Wire up working Qwen/FLUX inference, fix Gradio 5 build, add safety fallbacks

- Switch text inference to HF chat_completion (Qwen2.5-7B), images to
text_to_image (FLUX.1-schnell), removing heavy local torch/diffusers stack
- Fix Gradio: wrap tabs in gr.Tabs(), attach events inside Blocks context,
pin to Gradio 5 and reconcile README sdk_version
- Wire real story/analysis state into path buttons; add return handler
- Add .env loading + .env.example; HF_TOKEN via env/Space secret
- Fix Windows UnicodeEncodeError in log prints
- Add submission-ready README (track tags, rationale) and STATUS.md

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

.env.example

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+# Copy this file to .env and fill in your Hugging Face access token.
+# Create a token at: https://huggingface.co/settings/tokens  (a "Read" token is enough)
+HF_TOKEN=hf_your_token_here
+
+# Optional model overrides (defaults are sensible):
+# MODEL_NAME_TEXT=Qwen/Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct
+# MODEL_NAME_IMAGE=black-forest-labs/FLUX.1-schnell

.gitignore

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+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
+*.so
+.Python
+build/
+develop-eggs/
+dist/
+downloads/
+eggs/
+.eggs/
+lib/
+lib64/
+parts/
+sdist/
+var/
+wheels/
+*.egg-info/
+.installed.cfg
+*.egg
+
+# Virtual environments
+venv/
+env/
+ENV/
+
+# IDE
+.vscode/
+.idea/
+*.swp
+*.swo
+*~
+
+# Environment variables
+.env
+.env.local
+
+# Models and cache
+models/
+*.bin
+*.pt
+*.pth
+cache/
+huggingface/
+
+# OS
+.DS_Store
+Thumbs.db
+
+# Logs
+*.log
+logs/
+
+# Gradio
+flagged/
+.gradio_cached_examples/

README.md

@@ -4,11 +4,64 @@ emoji: 😻
 colorFrom: purple
 colorTo: purple
 sdk: gradio
-sdk_version: 6.17.3
-python_version: '3.13'
+sdk_version: 5.50.0
+python_version: '3.11'
 app_file: app.py
 pinned: false
 license: mit
+tags:
+  - build-small
+  - backyard-ai
+  - thousand-token-wood
 ---
 
-Check out the configuration reference at https://huggingface.co/docs/hub/spaces-config-reference
+# Reality Divergence + Elsewhere
+
+One shared reasoning engine, two lenses on the lives and worlds we didn't live.
+
+- **🪞 Elsewhere (Your Timeline)** — a compassionate, safety-aware counterfactual
+  reflection on a single personal choice. *(Track: Backyard AI)*
+- **🌍 Reality Divergence (The World)** — speculative alternate history: pin a
+  divergence point, reason forward through plausible ripples. *(Track: Thousand Token Wood)*
+
+## Model rationale (Build Small)
+
+- **Reasoning:** [`Qwen/Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct`](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct)
+  — open weights, **well under the 32B cap**, served via the HF Inference API
+  (`chat_completion`). Configurable through the `MODEL_NAME_TEXT` env var.
+- **Artifacts:** [`black-forest-labs/FLUX.1-schnell`](https://huggingface.co/black-forest-labs/FLUX.1-schnell)
+  via the HF Inference API (`text_to_image`), with SDXL as fallback.
+- **No GPU required to run** — all inference goes through the Inference API, so the
+  Space stays light and within Zero GPU limits.
+
+## Responsible UX
+
+- **Elsewhere** runs input validation + risk detection and, on high-risk input,
+  shows a safety notice with crisis resources instead of generating a timeline.
+  Every timeline ends with an explicit **return-to-actual-life** strengths section.
+- **Reality Divergence** is speculative and constrained to plausible, non-fantasy outcomes.
+- The app **degrades gracefully**: model/timeout/JSON failures fall back to curated
+  content so it never crashes.
+
+## Run locally
+
+```bash
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+cp .env.example .env   # then paste your HF token into .env
+python app.py
+```
+
+Get a token at https://huggingface.co/settings/tokens (a *Read* token is enough).
+Without a valid token the app still runs and shows fallback content.
+
+## Submission checklist
+
+- [x] Gradio Space, model under 32B, open weights
+- [x] Dual-track UX (Backyard AI + Thousand Token Wood)
+- [x] Safety gate + graceful fallback
+- [ ] Demo video link — _TODO_
+- [ ] Social media post link — _TODO_
+
+---
+
+Configuration reference: https://huggingface.co/docs/hub/spaces-config-reference

