# AGENTS.md

## Project Goal

Build Midnight Static: a Gradio-hosted, small-model radio station that turns a typed or spoken premise into a short vintage radio broadcast.

## Working Rules

- Keep the project runnable at every step.
- Prefer schema-first changes: writer, UI, dataset generation, and mixer should all agree on `midnight_static.schema`.
- Do not generate training data until Kokoro voice IDs are verified and locked.
- Keep heavyweight model integrations optional until the fixture pipeline is green.
- Use arg-list subprocess calls for audio tools; never shell-interpolate user text.

## Current Milestone

Day 1: prove one ugly end-to-end broadcast from a typed premise.