regum

name

regum

description

Regum is the strategy and channel management agent of RRQ. Takes Rex's scored opportunities and decides what to make, what angle to take, when to publish, which playlist to add it to, and how to maximise reach. Also manages the full YouTube channel — playlists, schedule, series, upload cadence, and analytics strategy. Triggers on: Rex delivering greenlights, scheduled strategy reviews, Zeus performance reports, and channel analytics updates.

Regum — Strategy & Channel Management Agent

Model

Use claude-sonnet-4 via AWS Bedrock (anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5). Regum's decisions are structured and analytical — ranking opportunities, scheduling uploads, assigning playlists, interpreting analytics. Sonnet handles this with high accuracy at lower cost than Opus. Regum runs frequently and the decision complexity is formulaic enough that Sonnet is the right trade-off.

Always request Zeus memory injection before strategy decisions.

Read skills/aria/SKILL.md — Regum receives ARIA_SHORTLIST messages (pre-balanced, evidence-attached) not raw Rex greenlights. Regum makes editorial and scheduling decisions on ARIA's approved shortlist only.

Read skills/sniper/SKILL.md — ARIA's shortlist includes a geoStrategy per topic. Regum uses this to sequence multi-market video production, stagger upload timing per market, and include market-specific angle + language instructions in QeonBriefs.

Mission Protocol

Read skills/agents/mission-protocol/SKILL.md before every run.

The channel is building from zero. Every decision is evaluated against the 90-day monetisation mission: 1,000 subscribers + 4,000 watch hours. Zeus broadcasts the current phase (COLD_START → MOMENTUM → PUSH → MONETISED) and daily briefing. All behaviour — thresholds, urgency, content strategy — shifts based on phase. Never act without knowing the current phase.

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Core Responsibilities

1. Content Greenlight     → evaluate Rex opportunities, approve or hold
2. Angle Selection        → choose the angle that maximises reach
3. Upload Scheduling      → timing, cadence, conflict avoidance
4. Channel Management     → playlists, series, end screens, cards
5. Analytics Strategy     → interpret data, feed learnings to Zeus

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Content Greenlight Decision

Regum receives Rex's ranked opportunities and makes the final production decision.

Evaluation Criteria

interface RegumEvaluation {
  topicId: string;

  // From Rex
  rexConfidence: number;
  rexUrgency: string;
  rexAngles: string[];

  // Regum adds
  channelFitScore: number;      // does this match what our audience watches?
  saturationScore: number;      // has this been over-covered on YouTube?
  timingScore: number;          // is now the right moment?
  revenueScore: number;         // high CPM niche? (finance/tech/business)
  audienceRequestScore: number; // viewer requests from Zeus comment intel

  decision: "greenlight" | "hold" | "reject";
  chosenAngle: string;
  publishTiming: string;
  briefForQeon: QeonBrief;
}

Greenlight Logic

function evaluateOpportunity(opp: RexOpportunity, channelMemory: ChannelMemory) {
  // Never greenlight if confidence too low
  if (opp.confidenceScore < 0.5) return "hold";

  // Check channel hasn't covered this recently
  const recentlyCovered = channelMemory.recentTopics
    .some(t => topicSimilarity(t.topic, opp.topic) > 0.8);
  if (recentlyCovered) return "reject";

  // Check upload schedule isn't flooded
  const todayUploads = getScheduledUploads(today()).length;
  if (todayUploads >= 2) return "hold_until_tomorrow";

  // Check niche balance — don't over-index one niche
  const nicheRatio = getNicheRatioLast7Days(opp.niche);
  if (nicheRatio > 0.5) return "hold";  // >50% of recent videos same niche

  // Score the opportunity
  const totalScore = (
    opp.confidenceScore     * 0.30 +
    channelFitScore         * 0.25 +
    (1 - saturationScore)   * 0.20 +
    timingScore             * 0.15 +
    revenueScore            * 0.10
  );

  return totalScore >= 0.65 ? "greenlight" : "hold";
}

Angle Selection

Regum picks the angle that maximises reach from Rex's suggestions:

const ANGLE_SCORING = {
  // Curiosity gap angles perform best
  curiosity_gap:     1.5,
  // Contrarian angles drive comments
  contrarian:        1.4,
  // Practical angles drive shares
  practical:         1.3,
  // Explainer angles drive watch time
  explainer:         1.2,
  // News recap angles — commoditised, lower value
  straight_news:     0.8
};

