Weather-reactive schemes #25

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Goal

Modulate the active scheme based on live weather: a blue wash while raining, white twinkle while snowing, warm amber on a heat advisory, wind-driven effect speed, etc.

Why it's valuable

For outdoor holiday lighting this turns a static schedule into something that feels alive and responsive to conditions — a genuinely novel, high-delight capability. It reuses the scheduler and push loop; the new parts are a weather data source and a scheme-modifier layer.

Sketch

Pluggable weather provider (e.g. met.no / OpenWeather), env-gated with lat/long already configured for solar scheduling.
A modifier layer applied at push time: the resolved scheme is the base; weather adjusts brightness/effect/accent within bounds so it never overrides the event's identity.
Per-condition mapping configurable in settings; safe defaults shipped.
Cache + rate-limit provider calls; degrade gracefully to the base scheme on provider failure.

Acceptance criteria

Live weather adjusts the active scheme within configured bounds
Event identity is preserved (modifier, not replacement)
Provider env-gated, cached, and fails safe to the base scheme
Tests with a mocked provider across representative conditions

Design note

Consider building this as the first consumer of the rule-engine abstraction (#TBD inbound triggers) if that lands first — weather is one "event source" among many.

Proposed enhancement (brainstorm follow-up).

## Goal Modulate the active scheme based on live weather: a blue wash while raining, white twinkle while snowing, warm amber on a heat advisory, wind-driven effect speed, etc. ## Why it's valuable For outdoor holiday lighting this turns a static schedule into something that feels alive and responsive to conditions — a genuinely novel, high-delight capability. It reuses the scheduler and push loop; the new parts are a weather data source and a scheme-modifier layer. ## Sketch - Pluggable weather provider (e.g. met.no / OpenWeather), env-gated with lat/long already configured for solar scheduling. - A **modifier layer** applied at push time: the resolved scheme is the base; weather adjusts brightness/effect/accent within bounds so it never overrides the event's identity. - Per-condition mapping configurable in settings; safe defaults shipped. - Cache + rate-limit provider calls; degrade gracefully to the base scheme on provider failure. ## Acceptance criteria - [ ] Live weather adjusts the active scheme within configured bounds - [ ] Event identity is preserved (modifier, not replacement) - [ ] Provider env-gated, cached, and fails safe to the base scheme - [ ] Tests with a mocked provider across representative conditions ## Design note Consider building this as the first consumer of the rule-engine abstraction (#TBD inbound triggers) if that lands first — weather is one "event source" among many. Proposed enhancement (brainstorm follow-up).

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