diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1851d35..5d727b6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ env/
 venv/
 ENV/
 
+# test data
+2025.06.20/
+
 # VSCode
 .vscode/
 
@@ -21,9 +24,12 @@ Thumbs.db
 # Environment variables and secrets
 .env
 client_secrets.json
+token.pickle
+description_gen.py
 
 # Logs
 *.log
+logs/
 
 # Jupyter Notebook checkpoints
 .ipynb_checkpoints/
diff --git a/sync_wiki.py b/sync_wiki.py
index 532d56f..6eb3566 100644
--- a/sync_wiki.py
+++ b/sync_wiki.py
@@ -1,53 +1,106 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# sync_wiki.py
 """
-sync_wiki.py
+🚨 DEPRECATED: This script was used to manually sync wiki pages via local `.md` files.
+It is now kept as a fallback ('parachute') in case automated token-based publishing fails.
 
-Synchronizes local markdown files in docs/wiki/ to the GitHub wiki
-for the Llama Chile Shop video pipeline project.
-
-Requires the GitHub wiki repo to be cloned into ./video-pipeline.wiki/.
-
-Author: gramps@llamachile.shop
+✅ DO NOT use this unless instructed.
 """
 
+# This entire file is now considered inactive and will not be maintained unless token publishing breaks.
+# All real wiki publishing is handled via automated memory-based GPT-side tools.
+
 import os
-import shutil
 import subprocess
-from pathlib import Path
+import requests
+from datetime import datetime
 
-# Paths
-LOCAL_WIKI_SOURCE = Path("docs/wiki")                  # Where local .md pages are stored
-LOCAL_WIKI_REPO = Path("video-pipeline.wiki")          # Where the GitHub wiki repo is cloned
+WIKI_DIR = "video-pipeline.wiki"
+LOG_FILE = "logs/wiki_publish.log"
+GITHUB_REPO = "LCS-Gramps/video-pipeline"
+WIKI_BASE_URL = f"https://github.com/{GITHUB_REPO}/wiki"
 
-def sync_wiki():
-    """
-    Copies markdown files from the local wiki source into the cloned wiki repo
-    and pushes the changes to GitHub.
-    """
-    if not LOCAL_WIKI_REPO.exists():
-        print("❌ Wiki repo not found. Clone it using:")
-        print("   git clone https://github.com/LCS-Gramps/video-pipeline.wiki.git")
+def log_result(filename, success):
+    os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(LOG_FILE), exist_ok=True)
+    with open(LOG_FILE, "a", encoding="utf-8") as log:
+        status = "✅" if success else "❌"
+        timestamp = datetime.now().isoformat(timespec='seconds')
+        log.write(f"{timestamp} {status} {filename}\n")
+
+def commit_and_push():
+    # Explicitly list and add all .md files
+    md_files = [f for f in os.listdir(WIKI_DIR) if f.endswith(".md")]
+    if not md_files:
+        print("⚠️ No markdown files found to commit.")
         return
 
-    print("📄 Syncing wiki markdown files...")
-    for md_file in LOCAL_WIKI_SOURCE.glob("*.md"):
-        target = LOCAL_WIKI_REPO / md_file.name
-        shutil.copy2(md_file, target)
-        print(f"✅ Synced: {md_file.name}")
-
-    # Change directory to the cloned wiki repo for Git operations
-    os.chdir(LOCAL_WIKI_REPO)
-
     try:
-        print("📚 Committing changes...")
-        subprocess.run(["git", "add", "."], check=True)
-        subprocess.run(["git", "commit", "-m", "📚 Sync updated wiki pages from docs/wiki"], check=True)
-        subprocess.run(["git", "push"], check=True)
-        print("🚀 Wiki updated successfully.")
+        for f in md_files:
+            subprocess.run(["git", "add", f], cwd=WIKI_DIR, check=True)
+        
+        result = subprocess.run(
+            ["git", "commit", "-m", "📚 Sync updated wiki pages from docs/wiki"],
+            cwd=WIKI_DIR,
+            capture_output=True,
+            text=True
+        )
+        
+        if "nothing to commit" in result.stdout.lower():
+            print("⚠️ Nothing to commit.")
+            return
+        print(result.stdout.strip())
+
     except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
-        print(f"❌ Git command failed: {e}")
-        print("💡 Tip: You may need to mark the repo as safe:")
-        print("    git config --global --add safe.directory '//chong/LCS/Videos/eklipse/video-pipeline.wiki'")
+        print("❌ Git add/commit failed:", e)
+        return
+
+    subprocess.run(["git", "push", "origin", "master"], cwd=WIKI_DIR, check=True)
+
+
+def verify_publish():
+    for file in os.listdir(WIKI_DIR):
+        if file.endswith(".md"):
+            name = file.replace(".md", "").replace(" ", "-")
+            url = f"{WIKI_BASE_URL}/{name}"
+            try:
+                response = requests.get(url)
+                success = response.status_code == 200
+            except Exception:
+                success = False
+            log_result(file, success)
+            print(f"{'✅' if success else '❌'} {url}")
+
+def main():
+    print("📝 Auto-generating wiki content...")
+    os.makedirs(WIKI_DIR, exist_ok=True)
+
+    autogen_content = {
+        "Architecture-Overview.md": """# Architecture Overview
+
+This page provides an overview of the internal structure of the LCS Pipeline.
+
+## Modules
+- `main.py`: Central orchestration logic
+- `modules/`: Reusable utilities for title cards, thumbnails, uploads
+- `assets/`: Contains branding videos and fonts
+
+## Flow
+1. Detect new video sessions
+2. Generate metadata, titles, overlays
+3. Render videos with intro/title/outro
+4. Upload to YouTube and optionally PeerTube
+5. Auto-publish wiki and social metadata
+"""
+    }
+
+    # Only create or update files explicitly listed
+    for filename, content in autogen_content.items():
+        filepath = os.path.join(WIKI_DIR, filename)
+        with open(filepath, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+            f.write(content.strip())
+        print(f"✅ Created or updated {filename}")
+
+    commit_and_push()
+    verify_publish()
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    sync_wiki()
+    main()
diff --git a/video-pipeline.wiki b/video-pipeline.wiki
index 1ec269c..e9bf93a 160000
--- a/video-pipeline.wiki
+++ b/video-pipeline.wiki
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 1ec269c8efc820eed1964475c59e7f671d834520
+Subproject commit e9bf93a562ac3c2a2ad616273209e713468e4247