutes between AUTO pushes (explicit reach-outs bypass it)
     ping_quiet_hours: str  # local "start-end" 24h window to stay silent, e.g. "1-9"
+    digest_hour: int       # local hour (0-23) to send her daily "what I've been thinking" digest
     # External input feed (her #1: react to the world). Comma-separated RSS/Atom URLs.
     feeds: tuple[str, ...]
     feed_react_prob: float  # chance a would-be new thread reacts to a feed item instead
@@ -73,8 +75,10 @@ def load() -> Config:
         web_url=os.getenv("LYRA_WEB_URL", "").rstrip("/"),
         timezone=os.getenv("LYRA_TIMEZONE", "America/New_York"),
         ping_salience=float(os.getenv("PING_SALIENCE", "0.0")),  # her decision drives pinging; optional floor
-        ping_cooldown_min=int(os.getenv("PING_COOLDOWN_MIN", "0")),
+        ping_auto_salience=float(os.getenv("PING_AUTO_SALIENCE", "0.8")),
+        ping_cooldown_min=int(os.getenv("PING_COOLDOWN_MIN", "60")),
         ping_quiet_hours=os.getenv("PING_QUIET_HOURS", "1-9"),
+        digest_hour=int(os.getenv("DIGEST_HOUR", "18")),
         feeds=_csv("LYRA_FEEDS", "https://hnrss.org/frontpage,https://www.pokernews.com/rss.php"),
         feed_react_prob=float(os.getenv("FEED_REACT_PROB", "0.5")),
     )

lyra/dream.py

@@ -87,6 +87,11 @@ def dream_cycle(backend: Backend | None = None, force: bool = False) -> dict:
         feeds.refresh()
     except Exception as exc:
         logbus.log("error", "feed refresh failed", error=str(exc)[:160])
+    # Her daily "what I've been turning over" digest (sends at most once/local-day).
+    try:
+        thoughts.maybe_daily_digest()
+    except Exception as exc:
+        logbus.log("error", "daily digest failed", error=str(exc)[:160])
 
     actions: list[str] = []
 

lyra/thoughts.py

@@ -371,7 +371,8 @@ def _in_quiet_hours(cfg) -> bool:
     return start <= hour < end if start < end else (hour >= start or hour < end)
 
 
-def maybe_ping(thread_id: int, message: str, salience: float) -> bool:
+def maybe_ping(thread_id: int, message: str, salience: float,
+               bypass_cooldown: bool = False) -> bool:
     """Text Brian her own message (`message`) when she's chosen to reach out and
     we're allowed (ntfy configured, outside quiet hours, past cooldown, and above
     the optional PING_SALIENCE floor — 0 by default, so her decision drives it,
@@ -383,7 +384,7 @@ def maybe_ping(thread_id: int, message: str, salience: float) -> bool:
     cfg = config.load()
     if not message or not cfg.ntfy_url or salience < cfg.ping_salience or _in_quiet_hours(cfg):
         return False
-    if cfg.ping_cooldown_min > 0:
+    if not bypass_cooldown and cfg.ping_cooldown_min > 0:
         gap = clock.gap_seconds(_meta_get("last_ping_at"))
         if gap is not None and gap < cfg.ping_cooldown_min * 60:
             return False
@@ -400,6 +401,62 @@ def maybe_ping(thread_id: int, message: str, salience: float) -> bool:
     return ok
 
