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From: pyr0ball <pyroballpcs@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 May 2026 06:21:59 -0700
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+# Privacy Policy
+
+CircuitForge LLC's privacy policy applies to this product and is published at:
+
+**<https://circuitforge.tech/privacy>**
+
+Last reviewed: March 2026.
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+# Flicker — Home & Car Maintenance
+
+> *Part of the Circuit Forge LLC "AI for the tasks you hate most" suite.*
+
+**Status:** Backlog — not yet started. Peregrine must prove the model first.
+
+## What it does
+
+Flicker manages ongoing home and vehicle maintenance: service scheduling, maintenance history tracking, recall monitoring, warranty tracking, and finding trusted local providers before something breaks.
+
+The Northern Flicker is a woodpecker that works on the structures it inhabits — literally a home maintenance bird. "Flicker" also captures what the app does: it surfaces a reminder before you've forgotten, and before the problem becomes expensive.
+
+## Why it's hard
+
+Maintenance is hard because:
+- It's invisible until it fails: most people don't track what was done or when
+- Recalls are your responsibility to discover — NHTSA notifies dealers, not owners
+- Warranties have time and mileage limits that are easy to miss
+- Finding trusted providers (mechanic, HVAC, plumber) requires social network or luck
+
+## Core pipeline
+
+```
+Inventory home systems + vehicles (age, model, service history)
+→ Generate maintenance schedule (HVAC filters, oil changes, inspections)
+→ Monitor recalls (NHTSA VIN lookup, CPSC product database)
+→ Track warranty expiry dates → Alert before coverage lapses
+→ Schedule service → Track provider history + rate reliability
+```
+
+## Key differentiators vs. Peregrine
+
+- Proactive vs. reactive: surface issues before failure, not after
+- VIN-based recall monitoring: NHTSA API, weekly check per registered vehicle
+- Maintenance schedule generation: manufacturer specs + actual usage patterns
+- Provider reputation tracking: same provider across multiple jobs over years
+
+## Product code (license key)
+
+`CFG-FLKR-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX`
+
+## Tech notes
+
+- Shared `circuitforge-core` scaffold
+- NHTSA Recalls API: `api.nhtsa.gov/recalls/recallsByVehicle`
+- CPSC product recall database
+- Home system inventory: structured YAML (age, model, serial, last service)
+- Maintenance schedule templates: per-system type with configurable intervals
+- Vision module: scan appliance labels, VIN stickers, oil change stickers