finishing AIs work because tokens

TASKS.md

@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ Lifecycle: `created → ready → [testing] → live → complete` (transitional
 17. ☐ **Text source** — live text ("Starting soon", "Back in 5", handle, callout)
 18. ✅ **Chat box** — YouTube live chat rendered *on* the stream so viewers read along in-video — `ChatBoxRenderer` (WPF FormattedText → VideoFrame), configurable font size/color/badges/timestamps/max-messages via Elements panel, schema v10, persisted across save/load
 19. ❌ **Background removal (milestone 2)** — ONNX Runtime + DirectML, MediaPipe Selfie Segmentation — deliberately NOT in this build
-20. ☐ **Alerts** — Super Chat / membership / subscribe pop-ins; build after the six; **the one paid feature** (see Monetization in `ai.md`)
+20. ☐ **Alerts** — Super Chat / membership / subscribe pop-ins; build after the six; **the one paid feature** (see Monetization in `ai.md`). **Precursor — reward-event capture (2026-09-01):** Alerts render from the app's canonical `RewardEvent` feed (all 7 `liveChatMessage` reward types, persisted to SQLite + the session report — see TASK 10 → "Related work — monetization awareness"), so it consumes that already-built data rather than re-integrating `liveChatMessages`. That capture is the required prior milestone.
 21. ✅ **Show Desktop toggle** — `Source.ShowDesktop` bool persisted in DB (schema migration + LayoutStore read/write). When checked, primary monitor captures regardless of fullscreen game state. Toggling off falls back to running game or releases to static placeholder. `ClearBackdropCaptureAsync` clears `CaptureKey` + `VideoImageSource` so static fallback renders. Toggle on Live backdrop context menu (IsCheckable MenuItem).
 22. ✅ **Top bar — status light + avatar + Log In button** — red/green/pulsing ellipse (disconnected/connected/live). Avatar border visible only when connected, loads via `BitmapImage` code-behind. "Log In" button visible when disconnected, calls `StartStreamCommand` → GoLiveWindow. `ShowStartStream` now requires `IsConnected`.
 23. ✅ **Chat preview — one-at-a-time mock messages** — `RunMockChatPreviewAsync`: simple async loop, displays `MockChatMessages[n]` via `Take(n+1)`, 1000ms between messages, wraps at end. `ChatPreviewEnabled` property on Source (default true). Stops on real messages, restarts on fade timer clear.
@@ -148,7 +148,8 @@ the hot few and nothing esoteric. If a user needs more, they've graduated to OBS
 6. **Chat box** — YouTube live chat rendered *on* the stream so viewers read along in-video. YT-native.
 7. **Alerts** — Super Chat / membership / subscribe pop-ins. The dopamine source. **The one big lift**
    (Super Chat event streaming + on-stream rendering/animation); build after the six. **Also the one
-   paid feature** — see Monetization in `ai.md`.
+   paid feature** — see Monetization in `ai.md`. Consumes the canonical `RewardEvent` feed (reward-event
+   capture, TASK 10 → related work).
 
 Deliberately NOT supported: game capture, browser source, media playlist, VLC, color-key voodoo, MIDI.
 
@@ -710,6 +711,15 @@ the validator → persisted), compositor bar overlay (top/bottom + above-flash),
 **Goal:** annual subscription via Polar.sh that removes the branding watermark. All features are
 free — the only difference between free and paid is the watermark.
 
+**Related work — monetization awareness (2026-09-01, ungated, free):** this task's billing is the
+*payer* side; the *product* also carries built-in, ungated monetization awareness for every creator —
+reward-event capture (all 7 `liveChatMessage` reward event types → canonical `RewardEvent` → SQLite
+persistence), per-session/broadcast reports (members, Super Chat $, stickers, gifts, milestones — the
+in-app replacement for the emailed "stream activity report"), and a journey tracker (position % +
+ETA vs. versioned, date-aware YPP thresholds; the Tier-2 bar doubles for new applicants 2027-02-01).
+Details and design notes: `ai.md` → Monetization. This is tracked as related work under this task's
+narrative, not a separate task number — it ships in its own code slices with one integration test each.
+
 **Business details (pricing, Polar product/checkout/discounts) in `MONETIZATION.md` (gitignored).**
 
 **Polar product:** `d105dfa1-497e-423b-8cd4-e0ee2e3abbc0` (LlamaCasty, $99/yr, currently `private`)