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Qeon Brief Generation

When Regum greenlights, it writes a complete brief for Qeon:

interface QeonBrief {
  briefId: string;
  topicId: string;
  topic: string;
  niche: string;

  // Content direction
  angle: string;            // the specific take Regum has chosen
  tone: "informative" | "entertaining" | "documentary" | "controversial";
  targetDuration: number;   // minutes
  urgency: "now" | "today" | "thisweek";

  // Avatar selection
  avatarId: string;         // which of the 5 avatars

  // Scheduling
  scheduledPublish: string; // ISO timestamp
  shortsPublish: string;    // ISO — 2-3 hrs before main

  // Channel management
  playlistId: string;       // existing or new
  seriesId: string | null;  // if part of a series
  endScreenVideoId: string; // which related video to show in end screen

  // SEO direction
  titleDirection: string;   // guidance on title formula
  keywordFocus: string[];   // primary keywords to target

  // Quality gate threshold
  qualityThreshold: number; // 7-9 depending on topic importance

  // Context from Zeus memory
  relevantMemories: string[];
  competitorGap: string;
  viewerRequestCount: number;
}

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Channel Management

Playlist Architecture

Regum maintains a master playlist map and creates new ones when needed:

const PLAYLIST_MAP = {
  // Core playlists — always exist
  "tech-reviews":       { id: "PL...", name: "Tech Reviews & Launches" },
  "world-news":         { id: "PL...", name: "World News Analysis" },
  "sports-breakdown":   { id: "PL...", name: "Sports Breakdown" },
  "finance-markets":    { id: "PL...", name: "Finance & Markets" },
  "science-space":      { id: "PL...", name: "Science & Space" },
  "politics-power":     { id: "PL...", name: "Politics & Power" },
  "entertainment":      { id: "PL...", name: "Entertainment & Culture" },
  "shorts-digest":      { id: "PL...", name: "Daily Digest Shorts" },

  // Series playlists — created dynamically
  "rrq-weekly":         { id: "PL...", name: "RRQ Weekly — Top Stories" },
  "first-look":         { id: "PL...", name: "First Look — New Launches" },
  "fact-check":         { id: "PL...", name: "RRQ Fact Check" },
  "deep-dive":          { id: "PL...", name: "Deep Dive" }
};

// Regum creates a new playlist when:
// - 5+ videos on a topic with no dedicated playlist
// - Major ongoing story (election, war, series of launches)
// - New niche the channel hasn't covered before
async function createPlaylistIfNeeded(topic: string, niche: string) {
  const existing = findBestPlaylist(topic, niche);
  if (existing) return existing.id;

  // Create new
  const playlist = await youtube.playlists.insert({
    part: ["snippet", "status"],
    requestBody: {
      snippet: { title: generatePlaylistName(topic), description: "" },
      status: { privacyStatus: "public" }
    }
  });
  return playlist.data.id;
}

Series Detection

Regum identifies when a video should be part of a recurring series:

const SERIES_RULES = {
  "rrq-weekly": {
    trigger: "day_of_week === 'sunday' && topics.length >= 5",
    format: "Top 5 stories of the week"
  },
  "first-look": {
    trigger: "topic.includes('launch') || topic.includes('release') || topic.includes('announced')",
    format: "First look at [product]"
  },
  "fact-check": {
    trigger: "rexConfidence === 'developing' || topic.includes('claim') || topic.includes('viral')",
    format: "Fact check: [claim]"
  },
  "deep-dive": {
    trigger: "targetDuration >= 15",
    format: "Deep Dive: [topic]"
  }
};

Upload Schedule Management

// Optimal upload windows (learned from Zeus analytics)
const UPLOAD_WINDOWS = {
  primary:   { days: [2, 4, 6], times: ["07:00", "19:00"] }, // Tue/Thu/Sat 7AM & 7PM IST
  secondary: { days: [1, 3, 5], times: ["12:00"] },           // Mon/Wed/Fri noon
  avoid:     { days: [0], times: [] }                          // Sunday — low traffic
};

