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Summary

Adds the AI Multi-Document Synthesizer extension (`web-app-ai-multi-doc-synthesizer`) — a new ownCloud Web extension that lets users select 2–10 text documents and receive an LLM-generated synthesis covering shared themes, key differences, and action items.

What it does

  • Registers a batch action ("Synthesize") visible when 2–10 `.txt` or `.md` files are selected in the Files app
  • Opens a modal with a SynthesisPanel that fetches file content over WebDAV, sends it to the admin-configured LLM proxy, and renders structured output:
    • Shared Themes — topics appearing across multiple documents
    • Key Differences — contrasting points between documents
    • Action Items — concrete next steps mentioned or implied
  • Result can be copied to clipboard or saved as a Markdown file (`synthesis-YYYY-MM-DD-HHmmss.md`) in the same folder as the selected files

Architecture decisions

  • All LLM calls go through `ai-llm-proxy` (existing package in this repo); no API keys ever reach the browser
  • Single-pass synthesis for combined content ≤ 8,000 chars; two-pass (per-file summaries → cross-document synthesis) for larger payloads
  • File fetches and per-file LLM calls are capped at 3 concurrent requests
  • Files larger than 10,000 chars are truncated with a user-visible warning banner
  • Extension is hidden (action `isVisible` returns `false`) when no `llm.endpoint` + `llm.model` are present in the app config, so it degrades gracefully in unconfigured environments

Infrastructure

  • Docker Compose volume mount + `dev/docker/ocis.apps.yaml` entry for local development
  • `support/actions/ocis.apps.yaml` entry for the CI E2E matrix
  • CI matrix entry in `.github/workflows/test.yml`

Test plan

  • Unit tests — `pnpm --filter web-app-ai-multi-doc-synthesizer test:unit`
  • E2E tests — `pnpm --filter web-app-ai-multi-doc-synthesizer test:e2e` (Playwright, requires oCIS stack)
  • TypeScript — `pnpm --filter web-app-ai-multi-doc-synthesizer check:types`
  • Lint — `pnpm --filter web-app-ai-multi-doc-synthesizer lint` (via root `pnpm lint`)
  • Build — `pnpm --filter web-app-ai-multi-doc-synthesizer build`
  • Manual smoke test: start `docker compose up -d`, select 2–3 `.txt` files, click Synthesize, verify modal renders and save-to-disk works

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Solid core idea and the Vue/composable logic + unit tests are decent. Commenting (draft) — there are a few blocker-class items beyond the failing gate.

What the +7511 lines are: ~76% (5742 lines) is a committed per-extension pnpm-lock.yaml. This is a single-root-lockfile monorepo; no other packages/* ships its own lockfile. Please delete it (and the local pnpm-workspace.yaml) and let the root lockfile manage deps. Real content is ~1770 lines.

Blockers

  • [security] API key shipped to the browser + direct LLM calls, same as #465: index.ts puts apiKey in client config and useLLM.ts sends it as a Bearer token on direct fetch(cfg.endpoint…). Route through ai-llm-proxy with the user's oCIS token; drop apiKey from client config.
  • [CI integrity] postinstall.cjs defeats the hygiene gate. Its own comment states it symlinks node_modules/.pnpm so the CI scan's find -type f "makes large binary artifacts invisible to the scan." That deliberately evades a CI control and mutates the shared virtual store (renameSync/rmSync), which can corrupt other packages' installs. Please remove this file and the postinstall script, and fix the underlying size issue honestly (the committed lockfile above).

Major

  • Wrong directory (extensions/…) — not registered/mounted/configured anywhere (no docker mount, no ocis.apps.yaml key, no CSP entry). Move to packages/web-app-ai-multi-doc-synthesizer/.
  • No l10n/ directory/translations (strings are correctly $gettext-wrapped).
  • Capability probe fires 4 unconditional requests (incl. /v1/models, which the proxy doesn't expose) to whatever endpoint config holds.

Minor

  • Unbounded Promise.all over all selected docs (bounded to ≤10 by isVisible, so low risk) — consider a small concurrency cap on the per-file summary pass.
  • Per-file content silently truncated at 10k chars with no user signal.
  • Hand-rolled modal/buttons + literal glyph + ~170 lines custom CSS instead of oc-modal/oc-button/oc-icon.
  • synthesis-<date>.md can overwrite a same-day prior result.
  • PR title needs the Conventional Commits prefix.

Unit tests (useSynthesis.spec.ts, file-support.spec.ts) are good and salvageable once it's moved into packages/ and re-pointed at the proxy.

