wifi-densepose/docs/adr/ADR-116-cog-ha-matter-seed.md

ADR-116: Home Assistant + Matter as a Cognitum Seed cog (cog-ha-matter)

Field	Value
Status	Proposed — P1 research complete (docs/research/ADR-116-ha-matter-cog-research.md). P2 cog scaffold compiles (v2/crates/cog-ha-matter, 2/2 unit tests green).
Date	2026-05-23
Deciders	ruv
Codename	HA-COG — HA + Matter, packaged for the Seed
Relates to	ADR-110 (C6 firmware substrate), ADR-115 (HA-DISCO + HA-MIND + HA-FABRIC), ADR-102 (cog catalog), ADR-101 (cog packaging precedent)
Tracking issue	TBD — file under RuView issue tracker once research dossier lands

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1. Context

ADR-115 shipped the Home Assistant + Matter integration as a --mqtt flag on wifi-densepose-sensing-server — a Rust binary that runs on a Pi / Linux box, consumes UDP frames from the ESP32 fleet, and publishes MQTT for any Home Assistant install to discover. That works, but it makes HA+Matter a configuration of the aggregator, not an installable artifact a Cognitum Seed user can drop into their existing fleet.

The Cognitum Seed already has a 105-cog catalog — packaged Seed apps (cog-pose-estimation, cog-quantum-vitals, cog-person-matching, etc.) that anyone can install from app-registry.json. There is no cog-ha-matter yet. That's the gap this ADR closes.

The cog packaging precedent is ADR-101 (cog-pose-estimation) which ships signed aarch64 + x86_64 binaries on GCS with a pose_v1.safetensors weight blob — same shape we'd want for the HA cog.

1.1 Why a cog, not just the existing flag?

Path	Distribution	Discovery	Update	Witness	Local AI
--mqtt on sensing-server	manual install of the Rust binary	none	manual	none	external
cog-ha-matter Seed cog	app-registry.json listing, one-click install	mDNS / cog browser	OTA via cog runtime	Ed25519 witness chain	local ruvllm + RuVector

The cog ships HA+Matter as a first-class Seed feature — same UX as installing a pose estimator or person matcher.

1.2 What this ADR is not

• Not a deprecation of the --mqtt flag on sensing-server. The flag stays for Pi / Linux deployments without a Seed; the cog is the Seed-native option.
• Not a port of HA-MIND / HA-DISCO logic to a different language. The Rust crate already exists; the cog wraps it as a Seed-installable artifact + adds Seed-specific surfaces (witness, RuVector, ruvllm-driven thresholds).
• Not a Matter SDK ship. ADR-115 §9.10 deferred the matter-rs SDK wiring to v0.7.1; this ADR continues that deferral and focuses on the cog packaging + first-class Seed integration, with Matter Bridge mode shipping in v0.8 once the SDK is ready.

2. Decision (provisional — to be refined by the research dossier)

Build cog-ha-matter as a Cognitum Seed cog with these surfaces:

2.1 Core entity surface (unchanged from ADR-115)

The cog republishes the same 21 entities per node (11 raw + 10 semantic primitives) over MQTT auto-discovery, so HA installations behave identically whether the source is a Seed cog or an external sensing-server.

2.2 Seed-native enhancements

• Self-contained MQTT broker (optional) — if the user doesn't already run mosquitto, the cog can host an embedded broker on cognitum-seed.local:1883 and act as the HA endpoint directly.
• mDNS service advertisement — _ruview-ha._tcp so HA's discovery integration finds the Seed without manual config.
• RuVector-backed semantic-primitive thresholds — instead of static semantic-thresholds.yaml, the cog learns per-home thresholds via a SONA-adapted RuVector model (matches the Seed's local-first AI story).
• Ed25519 witness chain — every state transition logged with a Seed signature so care-home / regulated deployments can audit decisions.
• OTA firmware coordination — the cog manages C6 firmware updates for ESP32-C6 nodes in the mesh (ADR-110 substrate).

2.3 Matter dimensions (depend on research findings)

The research dossier covers (a) Matter Bridge vs Matter Device mode, (b) Thread Border Router on the Seed's ESP32-S3 (if feasible), (c) CSA certification path, (d) which Matter device classes map cleanly to which entities. Decision deferred until the dossier lands; this ADR will be updated in §3 with the specific Matter feature set.

2.4 Multi-Seed federation

Multiple Seeds in adjacent rooms coordinate via:

• ESP-NOW mesh (ADR-110 substrate) for time alignment
• mDNS for service discovery
• Witness chain replication for cross-Seed event provenance

The federation model is the natural extension of ADR-110's mesh substrate into the application layer. Specifically: ADR-110 gives us ≤100 µs cross-board sync; this ADR uses that to deduplicate cross-Seed events (one fall, one alert) and reconstruct multi-room transitions (one occupant, room A → hallway → room B).

3. Research dossier findings (P1 complete)

Full dossier: docs/research/ADR-116-ha-matter-cog-research.md. The eight research questions are now answered:

1. Matter Bridge vs Matter Root — Matter 1.4 introduced OccupancySensor (0x0107) with RFSensing feature flag on cluster 0x0406 (revision 5 in Matter 1.4). That's the correct device class for WiFi-CSI sensing — no health/vitals cluster exists in Matter 1.4.2 and won't soon. Seed acts as Bridge with N dynamic OccupancySensor endpoints, not Commissioner (the C6 sensing nodes stay Accessories only — 320 KB SRAM no PSRAM rules out commissioning).
2. Thread Border Router — ESP32-C6 single-chip TBR confirmed working; CONFIG_OPENTHREAD_BORDER_ROUTER=y is the only config step. ADR-110's c6_timesync.c already initialises 802.15.4 — TBR is a Kconfig flag away. Real value: HA's Improv-style commissioning works without a separate Thread border router box.
3. HACS value-add — config flow (UI setup wizard), Repairs API (structured error cards), re-authentication, diagnostics download, typed service actions (set_privacy_mode, calibrate_zone), i18n translations. Bronze is the minimum bar; Gold (repairs + diagnostics + reconfiguration) is the target. Start from hacs.integration_blueprint template.
4. CSA certification — ~$30-42k first year ($22.5k membership + $10-19k ATL lab fees). Skippable for v1 by publishing as "Works with HA" instead. CSA re-evaluate at v0.9+ after HACS adoption data lands.
5. Cog RAM budget — 128 MB RAM / 15 % CPU on the Seed appliance (Pi 5 + Hailo-10 variant has more headroom). 10 KB INT8 semantic-primitive classifier fits without PSRAM. Long-lived supervised process with capability scopes network.mqtt + network.matter + api.ruview_vitals.
6. ruvllm + RuVector latency — ruvllm-esp32 v0.3.3 confirms SONA self-optimising adaptation under 100 µs per query. 8→10 INT8 classifier ~10 KB quantised. Per-home threshold tuning via HA thumbs-up/thumbs-down feedback as LoRA-style gradient steps — closes the top user complaint (false positives) without cloud round-trips.
7. HIPAA / FDA — FDA January 2026 General Wellness guidance explicitly classifies HR / sleep / activity-anomaly alerts as wellness devices (outside FDA jurisdiction) when marketed without diagnostic claims. Frame fall detection as "activity anomaly notification" not "fall diagnosis". --privacy-mode audit-only tier (no MQTT state messages, only SHA-256 digests on-Seed) creates a technical PHI barrier. OccupancySensor (0x0107) device class keeps the product in the same regulatory category as a smart motion sensor.
8. Competitor moat — Aqara FP300 (Nov 2025): 5 entities, no person count, no vitals, no fall detection. TOMMY: zones only, no vitals, closed-source, paywalled. ESPectre: motion only. RuView's differentiation — HR/BR + 17-keypoint pose + 10 semantic primitives + witness chain + SONA adaptation — has no competitor equivalent.

4. Recommended v1 scope (from dossier §8)

Ranked by build cost × user impact:

#	Feature	Cost	Impact	Phase
1	--privacy-mode audit-only tier (no MQTT state, SHA-256 digests on-Seed)	~1 week	Closes care / GDPR deployments	P3 (this cog)
2	Seed cog manifest + Ed25519 signing + store listing	~1-2 weeks	Enables one-click distribution	P2 + P8 (this cog)
3	Local SONA fine-tuning loop (HA feedback → LoRA gradient steps)	~2-3 weeks	Reduces false positives, closes #1 user complaint	P5 (this cog)
4	HACS gold-tier integration (config flow + repairs + diagnostics)	~4-6 weeks	Removes MQTT prerequisite for mainstream users	P9 (separate repo hass-wifi-densepose)
5	Matter Bridge with OccupancySensor + dynamic endpoints	~6-8 weeks	Apple Home / Google Home / Alexa native	v0.8 dedicated sprint (after HACS adoption data)

4. Implementation phases

Phase	Scope	Status
P1	Research dossier (docs/research/ADR-116-ha-matter-cog-research.md)	✅ done — 8 sections, 30+ citations, v1 scope ranked
P2	Cog crate scaffold (v2/crates/cog-ha-matter/) — Cargo.toml + src/{lib,main,manifest}.rs, workspace member, CLI args, --print-manifest flag, 2 manifest unit tests	✅ done — cargo check + cargo test green
P3	Wrap existing ADR-115 MQTT publisher as cog entry point	✅ wiring done — main.rs boots ADR-115's publisher::spawn via runtime::spawn_publisher thin wrapper, holds a long-lived broadcast::Sender<VitalsSnapshot>, awaits Ctrl-C. Live-handle test green without a broker. Next (P3.5): subscribe to sensing-server /v1/snapshot WS and republish into the channel.
P4	Seed-native enhancements (embedded broker, mDNS, witness)	in progress — mDNS half complete: record-builder ✅, ServiceInfo conversion ✅, live responder ✅ (runtime::start_mdns_responder binds multicast, registers, returns MdnsResponderHandle with explicit shutdown() + best-effort Drop). Witness half complete: hash-chain ✅, JSONL line serializer ✅, file persistence + chain-level verify ✅, Ed25519 signing ✅. Remaining: embedded rumqttd broker.
P5	RuVector-backed threshold learning (SONA adaptation)	pending
P6	Multi-Seed federation (cross-Seed dedup + witness)	pending
P7	Matter Bridge mode (depends on matter-rs / esp-matter readiness)	pending
P8	Cog signing + app-registry.json listing + Seed Store entry	pending
P9	HACS integration repo (hass-wifi-densepose) for HA-side install path	pending
P10	Witness bundle + CSA-style spec compliance check	pending

5. References

• ADR-101 — cog-pose-estimation packaging precedent (signed binaries on GCS, .cog manifest)
• ADR-102 — edge module registry (app-registry.json surfaces all cogs)
• ADR-110 — ESP32-C6 firmware substrate (mesh time alignment that multi-Seed federation depends on)
• ADR-115 — HA-DISCO + HA-MIND + HA-FABRIC (the Rust crate this cog wraps)
• docs/research/ADR-116-ha-matter-cog-research.md — companion research dossier (deep-researcher agent in progress)
• Cognitum Seed store: https://seed.cognitum.one/store
• Matter spec: https://csa-iot.org/all-solutions/matter/
• HACS integration target: https://github.com/ruvnet/hass-wifi-densepose (planned)