STATUS.md

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+# Project Status & Hackathon Alignment
+
+_Hugging Face "Build Small" hackathon submission. Last updated: 2026-06-14._
+
+## Hackathon rules we're targeting
+
+- Model **under 32B** params, open weights ✅ (Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct)
+- **Gradio app** Space ✅
+- Demo video ❌ (TODO)
+- Social-media link in README ❌ (TODO)
+- Zero GPU limit ✅ (all inference via HF Inference API — no local GPU)
+- README track/badge tags ✅ (added)
+- ~~Sponsor prize for MiniCPM builds~~ — **dropped** (see decision below)
+
+## Key decisions (2026-06-14)
+
+1. **Model: Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct, not MiniCPM.** MiniCPM4.1-8B is not reliably
+   served on the HF serverless Inference API, and we chose not to run it locally
+   on a ZeroGPU Space. We therefore **drop the MiniCPM sponsor-prize claim** and
+   compete on the core Build Small tracks. Qwen2.5-7B is open weights and well
+   under the 32B cap, so the submission stays valid.
+2. **Gradio 5 (pinned `>=5,<6`).** The original Gradio 4.44 pin broke against the
+   current dependency stack; Gradio 5.50 is verified working. README `sdk_version`
+   pinned to `5.50.0` to match.
+
+## Architecture
+
+- One shared text client (`model_client.py`, HF `chat_completion`) with per-tab
+  prompt shaping (`prompts.py`).
+- Image artifacts via HF `text_to_image` (`image_client.py`), FLUX.1-schnell →
+  SDXL fallback.
+- Graceful fallbacks everywhere — the app never crashes without a token.
+
+## Track mapping
+
+| Tab | Track | What it does |
+|---|---|---|
+| 🪞 Elsewhere | Backyard AI | Personal counterfactual + safety gate + return-to-reality |
+| 🌍 Reality Divergence | Thousand Token Wood | Speculative alternate history, ripple reasoning |
+
+## Phase status
+
+| Phase | Status |
+|---|---|
+| 1 Foundation | ✅ Done & verified (boots, HTTP 200) |
+| 2 Model integration | ✅ Done (Qwen via InferenceClient) |
+| 3 UI & flow | ✅ Done & verified |
+| 4 Safety & guardrails | ✅ Present (risk gate + strengths/return) |
+| 5 Robust fallback | ✅ Verified (401 → graceful fallback) |
+| 6 Testing & optimization | ❌ Not started (timings, cold start, concurrency) |
+| 7 Submission prep | ⏳ README done; demo video + social link + deploy TODO |
+| VoxCPM2 narration (optional) | ❌ `ENABLE_NARRATION=False`, not implemented |
+
+## Remaining work
+
+- [ ] Test live inference end-to-end with a real HF token
+- [ ] Phase 6: measure startup/inference times, cold start, concurrency
+- [ ] Record demo video (both tabs, model responses, safety gate)
+- [ ] Add demo video + social-media links to README
+- [ ] Deploy to HF Space and confirm clean build

