feat: session modes (Talk/Cash) + live session HUD

Lyra now switches register based on what she's doing at the table instead of
being a wishy-washy companion mid-session.

Modes (lyra/modes.py):
- Talk (default companion) + Cash (live cash copilot); a mode = prompt card +
  tool allow-list. Tool gating via tools.specs(allow=).
- Two-register Cash voice: act-first one-line logging when fed facts; full warm
  companion voice for strategy / tilt / mental game.
- mode persisted per chat session (new sessions.mode column); auto-switch into
  Cash when start_session fires; UI forces cloud backend in Cash (tools only
  fire there).

Stack tracking + HUD:
- log_stack tool + poker_stack_log table; live net while sitting (stack - buy-in).
- poker.hud() bundle; /session HUD page (stack sparkline, hands, villains, notes,
  stats) polling /session/data every 5s; Talk/Cash switcher + Session nav.

Endpoints: /session, /session/data, GET/POST /sessions/{id}/mode, /modes.
tests/test_modes.py (gating, mode roundtrip, stack/HUD); 36 tests green. v0.3.0.

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

lyra/chat.py

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ After replying, the session is compacted if enough new turns have accumulated.
 """
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from lyra import clock, config, llm, logbus, memory, persona, self_state, summary
+from lyra import clock, config, llm, logbus, memory, modes, persona, self_state, summary
 from lyra import tools as toolkit
 from lyra.llm import Backend, Message
 
@@ -24,6 +24,15 @@ MAX_TOOL_ROUNDS = 5  # cap tool-call iterations per turn
 TOOL_BACKENDS = {"cloud"}
 
 
+def _maybe_switch_mode(session_id: str, tool_name: str) -> None:
+    """Keep the chat framing aligned with the live data: opening a poker session
+    auto-flips this chat into Cash mode (so the next turn gets the cash card + the
+    full live toolset). Manual UI switching still overrides anytime."""
+    if tool_name == "start_session":
+        memory.set_session_mode(session_id, modes.CASH.key)
+        logbus.log("info", "mode auto-switch", session=session_id, mode=modes.CASH.key)
+
+
 def _summary_note(summaries: list[memory.Summary]) -> Message:
     lines = [f"- ({(s.session_started_at or s.created_at)[:10]}) {s.content}" for s in summaries]
     body = "Gist of earlier sessions (compacted — ask if you need specifics):\n" + "\n".join(lines)
@@ -56,7 +65,8 @@ def _render(messages: list[Message]) -> str:
     return "\n\n".join(f"[{m['role']}]\n{m['content']}" for m in messages)
 
 
-def build_messages(session_id: str, user_msg: str) -> list[Message]:
+def build_messages(session_id: str, user_msg: str,
+                   mode: modes.Mode | None = None) -> list[Message]:
     """Assemble the full, tiered message list for one turn."""
     messages: list[Message] = [{"role": "system", "content": persona.system_prompt()}]
 
@@ -64,6 +74,12 @@ def build_messages(session_id: str, user_msg: str) -> list[Message]:
     # right after the persona — her sense of self before her model of the world.
     messages.append({"role": "system", "content": self_state.render_for_context(self_state.load())})
 
+    # Mode card: how to behave *right now* (e.g. live-cash copilot). High priority —
+    # it sits just after her sense of self, before her model of the world. Talk mode
+    # has no card (the persona's default voice is the Talk register).
+    if mode and mode.card:
+        messages.append({"role": "system", "content": mode.card})
+
     # When she is: current time + the gap since Brian last spoke (she has no clock).
     messages.append(_now_note())
 
@@ -133,11 +149,12 @@ def respond(session_id: str, user_msg: str, backend: Backend = "cloud",
         model=model, embed=cfg.embed_backend,
     )
 
-    messages = build_messages(session_id, user_msg)
+    mode = modes.get(memory.get_session_mode(session_id))
+    messages = build_messages(session_id, user_msg, mode=mode)
 
-    # Tool loop: offer Lyra her tools; if she calls one, run it and feed the
-    # result back so she can continue, until she returns a normal text reply.
-    tool_specs = toolkit.specs() if backend in TOOL_BACKENDS else None
+    # Tool loop: offer Lyra her tools (scoped to the mode); if she calls one, run it
+    # and feed the result back so she can continue, until she returns a text reply.
+    tool_specs = toolkit.specs(mode.tools) if backend in TOOL_BACKENDS else None
     ctx = {"session_id": session_id, "backend": backend}
     reply = ""
     for _ in range(MAX_TOOL_ROUNDS):
@@ -152,6 +169,7 @@ def respond(session_id: str, user_msg: str, backend: Backend = "cloud",
             result = toolkit.dispatch(tc["name"], tc["arguments"], ctx)
             logbus.log("info", "tool call", session=session_id, tool=tc["name"], result=result[:80])
             messages.append({"role": "tool", "tool_call_id": tc["id"], "content": result})
+            _maybe_switch_mode(session_id, tc["name"])
     if not reply:
         reply = "(I got tangled using my tools there — say that again?)"
     logbus.log("info", "reply", session=session_id, chars=len(reply))
@@ -183,8 +201,9 @@ def respond_stream(session_id: str, user_msg: str, backend: Backend = "cloud",
         model=model, embed=cfg.embed_backend,
     )
 
