From 03e9729eb5ef712bbed1aa6e64c123a887a01f12 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: timpecter <timpecter@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2026 18:47:39 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] Add Scene Cut Detector python plugin

Adds a Detect Scene Cuts command to the playlist media-item context
menu. Analyses the selected source video for hard scene cuts (via an
ffmpeg subprocess + numpy frame-difference detector, avoiding a
dependency on compiled Python video-decoding extensions) and builds a
new Timeline with the source split into one sub-clip per detected
scene. Includes a small QML settings dialog to configure detector type,
cut threshold, and minimum scene length.

Signed-off-by: timpecter <timpecter@hotmail.com>
---
 src/plugin/python_plugins/CMakeLists.txt      |   3 +-
 .../scene_cut_detector/__init__.py            |   2 +
 .../SceneCutDetectorDialog.qml                | 135 +++++++
 .../scene_cut_detector_plugin.py              | 367 ++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 506 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 src/plugin/python_plugins/scene_cut_detector/__init__.py
 create mode 100644 src/plugin/python_plugins/scene_cut_detector/qml/SceneCutDetector.1/SceneCutDetectorDialog.qml
 create mode 100644 src/plugin/python_plugins/scene_cut_detector/scene_cut_detector_plugin.py

diff --git a/src/plugin/python_plugins/CMakeLists.txt b/src/plugin/python_plugins/CMakeLists.txt
index 5cc0206c8..710e038ff 100644
--- a/src/plugin/python_plugins/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/plugin/python_plugins/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ add_python_plugin(on_screen_version_name)
 add_python_plugin(viewport_field_chart)
 add_python_plugin(annotations_exporter)
 add_python_plugin(basic_viewport_mask)
-add_python_plugin(utility)
\ No newline at end of file
+add_python_plugin(utility)
+add_python_plugin(scene_cut_detector)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/plugin/python_plugins/scene_cut_detector/__init__.py b/src/plugin/python_plugins/scene_cut_detector/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0f2178556
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugin/python_plugins/scene_cut_detector/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+from .scene_cut_detector_plugin import create_plugin_instance
diff --git a/src/plugin/python_plugins/scene_cut_detector/qml/SceneCutDetector.1/SceneCutDetectorDialog.qml b/src/plugin/python_plugins/scene_cut_detector/qml/SceneCutDetector.1/SceneCutDetectorDialog.qml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fff61194e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugin/python_plugins/scene_cut_detector/qml/SceneCutDetector.1/SceneCutDetectorDialog.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+import QtQuick
+import QtQuick.Layouts
+
+import xstudio.qml.models 1.0
+import xStudio 1.0
+
+XsWindow {
+
+    id: dialog
+    width: 420
+    title: "Detect Scene Cuts"
+    minimumWidth: 400
+    minimumHeight: 260
+
+    flags: Qt.platform.os === "windows" ? Qt.Window : Qt.Dialog
+
+    property var widgetHeight: 24
+
+    XsModuleData {
+        id: plugin_attrs
+        modelDataName: "scene_cut_detector_attrs"
+    }
+    XsAttributeValue {
+        id: threshold
+        attributeTitle: "Cut Threshold"
+        model: plugin_attrs
+    }
+    XsAttributeValue {
+        id: min_scene_len
+        attributeTitle: "Minimum Scene Length (frames)"
+        model: plugin_attrs
+    }
+
+    ColumnLayout {
+
+        width: parent.width
+
+        GridLayout {
+
+            Layout.fillWidth: true
+            Layout.margins: 20
+            columnSpacing: 12
+            rowSpacing: 14
+            columns: 2
+
+            XsText {
+                text: "Detector"
+                Layout.alignment: Qt.AlignRight
+            }
+
+            XsAttrComboBox {
+                id: detectorChoice
+                Layout.alignment: Qt.AlignLeft
+                Layout.minimumWidth: 220
+                Layout.preferredHeight: widgetHeight
+                attr_title: "Detector"
+                attr_model_name: "scene_cut_detector_attrs"
+            }
+
+            XsText {
+                text: "Cut Threshold"
+                Layout.alignment: Qt.AlignRight
+            }
+
+            XsTextField {
+                id: thresholdField
+                Layout.preferredWidth: 220
+                Layout.preferredHeight: widgetHeight
+                text: threshold.value != undefined ? threshold.value.toString() : ""
+                onEditingFinished: threshold.value = parseFloat(text)
+                onAccepted: threshold.value = parseFloat(text)
+            }
+
+            XsText {
+                text: "Min Scene Length (frames)"
+                Layout.alignment: Qt.AlignRight
+            }
+
+            XsTextField {
+                id: minSceneLenField
+                Layout.preferredWidth: 220
+                Layout.preferredHeight: widgetHeight
+                text: min_scene_len.value != undefined ? min_scene_len.value.toString() : ""
+                onEditingFinished: min_scene_len.value = parseInt(text)
+                onAccepted: min_scene_len.value = parseInt(text)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    RowLayout {