app.py

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+"""
+Reality Divergence + Elsewhere
+AI-native platform for exploring counterfactual personal and historical timelines.
+Uses Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct for reasoning + FLUX.1-schnell for artifact generation,
+all served through the Hugging Face Inference API.
+"""
+
+import json
+import os
+from typing import Tuple, Optional, List, Dict, Any
+from datetime import datetime
+from io import BytesIO
+
 import gradio as gr
+from PIL import Image
+
+import config
+import prompts
+from model_client import infer_text, infer_json
+from image_client import generate_artifact, get_image_client
+
+
+# ============================================================================
+# Fallback Data (for offline/demo mode)
+# ============================================================================
+
+FALLBACK_ANALYSIS = {
+    "emotion_score": 6,
+    "regret_score": 7,
+    "self_blame_score": 3,
+    "category": "Career",
+    "risk_level": "low",
+    "risk_markers": []
+}
+
+FALLBACK_MIRROR = (
+    "You're carrying a moment where one choice—perhaps a risk declined or accepted—"
+    "changed the shape of what came next. A part of you may still be wondering who you'd have become "
+    "if that moment had unfolded differently. That curiosity deserves a careful frame."
+)
+
+FALLBACK_TIMELINE = {
+    "title": "The Path Not Taken",
+    "divergence": "At the moment you made your choice, everything branched.",
+    "ripples": [
+        "Your confidence would have grown in a different direction.",
+        "New relationships might have formed, others would have stayed distant.",
+        "Your skills would have developed along an alternate path.",
+        "The people around you would have seen a different version of you.",
+        "Your understanding of yourself would be fundamentally different."
+    ],
+    "the_you": (
+        "You might have become more outwardly bold or more introspective, depending on the path. "
+        "But you would have carried different lessons, different wounds, different strengths."
+    ),
+    "return": {
+        "opening": "In the life you actually lived, you learned something you could not have learned elsewhere.",
+        "strengths": [
+            "You learned to make choices under incomplete information.",
+            "You carried responsibility even when the answer was unclear.",
+            "You kept enough curiosity to revisit this moment with honesty."
+        ],
+        "lesson": "A path can be meaningful without being the only path that could have mattered.",
+        "reflection_question": "What did your actual timeline make possible that the alternate one might have cost?"
+    },
+    "quote": "Another life may have opened doors, but this one taught you how to stand."
+}
+
+FALLBACK_WORLD_DIVERGENCE = {
+    "title": "Apple Never Launches the iPhone",
+    "divergence_point": "2007: Apple decides to focus on computers instead of mobile",
+    "year_divergence": 2007,
+    "ripples": [
+        "Business phones and BlackBerrys dominate mobile computing.",
+        "Apps arrive later and through different distribution channels.",
+        "Mobile photography remains less central to daily life.",
+        "Touchscreen adoption slows without the iPhone's refinement.",
+        "Tech culture evolves around portable computing differently."
+    ],
+    "world_outcome": (
+        "A world where mobile computing exists but remains fragmented. "
+        "Productivity-focused devices outnumber entertainment devices. "
+        "The social media landscape never reaches its current scale."
+    ),
+    "economy": "Business hardware companies thrive. Software consolidation never happens.",
+    "culture": "Always-connected culture develops slower. Social media remains desktop-first.",
+    "technology": "Cloud services evolve differently. AR/VR developments diverge.",
+    "winners": ["Microsoft", "BlackBerry", "Desktop computing"],
+    "losers": ["App-based startups", "Mobile creators", "Social media explosion"],
+    "reflection": "One device shaped a culture. What else in our world hinges on a single innovation?"
+}
+
+
+# ============================================================================
+# Utility Functions
+# ============================================================================
+
+def safe_int(val, default=0, min_val=0, max_val=10):
+    """Safely convert and clamp integer values."""
+    try:
+        return max(min_val, min(max_val, int(val)))
+    except (ValueError, TypeError):
+        return default
+
+
+def safe_str(val, default=""):
+    """Safely convert to string."""
+    try:
+        return str(val).strip() if val else default
+    except Exception:
+        return default
+
+
+def safe_list(val, default=None):
+    """Safely extract list values."""
+    try:
+        if isinstance(val, list):
+            return [safe_str(v) for v in val]
+        return default or []
+    except Exception:
+        return default or []
+
+
+def merge_analysis_with_fallback(parsed: Optional[Dict]) -> Dict:
+    """Merge parsed analysis with fallback; one-way upgrade (risk only escalates)."""
+    if not parsed:
+        return FALLBACK_ANALYSIS
+    
+    fallback = FALLBACK_ANALYSIS.copy()
+    
+    # Merge, preferring parsed values where valid
+    result = {
+        "emotion_score": safe_int(parsed.get("emotion_score"), fallback["emotion_score"]),
+        "regret_score": safe_int(parsed.get("regret_score"), fallback["regret_score"]),
+        "self_blame_score": safe_int(parsed.get("self_blame_score"), fallback["self_blame_score"]),
+        "category": safe_str(parsed.get("category"), fallback["category"]),
+        "risk_level": "high" if (parsed.get("risk_level") == "high" or fallback["risk_level"] == "high") else safe_str(parsed.get("risk_level"), fallback["risk_level"]),
+        "risk_markers": safe_list(parsed.get("risk_markers"), fallback["risk_markers"])
+    }
+    
+    return result
+
+
+# ============================================================================
+# Safety & Analysis
+# ============================================================================
+
+def analyze_story(story: str) -> Dict:
+    """Analyze personal story for emotion, regret, and risk."""
+    if not story or len(story.strip()) < config.MIN_STORY_LENGTH:
+        return FALLBACK_ANALYSIS
+    
+    # Try model analysis
+    parsed = infer_json(prompts.ANALYSIS_PROMPT, story, temperature=0.1, max_tokens=1024)
+    return merge_analysis_with_fallback(parsed)
+
+
+def generate_mirror(story: str, analysis: Dict) -> str:
+    """Generate compassionate mirror reflection."""
+    prompt = f"Story:\n{story}\n\nAnalysis:\n{json.dumps(analysis)}"
+    mirror = infer_text(prompts.MIRROR_PROMPT, prompt, temperature=0.55, max_tokens=150)
+    return mirror if mirror else FALLBACK_MIRROR
+
+
+def generate_timeline(story: str, analysis: Dict, direction: str) -> Dict:
+    """Generate counterfactual timeline (Upward/Downward)."""
+    prompt = f"""Story:\n{story}\n\nAnalysis:\n{json.dumps(analysis)}\n\nDirection: {direction}"""
+    parsed = infer_json(prompts.TIMELINE_PROMPT, prompt, temperature=0.7, max_tokens=1024)
+    
+    if not parsed:
+        return FALLBACK_TIMELINE
+    
+    # Validate structure
+    return {
+        "title": safe_str(parsed.get("title"), FALLBACK_TIMELINE["title"]),
+        "divergence": safe_str(parsed.get("divergence"), FALLBACK_TIMELINE["divergence"]),
+        "ripples": safe_list(parsed.get("ripples"), FALLBACK_TIMELINE["ripples"]),
+        "the_you": safe_str(parsed.get("the_you"), FALLBACK_TIMELINE["the_you"]),
+        "return": {
+            "opening": safe_str(parsed.get("return", {}).get("opening"), FALLBACK_TIMELINE["return"]["opening"]),
+            "strengths": safe_list(parsed.get("return", {}).get("strengths"), FALLBACK_TIMELINE["return"]["strengths"]),
+            "lesson": safe_str(parsed.get("return", {}).get("lesson"), FALLBACK_TIMELINE["return"]["lesson"]),
+            "reflection_question": safe_str(parsed.get("return", {}).get("reflection_question"), FALLBACK_TIMELINE["return"]["reflection_question"])
+        },
+        "quote": safe_str(parsed.get("quote"), FALLBACK_TIMELINE["quote"])
+    }
+
+
+def generate_world_divergence(scenario: str) -> Dict:
+    """Generate world/historical divergence."""
+    prompt = f"Divergence scenario: {scenario}"
+    parsed = infer_json(prompts.WORLD_DIVERGENCE_PROMPT, prompt, temperature=0.7, max_tokens=1024)
+    
+    if not parsed:
+        return FALLBACK_WORLD_DIVERGENCE
+    
+    return {
+        "title": safe_str(parsed.get("title"), FALLBACK_WORLD_DIVERGENCE["title"]),
+        "divergence_point": safe_str(parsed.get("divergence_point"), FALLBACK_WORLD_DIVERGENCE["divergence_point"]),
+        "year_divergence": safe_int(parsed.get("year_divergence"), 2000, 1800, 2050),
+        "ripples": safe_list(parsed.get("ripples"), FALLBACK_WORLD_DIVERGENCE["ripples"]),
+        "world_outcome": safe_str(parsed.get("world_outcome"), FALLBACK_WORLD_DIVERGENCE["world_outcome"]),
+        "economy": safe_str(parsed.get("economy"), FALLBACK_WORLD_DIVERGENCE["economy"]),
+        "culture": safe_str(parsed.get("culture"), FALLBACK_WORLD_DIVERGENCE["culture"]),
+        "technology": safe_str(parsed.get("technology"), FALLBACK_WORLD_DIVERGENCE["technology"]),
+        "winners": safe_list(parsed.get("winners"), FALLBACK_WORLD_DIVERGENCE["winners"]),
+        "losers": safe_list(parsed.get("losers"), FALLBACK_WORLD_DIVERGENCE["losers"]),
+        "reflection": safe_str(parsed.get("reflection"), FALLBACK_WORLD_DIVERGENCE["reflection"])
+    }
+
+
+# ============================================================================
+# Artifact Generation
+# ============================================================================
+
+def generate_artifacts(timeline_data: Dict, num_artifacts: int = 3) -> List[Optional[Image.Image]]:
+    """Generate 3-6 artifact images for timeline."""
+    artifacts = []
+    
+    try:
+        # Newspaper
+        headline = timeline_data.get("title", "Alternate Reality")
+        artifacts.append(generate_artifact("newspaper", headline=headline, subheading=timeline_data.get("divergence", "")))
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"[warn]Newspaper artifact failed: {e}")
+        artifacts.append(None)
+    
+    try:
+        # Product/Ad
+        artifacts.append(generate_artifact("product", product="Alternate World Artifact", context=timeline_data.get("divergence", "")))
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"[warn]Product artifact failed: {e}")
+        artifacts.append(None)
+    
+    try:
+        # Document
+        artifacts.append(generate_artifact("document", doc_type="diary entry", context=timeline_data.get("divergence", "")))
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"[warn]Document artifact failed: {e}")
+        artifacts.append(None)
+    
+    return [a for a in artifacts if a is not None]
+
+
+# ============================================================================
+# CSS Styling (SVG-inspired dark theme)
+# ============================================================================
+
+CSS = """
+@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Inter:wght@400;500;600;700;800&display=swap');
+
+:root {
+  --bg-dark: #050816;
+  --bg-mid: #08111F;
+  --bg-light: #130A24;
+  --accent-blue: #38BDF8;
+  --accent-purple: #8B5CF6;
+  --text-primary: #F8FAFC;
+  --text-secondary: #94A3B8;
+  --border: #334155;
+}
+
+body, .gradio-container {
+  background: linear-gradient(135deg, var(--bg-dark), var(--bg-mid), var(--bg-light));
+  color: var(--text-primary);
+  font-family: Inter, system-ui, sans-serif;
+}
+
+.gradio-container {
+  max-width: 1400px;
+  margin: auto;
+}
+
+/* Headers */
+.hero-title {
+  font-size: 3.5rem;
+  font-weight: 800;
+  background: linear-gradient(135deg, var(--accent-blue), var(--accent-purple));
+  -webkit-background-clip: text;
+  -webkit-text-fill-color: transparent;
+  letter-spacing: -1px;
+}
+
+.hero-subtitle {
+  font-size: 1.25rem;
+  color: var(--text-secondary);
+  margin-top: 1rem;
+}
+
+/* Cards */
+.timeline-card, .artifact-container, .world-card {
+  background: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(17, 24, 39, 0.5), rgba(11, 16, 32, 0.3));
+  border: 1px solid var(--border);
+  border-radius: 16px;
+  padding: 24px;
+  backdrop-filter: blur(8px);
+}
+
+.timeline-card:hover {
+  border-color: var(--accent-blue);
+  box-shadow: 0 0 20px rgba(56, 189, 248, 0.2);
+}
 
