diff --git a/blog/opinion.go b/blog/opinion.go
index d1703f92..05f6ddd7 100644
--- a/blog/opinion.go
+++ b/blog/opinion.go
@@ -90,8 +90,7 @@ func opinionEngageLoop() {
 }
 
 // maxDailyOpinions limits how many opinion posts are generated per day.
-// Reduced from 8 (one per category) to control API costs while no users are active.
-const maxDailyOpinions = 2
+const maxDailyOpinions = 1
 
 // publishNextOpinion finds the next category that needs an opinion today
 // and publishes it, respecting the spacing between posts.
diff --git a/chat/chat.go b/chat/chat.go
index c6dfebd4..87939e10 100644
--- a/chat/chat.go
+++ b/chat/chat.go
@@ -1043,11 +1043,12 @@ func Load() {
 			if okUri && okContent && okType {
 				app.Log("chat", "Received summary generation request for %s (%s)", uri, eventType)
 
-				// Generate summary using LLM (low priority - background task)
+				// Generate summary using LLM (low priority - background task, Haiku for cost)
 				prompt := &ai.Prompt{
 					System:   "You are a helpful assistant that creates concise summaries. Provide only the summary content itself without any introductory phrases like 'Here is a summary' or 'This article is about'. Just write 2-3 clear sentences that capture the key points. Report what the article says without editorialising, fact-checking, or adding commentary about whether claims are true or false. Never add disclaimers, caveats, or corrections.",
 					Question: fmt.Sprintf("Summarize this article:\n\n%s", content),
 					Priority: ai.PriorityLow,
+					Model:    "claude-haiku-4-5-20251001",
 					Caller:   "article-summary",
 				}
 
@@ -1105,6 +1106,7 @@ func Load() {
 					System:   fmt.Sprintf("You are a content categorization assistant. Your task is to categorize posts into ONE of these categories ONLY: %s. If the post does not clearly fit into any of these categories, respond with 'None'. Respond with ONLY the category name or 'None', nothing else.", strings.Join(topics, ", ")),
 					Question: fmt.Sprintf("Categorize this post:\n\nTitle: %s\n\nContent: %s\n\nWhich single category best fits this post?", title, content),
 					Priority: ai.PriorityLow,
+					Model:    "claude-haiku-4-5-20251001",
 					Caller:   "auto-tag-post",
 				}
 
@@ -1159,6 +1161,7 @@ func Load() {
 					System:   "You are a note organization assistant. Given a note, suggest ONE short tag (1-2 words, lowercase) that best categorizes it. Examples: 'work', 'ideas', 'shopping', 'todo', 'recipe', 'travel', 'health', 'finance'. Respond with ONLY the tag, nothing else. If the note is too short or unclear, respond with 'personal'.",
 					Question: content,
 					Priority: ai.PriorityLow,
+					Model:    "claude-haiku-4-5-20251001",
 					Caller:   "auto-tag-note",
 				}
 
@@ -1216,6 +1219,7 @@ func generateSummaries() {
 			Rag:      ragContext,
 			Question: prompt,
 			Priority: ai.PriorityMedium,
+			Model:    "claude-haiku-4-5-20251001",
 			Caller:   "topic-summary",
 		})
 
@@ -1589,12 +1593,10 @@ func handlePostChat(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 type llmAnalyzer struct{}
 