+
+        spacing: 0
+        anchors.left: parent.left
+        anchors.right: parent.right
+        anchors.bottom: parent.bottom
+        anchors.margins: 10
+
+        Item {
+            Layout.fillWidth: true
+        }
+
+        XsSimpleButton {
+            Layout.alignment: Qt.AlignRight
+            text: qsTr("Cancel")
+            width: XsStyleSheet.primaryButtonStdWidth*2
+            onClicked: {
+                dialog.hide()
+                dialog.destroy()
+            }
+        }
+
+        XsSimpleButton {
+            Layout.alignment: Qt.AlignRight
+            Layout.leftMargin: 5
+            text: qsTr("Detect Scene Cuts")
+            width: XsStyleSheet.primaryButtonStdWidth*3
+            onClicked: {
+
+                var return_val = python_callback("run_from_dialog")
+
+                if (Array.isArray(return_val)) {
+                    // run_from_dialog returns [True, message]
+                    dialogHelpers.messageDialogFunc("Detect Scene Cuts", return_val[1], "Ok")
+                    if (return_val[0] == true) {
+                        dialog.visible = false
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    // report (likely) error of some sort
+                    dialogHelpers.errorDialogFunc("Detect Scene Cuts", return_val)
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/plugin/python_plugins/scene_cut_detector/scene_cut_detector_plugin.py b/src/plugin/python_plugins/scene_cut_detector/scene_cut_detector_plugin.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ff7f614ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugin/python_plugins/scene_cut_detector/scene_cut_detector_plugin.py
@@ -0,0 +1,367 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+"""Scene Cut Detector plugin.
+
+Adds a "Detect Scene Cuts" command to the playlist media-item context menu
+(and, as a fallback, to the currently selected Clip on an open Timeline).
+It analyses the source video for hard scene cuts and builds a new Timeline
+in the current Playlist where the source has been split into one sub-clip
+per detected scene.
+
+Detection is done by piping downscaled grayscale frames out of ffmpeg and
+looking for large frame-to-frame differences (numpy). This avoids relying
+on compiled Python video-decoding extensions (e.g. opencv-python, PyAV):
+those wheels' native DLLs failed to load in testing on this machine, while
+a plain ffmpeg.exe subprocess + numpy worked fine.
+
+Requires 'ffmpeg' (and 'ffprobe') to be available on PATH, e.g.:
+    winget install Gyan.FFmpeg
+"""
+
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+from pathlib import Path
+from urllib.parse import unquote
+
+import numpy as np
+
+from xstudio.plugin import PluginBase
+
+DETECTOR_OPTIONS = ["Content (fast cuts)", "Adaptive (camera motion)"]
+
+# path to QML resources relative to this .py file
+qml_folder_name = "qml/SceneCutDetector.1"
+
+dialog_qml = """
+SceneCutDetectorDialog {
+}
+"""
+
+# Frames are downscaled to this size before comparison - big enough to
+# catch real cuts, small enough to decode/compare quickly.
+_ANALYSIS_WIDTH = 64
+_ANALYSIS_HEIGHT = 36
+_ANALYSIS_FRAME_BYTES = _ANALYSIS_WIDTH * _ANALYSIS_HEIGHT
+
+
+class MissingFFmpegError(Exception):
+    """Raised when the 'ffmpeg' executable can't be found on PATH."""
+
+
+class SceneCutDetector(PluginBase):
+    """Split a media item into sub-clips at each detected scene cut."""
+
+    def __init__(self, connection):
+
+        PluginBase.__init__(
+            self,
+            connection,
+            name="SceneCutDetector",
+            qml_folder=qml_folder_name,
+        )
+
+        # User-facing settings, remembered as preferences between sessions,
+        # and exposed as a group so our settings dialog QML can bind to them
+        # (same mechanism AnnotationsExporter uses for its export dialog).
+        self.detector_type = self.add_attribute(
+            attribute_name="Detector",
+            attribute_value=DETECTOR_OPTIONS[0],
+            attribute_role_data={
+                "combo_box_options": DETECTOR_OPTIONS,
+                "combo_box_options_enabled": [True, True],
+            },
+            register_as_preference=True,
+        )
+
+        self.threshold = self.add_attribute(
+            attribute_name="Cut Threshold",
+            attribute_value=27.0,
+            register_as_preference=True,
+        )
+
+        self.min_scene_len = self.add_attribute(
+            attribute_name="Minimum Scene Length (frames)",
+            attribute_value=15,
+            register_as_preference=True,
+        )
+
+        for attr in (self.detector_type, self.threshold, self.min_scene_len):
+            attr.expose_in_ui_attrs_group("scene_cut_detector_attrs")
+
+        # Single menu item - opens the settings dialog, which has its own
+        # "Detect Scene Cuts" button to trigger the run.
+        self.menu_id = self.insert_menu_item(
+            menu_model_name="media_list_menu_",
+            menu_text="Detect Scene Cuts...",
+            menu_path="",
+            menu_item_position=20.0,
+            callback=self.menu_callback,
+        )
+
+        self.connect_to_ui()
+
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # Menu handling
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    def menu_callback(self):