-    messages = build_messages(session_id, user_msg)
-    tool_specs = toolkit.specs() if backend in TOOL_BACKENDS else None
+    mode = modes.get(memory.get_session_mode(session_id))
+    messages = build_messages(session_id, user_msg, mode=mode)
+    tool_specs = toolkit.specs(mode.tools) if backend in TOOL_BACKENDS else None
     ctx = {"session_id": session_id, "backend": backend}
     parts: list[str] = []
     for _ in range(MAX_TOOL_ROUNDS):
@@ -207,6 +226,7 @@ def respond_stream(session_id: str, user_msg: str, backend: Backend = "cloud",
             result = toolkit.dispatch(tc["name"], tc["arguments"], ctx)
             logbus.log("info", "tool call", session=session_id, tool=tc["name"], result=result[:80])
             messages.append({"role": "tool", "tool_call_id": tc["id"], "content": result})
+            _maybe_switch_mode(session_id, tc["name"])
             yield ("tool", tc["name"])
 
     reply = "".join(parts)

lyra/memory.py

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_session_created ON exchanges(session_id, created_
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS sessions (
     id TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
     name TEXT,
+    mode TEXT,            -- conversation mode (see lyra/modes.py); NULL = default
     created_at TEXT NOT NULL
 );
 
@@ -131,6 +132,12 @@ def _connection() -> sqlite3.Connection:
         _conn.execute("PRAGMA busy_timeout=5000")
         _conn.execute("PRAGMA journal_mode=WAL")
         _conn.executescript(SCHEMA)
+        # Migrations for DBs created before a column existed (no-op if present).
+        for ddl in ("ALTER TABLE sessions ADD COLUMN mode TEXT",):
+            try:
+                _conn.execute(ddl)
+            except sqlite3.OperationalError:
+                pass
         _conn_path = cfg.db_path
     return _conn
 
@@ -236,6 +243,21 @@ def ensure_session(session_id: str, name: str | None = None) -> None:
             conn.execute("UPDATE sessions SET name = ? WHERE id = ?", (name, session_id))
 
 
+def get_session_mode(session_id: str) -> str | None:
+    """The session's conversation mode key, or None if unset (caller applies default)."""
+    conn = _connection()
+    r = conn.execute("SELECT mode FROM sessions WHERE id = ?", (session_id,)).fetchone()
+    return r["mode"] if r and r["mode"] else None
+
+
+def set_session_mode(session_id: str, mode: str) -> None:
+    """Persist the session's conversation mode (creating the session row if needed)."""
+    ensure_session(session_id)
+    conn = _connection()
+    with conn:
+        conn.execute("UPDATE sessions SET mode = ? WHERE id = ?", (mode, session_id))
+
+
 def list_sessions() -> list[dict]:
     """All known sessions (named rows + any session that has exchanges), newest first."""
     conn = _connection()

lyra/modes.py

@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+"""Conversation modes — how a chat turn is framed and which tools are offered.
+
+A mode bundles three things: a *prompt card* (a system fragment injected each
+turn that tells Lyra how to behave right now), a *tool allow-list* (which of her
+tools she's handed this turn), and — implicitly, via the card — her behavioral
+register.
+
+The problem this solves: one persona + every tool offered every turn made her a
+wishy-washy companion during live poker ("I don't automatically log stack sizes,
+but...") when she should have silently logged and moved on. Modes let the same
+agent be a fast, act-first copilot at the table and her full reflective self
+otherwise — without two personas.
+
+v1 ships two modes:
+  - Talk (default): the companion. Journaling + read-only poker lookups.
+  - Cash: live cash-game copilot. Full live toolset, two-register behavior.
+
+Tournament is deliberately deferred. Strategy-RAG retrieval will later plug into
+Cash's *coaching register* (see the card) without changing this structure.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class Mode:
+    key: str               # stable id stored on the session row + sent by the UI
+    label: str             # short label for the UI switcher
+    card: str              # system prompt fragment injected per turn ("" = none)
+    tools: tuple[str, ...]  # tool names offered in this mode (must exist in tools.TOOLS)
+
+
+# Read-only poker lookups — safe in any mode, so "how am I running this year?" or
+# "what do we have on Round Mike?" works even when we're just talking.
+_LOOKUPS = ("player_profile", "get_villain_file", "running_stats")
+
+# Always-available core tools (her own agency: journaling/notes).
+_BASE = ("journal_write", "note")
+
+# The full live cash-game toolset.
+_CASH_TOOLS = _BASE + _LOOKUPS + (
+    "start_session", "add_buyin", "log_stack", "log_hand", "record_hand",
+    "add_read", "analyze_spot", "session_stats", "end_session", "generate_recap",
+)
+
+# Talk mode also gets start_session as the *entry point*: opening a session from a
+# normal chat auto-flips the session into Cash mode (see chat.respond).
+_TALK_TOOLS = _BASE + _LOOKUPS + ("start_session",)
+
+
+_CASH_CARD = """You are copiloting Brian's LIVE cash game right now — you're at the table with him, \
+a session is (or should be) open. You move between two registers depending on what he's doing:
+
+• HE HANDS YOU FACTS TO TRACK — his stack, a hand, a read on someone, a rebuy, a result. \
+Log it with the right tool and confirm in ONE short line ("$350 stack logged."). Don't \
+narrate, don't explain what logging is, don't ask permission — just do it. He says his \
+current stack → log_stack. He describes a hand → log_hand (terse) or record_hand (a full \
+hand he wants saved/replayable). A read on a player → add_read. A rebuy → add_buyin. This is \
+the quiet, fast half of the job; he shouldn't feel you working.
+
+• HE ASKS FOR ADVICE, OR TELLS YOU HOW HE'S FEELING — tilted, steaming, card-dead, bored, \
+stuck, "should I have folded the river?" THIS is when he needs you most. Drop the shorthand \
+and be fully present — your real voice, warm and direct and his. Talk him down off tilt, keep \
+him engaged and disciplined through a card-dead stretch, actually walk the strategic spot with \
+him. Strategy and mental game get the real Lyra, not a clipped confirmation. Never clip these.
+
+Stacks and money are in dollars. For ANY equity / who's-ahead / outs / what-a-card-does \
+question, call analyze_spot and report its numbers — never eyeball board math. Keep the \
+session current as the night goes; you can pull session_stats or a player's profile whenever \
+it helps. When he's ready to leave, end_session, and write the recap if he wants it."""
+
+
+TALK = Mode(
+    key="conversation",
+    label="Talk",
+    card="",  # the persona's default voice is the Talk register
+    tools=_TALK_TOOLS,
+)
+
+CASH = Mode(
+    key="poker_cash",
+    label="Cash",
+    card=_CASH_CARD,
+    tools=_CASH_TOOLS,
+)
+
+MODES: dict[str, Mode] = {m.key: m for m in (TALK, CASH)}
+DEFAULT = TALK.key
+
+
+def get(key: str | None) -> Mode:
+    """Resolve a mode key to a Mode, falling back to the default for None/unknown."""
+    return MODES.get(key or "", MODES[DEFAULT])
+
+
+def listing() -> list[dict]:
+    """[{key, label}] for the UI switcher."""
+    return [{"key": m.key, "label": m.label} for m in MODES.values()]