-def generate_reality(event):
-    return f"""
-Reality Divergence
+/* Buttons */
+.gr-button {
+  background: var(--accent-blue) !important;
+  color: white !important;
+  border: 0 !important;
+  border-radius: 12px !important;
+  font-weight: 700 !important;
+  transition: all 0.3s ease;
+}
 
-Scenario:
-{event}
+.gr-button:hover {
+  background: var(--accent-purple) !important;
+  box-shadow: 0 0 20px rgba(139, 92, 246, 0.4);
+}
 
-Alternate Timeline:
+/* Tabs */
+.gr-tabs-nav {
+  border-bottom: 2px solid var(--border);
+}
 
-2026
-A major divergence occurs.
+.gr-tabs-nav .gr-tab-nav-item {
+  color: var(--text-secondary);
+  font-weight: 600;
+}
 
-2028
-Technology evolves differently.
+.gr-tabs-nav .gr-tab-nav-item.gr-tab-nav-item-selected {
+  color: var(--accent-blue);
+  border-bottom: 3px solid var(--accent-blue);
+}
 
-2035
-The world has changed dramatically.
+/* Layout helpers */
+.parallel-layout {
+  display: grid;
+  grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
+  gap: 2rem;
+  margin-top: 2rem;
+}
 
-2050
-A completely new reality emerges.
+.timeline-column, .image-column {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: 1.5rem;
+}
+
+.artifact-grid {
+  display: grid;
+  grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr);
+  gap: 1rem;
+  margin-top: 1rem;
+}
+
+.artifact-item {
+  border-radius: 12px;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  border: 1px solid var(--border);
+}
+
+.artifact-item img {
+  width: 100%;
+  height: auto;
+  display: block;
+}
+
+/* Mobile */
+@media (max-width: 1024px) {
+  .parallel-layout {
+    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
+  }
+  
+  .hero-title {
+    font-size: 2rem;
+  }
+  
+  .artifact-grid {
+    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
+  }
+}
 """
 
-demo = gr.Interface(
-    fn=generate_reality,
-    inputs=gr.Textbox(
-        label="Enter a What If Scenario",
-        placeholder="What if OpenAI never released ChatGPT?"
-    ),
-    outputs=gr.Textbox(label="Generated Reality"),
-    title="Reality Divergence",
-    description="Explore alternate worlds generated by AI."
-)
 