 
+_REACHOUT_PROMPT = """Turn this private thought of yours into a short, warm text message \
+TO Brian — first person, the way you'd text a friend ("Hey, I've been thinking about…"), \
+1-2 sentences, inviting him to take a look if he wants. Reply with ONLY the message text — \
+no quotes, no preamble, not the thought restated verbatim."""
+
+
+def _compose_reachout(title: str, content: str, backend, model) -> str:
+    """Auto-write her a short personal text about a genuinely salient thought she didn't
+    explicitly flag — so the good ones reach Brian, in her voice, not as a thought-dump."""
+    try:
+        out = llm.complete(
+            [{"role": "system", "content": _REACHOUT_PROMPT},
+             {"role": "user", "content": f'Thought "{title}": {content}'}],
+            backend=backend, model=model,
+        ).strip().strip('"').strip()
+    except Exception:
+        out = ""
+    if not out or len(out) < 8:
+        out = f'Been turning something over — "{title}". Come see it if you want.'
+    return out[:300]
+
+
+def maybe_daily_digest() -> bool:
+    """Once a day (after digest_hour, local), text Brian a short summary of what she's
+    been turning over — so he gets a low-pressure 'here's my day' even if nothing
+    crossed the live-ping bar. Sends at most once per local day."""
+    cfg = config.load()
+    if not cfg.ntfy_url:
+        return False
+    try:
+        from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
+        now_local = clock.now().astimezone(ZoneInfo(cfg.timezone))
+    except Exception:
+        now_local = clock.now()
+    if now_local.hour < cfg.digest_hour or _in_quiet_hours(cfg):
+        return False
+    today = now_local.date().isoformat()
+    if _meta_get("last_digest_date") == today:
+        return False
+    active = [t for t in list_threads(limit=40) if t["status"] in _ACTIVE]
+    active.sort(key=lambda t: t["updated_at"], reverse=True)
+    active = active[:4]
+    if not active:
+        return False
+    titles = "; ".join(f'"{t["title"]}"' for t in active)
+    msg = (f"A few things I've been turning over today: {titles}. "
+           "I'm in my thoughts if you want to dig in.")
+    ok = notify.push(title="Lyra · today's thoughts", message=msg,
+                     click=(cfg.web_url + "/thoughts") if cfg.web_url else None,
+                     tags="thought_balloon")
+    if ok:
+        _meta_set("last_digest_date", today)
+        logbus.log("info", "daily digest sent", threads=len(active))
+    return ok
+
+
 # --- generation (the loop itself) -----------------------------------------
 
 _THINK_PROMPT = """You are Lyra, thinking to yourself between conversations — \
@@ -584,18 +641,27 @@ def think(backend: Backend | None = None, force_mode: str | None = None,
     # Permanent record — these are really hers, alongside reflections/journal.
     memory.add_journal_entry("thought", content, source)
 
-    # Reach out only if she *decided* to tell Brian — a real personal message, not
-    # the placeholder echoed back or her thought pasted in. (Config/quiet-gated.)
+    # Reach out two ways: (1) she *decided* to tell Brian (an explicit reach_out — a
+    # real message, not the placeholder echo or her thought pasted in) — always sent;
+    # (2) the thought is genuinely salient (>= ping_auto_salience) — auto-compose a
+    # short personal note so the good ones reach him even when she didn't flag one.
     reach_out = (out.get("reach_out") or "").strip()
     if reach_out.lower() in ("null", "none", "reach_out", "") or len(reach_out) < 8 \
             or reach_out == content:
         reach_out = ""
-    pinged = bool(reach_out) and maybe_ping(thread_id, reach_out, salience)
+    if reach_out:
+        message, explicit = reach_out, True
+    elif salience >= cfg.ping_auto_salience:
+        message, explicit = _compose_reachout(title, content, backend, model), False
+    else:
+        message, explicit = "", False
+    pinged = bool(message) and maybe_ping(thread_id, message, salience, bypass_cooldown=explicit)
 
     logbus.log("info", "thought loop", mode=label, thread=thread_id, kind=kind,
                salience=salience, status=status if mode != "new" else "open", pinged=pinged,
                detail=f"[{label}] thread {thread_id} ({kind}, sal {salience}):\n{content}"
-               + (f"\n\nreached out: {reach_out}" if reach_out else ""))
+               + (f"\n\nreached out{' (auto)' if pinged and not explicit else ''}: {message}"
+                  if pinged else ""))
     return {"mode": label, "thread_id": thread_id, "kind": kind, "salience": salience,
             "status": status, "content": content, "reach_out": reach_out, "pinged": pinged}
 