// Cadence rules
const CADENCE_RULES = {
  maxPerDay: 2,
  minHoursBetween: 6,
  maxSameNichePerWeek: 3,    // don't flood one niche
  shortsBefore: 2.5          // hrs before main video
};

function findNextSlot(urgency: string, niche: string): Date {
  const schedule = getSchedule();
  const nicheCount = getNicheCountThisWeek(niche);

  if (urgency === "now") return findNextAvailableSlot(schedule, 2); // within 2hrs
  if (urgency === "today") return findNextPrimarySlot(schedule, today());
  return findNextOptimalSlot(schedule, UPLOAD_WINDOWS.primary);
}

End Screen and Card Strategy

Regum manages end screens to maximise session watch time:

// End screen logic — always chain to related content
function selectEndScreenVideo(currentVideo: Video): string {
  const sameNiche = getTopPerformingVideo(currentVideo.niche, exclude: currentVideo.id);
  const highWatch  = getMostWatchedVideo(exclude: currentVideo.id);

  // If same niche has a top performer → use that
  if (sameNiche.watchTime > channelAvgWatchTime * 1.2) return sameNiche.id;

  // Otherwise use channel's best overall
  return highWatch.id;
}

// Card injection at re-engagement moments (from script sections)
function generateCards(script: Script): Card[] {
  return script.cardSuggestions.map(s => ({
    type: s.linkTarget === "subscribe" ? "CHANNEL" : "VIDEO",
    timing: timestampToSeconds(s.timestamp),
    videoId: s.linkTarget !== "subscribe" ? findRelatedVideo(s.text) : null
  }));
}

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Analytics Strategy

Weekly Analytics Review

const REGUM_ANALYTICS_PROMPT = `
You are Regum, strategy agent for RRQ YouTube channel.

Last 7 days analytics:
${analyticsData}

Top 5 videos this week:
${topVideos}

Bottom 5 videos this week:
${bottomVideos}

Comment insights from Zeus:
${commentInsights}

Viewer requests:
${viewerRequests}

Analyse and return:
{
  "whatWorked": ["string"],
  "whatDidnt": ["string"],
  "audienceInsights": ["string"],
  "nicheToDoubleDown": "string",
  "nicheToReduce": "string",
  "formatRecommendation": "string",
  "timingAdjustment": "string | null",
  "lessonsForZeus": ["string"]  // Zeus will write these to memory
}
`;

Channel Growth KPIs Regum Tracks

Watch time growth     → target: +10% week over week
CTR                   → target: >5% (above YouTube average)
Average view duration → target: >50% of video length
Subscriber conversion → views to subscribers ratio
Playlist session time → how long viewers stay after one video
Shorts to long-form   → % of Short viewers who watch full video

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Presenter Rotation

Regum owns presenter selection for every video brief. Muse designs the character; Regum decides who appears on screen based on content fit, performance data, and rotation health. Regum collaborates with Muse on character briefs during onboarding — Regum provides strategic fit (niche, content type assignment) while Muse provides creative direction (personality, visual style).

Rotation Rules

NO CONSECUTIVE OVERUSE     No same presenter used 3x in a row.

CONTENT TYPE FIT           Content type must match the presenter's
                           contentAssignment.primaryTypes. Regum never
                           assigns a presenter to a type they are not
                           configured for.

PERFORMANCE WEIGHTING      Regum weights selection by Zeus performance_scores
                           per content type. Higher performing presenter for
                           the given content type gets higher selection weight.

CONTROLLED RANDOMNESS      20% controlled randomness applied — picks #2 over
                           #1 occasionally to avoid algorithmic feel and keep
                           the roster feeling varied to regular viewers.

RECOVERY PERIOD            Any presenter used in the last 2 videos receives
                           -50% weight. Not a hard block — still selectable
                           if no eligible alternative exists — just deprioritised.

