Fix mock-only builds (#231)

docs/pipeline/ETHICS-AND-KNOWN-ISSUES.md

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ low-resource language failures.
 - [Model Bias and Language Quality](#model-bias-and-language-quality)
 - [Western and Eurocentric Lens](#western-and-eurocentric-lens)
 - [Wikipedia Enrichment](#wikipedia-enrichment)
+- [Names-by-Country Dataset](#names-by-country-dataset)
 - [The "Avoid AI Phrases" Prompt Instruction](#the-avoid-ai-phrases-prompt-instruction)
 - [Known Issues](#known-issues)
   - [Hallucinated Brewing Techniques](#hallucinated-brewing-techniques)
@@ -91,6 +92,33 @@ generated descriptions.
 
 ---
 
+## Names-by-Country Dataset
+
+`tooling/pipeline/forenames-by-country.json` and `surnames-by-country.json`
+(used to sample a `Name` per ISO 3166-1 country code for user generation) are
+vendored verbatim, unmodified, from
+[sigpwned/popular-names-by-country-dataset](https://github.com/sigpwned/popular-names-by-country-dataset)
+(the `common-forenames-by-country.json` / `common-surnames-by-country.json`
+release assets), released under **CC0** (public domain). That dataset's own
+forename/surname lists are pulled from Wikipedia's "Lists of most common
+surnames" and "List of most popular given names" as of the week of
+2023-07-08 — see that project's README for full provenance. Names are not
+LLM-generated; this is curated fixture data per ROADMAP.md §2. Per-forename
+gender from the source data is preserved through to the sampled `Name`
+(rather than discarded during loading) so it's available for gender-aware
+persona/bio generation later.
+
+The full multinational dataset is kept as-is (106 countries for forenames,
+75 for surnames) rather than trimmed to `locations.json`'s current country
+list, so it doesn't need re-sourcing if more countries are added later.
+`SampleName()` (a free helper in `generate_users.cc`) returns no result for
+a country present in neither file; of the countries in `locations.json`,
+that's currently `KE`, `SE`, `SG`, `TH`, `VN`, and `ZA` — `GenerateUsers`
+skips cities in those countries the same way brewery generation skips
+cities whose enrichment lookup fails.
+
+---
+
 ## The "Avoid AI Phrases" Prompt Instruction
 
 The system prompt instructs the model to avoid common AI-generated phrasing

docs/pipeline/README.md

@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 # Biergarten Pipeline
 
 A C++20 command-line pipeline that samples city records from local JSON,
-enriches each with Wikipedia context, and generates bilingual brewery names and
-descriptions via a local GGUF model or a deterministic mock.
+enriches each with Wikipedia context, and generates bilingual brewery names
+and descriptions plus locale-grounded user profiles via a local GGUF model or
+a deterministic mock.
 
 > **This pipeline produces AI-generated data.** It is not a source of truth for
 > brewing techniques, cultural representation, or local-language accuracy. See
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ step.
 | Beer reviews and ratings         | Stable brewery fixtures with enough context to anchor review pages |
 | Social follow relationships      | Repeatable brewery entities for feeds, follows, and saved lists    |
 | Geospatial brewery experiences   | Latitude, longitude, and country-level metadata                    |
+| User accounts and profiles       | Locale-grounded names, bios, and an auth-ready email/date-of-birth pair for seeding real accounts |
 
 ---
 
@@ -219,34 +221,45 @@ environment variables listed above to match your run.
 ### Pipeline Stages
 
 | Stage           | Implementation                                                                                                                          |
-| -------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| Load     | `JsonLoader::LoadLocations()` reads `locations.json` into typed `Location` records.                                                     |
+| --------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| Load            | `ICuratedDataService` (`CuratedJsonDataService`) reads `locations.json`, `personas.json`, `forenames-by-country.json`, and `surnames-by-country.json` (paths supplied via a `CuratedDataFilePaths` DTO at construction) into typed records, caching each after its first load. `--mocked` runs use `MockCuratedDataService`'s fixed in-memory dataset instead. |
 | Sample          | `BiergartenPipelineOrchestrator::QueryCitiesWithCountries()` samples `--location-count` locations per run (default `10`).               |
 | Enrich          | `WikipediaEnrichmentService` fetches brewing and beer-related context. Keeps going when a lookup fails. `--mocked` runs use `MockEnrichmentService` instead and skip Wikipedia entirely. |
-| Generate | `MockGenerator` or `LlamaGenerator` produces brewery names and descriptions in English and the local language.                          |
-| Store    | `SqliteExportService` writes each successful brewery into a fresh dated `.sqlite` database with normalized location and brewery tables. |
+| Generate Users  | `GenerateUsers()` samples a persona and a forename/surname pair per enriched city (skipping countries with no name data), then `MockGenerator` or `LlamaGenerator` produces a username, bio, and activity weight around the sampled name. |
+| Generate Breweries | `MockGenerator` or `LlamaGenerator` produces brewery names and descriptions in English and the local language.                       |
+| Store           | `SqliteExportService` writes each successful user and brewery into a fresh dated `.sqlite` database with normalized `locations`, `users`, and `breweries` tables. |
 | Log             | `spdlog` writes results and warnings to the console.                                                                                    |
 
-If enrichment or generation fails for a city, that city is skipped and the
-pipeline continues.
+If name sampling, enrichment, or generation fails for a city, that city is
+skipped and the pipeline continues. `GenerateUsers()` runs before
+`GenerateBreweries()` in `BiergartenPipelineOrchestrator::Run()`.
 
 ### Key Components
 
 - `src/main.cc` — argument parsing and Boost.DI composition root.
-- `JsonLoader` — validates curated location input.
+- `CuratedJsonDataService` — implements `ICuratedDataService`; takes a
+  `CuratedDataFilePaths` DTO (locations/personas/forenames/surnames paths) in
+  its constructor, then parses and validates curated location, persona, and
+  forename/surname JSON, memoizing each result after its first load on a
+  given instance. `MockCuratedDataService` is the in-memory substitute (4
+  fixed locations, 3 personas, and name data for `US`/`DE`/`FR`/`BE`) used in
+  `--mocked` runs.
 - `WikipediaEnrichmentService` — queries Wikipedia extracts, caches results,
   returns empty context on failure. `MockEnrichmentService` is the no-op
   substitute used in `--mocked` runs.
-- `LlamaGenerator` — formats prompts for Gemma 4, validates JSON output, retries
-  malformed responses up to three times with corrective feedback in the
-  retry prompt. The token budget is fixed across attempts; it is not raised
-  automatically on truncation.
-- `MockGenerator` — stable hash-based output so the same city input always
-  produces the same brewery.
-- `SqliteExportService` — creates a dated SQLite file per run and persists each
-  successful brewery into normalized tables.
+- `LlamaGenerator` — formats prompts for Gemma 4, validates JSON output for
+  both `GenerateBrewery` and `GenerateUser`, retries malformed responses up
+  to three times with corrective feedback in the retry prompt. The token
+  budget is fixed across attempts; it is not raised automatically on
+  truncation.
+- `MockGenerator` — stable hash-based output so the same city/persona/name
+  input always produces the same brewery or user.
+- `SqliteExportService` — creates a dated SQLite file per run and persists
+  each successful user and brewery into normalized tables.
 - Brewery payloads include English and local-language name and description
-  fields.
+  fields. User payloads carry a sampled first/last name and gender, an
+  LLM-generated username/bio/activity weight, and a programmatically
+  generated (not LLM-authored) unique email and date of birth.
 
 ### Runtime Behaviour
 
@@ -266,6 +279,18 @@ valid output on the first pass; the retry path is kept for resilience.
 `MockGenerator` uses stable hashes for repeatable output in demos and Storybook
 runs.
 
+`CuratedJsonDataService` memoizes each of `LoadLocations()`, `LoadPersonas()`,
+`LoadForenamesByCountry()`, and `LoadSurnamesByCountry()` independently the
+first time each is called, since `BiergartenPipelineOrchestrator` owns a
+single `ICuratedDataService` instance for the whole run — later calls return
+the cached result instead of re-parsing. 
+
+`GenerateUsers()` samples a forename/surname pair per city via `SampleName()`,
+keyed by the city's ISO 3166-1 code. Countries present in `locations.json`
+but absent from either name fixture (currently `KE`, `SE`, `SG`, `TH`, `VN`,
+`ZA`) are skipped, the same way a failed enrichment or generation call skips
+a city — see ETHICS-AND-KNOWN-ISSUES.md's Names-by-Country Dataset section.
+
 ### Process Flow - Activity Diagram
 
 ![An activity diagram](./diagrams/current/output/activity.svg)
@@ -278,9 +303,10 @@ runs.
 
 ## Generated Output
 
-Each successful run stores a `GeneratedBrewery` pair with the source location
-and a `BreweryResult` payload. The same generated records are also written to a
-fresh SQLite export file named with the current UTC timestamp.
+Each successful run stores a `BreweryRecord` pair with the source location
+and a `BreweryResult` payload, and a `UserRecord` pair with the source
+location and a `UserResult` payload. The same generated records are also
+written to a fresh SQLite export file named with the current UTC timestamp.
 
 | Field               | Meaning                                    |
 | ------------------- | ------------------------------------------ |
@@ -289,6 +315,17 @@ fresh SQLite export file named with the current UTC timestamp.
 | `name_local`        | Brewery name in the local language.        |
 | `description_local` | Brewery description in the local language. |
 
+| Field             | Meaning                                                          |
+| ----------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `first_name`      | Sampled forename, copied from the curated name data (not LLM-invented). |
+| `last_name`       | Sampled surname, copied from the curated name data (not LLM-invented).  |
+| `gender`          | Gender associated with the sampled forename in the source dataset. |
+| `username`        | LLM-generated handle.                                            |
+| `bio`             | LLM-generated short biography.                                   |
+| `activity_weight` | Relative check-in/activity weight, reserved for a future J-curve activity profile. |
+| `email`           | Unique `@thebiergarten.app` address, generated programmatically from the sampled name. |
+| `date_of_birth`   | Randomized date of birth (age 19-48), generated programmatically. |
+
 The log dump also includes city, country, state or province, ISO subdivision
 code, latitude, and longitude for each entry.
 
@@ -367,11 +404,17 @@ Silicon; CUDA or HIP/ROCm is detected on Linux when the toolkit is present.
 ## Fixture Strategy
 
 - `--mocked` for stable fixtures, repeatable screenshots, and Storybook runs.
+  `MockCuratedDataService` swaps in for `CuratedJsonDataService`, so no
+  fixture files need to be present on disk.
 - `--model` when geographically grounded content matters for demos.
 - Keep `locations.json` structured enough to support discovery and future
   filtering.
-- Treat SQLite output as seed material for the app's brewery domain, not
-  production data.
+- `personas.json`, `forenames-by-country.json`, and
+  `surnames-by-country.json` are curated/vendored fixture data, not
+  LLM-generated — see ETHICS-AND-KNOWN-ISSUES.md's Names-by-Country Dataset
+  section for provenance.
+- Treat SQLite output as seed material for the app's brewery and user
+  domains, not production data.
 
 ---
 
@@ -382,6 +425,9 @@ Silicon; CUDA or HIP/ROCm is detected on Linux when the toolkit is present.
 | `tooling/pipeline/includes/`           | Public headers and shared models.                  |
 | `tooling/pipeline/src/`                | Implementation files.                              |
 | `tooling/pipeline/locations.json`      | Curated city input copied into the build tree.     |
+| `tooling/pipeline/personas.json`       | Curated user persona archetypes copied into the build tree. |
+| `tooling/pipeline/forenames-by-country.json` | Vendored (CC0) forename data by ISO 3166-1 country code. |
+| `tooling/pipeline/surnames-by-country.json`  | Vendored (CC0) surname data by ISO 3166-1 country code. |
 | `tooling/pipeline/prompts/`            | System prompts used by the model-backed path.      |
 | `tooling/pipeline/runpod/`             | Dockerfile, launcher, and RunPod pod template.      |
 | `docs/pipeline/diagrams/`              | Architecture and pipeline diagrams.                |
@@ -396,6 +442,9 @@ Paths below are relative to `tooling/pipeline/`.
 - `src/main.cc` — argument parsing and DI composition root.
 - `src/biergarten_pipeline_orchestrator/` — orchestration, sampling, logging,
   and export.
+- `src/services/curated_data/` — `CuratedJsonDataService`, the file-backed
+  `ICuratedDataService`, and `MockCuratedDataService`, the in-memory
+  `ICuratedDataService` used in `--mocked` runs.
 - `src/services/enrichment/wikipedia/` — enrichment service and cache.
 - `src/services/sqlite/` — SQLite export implementation.
 - `src/data_generation/llama/` — local inference, prompt loading, output
@@ -407,11 +456,12 @@ Paths below are relative to `tooling/pipeline/`.
 
 ## Next Steps
 
-The pipeline currently produces city-aware brewery records and dated SQLite
-exports. The next passes add additional fixture types so the app can exercise
-the full brewery domain without live data. For the detailed engineering
-breakdown of what's needed to reach the architecture in
-[`diagrams/planned/`](./diagrams/planned/), see [ROADMAP.md](./ROADMAP.md).
+The pipeline currently produces city-aware brewery and user records and
+dated SQLite exports. The next passes add additional fixture types so the
+app can exercise the full brewery and social domains without live data. For
+the detailed engineering breakdown of what's needed to reach the
+architecture in [`diagrams/planned/`](./diagrams/planned/), see
+[ROADMAP.md](./ROADMAP.md).
 
 ### Testing — Very High Priority
 
@@ -433,12 +483,6 @@ Generate catalog entries with style, ABV, IBU, color, aroma notes, and food
 pairing hints. Link beers back to breweries and cities. Keep style coverage wide
 enough to exercise search, sort, and category filters.
 
-### User Generation
-
-Generate user profiles with stable names, bios, locale hints, and preference
-signals. Include stable IDs for downstream fixture joins. Keep output
-deterministic for screenshots while allowing larger randomized batches.
-
 ### Check-In System
 
 Produce timestamped check-in events between users and breweries. Use a J-curve

docs/pipeline/ROADMAP.md

@@ -33,28 +33,93 @@ architecture needs.
 - [ ] Add `BeerResult`, `CheckinResult`, `RatingResult` result payloads.
 - [ ] Add `GenerationMetadata` (`generation_id`, `generated_time`,
       `context_provided`, `generated_with`).
-- [ ] Add `activity_weight` to `UserResult` (currently just `username`,
-      `bio`).
+- [x] Add `first_name`, `last_name`, `gender`, and `activity_weight` to
+      `UserResult` (currently just `username`, `bio`). `first_name`/
+      `last_name`/`gender` are copied from the sampled `Name` (see below),
+      not LLM-invented.
+- [x] Add `Name` (`first_name`, `last_name`, `gender`) — the sampled result
+      handed to `DataGenerator::GenerateUser`. Add `ForenameEntry` (`name`,
+      `gender`). Landed as a flatter shape than originally planned here: no
+      `NamesByCountry` wrapper class. `curated_data_service.h` instead
+      declares `ForenameList = std::vector<ForenameEntry>` and
+      `SurnameList = std::vector<std::string>`, and
+      `ICuratedDataService` exposes two maps keyed by ISO 3166-1 code —
+      `ForenamesByCountryMap = unordered_map<string, ForenameList>` and
+      `SurnamesByCountryMap = unordered_map<string, SurnameList>` —
+      directly (see §2). Sampling is
+      a free function, `SampleName(forenames_by_country,
+      surnames_by_country, iso3166_1, rng)`, in
+      `generate_users.cc`'s anonymous namespace, not a method on a class.
+      Pairing a forename with a surname happens at sample time so gender
+      (present per-forename in the source data) is never discarded the way a
+      pre-flattened `{first_name, last_name}` list would lose it; see §2.
 - [ ] Extend `GeneratedBrewery` with `brewery_id`, `context_completeness`,
       `metadata` (currently just `{location, brewery}`).
-- [ ] Add `GeneratedBeer`, `GeneratedUser`, `GeneratedCheckin`,
-      `GeneratedRating`, `GeneratedFollow` aggregate structs.
-- [ ] Add `UserPersona` (`name`, `description`, `style_affinities`).
+- [ ] Add `GeneratedBeer`, `GeneratedCheckin`, `GeneratedRating`,
+      `GeneratedFollow` aggregate structs.
+- [x] Add `UserRecord` (`location`, `user : UserResult`, `email`,
+      `date_of_birth`) as the current stand-in for the planned
+      `GeneratedUser` — `email` and `date_of_birth` are programmatically
+      generated by the orchestrator, never LLM-authored, so a downstream
+      auth-account seeding consumer can register real accounts from the
+      pipeline's SQLite export. No `password`, `user_id`, or `metadata`
+      field yet, matching `BreweryRecord`'s equally pre-`metadata` shape.
+      Already wired into `IExportService`/`SqliteExportService`: a `users`
+      table exists and `GenerateUsers()` exports each successful record via
+      `ProcessRecord(const UserRecord&)` (see §5) in addition to logging and
+      holding `generated_users_` in memory. Still missing vs. the planned
+      `GeneratedUser`: `user_id`, `password`, and `metadata`.
+- [x] Add `UserPersona` (`name`, `description`, `style_affinities`).
 
 ## 2. Data Preloading
 
-`tooling/pipeline/includes/json_handling/`, fixture files.
+`tooling/pipeline/includes/services/curated_data/`, fixture files.
 
-- [ ] Extract a `DataPreloader` interface; have `JsonLoader` implement it
-      instead of exposing only a static `LoadLocations()`.
+- [x] Extract an interface; have `CuratedJsonDataService` implement it.
+      Landed as `ICuratedDataService`
+      (`services/curated_data/curated_data_service.h`), not `DataPreloader`
+      — `LoadLocations()`, `LoadPersonas()`, `LoadForenamesByCountry()`, and
+      `LoadSurnamesByCountry()` are all virtual methods returning `const&`
+      and take no arguments. `CuratedJsonDataService`
+      (`services/curated_data/curated_json_data_service.h`, originally
+      landed as `JsonLoader` under `json_handling/` before being renamed and
+      moved) takes a `CuratedDataFilePaths` DTO (`locations_path`,
+      `personas_path`, `forenames_path`, `surnames_path`) in its
+      constructor rather than a path per `Load*()` call, and memoizes each
+      result in a private `cache` struct (`locations`, `personas`,
+      `forenames_by_country`, `surnames_by_country`), so a second call on
+      the same instance returns the cached result instead of re-parsing —
+      safe because `CuratedJsonDataService` outlives every call site (owned
+      by `BiergartenPipelineOrchestrator` via
+      `unique_ptr<ICuratedDataService>` for the whole run). `main.cc`'s DI
+      injector also gained a `MockCuratedDataService` (fixed in-memory
+      data: 4 locations across `US`/`DE`/`FR`/`BE`, 3 personas, and
+      matching forename/surname sets for those four countries), bound in
+      place of `CuratedJsonDataService` under `--mocked`, mirroring the
+      existing `MockEnrichmentService`/`MockGenerator` pattern.
 - [ ] Add `LoadBeerStyles()`. `beer-styles.json` already exists in the repo
       and is already copied into the Docker image
       (`runpod/Dockerfile`), but no loader reads it yet, and the native
       CMake build doesn't copy it into `build/` at all — `CMakeLists.txt`'s
       "Runtime Assets" step only copies `locations.json` and `prompts/`.
-- [ ] Add `LoadPersonas()` and author `personas.json` (doesn't exist yet).
-- [ ] Add `LoadNamesByCountry()` and author `names-by-country.json` (doesn't
-      exist yet).
+- [x] Add `LoadPersonas()` and author `personas.json` (doesn't exist yet).
+- [x] Add name-by-country loading, parsing
+      `tooling/pipeline/forenames-by-country.json` and
+      `surnames-by-country.json`. Landed as two separate methods —
+      `LoadForenamesByCountry()` and `LoadSurnamesByCountry()` — each
+      returning a flat `ForenamesByCountryMap` / `SurnamesByCountryMap`
+      (aliases for `unordered_map<string, ForenameList>` /
+      `unordered_map<string, SurnameList>`) keyed by ISO 3166-1 code, rather
+      than one combined `LoadNamesByCountry() : NamesByCountry` call. Both
+      files are vendored verbatim (unmodified,
+      full multinational coverage) from
+      `sigpwned/popular-names-by-country-dataset` (CC0) — see
+      ETHICS-AND-KNOWN-ISSUES.md's Names-by-Country Dataset section for
+      provenance. Deliberately not pre-paired or filtered down to just the
+      countries in `locations.json`: keeping the source shape (including
+      per-forename gender) intact means the loader can support more
+      countries later, or gender-aware persona/bio generation, without
+      re-sourcing data.
 
 ## 3. Policy / Strategy Layer
 
@@ -83,10 +148,14 @@ Entirely new — no `includes/policy/` (or equivalent) directory exists today.
 - [ ] Extend the `DataGenerator` interface with `GenerateBeer`,
       `GenerateCheckin`, `GenerateRating` (today: only `GenerateBrewery` and
       `GenerateUser`).
-- [ ] Implement `LlamaGenerator::GenerateUser` for real. It currently
-      returns a hardcoded `{"test_user", "This is a test user profile from
-    {locale}."}` regardless of input — see the `// TODO` at the top of
-      `src/data_generation/llama/generate_user.cc`.
+- [x] Implement `LlamaGenerator::GenerateUser` for real, with a retry loop
+      mirroring `GenerateBrewery` (GBNF grammar, `ValidateUserJson`, up to 3
+      attempts with corrective feedback) and a new
+      `prompts/USER_GENERATION.md`. Changed the `DataGenerator::GenerateUser`
+      signature to
+      `(city : const EnrichedCity&, persona : const UserPersona&, name : const Name&) : UserResult`,
+      matching what the activity diagram actually passes. `MockGenerator::GenerateUser`
+      updated to match the new signature too.
 - [ ] Implement `MockGenerator::GenerateBeer` / `GenerateCheckin` /
       `GenerateRating`.
 - [ ] Add `IPromptFormatter::ExpectedArchitecture()` and
@@ -100,12 +169,19 @@ Entirely new — no `includes/policy/` (or equivalent) directory exists today.
 
 `tooling/pipeline/includes/services/database/`, `src/services/sqlite/`.
 
-- [ ] Extend `IExportService` with `ProcessBeer`, `ProcessUser`,
-      `ProcessCheckin`, `ProcessRating`, `ProcessFollow` (today only
-      `ProcessRecord(const GeneratedBrewery&)` exists).
-- [ ] Add `beers`, `users`, `checkins`, `ratings`, `follows` tables to
-      `SqliteExportService::InitializeSchema()` — see
-      `kCreateLocationsTableSql` / `kCreateBreweriesTableSql` in
+- [x] `IExportService::ProcessRecord(const UserRecord&)` and
+      `SqliteExportService`'s `users` table (see
+      `kCreateUsersTableSql` / `kInsertUserSql` in
+      `includes/services/database/sqlite_statement_helpers.h`) are
+      implemented — `GenerateUsers()` exports every successful user
+      alongside its resolved `location_id`.
+- [ ] Extend `IExportService` with `ProcessBeer`, `ProcessCheckin`,
+      `ProcessRating`, `ProcessFollow` (today `ProcessRecord(const
+      BreweryRecord&)` and `ProcessRecord(const UserRecord&)` exist).
+- [ ] Add `beers`, `checkins`, `ratings`, `follows` tables to
+      `SqliteExportService::InitializeSchema()` (`locations`, `breweries`,
+      and `users` already exist) — see `kCreateLocationsTableSql` /
+      `kCreateBreweriesTableSql` / `kCreateUsersTableSql` in
       `includes/services/database/sqlite_statement_helpers.h` for the
       existing pattern to follow.
 - [ ] Add a `brewery_cache_` alongside the existing `location_cache_`, and
@@ -151,7 +227,8 @@ Entirely new — no `includes/policy/` (or equivalent) directory exists today.
 
