YTChatHub/memory-bank/activeContext.md

Active Context

Current Focus

• Live YouTube integration active: Backend connects to real YouTube Live chat via Innertube
• Dark minimalist UI redesign: Clean dashboard with dark theme (#0a0a0a background), tab-based navigation, grid layout, and minimal spacing
• Connection flow: Shows connection prompt on startup, disappears after connecting to YouTube Live stream
• Rich message parsing: Full support for superchats, memberships, badges (moderator, member, verified)

Recent Decisions

• Fixed CORS issues by setting headers on raw response object after reply.hijack() for SSE endpoint
• Added .env loading via tsx --env-file=.env for YouTube Live ID configuration
• Enhanced ChatMessage type to include badges, author photos, superchat info, and membership status
• Redesigned dashboard with gradient backgrounds, centered layout, and modern glass-morphism effects
• Separated overlay preview into its own highlighted section that only appears when a message is selected
• Centered overlay message card content so live chat, superchat, and membership boxes align for OBS
• Reworked dashboard grid so live chat runs full-height on the left and super chat/new member panels stack in a centered right column with tuned spacing and clear separation between the stacked cards
• Moved the connection control into the header (inline, centered between logo/title and status) with a compact input width
• Fixed panel heights to fit within the viewport (no page scroll); grid rows split 1fr/1fr with internal lists scrolling so bottom edges are always visible
• Improved parsing so superchat amounts/colors show reliably; overlay and dashboard both display the amount
• Strengthened superchat amount extraction with nested field handling and regex-based fallback; UI now shows amount + currency on overlay and dashboard
• Overlay membership banner now shows the membership level text
• Membership gifts are recognized and included in the New Members list
• Completely redesigned UI to match provided screenshot: minimal dark theme (#0a0a0a bg), compact tabs with counts, tight spacing throughout
• Added connection prompt screen that shows initially and disappears after successful YouTube Live stream connection
• Reduced all padding and gaps to create a more compact, space-efficient layout
• Fixed CLEAR button to appear in bottom-right corner only when a message is selected

Immediate Next Steps

1. Test with live YouTube stream to verify badge parsing and superchat detection
2. Add search/filter functionality for chat messages
3. Implement error recovery and reconnection logic for stream interruptions
4. Add keyboard shortcuts for quick message selection

Open Questions

• Whether to add message search/filtering UI controls
• How to handle rate limiting and backoff strategies for long streams
• Whether to persist Innertube visitor data between runs