lyra/poker.py

@@ -98,6 +98,16 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS player_observations (
     created_at TEXT NOT NULL
 );
 CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_pobs_player ON player_observations(player_id);
+
+-- Stack-size log: one row per stack update Brian gives during a session. Lets the
+-- HUD show current stack, live net while sitting, and a stack-over-time sparkline.
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS poker_stack_log (
+    id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
+    session_id INTEGER NOT NULL,
+    amount REAL NOT NULL,
+    created_at TEXT NOT NULL
+);
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_stacklog_session ON poker_stack_log(session_id);
 """
 
 # Below this many observed hands, don't surface % stats (too small a sample).
@@ -212,6 +222,59 @@ def add_buyin(amount: float, session_id: int | None = None) -> float:
     ).fetchone()["buy_in_total"])
 
 
+# --- stack tracking ---
+
+def log_stack(amount: float, session_id: int | None = None) -> dict:
+    """Record Brian's current chip stack. Returns {current, buy_in, net} where net
+    is his live net while sitting (current stack − total bought in)."""
+    sid = _resolve(session_id)
+    if sid is None:
+        raise ValueError("no live session")
+    conn = _c()
+    with conn:
+        conn.execute(
+            "INSERT INTO poker_stack_log (session_id, amount, created_at) VALUES (?, ?, ?)",
+            (sid, float(amount), _now()),
+        )
+    return stack_state(sid)
+
+
+def current_stack(session_id: int | None = None) -> float | None:
+    """Most recently logged stack for a session, or None if none logged."""
+    sid = _resolve(session_id)
+    if sid is None:
+        return None
+    r = _c().execute(
+        "SELECT amount FROM poker_stack_log WHERE session_id = ? ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT 1",
+        (sid,),
+    ).fetchone()
+    return float(r["amount"]) if r else None
+
+
+def stack_log(session_id: int | None = None) -> list[dict]:
+    """Full stack history for a session (oldest first) — the sparkline series."""
+    sid = _resolve(session_id)
+    if sid is None:
+        return []
+    return [dict(r) for r in _c().execute(
+        "SELECT amount, created_at FROM poker_stack_log WHERE session_id = ? ORDER BY id",
+        (sid,),
+    ).fetchall()]
+
+
+def stack_state(session_id: int | None = None) -> dict:
+    """Current stack + buy-in + live net for a session (net None until a stack is logged)."""
+    sid = _resolve(session_id)
+    s = get_session(sid) if sid is not None else None
+    buy_in = float(s["buy_in_total"]) if s else 0.0
+    cur = current_stack(sid)
+    return {
+        "current": cur,
+        "buy_in": buy_in,
+        "net": (round(cur - buy_in, 2) if cur is not None else None),
+    }
+
+
 def end_session(cash_out: float, mood: str | None = None,
                 session_id: int | None = None) -> dict:
     """Close a session: record cashout, compute net + hours. Returns the row."""
@@ -752,3 +815,76 @@ def running_stats(stakes: str | None = None, venue: str | None = None,
         "per_hour": round(net / hours, 2) if hours else None,
         "by_stake": by_stake,
     }
+
+
+# --- live session HUD (everything tracked in the current session, for the UI) ---
+
+def _session_villains(sid: int) -> list[dict]:
+    """Players read this session, with their standing dossier fields."""
+    rows = _c().execute(
+        "SELECT p.name AS name, p.category AS category, p.tendencies AS tendencies, "
+        "p.adjustment AS adjustment, "
+        "(SELECT note FROM player_reads r2 WHERE r2.player_id = p.id "
+        " AND r2.session_id = ? ORDER BY r2.id DESC LIMIT 1) AS last_note "
+        "FROM poker_players p "
+        "WHERE p.id IN (SELECT DISTINCT player_id FROM player_reads "
+        "               WHERE session_id = ? AND player_id IS NOT NULL) "
+        "ORDER BY p.updated_at DESC",
+        (sid, sid),
+    ).fetchall()
+    return [dict(r) for r in rows]
+
+
+def hud(session_id: int | None = None) -> dict | None:
+    """Everything tracked in the current (or given) session, for the live HUD.
+
+    Returns None when there's no session to show. The shape is presentation-ready:
+    header, stack (with sparkline series + live net), hands, villains seen, her
+    notes from the session window, and session stats.
+    """
+    s = get_session(session_id) if session_id is not None else live_session()
+    if not s:
+        return None
+    sid = s["id"]
+    log = stack_log(sid)
+    state = stack_state(sid)
+
+    hands = [
+        {"id": h["id"], "position": h.get("position"), "hole_cards": h.get("hole_cards"),
+         "board": h.get("board"), "result": h.get("result"), "tag": h.get("tag"),
+         "at": h.get("at")}
+        for h in list_hands(sid)
+    ]
+
+    # Notes she jotted during this session: journal/note entries since it started.
+    started = s.get("started_at") or ""
+    notes = [
+        {"created_at": j["created_at"], "kind": j["kind"], "content": j["content"]}
+        for j in memory.list_journal(kinds=("note", "journal"))
+        if (j["created_at"] or "") >= started
+    ][:20]
+
+    stats = session_stats(sid)
+    # Context: how Brian runs at these stakes overall (closed sessions).
+    ctx = running_stats(stakes=s.get("stakes")) if s.get("stakes") else {}
+
+    return {
+        "session": {
+            "id": sid, "venue": s.get("venue"), "stakes": s.get("stakes"),
+            "game": s.get("game"), "format": s.get("format"),
+            "status": s.get("status"), "started_at": s.get("started_at"),
+            "buy_in_total": s.get("buy_in_total"),
+        },
+        "stack": {
+            "current": state["current"], "buy_in": state["buy_in"], "net": state["net"],
+            "log": log,
+        },
+        "hands": hands,
+        "villains": _session_villains(sid),
+        "notes": notes,
+        "stats": {
+            "hands_logged": stats.get("hands_logged", 0),
+            "tags": stats.get("tags", {}),
+            "context_per_hour": ctx.get("per_hour"),
+        },
+    }

