# CHORUS – Container-First Context Platform (Alpha)

CHORUS is the runtime that ties the CHORUS ecosystem together: libp2p mesh, DHT-backed storage, council/task coordination, and (eventually) SLURP contextual intelligence. The repository you are looking at is the in-progress container-first refactor. Several core systems boot today, but higher-level services (SLURP, SHHH, full HMMM routing) are still landing.

## Current Status

| Area | Status | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| libp2p node + PubSub | ✅ Running | `internal/runtime/shared.go` spins up the mesh, hypercore logging, availability broadcasts. |
| DHT + DecisionPublisher | ✅ Running | Encrypted storage wired through `pkg/dht`; decisions written via `ucxl.DecisionPublisher`. |
| **Leader Election System** | ✅ **FULLY FUNCTIONAL** | **🎉 MILESTONE: Complete admin election with consensus, discovery protocol, heartbeats, and SLURP activation!** |
| SLURP (context intelligence) | 🚧 Stubbed | `pkg/slurp/slurp.go` contains TODOs for resolver, temporal graphs, intelligence. Leader integration scaffolding exists but uses placeholder IDs/request forwarding. |
| SHHH (secrets sentinel) | 🚧 Sentinel live | `pkg/shhh` redacts hypercore + PubSub payloads with audit + metrics hooks (policy replay TBD). |
| HMMM routing | 🚧 Partial | PubSub topics join, but capability/role announcements and HMMM router wiring are placeholders (`internal/runtime/agent_support.go`). |

See `docs/progress/CHORUS-WHOOSH-development-plan.md` for the detailed build plan and `docs/progress/CHORUS-WHOOSH-roadmap.md` for sequencing.

## Quick Start (Alpha)

The container-first workflows are still evolving; expect frequent changes.

```bash
git clone https://gitea.chorus.services/tony/CHORUS.git
cd CHORUS
cp docker/chorus.env.example docker/chorus.env
# adjust env vars (KACHING license, bootstrap peers, etc.)
docker compose -f docker/docker-compose.yml up --build
```

You’ll get a single agent container with:
- libp2p networking (mDNS + configured bootstrap peers)
- election heartbeat
- DHT storage (AGE-encrypted)
- HTTP API + health endpoints

**Missing today:** SLURP context resolution, advanced SHHH policy replay, HMMM per-issue routing. Expect log warnings/TODOs for those paths.

## 🎉 Leader Election System (NEW!)

CHORUS now features a complete, production-ready leader election system:

### Core Features
- **Consensus-based election** with weighted scoring (uptime, capabilities, resources)
- **Admin discovery protocol** for network-wide leader identification
- **Heartbeat system** with automatic failover (15-second intervals)
- **Concurrent election prevention** with randomized delays
- **SLURP activation** on elected admin nodes

### How It Works
1. **Bootstrap**: Nodes start in idle state, no admin known
2. **Discovery**: Nodes send discovery requests to find existing admin
3. **Election trigger**: If no admin found after grace period, trigger election
4. **Candidacy**: Eligible nodes announce themselves with capability scores
5. **Consensus**: Network selects winner based on highest score
6. **Leadership**: Winner starts heartbeats, activates SLURP functionality
7. **Monitoring**: Nodes continuously verify admin health via heartbeats

### Debugging
Use these log patterns to monitor election health:
```bash
# Monitor WHOAMI messages and leader identification
docker service logs CHORUS_chorus | grep "🤖 WHOAMI\|👑\|📡.*Discovered"

# Track election cycles
docker service logs CHORUS_chorus | grep "🗳️\|📢.*candidacy\|🏆.*winner"

# Watch discovery protocol
docker service logs CHORUS_chorus | grep "📩\|📤\|📥"
```

## Roadmap Highlights

1. **Security substrate** – land SHHH sentinel, finish SLURP leader-only operations, validate COOEE enrolment (see roadmap Phase 1).
2. **Autonomous teams** – coordinate with WHOOSH for deployment telemetry + SLURP context export.
3. **UCXL + KACHING** – hook runtime telemetry into KACHING and enforce UCXL validator.

Track progress via the shared roadmap and weekly burndown dashboards.

## Related Projects
- [WHOOSH](https://gitea.chorus.services/tony/WHOOSH) – council/team orchestration
- [KACHING](https://gitea.chorus.services/tony/KACHING) – telemetry/licensing
- [SLURP](https://gitea.chorus.services/tony/SLURP) – contextual intelligence prototypes
- [HMMM](https://gitea.chorus.services/tony/hmmm) – meta-discussion layer

## Contributing

This repo is still alpha. Please coordinate via the roadmap tickets before landing changes. Major security/runtime decisions should include a Decision Record with a UCXL address so SLURP/BUBBLE can ingest it later.