lovelace

A beautiful, enticing, lace-clad system for tracking creator leads — and the letters we send to lure them into putting their content on Glitch University.

Named for Ada: the first programmer, in lace. lovelace is the Phase 3 engine of the WP6 influencer campaign — it remembers who we wrote to, at which address, what we said, who wrote back, and how close each creator is to a live subtree.

No server, no dependencies — Python stdlib + a SQLite ledger. The lead data (emails, PII) stays local and is never committed.

Install

pip install -e .          # then `lovelace ...`
# or, without installing:
python3 -m lovelace ...

The ledger lives at ~/.lovelace/lovelace.db (override with LOVELACE_DB).

Use

lovelace init                                   # open the book

lovelace add --name "Jane Deepdive" --platform youtube \
    --topic "heterodox economics" --email jane@example.com \
    --difficulty low --status shortlist --fit "long-form, paid audience"

lovelace list                                   # the whole book
lovelace list --status shortlist                # filtered
lovelace next                                   # who to approach next (easiest graft first)

lovelace sent 1 --subject "Not a pitch..." --variant quince-A   # log a letter
lovelace reply 1 "Intrigued — what's the split?" --disposition interested
lovelace show 1                                 # full history for one lead

lovelace stats                                  # the funnel
lovelace export --csv leads.csv                 # hand-off / backup

The funnel

prospect → longlist → shortlist → contacted → replied → onboarding → live (plus declined). sent auto-advances a lead to contacted; reply to replied.

Roadmap

• Phase 3 (this): lead DB + send/reply tracking + funnel. ✅
• Phase 4: actually send the emails and handle replies — lovelace already records the templates/variants so attribution is ready.