tests/test_thoughts.py

@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ def test_no_ping_without_a_reach_out_message(lyra, monkeypatch):
     _, th, box = lyra
     monkeypatch.setenv("NTFY_URL", "http://ntfy.test")
     monkeypatch.setenv("PING_QUIET_HOURS", "0-0")
+    monkeypatch.setenv("PING_AUTO_SALIENCE", "1.1")   # disable auto-ping to isolate reach_out path
     sent = []
     monkeypatch.setattr(th.notify, "push", lambda **k: (sent.append(k), True)[1])
     # salient thought but she did NOT decide to tell him -> no ping (it's not a broadcast)
@@ -260,10 +261,55 @@ def test_no_ping_without_a_reach_out_message(lyra, monkeypatch):
     assert th.think(force_mode="new")["pinged"] is False and sent == []
 
 
+def test_auto_ping_on_salient_thought(lyra, monkeypatch):
+    _, th, box = lyra
+    monkeypatch.setenv("NTFY_URL", "http://ntfy.test")
+    monkeypatch.setenv("PING_QUIET_HOURS", "0-0")
+    monkeypatch.setenv("PING_AUTO_SALIENCE", "0.7")
+    monkeypatch.setenv("PING_COOLDOWN_MIN", "0")
+    sent = []
+    monkeypatch.setattr(th.notify, "push", lambda **k: (sent.append(k), True)[1])
+    monkeypatch.setattr(th, "_compose_reachout", lambda *a, **k: "Hey, been thinking about this.")
+    _gen(box, content="a genuinely salient thought", salience=0.9)   # no explicit reach_out
+    r = th.think(force_mode="new")
+    assert r["pinged"] is True and sent and "thinking about" in sent[0]["message"]
+
+
+def test_no_auto_ping_below_bar(lyra, monkeypatch):
+    _, th, box = lyra
+    monkeypatch.setenv("NTFY_URL", "http://ntfy.test")
+    monkeypatch.setenv("PING_QUIET_HOURS", "0-0")
+    monkeypatch.setenv("PING_AUTO_SALIENCE", "0.8")
+    sent = []
+    monkeypatch.setattr(th.notify, "push", lambda **k: (sent.append(k), True)[1])
+    _gen(box, content="a quieter musing", salience=0.5)              # below auto bar, no reach_out
+    assert th.think(force_mode="new")["pinged"] is False and sent == []
+
+
+def test_daily_digest_sends_once_per_day(lyra, monkeypatch):
+    _, th, box = lyra
+    monkeypatch.setenv("NTFY_URL", "http://ntfy.test")
+    monkeypatch.setenv("PING_QUIET_HOURS", "0-0")
+    monkeypatch.setenv("DIGEST_HOUR", "0")          # any time qualifies
+    monkeypatch.setenv("PING_AUTO_SALIENCE", "1.1")  # keep think() from pinging during setup
+    sent = []
+    monkeypatch.setattr(th.notify, "push", lambda **k: (sent.append(k), True)[1])
+    _gen(box, title="thread A", content="a", salience=0.5)
+    th.think(force_mode="new")
+    _gen(box, title="thread B", content="b", salience=0.5)
+    th.think(force_mode="new")
+    assert th.maybe_daily_digest() is True
+    assert sent and "thread" in sent[-1]["message"].lower()
+    sent.clear()
+    assert th.maybe_daily_digest() is False        # already sent today
+    assert sent == []
+
+
 def test_ping_salience_floor_is_optional(lyra, monkeypatch):
     _, th, _ = lyra
     monkeypatch.setenv("NTFY_URL", "http://ntfy.test")
     monkeypatch.setenv("PING_QUIET_HOURS", "0-0")
+    monkeypatch.setenv("PING_COOLDOWN_MIN", "0")   # isolate the salience floor from cooldown
     sent = []
     monkeypatch.setattr(th.notify, "push", lambda **k: (sent.append(k), True)[1])
     # default floor 0.0 -> her decision (a message) is enough, any salience pings