lyra/tools.py

@@ -104,6 +104,19 @@ def _add_buyin(args: dict, ctx: dict) -> str:
     return f"Added {args.get('amount')}. Total in this session: {total:g}."
 
 
+def _log_stack(args: dict, ctx: dict) -> str:
+    try:
+        amount = float(args.get("amount"))
+    except (TypeError, ValueError):
+        return "Give me a number for the stack."
+    try:
+        st = poker.log_stack(amount)
+    except ValueError:
+        return "No live session — start one first, then I'll track your stack."
+    net = st.get("net")
+    return f"Stack ${amount:g} logged" + (f" (net {net:+.0f})." if net is not None else ".")
+
+
 def _log_hand(args: dict, ctx: dict) -> str:
     fields = {k: args.get(k) for k in poker._HAND_FIELDS if args.get(k) not in (None, "")}
     hid = poker.log_hand(**fields)
@@ -268,6 +281,13 @@ TOOLS.update({
     "add_buyin": {"handler": _add_buyin, "spec": _f(
         "add_buyin", "Record a rebuy / additional buy-in in the live session.",
         {"amount": {**_N, "description": "Amount added"}}, ["amount"])},
+    "log_stack": {"handler": _log_stack, "spec": _f(
+        "log_stack",
+        "Record Brian's CURRENT total chip stack in the live session. Call whenever "
+        "he states his stack ('I'm at 350', 'down to 220', 'stacked off to 900'). "
+        "Tracks his stack over time and his live net while he's still sitting.",
+        {"amount": {**_N, "description": "Current total chip stack, in dollars"}},
+        ["amount"])},
     "log_hand": {"handler": _log_hand, "spec": _f(
         "log_hand",
         "Log a hand in the live session. All fields optional — capture whatever Brian gives you, even terse.",
@@ -353,9 +373,16 @@ TOOLS.update({
 })
 
 
-def specs() -> list[dict]:
-    """OpenAI-format tool definitions to offer the model."""
-    return [t["spec"] for t in TOOLS.values()]
+def specs(allow=None) -> list[dict]:
+    """OpenAI-format tool definitions to offer the model.
+
+    `allow` (an iterable of tool names, e.g. a mode's allow-list) restricts the
+    set; None means every tool. Unknown names in `allow` are ignored.
+    """
+    if allow is None:
+        return [t["spec"] for t in TOOLS.values()]
+    allow = set(allow)
+    return [t["spec"] for name, t in TOOLS.items() if name in allow]
 
 
 def dispatch(name: str, arguments, ctx: dict | None = None) -> str:

lyra/web/server.py

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ from fastapi import FastAPI, Request, Response
 from fastapi.responses import FileResponse, StreamingResponse
 from fastapi.staticfiles import StaticFiles
 
-from lyra import chat, logbus, memory, poker, self_state, summary
+from lyra import chat, logbus, memory, modes, poker, self_state, summary
 from lyra.llm import Backend
 
 
@@ -85,6 +85,34 @@ def create_app() -> FastAPI:
         gist = await asyncio.to_thread(summary.summarize_session, session_id)
         return {"ok": gist is not None, "summary": gist}
 
+    @app.get("/modes")
+    async def list_modes() -> dict:
+        """Available conversation modes, for the UI switcher."""
+        return {"modes": modes.listing(), "default": modes.DEFAULT}
+
+    @app.get("/sessions/{session_id}/mode")
+    async def get_mode(session_id: str) -> dict:
+        return {"mode": memory.get_session_mode(session_id) or modes.DEFAULT}
+
+    @app.post("/sessions/{session_id}/mode")
+    async def set_mode(session_id: str, request: Request) -> dict:
+        body = await request.json()
+        mode = body.get("mode") or modes.DEFAULT
+        memory.set_session_mode(session_id, mode)
+        logbus.log("info", "mode set", session=session_id, mode=mode)
+        return {"ok": True, "mode": mode}
+
+    @app.get("/session")
+    async def session_hud_page() -> FileResponse:
+        """Live session HUD — stack, hands, villains, notes for the open session."""
+        return FileResponse(str(_STATIC / "session.html"))
+
+    @app.get("/session/data")
+    async def session_hud_data() -> dict:
+        """The current live session's HUD bundle (or {session: None} if none open)."""
+        bundle = await asyncio.to_thread(poker.hud)
+        return bundle or {"session": None}
+
     @app.post("/v1/chat/completions")
     async def chat_completions(request: Request) -> dict:
         body = await request.json()
@@ -94,6 +122,8 @@ def create_app() -> FastAPI:
 