 func (a *llmAnalyzer) Analyze(promptText, question string) (string, error) {
-	// Create a simple prompt for analysis
 	prompt := &ai.Prompt{
 		System:   promptText,
 		Question: question,
-		Context:  nil,
-		Rag:      nil,
+		Model:    "claude-haiku-4-5-20251001",
 	}
 	return askLLM(prompt)
 }
diff --git a/home/cards.json b/home/cards.json
index d5989a13..8fbdcdde 100644
--- a/home/cards.json
+++ b/home/cards.json
@@ -1,10 +1,18 @@
 {
   "left": [
+    {
+      "id": "reminder",
+      "title": "Reminder",
+      "type": "reminder",
+      "position": 0,
+      "link": "",
+      "icon": "/reminder.svg"
+    },
     {
       "id": "blog",
       "title": "Blog",
       "type": "blog",
-      "position": 0,
+      "position": 1,
       "link": "/blog",
       "icon": "/post.png"
     },
@@ -12,41 +20,25 @@
       "id": "news",
       "title": "News",
       "type": "news",
-      "position": 1,
+      "position": 2,
       "link": "/news",
       "icon": "/news.png"
     }
   ],
   "right": [
-    {
-      "id": "weather",
-      "title": "Weather",
-      "type": "weather",
-      "position": 0,
-      "link": "/weather",
-      "icon": ""
-    },
     {
       "id": "markets",
       "title": "Markets",
       "type": "markets",
-      "position": 1,
+      "position": 0,
       "link": "/markets",
       "icon": "/markets.svg"
     },
-    {
-      "id": "reminder",
-      "title": "Reminder",
-      "type": "reminder",
-      "position": 2,
-      "link": "",
-      "icon": "/reminder.svg"
-    },
     {
       "id": "social",
       "title": "Social",
       "type": "social",
-      "position": 3,
+      "position": 1,
       "link": "/social",
       "icon": ""
     },
@@ -54,7 +46,7 @@
       "id": "video",
       "title": "Video",
       "type": "video",
-      "position": 4,
+      "position": 2,
       "link": "/video",
       "icon": "/video.png"
     }
diff --git a/home/home.go b/home/home.go
index 719a3a40..80d714b6 100644
--- a/home/home.go
+++ b/home/home.go
@@ -327,19 +327,20 @@ document.getElementById('home-date-weather').textContent=w.temp+'°C '+(e||'');
 	}
 	b.WriteString(`</div>`)
 
-	// ── Console view (stream) ──
-	consoleEvents := stream.Recent(stream.StreamLimit, viewerID)
-	consoleEvents = stream.DedupeAdjacent(consoleEvents)
-	b.WriteString(`<div id="home-console" style="display:none;flex-direction:column;height:calc(100vh - 120px);max-height:calc(100vh - 120px)">`)
-	b.WriteString(`<div id="stream-events" style="flex:1;overflow-y:auto;-webkit-overflow-scrolling:touch;padding-bottom:8px">`)
-	b.WriteString(stream.RenderEventList(consoleEvents, viewerID))
+	// ── Console view — stateless command prompt ──
+	// Like Alexa: ask a question, get an answer. No persistent history,
+	// no feed of system events. Just a prompt and a response area.
+	b.WriteString(`<div id="home-console" style="display:none;flex-direction:column;height:calc(100vh - 120px)">`)
+	b.WriteString(`<div id="console-response" style="flex:1;overflow-y:auto;-webkit-overflow-scrolling:touch;padding:16px 0;display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center">`)
+	b.WriteString(`<p style="color:#bbb;font-size:15px">Ask Micro anything</p>`)
 	b.WriteString(`</div>`)
-	// Compose box pinned at bottom (logged-in only).
 	if viewerID != "" {
-		b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf(`<form id="stream-form" method="POST" action="/stream" style="display:flex;gap:6px;padding:8px 0;border-top:1px solid #eee;background:#fff;flex-shrink:0;min-width:0">
-<input type="text" name="content" id="stream-input" placeholder="Message @micro..." maxlength="%d" autocomplete="off" style="flex:1;min-width:0;padding:8px 10px;border:1px solid #ddd;border-radius:6px;font-size:14px;box-sizing:border-box">
-<button type="submit" style="padding:8px 12px;background:#000;color:#fff;border:none;border-radius:6px;cursor:pointer;font-size:14px;flex-shrink:0;white-space:nowrap">Send</button>
+		b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf(`<form id="console-form" style="display:flex;gap:6px;padding:8px 0;border-top:1px solid #eee;background:#fff;flex-shrink:0;min-width:0">
+<input type="text" id="console-input" placeholder="What's the BTC price? What's in my mail? Summarise the news..." maxlength="%d" autocomplete="off" style="flex:1;min-width:0;padding:10px 12px;border:1px solid #ddd;border-radius:8px;font-size:14px;box-sizing:border-box">
+<button type="submit" style="padding:10px 14px;background:#000;color:#fff;border:none;border-radius:8px;cursor:pointer;font-size:14px;flex-shrink:0">Ask</button>
 </form>`, stream.MaxContentLength))
+	} else {
+		b.WriteString(`<p style="padding:8px 0;color:#999;font-size:13px;text-align:center"><a href="/login">Log in</a> to use the console</p>`)
 	}
 	b.WriteString(consoleScript)
 	b.WriteString(`</div>`)
@@ -474,61 +475,76 @@ func htmlEsc(s string) string {
 //
 // The script is defensive: if anything throws, the form still falls
 // back to its native POST + redirect behaviour.
-// consoleScript handles polling + form submit for the console stream
-// embedded on the home page.
+// consoleScript — stateless command prompt. Sends the question to the
+// agent endpoint, shows a thinking indicator, then renders the answer.
+// Each new question clears the previous answer. No history, no polling.
 const consoleScript = `<script>
 (function(){
-  var eventsEl = document.getElementById('stream-events');
-  var formEl = document.getElementById('stream-form');
-  if (!eventsEl) return;
-  var pollInterval = 10000;
-  var inflight = false;
+  var form = document.getElementById('console-form');
+  var resp = document.getElementById('console-response');
+  if (!form || !resp) return;
 