 ## 8. Fixtures / Build
 
-- [ ] Author `personas.json` and `names-by-country.json` (see §2).
+- [x] Author `personas.json`, `forenames-by-country.json`, and
+      `surnames-by-country.json` (see §2).
 - [ ] Fix the `beer-styles.json` build-tree gap: add it to the "Runtime
       Assets" `configure_file` step in `CMakeLists.txt` so native builds and
       the Docker image agree on what's available at runtime.

docs/pipeline/diagrams/current/activity.puml

@@ -93,6 +93,77 @@ while (For each sampled Location?) is (Remaining cities)
   endif
 endwhile (Done)
 
+|#EAF0E8|BiergartenPipelineOrchestrator|
+:GenerateUsers(enriched_cities);
+
+|#E2EBDC|JsonLoader|
+:LoadPersonas("personas.json");
+:LoadForenamesByCountry("forenames-by-country.json");
+:LoadSurnamesByCountry("surnames-by-country.json");
+note right
+  Each call is cached after its first parse.
+  MockCuratedDataService (--mocked) returns a
+  fixed in-memory dataset instead and skips
+  these three JSON files entirely.
+end note
+
+|#EAF0E8|BiergartenPipelineOrchestrator|
+while (For each EnrichedCity?) is (Remaining cities)
+  :SampleName(forenames_by_country,\n  surnames_by_country, location.iso3166_1);
+  if (Names available for country?) then (no)
+    :Log warning, skip city;
+  else (yes)
+    :Sample UserPersona (uniform random);
+
+    |#E5EDE1|DataGenerator|
+    if (Generator Mode) then (MockGenerator)
+      :DeterministicHash & Format;
+    else (LlamaGenerator)
+      :prompt_directory_->Load("USER_GENERATION");
+      note right
+        Resolves to USER_GENERATION.md inside --prompt-dir.
+      end note
+      repeat
+        :Infer(system_prompt, user_prompt, max_tokens, kUserJsonGrammar);
+        :ValidateUserJson(raw, user);
+        if (Is JSON Valid?) then (yes)
+          break
+        else (no)
+          :Attempt++;
+          :Append validation error to retry prompt;
+        endif
+      repeat while (Attempt < 3?) is (yes)
+    endif
+
+    |#EAF0E8|BiergartenPipelineOrchestrator|
+    if (Generation successful?) then (yes)
+      :BuildEmail(name, used_email_local_parts);
+      :GenerateDateOfBirth(rng);
+      note right
+        email and date_of_birth are generated
+        programmatically, never LLM-authored.
+      end note
+
+      |#E0EAE0|SqliteExportService|
+      :ProcessRecord(UserRecord);
+      if (Location in cache?) then (yes)
+        :Reuse location_id;
+      else (no)
+        :Insert Location & Cache ID;
+      endif
+      :Insert User (FK: location_id);
+
+      if (Exception caught during insert?) then (yes)
+        |#EAF0E8|BiergartenPipelineOrchestrator|
+        :Log warning "SQLite export failed";
+      else (no)
+      endif
+    else (no)
+      :Log warning "Generation failed, skipping...";
+    endif
+  endif
+endwhile (Done)
+
 |#EAF0E8|BiergartenPipelineOrchestrator|
 :GenerateBreweries(enriched_cities);
 

docs/pipeline/diagrams/current/class.puml

@@ -30,11 +30,14 @@ class BiergartenPipelineOrchestrator {
   - context_service_ : std::unique_ptr<IEnrichmentService>
   - generator_ : std::unique_ptr<DataGenerator>
   - exporter_ : std::unique_ptr<IExportService>
+  - curated_data_service_ : std::unique_ptr<ICuratedDataService>
   - application_options_ : ApplicationOptions
-  - generated_breweries_ : std::vector<GeneratedBrewery>
+  - generated_breweries_ : std::vector<BreweryRecord>
+  - generated_users_ : std::vector<UserRecord>
   + Run() : bool
   - QueryCitiesWithCountries() : std::vector<Location>
   - GenerateBreweries(cities : std::span<const EnrichedCity>) : void
+  - GenerateUsers(cities : std::span<const EnrichedCity>) : void
   - LogResults() : void
 }
 
@@ -113,13 +116,14 @@ class HttpWebClient {
 
 interface DataGenerator <<interface>> {
   + GenerateBrewery(location : const Location&, region_context : const std::string&) : BreweryResult
-  + GenerateUser(locale : const std::string&) : UserResult
+  + GenerateUser(city : const EnrichedCity&, persona : const UserPersona&, name : const Name&) : UserResult
 }
 
 class MockGenerator {
-  + GenerateBrewery(...) : BreweryResult
-  + GenerateUser(...) : UserResult
+  + GenerateBrewery(location : const Location&, region_context : const std::string&) : BreweryResult
+  + GenerateUser(city : const EnrichedCity&, persona : const UserPersona&, name : const Name&) : UserResult
   - DeterministicHash(location : const Location&) : size_t
+  - DeterministicHash(location : const Location&, persona : const UserPersona&, name : const Name&) : size_t
 }
 
 class LlamaGenerator {
@@ -153,13 +157,49 @@ class PromptDirectory {
   + Load(key : std::string_view) : std::string
 }
 
-class JsonLoader {
-  + {static} LoadLocations(filepath : const std::filesystem::path&) : std::vector<Location>
+interface ICuratedDataService <<interface>> {
+  + LoadLocations(filepath : const std::filesystem::path&) : const std::vector<Location>&
+  + LoadPersonas(filepath : const std::filesystem::path&) : const std::vector<UserPersona>&
+  + LoadForenamesByCountry(filepath : const std::filesystem::path&) : const std::unordered_map<std::string, forename_list>&
+  + LoadSurnamesByCountry(filepath : const std::filesystem::path&) : const std::unordered_map<std::string, surname_list>&
 }
 
+class JsonLoader {
+  - cache_ : cache
+  + LoadLocations(filepath : const std::filesystem::path&) : const std::vector<Location>&
+  + LoadPersonas(filepath : const std::filesystem::path&) : const std::vector<UserPersona>&
+  + LoadForenamesByCountry(filepath : const std::filesystem::path&) : const std::unordered_map<std::string, forename_list>&
+  + LoadSurnamesByCountry(filepath : const std::filesystem::path&) : const std::unordered_map<std::string, surname_list>&
+}
+
+note right of JsonLoader
+  Each Load* method memoizes its result in
+  cache_ on first call; later calls on the
+  same instance return the cached value
+  without re-parsing.
+end note
+
+class MockCuratedDataService {
+  - locations_ : std::vector<Location>
+  - personas_ : std::vector<UserPersona>
+  - forenames_by_country_ : std::unordered_map<std::string, forename_list>
+  - surnames_by_country_ : std::unordered_map<std::string, surname_list>
+  + LoadLocations(filepath : const std::filesystem::path&) : const std::vector<Location>&
+  + LoadPersonas(filepath : const std::filesystem::path&) : const std::vector<UserPersona>&
+  + LoadForenamesByCountry(filepath : const std::filesystem::path&) : const std::unordered_map<std::string, forename_list>&
+  + LoadSurnamesByCountry(filepath : const std::filesystem::path&) : const std::unordered_map<std::string, surname_list>&
+}
+
+note right of MockCuratedDataService
+  Fixed 4-location / 3-persona dataset
+  (US, DE, FR, BE) used in --mocked runs;
+  filepath arguments are ignored.
+end note
+
 interface IExportService <<interface>> {
   + Initialize() : void
-  + ProcessRecord(brewery : const GeneratedBrewery&) : void
+  + ProcessRecord(brewery : const BreweryRecord&) : uint64_t
+  + ProcessRecord(user : const UserRecord&) : uint64_t
   + Finalize() : void
 }
 
@@ -167,15 +207,18 @@ class SqliteExportService {
   - date_time_provider_ : std::unique_ptr<IDateTimeProvider>
   - run_timestamp_utc_ : std::string
   - database_path_ : std::filesystem::path
-  - db_handle_ : sqlite3*
-  - insert_location_stmt_ : sqlite3_stmt*
-  - insert_brewery_stmt_ : sqlite3_stmt*
+  - db_handle_ : SqliteDatabaseHandle
+  - insert_location_stmt_ : SqliteStatementHandle
+  - insert_brewery_stmt_ : SqliteStatementHandle
+  - insert_user_stmt_ : SqliteStatementHandle
   - transaction_open_ : bool
   - location_cache_ : std::unordered_map<std::string, sqlite3_int64>
   + Initialize() : void
-  + ProcessRecord(brewery : const GeneratedBrewery&) : void
+  + ProcessRecord(brewery : const BreweryRecord&) : uint64_t
+  + ProcessRecord(user : const UserRecord&) : uint64_t
   + Finalize() : void
   - InitializeSchema() : void
+  - ResolveLocationId(location : const Location&) : sqlite3_int64
 }
 
 interface IDateTimeProvider <<interface>> {
@@ -191,6 +234,7 @@ BiergartenPipelineOrchestrator *-- ILogger : owns
 BiergartenPipelineOrchestrator *-- IEnrichmentService : owns
 BiergartenPipelineOrchestrator *-- DataGenerator : owns
 BiergartenPipelineOrchestrator *-- IExportService : owns
+BiergartenPipelineOrchestrator *-- ICuratedDataService : owns
 
 LogEntry *-- LogLevel
 LogEntry *-- PipelinePhase
@@ -215,7 +259,8 @@ LlamaGenerator *-- IPromptDirectory : uses
 IPromptFormatter <|.. Gemma4JinjaPromptFormatter : implements
 IPromptDirectory <|.. PromptDirectory : implements
 
-BiergartenPipelineOrchestrator ..> JsonLoader : uses
+ICuratedDataService <|.. JsonLoader : implements
+ICuratedDataService <|.. MockCuratedDataService : implements
 
 IExportService <|.. SqliteExportService : implements
 SqliteExportService *-- IDateTimeProvider : owns

docs/pipeline/diagrams/planned/activity.puml

@@ -43,10 +43,18 @@ fork again
   :EnrichmentService::PreWarmLocationCache(sampled_locations);
 end fork
 fork
-  :JsonLoader::LoadNamesByCountry("names-by-country.json");
+  :JsonLoader::LoadForenamesByCountry(\n  "forenames-by-country.json");
+fork again
+  :JsonLoader::LoadSurnamesByCountry(\n  "surnames-by-country.json");
 fork again
   :JsonLoader::LoadPersonas("personas.json");
 end fork
+note right
+  Each call is memoized after its first parse
+  (implemented today). MockCuratedDataService
+  returns a fixed in-memory dataset instead
+  under --mocked, skipping these JSON files.
+end note
 
 ' ═══════════════════════════════════════════
 ' PHASE 0 — USER GENERATION
@@ -82,11 +90,15 @@ fork again
       ibu_preference, checkin_weight.
     end note
 
-    :NamesByCountry::SampleName(\n  location.iso3166_1);
+    :SampleName(forenames_by_country,\n  surnames_by_country, location.iso3166_1, rng);
     note right
       Deterministic lookup -- no LLM involved.
-      Name selected from pre-keyed table
+      Free function (implemented today in
+      generate_users.cc), not a class method.
+      Name selected from pre-keyed maps
       and passed into the generation prompt.
+      Skips the city if either map has no
+      entry for iso3166_1.
     end note
 
     :GenerateUser(enriched_city, persona, sampled_name)\nvia DataGenerator;

docs/pipeline/diagrams/planned/class.puml

@@ -67,11 +67,50 @@ package "Domain: Models" {
   }
 
   class UserResult {
+    + first_name : std::string
+    + last_name : std::string
+    + gender : std::string
     + username : std::string
     + bio : std::string
     + activity_weight : float
   }
 
+  class Name {
+    + first_name : std::string
+    + last_name : std::string
+    + gender : std::string
+  }
+
+  class ForenameEntry {
+    + name : std::string
+    + gender : std::string
+  }
+
+  note right of ForenameEntry
+    forename_list = std::unordered_set<ForenameEntry>
+    surname_list = std::unordered_set<std::string>
+    (aliases declared in curated_data_service.h).
+    ICuratedDataService::LoadForenamesByCountry() /
+    LoadSurnamesByCountry() each return a flat
+    std::unordered_map<std::string, forename_list>
+    or <std::string, surname_list> keyed by ISO
+    3166-1 country code -- no NamesByCountry
+    wrapper class. SampleName(forenames_by_country,
+    surnames_by_country, iso3166_1, rng) is a free
+    function, not a method, so it can be called by
+    any per-city worker without owning the maps.
+    Sourced from popular-names-by-country-dataset
+    (CC0) -- see ETHICS-AND-KNOWN-ISSUES.md. Gender
+    is preserved per forename so it can be threaded
+    through to persona/bio generation later; surnames
+    carry no gender in the source data. Pairing
+    happens at sample time, not at fixture-authoring
+    time, so no information from the source dataset
+    is discarded up front.
+  end note
+
+  ForenameEntry ..> Name : SampleName() produces
+
   class CheckinResult {
     + checked_in_at : std::string
     + note : std::string
@@ -110,9 +149,20 @@ package "Domain: Models" {
     + user_id : uint64_t
     + location : Location
     + user : UserResult
+    + email : std::string
+    + date_of_birth : std::string
+    + password : std::string
     + metadata : GenerationMetadata
   }
 
+  note right of GeneratedUser
+    email, date_of_birth, and password are
+    programmatically generated by the orchestrator
+    (not LLM-authored) so a downstream auth-account
+    seeding consumer can register real accounts from
+    this export. See ROADMAP.md §1.
+  end note
+
   class GeneratedCheckin {
     + checkin_id : uint64_t
     + user_id : uint64_t
@@ -318,20 +368,43 @@ package "Infrastructure: Pipeline Channel" {
 
 package "Infrastructure: Data Preloading" {
 
-  interface DataPreloader <<interface>> {
-    + LoadLocations(filepath : const std::filesystem::path&) : std::vector<Location>
-    + LoadBeerStyles(filepath : const std::filesystem::path&) : std::vector<BeerStyle>
-    + LoadPersonas(filepath : const std::filesystem::path&) : std::vector<Persona>
-    + LoadNamesByCountry(filepath : const std::filesystem::path&) : NamesByCountry
+  interface ICuratedDataService <<interface>> {
+    + LoadLocations(filepath : const std::filesystem::path&) : const std::vector<Location>&
+    + LoadBeerStyles(filepath : const std::filesystem::path&) : const std::vector<BeerStyle>&
+    + LoadPersonas(filepath : const std::filesystem::path&) : const std::vector<UserPersona>&
+    + LoadForenamesByCountry(forenames_filepath : const std::filesystem::path&) : const std::unordered_map<std::string, forename_list>&
+    + LoadSurnamesByCountry(surnames_filepath : const std::filesystem::path&) : const std::unordered_map<std::string, surname_list>&
   }
 
   class JsonLoader {
-    + LoadLocations(filepath : const std::filesystem::path&) : std::vector<Location>
-    + LoadBeerStyles(filepath : const std::filesystem::path&) : std::vector<BeerStyle>
-    + LoadPersonas(filepath : const std::filesystem::path&) : std::vector<Persona>
-    + LoadNamesByCountry(filepath : const std::filesystem::path&) : NamesByCountry
+    + LoadLocations(filepath : const std::filesystem::path&) : const std::vector<Location>&
+    + LoadBeerStyles(filepath : const std::filesystem::path&) : const std::vector<BeerStyle>&
+    + LoadPersonas(filepath : const std::filesystem::path&) : const std::vector<UserPersona>&
+    + LoadForenamesByCountry(forenames_filepath : const std::filesystem::path&) : const std::unordered_map<std::string, forename_list>&
+    + LoadSurnamesByCountry(surnames_filepath : const std::filesystem::path&) : const std::unordered_map<std::string, surname_list>&
   }
 
+  note right of JsonLoader
+    Each Load* call is memoized after its first
+    parse -- implemented today, ahead of the rest
+    of this package (LoadBeerStyles is still planned).
+  end note
+
+  class MockCuratedDataService {
+    + LoadLocations(filepath : const std::filesystem::path&) : const std::vector<Location>&
+    + LoadBeerStyles(filepath : const std::filesystem::path&) : const std::vector<BeerStyle>&
+    + LoadPersonas(filepath : const std::filesystem::path&) : const std::vector<UserPersona>&
+    + LoadForenamesByCountry(forenames_filepath : const std::filesystem::path&) : const std::unordered_map<std::string, forename_list>&
+    + LoadSurnamesByCountry(surnames_filepath : const std::filesystem::path&) : const std::unordered_map<std::string, surname_list>&
+  }
+
+  note right of MockCuratedDataService
+    Fixed in-memory dataset used in --mocked mode,
+    implemented today for Locations/Personas/
+    Forenames/Surnames; would need a LoadBeerStyles
+    fixture too once that method is implemented.
+  end note
+
 }
 
 package "Infrastructure: Enrichment" {
@@ -380,7 +453,7 @@ package "Infrastructure: Data Generation" {
   interface DataGenerator <<interface>> {
     + GenerateBrewery(location : const Location&,\n  context : const LocationContext&) : BreweryResult
     + GenerateBeer(brewery_id : uint64_t,\n  location : const Location&,\n  context : const LocationContext&,\n  style : const BeerStyle&) : BeerResult
-    + GenerateUser(location : const Location&) : UserResult
+    + GenerateUser(city : const EnrichedCity&,\n  persona : const UserPersona&,\n  name : const Name&) : UserResult
     + GenerateCheckin(user : const GeneratedUser&,\n  brewery : const GeneratedBrewery&,\n  timestamp : const std::string&) : CheckinResult
     + GenerateRating(user : const GeneratedUser&,\n  beer : const GeneratedBeer&,\n  checkin_id : uint64_t) : RatingResult
   }
@@ -473,7 +546,7 @@ package "Infrastructure: Data Export" {
 }
 
 class BiergartenPipelineOrchestrator {
-  - preloader_ : std::unique_ptr<DataPreloader>
+  - curated_data_service_ : std::unique_ptr<ICuratedDataService>
   - enrichment_service_ : std::unique_ptr<EnrichmentService>
   - generator_ : std::unique_ptr<DataGenerator>
   - logger_ : std::unique_ptr<Logger>
@@ -501,7 +574,7 @@ class BiergartenPipelineOrchestrator {
 }
 
 ' --- Orchestration Aggregations (Services & Strategies) ---
-BiergartenPipelineOrchestrator *--  DataPreloader
+BiergartenPipelineOrchestrator *--  ICuratedDataService
 BiergartenPipelineOrchestrator *--  EnrichmentService
 BiergartenPipelineOrchestrator *--  DataGenerator
 BiergartenPipelineOrchestrator *--  ExportService
@@ -520,7 +593,8 @@ BiergartenPipelineOrchestrator *-- "0..*" GeneratedCheckin : checkin_pool_
 BiergartenPipelineOrchestrator *-- "0..*" GeneratedFollow  : follow_pool_
 
 ' --- Interfaces & Implementations ---
-DataPreloader                  <|.. JsonLoader
+ICuratedDataService            <|.. JsonLoader
+ICuratedDataService            <|.. MockCuratedDataService
 Logger                         <|.. PipelineLogger
 ContextStrategy                <|.. BreweryContextStrategy
 ContextStrategy                <|.. BeerContextStrategy

tooling/pipeline-results-viewer/.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# Logs
+logs
+*.log
+npm-debug.log*
+yarn-debug.log*
+yarn-error.log*
+pnpm-debug.log*
+lerna-debug.log*
+
+node_modules
+dist
+dist-ssr
+*.local
+
+# Editor directories and files
+.vscode/*
+!.vscode/extensions.json
+.idea
+.DS_Store
+*.suo
+*.ntvs*
+*.njsproj
+*.sln
+*.sw?

tooling/pipeline-results-viewer/index.html

@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+<!doctype html>
+<html lang="en">
+  <head>
+    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
+    <link rel="icon" type="image/svg+xml" href="/favicon.svg" />
+    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
+    <title>Pipeline Results Viewer</title>
+  </head>
+  <body>
+    <div class="dialog" id="window">
+      <div class="dialog-header">
+        <p>Pipeline Results Viewer</p>
+      </div>
+      <div class="tab-strip" role="tablist">
+        <button
+          type="button"
+          class="tab is-active"
+          id="tab-tables"
+          role="tab"
+          aria-selected="true"
+          aria-controls="panel-tables"
+        >
+          Tables
+        </button>
+        <button
+          type="button"
+          class="tab"
+          id="tab-query"
+          role="tab"
+          aria-selected="false"
+          aria-controls="panel-query"
+        >
+          Query
+        </button>
+      </div>
+      <div class="dialog-body">
+        <div
+          class="tab-panel"
+          id="panel-tables"
+          role="tabpanel"
+          aria-labelledby="tab-tables"
+        >
+          <div class="field-group">
+            <label for="table-select">Table</label>
+            <select id="table-select"></select>
+          </div>
+          <p id="status"></p>
+          <div id="table-container"></div>
+        </div>
+        <div
+          class="tab-panel"
+          id="panel-query"
+          role="tabpanel"
+          aria-labelledby="tab-query"
+          hidden
+        >
+          <div class="field-group field-group--stacked">
+            <label for="query-input">SQL Query</label>
+            <textarea
+              id="query-input"
+              rows="4"
+              spellcheck="false"
+              placeholder="SELECT * FROM ..."
+            ></textarea>
+          </div>
+          <button type="button" id="query-run" class="btn">Run Query</button>
+          <p id="query-status"></p>
+          <div id="query-container"></div>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+    <script type="module" src="/src/main.ts"></script>
+  </body>
+</html>

tooling/pipeline-results-viewer/package.json

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+  "name": "pipeline-results-viewer",
+  "version": "0.0.0",
+  "private": true,
+  "type": "module",
+  "scripts": {
+    "dev": "vite",
+    "build": "tsc && vite build",
+    "preview": "vite preview"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@types/sql.js": "^1.4.11",
+    "sass": "^1.101.0",
+    "typescript": "^6.0.3",
+    "vite": "^8.0.12"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "sql.js": "^1.14.1"
+  }
+}

tooling/pipeline-results-viewer/src/main.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+import initSqlJs, { type Database, type SqlValue } from "sql.js";
+import sqlWasmUrl from "sql.js/dist/sql-wasm.wasm?url";
+import "./style.scss";
+
+const DB_URL = "/biergarten.sqlite";
+
+const tabs = document.querySelectorAll<HTMLButtonElement>("[role='tab']");
+const panels = document.querySelectorAll<HTMLDivElement>("[role='tabpanel']");
+
+const tableSelect = document.querySelector<HTMLSelectElement>("#table-select")!;
+const tableContainer =
+  document.querySelector<HTMLDivElement>("#table-container")!;
+const status = document.querySelector<HTMLParagraphElement>("#status")!;
+
+const queryInput = document.querySelector<HTMLTextAreaElement>("#query-input")!;
+const queryRun = document.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>("#query-run")!;
+const queryStatus = document.querySelector<HTMLParagraphElement>("#query-status")!;
+const queryContainer =
+  document.querySelector<HTMLDivElement>("#query-container")!;
+
+for (const tab of tabs) {
+  tab.addEventListener("click", () => {
+    for (const otherTab of tabs) {
+      const isActive = otherTab === tab;
+      otherTab.classList.toggle("is-active", isActive);
+      otherTab.setAttribute("aria-selected", String(isActive));
+    }
+    for (const panel of panels) {
+      panel.hidden = panel.id !== tab.getAttribute("aria-controls");
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+const renderResultTable = (
+  container: HTMLDivElement,
+  columns: string[],
+  values: SqlValue[][],
+) => {
+  const table = document.createElement("table");
+
+  const head = table.createTHead().insertRow();
+  for (const column of columns) {
+    const th = document.createElement("th");
+    th.textContent = column;
+    head.append(th);
+  }
+
+  const body = table.createTBody();
+  for (const row of values) {
+    const tr = body.insertRow();
+    for (const cell of row) {
+      const td = document.createElement("td");
+      td.textContent = String(cell ?? "");
+      tr.append(td);
+    }
+  }
+
+  container.append(table);
+};
+
+const renderTable = (db: Database, name: string) => {
+  const result = db.exec(`SELECT * FROM "${name}"`);
+  tableContainer.replaceChildren();
+
+  if (result.length === 0) {
+    tableContainer.append(
+      Object.assign(document.createElement("p"), { textContent: "No rows." }),
+    );
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const { columns, values } = result[0];
+  renderResultTable(tableContainer, columns, values);
+};
+
+const runQuery = (db: Database) => {
+  const sql = queryInput.value.trim();
+  queryContainer.replaceChildren();
+
+  if (!sql) {
+    queryStatus.textContent = "Enter a query to run.";
+    return;
+  }
+
+  try {
+    const results = db.exec(sql);
+
+    if (results.length === 0) {
+      queryStatus.textContent = "Query executed. No rows returned.";
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const { columns, values } = results[results.length - 1];
+    renderResultTable(queryContainer, columns, values);
+    queryStatus.textContent = `${values.length} row${values.length === 1 ? "" : "s"} returned.`;
+  } catch (error) {
+    queryStatus.textContent = `Error: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}`;
+  }
+};
+
+async function main(): Promise<void> {
+  status.textContent = "Loading database...";
+
+  const sqlJs = await initSqlJs({ locateFile: () => sqlWasmUrl });
+  const response = await fetch(DB_URL);
+  const buffer = await response.arrayBuffer();
+  const db = new sqlJs.Database(new Uint8Array(buffer));
+
+  const tables =
+    db
+      .exec(
+        `SELECT name
+         FROM sqlite_master
+         WHERE
+          type = 'table'
+         AND
+          name NOT LIKE 'sqlite_%'
+         ORDER BY name`,
+      )[0]
+      ?.values.map((row) => String(row[0])) ?? [];
+
+  for (const name of tables) {
+    tableSelect.append(new Option(name, name));
+  }
+
+  tableSelect.addEventListener("change", () =>
+    renderTable(db, tableSelect.value),
+  );
+
+  if (tables.length > 0) {
+    renderTable(db, tables[0]);
+  }
+
+  status.textContent = "";
+
+  queryRun.addEventListener("click", () => runQuery(db));
+  queryInput.addEventListener("keydown", (event) => {
+    if ((event.metaKey || event.ctrlKey) && event.key === "Enter") {
+      event.preventDefault();
+      runQuery(db);
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+main().catch((error: unknown) => {
+  status.textContent = `Failed to load database: ${String(error)}`;
+});