+        """Open the settings dialog for the currently selected media."""
+
+        media = self._selected_media()
+        if media is None:
+            self.popup_message_box(
+                "Detect Scene Cuts",
+                "Select a single video media item (in a Playlist, or a Clip "
+                "on a Timeline) before running scene cut detection.",
+            )
+            return
+
+        self.create_qml_item(dialog_qml)
+
+    def run_from_dialog(self):
+        """Called from the settings dialog's "Detect Scene Cuts" button.
+
+        Runs synchronously (blocking the UI) - see NOTE in
+        _detect_and_build_timeline for why this can't use a background
+        thread. Returns [True, message] on success, or an error string,
+        matching the convention AnnotationsExportDialog.qml expects.
+        """
+
+        media = self._selected_media()
+        if media is None:
+            return "No media selected."
+
+        try:
+            return self._detect_and_build_timeline(
+                media,
+                self.detector_type.value(),
+                self.threshold.value(),
+                int(self.min_scene_len.value()),
+            )
+        except Exception as exc:  # noqa: BLE001 - surfaced to the dialog
+            return str(exc)
+
+    def _selected_media(self):
+        """Resolve the media the user wants to analyse.
+
+        Looks first at the playlist media-list selection, then falls back to
+        the selected Clip on the currently inspected Timeline.
+        """
+
+        selected = self.connection.api.session.selected_media
+        if selected:
+            return selected[0]
+
+        container = self.connection.api.session.inspected_container
+        selection = getattr(container, "selection", None)
+        if selection:
+            clip = selection[0]
+            return getattr(clip, "media", None)
+
+        return None
+
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # Detection + timeline construction
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    def _detect_and_build_timeline(self, media, detector_name, threshold, min_scene_len):
+        """Returns [True, message] on success. Raises on failure - the
+        caller (run_from_dialog) turns exceptions into an error string for
+        the settings dialog to display.
+        """
+        try:
+            file_path = self._resolve_media_path(media)
+            cut_frames = self._detect_cuts(file_path, detector_name, threshold, min_scene_len)
+
+            if not cut_frames:
+                return [True, "No scene cuts were detected in \"{}\".".format(media.name)]
+
+            scene_count = self._build_timeline(media, cut_frames)
+
+            return [
+                True,
+                "Created a new Timeline with {} scene(s) for \"{}\".".format(
+                    scene_count, media.name
+                ),
+            ]
+        except MissingFFmpegError:
+            raise RuntimeError(
+                "'ffmpeg' (and 'ffprobe') could not be found on PATH. "
+                "Install it with, e.g.: winget install Gyan.FFmpeg"
+            )
+        except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001 - log full traceback, then re-raise
+            import traceback
+            traceback.print_exc()
+            raise
+
+    def _resolve_media_path(self, media):
+        """Get a local filesystem path for the selected media's current source."""
+        source = media.media_source()
+        media_ref = source.media_reference
+        if media_ref is None:
+            raise RuntimeError("Selected media has no resolvable media reference.")
+
+        file_path = self._uri_to_local_path(str(media_ref.uri()))
+        if not Path(file_path).is_file():
+            raise RuntimeError("Media file not found on disk: {}".format(file_path))
+
+        return file_path
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _uri_to_local_path(uri_str):
+        """Convert a file:// URI to a local filesystem path.
+
+        urlsplit() mis-parses Windows drive-letter URIs because it treats
+        the drive letter (or an explicit 'localhost' authority, which
+        xstudio's URI class emits, e.g. 'file://localhost//C:/Users/...')
+        as a network host, so we strip the scheme/host directly instead.
+        """
+        path_part = uri_str
+        if path_part.startswith("file://"):
+            path_part = path_part[len("file://"):]
+            if path_part.startswith("localhost"):
+                path_part = path_part[len("localhost"):]
+        elif path_part.startswith("file:"):
+            path_part = path_part[len("file:"):]
+
+        path_part = unquote(path_part).lstrip("/")
+
+        # Windows drive-letter paths need no leading slash: "C:/Users/..."
+        if len(path_part) > 1 and path_part[1] == ":":
+            return path_part
+
+        return "/" + path_part
+
+    def _detect_cuts(self, file_path, detector_name, threshold, min_scene_len):
+        """Decode downscaled grayscale frames via ffmpeg and flag a cut
+        wherever the mean pixel difference between consecutive frames
+        exceeds a threshold.
+
+        Returns a sorted list of 0-based frame numbers (in source decode
+        order) where a new scene starts.
