# Chat UI to Backend Integration - Completion Report

## Overview

Successfully wired the migrated Chat UI components to the Mosaic Stack backend APIs, implementing full conversation persistence, real-time updates, and authentication.

## Changes Made

### 1. API Client Layer

#### Created `apps/web/src/lib/api/chat.ts`

- **Purpose:** Client for LLM chat interactions
- **Endpoints:** POST /api/llm/chat
- **Features:**
  - Type-safe request/response interfaces
  - Non-streaming chat message sending
  - Placeholder for future streaming support
- **TypeScript:** Strict typing, no `any` types

#### Created `apps/web/src/lib/api/ideas.ts`

- **Purpose:** Client for conversation persistence via Ideas API
- **Endpoints:**
  - GET /api/ideas - query conversations
  - POST /api/ideas - create new idea/conversation
  - POST /api/ideas/capture - quick capture
  - GET /api/ideas/:id - get single conversation
  - PATCH /api/ideas/:id - update conversation
- **Features:**
  - Full CRUD operations for conversations
  - Helper functions for conversation-specific operations
  - Type-safe DTOs matching backend Prisma schema
- **TypeScript:** Strict typing, explicit return types

#### Created `apps/web/src/lib/api/index.ts`

- Central export point for all API client modules
- Clean re-export pattern for library consumers

### 2. Custom Hook - useChat

#### Created `apps/web/src/hooks/useChat.ts`

- **Purpose:** Stateful hook managing chat conversations end-to-end
- **Features:**
  - Message state management
  - LLM API integration (via /api/llm/chat)
  - Automatic conversation persistence (via /api/ideas)
  - Loading states and error handling
  - Conversation loading and creation
  - Automatic title generation from first message
  - Message serialization/deserialization
- **Type Safety:**
  - Explicit Message interface
  - No `any` types
  - Proper error handling with type narrowing
- **Integration:**
  - Calls `sendChatMessage()` for LLM responses
  - Calls `createConversation()` and `updateConversation()` for persistence
  - Stores full message history as JSON in idea.content field

### 3. Updated Components

#### `apps/web/src/components/chat/Chat.tsx`

**Before:** Placeholder implementation with mock data  
**After:** Fully integrated with backend

- Uses `useChat` hook for state management
- Uses `useAuth` for authentication
- Uses `useWebSocket` for real-time connection status
- Removed all placeholder comments and TODOs
- Implemented:
  - Real message sending via LLM API
  - Conversation persistence on every message
  - Loading quips during LLM requests
  - Error handling with user-friendly messages
  - Connection status indicator
  - Keyboard shortcuts (Ctrl+/ to focus input)

#### `apps/web/src/components/chat/ConversationSidebar.tsx`

**Before:** Placeholder data, no backend integration  
**After:** Fetches conversations from backend

- Fetches conversations via `getConversations()` API
- Displays conversation list with titles, timestamps, message counts
- Search/filter functionality
- Loading and error states
- Real-time refresh capability via imperative ref
- Maps Ideas to ConversationSummary format
- Parses message count from stored JSON

#### `apps/web/src/components/chat/MessageList.tsx`

- Updated import to use Message type from `useChat` hook
- No functional changes (already properly implemented)

#### `apps/web/src/components/chat/index.ts`

- Updated exports to reference Message type from hook
- Maintains clean component export API

#### `apps/web/src/app/chat/page.tsx`

- Updated `handleSelectConversation` to actually load conversations
- Integrated with Chat component's `loadConversation()` method

### 4. Authentication Integration

- Uses existing `useAuth()` hook from `@/lib/auth/auth-context`
- Uses existing `authClient` from `@/lib/auth-client.ts`
- API client uses `credentials: 'include'` for cookie-based auth
- Backend automatically applies workspaceId from session (no need to pass explicitly)

### 5. WebSocket Integration

- Connected `useWebSocket` hook in Chat component
- Displays connection status indicator when disconnected
- Ready for future real-time chat events
- Uses existing WebSocket gateway infrastructure

## API Flow

### Sending a Message

```
User types message
  ↓
Chat.tsx → useChat.sendMessage()
  ↓
useChat hook:
  1. Adds user message to state (instant UI update)
  2. Calls sendChatMessage() → POST /api/llm/chat
  3. Receives assistant response
  4. Adds assistant message to state
  5. Generates title (if first message)
  6. Calls saveConversation():
     - If new: createConversation() → POST /api/ideas
     - If existing: updateConversation() → PATCH /api/ideas/:id
  7. Updates conversationId state
```

### Loading a Conversation

```
User clicks conversation in sidebar
  ↓
ConversationSidebar → onSelectConversation(id)
  ↓
ChatPage → chatRef.current.loadConversation(id)
  ↓
Chat → useChat.loadConversation(id)
  ↓
useChat hook:
  1. Calls getIdea(id) → GET /api/ideas/:id
  2. Deserializes JSON from idea.content
  3. Sets messages state
  4. Sets conversationId and title
```

### Fetching Conversation List

```
ConversationSidebar mounts
  ↓
useEffect → fetchConversations()
  ↓
Calls getConversations() → GET /api/ideas?category=conversation
  ↓
Maps Idea[] to ConversationSummary[]
  ↓
Parses message count from JSON content
  ↓
Updates conversations state
```

## Data Model

### Message Storage

Conversations are stored as Ideas with:

- `category: "conversation"`
- `tags: ["chat"]`
- `content: JSON.stringify(Message[])` - full message history
- `title: string` - auto-generated from first user message
- `projectId: string | null` - optional project association

### Message Format

```typescript
interface Message {
  id: string;
  role: "user" | "assistant" | "system";
  content: string;
  thinking?: string; // Chain of thought (for thinking models)
  createdAt: string;
  model?: string; // LLM model used
  provider?: string; // LLM provider (ollama, etc.)
  promptTokens?: number;
  completionTokens?: number;
  totalTokens?: number;
}
```

## Type Safety Compliance

All code follows `~/.claude/agent-guides/typescript.md`:

✅ **NO `any` types** - All functions explicitly typed  
✅ **Explicit return types** - All exported functions have return types  
✅ **Proper error handling** - Error type narrowing (`unknown` → `Error`)  
✅ **Interface definitions** - All DTOs and props have interfaces  
✅ **Strict null checking** - All nullable types properly handled  
✅ **Type imports** - Using `import type` for type-only imports  
✅ **Clean dependencies** - No circular imports

## Testing Recommendations

### Manual Testing Checklist

- [ ] **Authentication:** Log in, verify chat loads
- [ ] **New Conversation:** Click "New Conversation", send message
- [ ] **Message Sending:** Send message, verify LLM response
- [ ] **Persistence:** Refresh page, verify conversation still exists
- [ ] **Load Conversation:** Click conversation in sidebar, verify messages load
- [ ] **Search:** Search conversations, verify filtering works
- [ ] **Error Handling:** Disconnect API, verify error messages display
- [ ] **Loading States:** Verify loading indicators during API calls
- [ ] **WebSocket Status:** Disconnect/reconnect, verify status indicator

### Integration Tests Needed

```typescript
// apps/web/src/hooks/__tests__/useChat.test.ts
- Test message sending
- Test conversation persistence
- Test conversation loading
- Test error handling
- Test title generation

// apps/web/src/lib/api/__tests__/chat.test.ts
- Test API request formatting
- Test response parsing
- Test error handling

// apps/web/src/lib/api/__tests__/ideas.test.ts
- Test CRUD operations
- Test query parameter serialization
- Test conversation helpers
```

## Known Limitations

1. **Streaming Not Implemented:** Chat messages are non-streaming (blocks until full response)
   - Future: Implement SSE streaming for progressive response rendering
2. **Workspace ID Inference:** Frontend doesn't explicitly pass workspaceId
   - Backend infers from user session
   - Works but could be more explicit
3. **No Message Pagination:** Loads full conversation history
   - Future: Paginate messages for very long conversations
4. **No Conversation Deletion:** UI doesn't support deleting conversations
   - Future: Add delete button with confirmation
5. **No Model Selection:** Hardcoded to "llama3.2"
   - Future: Add model picker in UI
6. **No Real-time Collaboration:** WebSocket connected but no chat-specific events
   - Future: Broadcast typing indicators, new messages

## Environment Variables

Required in `.env` (already configured):

```bash
NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL=http://localhost:3001  # Backend API URL
```

## Dependencies

No new dependencies added. Uses existing:

- `better-auth/react` - authentication
- `socket.io-client` - WebSocket
- React hooks - state management

## File Structure

```
apps/web/src/
├── app/chat/
│   └── page.tsx (updated)
├── components/chat/
│   ├── Chat.tsx (updated)
│   ├── ConversationSidebar.tsx (updated)
│   ├── MessageList.tsx (updated)
│   └── index.ts (updated)
├── hooks/
│   ├── useChat.ts (new)
│   └── useWebSocket.ts (existing)
├── lib/
│   ├── api/
│   │   ├── chat.ts (new)
│   │   ├── ideas.ts (new)
│   │   ├── index.ts (new)
│   │   └── client.ts (existing)
│   ├── auth/
│   │   └── auth-context.tsx (existing)
│   └── auth-client.ts (existing)
```

## Next Steps

### Immediate (Post-Merge)

1. **Test Authentication Flow**
   - Verify session handling
   - Test expired session behavior
2. **Test Conversation Persistence**
   - Create conversations
   - Verify database storage
   - Load conversations after refresh

3. **Monitor Performance**
   - Check LLM response times
   - Monitor API latency
   - Optimize if needed

### Future Enhancements

1. **Streaming Responses**
   - Implement Server-Sent Events
   - Progressive message rendering
   - Cancel in-flight requests

2. **Advanced Features**
   - Model selection UI
   - Temperature/parameter controls
   - Conversation export (JSON, Markdown)
   - Conversation sharing

3. **Real-time Collaboration**
   - Typing indicators
   - Live message updates
   - Presence indicators

4. **Performance Optimizations**
   - Message pagination
   - Conversation caching
   - Lazy loading

## Conclusion

The Chat UI is now fully integrated with the Mosaic Stack backend:

✅ LLM chat via `/api/llm/chat`  
✅ Conversation persistence via `/api/ideas`  
✅ WebSocket connection for real-time updates  
✅ Authentication via better-auth  
✅ Clean TypeScript (no errors)  
✅ Type-safe API clients  
✅ Stateful React hooks  
✅ Loading and error states  
✅ User-friendly UX

The chat feature is ready for QA testing and can be merged to develop.