   function csrfToken() {
     var m = document.cookie.match(/(?:^|; )csrf_token=([^;]+)/);
     return m ? decodeURIComponent(m[1]) : '';
   }
 
-  function refresh(clear) {
-    if (inflight) return;
-    inflight = true;
-    fetch('/stream/fragment', { credentials: 'same-origin', cache: 'no-store' })
-      .then(function(r){ return r.ok ? r.text() : null; })
-      .then(function(html){
-        if (html == null) return;
-        var scroll = eventsEl.scrollTop;
-        eventsEl.innerHTML = html;
-        if (!clear) eventsEl.scrollTop = scroll;
-      })
-      .catch(function(){})
-      .then(function(){ inflight = false; });
-  }
-
-  if (formEl) {
-    formEl.addEventListener('submit', function(ev){
-      ev.preventDefault();
-      var input = document.getElementById('stream-input');
-      if (!input) return;
-      var text = input.value.trim();
-      if (!text) return;
-      var body = new URLSearchParams();
-      body.set('content', text);
-      var headers = { 'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' };
-      var tok = csrfToken();
-      if (tok) headers['X-CSRF-Token'] = tok;
-      input.value = '';
-      fetch('/stream', {
-        method: 'POST',
-        credentials: 'same-origin',
-        headers: headers,
-        body: body.toString()
-      }).then(function(){ refresh(true); })
-        .catch(function(){ formEl.submit(); });
+  form.addEventListener('submit', function(ev){
+    ev.preventDefault();
+    var input = document.getElementById('console-input');
+    if (!input) return;
+    var q = input.value.trim();
+    if (!q) return;
+
+    // Show thinking state.
+    resp.style.alignItems = 'flex-start';
+    resp.style.justifyContent = 'flex-start';
+    resp.innerHTML = '<div style="padding:12px 0"><p style="color:#333;font-weight:600;margin-bottom:8px">' + escHtml(q) + '</p><p style="color:#999">Thinking...</p></div>';
+    input.value = '';
+
+    var headers = { 'Content-Type': 'application/json', 'Accept': 'application/json' };
+    var tok = csrfToken();
+    if (tok) headers['X-CSRF-Token'] = tok;
+
+    fetch('/stream', {
+      method: 'POST',
+      credentials: 'same-origin',
+      headers: headers,
+      body: JSON.stringify({ content: '@micro ' + q })
+    }).then(function(r) {
+      if (!r.ok) return r.text().then(function(t){ throw new Error(t) });
+      // Poll for the agent response — it's async, so we check every 2s.
+      var attempts = 0;
+      var maxAttempts = 30;
+      function poll() {
+        attempts++;
+        fetch('/stream?format=json&since=' + Math.floor(Date.now()/1000 - 60), { credentials: 'same-origin' })
+          .then(function(r){ return r.json() })
+          .then(function(data){
+            if (!data.events) { if (attempts < maxAttempts) setTimeout(poll, 2000); return; }
+            // Find the latest agent response.
+            for (var i = 0; i < data.events.length; i++) {
+              if (data.events[i].type === 'agent') {
+                resp.innerHTML = '<div style="padding:12px 0"><p style="color:#333;font-weight:600;margin-bottom:8px">' + escHtml(q) + '</p><div style="color:#555;line-height:1.6;white-space:pre-wrap;word-wrap:break-word">' + escHtml(data.events[i].content) + '</div></div>';
+                return;
+              }
+            }
+            if (attempts < maxAttempts) setTimeout(poll, 2000);
+            else resp.innerHTML = '<div style="padding:12px 0"><p style="color:#333;font-weight:600;margin-bottom:8px">' + escHtml(q) + '</p><p style="color:#c00">Timed out waiting for a response. Try again.</p></div>';
+          })
+          .catch(function(){ if (attempts < maxAttempts) setTimeout(poll, 2000); });
+      }
+      setTimeout(poll, 2000);
+    }).catch(function(err){
+      resp.innerHTML = '<div style="padding:12px 0"><p style="color:#c00">' + escHtml(err.message || 'Something went wrong') + '</p></div>';
     });
-  }
+  });
 
