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+// Package ports defines the interfaces (hexagonal "ports") that the use-case
+// engine depends on. Concrete adapters live in internal/adapters. The engine
+// imports this package; it never imports a concrete provider, store, or model.
+// See docs/architecture/architecture.md.
+package ports
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"gitea.d-ma.be/mathias/tapir/internal/domain"
+)
+
+// VideoSource is a video platform Tapir watches (YouTube, Vimeo).
+type VideoSource interface {
+	// ListSubscriptions returns the channels the user subscribes to.
+	ListSubscriptions(ctx context.Context, userID string) ([]domain.Subscription, error)
+	// NewVideos returns videos newly seen for the given subscription.
+	NewVideos(ctx context.Context, sub domain.Subscription) ([]domain.Video, error)
+	// FetchTranscript resolves a transcript, captions-first. Returns a
+	// Transcript with Source == SourceNone when none is available (not an error).
+	FetchTranscript(ctx context.Context, v domain.Video) (domain.Transcript, error)
+}
+
+// Summarizer turns a transcript into a summary. Backed by the AI router
+// (local Primary -> BYO Fallback). See docs/use-cases/ai_routing.feature.
+type Summarizer interface {
+	Summarize(ctx context.Context, v domain.Video, t domain.Transcript) (domain.Summary, error)
+}
+
+// Sink delivers a summary to a destination (user store, brain, ...).
+// Implementations fail independently of one another.
+type Sink interface {
+	// Name identifies the sink for delivery records ("store", "brain").
+	Name() string
+	Deliver(ctx context.Context, s domain.Summary) error
+}
+
+// SecretStore resolves opaque references to secret material (OAuth tokens,
+// BYO keys). Backed by ESO/1Password. Tables store only the reference.
+type SecretStore interface {
+	Get(ctx context.Context, ref string) (string, error)
+}