# Confab — Development Guide

## Project Structure

```
oAI/
├── Models/              # Data models
│   ├── Message.swift           # Chat message model
│   ├── Conversation.swift      # Saved conversation model
│   ├── ModelInfo.swift         # AI model metadata
│   └── Settings.swift          # App settings enums
│
├── Views/               # SwiftUI views
│   ├── Main/                   # Primary UI components
│   │   ├── ChatView.swift      # Main chat interface
│   │   ├── MessageRow.swift    # Individual message display
│   │   ├── InputBar.swift      # Message input with commands
│   │   ├── HeaderView.swift    # Top bar (provider/model/status)
│   │   └── FooterView.swift    # Bottom stats bar
│   │
│   └── Screens/                # Modal/sheet views
│       ├── SettingsView.swift  # Settings with tabs
│       ├── ModelSelectorView.swift
│       ├── ConversationListView.swift
│       └── HelpView.swift
│
├── ViewModels/          # Observable view models
│   └── ChatViewModel.swift     # Main chat logic & state
│
├── Providers/           # AI provider implementations
│   ├── Provider.swift          # Protocol definition
│   ├── OpenRouterProvider.swift
│   ├── AnthropicProvider.swift
│   ├── OpenAIProvider.swift
│   └── OllamaProvider.swift
│
├── Services/            # Business logic & data
│   ├── DatabaseService.swift   # SQLite operations (GRDB)
│   ├── SettingsService.swift   # Settings persistence
│   ├── ProviderRegistry.swift  # AI provider management
│   ├── MCPService.swift        # File access (MCP)
│   ├── WebSearchService.swift  # DuckDuckGo/Google search
│   ├── GitSyncService.swift    # Git synchronization
│   ├── ContextSelectionService.swift  # Smart context
│   ├── EmbeddingService.swift  # Semantic search
│   ├── EmailService.swift      # Email monitoring (IMAP)
│   └── EmailHandlerService.swift  # Email AI responder
│
└── Resources/
    └── Confab.help/            # macOS Help Book
```

## Key Technologies

- **SwiftUI** - Modern declarative UI framework
- **GRDB** - SQLite database wrapper for persistence
- **MarkdownUI** - Markdown rendering with syntax highlighting
- **os.Logger** - Native logging framework
- **Network Framework** - Pure Swift IMAP/SMTP implementation
- **Security Framework** - Keychain and encryption services

## Database Schema

**Conversations**: id, name, createdAt, updatedAt
**Messages**: id, conversationId, role, content, tokens, cost, timestamp
**Message Metadata**: message_id, importance_score, user_starred, summary
**Message Embeddings**: message_id, embedding (BLOB), model, dimension
**Conversation Summaries**: id, conversationId, startIndex, endIndex, summary
**Email Logs**: id, sender, subject, status, timestamp

**Location:** `~/Library/Application Support/oAI/oai_conversations.db`

## Building

### Manual Build Commands

```bash
# Clean build
xcodebuild clean -scheme Confab

# Debug build
xcodebuild -scheme Confab -configuration Debug

# Run tests
xcodebuild test -scheme Confab
```

**Output:** `~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/oAI-*/Build/Products/Debug/Confab.app`

In Xcode: `⌘B` build, `⌘R` run, `⌘⇧K` clean, `⌘.` stop.

### XProtect Note

XProtect 5331 flags Debug builds (bash + IMAP + file access = RAT signature match). Use `./build.sh` (Developer ID signed) for all local testing.

## Logs

```
~/Library/Logs/Confab.log
```

## Performance Notes

- **Context Selection**: 50-80% token reduction for long conversations
- **Semantic Search**: ~$0.02-0.15/month for heavy users
- **Conversation Export**: Markdown format for human readability
- **Database**: Indexed queries for fast conversation retrieval
- **Streaming**: Efficient memory usage with `AsyncThrowingStream`

## Contributing

Contributions are welcome! By submitting a pull request you agree that your contribution will be licensed under the PolyForm Noncommercial License 1.0.0, and you grant Rune Olsen the right to relicense your contribution (including for commercial licensing) as part of the project.

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch (`git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature`)
3. Commit your changes (`git commit -m 'Add amazing feature'`)
4. Push to the branch (`git push origin feature/amazing-feature`)
5. Open a Pull Request

Please ensure:
- Code follows Swift style guidelines
- All tests pass
- Documentation is updated
- Commit messages are descriptive

## Acknowledgments

- **MarkdownUI** - Excellent markdown rendering library
- **GRDB** - Robust SQLite wrapper for Swift
- **Anthropic, OpenAI, OpenRouter** - AI API providers
