feat: wire BuildPulse to Appwrite-backed persistence

docs/AI_DEVELOPER_HANDOFF.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ## Mission
 
-Build a tiny local-first app called BuildPulse.
+Build a tiny Appwrite-backed app called BuildPulse.
 BuildPulse v0.1 is a single-project planning cockpit for AI-assisted development.
 It must allow the user to:
 1. Manage a simple feature plan.
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ Pulse event fields:
 - Agent ID
 - Pulse type
 - Message
-- Structured payload
 - Confidence score
 - Evidence refs
 - Trace ID, optional
@@ -104,14 +103,11 @@ Markdown package:
 
 ## Storage
 
-Use local-first browser persistence unless explicitly told otherwise.
-Preferred:
-- LocalStorage or IndexedDB
+Use Appwrite on the Unraid server for canonical persistence.
+Also keep a local cache fallback so the app remains usable if the backend briefly flakes out.
 
 Do not add:
-- Database
 - Auth
-- Backend
 
 ## Initial Seed Data
 
@@ -121,7 +117,7 @@ Project name:
 BuildPulse
 
 One-line pitch:
-A local-first planning cockpit for AI-assisted product building.
+A calm planning cockpit for AI-assisted product building.
 
 Current goal:
 Ship v0.1 with Feature Plan, Parking Lot, Pulse Log, and Export.
@@ -203,7 +199,7 @@ If tempted, add the idea to Parking Lot instead.
 
 1. Create React/Vite app.
 2. Define TypeScript types matching `docs/DATA_SCHEMA.md`.
-3. Implement local storage.
+3. Implement Appwrite-backed persistence with local cache fallback.
 4. Implement project summary.
 5. Implement Feature Plan.
 6. Implement Parking Lot.
@@ -266,7 +262,7 @@ Read these files before doing anything:
 
 Your task:
 Build BuildPulse v0.1 exactly as scoped.
-BuildPulse v0.1 is a local-first, single-project planning cockpit for AI-assisted development.
+BuildPulse v0.1 is an Appwrite-backed, single-project planning cockpit for AI-assisted development.
 
 Required v0.1 views:
 1. Feature Plan
@@ -279,7 +275,7 @@ Required behavior:
 - Feature cards in Now / Next / Later / Done
 - Parking Lot for distracting ideas
 - Manual Pulse Log with future-compatible Pulse event schema
-- Local persistence
+- Appwrite-backed persistence with local cache fallback
 - JSON export/import
 - Pulse JSONL export
 - Markdown export including CLAUDE_CONTEXT.md
@@ -292,7 +288,6 @@ Hard constraints:
 - Do not add local/cloud router
 - Do not add real agent integration
 - Do not add backend auth
-- Do not add database
 - Do not add WebSockets
 - Do not add GitHub/OpenClaw/Hermes integration
 
@@ -317,7 +312,7 @@ After coding:
 
 ## The shortest version of the project direction
 
-BuildPulse v0.1 is a single-project, local-first feature cockpit with Parking Lot, manual Pulse Log, and AI-context export.
+BuildPulse v0.1 is a single-project, Appwrite-backed feature cockpit with Parking Lot, manual Pulse Log, and AI-context export.
 It must help me see what I am building, what is active now, what is parked, what happened, and what to hand off to an AI coder next.
 Do not build the full Agent Pulse framework yet.