feat: add comprehensive architecture documentation

- Add AGENT-ONBOARDING.md for AI agents
- Add ARCHITECTURE.md with full system overview
- Add TECH-STACK.md with complete technology inventory
- Add DOMAIN-MODEL.md with entities and bounded contexts
- Add CODING-CONVENTIONS.md with patterns and practices
- Add GLOSSARY.md with terminology reference
- Add C4 diagrams (Context and Container levels)
- Add 10 ADRs documenting key decisions:
  - Talos Linux, NATS, MessagePack, Multi-GPU strategy
  - GitOps with Flux, KServe, Milvus, Dual workflow engines
  - Envoy Gateway
- Add specs directory with JetStream configuration
- Add diagrams for GPU allocation and data flows

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# 🤖 Agent Onboarding
> **This is the most important file for AI agents working on this codebase.**
## TL;DR
You are working on a **homelab Kubernetes cluster** running:
- **Talos Linux v1.12.1** on bare-metal nodes
- **Kubernetes v1.35.0** with Flux CD GitOps
- **AI/ML platform** with KServe, Kubeflow, Milvus, NATS
- **Multi-GPU** (AMD ROCm, NVIDIA CUDA, Intel Arc)
## 🗺️ Repository Map
| Repo | What It Contains | When to Edit |
|------|------------------|--------------|
| `homelab-k8s2` | Kubernetes manifests, Talos config, Flux | Infrastructure changes |
| `llm-workflows` | NATS handlers, Argo/KFP workflows | Workflow/handler changes |
| `companions-frontend` | Go server, HTMX UI, VRM avatars | Frontend changes |
| `homelab-design` (this) | Architecture docs, ADRs | Design decisions |
## 🏗️ System Architecture (30-Second Version)
```
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ USER INTERFACES │
│ Companions WebApp │ Voice WebApp │ Kubeflow UI │ CLI │
└───────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────┘
│ WebSocket/HTTP
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ NATS MESSAGE BUS │
│ Subjects: ai.chat.*, ai.voice.*, ai.pipeline.* │
│ Format: MessagePack (binary) │
└───────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────┘
┌───────────────────┼───────────────────┐
▼ ▼ ▼
┌───────────────┐ ┌───────────────┐ ┌───────────────┐
│ Chat Handler │ │Voice Assistant│ │Pipeline Bridge│
│ (RAG+LLM) │ │ (STT→LLM→TTS) │ │ (KFP/Argo) │
└───────┬───────┘ └───────┬───────┘ └───────┬───────┘
│ │ │
└───────────────────┼───────────────────┘
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ AI SERVICES │
│ Whisper │ XTTS │ vLLM │ Milvus │ BGE Embed │ Reranker │
│ STT │ TTS │ LLM │ RAG │ Embed │ Rank │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
```
## 📁 Key File Locations
### Infrastructure (`homelab-k8s2`)
```
kubernetes/apps/
├── ai-ml/ # 🧠 AI/ML services
│ ├── kserve/ # InferenceServices
│ ├── kubeflow/ # Pipelines, Training Operator
│ ├── milvus/ # Vector database
│ ├── nats/ # Message bus
│ ├── vllm/ # LLM inference
│ └── llm-workflows/ # GitRepo sync to llm-workflows
├── analytics/ # 📊 Spark, Flink, ClickHouse
├── observability/ # 📈 Grafana, Alloy, OpenTelemetry
└── security/ # 🔒 Vault, Authentik, Falco
talos/
├── talconfig.yaml # Node definitions
├── patches/ # GPU-specific patches
│ ├── amd/amdgpu.yaml
│ └── nvidia/nvidia-runtime.yaml
```
### Workflows (`llm-workflows`)
```
workflows/ # NATS handler deployments
├── chat-handler.yaml
