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@@ -13,12 +13,14 @@ record; nothing here is scaffolding from before 2026-10-14.
  Time acts as the Gitea user `time` (its own token, TIME_TOKEN) for every write except comments and commit statuses,
  which stay with the Actions identity (`gitea-actions`); code goes in as git pushes. Seats post as themselves: a
  review by `haiku` is a Gitea review by the user `haiku` (one Gitea user per model line, TIME_SEAT_<SEAT>).
- Rhythm: Astra (daily, 13:13 UTC) queues cards; the heartbeat (hourly, and on demand) builds `ready` cards with a
+ Rhythm: Astra (daily, 13:13 UTC) is the router: its seat judges every candidate card (kind, value, size) and
+ `router.py` ranks them with the owner's weights per kind in time `time/router.json` (mode dry: it posts the ranking on
+ the Astra log; live: it queues from the top and the heartbeat promotes in ranked order). The heartbeat (hourly, and on demand) builds `ready` cards with a
  seat, gets each PR reviewed by the council, and merges on approve + green CI, engine code included. Only the workflow
  directories (`.github/workflows/`) stay a human's merge: the CEO batches them. A card whose PR already exists (Codex, a
  chat, the CEO) is adopted: labelled `ready`, it is reviewed and landed, never rebuilt. Housekeeping sweeps daily (13:17).
- Ventures: one a day, built for quality (`venture.yml` ticks every 6 hours, TIME_VENTURE=on); the day's card starts
- once every other venture card is launched or held. Opus leads alone: a research round over the trending repos and the
+ Ventures: paused since 2026-10-19 (TIME_VENTURE=off; the launched ones are still measured) until the router starts
+ them (time#170). When on: one a day, built for quality; the day's card starts once every other venture card is launched or held. Opus leads alone: a research round over the trending repos and the
  studio's track record, one pick, the plan, the build (`claude:opus`) and the judging (a 1-10 score: under 8 earns
  polish rounds, then it launches with its score); sonnet drafts the launch posts. No fable. Batches (off) keep the board. Each venture lives at <slug>.yolopreneur.lol (gh-pages `ventures/<slug>/`); the
  portfolio at yolopreneur.lol is gh-pages `ventures/index.html`, made by hand, and reads `ventures.json`.