- daily_art gains blurb + palette columns (idempotent migration).
- art._palette: Pillow median-cut to ~5 hex colors from the cached image (best-
effort → [] on any failure). art._blurb: a warm 2-3 sentence "what you're
looking at" note grounded in the Met catalogue (title/artist/bio/date/medium/
classification/culture/tags). Prompt leans on context/significance and the
title+tags for subject — explicitly NOT asserting literal composition (figure
counts/poses) it can't see, since the model can't view the image. Markdown
stripped from the output.
- pick_daily generates both (client optional → blurb skipped when absent); cycle
+ art CLI pass an LLM client. /api/art/today exposes blurb + palette.
- Backfilled the last 3 days on host (Veteran / Magnolia Vase / Bierstadt).
- scripts/art_blurb_palette_backfill.py for in-place backfill (no re-pick).
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- Virtual frames (Walnut/Gold/Silver/None), selectable + remembered in localStorage,
built as a beveled moulding around a cream museum mat.
- Header uses the real /logo.svg wordmark; the "No ads" pill is replaced by an
account icon (the pill doesn't need to follow every page).
- Lightbox now opens a full-resolution copy that fills the screen: art._download_image
caches a hi-res {id}-full copy alongside the web-large display copy, served via
/api/art/image/{id}?size=full (image_url_large in /api/art/today).
- Centered the placard bullet separators (explicit .sep spans, equal margins).
- Image no longer shifts on hover; a quiet "Click to expand" affordance sits on the art.
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Hardening before it runs further on the cycle:
- DB-lock/network: all HTTP (metadata + image) happens before any write; the write txn
opens only at the brief INSERT and commits immediately. Images download to a temp file
then atomic os.replace into cache (a reader never sees a half-written file).
- Site-timezone "daily" already used local_today() (same rhythm as the Brief) — confirmed.
- Attribution from day one: store + return title/artist/date/medium/department/credit/
source_url/object_id/source + museum name + is_public_domain license marker + the full-
res source URL (for a richer /art view later). UI can show: Title · Artist · The Met.
- "highlight != always beautiful": added a manual `blocked` flag on art_pool (excluded
from picks) as the cheap curation lever; a featured override can follow.
Schema migrated (existing art tables get the new columns). 373 tests green.
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The engine for the /art room (design-independent; deploy held for Codex review).
- goodnews/art.py: harvest a curated pool of public-domain HIGHLIGHT artworks from the
Met (isHighlight+isPublicDomain+hasImages -> masterworks, never potsherds; CC0). Daily
deterministic pick from the least-recently-shown (no soon-repeats, same for everyone),
fetch metadata + download the image to OUR cache (data/art_cache) so the homepage never
waits on or hotlinks the museum. Bulletproof: bad object/image falls through candidates;
a failed day keeps the last piece (room never empty). Injectable HTTP for tests.
- Schema: art_pool + daily_art. /api/art/today (edge-cacheable) + /api/art/image/{id}
(served from cache, immutable). CLI `art [--harvest] [--force]` + a non-fatal cycle step.
- Tests (5, mocked HTTP) + verified live against the Met: harvested 1641 works,
picked/cached "Repose" by John White Alexander. 371 tests green.
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