├── voice-assistant.yaml
└── pipeline-bridge.yaml
argo/ # Argo WorkflowTemplates
├── document-ingestion.yaml
├── batch-inference.yaml
└── qlora-training.yaml
pipelines/ # Kubeflow Pipeline Python
├── voice_pipeline.py
└── document_ingestion_pipeline.py
```
## 🔌 Service Endpoints (Internal)
```python
# Copy-paste ready for Python code
NATS_URL = "nats://nats.ai-ml.svc.cluster.local:4222"
VLLM_URL = "http://llm-draft.ai-ml.svc.cluster.local:8000/v1"
WHISPER_URL = "http://whisper-predictor.ai-ml.svc.cluster.local"
TTS_URL = "http://tts-predictor.ai-ml.svc.cluster.local"
EMBEDDINGS_URL = "http://embeddings-predictor.ai-ml.svc.cluster.local"
RERANKER_URL = "http://reranker-predictor.ai-ml.svc.cluster.local"
MILVUS_HOST = "milvus.ai-ml.svc.cluster.local"
MILVUS_PORT = 19530
VALKEY_URL = "redis://valkey.ai-ml.svc.cluster.local:6379"
```
## 📨 NATS Subject Patterns
```python
# Chat
f"ai.chat.user.{user_id}.message" # User sends message
f"ai.chat.response.{request_id}" # Response back
f"ai.chat.response.stream.{request_id}" # Streaming tokens
# Voice
f"ai.voice.user.{user_id}.request" # Voice input
f"ai.voice.response.{request_id}" # Voice output
# Pipelines
"ai.pipeline.trigger" # Trigger any pipeline
f"ai.pipeline.status.{request_id}" # Status updates
```
## 🎮 GPU Allocation
| Node | GPU | Workload | Memory |
|------|-----|----------|--------|
| khelben | AMD Strix Halo | vLLM (dedicated) | 64GB unified |
| elminster | NVIDIA RTX 2070 | Whisper + XTTS | 8GB VRAM |
| drizzt | AMD Radeon 680M | BGE Embeddings | 12GB VRAM |
| danilo | Intel Arc | Reranker | 16GB shared |
## ⚡ Common Tasks
### Deploy a New AI Service
1. Create InferenceService in `homelab-k8s2/kubernetes/apps/ai-ml/kserve/`
2. Add endpoint to `llm-workflows/config/ai-services-config.yaml`
3. Push to main → Flux deploys automatically
### Add a New Workflow
1. Create handler in `llm-workflows/chat-handler/` or `llm-workflows/voice-assistant/`
2. Add Kubernetes Deployment in `llm-workflows/workflows/`
3. Push to main → Flux deploys automatically
### Create Architecture Decision
1. Copy `decisions/0000-template.md` to `decisions/NNNN-title.md`
2. Fill in context, decision, consequences
3. Submit PR
## ❌ Antipatterns to Avoid
1. **Don't hardcode secrets** - Use External Secrets Operator
2. **Don't use `latest` tags** - Pin versions for reproducibility
3. **Don't skip ADRs** - Document significant decisions
4. **Don't bypass Flux** - All changes via Git, never `kubectl apply` directly
## 📚 Where to Learn More
- [ARCHITECTURE.md](ARCHITECTURE.md) - Full system design
- [TECH-STACK.md](TECH-STACK.md) - All technologies used
- [decisions/](decisions/) - Why we made certain choices
- [DOMAIN-MODEL.md](DOMAIN-MODEL.md) - Core entities
## 🆘 Quick Debugging
```bash
# Check Flux sync status
flux get all -A
# View NATS JetStream streams
kubectl exec -n ai-ml deploy/nats-box -- nats stream ls
# Check GPU allocation
kubectl describe node khelben | grep -A10 "Allocated"
# View KServe inference services
kubectl get inferenceservices -n ai-ml
# Tail AI service logs
kubectl logs -n ai-ml -l app=chat-handler -f
```
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*This document is the canonical starting point for AI agents. When in doubt, check the ADRs.*