# CPI Vertical Working README

Date: 2026-06-12

CPI is the Zweispace vertical AI token folder for CPI forecasting, public-good macro intelligence, Japan bond-market rehabilitation, yen and yield-curve probability boards, supply-chain price signals, and eventual index-token research.

This folder succeeds the earlier Investment mock:

```text
C:\Users\hayat\Documents\Codex\Divisions\Investment\prediction-market-cpi\index.html
```

The old mock title was `ZweiPredict CPI Board`. This folder is the ongoing source-of-truth for the CPI vertical from here.

## Current files

- `index.html` - first browser-ready CPI showing page.
- `mstyle.css` - page styling.
- `app.js` - local simulation board for probability buckets and research credits.
- `app/` - local Python and SQLite MVP server.
- `assets/cpi-macro-intelligence-hero-2026-06-12.png` - generated hero visual for the page.
- `assets/cpi-og-image.jpg`, `assets/cpi-link-card.jpg`, `assets/cpi-social-square.jpg`, `assets/cpi-sms-card.png`, and favicon assets - preview images for SMS/social sharing.
- `sms.html` - mobile share preview page.
- `site.webmanifest` - install/share metadata.
- `metadata/cpi.token.json` - draft token metadata, not deployed.
- `cpi-vertical-brief-2026-06-12.md` - working strategy and product frame.
- `CPI-token-guardrails.md` - legal, token, and prediction-market guardrails.
- `prediction-market-public-good-plan.md` - board design and build order.
- `source-notes.md` - source references and public/private wording boundaries.

Open the local page:

```text
C:\Users\hayat\Documents\Codex\Verticals\CPI\index.html
```

Run the local SQLite MVP:

```text
C:\Users\hayat\Documents\Codex\Verticals\CPI\app\run-local.cmd
```

Then open:

```text
http://127.0.0.1:8765/
```

SMS preview:

```text
http://127.0.0.1:8765/sms
```

## Positioning

CPI should not present itself as a gambling product or pure bookmaking venue. The public-good frame is stronger:

- translate delayed official CPI into better real-time inflation awareness
- make BOJ, MIC, industry, market, and citizen price signals comparable
- improve Japan bond-market discussion through transparent probability distributions
- connect CPI to yen, JGB yield curve, resource prices, supply-chain shocks, and household reality
- support policy learning with ministries, agencies, BOJ, investors, companies, and citizens

## Public claim boundary

Public pages can say:

> CPI is an AI-assisted macro intelligence and prediction-research layer for CPI, yen, JGB yield-curve, supply-chain, and real-economy price signals.

Public pages should not say:

> CPI is live betting, guaranteed investment return, exchange-listed derivative, Japan-licensed prediction market, or official BOJ/MIC product.

## Near next

1. Point DNS and deployment to `cpi.zweichain.net`.
2. Replace simulated probabilities with a CSV/JSON seed from official CPI release dates and historical surprises.
3. Add a Japanese source table for MIC, BOJ, Cabinet Office, METI, MAFF, customs, FX, JGB, energy, shipping, and commodity indicators.
4. Draft a regulator/counsel memo for Japan operation gates before any real money, token sale, wallet, settlement, exchange, or reward redemption.
5. Prototype the CPI basket proposal engine: official weights, live basket proxies, supply-chain adjustments, and forecast-composition experiments.
6. Add a research contribution ledger only after privacy, attribution, licensing, and token status are reviewed.