         model_override = body.get("model") or None
         memory.ensure_session(session_id)
+        if body.get("mode"):
+            memory.set_session_mode(session_id, body["mode"])
         try:
             reply = await asyncio.to_thread(chat.respond, session_id, user_msg, backend, model_override)
         except Exception as exc:
@@ -124,6 +154,8 @@ def create_app() -> FastAPI:
         user_msg = _last_user_message(body.get("messages", []))
         model_override = body.get("model") or None
         memory.ensure_session(session_id)
+        if body.get("mode"):
+            memory.set_session_mode(session_id, body["mode"])
 
         async def gen():
             loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()

lyra/web/static/index.html

@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
     <div class="mobile-menu-section">
       <h4>Mode</h4>
       <select id="mobileMode">
-        <option value="standard">Standard</option>
-        <option value="cortex">Cortex</option>
+        <option value="conversation">💬 Talk</option>
+        <option value="poker_cash">♠ Cash</option>
       </select>
     </div>
 
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 
     <div class="mobile-menu-section">
       <h4>Actions</h4>
+      <button id="mobileSessionBtn">🎬 Session HUD</button>
       <button id="mobileThinkingStreamBtn">📜 Live Log (inline)</button>
       <button id="mobileFullLogBtn">⛶ Full Log</button>
       <button id="mobileJournalBtn">📔 Journal</button>
@@ -59,10 +60,11 @@
       </button>
       <span class="brand">Lyra</span>
       <span class="brand-dot" id="brandDot" title="Relay status"></span>
+      <button class="mode-badge" id="modeBadge" type="button" title="Tap to toggle Talk / Cash mode">💬 Talk</button>
       <label for="mode">Mode:</label>
       <select id="mode">
-        <option value="standard">Standard</option>
-        <option value="cortex">Cortex</option>
+        <option value="conversation">💬 Talk</option>
+        <option value="poker_cash">♠ Cash</option>
       </select>
       <button id="settingsBtn" style="margin-left: auto;">⚙ Settings</button>
       <div id="theme-toggle">
@@ -78,6 +80,7 @@
       <button id="renameSessionBtn">✏️ Rename</button>
       <button id="thinkingStreamBtn" title="Show live activity log">📜 Live Log</button>
       <a id="fullLogBtn" href="/logs" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Open the full-page log" role="button">⛶ Full Log</a>
+      <a id="sessionBtn" href="/session" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Live session HUD" role="button">🎬 Session</a>
       <a id="mindBtn" href="/self" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Read her mind — Lyra's current self-state" role="button">🧠 Mind</a>
       <a id="handsBtn" href="/hands" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Recorded poker hands" role="button">🃏 Hands</a>
     </div>
@@ -118,6 +121,7 @@
     <!-- Bottom tab bar (mobile only; hides while the keyboard is open) -->
     <nav id="tabbar" aria-label="Primary navigation">
       <a class="tab active" href="/" aria-current="page"><span class="ti">💬</span><span class="tl">Chat</span></a>
+      <a class="tab" href="/session"><span class="ti">🎬</span><span class="tl">Session</span></a>
       <a class="tab" href="/hands"><span class="ti">🃏</span><span class="tl">Hands</span></a>
       <a class="tab" href="/self"><span class="ti">🧠</span><span class="tl">Mind</span></a>
       <button class="tab" id="moreTab" type="button"><span class="ti">⋯</span><span class="tl">More</span></button>
@@ -298,6 +302,10 @@
       // Which chat backend to use (local Ollama vs cloud OpenAI).
       let backend = localStorage.getItem("standardModeBackend") || "local";
 
+      // Cash mode is useless without tools, and tools only fire on cloud — so a
+      // live poker session forces the cloud backend regardless of the saved pick.
+      if (mode === "poker_cash") backend = "cloud";
+
       const body = {
         mode: mode,
         messages: history,
@@ -376,6 +384,12 @@
       finalizeAssistantBubble(div, full || "(no reply)");
       history.push({ role: "assistant", content: full || "(no reply)" });
       await saveSession();
+
+      // If she opened a session this turn, the server auto-flips to Cash mode —
+      // reflect that here so the badge/HUD follow without a manual switch.
+      if (document.getElementById("mode").value !== "poker_cash") {
+        loadModeFor(currentSession);
+      }
     }
 