-  setInterval(function(){ if (!document.hidden) refresh(); }, pollInterval);
-  document.addEventListener('visibilitychange', function(){ if (!document.hidden) refresh(); });
+  function escHtml(s) {
+    var d = document.createElement('div');
+    d.textContent = s;
+    return d.innerHTML;
+  }
 })();
 </script>`
 
diff --git a/markets/markets.go b/markets/markets.go
index dbdb985d..79d0021b 100644
--- a/markets/markets.go
+++ b/markets/markets.go
@@ -11,11 +11,8 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"math"
-
 	"mu/internal/app"
 	"mu/internal/data"
-	"mu/stream"
 
 	"github.com/piquette/finance-go/future"
 	"github.com/piquette/finance-go/quote"
@@ -105,12 +102,6 @@ func refreshMarkets() {
 	for {
 		prices, priceData := fetchPrices()
 		if prices != nil {
-			// Detect significant price moves BEFORE overwriting the cache.
-			marketsMutex.RLock()
-			oldPrices := cachedPrices
-			marketsMutex.RUnlock()
-			surfaceMarketMoves(oldPrices, prices, priceData)
-
 			marketsMutex.Lock()
 			cachedPrices = prices
 			cachedPriceData = priceData
@@ -303,51 +294,6 @@ func generateMarketsCardHTML(prices map[string]float64) string {
 	return sb.String()
 }
 
-// surfaceMarketMoves posts to the stream when a tracked asset moves
-// more than the threshold since the last refresh. Only fires for a
-// small set of key tickers to avoid flooding the stream.
-func surfaceMarketMoves(oldPrices, newPrices map[string]float64, pd map[string]PriceData) {
-	if len(oldPrices) == 0 {
-		return // first fetch, no comparison
-	}
-	// Only surface moves for these tickers.
-	tracked := []string{"BTC", "ETH", "SOL", "GOLD", "OIL"}
-	threshold := 0.02 // 2%
-
-	for _, ticker := range tracked {
-		oldP, okOld := oldPrices[ticker]
-		newP, okNew := newPrices[ticker]
-		if !okOld || !okNew || oldP == 0 {
-			continue
-		}
-		pctChange := (newP - oldP) / oldP
-		if math.Abs(pctChange) < threshold {
-			continue
-		}
-		direction := "+"
-		if pctChange < 0 {
-			direction = ""
-		}
-		content := fmt.Sprintf("%s %s%.1f%% ($%s)", ticker, direction, pctChange*100, formatPrice(newP))
-		change24h := float64(0)
-		if d, ok := pd[ticker]; ok {
-			change24h = d.Change24h
-		}
-		stream.Publish(&stream.Event{
-			Type:     stream.TypeMarket,
-			AuthorID: app.SystemUserID,
-			Content:  content,
-			Metadata: map[string]any{
-				"ticker":     ticker,
-				"price":      newP,
-				"change_pct": pctChange * 100,
-				"change_24h": change24h,
-			},
-		})
-		app.Log("markets", "Stream: %s", content)
-	}
-}
-
 func indexMarketPrices(prices map[string]float64) {
 	app.Log("markets", "Indexing %d prices", len(prices))
 	timestamp := time.Now().Format(time.RFC3339)
diff --git a/news/news.go b/news/news.go
index 5da8c025..e06dd578 100644
--- a/news/news.go
+++ b/news/news.go
@@ -528,13 +528,7 @@ func getMetadata(uri string, publishedAt time.Time) (*Metadata, bool, error) {
 		if isHN {
 			age := time.Since(time.Unix(0, cached.Created))
 			if age < time.Hour {
-				// Request summary if we don't have one yet, with smart retry
-				if cached.Summary == "" {
-					shouldRetry := shouldRequestSummary(cached)
-					if shouldRetry {
-						go requestArticleSummary(uri, cached)
-					}
-				}
+				// Summaries generated on-demand when article is viewed.
 				return cached, false, nil // false = from cache
 			}
 			app.Log("news", "HN metadata cache expired for %s (age: %v), refetching comments", uri, age.Round(time.Minute))
@@ -547,13 +541,7 @@ func getMetadata(uri string, publishedAt time.Time) (*Metadata, bool, error) {
 					uri, cachedTime.Format(time.RFC3339), publishedAt.Format(time.RFC3339))
 			} else {
 				// Cache is still valid
-				// Request summary if we don't have one yet, with smart retry
-				if cached.Summary == "" {
-					shouldRetry := shouldRequestSummary(cached)
-					if shouldRetry {
-						go requestArticleSummary(uri, cached)
-					}
-				}
+				// Summaries generated on-demand when article is viewed.
 				return cached, false, nil
 			}
 		}
@@ -1555,10 +1543,19 @@ func handleArticleView(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, articleID string)
 		}
 	}
 