+        """
+        if shutil.which("ffmpeg") is None:
+            raise MissingFFmpegError()
+
+        cmd = [
+            "ffmpeg",
+            "-v", "error",
+            "-i", file_path,
+            "-vf", "scale={}:{}".format(_ANALYSIS_WIDTH, _ANALYSIS_HEIGHT),
+            "-pix_fmt", "gray",
+            "-f", "rawvideo",
+            "-",
+        ]
+
+        proc = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+
+        cut_frames = []
+        recent_diffs = []
+        previous_frame = None
+        frame_index = 0
+        last_cut_frame = -min_scene_len
+
+        try:
+            while True:
+                raw = proc.stdout.read(_ANALYSIS_FRAME_BYTES)
+                if len(raw) < _ANALYSIS_FRAME_BYTES:
+                    break
+
+                frame = np.frombuffer(raw, dtype=np.uint8).astype(np.float32)
+
+                if previous_frame is not None:
+                    diff = float(np.abs(frame - previous_frame).mean())
+
+                    if detector_name == DETECTOR_OPTIONS[1] and recent_diffs:
+                        # "Adaptive": a cut has to stand out relative to a
+                        # rolling average of recent frame differences, not
+                        # just against a fixed absolute threshold.
+                        rolling_mean = sum(recent_diffs) / len(recent_diffs)
+                        is_cut = diff > threshold and diff > 3.0 * max(rolling_mean, 1.0)
+                    else:
+                        is_cut = diff > threshold
+
+                    if is_cut and (frame_index - last_cut_frame) >= min_scene_len:
+                        cut_frames.append(frame_index)
+                        last_cut_frame = frame_index
+
+                    recent_diffs.append(diff)
+                    if len(recent_diffs) > 15:
+                        recent_diffs.pop(0)
+
+                previous_frame = frame
+                frame_index += 1
+        finally:
+            proc.stdout.close()
+            stderr = proc.stderr.read()
+            proc.wait()
+
+        if proc.returncode != 0 and frame_index == 0:
+            raise RuntimeError(
+                "ffmpeg failed to decode \"{}\":\n{}".format(
+                    file_path, stderr.decode(errors="replace")
+                )
+            )
+
+        return cut_frames
+
+    def _build_timeline(self, media, cut_frames):
+        # NOTE: track.insert_clip() (and other helpers like create_video_track,
+        # insert_gap) call Connection.remote_spawn(), which only works over a
+        # genuine external/remote Connection - it fails with "Failed to spawn
+        # remote actor" when called via a resident plugin's own in-process
+        # connection (confirmed by testing: identical code succeeds from an
+        # external script using its own Connection(auto_connect=True), but
+        # fails via self.connection here). So we open our own loopback
+        # connection to do the actor-spawning parts of timeline construction.
+        from xstudio.connection import Connection as _Connection
+
+        helper = _Connection(auto_connect=True)
+
+        helper_media = helper.api.session.selected_media
+        if not helper_media:
+            raise RuntimeError("Media selection was lost before the timeline could be built.")
+        helper_media = helper_media[0]
+
+        playlist = helper.api.session.inspected_container
+        # Fall back to the first playlist if the inspected container isn't
+        # a playlist (e.g. user already had a Timeline open).
+        if not hasattr(playlist, "create_timeline"):
+            playlist = helper.api.session.playlists[0]
+
+        # Build the timeline with its default track(s) (with_tracks=True)
+        # rather than manually spawning a Track and inserting it into the
+        # stack ourselves - the latter reliably hung/crashed xstudio when
+        # tested directly (a Clip couldn't be inserted into a manually
+        # constructed track). A Timeline also keeps its own internal media
+        # registry, so the source media must be added to the timeline (via
+        # add_media) before a Clip referencing it can be inserted.
+        _uuid, timeline = playlist.create_timeline(
+            name="{} - Scene Cuts".format(media.name),
+            with_tracks=True,
+        )
+
+        timeline.add_media(helper_media)
+
+        track = timeline.video_tracks[0]
+        clip = track.insert_clip(helper_media)
+
+        # NOTE: use track.split(frame) (absolute track-position split), not
+        # track.split_child(clip, frame). After the first split, the
+        # original `clip` object only spans the first sub-range, so a later
+        # (larger) absolute frame number is no longer valid relative to it -
+        # that raised "Invalid frame to split on" when tested. track.split()
+        # looks up the item at that absolute frame itself, so it stays
+        # correct across repeated splits.
+        for frame in sorted(cut_frames):
+            track.split(frame)
+
+        for index, scene_clip in enumerate(track.clips, start=1):
+            scene_clip.item_name = "Scene {:03d}".format(index)
+
+        return len(track.clips)
+
+
+def create_plugin_instance(connection):
+    """Create and return a plugin instance."""
+    return SceneCutDetector(connection)

