initializing the files and the memory bank.

packages/backend/src/ingestion/youtubei.ts

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+export type ContinuationState = {
+  token: string | null;
+  apiKey?: string;
+};
+
+export async function bootstrapInnertube(): Promise<ContinuationState> {
+  // TODO: fetch initial visitor data and live chat continuation token via youtubei.js
+  return { token: null };
+}
+
+export async function fetchChatBatch(state: ContinuationState) {
+  // TODO: use youtubei.js to fetch messages with the provided continuation token
+  // return both normalized messages and the next continuation token
+  return {
+    messages: [],
+    next: state.token
+  };
+}