Public-flip audit: env-driven paths, scrub audit-ticket prefixes, terser README

the host bind paths + LAN host pins replaced with env defaults. Repository URLs
→ git.sulkta.com. Audit-changelog scaffolding stripped from inline comments
(technical reasoning preserved). README sheds marketing scaffolding. AI-speak
in load-bearing prompts/SOULs left alone — that IS the product.

engines/tortoise/Dockerfile

@@ -1,17 +1,13 @@
-# Sulkta build of Tortoise-TTS.
+# Tortoise-TTS. Apache 2.0 code + weights.
 #
-# Voice roster (built-in, no cloning needed): angie, daniel, deniro,
-# emma, freeman, geralt, halle, jlaw, lj, mol, myself, pat, pat2,
-# rainbow, snakes, tim_reynolds, tom, train_atkins, train_dotrice,
+# ~26 built-in voices (no cloning): angie, daniel, deniro, emma,
+# freeman, geralt, halle, jlaw, lj, mol, myself, pat, pat2, rainbow,
+# snakes, tim_reynolds, tom, train_atkins, train_dotrice,
 # train_dreams, train_grace, train_kennard, train_lescault,
-# train_mouse, weaver, william. ~26 voices baked in.
+# train_mouse, weaver, william.
 #
-# License: Apache 2.0 (code) + Apache 2.0 (model weights). Clean
-# stack for share/publish.
-#
-# Speed: slow. Trade for quality. Standard preset is ~10x slower
-# than Kokoro; high_quality is ~30x slower. Worth it for the
-# audiobook-quality bar.
+# Slow: standard preset is ~10x slower than Kokoro; high_quality is
+# ~30x. Trade for quality.
 
 FROM pytorch/pytorch:2.6.0-cuda12.4-cudnn9-runtime
 
@@ -37,9 +33,9 @@ RUN pip install --no-cache-dir \
 
 RUN mkdir -p /cache/hf /cache/tortoise-models /audio
 
-COPY tortoise_server.py /app/tortoise_server.py
+COPY server.py /app/server.py
 WORKDIR /app
 
 EXPOSE 7860
 
-CMD ["uvicorn", "tortoise_server:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "7860"]
+CMD ["uvicorn", "server:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "7860"]

engines/tortoise/compose.yml

@@ -1,19 +1,22 @@
-# Tortoise-TTS stack on the host. Audiobook-quality engine with 25+
-# named voices (no cloning). Apache 2.0 top to bottom.
+# Tortoise-TTS sidecar. 25+ named voices, no cloning needed.
+# Apache 2.0 top to bottom.
 #
-# Slow: ~10x kokoro wall clock at 'standard' preset. Worth it for
-# the quality bar. Sulkta's call 2026-05-14: "use higgs (now tortoise)
-# and we will only let it use the full gpu for runs" — translated:
-# runs are batched, slow is acceptable.
+# Slow: ~10x kokoro wall-clock at 'standard' preset. Worth it for the
+# quality bar; runs are batched.
 #
-# Co-resides with kokoro on the 2070 Super since tortoise is ~5GB
-# and kokoro is ~1GB (8GB total). If OOM hits during a render,
-# we'll add a coordination layer to pause kokoro first.
+# Co-resides with kokoro on an 8GB card (tortoise ~5GB + kokoro ~1GB).
+# OOM during a render: add a coordinator that pauses kokoro first.
+#
+# Set in .env (or override):
+#   TORTOISE_HOST_PORT=7795
+#   TORTOISE_DATA=./data     # ${TORTOISE_DATA}/{hf-cache,models}
+#   AUDIO_DIR=../f5-tts/data/audio  # shared output dir across engines
 name: tortoise
 
 services:
   tortoise:
-    image: registry.example.local:5000/tortoise:0.1
+    build: .
+    image: tortoise:0.1
     container_name: tortoise
     restart: unless-stopped
     deploy:
@@ -24,20 +27,12 @@ services:
               count: all
               capabilities: [gpu]
     ports:
-      - "127.0.0.1:7795:7860"
-      - "127.0.0.1:7795:7860"
+      - "${TORTOISE_HOST_PORT:-7795}:7860"
     volumes:
-      - /srv/appdata/tortoise/hf-cache:/cache/hf
-      - /srv/appdata/tortoise/models:/cache/tortoise-models
-      # Shared audio dir with f5/kokoro so skald serves all engines'
-      # outputs through the same /audio route.
-      - /srv/appdata/f5-tts/audio:/audio
+      - ${TORTOISE_DATA:-./data}/hf-cache:/cache/hf
+      - ${TORTOISE_DATA:-./data}/models:/cache/tortoise-models
+      - ${AUDIO_DIR:-./data/audio}:/audio
     environment:
       HF_HOME: /cache/hf
       HF_HUB_DISABLE_TELEMETRY: "1"
       TORTOISE_MODELS_DIR: /cache/tortoise-models
-    labels:
-      org.sulkta.domain: "sulkta"
-      org.sulkta.owner: "Sulkta"
-      org.sulkta.managed-by: "compose"
-      org.sulkta.role: "tortoise-tts"

engines/tortoise/server.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-"""Tortoise-TTS FastAPI server. Sibling to kokoro_server.
+"""Tortoise-TTS FastAPI server. Sibling to the kokoro server.
 
 Same /synthesize contract as the kokoro server so skald only has to
 route by voice.source. Differences:
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ def _get_voice(name: str) -> tuple:
     return _voice_cache[name]
 
 
-# ─── tag splitter (lifted from kokoro_server) ───────────────────
+# ─── tag splitter (lifted from the kokoro server) ───────────────
 
 
 class Node:
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ def _startup() -> None:
 
 @app.get("/healthz")
 def healthz() -> dict:
-    # Shape matches f5_server/kokoro_server so skald's HealthResponse
+    # Shape matches the f5-tts + kokoro servers so skald's HealthResponse
     # struct deserializes all three.
     return {
         "ok": True,