YTChatHub/memory-bank/activeContext.md

Active Context

Current Focus

• Live YouTube integration active: Backend connects to real YouTube Live chat via Innertube
• Enhanced UI: Modern dashboard with centered layout, gradient backgrounds, and comprehensive chat features
• 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

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