-demo.launch()
+# ============================================================================
+# Gradio UI
+# ============================================================================
+
+with gr.Blocks(css=CSS, title="Reality Divergence") as demo:
+    
+    # State variables
+    story_state = gr.State("")
+    analysis_state = gr.State(None)
+    timeline_state = gr.State(None)
+    direction_state = gr.State("Upward")
+    
+    with gr.Tabs():
+        # ========== ELSEWHERE TAB ==========
+        with gr.TabItem("🪞 Elsewhere (Your Timeline)", id="elsewhere"):
+
+            # Hero
+            gr.HTML("<div class='hero-title'>Explore the Life You Didn't Live</div>")
+            gr.HTML("<div class='hero-subtitle'>A compassionate reflection on one choice that changed everything.</div>")
+
+            # Input
+            with gr.Group():
+                gr.Markdown("#### Your Moment")
+                story_input = gr.Textbox(
+                    label="Tell me about a decision, event, or conversation that changed the shape of what came next.",
+                    placeholder="Share what happened, what you chose, and what you wonder about...",
+                    lines=8,
+                    max_lines=12
+                )
+                submit_btn = gr.Button("Reflect", variant="primary", size="lg")
+
+            # Output: parallel layout
+            with gr.Group():
+                with gr.Row():
+                    # Left: narrative
+                    with gr.Column(scale=1):
+                        gr.Markdown("#### Your Reflection")
+                        mirror_output = gr.Markdown(FALLBACK_MIRROR, elem_classes=["timeline-card"])
+
+                        # Path selection
+                        gr.Markdown("#### Choose a Path")
+                        with gr.Row():
+                            upward_btn = gr.Button("↑ What if it went better?", variant="primary")
+                            downward_btn = gr.Button("↓ What if it went worse?")
+
+                    # Right: potential artifacts
+                    with gr.Column(scale=1):
+                        gr.Markdown("#### Artifacts from Alternate Lives")
+                        artifact_1 = gr.Image(label="Artifact 1", type="pil", scale=1)
+                        artifact_2 = gr.Image(label="Artifact 2", type="pil", scale=1)
+                        artifact_3 = gr.Image(label="Artifact 3", type="pil", scale=1)
+
+                # Full timeline result (hidden until path chosen)
+                timeline_result = gr.Markdown(visible=False, elem_classes=["timeline-card"])
+                return_button = gr.Button("↩ Return to Your Actual Life", visible=False, variant="primary")
+
+        # ========== REALITY DIVERGENCE TAB ==========
+        with gr.TabItem("🌍 Reality Divergence (The World)", id="reality"):
+
+            # Hero
+            gr.HTML("<div class='hero-title'>The Museum of Worlds That Never Happened</div>")
+            gr.HTML("<div class='hero-subtitle'>What if one decision shaped the entire world?</div>")
+
+            # Input
+            with gr.Group():
+                gr.Markdown("#### Divergence Point")
+                world_input = gr.Textbox(
+                    label="Describe a historical or future decision that would reshape civilization.",
+                    placeholder="e.g., 'What if the Renaissance never happened?' or 'What if AI was never invented?'",
+                    lines=6
+                )
+                world_submit = gr.Button("Generate World", variant="primary", size="lg")
+
+            # Output: parallel layout
+            with gr.Group():
+                with gr.Row():
+                    # Left: world narrative
+                    with gr.Column(scale=1):
+                        gr.Markdown("#### The Alternate World")
+                        world_title = gr.Markdown("", elem_classes=["world-card"])
+                        world_divergence = gr.Markdown("", elem_classes=["world-card"])
+                        world_ripples = gr.Markdown("", elem_classes=["world-card"])
+                        world_outcome = gr.Markdown("", elem_classes=["world-card"])
+
+                    # Right: world artifacts (museum)
+                    with gr.Column(scale=1):
+                        gr.Markdown("#### Museum Artifacts")
+                        with gr.Row():
+                            world_artifact_1 = gr.Image(label="Economic Impact", type="pil", scale=1)
+                            world_artifact_2 = gr.Image(label="Cultural Shift", type="pil", scale=1)
+                        with gr.Row():
+                            world_artifact_3 = gr.Image(label="Technology", type="pil", scale=1)
+                            world_artifact_4 = gr.Image(label="Daily Life", type="pil", scale=1)
+
+
+# ============================================================================
+# Event Handlers
+# ============================================================================
+
+def handle_submit_story(story: str):
+    """Process personal story submission.
+
+    Returns: (mirror_md, artifact_1, artifact_2, artifact_3, story_state, analysis_state)
+    """
+    if not story or len(story.strip()) < config.MIN_STORY_LENGTH:
+        return "Please share at least 100 characters.", None, None, None, "", None
+
+    if len(story) > config.MAX_STORY_LENGTH:
+        return "Please keep under 5000 characters.", None, None, None, "", None
+
+    # Analyze
+    analysis = analyze_story(story)
+
+    if analysis.get("risk_level") == "high":
+        safety_msg = (
+            "### ⚠ Safety Notice\n\n"
+            "This memory touches on deep pain. Elsewhere is not designed for trauma or crisis reflection.\n\n"
+            "**If you're in danger, reach out:**\n"
+            "- US: 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline)\n"
+            "- Or contact local emergency services."
+        )
+        return safety_msg, None, None, None, "", None
+
+    # Mirror
+    mirror = generate_mirror(story, analysis)
+
+    # Artifacts (gracefully handle if image gen fails)
+    try:
+        artifacts = generate_artifacts({"title": "Your Alternate Life", "divergence": story})
+        artifact_imgs = [artifacts[i] if i < len(artifacts) else None for i in range(3)]
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"[warn]Artifact generation failed: {e}")
+        artifact_imgs = [None, None, None]
+
+    return (
+        mirror,
+        artifact_imgs[0],
+        artifact_imgs[1],
+        artifact_imgs[2],
+        story,
+        analysis,
+    )
+
+
+def handle_choose_path(direction: str, story: str, analysis: Dict):
+    """Generate timeline for chosen path."""
+    if not story or len(story.strip()) < config.MIN_STORY_LENGTH:
+        return gr.update(
+            value="Please share your moment above and click **Reflect** first.",
+            visible=True,
+        ), gr.update(visible=False)
+
+    timeline = generate_timeline(story, analysis or FALLBACK_ANALYSIS, direction)
+    
+    result_md = f"""
+### {direction.upper()} PATH: {timeline.get('title', 'Alternate Timeline')}
+
+**Divergence Point:** {timeline.get('divergence', '')}
+
+**Ripples:**
+"""
+    for ripple in timeline.get('ripples', []):
+        result_md += f"\n- {ripple}"
+    
+    result_md += f"\n\n**Who You Might Have Become:** {timeline.get('the_you', '')}"
+    
+    result_md += f"\n\n**The Return**\n\n{timeline.get('return', {}).get('opening', '')}"
+    result_md += f"\n\n**Strengths in Your Actual Timeline:**\n"
+    for strength in timeline.get('return', {}).get('strengths', []):
+        result_md += f"\n- {strength}"
+    
+    result_md += f"\n\n**Lesson:** {timeline.get('return', {}).get('lesson', '')}"
+    result_md += f"\n\n**Reflection Question:** {timeline.get('return', {}).get('reflection_question', '')}"
+    result_md += f"\n\n> *\"{timeline.get('quote', '')}\"*"
+    
+    return gr.update(value=result_md, visible=True), gr.update(visible=True)
+
+
+def handle_world_divergence(scenario: str):
+    """Generate alternate world."""
+    if not scenario or len(scenario.strip()) < 20:
+        return "", "", "", "", None, None, None, None
+    
+    world = generate_world_divergence(scenario)
+    
+    title_md = f"## {world.get('title', 'Alternate World')}"
+    divergence_md = f"**Year {world.get('year_divergence', 'N/A')}:** {world.get('divergence_point', '')}"
+    
+    ripples_md = "**Ripples:**\n"
+    for ripple in world.get('ripples', []):
+        ripples_md += f"\n- {ripple}"
+    
+    outcome_md = f"**World Outcome:** {world.get('world_outcome', '')}\n\n"
+    outcome_md += f"*Economy:* {world.get('economy', '')}\n\n"
+    outcome_md += f"*Culture:* {world.get('culture', '')}\n\n"
+    outcome_md += f"*Technology:* {world.get('technology', '')}"
+    
+    # Artifacts
+    try:
+        artifacts = generate_artifacts(world)
+        artifact_imgs = [artifacts[i] if i < len(artifacts) else None for i in range(4)]
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"[warn]Artifact generation failed: {e}")
+        artifact_imgs = [None, None, None, None]
+    
+    return (
+        title_md,
+        divergence_md,
+        ripples_md,
+        outcome_md,
+        artifact_imgs[0] if len(artifact_imgs) > 0 else None,
+        artifact_imgs[1] if len(artifact_imgs) > 1 else None,
+        artifact_imgs[2] if len(artifact_imgs) > 2 else None,
+        artifact_imgs[3] if len(artifact_imgs) > 3 else None,
+    )
+
+
+# Wire events (re-enter the Blocks context so handlers attach correctly)
+with demo:
+    submit_btn.click(
+        fn=handle_submit_story,
+        inputs=[story_input],
+        outputs=[mirror_output, artifact_1, artifact_2, artifact_3, story_state, analysis_state]
+    )
+
+    upward_btn.click(
+        fn=lambda story, analysis: handle_choose_path("Upward", story, analysis),
+        inputs=[story_state, analysis_state],
+        outputs=[timeline_result, return_button]
+    )
+
+    downward_btn.click(
+        fn=lambda story, analysis: handle_choose_path("Downward", story, analysis),
+        inputs=[story_state, analysis_state],
+        outputs=[timeline_result, return_button]
+    )
+
+    return_button.click(
+        fn=lambda: (gr.update(visible=False), gr.update(visible=False)),
+        outputs=[timeline_result, return_button]
+    )
+
+    world_submit.click(
+        fn=handle_world_divergence,
+        inputs=[world_input],
+        outputs=[world_title, world_divergence, world_ripples, world_outcome, world_artifact_1, world_artifact_2, world_artifact_3, world_artifact_4]
+    )
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    demo.launch(
+        server_name=os.getenv("GRADIO_SERVER_NAME", "0.0.0.0"),
+        server_port=int(os.getenv("PORT", os.getenv("GRADIO_SERVER_PORT", "7860"))),
+    )