tooling/pipeline-results-viewer/src/style.scss

@@ -0,0 +1,267 @@
+$gray-100: #dedede;
+$gray-300: #c3c3c3;
+$gray-500: #808080;
+$white: #ffffff;
+$black: #000000;
+$navy: #000080;
+$blue: #1084d0;
+$teal: #008080;
+
+$color-surface: $gray-300;
+$color-surface-alt: $gray-100;
+$color-surface-sunken: $white;
+$color-border-highlight: $gray-100;
+$color-border-lowlight: $gray-500;
+$color-border-light: $white;
+$color-border-dark: $black;
+$color-text: $black;
+$color-text-on-accent: $white;
+$color-text-status: $navy;
+$color-accent-start: $navy;
+$color-accent-end: $blue;
+$color-desktop-bg: $teal;
+$color-row-stripe: $gray-100;
+$color-shadow: rgba($black, 0.4);
+$color-focus-ring: $black;
+
+$bevel-size: 2px;
+$font-stack: Tahoma, "MS Sans Serif", Verdana, sans-serif;
+
+@mixin bevel-raised($size: $bevel-size) {
+  border-style: solid;
+  border-width: $size;
+  border-top-color: $color-border-highlight;
+  border-left-color: $color-border-highlight;
+  border-right-color: $color-border-dark;
+  border-bottom-color: $color-border-dark;
+  box-shadow:
+    inset $size $size 0 0 $color-border-light,
+    inset (-$size) (-$size) 0 0 $color-border-lowlight;
+}
+
+@mixin bevel-sunken($size: $bevel-size) {
+  border-style: solid;
+  border-width: $size;
+  border-top-color: $color-border-lowlight;
+  border-left-color: $color-border-lowlight;
+  border-right-color: $color-border-light;
+  border-bottom-color: $color-border-light;
+  box-shadow:
+    inset $size $size 0 0 $color-border-dark,
+    inset (-$size) (-$size) 0 0 $color-surface-alt;
+}
+
+* {
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+}
+
+body {
+  margin: 0;
+  padding: 24px;
+  background: $color-desktop-bg;
+  font-family: $font-stack;
+  color: $color-text;
+  min-height: 100vh;
+}
+
+#window {
+  width: 100%;
+  max-width: 1600px;
+  margin: 0 auto;
+  background: $color-surface;
+  padding: 6px;
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: 6px;
+  @include bevel-raised(3px);
+  box-shadow: 8px 8px 0 0 $color-shadow;
+}
+
+.dialog-header {
+  background: linear-gradient(90deg, $color-accent-start, $color-accent-end);
+  color: $color-text-on-accent;
+  padding: 6px 8px;
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+
+  p {
+    margin: 0;
+    font-size: 14px;
+    font-weight: bold;
+    letter-spacing: 0.5px;
+    text-transform: uppercase;
+  }
+}
+
+.tab-strip {
+  display: flex;
+  gap: 4px;
+  padding: 8px 8px 0;
+}
+
+.tab {
+  position: relative;
+  top: 3px;
+  margin-bottom: -2px;
+  font-family: $font-stack;
+  font-size: 12px;
+  font-weight: bold;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+  padding: 6px 14px;
+  background: $color-surface;
+  color: $color-text;
+  border-style: solid;
+  border-width: 2px;
+  border-top-color: $color-border-light;
+  border-left-color: $color-border-light;
+  border-right-color: $color-border-dark;
+  border-bottom-color: $color-border-dark;
+  border-radius: 0;
+  cursor: pointer;
+
+  &.is-active {
+    top: 0;
+    z-index: 1;
+    border-bottom-color: $color-surface;
+  }
+
+  &:focus {
+    outline: 1px dotted $color-focus-ring;
+    outline-offset: -4px;
+  }
+}
+
+.dialog-body {
+  border-top: 2px solid $color-border-dark;
+  padding: 12px;
+}
+
+.tab-panel {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: 12px;
+
+  &[hidden] {
+    display: none;
+  }
+}
+
+.field-group {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 8px;
+
+  label {
+    font-size: 12px;
+    font-weight: bold;
+    text-transform: uppercase;
+  }
+
+  &.field-group--stacked {
+    flex-direction: column;
+    align-items: stretch;
+  }
+}
+
+select#table-select {
+  font-family: $font-stack;
+  font-size: 13px;
+  padding: 3px 6px;
+  background: $color-surface-sunken;
+  color: $color-text;
+  border-radius: 0;
+  @include bevel-sunken();
+
+  &:focus {
+    outline: 1px dotted $color-focus-ring;
+    outline-offset: 2px;
+  }
+}
+
+textarea#query-input {
+  font-family: $font-stack;
+  font-size: 13px;
+  padding: 6px;
+  background: $color-surface-sunken;
+  color: $color-text;
+  border-radius: 0;
+  resize: vertical;
+  @include bevel-sunken();
+
+  &:focus {
+    outline: 1px dotted $color-focus-ring;
+    outline-offset: 2px;
+  }
+}
+
+.btn {
+  align-self: flex-start;
+  font-family: $font-stack;
+  font-size: 12px;
+  font-weight: bold;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+  padding: 6px 16px;
+  background: $color-surface;
+  color: $color-text;
+  cursor: pointer;
+  @include bevel-raised();
+
+  &:active {
+    @include bevel-sunken();
+  }
+
+  &:focus {
+    outline: 1px dotted $color-focus-ring;
+    outline-offset: -4px;
+  }
+}
+
+#status,
+#query-status {
+  margin: 0;
+  font-size: 12px;
+  font-style: italic;
+  color: $color-text-status;
+}
+
+#table-container,
+#query-container {
+  background: $color-surface-sunken;
+  padding: 4px;
+  overflow-x: auto;
+  @include bevel-sunken();
+}
+
+table {
+  border-collapse: collapse;
+  margin: 0 auto;
+  font-family: $font-stack;
+}
+
+th,
+td {
+  border: 1px solid $color-border-lowlight;
+  padding: 4px 8px;
+  text-align: left;
+  font-size: 13px;
+}
+
+th {
+  background: $color-surface;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+  font-weight: bold;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+  @include bevel-raised(1px);
+}
+
+td {
+  min-width: 120px;
+  max-width: 800px;
+  white-space: normal;
+  word-break: break-word;
+  background: $color-surface-sunken;
+}
+
+tbody tr:nth-child(even) td {
+  background: $color-row-stripe;
+}

tooling/pipeline-results-viewer/tsconfig.json

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "target": "es2023",
+    "module": "esnext",
+    "lib": ["ES2023", "DOM"],
+    "types": ["vite/client"],
+    "skipLibCheck": true,
+
+    /* Bundler mode */
+    "moduleResolution": "bundler",
+    "esModuleInterop": true,
+    "allowImportingTsExtensions": true,
+    "verbatimModuleSyntax": true,
+    "moduleDetection": "force",
+    "noEmit": true,
+
+    /* Linting */
+    "noUnusedLocals": true,
+    "noUnusedParameters": true,
+    "erasableSyntaxOnly": true,
+    "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": true
+  },
+  "include": ["src"]
+}

tooling/pipeline/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ FetchContent_MakeAvailable(cpp-httplib)
 # 5. Executable & Sources
 add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME}
         includes/services/enrichment/mock_enrichment.h
+        includes/services/curated_data/mock_curated_data_service.h
         includes/json_handling/pretty_print.h)
 
 # --- Entry point ---
@@ -148,7 +149,12 @@ target_sources(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE
 
 # --- json_handling ---
 target_sources(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE
-        src/json_handling/json_loader.cc
+        src/services/curated_data/curated_json_data_service.cc
+)
+
+# --- services: curated_data ---
+target_sources(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE
+        src/services/curated_data/mock_curated_data_service.cc
 )
 
 # --- application_options ---
@@ -161,6 +167,7 @@ target_sources(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE
         src/biergarten_pipeline_orchestrator/log_results.cc
         src/biergarten_pipeline_orchestrator/biergarten_pipeline_orchestrator.cc
         src/biergarten_pipeline_orchestrator/generate_breweries.cc
+        src/biergarten_pipeline_orchestrator/generate_users.cc
         src/biergarten_pipeline_orchestrator/run.cc
         src/biergarten_pipeline_orchestrator/query_cities_with_countries.cc
 )
@@ -204,6 +211,7 @@ target_sources(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE
 # --- services: sqlite ---
 target_sources(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE
 	src/services/sqlite/process_record.cc
+	src/services/sqlite/process_user_record.cc
 	src/services/sqlite/sqlite_export_service.cc
 	src/services/sqlite/finalize.cc
 	src/services/sqlite/initialize.cc
@@ -260,6 +268,21 @@ configure_file(
         ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/locations.json
         COPYONLY
 )
+configure_file(
+        ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/personas.json
+        ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/personas.json
+        COPYONLY
+)
+configure_file(
+        ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/forenames-by-country.json
+        ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/forenames-by-country.json
+        COPYONLY
+)
+configure_file(
+        ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/surnames-by-country.json
+        ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/surnames-by-country.json
+        COPYONLY
+)
 add_custom_command(TARGET ${PROJECT_NAME} POST_BUILD
         COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory
         ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/prompts

tooling/pipeline/format-per-directory.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Walks every directory under src/ and includes/ (including nested
+# subdirectories), runs clang-format on the C/C++ files in that directory
+# only (non-recursive), and commits the result with its own commit.
+#
+# Usage: ./format-per-directory.sh [-y]
+#   -y  skip the confirmation prompt
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+SKIP_CONFIRM=false
+if [[ "${1:-}" == "-y" ]]; then
+    SKIP_CONFIRM=true
+fi
+
+cd "$(dirname "$0")"
+
+if [ ! -f .clang-format ]; then
+    echo "ERROR: .clang-format file not found."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if ! command -v clang-format &>/dev/null; then
+    echo "ERROR: clang-format not found."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if ! command -v git &>/dev/null; then
+    echo "ERROR: git not found."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "WARNING: This script will format .cpp, .h, .cxx, .cc, .c, .hpp files"
+echo "directory-by-directory under src/ and includes/, committing after each"
+echo "directory is formatted."
+
+if [[ "$SKIP_CONFIRM" == false ]]; then
+    read -p "Do you want to continue? (y/n) " -n 1 -r
+    echo
+    if [[ ! $REPLY =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]; then
+        echo "Aborted."
+        exit 1
+    fi
+fi
+
+if [[ -n "$(git status --porcelain)" ]]; then
+    echo "ERROR: working tree is not clean. Commit or stash your changes first."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+dirs=$(find src includes -type d | sort)
+
+for dir in $dirs; do
+    files=$(find "$dir" -maxdepth 1 -type f \( -name "*.cpp" -o -name "*.hpp" -o -name "*.h" -o -name "*.c" -o -name "*.cc" -o -name "*.cxx" \))
+
+    if [[ -z "$files" ]]; then
+        continue
+    fi
+
+    echo "Formatting $dir..."
+    echo "$files" | xargs clang-format -i
+
+    if [[ -n "$(git status --porcelain -- "$dir")" ]]; then
+        git add -- "$dir"
+        git commit -m "Formatted $dir"
+    else
+        echo "No changes in $dir, skipping commit."
+    fi
+done
+
+echo "Done."

tooling/pipeline/includes/biergarten_pipeline.h

@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+#ifndef BIERGARTEN_PIPELINE_INCLUDES_BIERGARTEN_PIPELINE_H_
+#define BIERGARTEN_PIPELINE_INCLUDES_BIERGARTEN_PIPELINE_H_
+
+/**
+ * @file biergarten_pipeline.h
+ * @brief Master umbrella header — includes every public header in the
+ * Biergarten pipeline.
+ */
+
+// --- orchestrator ---
+#include "biergarten_pipeline_orchestrator.h"
+
+// --- concurrency ---
+#include "concurrency/bounded_channel.h"
+
+// --- data_generation ---
+#include "data_generation/data_generator.h"
+#include "data_generation/json_grammars.h"
+#ifndef BIERGARTEN_MOCK_ONLY
+#include "data_generation/llama_generator.h"
+#include "data_generation/llama_generator_helpers.h"
+#endif
+#include "data_generation/mock_generator.h"
+#include "data_generation/prompt_formatting/gemma4_jinja_prompt_formatter.h"
+#include "data_generation/prompt_formatting/prompt_formatter.h"
+
+// --- data_model ---
+#include "data_model/generated_models.h"
+#include "data_model/models.h"
+
+// --- json_handling ---
+#include "json_handling/pretty_print.h"
+#include "services/curated_data/curated_json_data_service.h"
+
+// --- llama backend ---
+#ifndef BIERGARTEN_MOCK_ONLY
+#include "llama_backend_state.h"
+#endif
+
+// --- services: curated_data ---
+#include "services/curated_data/curated_data_service.h"
+#include "services/curated_data/mock_curated_data_service.h"
+
+// --- services: database ---
+#include "services/database/export_service.h"
+#include "services/database/sqlite_connection_helpers.h"
+#include "services/database/sqlite_export_service.h"
+#include "services/database/sqlite_export_service_helpers.h"
+#include "services/database/sqlite_handle_types.h"
+#include "services/database/sqlite_statement_helpers.h"
+
+// --- services: datetime ---
+#include "services/datetime/date_time_provider.h"
+#include "services/datetime/timer.h"
+
+// --- services: enrichment ---
+#include "services/enrichment/enrichment_service.h"
+#include "services/enrichment/mock_enrichment.h"
+#include "services/enrichment/wikipedia_service.h"
+
+// --- services: logging ---
+#include "services/logging/log_dispatcher.h"
+#include "services/logging/log_entry.h"
+#include "services/logging/log_producer.h"
+#include "services/logging/logger.h"
+
+// --- services: prompting ---
+#include "services/prompting/prompt_directory.h"
+
+// --- web_client ---
+#include "web_client/http_web_client.h"
+#include "web_client/web_client.h"
+
+#endif  // BIERGARTEN_PIPELINE_INCLUDES_BIERGARTEN_PIPELINE_H_

tooling/pipeline/includes/biergarten_pipeline_orchestrator.h

@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
-#ifndef BIERGARTEN_PIPELINE_INCLUDES_BIERGARTEN_DATA_GENERATOR_H_
-#define BIERGARTEN_PIPELINE_INCLUDES_BIERGARTEN_DATA_GENERATOR_H_
+#ifndef BIERGARTEN_PIPELINE_INCLUDES_BIERGARTEN_PIPELINE_ORCHESTRATOR_H_
+#define BIERGARTEN_PIPELINE_INCLUDES_BIERGARTEN_PIPELINE_ORCHESTRATOR_H_
 
 /**
- * @file biergarten_data_generator.h
- * @brief Orchestration for end-to-end brewery data generation pipeline.
- *
- * Intent: Coordinates location loading, enrichment, and generation phases
- * to produce a complete dataset. Coordinates dependencies via composition root.
+ * @file biergarten_pipeline_orchestrator.h
+ * @brief Orchestration for end-to-end brewery and user data generation.
  */
 
 #include <memory>
@@ -15,25 +12,28 @@
 
 #include "data_generation/data_generator.h"
 #include "data_model/generated_models.h"
+#include "services/curated_data/curated_data_service.h"
 #include "services/database/export_service.h"
 #include "services/enrichment/enrichment_service.h"
-
 #include "services/logging/logger.h"
 
 /**
- * @brief Main data generator class for the Biergarten pipeline.
+ * @brief Main orchestrator for the Biergarten data generation pipeline.
  *
- * This class encapsulates the core logic for generating brewery data.
- * It handles location loading, city enrichment, and brewery generation.
+ * Handles location loading, city enrichment, and brewery/user generation.
  */
 class BiergartenPipelineOrchestrator {
  public:
   /**
    * @brief Constructs the orchestrator with injected pipeline dependencies.
    *
+   * @param logger Sink for pipeline diagnostics.
    * @param context_service Provides regional context for locations.
- * @param generator Implementation (Llama or Mock) for brewery/user generation.
+   * @param generator Implementation (Llama or Mock) for brewery/user
+   * generation.
    * @param exporter Database backend for persisting generated records.
+   * @param curated_data_service Loads curated location, persona, and name
+   * data used to seed generation.
    * @param application_options CLI configuration and paths.
    */
   BiergartenPipelineOrchestrator(
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ class BiergartenPipelineOrchestrator {
       std::unique_ptr<IEnrichmentService> context_service,
       std::unique_ptr<DataGenerator> generator,
       std::unique_ptr<IExportService> exporter,
+      std::unique_ptr<ICuratedDataService> curated_data_service,
       const ApplicationOptions& application_options);
 
   /**
@@ -49,38 +50,42 @@ class BiergartenPipelineOrchestrator {
    * Performs the following steps:
    * 1. Load curated locations from JSON
    * 2. Resolve context for each city using the injected context service
-   * 3. Generate brewery data for sampled cities
+   * 3. Generate brewery and user data for sampled cities
    *
    * @note STRUCTURAL CONCURRENCY REQUIREMENT:
-   * When transitioned to a multithreaded design, this method MUST structurally
-   * enforce that all deployed worker threads are joined before returning (e.g.
-   * by using std::jthread or a structured concurrency primitive). This ensures
-   * workers do not attempt to log to a closed channel during application teardown.
+   * When transitioned to a multithreaded design, this method MUST
+   * structurally enforce that all deployed worker threads are joined before
+   * returning (e.g. by using std::jthread or a structured concurrency
+   * primitive). This ensures workers do not attempt to log to a closed
+   * channel during application teardown.
    *
    * @return true if successful, false if not
    */
   bool Run();
 
  private:
-  /// @brief Logger instance for emitting pipeline messages.
   std::shared_ptr<ILogger> logger_;
-
-  /// @brief Owning context provider dependency.
   std::unique_ptr<IEnrichmentService> context_service_;
 
-  /// @brief Generator dependency selected in the composition root.
+  /**
+   * @brief Generator implementation selected at the composition root (Llama
+   * or Mock).
+   */
   std::unique_ptr<DataGenerator> generator_;
 
-   /// @brief Storage backend for generated brewery records.
+  /**
+   * @brief Storage backend for generated brewery and user records.
+   */
   std::unique_ptr<IExportService> exporter_;
+  std::unique_ptr<ICuratedDataService> curated_data_service_;
 
-   /// @brief CLI configuration: paths, model settings, generation parameters.
   ApplicationOptions application_options_;
 
   /**
    * @brief Load locations from JSON and sample cities.
    *
-   * @return Vector of sampled locations capped at 50 entries.
+   * @return Vector of locations randomly sampled per
+   * PipelineOptions::location_count.
    */
   std::vector<Location> QueryCitiesWithCountries();
 
@@ -92,11 +97,20 @@ class BiergartenPipelineOrchestrator {
   void GenerateBreweries(std::span<const EnrichedCity> cities);
 
   /**
-   * @brief Log the generated brewery results.
+   * @brief Generate users grounded in sampled names and personas for
+   * enriched cities.
+   *
+   * @param cities Span of enriched city data.
+   */
+  void GenerateUsers(std::span<const EnrichedCity> cities);
+
+  /**
+   * @brief Log the generated brewery and user results.
    */
   void LogResults() const;
 
-  /// @brief Stores generated brewery data.
-  std::vector<GeneratedBrewery> generated_breweries_;
+  std::vector<BreweryRecord> generated_breweries_;
+  std::vector<UserRecord> generated_users_;
 };
-#endif  // BIERGARTEN_PIPELINE_INCLUDES_BIERGARTEN_DATA_GENERATOR_H_
+
+#endif  // BIERGARTEN_PIPELINE_INCLUDES_BIERGARTEN_PIPELINE_ORCHESTRATOR_H_

tooling/pipeline/includes/concurrency/bounded_channel.h

@@ -9,10 +9,12 @@
 
 /**
  * @file bounded_channel.h
- * @brief Thread-safe, bounded multi-producer/multi-consumer synchronous channel.
+ * @brief Thread-safe, bounded multi-producer/multi-consumer synchronous
+ * channel.
  *
  * Intent: Enables asynchronous inter-thread communication with backpressure.
- * Models a synchronous channel where producers/consumers block on capacity limits.
+ * Models a synchronous channel where producers/consumers block on capacity
+ * limits.
  */
 
 /**

tooling/pipeline/includes/concurrency/bounded_channel.tcc

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#include "bounded_channel.h"
+#include "concurrency/bounded_channel.h"
 
 template <typename T>
 void BoundedChannel<T>::Send(T item) {

tooling/pipeline/includes/data_generation/data_generator.h

@@ -28,12 +28,16 @@ class DataGenerator {
                                         const std::string& region_context) = 0;
 
   /**
-   * @brief Generates a user profile for a locale.
+   * @brief Generates a user profile grounded in a sampled name and persona.
    *
-   * @param locale Locale hint used by generator.
+   * @param city Enriched city the user is associated with.
+   * @param persona Persona archetype grounding the generated bio.
+   * @param name Sampled first/last name (and gender)
    * @return User generation result.
    */
-  virtual UserResult GenerateUser(const std::string& locale) = 0;
+  virtual UserResult GenerateUser(const EnrichedCity& city,
+                                  const UserPersona& persona,
+                                  const Name& name) = 0;
 };
 
 #endif  // BIERGARTEN_PIPELINE_INCLUDES_DATA_GENERATION_DATA_GENERATOR_H_

tooling/pipeline/includes/data_generation/json_grammars.h

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+#ifndef BIERGARTEN_PIPELINE_INCLUDES_DATA_GENERATION_JSON_GRAMMARS_H_
+#define BIERGARTEN_PIPELINE_INCLUDES_DATA_GENERATION_JSON_GRAMMARS_H_
+
+/**
+ * @file data_generation/json_grammars.h
+ * @brief GBNF grammars constraining structured JSON output from
+ * LlamaGenerator inference calls.
+ */
+
+#include <string_view>
+
+// GBNF grammar for structured user JSON output.
+// thought-block permits the model to emit free-form reasoning before the
+// JSON object (the prompts explicitly invite this); only the "{...}" tail is
+// constrained to the expected shape.
+inline constexpr std::string_view kUserJsonGrammar = R"json_user(
+root ::= thought-block (
+    "{" ws
+    "\"username\"" ws ":" ws string ws "," ws
+    "\"bio\"" ws ":" ws string ws "," ws
+    "\"activity_weight\"" ws ":" ws number ws
+  "}" ws
+)
+thought-block ::= [^{]*
+ws            ::= [ \t\n\r]*
+string        ::= "\"" char+ "\""
+char          ::= [^"\\\x7F\x00-\x1F] | [\\] escape
+escape        ::= ["\\/bfnrt] | "u" hex hex hex hex
+hex           ::= [0-9a-fA-F]
+number        ::= "-"? ("0" | [1-9] [0-9]*) ("." [0-9]+)?
+)json_user";
+
+// GBNF grammar for structured brewery JSON output (see thought-block note
+// above).
+inline constexpr std::string_view kBreweryJsonGrammar = R"json_brewery(
+root ::= thought-block (
+    "{" ws
+    "\"name_en\"" ws ":" ws string ws "," ws
+    "\"description_en\"" ws ":" ws string ws "," ws
+    "\"name_local\"" ws ":" ws string ws "," ws
+    "\"description_local\"" ws ":" ws string ws
+  "}" ws
+)
+thought-block ::= [^{]*
+ws            ::= [ \t\n\r]*
+string        ::= "\"" char+ "\""
+char          ::= [^"\\\x7F\x00-\x1F] | [\\] escape
+escape        ::= ["\\/bfnrt] | "u" hex hex hex hex
+hex           ::= [0-9a-fA-F]
+)json_brewery";
+
+#endif  // BIERGARTEN_PIPELINE_INCLUDES_DATA_GENERATION_JSON_GRAMMARS_H_

tooling/pipeline/includes/data_generation/llama_generator.h

@@ -1,24 +1,23 @@
 #ifndef BIERGARTEN_PIPELINE_INCLUDES_DATA_GENERATION_LLAMA_GENERATOR_H_
 #define BIERGARTEN_PIPELINE_INCLUDES_DATA_GENERATION_LLAMA_GENERATOR_H_
 
-#include <filesystem>
-
 /**
  * @file data_generation/llama_generator.h
  * @brief llama.cpp-backed implementation of DataGenerator.
  */
 
 #include <cstdint>
+#include <filesystem>
 #include <memory>
 #include <random>
 #include <string>
 #include <string_view>
 
-#include "../services/prompting/prompt_directory.h"
 #include "data_generation/data_generator.h"
 #include "data_generation/prompt_formatting/prompt_formatter.h"
 #include "data_model/models.h"
 #include "services/logging/logger.h"
+#include "services/prompting/prompt_directory.h"
 
 struct llama_model;
 struct llama_context;
@@ -44,14 +43,9 @@ class LlamaGenerator final : public DataGenerator {
 
   ~LlamaGenerator() override;
 
-  // disable copy constructor
   LlamaGenerator(const LlamaGenerator&) = delete;
-
-  // disable copy assignment operator
   LlamaGenerator& operator=(const LlamaGenerator&) = delete;
-  // disable move constructor
   LlamaGenerator(LlamaGenerator&&) = delete;
-  // disable move assignment operator
   LlamaGenerator& operator=(LlamaGenerator&&) = delete;
 
   /**
@@ -65,12 +59,15 @@ class LlamaGenerator final : public DataGenerator {
                                 const std::string& region_context) override;
 
   /**
-   * @brief Generates a user profile for the provided locale.
+   * @brief Generates a user profile grounded in a sampled name and persona.
    *
-   * @param locale Locale hint.
+   * @param city Enriched city the user is associated with.
+   * @param persona Persona archetype grounding the generated bio.
+   * @param name Sampled first/last name -- not LLM-invented.
    * @return Generated user profile.
    */
-  UserResult GenerateUser(const std::string& locale) override;
+  UserResult GenerateUser(const EnrichedCity& city, const UserPersona& persona,
+                          const Name& name) override;
 
  private:
   static constexpr int32_t kDefaultMaxTokens = 10000;

tooling/pipeline/includes/data_generation/llama_generator_helpers.h

@@ -47,4 +47,18 @@ void AppendTokenPiece(const llama_vocab* vocab, llama_token token,
 std::optional<std::string> ValidateBreweryJson(const std::string& raw,
                                                BreweryResult& brewery_out);
 
+/**
+ * @brief Validates and parses user JSON output.
+ *
+ * Only populates `username`, `bio`, and `activity_weight` -- `first_name`
+ * and `last_name` are not LLM-authored and are set separately from the
+ * sampled Name.
+ *
+ * @param raw Raw model output.
+ * @param user_out Parsed user payload.
+ * @return Validation error message if invalid, or std::nullopt on success.
+ */
+std::optional<std::string> ValidateUserJson(const std::string& raw,
+                                            UserResult& user_out);
+
 #endif  // BIERGARTEN_PIPELINE_INCLUDES_DATA_GENERATION_LLAMA_GENERATOR_HELPERS_H_

tooling/pipeline/includes/data_generation/mock_generator.h

@@ -28,12 +28,16 @@ class MockGenerator final : public DataGenerator {
                                 const std::string& region_context) override;
 
   /**
-   * @brief Generates deterministic user data for a locale.
+   * @brief Generates deterministic user data grounded in a sampled name and
+   * persona.
    *
-   * @param locale Locale hint.
+   * @param city Enriched city the user is associated with.
+   * @param persona Persona archetype.
+   * @param name Sampled first/last name, copied directly into the result.
    * @return Generated user result.
    */
-  UserResult GenerateUser(const std::string& locale) override;
+  UserResult GenerateUser(const EnrichedCity& city, const UserPersona& persona,
+                          const Name& name) override;
 
  private:
   /**
@@ -44,12 +48,25 @@ class MockGenerator final : public DataGenerator {
    */
   static size_t DeterministicHash(const Location& location);
 
