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+// Package acceptance holds executable acceptance tests that mirror the Gherkin
+// scenarios in docs/use-cases/. They drive the use-case engine through FAKE
+// adapters (no live YouTube, no live brain) so the core behaviour is what's
+// under test.
+//
+// These tests are intentionally RED in the scaffold: Engine.ProcessNewVideo
+// returns usecase.ErrNotImplemented. Making them GREEN is the first build task.
+package acceptance
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"gitea.d-ma.be/mathias/tapir/internal/domain"
+	"gitea.d-ma.be/mathias/tapir/internal/usecase"
+)
+
+// --- fake adapters ---------------------------------------------------------
+
+type fakeSource struct {
+	transcript domain.Transcript
+}
+
+func (f fakeSource) ListSubscriptions(ctx context.Context, userID string) ([]domain.Subscription, error) {
+	return nil, nil
+}
+func (f fakeSource) NewVideos(ctx context.Context, sub domain.Subscription) ([]domain.Video, error) {
+	return nil, nil
+}
+func (f fakeSource) FetchTranscript(ctx context.Context, v domain.Video) (domain.Transcript, error) {
+	return f.transcript, nil
+}
+
+type fakeSummarizer struct{}
+
+func (fakeSummarizer) Summarize(ctx context.Context, v domain.Video, t domain.Transcript) (domain.Summary, error) {
+	return domain.Summary{
+		VideoID:    v.ID,
+		UserID:     v.UserID,
+		Summary:    "a summary",
+		Highlights: []string{"h1"},
+		Takeaways:  []string{"t1"},
+		AIProvider: "local",
+		CreatedAt:  time.Now(),
+	}, nil
+}
+
+type recordingSink struct {
+	name      string
+	delivered []domain.Summary
+}
+
+func (s *recordingSink) Name() string { return s.name }
+func (s *recordingSink) Deliver(ctx context.Context, sum domain.Summary) error {
+	s.delivered = append(s.delivered, sum)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func sampleVideo() domain.Video {
+	return domain.Video{
+		ID: "v1", UserID: "u1", SubscriptionID: "s1",
+		Provider: domain.ProviderYouTube, ProviderVideoID: "yt1",
+		Title: "Designing for Attention", SeenAt: time.Now(),
+	}
+}
+
+// --- scenarios -------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// Scenario: A subscribed channel posts a video that has captions
+func TestSubscribedVideoWithCaptionsIsSummarizedAndDelivered(t *testing.T) {
+	src := fakeSource{transcript: domain.Transcript{
+		VideoID: "v1", UserID: "u1", Source: domain.SourceCaptions,
+		Language: "en", Content: "transcript text",
+	}}
+	sink := &recordingSink{name: "store"}
+	eng := usecase.NewEngine(src, fakeSummarizer{}, sink)
+
+	res, err := eng.ProcessNewVideo(context.Background(), sampleVideo())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ProcessNewVideo returned error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if res.Skipped {
+		t.Fatalf("expected video to be summarized, got skipped: %q", res.Reason)
+	}
+	if res.Summary == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected a summary, got nil")
+	}
+	if len(sink.delivered) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 1 delivery to store sink, got %d", len(sink.delivered))
+	}
+}
+
+// Scenario: A subscribed channel posts a video with no usable transcript
+func TestVideoWithNoTranscriptIsSkipped(t *testing.T) {
+	src := fakeSource{transcript: domain.Transcript{
+		VideoID: "v1", UserID: "u1", Source: domain.SourceNone,
+	}}
+	sink := &recordingSink{name: "store"}
+	eng := usecase.NewEngine(src, fakeSummarizer{}, sink)
+
+	res, err := eng.ProcessNewVideo(context.Background(), sampleVideo())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ProcessNewVideo returned error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if !res.Skipped {
+		t.Fatal("expected video to be skipped (no transcript)")
+	}
+	if res.Reason != "no transcript" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected reason %q, got %q", "no transcript", res.Reason)
+	}
+	if res.Summary != nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected no summary for skipped video")
+	}
+	if len(sink.delivered) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected no summary delivery, got %d", len(sink.delivered))
+	}
+}