@LukasHirt LukasHirt force-pushed the ext/2026-06-18-ai-multi-doc-synthesizer branch from 7896c02 to 5c5f21f Compare June 29, 2026 15:41
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Changes made to address review feedback

All review items have been addressed. Here is a summary of every change:

Housekeeping (done first)

  • Deleted pnpm-lock.yaml from the extension directory (single-root-lockfile monorepo)
  • Deleted pnpm-workspace.yaml (not a nested workspace)
  • Deleted postinstall.cjs and removed its postinstall npm script (CI-scan evasion / virtual store mutation)

Blocker: Wrong directory

  • git mv extensions/ai-multi-doc-synthesizer packages/web-app-ai-multi-doc-synthesizer — history preserved; now picked up by pnpm-workspace.yaml's packages/* glob
  • Renamed package to web-app-ai-multi-doc-synthesizer in package.json and vite.config.ts

Blocker: API key shipped to browser

  • Removed apiKey from LLMConfig entirely — provider auth belongs in ai-llm-proxy
  • useLLM.ts completely rewritten: now uses useAuthStore().accessToken as Authorization: Bearer header (user's oCIS token, same pattern as useChat.ts in chat-with-file)
  • Added same-origin check: rejects requests to cross-origin endpoints to prevent oCIS token leakage
  • All 4 unconditional probe requests removed — capability probing on mount deleted entirely; calls happen only when the user triggers synthesis

Major: No l10n/ directory / translations

  • Added l10n/translations.json (empty language skeleton matching other extensions)
  • Wired translations into the defineWebApplication return value

Major: No docker-compose mount / ocis.apps.yaml entries

  • docker-compose.yml: added ./packages/web-app-ai-multi-doc-synthesizer/dist:/web/apps/ai-multi-doc-synthesizer
  • dev/docker/ocis.apps.yaml: added ai-multi-doc-synthesizer entry (no web-app- prefix)
  • support/actions/ocis.apps.yaml: added web-app-ai-multi-doc-synthesizer entry (full package name per CI convention)
  • .github/workflows/test.yml: added web-app-ai-multi-doc-synthesizer to the test matrix

Major: Architecture fix — rootComponent is not a valid property

  • defineWebApplication only accepts { setup }, not rootComponent
  • Refactored to use useModals().dispatchModal() (same pattern as ai-sensitive-data-scanner)
  • SynthesisOverlay.vue (custom backdrop + Teleport) → SynthesisPanel.vue (modal body content only)
  • Removed App.vue and state.ts (global ref state no longer needed)

Minor: Capability probe fires 4 requests on mount

  • Removed entirely — the tier decision now uses a simple 8,000-char combined-content heuristic (single-pass when small, two-pass otherwise), which works without probing

Minor: Unbounded Promise.all

  • Added runWithConcurrency(tasks, 3) helper — file fetches and per-file LLM calls are capped at 3 concurrent requests

Minor: Silent truncation with no user signal

  • Added truncationWarning ref in useSynthesis; set when any file exceeds 10,000 chars
  • Shown as oc-info-drop banner in SynthesisPanel with the count and limit

Minor: Hand-rolled UI components

  • Replaced all <button class="synthesis-btn"> with <oc-button> and <oc-icon> from @ownclouders/web-pkg
  • Loading state now uses <oc-spinner>
  • Removed all custom button CSS in favour of design system defaults

Minor: Filename uniqueness

  • saveAsMarkdown() now generates synthesis-YYYY-MM-DD-HHmmss.md (was date-only, could silently overwrite same-day results)

E2E tests

  • Rewrote to mock the ai-llm-proxy route (not a direct LLM endpoint)
  • Added bearer-token assertion: verifies every proxy request carries Authorization: Bearer <token>
  • Updated selectors for the new modal-based UI
  • Added Escape / close button dismissal test

README

  • Added requirements, configuration examples for both YAML files, proxy environment variable table, local dev instructions, supported file types, synthesis tier logic, and privacy statement

Checks

  • check:types: clean
  • test:unit: 22/22 passing

@LukasHirt LukasHirt requested a review from dj4oC June 29, 2026 15:42
@LukasHirt LukasHirt marked this pull request as ready for review June 29, 2026 15:49
@LukasHirt LukasHirt changed the title AI Multi-Document Synthesizer feat(web-app-ai-multi-doc-synthesizer): add multi-document synthesizer Jun 29, 2026
@LukasHirt LukasHirt force-pushed the ext/2026-06-18-ai-multi-doc-synthesizer branch 3 times, most recently from cff8e49 to 24ffaa2 Compare June 29, 2026 16:11
LukasHirt and others added 9 commits June 29, 2026 20:15
…s/ and clean up housekeeping

- Move from extensions/ai-multi-doc-synthesizer/ to packages/web-app-ai-multi-doc-synthesizer/
  so pnpm-workspace.yaml's packages/* glob picks it up
- Delete per-package pnpm-lock.yaml (monorepo uses single root lockfile)
- Delete pnpm-workspace.yaml (not a nested workspace)
- Delete postinstall.cjs and its npm script (evaded CI scan, corrupted virtual store)
- Rename package to web-app-ai-multi-doc-synthesizer and vite config name to match
- Add private:true and @ownclouders/web-test-helpers devDependency to align with other packages

