docs/PHASE0.md

Phase 0: Foundations task list

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Repo and infra

• Monorepo layout: backend/, frontend/, renderer/, docs/
• docker-compose: api, worker, postgres, minio (local R2 stand-in), renderer, frontend
• .env.example covering every service
• CI: backend lint + tests (with a Postgres service), frontend typecheck + build, renderer typecheck
• Production deploy target (Fly, Render or DO App Platform) and R2 bucket + custom domain
• Sentry (api, worker, frontend)

Backend core

• Settings (app/config.py), DB session, Alembic initial migration
• Full data model from design doc Section 4
• Health endpoint, CORS, request id logging
• Postgres job queue (SKIP LOCKED claims, retries with backoff, stale recovery) + SSE progress
• Scheduled tasks in the worker behind advisory locks
• Usage metering table and helper (record_usage)

Auth (mirrors blog2video)

• JWT access/refresh with token_version revocation
• Google sign-in (ID token verify)
• Email signup with 6 digit code, password login, forgot password
• /me, logout (revoke), delete account (soft delete)
• Workspace auto-created on first login
• MCP OAuth 2.1 bridge (Phase 4)

Email (Resend)

• EmailService over ResendEmailProvider, console provider for local dev
• Templates: verification code, password reset, welcome, job finished, job failed alert
• Signed unsubscribe link + /api/unsubscribe
• Update email campaign tables + hourly batch sender loop

Storage (Cloudflare R2)

• S3 client against R2 endpoint, key helpers, put/get/delete/head
• Presigned upload flow (start, direct PUT, complete) and presigned read redirect
• TTS cache key helper
• Lifecycle rule on R2 for tmp/ prefix (set in Cloudflare dashboard)

LLM (agnostic, Z.ai first)

• dspy.LM factory from env, Z.ai defaults
• File system corpus in R2 with manifest sync (app/corpus.py)
• Research agent: list/search/read tools, verified line citations, live step streaming
• Signatures + Pydantic outputs for CleanAndSegment, ResearchArchive, BuildVoiceProfile, stubs for the rest
• Em dash stripping post-processor
• Dev sets and first optimization run (Phase 1)

Billing

• Three tiers defined in code, BILLING_ENABLED flag, /api/billing/plans, /api/billing/me
• Stripe checkout + webhook when billing turns on

Frontend

• Design tokens (black, #217cff, white only), fonts
• Night sky starfield with twinkling sparkles, reduced motion fallback
• Custom SVG icon set (single stroke weight)
• Logo slot (white tile, black silhouette placeholder)
• Landing page with "Paste your Substack URL" CTA
• Pricing section and /pricing
• Blog: /blogs, /blogs/:slug, typed blogPosts.ts
• Auth page: Google button + email code flow + password login
• App shell: Mission Control, sidebar with themed icons and plain labels
• Real product demo video on landing (replace placeholder)

Renderer

• Remotion project with shared props schema (zod), ShortVertical and QuoteCard compositions
• POST /render service that renders and uploads to a presigned R2 URL, progress callbacks
• ExplainerLong and AudiogramSquare compositions (Phase 2)