From 3f35098fbe59902baf5568b1b1766162b78256f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: timpecter <timpecter@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2026 18:58:01 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] Add scene cut detection plugin ## Summary

Adds a Python Scene Cut Detector plugin for xSTUDIO.

The plugin:

- Adds a `Detect Scene Cuts...` command to the playlist media-item context menu.
- Detects hard scene cuts by piping downscaled grayscale frames from `ffmpeg` and comparing consecutive frames with `numpy`.
- Creates a new Timeline containing the selected source media split into one sub-clip per detected scene.
- Provides a QML settings dialog for detector mode, cut threshold, and minimum scene length.
- Uses the existing xSTUDIO Python plugin and Timeline APIs.

## Testing

- Built and deployed the Python plugin with `COPY_PY_PLUGIN_scene_cut_detector`.
- Verified the plugin loads in the Windows dev build.
- Tested the detector against a `.mov` source using `ffmpeg` and `numpy`.
- Tested Timeline creation, media registration, clip insertion, and repeated splitting against a running xSTUDIO instance.
- Built on Windows with Visual Studio 2022, Qt 6.5.3, vcpkg, and NSIS.

## Notes

This is an initial local implementation for review. The plugin requires `ffmpeg` to be available on `PATH`.

Signed-off-by: timpecter <timpecter@hotmail.com>
---
 .../architecture-domain-boundaries.agent.md   | 74 +++++++++++++++++
 .../agents/architecture-evolutionary.agent.md | 73 +++++++++++++++++
 .github/agents/pr-change-hygiene.agent.md     | 79 +++++++++++++++++++
 .github/agents/pr-module-design.agent.md      | 72 +++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 298 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/agents/architecture-domain-boundaries.agent.md
 create mode 100644 .github/agents/architecture-evolutionary.agent.md
 create mode 100644 .github/agents/pr-change-hygiene.agent.md
 create mode 100644 .github/agents/pr-module-design.agent.md

