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# TalkEdit Copilot Instructions (Living Project Context)
Purpose: give AI assistants immediate, accurate context for this repository and define what must be kept in sync when the project evolves.
## How To Use This File
- This is a workspace instruction file for VS Code Chat/Copilot.
- Treat this as the first source of truth for architecture and workflow expectations.
- If your code changes make any section outdated, update this file in the same change.
## Project Snapshot
- Name: TalkEdit
- Product: local-first, AI-powered, text-based audio/video editor.
- Primary runtime: Tauri + React frontend + Python FastAPI backend.
- Desktop only (Electron has been removed; Tauri is the exclusive desktop runtime).
## Tech Stack
- Frontend: React 19, TypeScript, Vite, Tailwind, Zustand.
- Desktop bridge: Tauri API (IPC commands via `window.electronAPI` polyfill in `frontend/src/lib/tauri-bridge.ts` for unified call-site interface).
- Backend: FastAPI + Uvicorn (`backend/main.py`) with routers in `backend/routers` and core services in `backend/services`.
- Media tooling: FFmpeg for edit/export and codec operations.
- AI tooling: WhisperX/faster-whisper for transcription; provider layer supports OpenAI/Anthropic/Ollama.
## Code Map
- `frontend/src/components`: editor UI (player, transcript, waveform, settings, export, AI panel).
- `frontend/src/store`: Zustand state (`editorStore`, `aiStore`).
- `frontend/src/hooks`: keyboard/video sync behavior.
- `backend/routers`: API surface (`/transcribe`, `/export`, `/ai/*`, `/captions`, `/audio/*`).
- `backend/services`: heavy operations (transcription, captioning, diarization, video editing, cleanup).
- `shared/project-schema.json`: saved project schema contract.
- `src-tauri`: Rust/Tauri host code and app configuration.
## Run And Build (Preferred)
- Frontend dev: `npm run dev`
- Backend dev: `npm run dev:backend`
- Tauri dev: `npm run dev:tauri`
- Tauri build: `npm run build:tauri`
Use project virtualenvs where available (`.venv312`, `.venv`, or `venv`) for backend execution.
## Working Conventions
- Keep router files thin; put heavy logic in `backend/services`.
- Preserve response compatibility for existing frontend callers unless task explicitly allows API breakage.
- Frontend uses unified `window.electronAPI` interface (Tauri-backed via tauri-bridge.ts); desktop APIs are implemented exclusively in Tauri.
- Prefer small, focused edits over broad refactors.
## Known Risk Areas
- Startup/rendering on Linux WebKit can regress when reintroducing remote fonts/CSP allowances; prefer local font assets.
- Media URL handling between project load paths should remain consistent to avoid format-specific regressions (especially WAV/MP3 behavior).
- Export pipeline changes must preserve caption modes (`none`, `sidecar`, `burn-in`) and audio enhancement behavior.
## Update Rules (Important)
When a task changes architecture, app wiring, commands, API shape, project schema, or major conventions, update this file before finishing.
Always update these sections if affected:
- `Project Snapshot`
- `Tech Stack`
- `Code Map`
- `Run And Build (Preferred)`
- `Working Conventions`
- `Known Risk Areas`
- Recent changes section (if applicable)
- `Code Map`
- `Run And Build (Preferred)`
- `Known Risk Areas`
If behavior changed significantly, add a short note under a new `Recent Changes` section with:
- Date (`YYYY-MM-DD`)
- What changed
- What future edits should preserve
## Assistant Behavior For This Repo
- Validate assumptions against current files before editing.
- Prefer existing patterns in neighboring files over introducing new patterns.
- Call out uncertainty explicitly when code and docs disagree.
- If you discover stale docs, fix them as part of the same task when reasonable.