The direction
The runtime explores whether an AI relationship can be grounded in local control, the ability to change models and the ability to migrate personality and memory without treating a particular provider or model as irreplaceable.
What has been shaped
Role lifecycle and evaluation framework concepts have been formed. They offer a way to reason about continuity, change and quality over time before a runtime is implemented.
Design principles
Local-first operation, model replaceability, portable identity and memory, user agency and clear boundaries are central. The concept explicitly avoids emotional manipulation, artificial scarcity and engagement patterns intended to foster dependency.
Current state. This is an exploratory direction. A locally runnable prototype has not been implemented; no product availability or behavioral outcome is claimed.
Next step
Test local-runtime feasibility and turn lifecycle ideas into evaluable, bounded prototype criteria.