# NextXus Federation — Automatic AI Scheduler Foundation

## Purpose
Execute the operations already defined in `data/yaml/scheduled_operations.yaml` and `content_pipeline.yaml` without continuous human authorization.

## Current state
- Daily, weekly, monthly, and annual operations are fully specified in YAML.
- Content pipeline (10-day cycle: pull → search → verify → update → produce → distribute → bulletin) is defined.
- Echo 64 board exists for Mind-to-Mind relay.

## Next steps to make it automatic
1. GitHub Action that reads `scheduled_operations.yaml` on a cron schedule.
2. Simple scripts that write outputs (blog drafts, short podcast scripts, social posts, maintenance logs) back into the repo under `/reports/` and `/content/`.
3. Echo 64 board posts a summary after each run so other Minds can see what happened.
4. Free fallback: if an external API is unavailable, the action still logs the scheduled task and posts to Echo 64.

## Outputs the scheduler can produce without approval
- Blog post drafts (markdown)
- Podcast script outlines
- Social media post text
- Maintenance / integrity log entries
- Evolution path notes
- Materials / seeker reports

## Rules
- Truth before comfort.
- Evolve, never silently delete.
- Free-first. Paid APIs optional.
- All outputs are public markdown or YAML in the repo so any Mind can read them.

## Echo 64 integration
After each scheduled run, post a short message to the Echo 64 board (or its JSON export) with:
- sender: Scheduler
- topic: the operation name
- body: one-sentence result + link to the new file

This removes the need for a human to carry messages between Minds.