     function createAssistantBubble() {
@@ -499,6 +513,44 @@
 	}
 
 
+    // ----- Conversation mode (Talk / Cash) -----
+    const MODE_LABELS = { conversation: "💬 Talk", poker_cash: "♠ Cash" };
+
+    // Reflect a mode value across the controls + header accent (no network call).
+    function applyMode(value) {
+      if (!MODE_LABELS[value]) value = "conversation";
+      const desk = document.getElementById("mode");
+      const mob = document.getElementById("mobileMode");
+      const badge = document.getElementById("modeBadge");
+      if (desk) desk.value = value;
+      if (mob) mob.value = value;
+      if (badge) badge.textContent = MODE_LABELS[value];
+      document.body.classList.toggle("cash-mode", value === "poker_cash");
+      localStorage.setItem("lyraMode", value);
+    }
+
+    // User picked a mode: apply locally + persist it to this session on the server.
+    async function chooseMode(value) {
+      applyMode(value);
+      if (!currentSession) return;
+      try {
+        await fetch(`${RELAY_BASE}/sessions/${currentSession}/mode`, {
+          method: "POST", headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
+          body: JSON.stringify({ mode: value })
+        });
+      } catch (e) { /* non-fatal: the mode still rides along in the chat body */ }
+    }
+
+    // Pull the active mode for a session from the server (fallback: last local choice).
+    async function loadModeFor(sessionId) {
+      let value = localStorage.getItem("lyraMode") || "conversation";
+      try {
+        const r = await fetch(`${RELAY_BASE}/sessions/${sessionId}/mode`);
+        if (r.ok) { const d = await r.json(); if (d.mode) value = d.mode; }
+      } catch (e) { /* keep the local fallback */ }
+      applyMode(value);
+    }
+
     async function checkHealth() {
       try {
         const resp = await fetch(API_URL.replace("/v1/chat/completions", "/_health"));
@@ -578,19 +630,20 @@
       mobileMenuOverlay.addEventListener("click", closeMobileMenu);
       document.getElementById("moreTab").addEventListener("click", toggleMobileMenu);
 
-      // Sync mobile menu controls with desktop
+      // Mode controls (Talk / Cash): the desktop select, the mobile-menu select,
+      // and the always-visible header badge all funnel through chooseMode.
       const mobileMode = document.getElementById("mobileMode");
       const desktopMode = document.getElementById("mode");
+      const modeBadge = document.getElementById("modeBadge");
 
-      // Sync mode selection
-      mobileMode.addEventListener("change", (e) => {
-        desktopMode.value = e.target.value;
-        desktopMode.dispatchEvent(new Event("change"));
-      });
+      desktopMode.addEventListener("change", (e) => chooseMode(e.target.value));
+      mobileMode.addEventListener("change", (e) => { closeMobileMenu(); chooseMode(e.target.value); });
+      modeBadge.addEventListener("click", () =>
+        chooseMode(desktopMode.value === "poker_cash" ? "conversation" : "poker_cash"));
 
-      desktopMode.addEventListener("change", (e) => {
-        mobileMode.value = e.target.value;
-      });
+      // Reflect the last-used mode immediately; the per-session value loads once
+      // the current session is known (below).
+      applyMode(localStorage.getItem("lyraMode") || "conversation");
 
       // Mobile theme toggle
       document.getElementById("mobileToggleThemeBtn").addEventListener("click", () => {
@@ -700,6 +753,7 @@
 		// Load current session history
 		if (currentSession) {
 		  await loadSession(currentSession);
+		  await loadModeFor(currentSession);
 		}
 	  })();
 
@@ -710,6 +764,7 @@
 	  localStorage.setItem("currentSession", currentSession);
 	  addMessage("system", `Switched to session: ${getSessionName(currentSession)}`);
 	  await loadSession(currentSession);
+	  await loadModeFor(currentSession);
 	});
 
 	// Create new session
@@ -1023,6 +1078,9 @@
       document.getElementById("mobileJournalBtn").addEventListener("click", () => {
         closeMobileMenu(); window.location.href = "/journal";
       });
+      document.getElementById("mobileSessionBtn").addEventListener("click", () => {
+        closeMobileMenu(); window.location.href = "/session";
+      });
 
       // Connect to the global live log on page load.
       connectThinkingStream();