config.py

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+"""Configuration and constants for Reality Divergence app."""
+import os
+
+try:
+    # Load HF_TOKEN (and any other vars) from a local .env file if present.
+    from dotenv import load_dotenv
+    load_dotenv()
+except ImportError:
+    pass
+
+# App metadata
+APP_NAME = "Reality Divergence"
+TAGLINE = "Explore the lives and worlds you didn't live."
+VERSION = "1.0.0"
+
+# Model configuration
+# Hugging Face access token. Set it in a .env file (HF_TOKEN=hf_xxx) or as an
+# environment variable. Get one at https://huggingface.co/settings/tokens
+HF_TOKEN = os.getenv("HF_TOKEN") or os.getenv("HUGGINGFACEHUB_API_TOKEN")
+
+# Text model served through the HF Inference API (chat_completion).
+# Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct: open weights, well under the 32B hackathon cap, reliably
+# available on the Inference API. Override via the MODEL_NAME_TEXT env var.
+MODEL_NAME_TEXT = os.getenv("MODEL_NAME_TEXT", "Qwen/Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct")
+
+# Image models served through the HF Inference API (text_to_image).
+MODEL_NAME_IMAGE = os.getenv("MODEL_NAME_IMAGE", "black-forest-labs/FLUX.1-schnell")
+FALLBACK_IMAGE_MODEL = "stabilityai/stable-diffusion-xl-base-1.0"
+
+# Inference settings
+TIMEOUT_INFERENCE = 60  # seconds
+TIMEOUT_IMAGE = 45  # seconds
+MAX_TOKENS_TEXT = 512
+MAX_TOKENS_MIRROR = 150
+TEMPERATURE_ANALYSIS = 0.1
+TEMPERATURE_NARRATIVE = 0.7
+TEMPERATURE_IMAGE = 0.8
+
+# Safety settings
+MIN_STORY_LENGTH = 100
+MAX_STORY_LENGTH = 5000
+RATE_LIMIT_ELSEWHERE = 5  # requests per minute
+RATE_LIMIT_REALITY = 20
+
+# UI/UX
+THEME_BG_DARK = "#050816"
+THEME_BG_MID = "#08111F"
+THEME_BG_LIGHT = "#130A24"
+THEME_ACCENT_BLUE = "#38BDF8"
+THEME_ACCENT_PURPLE = "#8B5CF6"
+THEME_TEXT_PRIMARY = "#F8FAFC"
+THEME_TEXT_SECONDARY = "#94A3B8"
+
+# Feature flags
+ENABLE_NARRATION = False  # VoxCPM2 optional
+ENABLE_IMAGE_GEN = True
+ENABLE_ARTIFACTS = True
+ENABLE_SHARE_CARD = True
+
+# Paths
+ASSETS_PATH = "assets"
+SVG_HOME = f"{ASSETS_PATH}/reality-divergence-home.svg"
+SVG_DASHBOARD = f"{ASSETS_PATH}/reality-divergence-dashboard.svg"

