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+# Product Context
+
+## Why This Project Exists
+Live streamers rely on YouTube’s default chat panel, which can feel sluggish, cluttered, and unreliable during high-traffic moments. Streamers also need a smoother workflow to feature chat messages inside OBS without manual copy/paste or third-party widgets.
+
+## Target Users
+- Primary: Single YouTube streamer operating their own broadcast setup.
+- Secondary: Community contributors who want to customize or extend the client for similar use cases.
+
+## User Goals
+- Launch the app locally and connect to their live chat with minimal configuration.
+- View chat in a fast, filterable interface that highlights new messages clearly.
+- Select a message to instantly display in an overlay browser source within OBS.
+- Trust that the app will keep running throughout long streams without desync or crashes.
+
+## Experience Principles
+- **Performance First:** Avoid lag by batching updates, minimizing re-renders, and offloading work to background processes.
+- **Operational Clarity:** Provide clear status indicators for connection health, rate limits, and overlay sync.
+- **Low Friction:** Onboarding should consist of OAuth login once and a simple start command.
+- **Extensible:** Keep architecture modular so advanced users can add features (moderation tools, multi-stream support) later.