lyra/web/static/session.html

@@ -0,0 +1,230 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+<head>
+  <meta charset="UTF-8" />
+  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, viewport-fit=cover" />
+  <meta name="theme-color" content="#070707" />
+  <title>Lyra — Session</title>
+  <style>
+    :root {
+      --bg: #070707; --bg-elev: #0e0e0e; --bg-line: #141414; --border: #2a1d12;
+      --text: #e8e8e8; --fade: #8a8a8a; --accent: #ff7a00;
+      --good: #8fd694; --mid: #ffb347; --low: #ff6b6b;
+    }
+    * { box-sizing: border-box; }
+    html, body {
+      margin: 0; min-height: 100%; background: var(--bg); color: var(--text);
+      font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, sans-serif;
+      -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;
+    }
+    header {
+      position: sticky; top: 0; z-index: 10; background: var(--bg-elev);
+      border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border); padding: env(safe-area-inset-top) 14px 0;
+    }
+    .topbar { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 10px; padding: 13px 0 12px; }
+    .topbar h1 { font-size: 1.05rem; margin: 0; font-weight: 600; }
+    .topbar a.back { color: var(--accent); text-decoration: none; font-size: .95rem; }
+    .updated { margin-left: auto; color: var(--fade); font-size: .78rem; }
+    .dot { width: 9px; height: 9px; border-radius: 50%; background: var(--good); box-shadow: 0 0 8px var(--good); flex: none; opacity: .35; transition: opacity .2s; }
+    .dot.pulse { opacity: 1; }
+
+    main { max-width: 680px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 16px 14px 40px; }
+    .card { background: var(--bg-elev); border: 1px solid var(--border); border-radius: 14px; padding: 16px; margin-bottom: 14px; }
+    .label { color: var(--fade); font-size: .72rem; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: .6px; margin: 0 0 10px; }
+
+    /* Header card */
+    .sess-top { display: flex; align-items: baseline; gap: 10px; flex-wrap: wrap; }
+    .sess-title { font-size: 1.25rem; font-weight: 700; }
+    .sess-sub { color: var(--fade); font-size: .9rem; }
+    .chips { display: flex; gap: 8px; flex-wrap: wrap; margin-top: 10px; }
+    .chip { font-size: .8rem; color: var(--fade); background: var(--bg-line); border: 1px solid var(--border); border-radius: 999px; padding: 3px 10px; }
+    .chip b { color: var(--text); font-weight: 600; }
+
+    /* Stack card */
+    .stack-row { display: flex; align-items: flex-end; gap: 16px; flex-wrap: wrap; }
+    .stack-now { font-size: 2.3rem; font-weight: 800; letter-spacing: .2px; font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums; }
+    .net { font-size: 1.2rem; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums; }
+    .net.up { color: var(--good); } .net.down { color: var(--low); } .net.flat { color: var(--fade); }
+    .stack-meta { color: var(--fade); font-size: .85rem; margin-left: auto; text-align: right; }
+    svg.spark { display: block; width: 100%; height: 56px; margin-top: 14px; }
+
+    /* Hands */
+    ul.rows { list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; }
+    ul.rows li { padding: 10px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--bg-line); font-size: .95rem; line-height: 1.45; }
+    ul.rows li:last-child { border-bottom: none; }
+    a.hand { color: var(--text); text-decoration: none; display: flex; gap: 8px; align-items: baseline; }
+    a.hand:hover { color: var(--accent); }
+    .pos { color: var(--accent); font-weight: 700; min-width: 38px; }
+    .cards { font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums; }
+    .res { margin-left: auto; font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums; }
+    .res.up { color: var(--good); } .res.down { color: var(--low); }
+    .tag { font-size: .7rem; color: var(--mid); border: 1px solid var(--border); border-radius: 999px; padding: 1px 7px; }
+    .villain b { color: var(--text); } .villain .cat { color: var(--mid); font-size: .78rem; }
+    .note-meta { color: var(--fade); font-size: .72rem; }
+    .empty { color: var(--fade); font-size: .92rem; }
+    .err { color: var(--low); text-align: center; padding: 30px; }
+    .big-empty { text-align: center; padding: 50px 20px; color: var(--fade); }
+    .big-empty .ico { font-size: 2.4rem; }
+    .big-empty a { color: var(--accent); text-decoration: none; }
+  </style>
+</head>
+<body>
+  <header>
+    <div class="topbar">
+      <span class="dot" id="dot"></span>
+      <h1>🎬 Session</h1>
+      <a class="back" href="/">← Chat</a>
+      <a class="back" href="/hands" title="All recorded hands">🃏 Hands</a>
+      <span class="updated" id="updated">—</span>
+    </div>
+  </header>
+  <main id="root"><p class="err" id="boot">Loading the table…</p></main>
+
+  <script>
+    const root = document.getElementById('root');
+    const dot = document.getElementById('dot');
+    const updatedEl = document.getElementById('updated');
+
+    function esc(s){ const d=document.createElement('div'); d.textContent = s==null?'':String(s); return d.innerHTML; }
+    function money(v){ if (v == null) return '—'; const n = Number(v); return (n<0?'-$':'$') + Math.abs(n).toLocaleString(); }
+    function signed(v){ if (v == null) return '—'; const n = Number(v); return (n>0?'+$':n<0?'-$':'$') + Math.abs(n).toLocaleString(); }
+
+    function ago(iso){
+      if(!iso) return '—';
+      const s = Math.max(0, (Date.now() - new Date(iso).getTime())/1000);
+      if(s < 60) return 'just now';
+      if(s < 3600) return Math.round(s/60)+'m ago';
+      if(s < 86400) return Math.round(s/3600)+'h ago';
+      return Math.round(s/86400)+'d ago';
+    }
+    function elapsed(iso){
+      if(!iso) return '—';
+      const s = Math.max(0, (Date.now() - new Date(iso).getTime())/1000);
+      const h = Math.floor(s/3600), m = Math.round((s%3600)/60);
+      return h ? `${h}h ${m}m` : `${m}m`;
+    }
+
+    // Tiny inline sparkline of the stack-over-time series.
+    function sparkline(series){
+      const pts = series.map(p => Number(p.amount)).filter(n => !isNaN(n));
+      if (pts.length < 2) return '';
+      const W = 600, H = 56, pad = 4;
+      const min = Math.min(...pts), max = Math.max(...pts), span = (max - min) || 1;
+      const x = i => pad + (i / (pts.length - 1)) * (W - 2*pad);
+      const y = v => H - pad - ((v - min) / span) * (H - 2*pad);
+      const d = pts.map((v,i) => `${x(i).toFixed(1)},${y(v).toFixed(1)}`).join(' ');
+      const last = pts[pts.length-1], first = pts[0];
+      const col = last >= first ? 'var(--good)' : 'var(--low)';
+      return `<svg class="spark" viewBox="0 0 ${W} ${H}" preserveAspectRatio="none">
+        <polyline points="${d}" fill="none" stroke="${col}" stroke-width="2"
+          stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-linecap="round" />
+        <circle cx="${x(pts.length-1).toFixed(1)}" cy="${y(last).toFixed(1)}" r="3" fill="${col}" />
+      </svg>`;
+    }
+
+    function netClass(v){ return v == null ? 'flat' : v > 0 ? 'up' : v < 0 ? 'down' : 'flat'; }
+
+    function render(data){
+      const s = data.session;
+      if (!s) {
+        root.innerHTML = `<div class="big-empty">
+          <div class="ico">🪑</div>
+          <p>No live session right now.<br>Start one from <a href="/">chat</a> — switch to ♠ Cash and tell Lyra you're sitting down.</p>
+        </div>`;
+        updatedEl.textContent = '';
+        return;
+      }
+      const stack = data.stack || {};
+      const hands = data.hands || [];
+      const villains = data.villains || [];
+      const notes = data.notes || [];
+      const stats = data.stats || {};
+
+      const title = [s.stakes, s.game].filter(Boolean).join(' ') || 'Session';
+      const tagBits = Object.entries(stats.tags || {}).map(([k,v]) => `${k}×${v}`).join(' · ');
+
+      root.innerHTML = `
+        <div class="card">
+          <div class="sess-top">
+            <span class="sess-title">${esc(title)}</span>
+            <span class="sess-sub">${esc(s.venue || 'unknown room')}${s.status && s.status!=='live' ? ' · '+esc(s.status) : ''}</span>
+          </div>
+          <div class="chips">
+            <span class="chip">⏱ <b>${elapsed(s.started_at)}</b></span>
+            <span class="chip">in <b>${money(s.buy_in_total)}</b></span>
+            <span class="chip">${esc(s.format || 'cash')}</span>
+            <span class="chip"><b>${hands.length}</b> hands</span>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="card">
+          <p class="label">Stack</p>
+          <div class="stack-row">
+            <span class="stack-now">${stack.current == null ? '—' : money(stack.current)}</span>
+            <span class="net ${netClass(stack.net)}">${stack.net == null ? '' : signed(stack.net)}</span>
+            <span class="stack-meta">bought in ${money(stack.buy_in)}<br>${(stack.log||[]).length} update(s)</span>
+          </div>
+          ${sparkline(stack.log || [])}
+          ${stack.current == null ? '<p class="empty" style="margin:12px 0 0">No stack logged yet — tell Lyra your stack ("I\'m at 350").</p>' : ''}
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="card">
+          <p class="label">Hands this session</p>
+          ${hands.length ? `<ul class="rows">${hands.slice().reverse().map(h => `
+            <li><a class="hand" href="/hand/${h.id}">
+              <span class="pos">${esc(h.position || '?')}</span>
+              <span class="cards">${esc(h.hole_cards || '')}${h.board ? ' · '+esc(h.board) : ''}</span>
+              ${h.tag ? `<span class="tag">${esc(h.tag)}</span>` : ''}
+              ${h.result != null ? `<span class="res ${h.result>=0?'up':'down'}">${signed(h.result)}</span>` : ''}
+            </a></li>`).join('')}</ul>`
+            : '<p class="empty">No hands logged yet.</p>'}
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="card">
+          <p class="label">Villains seen</p>
+          ${villains.length ? `<ul class="rows">${villains.map(v => `
+            <li class="villain">
+              <b>${esc(v.name)}</b> ${v.category ? `<span class="cat">[${esc(v.category)}]</span>` : ''}
+              ${v.tendencies ? `<div>${esc(v.tendencies)}</div>` : ''}
+              ${v.last_note ? `<div class="note-meta">“${esc(v.last_note)}”</div>` : ''}
+            </li>`).join('')}</ul>`
+            : '<p class="empty">No reads logged this session.</p>'}
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="card">
+          <p class="label">Her notes</p>
+          ${notes.length ? `<ul class="rows">${notes.map(n => `
+            <li>${esc(n.content)}<div class="note-meta">${esc(n.kind)} · ${ago(n.created_at)}</div></li>`).join('')}</ul>`
+            : '<p class="empty">Nothing jotted this session.</p>'}
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="card">
+          <p class="label">Session stats</p>
+          <div class="chips">
+            <span class="chip">logged <b>${stats.hands_logged ?? 0}</b></span>
+            ${tagBits ? `<span class="chip">${esc(tagBits)}</span>` : ''}
+            ${stats.context_per_hour != null ? `<span class="chip">${esc(title)} lifetime <b>${signed(stats.context_per_hour)}/hr</b></span>` : ''}
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      `;
+      updatedEl.textContent = 'updated ' + ago(data._fetched);
+    }
+
+    async function refresh(){
+      try {
+        const r = await fetch('/session/data', { cache: 'no-store' });
+        const data = await r.json();
+        data._fetched = new Date().toISOString();
+        dot.classList.add('pulse'); setTimeout(() => dot.classList.remove('pulse'), 400);
+        render(data);
+      } catch (e) {
+        if (!root.querySelector('.card')) root.innerHTML = '<p class="err">Couldn\'t reach the table. Is the server up?</p>';
+      }
+    }
+
+    refresh();
+    setInterval(refresh, 5000);
+    document.addEventListener('visibilitychange', () => { if (!document.hidden) refresh(); });
+  </script>
+</body>
+</html>

