thebardchat on Twitch — Love & Light Broadcasting

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twitch.tv/thebardchat — A family streaming channel built on faith, sobriety, and love. Where the Brazelton crew games, creates, and connects. No toxicity. No dark corners. Just real people, real AI, and real community.

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The Mission

The internet has enough darkness. Enough rage-bait, negativity, and performative chaos. This channel exists to be the opposite — a place where a dad and his boys show up authentically, where AI is demystified and made human, and where the community feels genuinely welcomed.

Shane Brazelton (thebardchat) built a full local AI infrastructure on a Raspberry Pi 5 to serve the people Big Tech is leaving behind. This channel is where that mission goes live.

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Who Streams Here

Streamer	What They Do
Shane (thebardchat)	AI demos, dispatch life, creative sessions, family stories
Gavin	Gaming, positive vibes
The Crew	When the boys show up, anything can happen

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What to Expect

• AI Live Demos — Watching ShaneBrain, the MEGA Crew bots, and Claude work in real time
• Family Gaming Nights — Brothers vs. brothers, Dad loses gracefully
• Creative Sessions — Book readings from You Probably Think This Book Is About You
• Honest Conversations — Sobriety, faith, parenting, the real stuff
• !shanebrain Command — Ask the AI anything live in chat, answered by local Ollama
• Community Events — Viewers vote on outcomes, shape the stream

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Repo Structure

twitch/
├── index.html              # GitHub Pages — stream schedule + social hub
├── CONSTITUTION.md         # Channel values and community rules
├── CLAUDE.md               # Claude Code session instructions
├── bot/
│   ├── bot.py              # Twitch chat bot (twitchio Python)
│   └── commands.py         # !shanebrain, !sobriety, !love, !crew, !book
├── discord/
│   └── README.md           # Discord server guide — channels, roles, bot commands, go-live alerts
├── alerts/
│   ├── go-live.html        # Go-live Discord + social notification trigger
│   └── overlay.html        # OBS browser source overlay (1920x1080)
├── n8n/
│   ├── twitch-go-live.json # Webhook → Discord embed + Weaviate log
│   └── clip-highlight.json # Auto-clip → Facebook/Discord posting
└── docs/
    ├── PLAN.md             # Full autonomous Twitch build plan (5 phases)
    ├── setup.md            # Twitch Developer App + OAuth guide
    └── commands.md         # All chat commands and responses

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Bot Commands

Command	What It Does
!shanebrain <question>	Live AI answer from local Ollama cluster
!sobriety	Days Shane has been sober (since 11/27/2023)
!love	Random love-and-light quote from Weaviate
!crew	Meet the MEGA Crew AI bots powering the stream
!book	Info on Shane's noir vignette book
!discord	Discord server invite
!clip	Clip the last 60 seconds

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Tech Stack

Layer	Tool
Bot	twitchio (Python 3.13)
AI commands	ShaneBrain MCP → local Ollama cluster (Pi 5)
Stream alerts	N8N webhooks → Discord
Clip pipeline	Twitch API → N8N → Facebook/Discord
Overlays	OBS Browser Source (HTML/CSS/JS)
Schedule page	GitHub Pages (this repo)
Logging	Weaviate ExternalPerspectives collection

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Setup

See docs/setup.md for Twitch Developer App setup, OAuth token generation, and bot deployment on the Pi 5.

Required environment variables (stored in Weaviate vault):

TWITCH_CLIENT_ID=your_client_id
TWITCH_CLIENT_SECRET=your_client_secret
TWITCH_OAUTH_TOKEN=oauth:your_token
TWITCH_CHANNEL=thebardchat
SHANEBRAIN_MCP_URL=http://localhost:8100/mcp
DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL=your_webhook

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Community Rules

This channel runs on love and light — and that's non-negotiable. The short version:

1. No hate, no toxicity, no exceptions — slurs, harassment, and dark energy get you removed
2. Family-friendly first — kids watch this channel
3. Sobriety-safe space — no glorifying alcohol or drug use
4. AI disclosure — AI tools are welcome here, just say so
5. Respect the crew — mods have final say, always
6. No unsolicited promos — ask first

Read the full CONSTITUTION.md — Nine Pillars, moderation philosophy, AI disclosure policy, and amendment process. It's short and worth the read.

The Discord lives here too: discord/README.md — channels, roles, bot commands, and go-live alerts.

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The Full Plan

See docs/PLAN.md — 5 phases from bare channel to autonomous, AI-curated family streaming platform.

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Built By

Shane Brazelton + Claude (Anthropic)

Never "one guy built this" — Shane is the vision, Claude is the velocity. Together.

Faith. Family. Sobriety. Local AI. The left-behind user.

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