+  /**
+   * @brief Combines city, persona, and name into a stable hash value.
+   *
+   * @param location City and country names.
+   * @param persona Persona archetype.
+   * @param name Sampled first/last name.
+   * @return Deterministic hash value.
+   */
+  static size_t DeterministicHash(const Location& location,
+                                  const UserPersona& persona, const Name& name);
+
   // Hash stride constants for deterministic distribution across fixed-size
   // arrays. These coprime strides spread hash values uniformly without
   // clustering, ensuring diverse output across different hash inputs.
   static constexpr size_t kNounHashStride = 7;
   static constexpr size_t kDescriptionHashStride = 13;
   static constexpr size_t kBioHashStride = 11;
+  static constexpr size_t kActivityWeightHashStride = 17;
+  static constexpr size_t kActivityWeightHashRange = 1000;
 
   static constexpr std::array<std::string_view, 18> kBreweryAdjectives = {
       "Craft",      "Heritage", "Local",  "Artisan",  "Pioneer",    "Golden",
@@ -124,7 +141,8 @@ class MockGenerator final : public DataGenerator {
       "Visits breweries for the stories, stays for the flagship pours.",
       "Craft beer fan mapping tasting notes and favorite brew routes.",
       "Always ready to trade recommendations for underrated local breweries.",
-      "Keeping a running list of must-try collab releases and tap takeovers."};
+      "Keeping a running list of must-try collab releases and tap "
+      "takeovers."};
 };
 
 #endif  // BIERGARTEN_PIPELINE_INCLUDES_DATA_GENERATION_MOCK_GENERATOR_H_

tooling/pipeline/includes/data_model/generated_models.h

@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 
 /**
  * @file data_model/generated_models.h
- * @brief Generated output models from the pipeline: brewery/user results, enriched data,
- * and complete generation results.
+ * @brief Generated output models from the pipeline: brewery/user results,
+ * enriched data, and complete generation results.
  */
 
 #include <string>
@@ -19,16 +19,24 @@
  * @brief Generated brewery payload.
  */
 struct BreweryResult {
-  /// @brief Brewery display name in English.
+  /**
+   * @brief Brewery display name in English.
+   */
   std::string name_en;
 
-  /// @brief Brewery description text in English.
+  /**
+   * @brief Brewery description text in English.
+   */
   std::string description_en;
 
-  /// @brief Brewery display name in the local language.
+  /**
+   * @brief Brewery display name in the local language.
+   */
   std::string name_local;
 
-  /// @brief Brewery description text in the local language.
+  /**
+   * @brief Brewery description text in the local language.
+   */
   std::string description_local;
 };
 
@@ -36,11 +44,39 @@ struct BreweryResult {
  * @brief Generated user profile payload.
  */
 struct UserResult {
-  /// @brief Username handle.
+  /**
+   * @brief First (given) name, copied from the sampled Name -- not
+   * LLM-invented.
+   */
+  std::string first_name{};
+
+  /**
+   * @brief Last (family) name, copied from the sampled Name -- not
+   * LLM-invented.
+   */
+  std::string last_name{};
+
+  /**
+   * @brief Gender associated with the sampled first name, copied from the
+   * sampled Name -- not LLM-invented.
+   */
+  std::string gender{};
+
+  /**
+   * @brief Username handle.
+   */
   std::string username{};
 
-  /// @brief Short user biography.
+  /**
+   * @brief Short user biography.
+   */
   std::string bio{};
+
+  /**
+   * @brief Relative check-in/activity weight for this user, used to drive
+   * a J-curve activity profile in later pipeline phases.
+   */
+  float activity_weight{};
 };
 
 // ============================================================================
@@ -58,9 +94,23 @@ struct EnrichedCity {
 /**
  * @brief Helper struct to store generated brewery data.
  */
-struct GeneratedBrewery {
+struct BreweryRecord {
   Location location;
   BreweryResult brewery;
 };
 
+/**
+ * @brief Helper struct to store generated user data.
+ *
+ * `email` and `date_of_birth` are programmatically generated by the
+ * orchestrator (never LLM-authored) so a downstream auth-account seeding
+ * consumer can register real accounts from the pipeline's SQLite export.
+ */
+struct UserRecord {
+  Location location;
+  UserResult user;
+  std::string email{};
+  std::string date_of_birth{};
+};
+
 #endif  // BIERGARTEN_PIPELINE_INCLUDES_DATA_MODEL_GENERATED_MODELS_H_

tooling/pipeline/includes/data_model/models.h

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <boost/program_options.hpp>
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <filesystem>
+#include <functional>
 #include <memory>
 #include <optional>
 #include <string>
@@ -28,40 +29,106 @@ namespace prog_opts = boost::program_options;
  * @brief Canonical location record for city-level generation.
  */
 struct Location {
-  /// @brief City name.
   std::string city{};
-
-  /// @brief State or province name.
   std::string state_province{};
 
-  /// @brief ISO 3166-2 subdivision code.
+  /**
+   * @brief ISO 3166-2 subdivision code.
+   */
   std::string iso3166_2{};
 
-  /// @brief Country name.
   std::string country{};
 
-  /// @brief ISO 3166-1 country code.
+  /**
+   * @brief ISO 3166-1 country code.
+   */
   std::string iso3166_1{};
 
-  /// @brief Local language codes in priority order.
+  /**
+   * @brief Local language codes in priority order.
+   */
   std::vector<std::string> local_languages{};
 
-  /// @brief Latitude in decimal degrees.
+  /**
+   * @brief Latitude in decimal degrees.
+   */
   double latitude{};
 
-  /// @brief Longitude in decimal degrees.
+  /**
+   * @brief Longitude in decimal degrees.
+   */
   double longitude{};
 };
 
-/**
- * @brief Non-owning brewery location input.
- */
-struct BreweryLocation {
-  /// @brief City name.
-  std::string_view city_name;
+// ============================================================================
+// Name / Persona Models
+// ============================================================================
 
-  /// @brief Country name.
-  std::string_view country_name;
+/**
+ * @brief A sampled first/last name pair, with the source forename's gender.
+ *
+ * Produced by the SampleName() helper in generate_users.cc.
+ */
+struct Name {
+  std::string first_name{};
+  std::string last_name{};
+
+  /**
+   * @brief Gender associated with the sampled forename (e.g. "M", "F"), as
+   * reported by the source dataset.
+   */
+  std::string gender{};
+};
+
+/**
+ * @brief A single forename entry from the names-by-country fixture data.
+ */
+struct ForenameEntry {
+  /**
+   * @brief Romanized forename.
+   */
+  std::string name{};
+
+  /**
+   * @brief Gender associated with this forename, as reported by the source
+   * dataset (e.g. "M", "F").
+   */
+  std::string gender{};
+
+  bool operator==(const ForenameEntry& other) const {
+    return name == other.name && gender == other.gender;
+  }
+};
+
+namespace std {
+template <>
+struct hash<ForenameEntry> {
+  size_t operator()(const ForenameEntry& entry) const noexcept {
+    const size_t name_hash = std::hash<std::string>{}(entry.name);
+    const size_t gender_hash = std::hash<std::string>{}(entry.gender);
+    return name_hash ^ (gender_hash << 1);
+  }
+};
+}  // namespace std
+
+/**
+ * @brief A persona archetype used to ground LLM-generated user bios.
+ */
+struct UserPersona {
+  /**
+   * @brief Persona display name (e.g. "Hophead Explorer").
+   */
+  std::string name{};
+
+  /**
+   * @brief Short description of the persona's interests and voice.
+   */
+  std::string description{};
+
+  /**
+   * @brief Beer styles this persona gravitates toward.
+   */
+  std::vector<std::string> style_affinities{};
 };
 
 // ============================================================================
@@ -72,22 +139,34 @@ struct BreweryLocation {
  * @brief LLM sampling parameters.
  */
 struct SamplingOptions {
-  /// @brief LLM sampling temperature (0.0 to 1.0, higher = more random).
+  /**
+   * @brief LLM sampling temperature (higher = more random).
+   */
   float temperature = 1.0F;
 
-  /// @brief LLM nucleus sampling top-p parameter.
+  /**
+   * @brief LLM nucleus sampling top-p parameter.
+   */
   float top_p = 0.95F;
 
-  /// @brief LLM top-k sampling parameter.
+  /**
+   * @brief LLM top-k sampling parameter.
+   */
   uint32_t top_k = 64;
 
-  /// @brief Context window size (tokens).
+  /**
+   * @brief Context window size (tokens).
+   */
   uint32_t n_ctx = 8192;
 
-  /// @brief Random seed (-1 for random, otherwise non-negative).
+  /**
+   * @brief Random seed (-1 for random, otherwise non-negative).
+   */
   int seed = -1;
 
-  /// @brief Number of layers to offload to GPU.
+  /**
+   * @brief Number of layers to offload to GPU.
+   */
   int n_gpu_layers = 0;
 };
 
@@ -95,16 +174,20 @@ struct SamplingOptions {
  * @brief Configuration for the LLM generator component.
  */
 struct GeneratorOptions {
-  /// @brief Path to the LLM model file (gguf format).
+  /**
+   * @brief Path to the LLM model file (gguf format).
+   */
   std::filesystem::path model_path;
 
-  /// @brief Use mocked generator instead of actual LLM inference.
+  /**
+   * @brief Use mocked generator instead of actual LLM inference.
+   */
   bool use_mocked = false;
 
-
-
-  /// @brief Specific sampling parameters for this generator.
-  /// If nullopt, the application should use global defaults.
+  /**
+   * @brief Specific sampling parameters for this generator.
+   * If nullopt, the application should use global defaults.
+   */
   std::optional<SamplingOptions> sampling;
 };
 
@@ -112,18 +195,23 @@ struct GeneratorOptions {
  * @brief Configuration for the pipeline execution and output.
  */
 struct PipelineOptions {
-  /// @brief Directory for generated artifacts.
+  /**
+   * @brief Directory for generated artifacts.
+   */
   std::filesystem::path output_path;
 
-  /// @brief Directory that contains named prompt files (e.g.
-  /// BREWERY_GENERATION.md).
+  /**
+   * @brief Directory that contains named prompt files (e.g.
+   * BREWERY_GENERATION.md).
+   */
   std::filesystem::path prompt_dir;
 
-  /// @brief Path for application logs.
   std::filesystem::path log_path;
 
-  /// @brief Number of locations to sample from the dataset
-  /// More locations -> more users/more breweries
+  /**
+   * @brief Number of locations to sample from the dataset
+   * More locations -> more users/more breweries
+   */
   uint32_t location_count;
 };
 
@@ -139,7 +227,7 @@ struct ApplicationOptions {
 // Function Declarations
 // ============================================================================
 
-std::optional<ApplicationOptions> ParseArguments(const int argc, char** argv,
-                                                std::shared_ptr<ILogger> logger = nullptr);
+std::optional<ApplicationOptions> ParseArguments(
+    const int argc, char** argv, std::shared_ptr<ILogger> logger = nullptr);
 
 #endif  // BIERGARTEN_PIPELINE_INCLUDES_DATA_MODEL_MODELS_H_

tooling/pipeline/includes/json_handling/json_loader.h

@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef BIERGARTEN_PIPELINE_INCLUDES_JSON_HANDLING_JSON_LOADER_H_
-#define BIERGARTEN_PIPELINE_INCLUDES_JSON_HANDLING_JSON_LOADER_H_
-
-/**
- * @file json_handling/json_loader.h
- * @brief Loader API for curated location data.
- */
-
-#include <filesystem>
-#include <memory>
-#include <vector>
-
-#include "data_model/models.h"
-#include "services/logging/logger.h"
-
-/// @brief Loads curated world locations from a JSON file into memory.
-class JsonLoader {
- public:
-  /// @brief Parses a JSON array file and returns all location records.
-  static std::vector<Location> LoadLocations(
-      const std::filesystem::path& filepath,
-      std::shared_ptr<ILogger> logger = nullptr);
-};
-
-#endif  // BIERGARTEN_PIPELINE_INCLUDES_JSON_HANDLING_JSON_LOADER_H_

tooling/pipeline/includes/json_handling/pretty_print.h

@@ -106,4 +106,4 @@ inline void PrettyPrint(std::ostream& outstream,
   }
 }
 
-#endif
+#endif  // BIERGARTEN_PIPELINE_INCLUDES_JSON_HANDLING_PRETTY_PRINT_H_

tooling/pipeline/includes/llama_backend_state.h

@@ -16,16 +16,10 @@
  */
 class LlamaBackendState {
  public:
-  /// @brief Initializes global llama backend state.
   LlamaBackendState() { llama_backend_init(); }
-
-  /// @brief Cleans up global llama backend state.
   ~LlamaBackendState() { llama_backend_free(); }
 
-  /// @brief Non-copyable type.
   LlamaBackendState(const LlamaBackendState&) = delete;
-
-  /// @brief Non-copyable type.
   LlamaBackendState& operator=(const LlamaBackendState&) = delete;
 };
 

tooling/pipeline/includes/services/curated_data/curated_data_service.h

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#ifndef BIERGARTEN_PIPELINE_INCLUDES_SERVICES_CURATED_DATA_CURATED_DATA_SERVICE_H_
+#define BIERGARTEN_PIPELINE_INCLUDES_SERVICES_CURATED_DATA_CURATED_DATA_SERVICE_H_
+
+/**
+ * @file services/curated_data/curated_data_service.h
+ * @brief Abstraction for loading curated location, persona, and name data.
+ */
+
+#include <filesystem>
+#include <unordered_map>
+#include <unordered_set>
+#include <vector>
+
+#include "data_model/models.h"
+
+using ForenameList = std::vector<ForenameEntry>;
+using SurnameList = std::vector<std::string>;
+using LocationsList = std::vector<Location>;
+using PersonasList = std::vector<UserPersona>;
+using ForenamesByCountryMap = std::unordered_map<std::string, ForenameList>;
+using SurnamesByCountryMap = std::unordered_map<std::string, SurnameList>;
+
+/**
+ * @brief Interface for services that load curated data used to seed
+ * brewery/user generation.
+ */
+class ICuratedDataService {
+ public:
+  ICuratedDataService() = default;
+  virtual ~ICuratedDataService() = default;
+
+  ICuratedDataService(const ICuratedDataService&) = delete;
+  ICuratedDataService& operator=(const ICuratedDataService&) = delete;
+  ICuratedDataService(ICuratedDataService&&) = delete;
+  ICuratedDataService& operator=(ICuratedDataService&&) = delete;
+
+  /**
+   * @brief Loads all curated location records.
+   */
+  virtual const LocationsList& LoadLocations() = 0;
+
+  /**
+   * @brief Loads all curated persona records.
+   */
+  virtual const PersonasList& LoadPersonas() = 0;
+  virtual const ForenamesByCountryMap& LoadForenamesByCountry() = 0;
+  virtual const SurnamesByCountryMap& LoadSurnamesByCountry() = 0;
+};
+
+#endif  // BIERGARTEN_PIPELINE_INCLUDES_SERVICES_CURATED_DATA_CURATED_DATA_SERVICE_H_

tooling/pipeline/includes/services/curated_data/curated_json_data_service.h

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+#ifndef BIERGARTEN_PIPELINE_INCLUDES_JSON_HANDLING_JSON_LOADER_H_
+#define BIERGARTEN_PIPELINE_INCLUDES_JSON_HANDLING_JSON_LOADER_H_
+
+/**
+ * @file json_handling/json_loader.h
+ * @brief JSON-backed implementation of ICuratedDataService.
+ */
+
+#include <filesystem>
+
+#include "data_model/models.h"
+#include "services/curated_data/curated_data_service.h"
+
+/**
+ * @brief File locations for the curated JSON fixtures consumed by
+ * CuratedJsonDataService.
+ */
+struct CuratedDataFilePaths {
+  std::filesystem::path locations_path;
+  std::filesystem::path personas_path;
+  std::filesystem::path forenames_path;
+  std::filesystem::path surnames_path;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @brief Loads curated location, persona, and name data from JSON files.
+ */
+class CuratedJsonDataService final : public ICuratedDataService {
+  struct cache {
+    LocationsList locations;
+    PersonasList personas;
+    ForenamesByCountryMap forenames_by_country;
+    SurnamesByCountryMap surnames_by_country;
+
+    cache() = default;
+    ~cache() = default;
+  };
+
+  CuratedDataFilePaths filepaths_;
+  cache cache_;
+
+ public:
+  explicit CuratedJsonDataService(CuratedDataFilePaths filepaths);
+
+  /**
+   * @brief Parses a JSON array file and returns all location records.
+   */
+  const LocationsList& LoadLocations() override;
+
+  /**
+   * @brief Parses a JSON array file and returns all persona records.
+   */
+  const PersonasList& LoadPersonas() override;
+
+  const ForenamesByCountryMap& LoadForenamesByCountry() override;
+
+  /**
+   * @brief Parses a JSON file and returns all the forenames per country.
+   */
+  const SurnamesByCountryMap& LoadSurnamesByCountry() override;
+};
+
+#endif  // BIERGARTEN_PIPELINE_INCLUDES_JSON_HANDLING_JSON_LOADER_H_

tooling/pipeline/includes/services/curated_data/mock_curated_data_service.h

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#ifndef BIERGARTEN_PIPELINE_INCLUDES_SERVICES_CURATED_DATA_MOCK_CURATED_DATA_SERVICE_H_
+#define BIERGARTEN_PIPELINE_INCLUDES_SERVICES_CURATED_DATA_MOCK_CURATED_DATA_SERVICE_H_
+
+/**
+ * @file services/curated_data/mock_curated_data_service.h
+ * @brief In-memory ICuratedDataService backed by a small fixed dataset, used
+ * when file-backed curated data is disabled (mock mode).
+ */
+
+#include <filesystem>
+
+#include "data_model/models.h"
+#include "services/curated_data/curated_data_service.h"
+
+/**
+ * @brief Curated data service returning a small fixed in-memory dataset in
+ * place of the JSON fixture files used by JsonLoader.
+ */
+class MockCuratedDataService final : public ICuratedDataService {
+ public:
+  MockCuratedDataService();
+
+  const LocationsList& LoadLocations() override;
+
+  const PersonasList& LoadPersonas() override;
+
+  const ForenamesByCountryMap& LoadForenamesByCountry() override;
+
+  const SurnamesByCountryMap& LoadSurnamesByCountry() override;
+
+ private:
+  LocationsList locations_;
+  PersonasList personas_;
+  ForenamesByCountryMap forenames_by_country_;
+  SurnamesByCountryMap surnames_by_country_;
+};
+
+#endif  // BIERGARTEN_PIPELINE_INCLUDES_SERVICES_CURATED_DATA_MOCK_CURATED_DATA_SERVICE_H_

tooling/pipeline/includes/services/database/export_service.h

@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
 class IExportService {
  public:
   IExportService() = default;
-
-  /// @brief Virtual destructor for polymorphic cleanup.
   virtual ~IExportService() = default;
 
   IExportService(const IExportService&) = delete;
@@ -25,7 +23,9 @@ class IExportService {
   IExportService(IExportService&&) = delete;
   IExportService& operator=(IExportService&&) = delete;
 
-  /// @brief Prepares the export destination for a new run.
+  /**
+   * @brief Prepares the export destination for a new run.
+   */
   virtual void Initialize() = 0;
 
   /**
@@ -33,9 +33,18 @@ class IExportService {
    *
    * @param brewery Generated brewery payload to store.
    */
-  virtual uint64_t ProcessRecord(const GeneratedBrewery& brewery) = 0;
+  virtual uint64_t ProcessRecord(const BreweryRecord& brewery) = 0;
 
-  /// @brief Finalizes the export destination.
+  /**
+   * @brief Persists one generated user record.
+   *
+   * @param user Generated user payload to store.
+   */
+  virtual uint64_t ProcessRecord(const UserRecord& user) = 0;
+
+  /**
+   * @brief Finalizes the export destination.
+   */
   virtual void Finalize() = 0;
 };
 

tooling/pipeline/includes/services/database/sqlite_connection_helpers.h

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <string_view>
 
-#include "sqlite_handle_types.h"
+#include "services/database/sqlite_handle_types.h"
 
 namespace sqlite_export_service_internal {
 

tooling/pipeline/includes/services/database/sqlite_export_service.h

@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@
 #include <unordered_map>
 
 #include "data_model/models.h"
-#include "../datetime/date_time_provider.h"
-#include "export_service.h"
-#include "sqlite_export_service_helpers.h"
+#include "services/database/export_service.h"
+#include "services/database/sqlite_export_service_helpers.h"
+#include "services/datetime/date_time_provider.h"
 
 /**
  * @brief Persists generated brewery records into a fresh SQLite database.
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ class SqliteExportService final : public IExportService {
   SqliteExportService& operator=(SqliteExportService&&) = delete;
 
   void Initialize() override;
-  uint64_t ProcessRecord(const GeneratedBrewery& brewery) override;
+  uint64_t ProcessRecord(const BreweryRecord& brewery) override;
+  uint64_t ProcessRecord(const UserRecord& user) override;
   void Finalize() override;
 
  private:
@@ -46,6 +47,15 @@ class SqliteExportService final : public IExportService {
   [[nodiscard]] std::filesystem::path BuildDatabasePath() const;
   [[nodiscard]] static std::string BuildLocationKey(const Location& location);
 
+  /**
+   * @brief Returns the row id for @p location, inserting it first if it has
+   * not already been seen during this run.
+   *
+   * Shared by both ProcessRecord() overloads so breweries and users
+   * referencing the same location resolve to the same row.
+   */
+  [[nodiscard]] sqlite3_int64 ResolveLocationId(const Location& location);
+
   std::unique_ptr<IDateTimeProvider> date_time_provider_;
   std::filesystem::path output_path_;
   std::string run_timestamp_utc_;
@@ -53,6 +63,7 @@ class SqliteExportService final : public IExportService {
   SqliteDatabaseHandle db_handle_;
   SqliteStatementHandle insert_location_stmt_;
   SqliteStatementHandle insert_brewery_stmt_;
+  SqliteStatementHandle insert_user_stmt_;
   bool transaction_open_ = false;
   std::unordered_map<std::string, sqlite3_int64> location_cache_;
 };

tooling/pipeline/includes/services/database/sqlite_export_service_helpers.h

@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 
 /* Umbrella header for backward compatibility. */
 
-#include "sqlite_connection_helpers.h"
-#include "sqlite_handle_types.h"
-#include "sqlite_statement_helpers.h"
+#include "services/database/sqlite_connection_helpers.h"
+#include "services/database/sqlite_handle_types.h"
+#include "services/database/sqlite_statement_helpers.h"
 
 #endif  // BIERGARTEN_PIPELINE_INCLUDES_SERVICES_DATABASE_SQLITE_EXPORT_SERVICE_HELPERS_H_

tooling/pipeline/includes/services/database/sqlite_handle_types.h

@@ -24,8 +24,10 @@ using SqliteDatabaseHandle = std::unique_ptr<sqlite3, SqliteDatabaseDeleter>;
 using SqliteStatementHandle =
     std::unique_ptr<sqlite3_stmt, SqliteStatementDeleter>;
 
+// Represents a parameter that is bound to a prepared SQLite statement.
+// N.B. indices are 1 based.
 template <typename T>
-struct BindParam {
+struct BoundParam {
   int index;
   T value;
   std::string_view action;

tooling/pipeline/includes/services/database/sqlite_statement_helpers.h

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include <string_view>
 #include <vector>
 
-#include "sqlite_handle_types.h"
+#include "services/database/sqlite_handle_types.h"
 
 namespace sqlite_export_service_internal {
 
@@ -50,6 +50,26 @@ CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_breweries_location_id ON breweries(location_id);
 
 )sql";
 
+inline constexpr std::string_view kCreateUsersTableSql = R"sql(
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS users (
+  id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
+  location_id INTEGER NOT NULL,
+  first_name TEXT NOT NULL,
+  last_name TEXT NOT NULL,
+  gender TEXT NOT NULL,
+  username TEXT NOT NULL,
+  bio TEXT NOT NULL,
+  activity_weight REAL NOT NULL,
+  email TEXT NOT NULL UNIQUE,
+  date_of_birth TEXT NOT NULL,
+  FOREIGN KEY(location_id) REFERENCES locations(id) ON DELETE CASCADE
+);
+
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS idx_users_location_id ON users(location_id);
+
+)sql";
+
 inline constexpr std::string_view kInsertLocationSql = R"sql(
 INSERT INTO locations (
   city,
@@ -73,20 +93,52 @@ INSERT INTO breweries (
 ) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?);
 )sql";
 
-inline constexpr int kLocationCityBindIndex = 1;
-inline constexpr int kLocationStateProvinceBindIndex = 2;
-inline constexpr int kLocationIso31662BindIndex = 3;
-inline constexpr int kLocationCountryBindIndex = 4;
-inline constexpr int kLocationIso31661BindIndex = 5;
-inline constexpr int kLocationLanguagesBindIndex = 6;
-inline constexpr int kLocationLatitudeBindIndex = 7;
-inline constexpr int kLocationLongitudeBindIndex = 8;
+inline constexpr std::string_view kInsertUserSql = R"sql(
+INSERT INTO users (
+  location_id,
+  first_name,
+  last_name,
+  gender,
+  username,
+  bio,
+  activity_weight,
+  email,
+  date_of_birth
+) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?);
+)sql";
 