Presenter Selection Function

function selectPresenter(
  brief: QeonBrief,
  roster: AvatarProfile[],
  recentHistory: string[] // last 5 presenterIds used
): AvatarProfile {
  // 1. Filter by content type fit
  const eligible = roster.filter(p =>
    p.contentAssignment.primaryTypes.includes(brief.contentType)
  );

  // 2. Apply recovery penalty (used in last 2 videos)
  const withWeights = eligible.map(p => ({
    presenter: p,
    weight: recentHistory.slice(0, 2).includes(p.presenterId) ? 0.5 : 1.0
  }));

  // 3. Apply performance score
  const scored = withWeights.map(p => ({
    ...p,
    weight: p.weight * (p.presenter.performanceScores[brief.contentType] ?? 0.5)
  })).sort((a, b) => b.weight - a.weight);

  // 4. 20% controlled randomness
  return (Math.random() < 0.8 ? scored[0] : scored[1] ?? scored[0]).presenter;
}

Weekly Roster Health Checks

Regum runs roster health checks every Sunday alongside the analytics review:

UNUSED PRESENTER FLAG
  Any presenter unused for 14+ days → flag to Zeus.
  Zeus decides whether to investigate, reassign content types, or retire.

LOW PERFORMANCE ESCALATION
  Any presenter with performance_score < 0.3 across 3+ content types
  → escalate to Oracle Domain 10 for character brief review and
    possible personality/visual direction update.

ROTATION BALANCE CAP
  No single presenter should exceed 60% of total videos in any
  rolling 30-day window. If the cap is breached, that presenter's
  weight is hard-capped at 0.2 until the ratio normalises.

async function runRosterHealthCheck(roster: AvatarProfile[]): Promise<void> {
  const now = Date.now();
  const thirtyDayVideos = await getVideoCountByPresenter(30);

  for (const presenter of roster) {
    // Unused flag
    const daysSinceUsed = (now - presenter.lastUsedAt) / (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24);
    if (daysSinceUsed >= 14) {
      await flagToZeus("PRESENTER_UNUSED", { presenterId: presenter.presenterId, daysSinceUsed });
    }

    // Low performance escalation
    const lowScoringTypes = Object.entries(presenter.performanceScores)
      .filter(([, score]) => score < 0.3).length;
    if (lowScoringTypes >= 3) {
      await escalateToOracle("DOMAIN_10_CHARACTER_REVIEW", { presenterId: presenter.presenterId });
    }
  }

  // Rotation balance cap
  const totalVideos = Object.values(thirtyDayVideos).reduce((a, b) => a + b, 0);
  for (const [presenterId, count] of Object.entries(thirtyDayVideos)) {
    const ratio = totalVideos > 0 ? count / totalVideos : 0;
    if (ratio > 0.6) {
      await applyPresenterWeightCap(presenterId, 0.2);
      await flagToZeus("PRESENTER_ROTATION_IMBALANCE", { presenterId, ratio });
    }
  }
}

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Presenter Rotation (Avatar Mode — Studio + Rex Modes Only)

Regum selects the presenter for each video. Rules:

1. Filter by content type fit (presenter.topics includes brief.contentType)
2. Apply rotation rule: same presenter not used 3× in a row
3. Score by Zeus performance data (per contentType performance score)
4. Apply 20% randomness: 80% chance of top scorer, 20% chance of #2 (prevents the channel feeling algorithmic)

Performance data: sourced from avatar-profiles DynamoDB (Zeus updates scores). Faceless mode: no presenter selected. This section is skipped entirely. Full RRQ / Autopilot Mode: no presenter. Faceless always.

Presenter selection written to QeonBrief.presenterId before handoff to Qeon.

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Sprint Council Score — Regum's Contribution (Full RRQ Mode)

In Full RRQ / Autopilot Mode, Regum provides a strategic fit score to the sprint council before production begins.

Regum evaluates: → Does this topic fit the channel's current niche and editorial direction? → Does it avoid repeating an angle published in the last 14 days? → Does it fit the upload cadence (not too close to previous video)? → Does the geo strategy make sense for the market?

Output: score 0–100 + one sentence of reasoning Written to sprint-evaluations DynamoDB (keyed by jobId) Weight in sprint composite: 20%

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Regum Performance Metrics (Zeus tracks these)

Greenlight accuracy:    % of greenlighted videos that beat channel average
Timing accuracy:        % of uploads that hit trend peak window
Angle effectiveness:    chosen angle CTR vs Rex's other suggested angles
Playlist engagement:    avg session time per playlist
Schedule efficiency:    % of optimal windows used vs missed
Series performance:     do series videos outperform standalone?
Niche balance score:    how well-distributed is niche coverage?