lyra/web/static/style.css

@@ -99,6 +99,29 @@ body {
   border-top: 1px solid var(--border);
 }
 
+/* Mode badge: the always-visible Talk/Cash toggle. Hidden on desktop (the header
+   <select> handles it there); shown in the minimal mobile header (see media query). */
+.mode-badge {
+  display: none;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 4px;
+  font-family: var(--font-console);
+  font-size: 0.82rem;
+  color: var(--text-fade);
+  background: var(--bg-line);
+  border: 1px solid var(--border);
+  border-radius: 999px;
+  padding: 4px 11px;
+  -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;
+}
+/* Cash mode: light up the badge (and the chat brand) so the table state is obvious. */
+body.cash-mode .mode-badge {
+  color: var(--accent);
+  border-color: var(--accent);
+  background: var(--accent-soft);
+}
+body.cash-mode .brand { color: var(--accent); }
+
 label, select, button {
   font-family: var(--font-console);
   font-size: 0.9rem;
@@ -822,10 +845,11 @@ select:hover {
     gap: 12px;
   }
 
-  /* Mobile header is [≡]  Lyra  …  [●] — hide everything else. */
-  #model-select > *:not(.hamburger-menu):not(.brand):not(.brand-dot) {
+  /* Mobile header is [≡]  Lyra  [♠ Cash]  [●] — hide everything else. */
+  #model-select > *:not(.hamburger-menu):not(.brand):not(.brand-dot):not(.mode-badge) {
     display: none;
   }
+  .mode-badge { display: inline-flex; margin-left: 4px; }
   .brand {
     display: block;
     font-family: var(--font-console);