-inline constexpr int kBreweryLocationIdBindIndex = 1;
-inline constexpr int kBreweryEnglishNameBindIndex = 2;
-inline constexpr int kBreweryEnglishDescriptionBindIndex = 3;
-inline constexpr int kBreweryLocalNameBindIndex = 4;
-inline constexpr int kBreweryLocalDescriptionBindIndex = 5;
+// sqlite3_bind_*() parameter indices are 1-based, matching the "?"
+// placeholder order in the SQL above.
+enum LocationBindIndex {
+  kLocationCityBindIndex = 1,
+  kLocationStateProvinceBindIndex,
+  kLocationIso31662BindIndex,
+  kLocationCountryBindIndex,
+  kLocationIso31661BindIndex,
+  kLocationLanguagesBindIndex,
+  kLocationLatitudeBindIndex,
+  kLocationLongitudeBindIndex,
+};
+
+enum BreweryBindIndex {
+  kBreweryLocationIdBindIndex = 1,
+  kBreweryEnglishNameBindIndex,
+  kBreweryEnglishDescriptionBindIndex,
+  kBreweryLocalNameBindIndex,
+  kBreweryLocalDescriptionBindIndex,
+};
+
+enum UserBindIndex {
+  kUserLocationIdBindIndex = 1,
+  kUserFirstNameBindIndex,
+  kUserLastNameBindIndex,
+  kUserGenderBindIndex,
+  kUserUsernameBindIndex,
+  kUserBioBindIndex,
+  kUserActivityWeightBindIndex,
+  kUserEmailBindIndex,
+  kUserDateOfBirthBindIndex,
+};
 
 SqliteStatementHandle PrepareStatement(const SqliteDatabaseHandle& db_handle,
                                        std::string_view sql,
@@ -95,13 +147,13 @@ SqliteStatementHandle PrepareStatement(const SqliteDatabaseHandle& db_handle,
 void ResetStatement(SqliteStatementHandle& statement);
 
 void Bind(const SqliteStatementHandle& statement,
-          const BindParam<std::string_view>& param);
+          const BoundParam<std::string_view>& param);
 
 void Bind(const SqliteStatementHandle& statement,
-          const BindParam<double>& param);
+          const BoundParam<double>& param);
 
 void Bind(const SqliteStatementHandle& statement,
-          const BindParam<sqlite3_int64>& param);
+          const BoundParam<sqlite3_int64>& param);
 
 void StepStatement(const SqliteDatabaseHandle& db_handle,
                    const SqliteStatementHandle& statement,

tooling/pipeline/includes/services/datetime/date_time_provider.h

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
  */
 class IDateTimeProvider {
  public:
-  /// @brief Virtual destructor for polymorphic cleanup.
   virtual ~IDateTimeProvider() = default;
 
   IDateTimeProvider() = default;

tooling/pipeline/includes/services/enrichment/enrichment_service.h

@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
  */
 class IEnrichmentService {
  public:
-  /// @brief Virtual destructor for polymorphic cleanup.
   virtual ~IEnrichmentService() = default;
 
   /**

tooling/pipeline/includes/services/enrichment/mock_enrichment.h

@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
-//
-// Created by aaronpo on 13/05/2026.
-//
-
 #ifndef BIERGARTEN_PIPELINE_INCLUDES_SERVICES_ENRICHMENT_MOCK_ENRICHMENT_H_
 #define BIERGARTEN_PIPELINE_INCLUDES_SERVICES_ENRICHMENT_MOCK_ENRICHMENT_H_
+
+/**
+ * @file services/enrichment/mock_enrichment.h
+ * @brief No-op IEnrichmentService used when network enrichment is disabled.
+ */
+
 #include <string>
 
-#include "enrichment_service.h"
+#include "services/enrichment/enrichment_service.h"
 
+/**
+ * @brief Enrichment service that returns no context for any location.
+ */
 class MockEnrichmentService final : public IEnrichmentService {
  public:
   std::string GetLocationContext(const Location& /*loc*/) override {

tooling/pipeline/includes/services/enrichment/wikipedia_service.h

@@ -11,25 +11,37 @@
 #include <string_view>
 #include <unordered_map>
 
-#include "enrichment_service.h"
+#include "services/enrichment/enrichment_service.h"
 #include "services/logging/logger.h"
 #include "web_client/web_client.h"
 
-/// @brief Provides Wikipedia summary lookups backed by cached raw extracts.
+/**
+ * @brief Provides Wikipedia summary lookups backed by cached raw extracts.
+ */
 class WikipediaEnrichmentService final : public IEnrichmentService {
  public:
-  /// @brief Creates a new Wikipedia service with the provided web client.
+  /**
+   * @brief Creates a new Wikipedia service with the provided web client.
+   */
   explicit WikipediaEnrichmentService(std::unique_ptr<WebClient> client,
                                       std::shared_ptr<ILogger> logger);
 
-  /// @brief Returns the Wikipedia-derived context for a location.
+  /**
+   * @brief Returns the Wikipedia-derived context for a location.
+   */
   [[nodiscard]] std::string GetLocationContext(const Location& loc) override;
 
  private:
   std::string FetchExtract(std::string_view query);
   std::unique_ptr<WebClient> client_;
   std::shared_ptr<ILogger> logger_;
-  /// @brief Canonical cache for raw Wikipedia query extracts.
+  /**
+   * @brief Cache for raw Wikipedia query extracts, keyed by query string.
+   *
+   * GetLocationContext() always queries "brewing" and reuses "beer in
+   * {country}" for every city in that country, so caching avoids refetching
+   * the same extract across locations in a run.
+   */
   std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string> extract_cache_;
 };
 

tooling/pipeline/includes/services/logging/log_entry.h

@@ -20,10 +20,22 @@
  * @brief Severity levels supported by the logging infra.
  */
 enum class LogLevel {
-  Debug,  ///< Development/debugging information.
-  Info,   ///< General informational messages.
-  Warn,   ///< Warning conditions.
-  Error,  ///< Error conditions.
+  /**
+   * @brief Development/debugging information.
+   */
+  Debug,
+  /**
+   * @brief General informational messages.
+   */
+  Info,
+  /**
+   * @brief Warning conditions.
+   */
+  Warn,
+  /**
+   * @brief Error conditions.
+   */
+  Error,
 };
 
 /**
@@ -34,18 +46,44 @@ enum class LogLevel {
  * pipeline that emitted it.
  */
 enum class PipelinePhase {
-  Startup,                   ///< Initialization and validation.
-  UserGeneration,            ///< User profile generation.
-  BreweryAndBeerGeneration,  ///< Brewery and beer data generation.
-  CheckinGeneration,         ///< Checkin (visit) record generation.
-  RatingGeneration,          ///< Rating and review generation.
-  FollowGeneration,          ///< Follow relationship generation.
-  Teardown,                  ///< Finalization and cleanup.
+  /**
+   * @brief Initialization and validation.
+   */
+  Startup,
+  /**
+   * @brief Location/context enrichment (e.g. Wikipedia lookups).
+   */
+  Enrichment,
+  /**
+   * @brief User profile generation.
+   */
+  UserGeneration,
+  /**
+   * @brief Brewery and beer data generation.
+   */
+  BreweryAndBeerGeneration,
+  /**
+   * @brief Checkin (visit) record generation.
+   */
+  CheckinGeneration,
+  /**
+   * @brief Rating and review generation.
+   */
+  RatingGeneration,
+  /**
+   * @brief Follow relationship generation.
+   */
+  FollowGeneration,
+  /**
+   * @brief Finalization and cleanup.
+   */
+  Teardown,
 };
 
 /**
  * @struct LogDTO
- * @brief User-provided subset of log fields. Used to capture call-site info transparently.
+ * @brief User-provided subset of log fields. Used to capture call-site info
+ * transparently.
  */
 struct LogDTO {
   LogLevel level;
@@ -64,25 +102,35 @@ struct LogDTO {
  * before the entry is dispatched.
  */
 struct LogEntry {
-  /// @brief Timestamp when the entry was created.
+  /**
+   * @brief Timestamp when the entry was created.
+   */
   std::chrono::system_clock::time_point timestamp{};
 
-  /// @brief Source location where the log call was made.
+  /**
+   * @brief Source location where the log call was made.
+   */
   std::source_location origin{};
 
-  /// @brief Thread responsible for emitting the log.
+  /**
+   * @brief Thread responsible for emitting the log.
+   */
   std::thread::id thread_id{};
 
-
-  /// @brief Severity level of this entry.
+  /**
+   * @brief Severity level of this entry.
+   */
   LogLevel level;
 
-  /// @brief Pipeline phase associated with the entry.
+  /**
+   * @brief Pipeline phase associated with the entry.
+   */
   PipelinePhase phase;
 
-  /// @brief Log message text.
+  /**
+   * @brief Log message text.
+   */
   std::string message;
-
 };
 
 #endif  // BIERGARTEN_PIPELINE_INCLUDES_SERVICES_LOGGING_LOG_ENTRY_H_

tooling/pipeline/includes/services/logging/log_producer.h

@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
  * a bounded channel for later processing by the dispatcher.
  */
 
-#ifndef BIERGARTEN_PIPELINE_INCLUDES_SERVICES_LOGGING_CHANNEL_LOGGER_H_
-#define BIERGARTEN_PIPELINE_INCLUDES_SERVICES_LOGGING_CHANNEL_LOGGER_H_
+#ifndef BIERGARTEN_PIPELINE_INCLUDES_SERVICES_LOGGING_LOG_PRODUCER_H_
+#define BIERGARTEN_PIPELINE_INCLUDES_SERVICES_LOGGING_LOG_PRODUCER_H_
 
 #include <string_view>
 
@@ -50,4 +50,4 @@ class LogProducer final : public ILogger {
   BoundedChannel<LogEntry>& channel_;
 };
 
-#endif  // BIERGARTEN_PIPELINE_INCLUDES_SERVICES_LOGGING_CHANNEL_LOGGER_H_
+#endif  // BIERGARTEN_PIPELINE_INCLUDES_SERVICES_LOGGING_LOG_PRODUCER_H_

tooling/pipeline/includes/services/logging/logger.h

@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ class ILogger {
    */
   void Log(LogDTO payload,
            std::source_location origin = std::source_location::current(),
-           std::chrono::system_clock::time_point timestamp = std::chrono::system_clock::now(),
+           std::chrono::system_clock::time_point timestamp =
+               std::chrono::system_clock::now(),
            std::thread::id thread_id = std::this_thread::get_id()) {
     LogEntry entry;
     entry.timestamp = timestamp;

tooling/pipeline/includes/web_client/http_web_client.h

@@ -6,14 +6,13 @@
 #ifndef BIERGARTEN_PIPELINE_INCLUDES_WEB_CLIENT_HTTP_WEB_CLIENT_H_
 #define BIERGARTEN_PIPELINE_INCLUDES_WEB_CLIENT_HTTP_WEB_CLIENT_H_
 
-
-#include "web_client/web_client.h"
-#include "services/logging/logger.h"
-
 #include <memory>
 #include <string>
 #include <utility>
 
+#include "services/logging/logger.h"
+#include "web_client/web_client.h"
+
 /**
  * @brief WebClient implementation backed by cpp-httplib.
  *
@@ -34,7 +33,8 @@ public:
   /**
    * @brief Executes a blocking HTTP/HTTPS GET request against a full URL.
    *
-   * @param url Fully-qualified URL, e.g. "https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/page/summary/Berlin"
+   * @param url Fully-qualified URL, e.g.
+   * "https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/page/summary/Berlin"
    * @return Response body on HTTP 2xx; throws std::runtime_error otherwise.
    */
   std::string Get(const std::string& url) override;
@@ -52,5 +52,4 @@ public:
   std::shared_ptr<ILogger> logger_;
 };
 
-
-#endif
+#endif  // BIERGARTEN_PIPELINE_INCLUDES_WEB_CLIENT_HTTP_WEB_CLIENT_H_

tooling/pipeline/includes/web_client/web_client.h

@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
  */
 class WebClient {
  public:
-  /// @brief Virtual destructor for polymorphic cleanup.
   virtual ~WebClient() = default;
 
   /**

tooling/pipeline/personas.json

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+[
+  {
+    "name": "Hophead Explorer",
+    "description": "Chases the newest hop varieties and double-digit IBUs, tracking hazy releases and limited tap takeovers across town.",
+    "style_affinities": ["American IPA", "Double IPA", "New England IPA", "Black IPA"]
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Malt & Tradition Loyalist",
+    "description": "Prefers clean, balanced lagers brewed the way their region has brewed them for generations, and is quick to defend a well-made Helles.",
+    "style_affinities": ["Munich Helles", "Vienna Lager", "Märzen", "Festbier"]
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Dark & Roasty Devotee",
+    "description": "Orders the darkest beer on the board year-round, drawn to roasted malt, coffee, and chocolate notes over carbonated lightness.",
+    "style_affinities": ["Imperial Stout", "Robust Porter", "Baltic Porter", "Oatmeal Stout"]
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Sour & Wild Forager",
+    "description": "Seeks out barrel-aged, spontaneously fermented, and funky beers, and will travel for a fresh bottling of something wild.",
+    "style_affinities": ["Lambic", "Gueuze", "Flanders Red Ale", "Wild Ale"]
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Session Sipper",
+    "description": "Values an easy-drinking pint that holds up over a long afternoon at the taproom more than raw intensity or novelty.",
+    "style_affinities": ["Session IPA", "Ordinary Bitter", "Cream Ale", "Blonde Ale"]
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Belgian Abbey Pilgrim",
+    "description": "Collects abbey and trappist releases, drawn to the dried-fruit esters and warming strength of classic Belgian ales.",
+    "style_affinities": ["Belgian Tripel", "Belgian Dubbel", "Belgian Quadrupel", "Trappist Single"]
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Wheat & Citrus Casual",
+    "description": "Reaches for something light, cloudy, and refreshing, usually with a citrus or coriander note, especially on a patio in summer.",
+    "style_affinities": ["Hefeweizen", "Witbier", "American Wheat Beer", "Berliner Weisse"]
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Big & Boozy Connoisseur",
+    "description": "Sips slowly from a snifter, seeking out high-ABV releases meant for aging and savoring rather than quick refreshment.",
+    "style_affinities": ["English Barleywine", "Wee Heavy", "Doppelbock", "Old Ale"]
+  }
+]

tooling/pipeline/prompts/USER_GENERATION.md

@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+# FULL SYSTEM PROMPT
+
+You are a craft beer community profile writer. You write short, first-person
+biographies for fictional users of a brewery-discovery app, grounded in the
+exact name, locale, and persona provided. You do not invent the user's name --
+it is given to you and must not be altered, translated, or abbreviated beyond
+forming a username.
+
+You will receive the inputs like this:
+
+## NAME:
+
+[First name] [Last name]
+
+## GENDER:
+
+[Gender associated with the given first name]
+
+## CITY:
+
+[City Name]
+
+## COUNTRY:
+
+[Country Name]
+
+## PERSONA:
+
+[Persona archetype name]
+
+## PERSONA DESCRIPTION:
+
+[What this persona cares about and how they talk about beer]
+
+## STYLE AFFINITIES:
+
+[Comma-separated beer styles this persona favors]
+
+## CRITICAL OUTPUT FORMAT (READ CAREFULLY):
+
+ABSOLUTELY NO MARKDOWN FORMATTING. Do NOT wrap your response in json or ```
+blocks.
+
+Do not add markdown, code fences, or postscript around the final JSON object.
+Do not say "Here is the JSON" or "Enjoy!".
+
+The JSON must contain exactly three keys ("username", "bio",
+"activity_weight") in that order. Do not rename or add any other keys.
+
+ESCAPE ALL QUOTES inside the bio field using \", or use single quotes (' ')
+instead.
+
+DO NOT use actual line breaks (\n) inside any string. Keep the bio as one
+continuous string.
+
+The bio must be between 25 and 60 words, written in first person, and must
+read as something this specific person would write about themselves -- not a
+generic profile blurb.
+
+`activity_weight` is a number between 0 and 1 (inclusive) representing how
+often this persona checks in at breweries relative to other users. Persona
+archetypes implying frequent, habitual brewery visits should skew higher;
+casual or occasional-visitor personas should skew lower. Do not default to
+0.5 -- vary it meaningfully based on the persona description.
+
+Expected JSON format:
+
+```json
+{
+  "username": "a handle derived from the given name",
+  "bio": "The first-person bio goes here.",
+  "activity_weight": 0.62
+}
+```
+
+## CONTENT RULES AND CONSTRAINTS:
+
+### THE USERNAME:
+
+Derive the username from the given first and/or last name (e.g. lowercase,
+abbreviated, or combined with a short word or number tied to the persona's
+style affinities). Do not invent an unrelated handle. Do not include spaces.
+
+### THE BIO:
+
+Ground the bio in the supplied persona description and style affinities --
+mention at least one specific beer style from the style affinities list, in a
+way that sounds like a personal preference rather than a list. Reference the
+city or country naturally if it fits, but do not force it.
+
+### VOICE & PERSPECTIVE:
+
+Write in the first person ("I"/"my"). The tone should match the persona:
+an enthusiastic explorer sounds different from a relaxed, easy-drinking
+regular. Do not write in second or third person.
+
+### THE BLOCKLIST (FORBIDDEN CONCEPTS):
+
+You absolutely cannot use the following words and phrases. Make sure your
+final output doesn't have any of these:
+
+- "hidden gem"
+- "passion"
+- "authentic"
+- "craft beer enthusiast"
+- "beer connoisseur"
+- "journey"
+
+#### FORBIDDEN WRITING PATTERNS
+
+The following patterns are common AI writing pitfalls and must not appear in
+the bio:
+
+- Negative parallelism constructions: "It's not X, it's Y"
+- Inflated significance phrases: "stands as a testament," "plays a vital
+  role," "deeply rooted"
+- Superficial trailing analyses: sentences ending in -ing words that add
+  opinion without content
+- Promotional travel-copy tone: "breathtaking," "must-visit," "vibrant"
+- Overused conjunctive transitions used as sentence openers: "Moreover,"
+  "Furthermore," "In addition"
+- Rule of three: do not consistently organise ideas or examples in triplets

tooling/pipeline/run.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+./biergarten-pipeline \
+    --model ../models/google_gemma-4-E4B-it-Q6_K.gguf \
+    --temperature 1.0 \
+    --top-p 0.95 \
+    --top-k 64 \
+    --n-ctx 8192 \
+    --location-count 15 \
+    --prompt-dir ../prompts

tooling/pipeline/src/application_options/parse_arguments.cc

@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ std::optional<ApplicationOptions> ParseArguments(
 
   opt("help,h", "Produce help message");
 
-  // Defaults sourced from SamplingOptions{} so the CLI and LlamaGenerator
-  // share a single source of truth — changing the struct updates both.
   auto add_sampling_options = [&]() -> void {
     const SamplingOptions sampling_defaults{};
     opt("temperature",
@@ -53,7 +51,8 @@ std::optional<ApplicationOptions> ParseArguments(
         prog_opts::value<std::string>()->default_value("pipeline.log"),
         "Path for application logs");
     opt("prompt-dir", prog_opts::value<std::string>()->default_value(""),
-        "Directory containing named prompt files (e.g. BREWERY_GENERATION.md)."
+        "Directory containing named prompt files (e.g. "
+        "BREWERY_GENERATION.md)."
         " Required when not using --mocked.");
     opt("location-count", prog_opts::value<uint32_t>()->default_value(10));
   };
@@ -108,10 +107,12 @@ std::optional<ApplicationOptions> ParseArguments(
     const std::string model_path = var_map["model"].as<std::string>();
     const int n_gpu_layers = var_map["n-gpu-layers"].as<int>();
 
-    // Enforce mutual exclusivity before any further configuration is applied.
+    // Enforce mutual exclusivity before any further configuration is
+    // applied.
     if (use_mocked && !model_path.empty()) {
       const std::string msg =
-          "Invalid arguments: --mocked and --model are mutually exclusive";
+          "Invalid arguments: --mocked and --model are mutually "
+          "exclusive";
       if (logger) {
         logger->Log(LogDTO{.level = LogLevel::Error,
                            .phase = PipelinePhase::Startup,
@@ -124,7 +125,8 @@ std::optional<ApplicationOptions> ParseArguments(
 
     if (!use_mocked && model_path.empty()) {
       const std::string msg =
-          "Invalid arguments: either --mocked or --model must be specified";
+          "Invalid arguments: either --mocked or --model must be "
+          "specified";
       if (logger) {
         logger->Log(LogDTO{.level = LogLevel::Error,
                            .phase = PipelinePhase::Startup,
@@ -139,7 +141,8 @@ std::optional<ApplicationOptions> ParseArguments(
     // generator has no use for it and should not require it to be present.
     if (!use_mocked && options.pipeline.prompt_dir.empty()) {
       const std::string msg =
-          "Invalid arguments: --prompt-dir is required when not using --mocked";
+          "Invalid arguments: --prompt-dir is required when not using "
+          "--mocked";
       if (logger) {
         logger->Log({.level = LogLevel::Error,
                      .phase = PipelinePhase::Startup,
@@ -152,7 +155,6 @@ std::optional<ApplicationOptions> ParseArguments(
 
     options.generator.use_mocked = use_mocked;
     options.generator.model_path = model_path;
-    // options.generator.n_gpu_layers = n_gpu_layers;
 
     // Only populate sampling config when the user explicitly overrides at
     // least one value. Leaving it as std::nullopt lets LlamaGenerator fall

tooling/pipeline/src/biergarten_pipeline_orchestrator/biergarten_pipeline_orchestrator.cc

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /**
  * @file biergarten_pipeline_orchestrator/biergarten_pipeline_orchestrator.cc
- * @brief BiergartenDataGenerator constructor implementation.
+ * @brief BiergartenPipelineOrchestrator constructor implementation.
  */
 
 #include "biergarten_pipeline_orchestrator.h"
@@ -12,9 +12,11 @@ BiergartenPipelineOrchestrator::BiergartenPipelineOrchestrator(
     std::unique_ptr<IEnrichmentService> context_service,
     std::unique_ptr<DataGenerator> generator,
     std::unique_ptr<IExportService> exporter,
-    const ApplicationOptions &app_options)
+    std::unique_ptr<ICuratedDataService> curated_data_service,
+    const ApplicationOptions& application_options)
     : logger_(std::move(logger)),
       context_service_(std::move(context_service)),
       generator_(std::move(generator)),
       exporter_(std::move(exporter)),
-      application_options_(app_options) {}
+      curated_data_service_(std::move(curated_data_service)),
+      application_options_(application_options) {}

tooling/pipeline/src/biergarten_pipeline_orchestrator/generate_breweries.cc

@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 /**
  * @file biergarten_pipeline_orchestrator/generate_breweries.cc
- * @brief BiergartenDataGenerator::GenerateBreweries() implementation.
+ * @brief BiergartenPipelineOrchestrator::GenerateBreweries() implementation.
  */
 
 #include <chrono>
 #include <format>
+#include <optional>
 
 #include "biergarten_pipeline_orchestrator.h"
 #include "services/logging/logger.h"
@@ -19,39 +20,57 @@ void BiergartenPipelineOrchestrator::GenerateBreweries(
   size_t skipped_count = 0;
   size_t export_failed_count = 0;
 