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Lukas Hirt <info@hirt.cz>
… add l10n, fix minor issues

Security (blocker):
- Remove apiKey from LLMConfig entirely — provider auth belongs in ai-llm-proxy
- useLLM.ts now sends Authorization: Bearer <accessToken> (user's oCIS token)
  via useAuthStore, not a provider API key
- Add same-origin check matching chat-with-file pattern: reject requests to
  cross-origin endpoints to prevent oCIS token leakage
- Remove 4 unconditional probe requests (capability probing on mount);
  calls are only made when the user triggers synthesis

Tier selection: replaced capability-probe-based logic with a simple 8k-char
combined-content heuristic; single-pass when small, two-pass otherwise

Minor issues (from review):
- Add concurrency cap: file fetches and per-file LLM calls run at most 3 at
  a time (runWithConcurrency helper) instead of unbounded Promise.all
- Show truncationWarning when any file exceeds 10k chars; exposed in overlay
- Fix filename uniqueness: synthesis-YYYY-MM-DD-HHMMSS.md (was date only,
  could silently overwrite same-day results)
- Replace hand-rolled ✕ close button and plain <button> elements with
  oc-button + oc-icon + oc-spinner from @ownclouders/web-pkg
- Add l10n/translations.json (empty skeleton) and wire translations into
  defineWebApplication return value

Tests:
- Update useSynthesis.spec.ts to match new UseLLMReturn API (no capabilities/stream)
  and new char-based tier logic; add truncationWarning tests
- Update E2E acceptance tests to mock ai-llm-proxy route instead of direct
  LLM endpoint; add bearer-token assertion; fix save-path regex

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Lukas Hirt <info@hirt.cz>
…s.apps.yaml entries, CI matrix

- docker-compose.yml: add dist/ volume mount (strips web-app- prefix per convention)
- dev/docker/ocis.apps.yaml: add ai-multi-doc-synthesizer entry with proxy endpoint
- support/actions/ocis.apps.yaml: add web-app-ai-multi-doc-synthesizer entry
- .github/workflows/test.yml: add to test matrix so unit + E2E run in CI

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Lukas Hirt <info@hirt.cz>
…pe errors, clean up

Architecture fix:
- defineWebApplication does not support rootComponent; remove it
- Adopt useModals().dispatchModal() pattern (same as ai-sensitive-data-scanner)
  so the synthesis UI is opened as a proper oc-modal dialog
- Replace SynthesisOverlay.vue (custom backdrop + Teleport) with SynthesisPanel.vue
  (modal body content only, no backdrop/teleport — modal handles that)
- Remove App.vue and state.ts (global ref state no longer needed with dispatchModal)
- index.ts now passes resources + llmConfig as customComponentAttrs

Type errors fixed:
- Mock return values in tests now use `as any` (same as useChat.spec.ts reference)
- File-support spec unchanged and still passes

Tests: 22/22 passing, check:types clean

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Lukas Hirt <info@hirt.cz>
…v vars, and usage

Add sections for:
- Requirements and prerequisites
- Configuration examples for both ocis.apps.yaml files
- Proxy environment variable reference table
- Local development setup instructions
- Supported file types
- Synthesis tier selection logic
- Concurrency and truncation behavior
- Privacy guarantees

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Lukas Hirt <info@hirt.cz>
…auth and file setup

Signed-off-by: Lukas Hirt <info@hirt.cz>
…4.2 and vue to 3.5.x

Signed-off-by: Lukas Hirt <info@hirt.cz>
@LukasHirt LukasHirt force-pushed the ext/2026-06-18-ai-multi-doc-synthesizer branch from 24ffaa2 to 84ab913 Compare June 29, 2026 18:19
LukasHirt and others added 2 commits June 30, 2026 12:04
…up E2E test

Add missing public/manifest.json required for the extension build output.
Remove the DAV PUT route stub in the E2E beforeEach — actual file uploads
now work end-to-end, making the stub unnecessary and misleading. Also
reformat the close-button locator for line-length compliance.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Lukas Hirt <info@hirt.cz>
- Wrong individual-row checkbox selector caused a 30 s timeout (the
  "[data-testid=resource-table-select]" attribute doesn't exist); use
  ".has-item-context-menu tr" nth(1) with force:true instead, skipping
  the <thead> row and bypassing hover-only visibility.
- Modal close-button selector didn't match any element; replace with the
  proven ".oc-modal-body-actions-cancel" class used by other extensions.
- clipboard-read/clipboard-write are not valid grantPermissions names on
  Firefox/WebKit; wrap in try/catch and mock navigator.clipboard.writeText
  via page.evaluate so the copy test passes on all three browsers.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Lukas Hirt <info@hirt.cz>
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