{
  "project": "Bedtime Story Machine",
  "track": "Thousand Token Wood",
  "builder": "ShebMichel",
  "tools_used": [
    "Kiro CLI (AI agent)",
    "Python",
    "Gradio",
    "Modal",
    "ffmpeg"
  ],
  "models": {
    "story_generation": "nvidia/Nemotron-Mini-4B-Instruct (4B params)",
    "illustration": "black-forest-labs/FLUX.1-schnell (12B params)",
    "total_params": "~16B"
  },
  "infrastructure": {
    "inference": "Modal (Nemotron on T4 GPU)",
    "image_gen": "HF Inference API",
    "hosting": "Hugging Face Spaces",
    "frontend": "Gradio with custom CSS"
  },
  "build_steps": [
    {
      "step": 1,
      "action": "Designed app architecture - chose Nemotron-4B for text, FLUX.1-schnell for images"
    },
    {
      "step": 2,
      "action": "Built Gradio app with storybook UI (custom CSS, alternating scene layout)"
    },
    {
      "step": 3,
      "action": "Implemented story generation with structured JSON output + regex fallback"
    },
    {
      "step": 4,
      "action": "Integrated FLUX.1-schnell for watercolor-style illustrations"
    },
    {
      "step": 5,
      "action": "Added French language support via language dropdown"
    },
    {
      "step": 6,
      "action": "Set up Modal deployment for Nemotron-4B with vLLM"
    },
    {
      "step": 7,
      "action": "Created demo video with ffmpeg subtitle burning"
    },
    {
      "step": 8,
      "action": "Deployed to HF Spaces under build-small-hackathon org"
    },
    {
      "step": 9,
      "action": "Published blog post and agent trace"
    }
  ],
  "challenges": [
    "Nemotron-4B not available on any free inference provider - solved with Modal deployment",
    "HF token needed fine-grained Inference API permissions",
    "JSON parsing reliability from small models - added regex extraction fallback",
    "Consistent illustration style - solved with prompt engineering suffix"
  ],
  "badges_targeted": [
    "\ud83d\udfe9 NVIDIA Nemotron Quest (Nemotron-4B model)",
    "\ud83d\udc1c Tiny Titan (\u22644B story model)",
    "\ud83d\udfe2 Modal Awards (Modal deployment)",
    "\ud83d\udcd3 Field Notes (blog post)",
    "\ud83d\udce1 Sharing is Caring (this trace)"
  ]
}