06.15.2025: New Front End, Bigger Brain, Clearer Roadmap

Today was a milestone day for AutonomousMatt—the most wide-ranging update since the project began. After a week of building the foundation (routing logic, metadata formatting, archive ingestion), June 15 was about leveling up: visual polish, deeper intelligence, a better plan for where this is all going.

Here’s everything that happened.

🖥️ A New Front End for AutonomousMatt

The assistant now has a completely new front-end interface—faster, cleaner, and more aligned with the overall visual identity of autonomousmatt.com:

• Live embedded GPT assistant directly in the browser

• A visible “Matt is thinking…” loader (now functional!)

• Responses styled to match the archive’s aesthetic

• Header display of user questions, giving each answer proper context

• Clear source file links at the bottom of every response, drawn from frontmatter metadata

• Scrollable, responsive container design to support long-form answers

This makes AutonomousMatt feel less like a script running in a sandbox—and more like a real-time personal interface to memory.

📚 Massive Archive Expansion

Today also saw the largest update yet to the archive itself:

• Dozens of new .txt files added, covering:

  • Films (Plan 75, The Virgin Suicides, Blue)

  • Historical analysis (The Bubonic Plague in Fourteenth Century East Asia)

  • Media ethics (I, Daniel Blake)

  • Career reflections (How To Be a Great Product Manager)

  • Game behavior psychology (Destiny: Habituation Tactics)

• Every file now includes full metadata headers with:

  • Title, author, date

  • Summary and key insight

  • Canonical source link

• Many files were retitled, cleaned, or restructured for better ingest and response quality

The result is a growing system that can speak confidently across media, strategy, ethics, gaming, history, and memory—all in my voice, backed by my own work.

🧠 Improved GPT Prompting + Training Strategy

Today I refined how GPT is being prompted behind the scenes:

• Each user question is now scoped against a specific file or cluster of files, improving response relevance

• Files are passed as contextual training inputs, not just loose inspiration—so the response is anchored, not hallucinated

• Source citation now always appears, helping users trust and trace where insights come from

• GPT responses now use the original article’s tone, tempo, and POV, unless otherwise requested

This transforms the model from a generic responder to something closer to a semantic commentary engine—able to expand, clarify, and reflect on original writing.

🗺️ Roadmap Planning: From Prototype to Platform

One of the most important shifts today was stepping back to define the near-future roadmap for AutonomousMatt. Here’s what’s coming next:

✅ Just Shipped Today:

• Brand-new front-end

• Live file routing with semantic keyword matching

• Enhanced keyword map with conceptual clusters

• Better GPT prompting + visible source linking

• More complete archive file structure with metadata

🧭 Coming Soon:

1. Inline Source Highlighting
   Highlight which parts of a response came from which part of the file.

2. Session Memory + Conversational Threading
   Let users follow up on previous questions or refine answers over time.

3. Multi-File Matching
   If two or more files match a query, show them side-by-side or in ranked order.

4. Smarter Query Routing via Chunking
   Split long .txt files into thematic segments for tighter GPT context and better routing.

5. Archive Browser Interface
   A visual map of all topics, themes, and formats—film, history, product, etc.

6. Voice Input + Audio Response (Phase 2)
   Ask out loud. Get spoken answers. Use AutonomousMatt hands-free.

7. Keyword Relevance Scoring + Transparency
   Show users why a certain file was selected—based on concepts, phrases, or file frequency.

🧩 Additional Fixes + Refinements Today

• Removed duplicate and ambiguous keywords from the map

• Resolved routing failures (e.g., queries not triggering correct .txt files)

• Started defining synonym-aware keyword clusters to allow for more natural phrasing

• Reconfirmed site performance on both desktop and mobile (passes the scroll and scale test)

💬 Final Reflection

Today, AutonomousMatt evolved from a smart prototype into a functioning product surface—one with a visual identity, a flexible brain, and a forward path.

It’s now possible to:

• Ask a question

• Get a real, grounded, personal answer

• Trace it back to a specific file

• Follow up

• And know that the voice is mine—just enhanced and extended by the system

What began as a clever idea is becoming a daily companion—an interface to memory, meaning, and authorship.

And this is just the beginning.

—Matt

Live at autonomousmatt.com
Try asking:
“What was Derek Jarman trying to say with Blue?”
“How do games keep players hooked?”
“What did you learn from writing about product management?”
And see what answers back.

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