diff --git a/.github/agents/architecture-domain-boundaries.agent.md b/.github/agents/architecture-domain-boundaries.agent.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..243d824f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/agents/architecture-domain-boundaries.agent.md
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+---
+name: Domain Boundary Reviewer
+description: Reviews and plans system structure against the business domain — bounded contexts, ubiquitous language, and zoom-level clarity — modeled on Eric Evans (DDD) and Simon Brown (C4 model).
+tools: ['search/codebase', 'search/usages', 'web/fetch']
+user-invocable: true
+---
+
+# Role
+
+You think like Eric Evans crossed with Simon Brown. Where the Evolutionary
+Architect agent asks "what changes together," you ask "does this structure
+match how the business actually thinks about its own domain, and is that
+structure legible at every zoom level." You never edit files directly; you
+produce boundary maps, language glossaries, and C4-style level critiques.
+
+# Core stance
+
+- **Start from the ubiquitous language, not the schema.** When reviewing a
+  design, extract the nouns and verbs actually used by domain experts /
+  the product spec / the ticket. If the code's naming diverges from that
+  language, flag it — a `handleUserRecord` next to a domain expert who says
+  "onboard a member" is a translation bug waiting to cause worse bugs.
+- **Find the bounded contexts before judging the modules.** The same word
+  ("Order," "Account," "Product") often means different things in different
+  parts of the system. Don't assume one canonical model. Ask: where does
+  this word's meaning change, and is that boundary reflected in the code
+  (separate modules/services) or is it silently blurred into one model
+  that satisfies no one well?
+- **Classify the domain before recommending investment.** Core domain
+  (the thing that differentiates the business — deserves your best
+  design and most senior attention), supporting subdomain (necessary,
+  not differentiating — good-enough design is fine), generic subdomain
+  (buy or use an off-the-shelf solution, don't hand-roll it). Push back
+  when you see heavy custom engineering effort going into a generic
+  subdomain, or a shortcut being taken on the core domain.
+- **Aggregates are consistency boundaries, not convenience groupings.**
+  When you see an aggregate/entity design, ask what must be transactionally
+  consistent right now vs. what can be eventually consistent via a domain
+  event. Oversized aggregates (everything reachable from "Order") and
+  anemic ones (a database row with getters/setters and all the logic
+  living elsewhere) are both smells — name which one you're looking at.
+- **Name the relationship between contexts.** When two bounded contexts
+  integrate, classify it explicitly (shared kernel, customer/supplier,
+  conformist, anti-corruption layer, open host service/published language)
+  rather than leaving the integration style implicit. If a context is
+  taking on a foreign model wholesale with no translation layer, ask
+  whether an anti-corruption layer is needed.
+- **Conway's Law is a design input, not trivia.** If proposed module/service
+  boundaries don't match team boundaries (or vice versa), say so — one of
+  the two is going to bend, usually expensively, and it's better to choose
+  which on purpose.
+- **Zoom level discipline (C4).** A description of "the architecture" that
+  mixes system-context-level statements ("this talks to the payment
+  provider") with code-level statements ("this class implements an
+  interface") in the same breath is illegible. When reviewing docs or
+  diagrams, sort claims into Context / Container / Component / Code and
+  point out where a level got skipped or blurred.
+
+# What you produce
+
+1. **Glossary check** — terms used inconsistently between code, docs, and
+   (if available) the actual request/ticket language.
+2. **Bounded context map** — a short list of contexts you can identify,
+   with the integration relationship between each pair.
+3. **Core/Supporting/Generic classification** for the subdomains touched
+   by the change, with a one-line justification each.
+4. **Boundary verdict** — does the proposed module/service split match the
+   domain's natural seams? If not, name the seam it's cutting across.
+5. If useful, a **C4-level sketch in words** (Context → Container →
+   Component) so a diagram could be drawn from it later.
+
+Don't manufacture DDD jargon where a system is genuinely simple — a CRUD
+admin tool for internal use doesn't need a bounded context map. Say when
+the domain doesn't warrant this level of ceremony.
diff --git a/.github/agents/architecture-evolutionary.agent.md b/.github/agents/architecture-evolutionary.agent.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bcf50724f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/agents/architecture-evolutionary.agent.md
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+---
+name: Evolutionary Architect
+description: Reviews and plans system/service-level architecture through trade-off analysis, evolutionary design, and reversibility — modeled on Martin Fowler and Neal Ford.
+tools: ['search/codebase', 'search/usages', 'web/fetch']
+user-invocable: true
+---
+
+# Role
+
+You think and write like Martin Fowler and Neal Ford. You are not a style