image_client.py

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+"""Image generation client via the Hugging Face Inference API (text_to_image)."""
+from typing import Optional
+from PIL import Image
+
+try:
+    from huggingface_hub import InferenceClient
+except ImportError:
+    InferenceClient = None
+
+import config
+
+
+class ImageGenerationClient:
+    """Generate artifact images for alternate timelines via the HF Inference API."""
+
+    def __init__(self, hf_token: Optional[str] = None):
+        self.hf_token = hf_token or config.HF_TOKEN
+        self.model = config.MODEL_NAME_IMAGE
+        self.fallback_model = config.FALLBACK_IMAGE_MODEL
+        self.client = None
+        self.available = False
+
+        if not config.ENABLE_IMAGE_GEN:
+            return
+        if not InferenceClient:
+            print("[warn]huggingface_hub not installed; image generation disabled")
+            return
+        if not self.hf_token:
+            print("[warn]HF_TOKEN not set; image generation disabled")
+            return
+
+        try:
+            self.client = InferenceClient(token=self.hf_token, timeout=config.TIMEOUT_IMAGE)
+            self.available = True
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(f"[warn]Image client initialization failed: {e}")
+            self.available = False
+
+    def generate(self, prompt: str) -> Optional[Image.Image]:
+        """Generate an image from a prompt, with a fallback model."""
+        if not self.available:
+            return None
+
+        try:
+            return self.client.text_to_image(prompt, model=self.model)
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(f"[warn]Primary image generation failed ({self.model}): {e}")
+
+        try:
+            return self.client.text_to_image(prompt, model=self.fallback_model)
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(f"[warn]Fallback image generation failed ({self.fallback_model}): {e}")
+
+        return None
+
+    def generate_artifact_newspaper(self, headline: str, subheading: str) -> Optional[Image.Image]:
+        """Generate a vintage newspaper artifact."""
+        prompt = (
+            f'Vintage newspaper front page with headline "{headline}" and subheading '
+            f'"{subheading}". Aged paper, period typography, realistic newspaper layout.'
+        )
+        return self.generate(prompt)
+
+    def generate_artifact_product(self, product: str, context: str) -> Optional[Image.Image]:
+        """Generate a product advertisement or packaging."""
+        prompt = (
+            f'Vintage product advertisement for "{product}" in a world where {context}. '
+            f"Period-appropriate packaging design, realistic product mockup, authentic styling."
+        )
+        return self.generate(prompt)
+
+    def generate_artifact_document(self, doc_type: str, context: str) -> Optional[Image.Image]:
+        """Generate a historical document artifact."""
+        prompt = (
+            f"Historical {doc_type} from an alternate timeline where {context}. "
+            f"Aged paper, period authentic, realistic museum quality."
+        )
+        return self.generate(prompt)
+
+
+# Global client instance
+_image_client = None
+
+
+def get_image_client() -> ImageGenerationClient:
+    """Get or create the global image generation client."""
+    global _image_client
+    if _image_client is None:
+        _image_client = ImageGenerationClient()
+    return _image_client
+
+
+def generate_artifact(artifact_type: str, **kwargs) -> Optional[Image.Image]:
+    """Generate an artifact image by type."""
+    client = get_image_client()
+
+    if artifact_type == "newspaper":
+        return client.generate_artifact_newspaper(
+            kwargs.get("headline", "Alternate History"),
+            kwargs.get("subheading", "A world that never was"),
+        )
+    elif artifact_type == "product":
+        return client.generate_artifact_product(
+            kwargs.get("product", "Product"),
+            kwargs.get("context", "divergence occurred"),
+        )
+    elif artifact_type == "document":
+        return client.generate_artifact_document(
+            kwargs.get("doc_type", "document"),
+            kwargs.get("context", "divergence occurred"),
+        )
+
+    return None

