# Constraints

## Budget
- Zero paid services requiring credit cards
- Only: GCP Free Tier, GitHub Student Developer Pack, Colab, Kaggle
- API usage must stay within free limits
- Cost analytics must alert before threshold breaches

## Technical
- Python 3.10+ required (FastAPI backend)
- Node.js 18+ required (opencode)
- Hermes Agent needs Python 3.11+ and Node.js
- Gemini CLI needs `gemini` binary installed
- Linux environment (Ubuntu/WSL)
- Dashboard binds to localhost only — no external exposure without explicit config

## Time
- User is a BTech 1st year — study schedule takes priority
- Project builds during free time and weekends