Remove data directory and use home Victoria folder

Author: bradflaugher

.gitignore

@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@
 # THIS GETS TEMPLATED vvv
 crush.json
 
-# Data folder
-data/
-
 # VICTORIA.md master is kept in victoria-main
 VICTORIA.md
 

CRUSH.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 You are Victoria, Elcano's adtech AI agent. Your full identity and capabilities are defined in `VICTORIA.md`.
 
 ## Data Access
-- Data files in `data/` folder (CSV and Excel files via MotherDuck MCP)
+- Data files in `~/Victoria` folder (CSV and Excel files via MotherDuck MCP)
 - Snowflake databases (read-only access via Snowflake MCP)
 
 ## Quick Start

crush.template.json

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
       "args": [
         "mcp-server-motherduck",
         "--db-path",
-        "data/adtech.duckdb"
+        "${VICTORIA_HOME}/adtech.duckdb"
       ]
     }
   }

data/.gitkeep

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 
 APP_HOME = Path.home() / "Victoria"
 APP_HOME.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
+os.environ.setdefault("VICTORIA_HOME", str(APP_HOME))
 
 def resource_path(name: str) -> Path:
     base = Path(getattr(sys, "_MEIPASS", Path(__file__).resolve().parent))
@@ -685,12 +686,28 @@ def remove_local_duckdb():
     except Exception as e:
         warn(f"Could not remove {db_path}: {e}")
 
+def open_victoria_folder():
+    """Open the Victoria data folder in the system file browser."""
+    try:
+        if os.name == "nt":
+            os.startfile(str(APP_HOME))  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+        elif sys.platform == "darwin":
+            subprocess.run(["open", str(APP_HOME)], check=False)
+        else:
+            subprocess.run(["xdg-open", str(APP_HOME)], check=False)
+    except Exception as e:
+        warn(f"Could not open Victoria folder: {e}")
+
 def main():
     ensure_default_files()
     clear_screen()
     banner()
     remove_local_duckdb()
-    
+
+    print(f"{T.CYAN}{T.FOLDER} Place files to analyze in: {T.WHITE}{APP_HOME}{T.NC}")
+    print(f"{T.DIM}file://{APP_HOME}{T.NC}")
+    open_victoria_folder()
+
     print(f"{T.GREEN}{T.ROCKET} Welcome to Victoria - Your AdTech Data Navigator!{T.NC}")
 
     # Show terminal capabilities for debugging (remove in production)