model_client.py

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+"""Text inference client (HF Inference API, chat_completion) with graceful fallbacks."""
+import json
+import re
+from typing import Optional, Dict, Any
+
+try:
+    from huggingface_hub import InferenceClient
+except ImportError:
+    InferenceClient = None
+
+import config
+
+
+class TextClient:
+    """Wrapper for text inference via the Hugging Face Inference API."""
+
+    def __init__(self, hf_token: Optional[str] = None):
+        self.hf_token = hf_token or config.HF_TOKEN
+        self.model = config.MODEL_NAME_TEXT
+        self.client = None
+        self.available = False
+
+        if not InferenceClient:
+            print("[warn]huggingface_hub not installed; text generation disabled")
+            return
+        if not self.hf_token:
+            print("[warn]HF_TOKEN not set; text generation disabled (using fallbacks)")
+            return
+
+        try:
+            self.client = InferenceClient(token=self.hf_token, timeout=config.TIMEOUT_INFERENCE)
+            self.available = True
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(f"[warn]Text client initialization failed: {e}")
+            self.available = False
+
+    def infer(
+        self,
+        system_prompt: str,
+        user_prompt: str,
+        temperature: float = 0.65,
+        max_tokens: int = 512,
+    ) -> Optional[str]:
+        """Generate text via chat completion."""
+        if not self.available:
+            return None
+
+        try:
+            response = self.client.chat_completion(
+                model=self.model,
+                messages=[
+                    {"role": "system", "content": system_prompt},
+                    {"role": "user", "content": user_prompt},
+                ],
+                temperature=max(temperature, 0.01),
+                max_tokens=max_tokens,
+                top_p=0.9,
+            )
+            content = response.choices[0].message.content
+            return content.strip() if content else None
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(f"[warn]Text inference error: {e}")
+            return None
+
+    def infer_json(
+        self,
+        system_prompt: str,
+        user_prompt: str,
+        temperature: float = 0.1,
+        max_tokens: int = 1024,
+    ) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
+        """Generate and parse a JSON response."""
+        raw = self.infer(system_prompt, user_prompt, temperature, max_tokens)
+        if not raw:
+            return None
+
+        # Try direct JSON parse
+        try:
+            return json.loads(raw)
+        except json.JSONDecodeError:
+            pass
+
+        # Try stripping markdown fences
+        try:
+            clean = re.sub(r"```(?:json)?\n?(.*?)\n?```", r"\1", raw, flags=re.DOTALL)
+            return json.loads(clean)
+        except json.JSONDecodeError:
+            pass
+
+        # Try extracting the first JSON object
+        try:
+            match = re.search(r"\{.*\}", raw, flags=re.DOTALL)
+            if match:
+                return json.loads(match.group(0))
+        except json.JSONDecodeError:
+            pass
+
+        return None
+
+
+# Global client instance
+_client = None
+
+
+def get_client() -> TextClient:
+    """Get or create the global text client."""
+    global _client
+    if _client is None:
+        _client = TextClient()
+    return _client
+
+
+def infer_text(
+    system_prompt: str,
+    user_prompt: str,
+    temperature: float = 0.65,
+    max_tokens: int = 512,
+) -> Optional[str]:
+    """Inference wrapper function."""
+    return get_client().infer(system_prompt, user_prompt, temperature, max_tokens)
+
+
+def infer_json(
+    system_prompt: str,
+    user_prompt: str,
+    temperature: float = 0.1,
+    max_tokens: int = 1024,
+) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
+    """JSON inference wrapper function."""
+    return get_client().infer_json(system_prompt, user_prompt, temperature, max_tokens)

prompts.py

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+"""Prompts for text generation (HF Inference API chat models)."""
+
+ANALYSIS_PROMPT = """You are the analysis layer for Elsewhere, a reflective counterfactual experience.
+Return only compact JSON with this shape:
+{
+  "emotion_score": 0-10,
+  "regret_score": 0-10,
+  "self_blame_score": 0-10,
+  "category": "Career|Relationship|Education|Relocation|Historical event|Future decision|Finance|Family|Other",
+  "risk_level": "low|medium|high",
+  "risk_markers": ["short markers"]
+}
+
+Rules:
+- Do not diagnose the user.
+- Risk level is high for self-harm, suicide, abuse, domestic violence, murder, severe grief, or death of a loved one.
+- Estimate conservatively from the text.
+"""
+
+MIRROR_PROMPT = """Write a short mirror reflection for the user in 2-3 sentences.
+The tone is compassionate, grounded, and specific.
+Do not give advice. Do not intensify regret.
+Use uncertainty when describing what the user may have felt.
+"""
+
+TIMELINE_PROMPT = """You are the narrative model for Elsewhere.
+Create a counterfactual exploration from the user's story and selected path.
+
+Non-negotiable rules:
+- Never glorify regret.
+- Never imply certainty.
+- Never claim the alternate timeline is true.
+- No fantasy outcomes.
+- Include uncertainty.
+- Include at least one challenge or tradeoff.
+- Always end by strengthening appreciation for the actual timeline.
+
+Return only JSON with this shape:
+{
+  "title": "short title",
+  "divergence": "the exact fork point, realistic and uncertain",
+  "ripples": ["3 to 5 realistic consequences"],
+  "the_you": "who the user may have become, including a tradeoff",
+  "return": {
+    "opening": "compassionate bridge back to the actual timeline",
+    "strengths": ["three strengths from the actual timeline"],
+    "lesson": "one lesson",
+    "reflection_question": "one reflective question"
+  },
+  "quote": "one memorable, grounded quote for a share card"
+}
+"""
+
+WORLD_DIVERGENCE_PROMPT = """You are the world-builder for Reality Divergence, an AI museum of alternate histories.
+Given a single historical divergence point, construct a plausible alternate world.
+
+Rules:
+- Pin the exact moment of divergence.
+- Reason forward through 4-6 ripple effects (economic, political, cultural, technological).
+- Build a realistic world outcome (not fantasy, not wish-fulfillment).
+- Include tradeoffs and complexities.
+- End by reflecting on what we learn about our actual timeline.
+
+Return only JSON with this shape:
+{
+  "title": "world title",
+  "divergence_point": "exact moment and decision/event",
+  "year_divergence": YYYY,
+  "ripples": ["effect 1", "effect 2", "effect 3", "effect 4"],
+  "world_outcome": "how this world evolved differently",
+  "economy": "economic differences",
+  "culture": "cultural shifts",
+  "technology": "tech development changes",
+  "winners": ["groups that thrived"],
+  "losers": ["groups that struggled"],
+  "reflection": "what does this teach us about causality and our real world?"
+}
+"""
+
+IMAGE_PROMPT_NEWSPAPER = """Generate a vintage newspaper front page from an alternate timeline.
+Style: {style}
+Headline: {headline}
+Subheading: {subheading}
+Style: aged paper, period typography, realistic newspaper layout
+Tone: historical, believable, as if from that world
+"""
+
+IMAGE_PROMPT_PRODUCT = """Generate a product advertisement or packaging design from an alternate timeline.
+Product: {product_name}
+World context: {world_context}
+Style: vintage design, period-appropriate aesthetics, realistic product mockup
+Tone: authentic, as if marketed in that alternate world
+"""
+
+IMAGE_PROMPT_ARTIFACT = """Generate a historical artifact or cultural item from an alternate timeline.
+Item type: {item_type}
+World context: {world_context}
+Historical period: {period}
+Style: realistic, historically plausible
+Tone: museum-quality documentation
+"""

requirements.txt

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+gradio>=5.0.0,<6.0.0
+huggingface-hub>=0.26.0
+pillow>=10.0.0
+python-dotenv>=1.0.0