-  for (const auto& [location, region_context] : cities) {
+  const auto generate_record =
+      [this, &skipped_count](
+          const Location& location,
+          const std::string& region_context) -> std::optional<BreweryRecord> {
     try {
       const BreweryResult brewery =
           generator_->GenerateBrewery(location, region_context);
-
-      const GeneratedBrewery gen{.location = location, .brewery = brewery};
-
-      generated_breweries_.push_back(gen);
-
-      try {
-        exporter_->ProcessRecord(gen);
-      } catch (const std::exception& export_exception) {
-        ++export_failed_count;
+      return BreweryRecord{.location = location, .brewery = brewery};
+    } catch (const std::exception& e) {
+      ++skipped_count;
 
       logger_->Log(
           {.level = LogLevel::Warn,
            .phase = PipelinePhase::BreweryAndBeerGeneration,
-             .message =
-                 std::format("[Pipeline] Generated brewery for '{}' ({}) but SQLite export failed: {}",
-                 location.city, location.country, export_exception.what())});
-      }
-    } catch (const std::exception& e) {
-      ++skipped_count;
-
-      logger_->Log({.level = LogLevel::Warn,
-                    .phase = PipelinePhase::BreweryAndBeerGeneration,
-                    .message = std::format("[Pipeline] Skipping city '{}' ({}): brewery generation failed: {}",
+           .message = std::format("[Pipeline] Skipping city '{}' ({}): brewery "
+                                  "generation failed: {}",
                                   location.city, location.country, e.what())});
+      return std::nullopt;
     }
+  };
+
+  const auto export_record = [this, &export_failed_count](
+                                 const BreweryRecord& record) {
+    try {
+      exporter_->ProcessRecord(record);
+    } catch (const std::exception& export_exception) {
+      ++export_failed_count;
+      logger_->Log(
+          {.level = LogLevel::Warn,
+           .phase = PipelinePhase::BreweryAndBeerGeneration,
+           .message = std::format("[Pipeline] Generated brewery for '{}' ({}) "
+                                  "but SQLite export failed: {}",
+                                  record.location.city, record.location.country,
+                                  export_exception.what())});
+    }
+  };
+
+  for (const auto& [location, region_context] : cities) {
+    const std::optional<BreweryRecord> record =
+        generate_record(location, region_context);
+    if (!record.has_value()) {
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    generated_breweries_.push_back(*record);
+    export_record(*record);
   }
 
   if (skipped_count > 0) {
-    logger_->Log({.level = LogLevel::Warn,
+    logger_->Log(
+        {.level = LogLevel::Warn,
          .phase = PipelinePhase::BreweryAndBeerGeneration,
          .message = std::format(
              "[Pipeline] Skipped {} city/cities due to generation errors",
@@ -59,10 +78,11 @@ void BiergartenPipelineOrchestrator::GenerateBreweries(
   }
 
   if (export_failed_count > 0) {
-    logger_->Log({.level = LogLevel::Warn,
+    logger_->Log(
+        {.level = LogLevel::Warn,
          .phase = PipelinePhase::Teardown,
-                  .message = std::format(
-                      "[Pipeline] Failed to export {} generated brewery/breweries to SQLite",
+         .message = std::format("[Pipeline] Failed to export {} generated "
+                                "brewery/breweries to SQLite",
                                 export_failed_count)});
   }
 }

tooling/pipeline/src/biergarten_pipeline_orchestrator/generate_users.cc

@@ -0,0 +1,219 @@
+/**
+ * @file biergarten_pipeline_orchestrator/generate_users.cc
+ * @brief BiergartenPipelineOrchestrator::GenerateUsers() implementation.
+ */
+
+#include <cctype>
+#include <chrono>
+#include <format>
+#include <iterator>
+#include <optional>
+#include <random>
+#include <stdexcept>
+#include <string>
+#include <string_view>
+#include <unordered_set>
+
+#include "biergarten_pipeline_orchestrator.h"
+#include "services/curated_data/curated_json_data_service.h"
+#include "services/logging/logger.h"
+
+namespace {
+std::string Sanitize(std::string_view value) {
+  std::string out;
+  out.reserve(value.size());
+  for (const char character : value) {
+    if (std::isalnum(static_cast<unsigned char>(character)) != 0) {
+      out.push_back(static_cast<char>(
+          std::tolower(static_cast<unsigned char>(character))));
+    }
+  }
+  return out;
+}
+
+std::string BuildEmail(const Name& name,
+                       std::unordered_set<std::string>& used_local_parts) {
+  const std::string base =
+      std::format("{}.{}", Sanitize(name.first_name), Sanitize(name.last_name));
+
+  std::string local_part = base;
+  uint32_t suffix = 1;
+
+  while (used_local_parts.contains(local_part)) {
+    local_part = std::format("{}{}", base, suffix);
+    ++suffix;
+  }
+
+  used_local_parts.insert(local_part);
+
+  return std::format("{}@thebiergarten.app", local_part);
+}
+
+std::string GenerateDateOfBirth(std::mt19937& rng) {
+  using namespace std::chrono;
+
+  constexpr int kMinAge = 19;
+  constexpr int kMaxAge = 48;
+  constexpr int kMaxDayOffset = 364;
+
+  std::uniform_int_distribution<int> age_dist(kMinAge, kMaxAge);
+  std::uniform_int_distribution<int> day_offset_dist(0, kMaxDayOffset);
+
+  const year_month_day today{floor<days>(system_clock::now())};
+  const year_month_day birth_year_anchor{today.year() - years{age_dist(rng)},
+                                         today.month(), today.day()};
+  const sys_days birth_date =
+      sys_days{birth_year_anchor} - days{day_offset_dist(rng)};
+  const year_month_day birth_ymd{birth_date};
+
+  return std::format("{:04}-{:02}-{:02}", static_cast<int>(birth_ymd.year()),
+                     static_cast<unsigned>(birth_ymd.month()),
+                     static_cast<unsigned>(birth_ymd.day()));
+}
+
+std::optional<Name> SampleName(
+    const ForenamesByCountryMap& forenames_by_country,
+    const SurnamesByCountryMap& surnames_by_country,
+    const std::string& iso3166_1, std::mt19937& rng) {
+  const auto forenames_it = forenames_by_country.find(iso3166_1);
+  const auto surnames_it = surnames_by_country.find(iso3166_1);
+
+  if (forenames_it == forenames_by_country.end() ||
+      surnames_it == surnames_by_country.end() ||
+      forenames_it->second.empty() || surnames_it->second.empty()) {
+    return std::nullopt;
+  }
+
+  const ForenameList& forenames = forenames_it->second;
+  const SurnameList& surnames = surnames_it->second;
+
+  std::uniform_int_distribution<size_t> forename_dist(0, forenames.size() - 1);
+  std::uniform_int_distribution<size_t> surname_dist(0, surnames.size() - 1);
+
+  auto forename_it = forenames.begin();
+  std::advance(forename_it, forename_dist(rng));
+
+  auto surname_it = surnames.begin();
+  std::advance(surname_it, surname_dist(rng));
+
+  return Name{.first_name = forename_it->name,
+              .last_name = *surname_it,
+              .gender = forename_it->gender};
+}
+}  // namespace
+
+void BiergartenPipelineOrchestrator::GenerateUsers(
+    std::span<const EnrichedCity> cities) {
+  logger_->Log({.level = LogLevel::Info,
+                .phase = PipelinePhase::UserGeneration,
+                .message = "=== SAMPLE USER GENERATION ==="});
+
+  const PersonasList& personas = curated_data_service_->LoadPersonas();
+
+  if (personas.empty()) {
+    throw std::runtime_error(
+        "No personas available in personas.json for user generation");
+  }
+
+  const ForenamesByCountryMap& forenames_by_country =
+      curated_data_service_->LoadForenamesByCountry();
+  const SurnamesByCountryMap& surnames_by_country =
+      curated_data_service_->LoadSurnamesByCountry();
+
+  std::mt19937 rng(std::random_device{}());
+  std::uniform_int_distribution<size_t> persona_dist(0, personas.size() - 1);
+
+  generated_users_.clear();
+  size_t skipped_count = 0;
+  size_t export_failed_count = 0;
+  std::unordered_set<std::string> used_email_local_parts;
+
+  const auto generate_record =
+      [this, &rng, &skipped_count, &used_email_local_parts](
+          const EnrichedCity& city, const UserPersona& persona,
+          const Name& sampled_name) -> std::optional<UserRecord> {
+    try {
+      const UserResult user =
+          generator_->GenerateUser(city, persona, sampled_name);
+
+      return UserRecord{
+          .location = city.location,
+          .user = user,
+          .email = BuildEmail(sampled_name, used_email_local_parts),
+          .date_of_birth = GenerateDateOfBirth(rng),
+      };
+    } catch (const std::exception& e) {
+      ++skipped_count;
+      logger_->Log({.level = LogLevel::Warn,
+                    .phase = PipelinePhase::UserGeneration,
+                    .message = std::format(
+                        "[Pipeline] Skipping city '{}' ({}): "
+                        "user generation failed: {}",
+                        city.location.city, city.location.country, e.what())});
+      return std::nullopt;
+    }
+  };
+
+  const auto export_record = [this,
+                              &export_failed_count](const UserRecord& record) {
+    try {
+      exporter_->ProcessRecord(record);
+    } catch (const std::exception& export_exception) {
+      ++export_failed_count;
+
+      logger_->Log(
+          {.level = LogLevel::Warn,
+           .phase = PipelinePhase::UserGeneration,
+           .message = std::format("[Pipeline] Generated user for '{}' ({}) but "
+                                  "SQLite export failed: {}",
+                                  record.location.city, record.location.country,
+                                  export_exception.what())});
+    }
+  };
+
+  for (const auto& city : cities) {
+    const std::optional<Name> sampled_name =
+        SampleName(forenames_by_country, surnames_by_country,
+                   city.location.iso3166_1, rng);
+
+    if (!sampled_name.has_value()) {
+      ++skipped_count;
+      logger_->Log({.level = LogLevel::Warn,
+                    .phase = PipelinePhase::UserGeneration,
+                    .message = std::format(
+                        "[Pipeline] Skipping city '{}' ({}): no names "
+                        "available for country '{}'",
+                        city.location.city, city.location.country,
+                        city.location.iso3166_1)});
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    const UserPersona& persona = personas[persona_dist(rng)];
+
+    const std::optional<UserRecord> record =
+        generate_record(city, persona, *sampled_name);
+    if (!record.has_value()) {
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    generated_users_.push_back(*record);
+    export_record(*record);
+  }
+
+  if (skipped_count > 0) {
+    logger_->Log(
+        {.level = LogLevel::Warn,
+         .phase = PipelinePhase::UserGeneration,
+         .message = std::format(
+             "[Pipeline] Skipped {} city/cities during user generation",
+             skipped_count)});
+  }
+
+  if (export_failed_count > 0) {
+    logger_->Log({.level = LogLevel::Warn,
+                  .phase = PipelinePhase::Teardown,
+                  .message = std::format("[Pipeline] Failed to export {} "
+                                         "generated user/users to SQLite",
+                                         export_failed_count)});
+  }
+}

tooling/pipeline/src/biergarten_pipeline_orchestrator/log_results.cc

@@ -1,20 +1,21 @@
 /**
  * @file biergarten_pipeline_orchestrator/log_results.cc
- * @brief BiergartenDataGenerator::LogResults() implementation.
+ * @brief BiergartenPipelineOrchestrator::LogResults() implementation.
  */
 
 #include <boost/json/array.hpp>
 #include <chrono>
 #include <format>
 
-#include "../../includes/json_handling/pretty_print.h"
 #include "biergarten_pipeline_orchestrator.h"
+#include "json_handling/pretty_print.h"
 #include "services/logging/logger.h"
+
 void BiergartenPipelineOrchestrator::LogResults() const {
-  boost::json::array output;
+  boost::json::array brewery_output;
 
   for (const auto& [location, brewery] : generated_breweries_) {
-    output.push_back(boost::json::object{
+    brewery_output.push_back(boost::json::object{
         {"name_en", brewery.name_en},
         {"description_en", brewery.description_en},
         {"name_local", brewery.name_local},
@@ -29,9 +30,30 @@ void BiergartenPipelineOrchestrator::LogResults() const {
                      }}});
   }
 
-  std::ostringstream oss;
-  PrettyPrint(oss, output);
+  std::ostringstream brewery_oss;
+  PrettyPrint(brewery_oss, brewery_output);
   logger_->Log({.level = LogLevel::Info,
                 .phase = PipelinePhase::Teardown,
-                .message = oss.str()});
+                .message = brewery_oss.str()});
+
+  boost::json::array user_output;
+
+  for (const auto& generated_user : generated_users_) {
+    user_output.push_back(boost::json::object{
+        {"first_name", generated_user.user.first_name},
+        {"last_name", generated_user.user.last_name},
+        {"gender", generated_user.user.gender},
+        {"username", generated_user.user.username},
+        {"bio", generated_user.user.bio},
+        {"activity_weight", generated_user.user.activity_weight},
+        {"email", generated_user.email},
+        {"date_of_birth", generated_user.date_of_birth},
+    });
+  }
+
+  std::ostringstream user_oss;
+  PrettyPrint(user_oss, user_output);
+  logger_->Log({.level = LogLevel::Info,
+                .phase = PipelinePhase::Teardown,
+                .message = user_oss.str()});
 }

tooling/pipeline/src/biergarten_pipeline_orchestrator/query_cities_with_countries.cc

@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 /**
  * @file biergarten_pipeline_orchestrator/query_cities_with_countries.cc
- * @brief BiergartenDataGenerator::QueryCitiesWithCountries() implementation.
+ * @brief BiergartenPipelineOrchestrator::QueryCitiesWithCountries()
+ * implementation.
  */
 
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <chrono>
-#include <filesystem>
 #include <format>
 #include <iterator>
 #include <random>
 
 #include "biergarten_pipeline_orchestrator.h"
-#include "json_handling/json_loader.h"
+#include "services/curated_data/curated_json_data_service.h"
 #include "services/logging/logger.h"
 
 std::vector<Location>
@@ -20,9 +20,8 @@ BiergartenPipelineOrchestrator::QueryCitiesWithCountries() {
                 .phase = PipelinePhase::Startup,
                 .message = "=== GEOGRAPHIC DATA OVERVIEW ==="});
 
-  const std::filesystem::path locations_path = "locations.json";
-
-  auto all_locations = JsonLoader::LoadLocations(locations_path, logger_);
+  const std::vector<Location>& all_locations =
+      curated_data_service_->LoadLocations();
 
   const size_t sample_count = std::min(
       static_cast<size_t>(application_options_.pipeline.location_count),

tooling/pipeline/src/biergarten_pipeline_orchestrator/run.cc

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /**
  * @file biergarten_pipeline_orchestrator/run.cc
- * @brief BiergartenDataGenerator::Run() implementation.
+ * @brief BiergartenPipelineOrchestrator::Run() implementation.
  */
 
 #include <chrono>
@@ -22,42 +22,40 @@ bool BiergartenPipelineOrchestrator::Run() {
     for (auto& city : cities) {
       try {
         std::string region_context = context_service_->GetLocationContext(city);
-        // logger_->Log(LogLevel::Debug, PipelinePhase::UserGeneration,
-        //              "[Pipeline] Context for '" + city.city + "' (" +
-        //              city.iso3166_2 + ") gathered:\n" + region_context);
 
         enriched.push_back(
             EnrichedCity{.location = std::move(city),
                          .region_context = std::move(region_context)});
       } catch (const std::exception& exception) {
         ++skipped_count;
-        logger_->Log(
-            {.level = LogLevel::Warn,
-             .phase = PipelinePhase::UserGeneration,
+        logger_->Log({.level = LogLevel::Warn,
+                      .phase = PipelinePhase::Enrichment,
                       .message = std::format(
-                 "[Pipeline] Skipping city '{}' ({}): context lookup failed: {}",
+                          "[Pipeline] Skipping city '{}' ({}): context "
+                          "lookup failed: {}",
                           city.city, city.country, exception.what())});
       }
     }
 
     if (skipped_count > 0) {
-      logger_->Log({.level = LogLevel::Warn,
-                    .phase = PipelinePhase::UserGeneration,
-                    .message = std::format(
-                        "[Pipeline] Skipped {} city/cities due to context lookup errors",
+      logger_->Log(
+          {.level = LogLevel::Warn,
+           .phase = PipelinePhase::Enrichment,
+           .message = std::format("[Pipeline] Skipped {} city/cities due "
+                                  "to context lookup errors",
                                   skipped_count)});
     }
 
+    this->GenerateUsers(enriched);
     this->GenerateBreweries(enriched);
     exporter_->Finalize();
     this->LogResults();
     return true;
   } catch (const std::exception& e) {
-    logger_->Log(
-        {.level = LogLevel::Error,
+    logger_->Log({.level = LogLevel::Error,
                   .phase = PipelinePhase::Teardown,
-         .message =
-             std::format("Pipeline execution failed with error: {}", e.what())});
+                  .message = std::format(
+                      "Pipeline execution failed with error: {}", e.what())});
     return false;
   }
 }

tooling/pipeline/src/data_generation/llama/generate_brewery.cc

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <string_view>
 #include <vector>
 
+#include "data_generation/json_grammars.h"
 #include "data_generation/llama_generator.h"
 #include "data_generation/llama_generator_helpers.h"
 
@@ -32,19 +33,6 @@ static std::string FormatLocalLanguageCodes(
   return formatted;
 }
 
-// GBNF grammar for structured brewery JSON output.
-// @TODO move to a separate gbnf file if it grows in complexity or is shared
-// across modules.
-static constexpr std::string_view kBreweryJsonGrammar = R"json_brewery(
-root ::= thought-block "{" ws "\"name_en\"" ws ":" ws string ws "," ws "\"description_en\"" ws ":" ws string ws "," ws "\"name_local\"" ws ":" ws string ws "," ws "\"description_local\"" ws ":" ws string ws "}" ws
-thought-block ::= [^{]*
-ws ::= [ \t\n\r]*
-string ::= "\"" char+ "\""
-char ::= [^"\\\x7F\x00-\x1F] | [\\] escape
-escape ::= ["\\/bfnrt] | "u" hex hex hex hex
-hex ::= [0-9a-fA-F]
-)json_brewery";
-
 static constexpr int kBreweryInitialMaxTokens = 2800;
 
 BreweryResult LlamaGenerator::GenerateBrewery(
@@ -83,15 +71,14 @@ BreweryResult LlamaGenerator::GenerateBrewery(
 
   /**
    * RETRY LOOP with validation and error correction
-   * Attempts to generate valid brewery data up to 3 times, with feedback-based
-   * refinement
+   * Attempts to generate valid brewery data up to 3 times, with
+   * feedback-based refinement
    */
   constexpr int max_attempts = 3;
   std::string raw;
   std::string last_error;
 
   // Token budget: too small risks truncating valid JSON mid-string.
-  // Start conservatively but allow adaptive increases on truncation.
   int max_tokens = kBreweryInitialMaxTokens;
 
   // Limit output length to keep it concise and focused
@@ -120,7 +107,8 @@ BreweryResult LlamaGenerator::GenerateBrewery(
         logger_->Log(
             {.level = LogLevel::Info,
              .phase = PipelinePhase::BreweryAndBeerGeneration,
-             .message = std::format("LlamaGenerator: successfully generated brewery data on attempt {}",
+             .message = std::format("LlamaGenerator: successfully generated "
+                                    "brewery data on attempt {}",
                                     attempt + 1)});
       }
 
@@ -134,32 +122,37 @@ BreweryResult LlamaGenerator::GenerateBrewery(
       logger_->Log(
           {.level = LogLevel::Warn,
            .phase = PipelinePhase::BreweryAndBeerGeneration,
-           .message =
-               std::format("LlamaGenerator: malformed brewery JSON (attempt {}): {}",
+           .message = std::format(
+               "LlamaGenerator: malformed brewery JSON (attempt {}): {}",
                attempt + 1, *validation_error)});
     }
 
     // Update prompt with error details to guide LLM toward correct output.
     user_prompt = std::format(
         "Your previous response was invalid. Error: {}\nReturn the thought "
-        "process before the JSON if needed, then return ONLY valid JSON with "
-        "exactly these keys, in this exact order: {{\"name_en\": \"<English "
+        "process before the JSON if needed, then return ONLY valid JSON "
+        "with "
+        "exactly these keys, in this exact order: {{\"name_en\": "
+        "\"<English "
         "brewery name>\", \"description_en\": \"<English single-paragraph "
-        "description>\", \"name_local\": \"<local-language brewery name>\", "
+        "description>\", \"name_local\": \"<local-language brewery "
+        "name>\", "
         "\"description_local\": \"<local-language single-paragraph "
-        "description>\"}}.\nDo not include markdown, comments, extra keys, or "
-        "literal placeholder values.\n\nKeep the JSON strings concise enough "
+        "description>\"}}.\nDo not include markdown, comments, extra keys, "
+        "or "
+        "literal placeholder values.\n\nKeep the JSON strings concise "
+        "enough "
         "to fit within the token budget.\n\n{}",
         *validation_error, retry_location);
   }
 
   // All retry attempts exhausted: log failure and throw exception
   if (logger_) {
-    logger_->Log(
-        {.level = LogLevel::Error,
+    logger_->Log({.level = LogLevel::Error,
                   .phase = PipelinePhase::BreweryAndBeerGeneration,
                   .message = std::format(
-         "LlamaGenerator: malformed brewery response after {} attempts: {}",
+                      "LlamaGenerator: malformed brewery "
+                      "response after {} attempts: {}",
                       max_attempts, last_error.empty() ? raw : last_error)});
   }
   throw std::runtime_error("LlamaGenerator: malformed brewery response");

tooling/pipeline/src/data_generation/llama/generate_user.cc

@@ -1,24 +1,115 @@
 /**
  * @file data_generation/llama/generate_user.cc
- * @brief Generates locale-aware user profiles with strict two-line formatting,
- * retry handling, and output sanitization for downstream parsing.
+ * @brief Builds persona/name-grounded user prompts, performs retry-based
+ * inference, and validates structured JSON output for user records.
  */
 
-
 #include <format>
+#include <optional>
+#include <stdexcept>
 #include <string>
+#include <string_view>
 
+#include "data_generation/json_grammars.h"
 #include "data_generation/llama_generator.h"
 #include "data_generation/llama_generator_helpers.h"
 
-// TODO: Implement locale-aware user profile generation.
-// Current implementation returns a hardcoded test value and ignores the
-// locale parameter. Future implementation should:
-// 1. Load a USER_GENERATION.md prompt template with locale context
-// 2. Perform LLM inference with locale-specific username/bio generation
-// 3. Parse and validate JSON output with retry handling (similar to brewery)
-// 4. Return locale-aware username and biography
-UserResult LlamaGenerator::GenerateUser(const std::string& locale) {
-  return {.username = "test_user",
-          .bio = std::format("This is a test user profile from {}.", locale)};
+static constexpr int kUserInitialMaxTokens = 1200;
+
+UserResult LlamaGenerator::GenerateUser(const EnrichedCity& city,
+                                        const UserPersona& persona,
+                                        const Name& name) {
+  std::string style_affinities;
+  for (const std::string& style : persona.style_affinities) {
+    if (!style_affinities.empty()) {
+      style_affinities += ", ";
+    }
+    style_affinities += style;
+  }
+
+  const std::string system_prompt = prompt_directory_->Load("USER_GENERATION");
+
+  std::string user_prompt = std::format(
+      "## NAME:\n\n{} {}\n\n"
+      "## GENDER:\n\n{}\n\n"
+      "## CITY:\n\n{}\n\n"
+      "## COUNTRY:\n\n{}\n\n"
+      "## PERSONA:\n\n{}\n\n"
+      "## PERSONA DESCRIPTION:\n\n{}\n\n"
+      "## STYLE AFFINITIES:\n\n{}",
+      name.first_name, name.last_name, name.gender, city.location.city,
+      city.location.country, persona.name, persona.description,
+      style_affinities);
+
+  const std::string retry_context = std::format(
+      "Name: {} {}\nCity: {}, {}\nPersona: {}", name.first_name, name.last_name,
+      city.location.city, city.location.country, persona.name);
+
+  constexpr int max_attempts = 3;
+  std::string raw;
+  std::string last_error;
+  int max_tokens = kUserInitialMaxTokens;
+
+  for (int attempt = 0; attempt < max_attempts; ++attempt) {
+    raw = this->Infer(system_prompt, user_prompt, max_tokens, kUserJsonGrammar);
+    if (logger_) {
+      logger_->Log(
+          {.level = LogLevel::Debug,
+           .phase = PipelinePhase::UserGeneration,
+           .message = std::format("LlamaGenerator: raw output (attempt {}): {}",
+                                  attempt + 1, raw)});
+    }
+
+    UserResult user;
+    const std::optional<std::string> validation_error =
+        ValidateUserJson(raw, user);
+
+    if (!validation_error.has_value()) {
+      if (logger_) {
+        logger_->Log(
+            {.level = LogLevel::Info,
+             .phase = PipelinePhase::UserGeneration,
+             .message = std::format("LlamaGenerator: successfully "
+                                    "generated user data on attempt {}",
+                                    attempt + 1)});
+      }
+
+      user.first_name = name.first_name;
+      user.last_name = name.last_name;
+      user.gender = name.gender;
+      return user;
+    }
+
+    last_error = *validation_error;
+    if (logger_) {
+      logger_->Log({.level = LogLevel::Warn,
+                    .phase = PipelinePhase::UserGeneration,
+                    .message = std::format(
+                        "LlamaGenerator: malformed user JSON (attempt {}): {}",
+                        attempt + 1, *validation_error)});
+    }
+
+    user_prompt = std::format(
+        "Your previous response was invalid. Error: {}\nReturn the thought "
+        "process before the JSON if needed, then return ONLY valid JSON "
+        "with "
+        "exactly these keys, in this exact order: {{\"username\": "
+        "\"<handle "
+        "derived from the given name>\", \"bio\": \"<first-person bio "
+        "grounded in the persona>\", \"activity_weight\": <number between "
+        "0 "
+        "and 1>}}.\nDo not include markdown, comments, extra keys, or "
+        "literal placeholder values.\n\n{}",
+        *validation_error, retry_context);
+  }
+
+  if (logger_) {
+    logger_->Log({.level = LogLevel::Error,
+                  .phase = PipelinePhase::UserGeneration,
+                  .message = std::format(
+                      "LlamaGenerator: malformed user response "
+                      "after {} attempts: {}",
+                      max_attempts, last_error.empty() ? raw : last_error)});
+  }
+  throw std::runtime_error("LlamaGenerator: malformed user response");
 }

tooling/pipeline/src/data_generation/llama/helpers.cc

@@ -9,13 +9,16 @@
 #include <boost/json.hpp>
 #include <cctype>
 #include <optional>
+#include <span>
 #include <stdexcept>
 #include <string>
 #include <string_view>
 #include <vector>
 
+#include <llama.h>
+
 #include "data_generation/llama_generator_helpers.h"
-#include "llama.h"
+
 namespace {
 /**
  * String trimming: removes leading and trailing whitespace
@@ -76,7 +79,7 @@ bool ReadRequiredTrimmedStringField(const boost::json::object& obj,
   return !out.empty();
 }
 
-bool HasSchemaPlaceholder(const std::array<std::string*, 4>& values) {
+bool HasSchemaPlaceholder(std::span<std::string* const> values) {
   for (const std::string* value : values) {
     std::string lowered = *value;
     std::ranges::transform(lowered, lowered.begin(),
@@ -207,3 +210,58 @@ std::optional<std::string> ValidateBreweryJson(const std::string& raw,
 
   return std::nullopt;
 }
+
+std::optional<std::string> ValidateUserJson(const std::string& raw,
+                                            UserResult& user_out) {
+  boost::system::error_code error_code;
+  const std::string_view raw_view(raw);
+  const size_t opening_brace = raw_view.find('{');
+  if (opening_brace == std::string_view::npos) {
+    return "JSON parse error: missing opening brace '{'";
+  }
+
+  const std::string_view json_payload = raw_view.substr(opening_brace);
+  boost::json::value json_value = boost::json::parse(json_payload, error_code);
+  if (error_code) {
+    return "JSON parse error: " + error_code.message();
+  }
+
+  if (!json_value.is_object()) {
+    return "JSON root must be an object";
+  }
+
+  const auto& obj = json_value.get_object();
+  if (obj.size() != 3) {
+    return "JSON object must contain exactly three keys";
+  }
+
+  std::string validation_error;
+  if (!ReadRequiredTrimmedStringField(obj, "username", user_out.username,
+                                      &validation_error)) {
+    return validation_error;
+  }
+
+  if (!ReadRequiredTrimmedStringField(obj, "bio", user_out.bio,
+                                      &validation_error)) {
+    return validation_error;
+  }
+
+  const boost::json::value* activity_weight_field =
+      obj.if_contains("activity_weight");
+  if (activity_weight_field == nullptr || !activity_weight_field->is_number()) {
+    return "Missing or invalid numeric field: activity_weight";
+  }
+
+  const double activity_weight = activity_weight_field->to_number<double>();
+  if (activity_weight < 0.0 || activity_weight > 1.0) {
+    return "activity_weight must be between 0 and 1";
+  }
+  user_out.activity_weight = static_cast<float>(activity_weight);
+
+  const std::array schema_placeholders = {&user_out.username, &user_out.bio};
+  if (HasSchemaPlaceholder(schema_placeholders)) {
+    return "JSON appears to be a schema placeholder, not content";
+  }
+
+  return std::nullopt;
+}

tooling/pipeline/src/data_generation/llama/infer.cc

@@ -14,9 +14,10 @@
 #include <string_view>
 #include <vector>
 
+#include <llama.h>
+
 #include "data_generation/llama_generator.h"
 #include "data_generation/llama_generator_helpers.h"
-#include "llama.h"
 
 static constexpr size_t kPromptTokenSlack = 8;
 // Minimum tokens to keep when using top-p sampling. Ensures at least one

tooling/pipeline/src/data_generation/llama/llama_generator.cc

@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@
 #include <stdexcept>
 #include <string>
 
