Digital Empire

A self-improving AI-powered home automation and productivity system. Everything I build lives here.

Philosophy

Being productive in 2026 is about:

Spending more time thinking and writing
Spending less time clicking and context switching
Creating self-improving systems

This repo follows core principles: self-building, self-improving, self-fixing, reconstructable, portable, open-source, standards-first, and graceful degradation.

See AGENTS.md for the full manifesto.

Apps

App	What it does
portfolio	Digital garden with Three.js, splats, and frontend experiments
blog + obsidian-plugin	Astro-based Obsidian publisher. Write → `publish: true` → auto-deploys
photo-to-splat	Single photo → 3D Gaussian Splat (Apple Silicon)
ha-watch	Voice-control Home Assistant from Apple Watch
corgina	Voice-first pregnancy tracker with AI nutrition estimates
workout	Phoneless Hevy - log gym workouts by voice on Apple Watch

Other app directories are experimental or in progress: collab-server, obsidian-collab, recipes, sofa-pivot.

OpenCode Skills

The .opencode/skill/ directory contains AI-readable documentation for integrating with services:

Skill	Purpose
`bitwarden`	Credential management via CLI
`qbittorrent`	Torrent downloads via Web UI API
`home-assistant`	Smart home control via REST API
`telegram`	Notifications via bot API
`self-improve`	Meta-skill for AI self-improvement

Additional skills (browser automation, cooking, deployment, recipes) live in .opencode/skill/.

Skills guide the AI to obtain credentials when missing. See .opencode/skill/README.md.

Quick Start

Prerequisites

Node.js 18+ and pnpm for web projects
Xcode 15+ for iOS/watchOS projects
Python 3.11+ for photo-to-splat backend

Web Projects

pnpm install
pnpm --filter @digital-empire/portfolio dev
pnpm --filter @digital-empire/blog dev

iOS/watchOS Projects

open apps/ha-watch/HA\ Watch\ App.xcodeproj
open apps/pregnancy/HydrationReminder/HydrationReminder.xcodeproj
open apps/workout/phoneless-hevy.xcodeproj

Environment Variables

cp .env.example .env
# Fill in your values

Project Structure

.
├── apps/
│   ├── blog/                 # Astro Obsidian publisher
│   ├── ha-watch/             # Home Assistant watchOS
│   ├── obsidian-plugin/      # Obsidian → blog sync
│   ├── photo-to-splat/       # Photo → 3D splat
│   ├── portfolio/            # Digital garden
│   ├── pregnancy/            # Corgina health tracker
│   └── workout/              # Phoneless Hevy
├── .opencode/
│   ├── skill/                # AI skills (service integrations)
│   └── agent/                # Custom AI agents
├── AGENTS.md                 # Project manifesto & AI instructions
└── opencode.json             # OpenCode config

Tech Stack

Web: React, Vite, Astro, Three.js, Tailwind
Mobile: Swift, SwiftUI, HealthKit
Backend: Python, FastAPI, Node.js
AI: OpenCode, Claude Opus, Chrome MCP

License

MIT for most things. Check individual app READMEs.

Built by Benjamin Shafii

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