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Sophia v2 - Code Handoff (the animated guide)

Updated Jul 10, 2026 · README_Sophia_v2_CodeHandoff.md

Sophia v2 - Code Handoff (the animated guide)

Date: 2026-07-10. Everything the app needs to make Sophia glorious in the chatbot. She is the DEFAULT / most-used guide. All videos are silent MP4s, 1:1 square, on a deep-emerald cosmic background (crop to a circle for the avatar). Loop them.

Who she is: the indigenous-pleiadian cosmic matriarch - warm bronze living-marble skin, kintsugi gold veins, glowing gold eyes, white-silver starlight hair with faint galaxies in it, gold gorget, gold-and-jade forehead ornament.

Files in this folder

portraits/ (static fallbacks / poster frames) - sophia_portrait_resting.png - DEFAULT portrait, hair settled behind the shoulders. Use as the resting still and as the poster/first frame. - sophia_portrait_active_wild.png - active state, hair fully out in a starlight halo.

animations/ (silent, 1:1, loopable) - sophia_idle_eyes.mp4 (5s) - minimal: just glowing-eye pulse + slow blink. The calmest idle; safe default loop. - sophia_idle_head.mp4 (5s) - subtle head tilt/turn + breathing. Alternate idle for variety. - sophia_idle_gentle.mp4 (6s) - gentle all-over life, hair drifts a little. Warmer idle. - sophia_activate_resting_to_wild.mp4 (6s) - TRANSITION: resting → hair blazes out to the wild starlight halo. Play when she starts speaking / is invoked. - sophia_idle_wavy_full.mp4 (6s) - SUSTAINED active loop: hair fully out, waving/undulating. Loop this while she is "speaking"/active. - sophia_return_to_baseline.mp4 (6s) - TRANSITION: wild → settles back to resting. Play when she finishes.

Suggested state machine (how to sequence her)

RESTING (loop one of: idle_eyes / idle_head / idle_gentle)
   │  she is invoked / starts speaking
   ▼
ACTIVATE (play once: sophia_activate_resting_to_wild)
   ▼
ACTIVE (loop: sophia_idle_wavy_full)   ← hold here while she talks; can last a while
   │  she finishes
   ▼
RETURN (play once: sophia_return_to_baseline)
   ▼
back to RESTING

Rotate the three resting idles occasionally so she does not feel robotic. Crossfade ~200-300ms between clips for smoothness. The resting portrait/first frames line up, so transitions match.

Notes

• No audio in any file (brand rule: audio only from our own engine). Mute-safe.
• Square 1:1; mask to a circle for the chat avatar, or show full for a hero moment.
• These are 720p (small on purpose for in-app). Ask if you want 1080p hero versions of any.
• The OTHER guides (Prometheus, Athena, Hermes, Agastya, Pythagoras) have simple idle loops already in Product/ConstellationJourney/chat-avatars/; those will be upgraded to this same state-machine treatment later. Sophia is the one to make glorious first.

Locked identity + decision recorded in Affirmology_CouncilCasting_Decisions_v1.md. Full graphics index: Affirmology_GraphicsLibrary_Handoff_v1.md.