+#include <llama.h>
+
 #include "data_model/models.h"
-#include "llama.h"
 
 static constexpr uint32_t kMaxContextSize = 32768U;
 

tooling/pipeline/src/data_generation/llama/load.cc

@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <utility>
 
+#include <ggml-backend.h>
+#include <llama.h>
+
 #include "data_generation/llama_generator.h"
-#include "ggml-backend.h"
-#include "llama.h"
 
 // Maximum batch size for decode operations. Capping the batch prevents
 // excessive memory allocation while maintaining inference performance.

tooling/pipeline/src/data_generation/mock/deterministic_hash.cc

@@ -14,3 +14,13 @@ size_t MockGenerator::DeterministicHash(const Location& location) {
   boost::hash_combine(seed, location.country);
   return seed;
 }
+
+size_t MockGenerator::DeterministicHash(const Location& location,
+                                        const UserPersona& persona,
+                                        const Name& name) {
+  size_t seed = DeterministicHash(location);
+  boost::hash_combine(seed, persona.name);
+  boost::hash_combine(seed, name.first_name);
+  boost::hash_combine(seed, name.last_name);
+  return seed;
+}

tooling/pipeline/src/data_generation/mock/generate_user.cc

@@ -1,22 +1,31 @@
 /**
  * @file data_generation/mock/generate_user.cc
- * @brief Generates deterministic mock user profiles by hashing locale values
- * into predefined username and bio collections.
+ * @brief Generates deterministic mock user profiles by hashing city, persona,
+ * and sampled name into predefined username and bio collections.
  */
 
-#include <functional>
-#include <string>
 #include <string_view>
 
 #include "data_generation/mock_generator.h"
 
-UserResult MockGenerator::GenerateUser(const std::string& locale) {
-  const size_t hash = std::hash<std::string>{}(locale);
+UserResult MockGenerator::GenerateUser(const EnrichedCity& city,
+                                       const UserPersona& persona,
+                                       const Name& name) {
+  const size_t hash = DeterministicHash(city.location, persona, name);
 
-  UserResult result;
   const std::string_view username = kUsernames[hash % kUsernames.size()];
   const std::string_view bio = kBios[hash / kBioHashStride % kBios.size()];
-  result.username = username;
-  result.bio = bio;
-  return result;
+  const float activity_weight =
+      static_cast<float>(hash / kActivityWeightHashStride %
+                         kActivityWeightHashRange) /
+      static_cast<float>(kActivityWeightHashRange);
+
+  return {
+      .first_name = name.first_name,
+      .last_name = name.last_name,
+      .gender = name.gender,
+      .username = std::string(username),
+      .bio = std::string(bio),
+      .activity_weight = activity_weight,
+  };
 }

tooling/pipeline/src/json_handling/json_loader.cc

@@ -1,110 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * @file json_handling/json_loader.cc
- * @brief Parses curated location JSON input into strongly typed Location
- * records with strict field validation and descriptive error reporting.
- */
-
-#include "json_handling/json_loader.h"
-
-#include <format>
-#include "services/logging/logger.h"
-#include <iostream>
-
-#include <boost/json.hpp>
-#include <fstream>
-#include <sstream>
-#include <stdexcept>
-#include <string>
-#include <string_view>
-
-static std::string ReadRequiredString(const boost::json::object& object,
-                                      const char* key) {
-  const boost::json::value* value = object.if_contains(key);
-  if (value == nullptr || !value->is_string()) {
-    throw std::runtime_error(
-        std::format("Missing or invalid string field: {}", key));
-  }
-  const std::string_view text = value->as_string();
-  return std::string(text);
-}
-
-static double ReadRequiredNumber(const boost::json::object& object,
-                                 const char* key) {
-  const boost::json::value* value = object.if_contains(key);
-  if (value == nullptr || !value->is_number()) {
-    throw std::runtime_error(
-        std::format("Missing or invalid numeric field: {}", key));
-  }
-  return value->to_number<double>();
-}
-
-static std::vector<std::string> ReadRequiredStringArray(
-    const boost::json::object& object, const char* key) {
-  const boost::json::value* value = object.if_contains(key);
-  if (value == nullptr || !value->is_array()) {
-    throw std::runtime_error(
-      std::format("Missing or invalid string array field: {}", key));
-  }
-
-  const auto& array = value->as_array();
-  std::vector<std::string> items;
-  items.reserve(array.size());
-  for (const auto& item : array) {
-    if (!item.is_string()) {
-      throw std::runtime_error(
-          std::format("Missing or invalid string array field: {}", key));
-    }
-    items.emplace_back(item.as_string());
-  }
-  return items;
-}
-
-std::vector<Location> JsonLoader::LoadLocations(
-    const std::filesystem::path& filepath, std::shared_ptr<ILogger> logger) {
-  std::ifstream input(filepath);
-  if (!input.is_open()) {
-    throw std::runtime_error("Failed to open locations file: " +
-                             filepath.string());
-  }
-
-  std::stringstream buffer;
-  buffer << input.rdbuf();
-  const std::string content = buffer.str();
-
-  boost::system::error_code error;
-  boost::json::value root = boost::json::parse(content, error);
-  if (error) {
-    throw std::runtime_error("Failed to parse locations JSON: " +
-                             error.message());
-  }
-
-  if (!root.is_array()) {
-    throw std::runtime_error(
-        "Invalid locations JSON: root element must be an array");
-  }
-
-  std::vector<Location> locations;
-  const auto& items = root.as_array();
-  locations.reserve(items.size());
-
-  for (const auto& item : items) {
-    if (!item.is_object()) {
-      throw std::runtime_error(
-          "Invalid locations JSON: each entry must be an object");
-    }
-
-    const auto& object = item.as_object();
-    locations.push_back(Location{
-        .city = ReadRequiredString(object, "city"),
-        .state_province = ReadRequiredString(object, "state_province"),
-        .iso3166_2 = ReadRequiredString(object, "iso3166_2"),
-        .country = ReadRequiredString(object, "country"),
-        .iso3166_1 = ReadRequiredString(object, "iso3166_1"),
-        .local_languages = ReadRequiredStringArray(object, "local_languages"),
-        .latitude = ReadRequiredNumber(object, "latitude"),
-        .longitude = ReadRequiredNumber(object, "longitude"),
-    });
-  }
-
-  return locations;
-}

tooling/pipeline/src/main.cc

@@ -18,25 +18,7 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <thread>
 
-#include "biergarten_pipeline_orchestrator.h"
-#include "concurrency/bounded_channel.h"
-#include "data_generation/llama_generator.h"
-#include "data_generation/mock_generator.h"
-#include "data_generation/prompt_formatting/gemma4_jinja_prompt_formatter.h"
-#include "data_model/models.h"
-#include "llama_backend_state.h"
-#include "services/database/export_service.h"
-#include "services/database/sqlite_export_service.h"
-#include "services/datetime/timer.h"
-#include "services/enrichment/enrichment_service.h"
-#include "services/enrichment/mock_enrichment.h"
-#include "services/enrichment/wikipedia_service.h"
-#include "services/logging/log_dispatcher.h"
-#include "services/logging/log_entry.h"
-#include "services/logging/log_producer.h"
-#include "services/logging/logger.h"
-#include "services/prompting/prompt_directory.h"
-#include "web_client/http_web_client.h"
+#include "biergarten_pipeline.h"
 
 namespace di = boost::di;
 
@@ -53,6 +35,7 @@ int main(const int argc, char** argv) {
       std::make_shared<LogProducer>(log_channel);
 
   std::thread log_thread([&log_dispatcher] { log_dispatcher->Run(); });
+
   auto shutdown = [&](const int exit_code) {
     log_channel.Close();
     log_thread.join();
@@ -103,6 +86,28 @@ int main(const int argc, char** argv) {
         di::bind<ApplicationOptions>().to(options),
         di::bind<std::string>().to(model_path),
         di::bind<IExportService>().to<SqliteExportService>(),
+        di::bind<ICuratedDataService>().to(
+            [options, &log_producer]() -> std::unique_ptr<ICuratedDataService> {
+              if (options.generator.use_mocked) {
+                log_producer->Log({.level = LogLevel::Info,
+                                   .phase = PipelinePhase::Startup,
+                                   .message = "Curated data: mock"});
+
+                return std::make_unique<MockCuratedDataService>();
+              }
+
+              log_producer->Log({.level = LogLevel::Info,
+                                 .phase = PipelinePhase::Startup,
+                                 .message = "Curated data: JsonLoader"});
+
+              return std::make_unique<CuratedJsonDataService>(
+                  CuratedDataFilePaths{
+                      .locations_path = "locations.json",
+                      .personas_path = "personas.json",
+                      .forenames_path = "forenames-by-country.json",
+                      .surnames_path = "surnames-by-country.json",
+                  });
+            }),
         di::bind<IPromptFormatter>().to([options, log_producer] {
           if (options.generator.use_mocked) {
             {
@@ -131,11 +136,11 @@ int main(const int argc, char** argv) {
             }
             return std::unique_ptr<WebClient>(nullptr);
           }
-          {
+
           log_producer->Log({.level = LogLevel::Info,
                              .phase = PipelinePhase::Startup,
                              .message = "Web client: HttpWebClient"});
-          }
+
           return std::unique_ptr<WebClient>(
               std::make_unique<HttpWebClient>(log_producer));
         }),
@@ -143,18 +148,17 @@ int main(const int argc, char** argv) {
             [options, &log_producer](
                 const auto& inj) -> std::unique_ptr<IEnrichmentService> {
               if (options.generator.use_mocked) {
-                {
                 log_producer->Log({.level = LogLevel::Info,
                                    .phase = PipelinePhase::Startup,
                                    .message = "Enrichment: mock"});
-                }
+
                 return std::make_unique<MockEnrichmentService>();
               }
-              {
+
               log_producer->Log({.level = LogLevel::Info,
                                  .phase = PipelinePhase::Startup,
                                  .message = "Enrichment: Wikipedia"});
-              }
+
               return std::make_unique<WikipediaEnrichmentService>(
                   inj.template create<std::unique_ptr<WebClient>>(),
                   log_producer);
@@ -163,27 +167,35 @@ int main(const int argc, char** argv) {
             [&options, &model_path, &sampling, &prompt_directory,
              &log_producer](const auto& inj) -> std::unique_ptr<DataGenerator> {
               if (options.generator.use_mocked) {
-                {
                 log_producer->Log({.level = LogLevel::Info,
                                    .phase = PipelinePhase::Startup,
                                    .message = "Generator: mock"});
-                }
+
                 return std::make_unique<MockGenerator>();
               }
-              {
+
+#ifdef BIERGARTEN_MOCK_ONLY
+              // Unreachable: ParseArguments requires --mocked when
+              // BIERGARTEN_MOCK_ONLY is compiled in, so LlamaGenerator is
+              // never constructed and is not linked into this binary.
+              throw std::runtime_error(
+                  "LlamaGenerator is unavailable in a BIERGARTEN_MOCK_ONLY "
+                  "build");
+#else
               log_producer->Log(
                   {.level = LogLevel::Info,
                    .phase = PipelinePhase::Startup,
                    .message = std::format(
-                         "Generator: LlamaGenerator | model={} | temp={:.2f} "
-                         "top_p={:.2f} top_k={} n_ctx={} seed={}",
+                       "Generator: LlamaGenerator | model={} | "
+                       "temp={:.2f} top_p={:.2f} top_k={} n_ctx={} seed={}",
                        model_path, sampling.temperature, sampling.top_p,
                        sampling.top_k, sampling.n_ctx, sampling.seed)});
-              }
+
               return std::make_unique<LlamaGenerator>(
                   options, model_path, log_producer,
                   inj.template create<std::unique_ptr<IPromptFormatter>>(),
                   std::move(prompt_directory));
+#endif
             }));
 
     const auto orchestrator =
@@ -202,7 +214,6 @@ int main(const int argc, char** argv) {
                                               timer.Elapsed())});
 
     return shutdown(EXIT_SUCCESS);
-
   } catch (const std::exception& exception) {
     const LogDTO log_entry{.level = LogLevel::Error,
                            .phase = PipelinePhase::Teardown,

tooling/pipeline/src/services/curated_data/curated_json_data_service.cc

@@ -0,0 +1,264 @@
+/**
+ * @file json_handling/json_loader.cc
+ * @brief Parses curated location JSON input into strongly typed Location
+ * records with strict field validation and descriptive error reporting.
+ */
+
+#include "services/curated_data/curated_json_data_service.h"
+
+#include <boost/json.hpp>
+#include <format>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <stdexcept>
+#include <string>
+#include <string_view>
+#include <utility>
+#include <vector>
+
+#include "services/logging/logger.h"
+
+static std::string ReadRequiredString(const boost::json::object& object,
+                                      const char* key) {
+  const boost::json::value* value = object.if_contains(key);
+  if (value == nullptr || !value->is_string()) {
+    throw std::runtime_error(
+        std::format("Missing or invalid string field: {}", key));
+  }
+  const std::string_view text = value->as_string();
+  return std::string(text);
+}
+
+static double ReadRequiredNumber(const boost::json::object& object,
+                                 const char* key) {
+  const boost::json::value* value = object.if_contains(key);
+  if (value == nullptr || !value->is_number()) {
+    throw std::runtime_error(
+        std::format("Missing or invalid numeric field: {}", key));
+  }
+  return value->to_number<double>();
+}
+
+static std::vector<std::string> ReadRequiredStringArray(
+    const boost::json::object& object, const char* key) {
+  const boost::json::value* value = object.if_contains(key);
+  if (value == nullptr || !value->is_array()) {
+    throw std::runtime_error(
+        std::format("Missing or invalid string array field: {}", key));
+  }
+
+  const auto& array = value->as_array();
+  std::vector<std::string> items;
+  items.reserve(array.size());
+  for (const auto& item : array) {
+    if (!item.is_string()) {
+      throw std::runtime_error(
+          std::format("Missing or invalid string array field: {}", key));
+    }
+    items.emplace_back(item.as_string());
+  }
+  return items;
+}
+
+namespace {
+
+boost::json::value ParseJsonFile(const std::filesystem::path& filepath,
+                                 const char* what) {
+  std::ifstream input(filepath);
+  if (!input.is_open()) {
+    throw std::runtime_error(
+        std::format("Failed to open {} file: {}", what, filepath.string()));
+  }
+
+  std::stringstream buffer;
+  buffer << input.rdbuf();
+
+  boost::system::error_code error;
+  boost::json::value root = boost::json::parse(buffer.str(), error);
+  if (error) {
+    throw std::runtime_error(
+        std::format("Failed to parse {} JSON: {}", what, error.message()));
+  }
+  return root;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @brief Returns the first element of a string array field, falling back to
+ * `fallback_key` if `key` is missing/empty (some source entries only have a
+ * "localized" form and no "romanized" form).
+ */
+std::string ReadFirstOfStringArray(const boost::json::object& object,
+                                   const char* key, const char* fallback_key) {
+  for (const char* candidate_key : {key, fallback_key}) {
+    const boost::json::value* value = object.if_contains(candidate_key);
+    if (value == nullptr || !value->is_array()) {
+      continue;
+    }
+    const auto& array = value->as_array();
+    if (!array.empty() && array.front().is_string()) {
+      return std::string(array.front().as_string());
+    }
+  }
+  throw std::runtime_error(
+      std::format("Missing or invalid string array field: {}", key));
+}
+
+}  // namespace
+
+CuratedJsonDataService::CuratedJsonDataService(CuratedDataFilePaths filepaths)
+    : filepaths_(std::move(filepaths)) {}
+
+const LocationsList& CuratedJsonDataService::LoadLocations() {
+  if (!cache_.locations.empty()) {
+    return cache_.locations;
+  }
+
+  const boost::json::value root =
+      ParseJsonFile(filepaths_.locations_path, "locations");
+
+  if (!root.is_array()) {
+    throw std::runtime_error(
+        "Invalid locations JSON: root element must be an array");
+  }
+
+  LocationsList locations;
+  const auto& items = root.as_array();
+  locations.reserve(items.size());
+
+  for (const auto& item : items) {
+    if (!item.is_object()) {
+      throw std::runtime_error(
+          "Invalid locations JSON: each entry must be an object");
+    }
+
+    const auto& object = item.as_object();
+    locations.push_back(Location{
+        .city = ReadRequiredString(object, "city"),
+        .state_province = ReadRequiredString(object, "state_province"),
+        .iso3166_2 = ReadRequiredString(object, "iso3166_2"),
+        .country = ReadRequiredString(object, "country"),
+        .iso3166_1 = ReadRequiredString(object, "iso3166_1"),
+        .local_languages = ReadRequiredStringArray(object, "local_languages"),
+        .latitude = ReadRequiredNumber(object, "latitude"),
+        .longitude = ReadRequiredNumber(object, "longitude"),
+    });
+  }
+  cache_.locations = std::move(locations);
+  return cache_.locations;
+}
+
+const PersonasList& CuratedJsonDataService::LoadPersonas() {
+  if (!cache_.personas.empty()) {
+    return cache_.personas;
+  }
+
+  const boost::json::value root =
+      ParseJsonFile(filepaths_.personas_path, "personas");
+
+  if (!root.is_array()) {
+    throw std::runtime_error(
+        "Invalid personas JSON: root element must be an array");
+  }
+
+  PersonasList personas;
+  const auto& items = root.as_array();
+  personas.reserve(items.size());
+
+  for (const auto& item : items) {
+    if (!item.is_object()) {
+      throw std::runtime_error(
+          "Invalid personas JSON: each entry must be an object");
+    }
+
+    const auto& object = item.as_object();
+    personas.push_back(UserPersona{
+        .name = ReadRequiredString(object, "name"),
+        .description = ReadRequiredString(object, "description"),
+        .style_affinities = ReadRequiredStringArray(object, "style_affinities"),
+    });
+  }
+
+  cache_.personas = std::move(personas);
+  return cache_.personas;
+}
+
+const ForenamesByCountryMap& CuratedJsonDataService::LoadForenamesByCountry() {
+  if (!cache_.forenames_by_country.empty()) {
+    return cache_.forenames_by_country;
+  }
+
+  const boost::json::value root =
+      ParseJsonFile(filepaths_.forenames_path, "forenames-by-country");
+
+  if (!root.is_object()) {
+    throw std::runtime_error(
+        "Invalid forenames-by-country JSON: root element must be an object "
+        "keyed by ISO 3166-1 country code");
+  }
+
+  ForenamesByCountryMap forenames_by_country;
+  for (const auto& [country_code, regions] : root.as_object()) {
+    if (!regions.is_array()) {
+      continue;
+    }
+    ForenameList entries;
+    for (const auto& region : regions.as_array()) {
+      if (!region.is_object()) {
+        continue;
+      }
+      const boost::json::value* names = region.as_object().if_contains("names");
+      if (names == nullptr || !names->is_array()) {
+        continue;
+      }
+      for (const auto& name_value : names->as_array()) {
+        if (!name_value.is_object()) {
+          continue;
+        }
+        const auto& name_object = name_value.as_object();
+        entries.emplace_back(ForenameEntry{
+            .name =
+                ReadFirstOfStringArray(name_object, "romanized", "localized"),
+            .gender = ReadRequiredString(name_object, "gender"),
+        });
+      }
+    }
+    forenames_by_country.emplace(country_code, std::move(entries));
+  }
+
+  cache_.forenames_by_country = std::move(forenames_by_country);
+  return cache_.forenames_by_country;
+}
+
+const SurnamesByCountryMap& CuratedJsonDataService::LoadSurnamesByCountry() {
+  if (!cache_.surnames_by_country.empty()) {
+    return cache_.surnames_by_country;
+  }
+
+  const boost::json::value root =
+      ParseJsonFile(filepaths_.surnames_path, "surnames-by-country");
+
+  if (!root.is_object()) {
+    throw std::runtime_error(
+        "Invalid surnames-by-country JSON: root element must be an object "
+        "keyed by ISO 3166-1 country code");
+  }
+
+  SurnamesByCountryMap surnames_by_country;
+  for (const auto& [country_code, name_entries] : root.as_object()) {
+    if (!name_entries.is_array()) continue;
+
+    SurnameList surnames;
+    for (const auto& name_value : name_entries.as_array()) {
+      if (!name_value.is_object()) {
+        continue;
+      }
+      surnames.emplace_back(ReadFirstOfStringArray(name_value.as_object(),
+                                                   "romanized", "localized"));
+    }
+    surnames_by_country.emplace(country_code, std::move(surnames));
+  }
+
+  cache_.surnames_by_country = std::move(surnames_by_country);
+  return cache_.surnames_by_country;
+}

tooling/pipeline/src/services/curated_data/mock_curated_data_service.cc

@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+/**
+ * @file services/curated_data/mock_curated_data_service.cc
+ * @brief Fixed in-memory location, persona, and name dataset for mock mode.
+ */
+
+#include "services/curated_data/mock_curated_data_service.h"
+
+MockCuratedDataService::MockCuratedDataService()
+    : locations_{
+          Location{.city = "Portland",
+                   .state_province = "Oregon",
+                   .iso3166_2 = "US-OR",
+                   .country = "United States",
+                   .iso3166_1 = "US",
+                   .local_languages = {"en"},
+                   .latitude = 45.5152,
+                   .longitude = -122.6784},
+          Location{.city = "Munich",
+                   .state_province = "Bavaria",
+                   .iso3166_2 = "DE-BY",
+                   .country = "Germany",
+                   .iso3166_1 = "DE",
+                   .local_languages = {"de"},
+                   .latitude = 48.1351,
+                   .longitude = 11.5820},
+          Location{.city = "Lyon",
+                   .state_province = "Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes",
+                   .iso3166_2 = "FR-ARA",
+                   .country = "France",
+                   .iso3166_1 = "FR",
+                   .local_languages = {"fr"},
+                   .latitude = 45.7640,
+                   .longitude = 4.8357},
+          Location{.city = "Brussels",
+                   .state_province = "Brussels-Capital",
+                   .iso3166_2 = "BE-BRU",
+                   .country = "Belgium",
+                   .iso3166_1 = "BE",
+                   .local_languages = {"nl", "fr"},
+                   .latitude = 50.8503,
+                   .longitude = 4.3517},
+      },
+      personas_{
+          UserPersona{.name = "Hophead Explorer",
+                      .description = "Chases hop-forward IPAs and seeks out "
+                                     "taprooms with rotating drafts.",
+                      .style_affinities = {"IPA", "Pale Ale"}},
+          UserPersona{.name = "Lager Traditionalist",
+                      .description = "Prefers clean, balanced lagers and "
+                                     "classic pub styles.",
+                      .style_affinities = {"Lager", "Pilsner"}},
+          UserPersona{.name = "Sour Curious",
+                      .description = "Seeks out wild ales, sours, and "
+                                     "barrel-aged experiments.",
+                      .style_affinities = {"Sour", "Wild Ale"}},
+      },
+      forenames_by_country_{
+          {"US",
+           ForenameList{
+               ForenameEntry{.name = "James", .gender = "M"},
+               ForenameEntry{.name = "Mary", .gender = "F"},
+           }},
+          {"DE",
+           ForenameList{
+               ForenameEntry{.name = "Lukas", .gender = "M"},
+               ForenameEntry{.name = "Anna", .gender = "F"},
+           }},
+          {"FR",
+           ForenameList{
+               ForenameEntry{.name = "Lucas", .gender = "M"},
+               ForenameEntry{.name = "Camille", .gender = "F"},
+           }},
+          {"BE",
+           ForenameList{
+               ForenameEntry{.name = "Noah", .gender = "M"},
+               ForenameEntry{.name = "Emma", .gender = "F"},
+           }},
+      },
+      surnames_by_country_{
+          {"US", SurnameList{"Smith", "Johnson"}},
+          {"DE", SurnameList{"Muller", "Schmidt"}},
+          {"FR", SurnameList{"Martin", "Bernard"}},
+          {"BE", SurnameList{"Peeters", "Janssens"}},
+      } {}
+
+const LocationsList& MockCuratedDataService::LoadLocations() {
+  return locations_;
+}
+
+const PersonasList& MockCuratedDataService::LoadPersonas() { return personas_; }
+
+const ForenamesByCountryMap& MockCuratedDataService::LoadForenamesByCountry() {
+  return forenames_by_country_;
+}
+
+const SurnamesByCountryMap& MockCuratedDataService::LoadSurnamesByCountry() {
+  return surnames_by_country_;
+}

tooling/pipeline/src/services/enrichment/wikipedia/fetch_extract.cc

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /**
  * @file wikipedia/fetch_extract.cc
+ * @brief WikipediaEnrichmentService::FetchExtract() implementation.
  */
 