-	app.Log("news", "Final title='%s', desc='%s'", title, description)
+	// On-demand summary generation: if the article has no summary yet,
+	// request one now that someone is actually reading it. Uses Haiku
+	// for cost efficiency. Previously this ran proactively for every
+	// article in the feed.
+	if summary == "" && articleURL != "" {
+		if cached, exists := loadCachedMetadata(articleURL); exists && cached.Summary == "" {
+			if shouldRequestSummary(cached) {
+				go requestArticleSummary(articleURL, cached)
+			}
+		}
+	}
 
-	// Don't fall back to entry.Content for description - that might contain AI-generated summary
-	// Keep description and summary clearly separated
+	app.Log("news", "Final title='%s', desc='%s'", title, description)
 
 	// Build the article page
 	imageSection := ""
diff --git a/reminder/reminder.go b/reminder/reminder.go
index 75af4631..50d9afdf 100644
--- a/reminder/reminder.go
+++ b/reminder/reminder.go
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import (
 	"mu/internal/app"
 	"mu/internal/data"
 	"mu/internal/event"
-	"mu/stream"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -83,14 +82,6 @@ func fetchReminder() {
 	reminderMutex.Unlock()
 	event.Publish(event.Event{Type: "reminder_updated"})
 
-	// Post the verse to the platform stream so it appears in the console.
-	stream.Publish(&stream.Event{
-		Type:     stream.TypeReminder,
-		AuthorID: app.SystemUserID,
-		Content:  strings.TrimSpace(verseText),
-		Metadata: map[string]any{"url": moreURL},
-	})
-
 	// Extract message and updated for indexing
 	message := ""
 	if m, ok := val["message"]; ok {
diff --git a/search/topics.go b/search/topics.go
index 60b7966f..e6b94539 100644
--- a/search/topics.go
+++ b/search/topics.go
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ func regenerateTopics() {
 Return exactly 10 topics, one per line. Nothing else.`,
 		Question: "Extract 10 trending search topics from these recent headlines:\n\n" + strings.Join(headlines, "\n"),
 		Priority: ai.PriorityLow,
+		Model:    "claude-haiku-4-5-20251001",
 		Caller:   "topic-generation",
 	}
 
diff --git a/social/social.go b/social/social.go
index 0e062d48..28e0d1b6 100644
--- a/social/social.go
+++ b/social/social.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import (
 	"mu/internal/event"
 	"mu/internal/flag"
 	"mu/news"
-	"mu/stream"
 	"mu/wallet"
 )
 
@@ -222,14 +221,6 @@ func SurfaceBreaking(category, title, link string) {
 		Content:  content,
 		PostedAt: time.Now(),
 	})
-
-	// Also post to the platform stream so it appears in the console.
-	stream.Publish(&stream.Event{
-		Type:     stream.TypeNews,
-		AuthorID: app.SystemUserID,
-		Content:  title,
-		Metadata: map[string]any{"url": link, "category": category},
-	})
 }
 
 func save() error {