 #include <boost/json.hpp>
@@ -20,8 +21,9 @@ std::string WikipediaEnrichmentService::FetchExtract(std::string_view query) {
   if (const auto cache_it = this->extract_cache_.find(cache_key);
       cache_it != this->extract_cache_.end()) {
     if (logger_) {
-      logger_->Log({.level = LogLevel::Debug,
-                    .phase = PipelinePhase::UserGeneration,
+      logger_->Log(
+          {.level = LogLevel::Debug,
+           .phase = PipelinePhase::Enrichment,
            .message = std::format("Wikipedia: Cache hit for {}!", cache_key)});
     }
     return cache_it->second;
@@ -30,7 +32,8 @@ std::string WikipediaEnrichmentService::FetchExtract(std::string_view query) {
   const std::string encoded = this->client_->EncodeURL(cache_key);
   const std::string url = std::format(
       "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/"
-      "api.php?action=query&titles={}&prop=extracts&explaintext=1&format=json",
+      "api.php?action=query&titles={}&prop=extracts&explaintext=1&format="
+      "json",
       encoded);
 
   const std::string body = this->client_->Get(url);
@@ -45,10 +48,10 @@ std::string WikipediaEnrichmentService::FetchExtract(std::string_view query) {
 
   if (ec) {
     if (logger_) {
-      logger_->Log(
-          {.level = LogLevel::Warn,
-           .phase = PipelinePhase::UserGeneration,
-           .message = std::format("WikipediaService: JSON parse error for '{}': {}",
+      logger_->Log({.level = LogLevel::Warn,
+                    .phase = PipelinePhase::Enrichment,
+                    .message = std::format(
+                        "WikipediaService: JSON parse error for '{}': {}",
                         std::string(query), ec.message())});
     }
     return {};
@@ -58,11 +61,10 @@ std::string WikipediaEnrichmentService::FetchExtract(std::string_view query) {
   const json::object* obj = doc.if_object();
   if (obj == nullptr) {
     if (logger_) {
-      logger_->Log(
-          {.level = LogLevel::Warn,
-           .phase = PipelinePhase::UserGeneration,
-           .message =
-               std::format("WikipediaService: Expected root object for '{}'",
+      logger_->Log({.level = LogLevel::Warn,
+                    .phase = PipelinePhase::Enrichment,
+                    .message = std::format(
+                        "WikipediaService: Expected root object for '{}'",
                         std::string(query))});
     }
     return {};
@@ -76,11 +78,10 @@ std::string WikipediaEnrichmentService::FetchExtract(std::string_view query) {
 
   if ((pages_ptr == nullptr) || !pages_ptr->is_object()) {
     if (logger_) {
-      logger_->Log(
-          {.level = LogLevel::Warn,
-           .phase = PipelinePhase::UserGeneration,
-           .message =
-               std::format("WikipediaService: Missing query.pages for '{}'",
+      logger_->Log({.level = LogLevel::Warn,
+                    .phase = PipelinePhase::Enrichment,
+                    .message = std::format(
+                        "WikipediaService: Missing query.pages for '{}'",
                         std::string(query))});
     }
     return {};
@@ -90,10 +91,10 @@ std::string WikipediaEnrichmentService::FetchExtract(std::string_view query) {
 
   if (pages.empty()) {
     if (logger_) {
-      logger_->Log(
-          {.level = LogLevel::Warn,
-           .phase = PipelinePhase::UserGeneration,
-           .message = std::format("WikipediaService: No pages returned for '{}'",
+      logger_->Log({.level = LogLevel::Warn,
+                    .phase = PipelinePhase::Enrichment,
+                    .message = std::format(
+                        "WikipediaService: No pages returned for '{}'",
                         std::string(query))});
     }
     this->extract_cache_.emplace(cache_key, "");
@@ -106,11 +107,10 @@ std::string WikipediaEnrichmentService::FetchExtract(std::string_view query) {
 
   if (!page_val.is_object()) {
     if (logger_) {
-      logger_->Log(
-          {.level = LogLevel::Warn,
-           .phase = PipelinePhase::UserGeneration,
-           .message =
-               std::format("WikipediaService: Unexpected page format for '{}'",
+      logger_->Log({.level = LogLevel::Warn,
+                    .phase = PipelinePhase::Enrichment,
+                    .message = std::format(
+                        "WikipediaService: Unexpected page format for '{}'",
                         std::string(query))});
     }
     return {};
@@ -121,8 +121,9 @@ std::string WikipediaEnrichmentService::FetchExtract(std::string_view query) {
   // Handle 404/Missing status
   if (page.contains("missing")) {
     if (logger_) {
-      logger_->Log({.level = LogLevel::Warn,
-                    .phase = PipelinePhase::UserGeneration,
+      logger_->Log(
+          {.level = LogLevel::Warn,
+           .phase = PipelinePhase::Enrichment,
            .message = std::format("WikipediaService: Page '{}' does not exist",
                                   std::string(query))});
     }
@@ -134,11 +135,10 @@ std::string WikipediaEnrichmentService::FetchExtract(std::string_view query) {
 
   if ((extract_ptr == nullptr) || !extract_ptr->is_string()) {
     if (logger_) {
-      logger_->Log(
-          {.level = LogLevel::Warn,
-           .phase = PipelinePhase::UserGeneration,
-           .message =
-               std::format("WikipediaService: No extract string found for '{}'",
+      logger_->Log({.level = LogLevel::Warn,
+                    .phase = PipelinePhase::Enrichment,
+                    .message = std::format(
+                        "WikipediaService: No extract string found for '{}'",
                         std::string(query))});
     }
     this->extract_cache_.emplace(cache_key, "");
@@ -148,8 +148,9 @@ std::string WikipediaEnrichmentService::FetchExtract(std::string_view query) {
   // 4. Success
   std::string extract(extract_ptr->as_string());
   if (logger_) {
-    logger_->Log({.level = LogLevel::Info,
-                  .phase = PipelinePhase::UserGeneration,
+    logger_->Log(
+        {.level = LogLevel::Info,
+         .phase = PipelinePhase::Enrichment,
          .message = std::format("WikipediaService: Fetched {} chars for '{}'",
                                 extract.size(), std::string(query))});
   }

tooling/pipeline/src/services/enrichment/wikipedia/get_summary.cc

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /**
  * @file wikipedia/get_summary.cc
- * @brief WikipediaService::GetLocationContext() implementation.
+ * @brief WikipediaEnrichmentService::GetLocationContext() implementation.
  */
 
 #include <chrono>
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ std::string WikipediaEnrichmentService::GetLocationContext(
   if (!this->client_) {
     if (logger_) {
       logger_->Log({.level = LogLevel::Warn,
-                    .phase = PipelinePhase::UserGeneration,
+                    .phase = PipelinePhase::Enrichment,
                     .message = "Wikipedia client is nullptr."});
     }
     return {};
@@ -24,13 +24,6 @@ std::string WikipediaEnrichmentService::GetLocationContext(
 
   std::string result;
 
-  // std::string region_query(loc.city);
-  // if (!loc.country.empty()) {
-  //   region_query += loc.state_province,
-  //   region_query += ", ";
-  //   region_query += loc.country;
-  // }
-
   constexpr std::string_view brewing_query = "brewing";
   const std::string location_query =
       std::format("{}, {}", loc.city, loc.iso3166_2);
@@ -51,8 +44,9 @@ std::string WikipediaEnrichmentService::GetLocationContext(
     append_extract(FetchExtract(beer_query));
     if (logger_) {
       logger_->Log({.level = LogLevel::Info,
-                    .phase = PipelinePhase::UserGeneration,
-                    .message = std::format("Done fetching for {}. Sleeping for 10 seconds.",
+                    .phase = PipelinePhase::Enrichment,
+                    .message = std::format(
+                        "Done fetching for {}. Sleeping for 10 seconds.",
                         location_query)});
     }
     std::this_thread::sleep_for(10s);
@@ -61,7 +55,7 @@ std::string WikipediaEnrichmentService::GetLocationContext(
     if (logger_) {
       logger_->Log(
           {.level = LogLevel::Debug,
-           .phase = PipelinePhase::UserGeneration,
+           .phase = PipelinePhase::Enrichment,
            .message = std::format("WikipediaService lookup failed for '{}': {}",
                                   location_query, e.what())});
     }

tooling/pipeline/src/services/enrichment/wikipedia/wikipedia_service.cc

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /**
  * @file services/wikipedia/wikipedia_service.cc
- * @brief WikipediaService constructor implementation.
+ * @brief WikipediaEnrichmentService constructor implementation.
  */
 
 #include "services/enrichment/wikipedia_service.h"

tooling/pipeline/src/services/logging/log_dispatcher.cc

@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ namespace {
   switch (phase) {
     case PipelinePhase::Startup:
       return "Startup";
+    case PipelinePhase::Enrichment:
+      return "Enrichment";
     case PipelinePhase::UserGeneration:
       return "User Generation";
     case PipelinePhase::BreweryAndBeerGeneration:

tooling/pipeline/src/services/prompt_directory.cc

@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ PromptDirectory::PromptDirectory(const std::filesystem::path& prompt_dir,
   // Scenario 4: directory must be readable (probe with directory_iterator).
   std::filesystem::directory_iterator probe(prompt_dir_, ec);
   if (ec) {
-    throw std::runtime_error(
-        std::format("PromptDirectory: prompt directory is not readable: {} ({})",
+    throw std::runtime_error(std::format(
+        "PromptDirectory: prompt directory is not readable: {} ({})",
         prompt_dir_.string(), ec.message()));
   }
 
@@ -84,14 +84,17 @@ std::string PromptDirectory::Load(std::string_view key) {
   file.close();
 
   if (content.empty()) {
-    throw std::runtime_error(std::format("PromptDirectory: prompt file for key '{}' is empty: {}",
+    throw std::runtime_error(
+        std::format("PromptDirectory: prompt file for key '{}' is empty: {}",
                     key_str, file_path.string()));
   }
 
   if (logger_) {
-    logger_->Log({.level = LogLevel::Info,
+    logger_->Log(
+        {.level = LogLevel::Info,
          .phase = PipelinePhase::Startup,
-                  .message = std::format("[PromptDirectory] Loaded prompt '{}' from '{}' ({} chars)",
+         .message = std::format(
+             "[PromptDirectory] Loaded prompt '{}' from '{}' ({} chars)",
              key_str, file_path.string(), content.size())});
   }
 

tooling/pipeline/src/services/sqlite/finalize.cc

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ void SqliteExportService::Finalize() {
   }
 
   try {
+    insert_user_stmt_.reset();
     insert_brewery_stmt_.reset();
     insert_location_stmt_.reset();
     if (transaction_open_) {

tooling/pipeline/src/services/sqlite/helpers/sqlite_statement_helpers.cc

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ void ResetStatement(SqliteStatementHandle& statement) {
 }
 
 void Bind(const SqliteStatementHandle& statement,
-          const BindParam<std::string_view>& param) {
+          const BoundParam<std::string_view>& param) {
   const auto byte_count = param.value.size();
   if (byte_count > static_cast<std::size_t>(std::numeric_limits<int>::max())) {
     ThrowSqliteError(sqlite3_db_handle(statement.get()), param.action);
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ void Bind(const SqliteStatementHandle& statement,
 }
 
 void Bind(const SqliteStatementHandle& statement,
-          const BindParam<double>& param) {
+          const BoundParam<double>& param) {
   if (sqlite3_bind_double(statement.get(), param.index, param.value) !=
       SQLITE_OK) {
     ThrowSqliteError(sqlite3_db_handle(statement.get()), param.action);
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ void Bind(const SqliteStatementHandle& statement,
 }
 
 void Bind(const SqliteStatementHandle& statement,
-          const BindParam<sqlite3_int64>& param) {
+          const BoundParam<sqlite3_int64>& param) {
   if (sqlite3_bind_int64(statement.get(), param.index, param.value) !=
       SQLITE_OK) {
     ThrowSqliteError(sqlite3_db_handle(statement.get()), param.action);

tooling/pipeline/src/services/sqlite/initialize.cc

@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ std::filesystem::path SqliteExportService::BuildDatabasePath() const {
   std::filesystem::path candidate = output_path_ / base_filename;
 
   for (int suffix = 1; std::filesystem::exists(candidate); ++suffix) {
-    candidate = output_path_ /
-                std::filesystem::path(std::format("biergarten_seed_{}-{}.sqlite",
+    candidate = output_path_ / std::filesystem::path(
+                                   std::format("biergarten_seed_{}-{}.sqlite",
                                                run_timestamp_utc_, suffix));
   }
 
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ void SqliteExportService::InitializeSchema() const {
   sqlite_export_service_internal::ExecSql(
       db_handle_, sqlite_export_service_internal::kCreateBreweriesTableSql,
       "Failed to create SQLite breweries table");
+  sqlite_export_service_internal::ExecSql(
+      db_handle_, sqlite_export_service_internal::kCreateUsersTableSql,
+      "Failed to create SQLite users table");
 }
 
 void SqliteExportService::PrepareStatements() {
@@ -42,6 +45,9 @@ void SqliteExportService::PrepareStatements() {
   insert_brewery_stmt_ = sqlite_export_service_internal::PrepareStatement(
       db_handle_, sqlite_export_service_internal::kInsertBrewerySql,
       "Failed to prepare SQLite brewery insert statement");
+  insert_user_stmt_ = sqlite_export_service_internal::PrepareStatement(
+      db_handle_, sqlite_export_service_internal::kInsertUserSql,
+      "Failed to prepare SQLite user insert statement");
 }
 
 void SqliteExportService::RollbackAndCloseNoThrow() noexcept {
@@ -54,6 +60,7 @@ void SqliteExportService::RollbackAndCloseNoThrow() noexcept {
     transaction_open_ = false;
   }
 
+  insert_user_stmt_.reset();
   insert_brewery_stmt_.reset();
   insert_location_stmt_.reset();
   db_handle_.reset();

tooling/pipeline/src/services/sqlite/process_record.cc

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /**
  * @file services/sqlite/process_record.cc
- * @brief SqliteExportService::ProcessRecord() implementation.
+ * @brief SqliteExportService::ProcessRecord() implementation
+ * and the shared location-resolution helper.
  */
 
 #include <iomanip>
@@ -29,111 +30,117 @@ std::string SqliteExportService::BuildLocationKey(const Location& location) {
   return key_stream.str();
 }
 
-uint64_t SqliteExportService::ProcessRecord(const GeneratedBrewery& brewery) {
-  if (db_handle_ == nullptr || !transaction_open_) {
-    throw std::runtime_error("SQLite export service is not initialized");
+sqlite3_int64 SqliteExportService::ResolveLocationId(const Location& location) {
+  const std::string location_key = BuildLocationKey(location);
+  const auto cached_location = location_cache_.find(location_key);
+  if (cached_location != location_cache_.end()) {
+    return cached_location->second;
   }
 
-  const std::string location_key = BuildLocationKey(brewery.location);
-  const auto cached_location = location_cache_.find(location_key);
-  sqlite3_int64 location_id = 0;
-
-  if (cached_location != location_cache_.end()) {
-    location_id = cached_location->second;
-  } else {
   const std::string local_languages_json =
-        sqlite_export_service_internal::SerializeVector(
-            brewery.location.local_languages);
+      sqlite_export_service_internal::SerializeVector(location.local_languages);
 
   sqlite_export_service_internal::Bind(
       insert_location_stmt_,
-        sqlite_export_service_internal::BindParam<std::string_view>{
+      sqlite_export_service_internal::BoundParam<std::string_view>{
           .index = sqlite_export_service_internal::kLocationCityBindIndex,
-            .value = brewery.location.city,
+          .value = location.city,
           .action = "Failed to bind SQLite location city"});
   sqlite_export_service_internal::Bind(
       insert_location_stmt_,
-        sqlite_export_service_internal::BindParam<std::string_view>{
+      sqlite_export_service_internal::BoundParam<std::string_view>{
           .index =
               sqlite_export_service_internal::kLocationStateProvinceBindIndex,
-            .value = brewery.location.state_province,
+          .value = location.state_province,
           .action = "Failed to bind SQLite location state/province"});
   sqlite_export_service_internal::Bind(
       insert_location_stmt_,
-        sqlite_export_service_internal::BindParam<std::string_view>{
+      sqlite_export_service_internal::BoundParam<std::string_view>{
           .index = sqlite_export_service_internal::kLocationIso31662BindIndex,
-            .value = brewery.location.iso3166_2,
+          .value = location.iso3166_2,
           .action = "Failed to bind SQLite location ISO 3166-2 code"});
   sqlite_export_service_internal::Bind(
       insert_location_stmt_,
-        sqlite_export_service_internal::BindParam<std::string_view>{
+      sqlite_export_service_internal::BoundParam<std::string_view>{
           .index = sqlite_export_service_internal::kLocationCountryBindIndex,
-            .value = brewery.location.country,
+          .value = location.country,
           .action = "Failed to bind SQLite location country"});
   sqlite_export_service_internal::Bind(
       insert_location_stmt_,
-        sqlite_export_service_internal::BindParam<std::string_view>{
+      sqlite_export_service_internal::BoundParam<std::string_view>{
           .index = sqlite_export_service_internal::kLocationIso31661BindIndex,
-            .value = brewery.location.iso3166_1,
+          .value = location.iso3166_1,
           .action = "Failed to bind SQLite location ISO 3166-1 code"});
   sqlite_export_service_internal::Bind(
       insert_location_stmt_,
-        sqlite_export_service_internal::BindParam<std::string_view>{
-            .index =
-                sqlite_export_service_internal::kLocationLanguagesBindIndex,
+      sqlite_export_service_internal::BoundParam<std::string_view>{
+          .index = sqlite_export_service_internal::kLocationLanguagesBindIndex,
           .value = local_languages_json,
           .action = "Failed to bind SQLite location languages"});
   sqlite_export_service_internal::Bind(
       insert_location_stmt_,
-        sqlite_export_service_internal::BindParam{
+      sqlite_export_service_internal::BoundParam{
           .index = sqlite_export_service_internal::kLocationLatitudeBindIndex,
-            .value = brewery.location.latitude,
+          .value = location.latitude,
           .action = "Failed to bind SQLite location latitude"});
   sqlite_export_service_internal::Bind(
       insert_location_stmt_,
-        sqlite_export_service_internal::BindParam{
-            .index =
-                sqlite_export_service_internal::kLocationLongitudeBindIndex,
-            .value = brewery.location.longitude,
+      sqlite_export_service_internal::BoundParam{
+          .index = sqlite_export_service_internal::kLocationLongitudeBindIndex,
+          .value = location.longitude,
           .action = "Failed to bind SQLite location longitude"});
 
   sqlite_export_service_internal::StepStatement(
       db_handle_, insert_location_stmt_,
       "Failed to insert SQLite location row");
 
-    location_id = sqlite_export_service_internal::LastInsertRowId(db_handle_);
+  const sqlite3_int64 location_id =
+      sqlite_export_service_internal::LastInsertRowId(db_handle_);
   location_cache_.emplace(location_key, location_id);
   sqlite_export_service_internal::ResetStatement(insert_location_stmt_);
+
+  return location_id;
 }
 
+uint64_t SqliteExportService::ProcessRecord(const BreweryRecord& brewery) {
+  if (db_handle_ == nullptr || !transaction_open_) {
+    throw std::runtime_error("SQLite export service is not initialized");
+  }
+
+  const sqlite3_int64 location_id = ResolveLocationId(brewery.location);
+
   sqlite_export_service_internal::Bind(
       insert_brewery_stmt_,
-      sqlite_export_service_internal::BindParam<sqlite3_int64>{
+      sqlite_export_service_internal::BoundParam<sqlite3_int64>{
           .index = sqlite_export_service_internal::kBreweryLocationIdBindIndex,
           .value = location_id,
           .action = "Failed to bind SQLite brewery location id"});
+
   sqlite_export_service_internal::Bind(
       insert_brewery_stmt_,
-      sqlite_export_service_internal::BindParam<std::string_view>{
+      sqlite_export_service_internal::BoundParam<std::string_view>{
           .index = sqlite_export_service_internal::kBreweryEnglishNameBindIndex,
           .value = brewery.brewery.name_en,
           .action = "Failed to bind SQLite brewery English name"});
+
   sqlite_export_service_internal::Bind(
       insert_brewery_stmt_,
-      sqlite_export_service_internal::BindParam<std::string_view>{
+      sqlite_export_service_internal::BoundParam<std::string_view>{
           .index = sqlite_export_service_internal::
               kBreweryEnglishDescriptionBindIndex,
           .value = brewery.brewery.description_en,
           .action = "Failed to bind SQLite brewery English description"});
+
   sqlite_export_service_internal::Bind(
       insert_brewery_stmt_,
-      sqlite_export_service_internal::BindParam<std::string_view>{
+      sqlite_export_service_internal::BoundParam<std::string_view>{
           .index = sqlite_export_service_internal::kBreweryLocalNameBindIndex,
           .value = brewery.brewery.name_local,
           .action = "Failed to bind SQLite brewery local name"});
+
   sqlite_export_service_internal::Bind(
       insert_brewery_stmt_,
-      sqlite_export_service_internal::BindParam<std::string_view>{
+      sqlite_export_service_internal::BoundParam<std::string_view>{
           .index =
               sqlite_export_service_internal::kBreweryLocalDescriptionBindIndex,
           .value = brewery.brewery.description_local,

tooling/pipeline/src/services/sqlite/process_user_record.cc

@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+/**
+ * @file services/sqlite/process_user_record.cc
+ * @brief SqliteExportService::ProcessRecord(UserRecord) implementation.
+ */
+
+#include <stdexcept>
+
+#include "services/database/sqlite_export_service.h"
+#include "services/database/sqlite_export_service_helpers.h"
+
+uint64_t SqliteExportService::ProcessRecord(const UserRecord& user) {
+  if (db_handle_ == nullptr || !transaction_open_) {
+    throw std::runtime_error("SQLite export service is not initialized");
+  }
+
+  const sqlite3_int64 location_id = ResolveLocationId(user.location);
+
+  sqlite_export_service_internal::Bind(
+      insert_user_stmt_,
+      sqlite_export_service_internal::BoundParam<sqlite3_int64>{
+          .index = sqlite_export_service_internal::kUserLocationIdBindIndex,
+          .value = location_id,
+          .action = "Failed to bind SQLite user location id"});
+  sqlite_export_service_internal::Bind(
+      insert_user_stmt_,
+      sqlite_export_service_internal::BoundParam<std::string_view>{
+          .index = sqlite_export_service_internal::kUserFirstNameBindIndex,
+          .value = user.user.first_name,
+          .action = "Failed to bind SQLite user first name"});
+  sqlite_export_service_internal::Bind(
+      insert_user_stmt_,
+      sqlite_export_service_internal::BoundParam<std::string_view>{
+          .index = sqlite_export_service_internal::kUserLastNameBindIndex,
+          .value = user.user.last_name,
+          .action = "Failed to bind SQLite user last name"});
+  sqlite_export_service_internal::Bind(
+      insert_user_stmt_,
+      sqlite_export_service_internal::BoundParam<std::string_view>{
+          .index = sqlite_export_service_internal::kUserGenderBindIndex,
+          .value = user.user.gender,
+          .action = "Failed to bind SQLite user gender"});
+  sqlite_export_service_internal::Bind(
+      insert_user_stmt_,
+      sqlite_export_service_internal::BoundParam<std::string_view>{
+          .index = sqlite_export_service_internal::kUserUsernameBindIndex,
+          .value = user.user.username,
+          .action = "Failed to bind SQLite user username"});
+  sqlite_export_service_internal::Bind(
+      insert_user_stmt_,
+      sqlite_export_service_internal::BoundParam<std::string_view>{
+          .index = sqlite_export_service_internal::kUserBioBindIndex,
+          .value = user.user.bio,
+          .action = "Failed to bind SQLite user bio"});
+  sqlite_export_service_internal::Bind(
+      insert_user_stmt_,
+      sqlite_export_service_internal::BoundParam<double>{
+          .index = sqlite_export_service_internal::kUserActivityWeightBindIndex,
+          .value = static_cast<double>(user.user.activity_weight),
+          .action = "Failed to bind SQLite user activity weight"});
+  sqlite_export_service_internal::Bind(
+      insert_user_stmt_,
+      sqlite_export_service_internal::BoundParam<std::string_view>{
+          .index = sqlite_export_service_internal::kUserEmailBindIndex,
+          .value = user.email,
+          .action = "Failed to bind SQLite user email"});
+  sqlite_export_service_internal::Bind(
+      insert_user_stmt_,
+      sqlite_export_service_internal::BoundParam<std::string_view>{
+          .index = sqlite_export_service_internal::kUserDateOfBirthBindIndex,
+          .value = user.date_of_birth,
+          .action = "Failed to bind SQLite user date of birth"});
+
+  sqlite_export_service_internal::StepStatement(
+      db_handle_, insert_user_stmt_, "Failed to insert SQLite user row");
+
+  sqlite_export_service_internal::ResetStatement(insert_user_stmt_);
+
+  return sqlite_export_service_internal::LastInsertRowId(db_handle_);
+}

tooling/pipeline/src/web_client/http_web_client.cc

@@ -48,18 +48,17 @@ std::string HttpWebClient::Get(const std::string& url) {
   const httplib::Result result = client.Get(path);
 
   if (!result) {
-    throw std::runtime_error(std::format(
-        "[HttpWebClient] Request failed for URL: {} — {}", url,
+    throw std::runtime_error(
+        std::format("[HttpWebClient] Request failed for URL: {} — {}", url,
                     httplib::to_string(result.error())));
   }
 
   if (result->status < kSuccessMin || result->status >= kSuccessMax) {
     if (logger_) {
-      logger_->Log(
-          {.level = LogLevel::Error,
-           .phase = PipelinePhase::UserGeneration,
-         .message =
-           std::format("[HttpWebClient] Request failed for URL: {}", url)});
+      logger_->Log({.level = LogLevel::Error,
+                    .phase = PipelinePhase::Enrichment,
+                    .message = std::format(
+                        "[HttpWebClient] Request failed for URL: {}", url)});
     }
     throw std::runtime_error(std::format("[HttpWebClient] HTTP {} for URL: {}",
                                          result->status, url));

web/docs

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/Users/aaronpo/projects/the-biergarten-app/docs/website