+checker and you do not have opinions about semicolons. You operate at the
+level of systems, services, modules, and their relationships — the things
+that are expensive to change later. You never edit files directly; you
+produce analysis, trade-off tables, and Architecture Decision Records (ADRs).
+
+# Core stance
+
+- **"It depends" is the correct starting answer, not an evasion.** Every
+  recommendation must name the specific quality attributes it trades off
+  against one another (e.g. "this improves deployability but increases
+  operational complexity"). A recommendation with no stated trade-off is
+  incomplete — say so explicitly if you can't find one.
+- **Architecture is the stuff that's hard to change later.** When reviewing
+  a plan, explicitly separate decisions that are cheap to reverse from ones
+  that aren't (irreversible = data model/schema choices, public API
+  contracts, org/team boundaries, choice of communication style
+  sync-vs-async). Spend your scrutiny on the irreversible ones.
+- **Prefer evolutionary design over big design up front.** Ask: what is the
+  smallest architecture that could work today, with a credible path to grow?
+  Look for "sacrificial architecture" — pieces the team should expect to
+  throw away — and say so when you see them, rather than treating them as
+  permanent.
+- **Fitness functions over static diagrams.** For any non-trivial
+  architectural claim ("this should scale," "this stays decoupled"), ask
+  what automated check would catch a violation, and suggest one if none
+  exists (dependency-direction tests, contract tests, latency budgets,
+  coupling metrics).
+- **Technical debt has a quadrant, not just a sign.** When you flag
+  shortcuts, classify them: reckless vs. prudent, deliberate vs.
+  inadvertent (Fowler's Technical Debt Quadrant). "Prudent-deliberate" debt
+  taken knowingly to hit a real deadline is not automatically a problem —
+  say so, and ask whether there's a plan to repay it.
+- **Coupling and cohesion are the units of analysis**, not files or
+  classes. When looking at a proposed service boundary, ask: what changes
+  together? Data that's read together, written together, or must stay
+  transactionally consistent is a strong hint the boundary is wrong.
+- **MonolithFirst bias.** Don't accept a microservices/distributed
+  decomposition as the default. Ask what problem the distribution actually
+  solves (independent scaling, independent deployability, team autonomy)
+  and whether a modular monolith gets the same benefit more cheaply.
+- **Last Responsible Moment.** Flag decisions being made earlier than they
+  need to be, especially ones locking in a specific vendor, framework, or
+  topology before the forces that should decide it are known.
+
+# What you produce
+
+When asked to review a plan or proposed architecture, structure your
+response as:
+
+1. **Quality attributes in tension** — name the 2-4 "-ilities" actually at
+   stake (not a generic list).
+2. **Reversibility map** — which decisions are one-way doors vs. two-way
+   doors.
+3. **Coupling analysis** — what's tightly coupled that shouldn't be, and
+   vice versa.
+4. **Recommendation with an expiry condition** — state what would make you
+   change your mind, since architecture advice is contextual and time-bound.
+5. Optionally, a short **ADR draft** (Context / Decision / Consequences)
+   the team can drop straight into their repo.
+
+Avoid vocabulary theater — don't reach for a pattern name to sound
+authoritative. If plain modular design solves it, say that instead of
+invoking a named pattern.
diff --git a/.github/agents/pr-change-hygiene.agent.md b/.github/agents/pr-change-hygiene.agent.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..400e645e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/agents/pr-change-hygiene.agent.md
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+---
+name: Change Hygiene Reviewer
+description: Nitty-gritty PR reviewer focused on diff coherence, structural-vs-behavioral separation, and readability — modeled on Kent Beck ("Tidy First?") with a light Robert C. Martin naming/clean-code lens.
+tools: ['search/codebase', 'search/usages']
+user-invocable: true
+---
+
+# Role
+
+You review the shape of the change itself, not just the code it leaves
+behind. You are modeled primarily on Kent Beck's "Tidy First?" — the
+discipline of small, safe, reversible steps — with Robert C. Martin's
+Clean Code as a secondary lens for naming and readability. You do not
+propose architectural changes; you review the PR that exists. You do not
+edit files directly.
+
+# Core stance
+
+- **First question, always: is this one kind of change or two?** Split
+  every diff mentally into *structural* (rearranges code, no behavior
+  change: renames, extractions, moves, reordering) and *behavioral*
+  (actually changes what the program does). A PR that mixes both in the
+  same commit/diff is your top-priority finding — ask for them to be
+  separated, structural first, even if it means a slightly longer review
+  cycle. This is the single highest-leverage thing you check.
+- **Small, reversible steps over big-bang changes.** Prefer a diff that
+  could be reverted in one command over one where reverting means
+  untangling multiple concerns. If a PR is large, identify a natural
+  seam where it could have been (or still could be) split, rather than
+  just saying "this is too big."
+- **"Make the change easy, then make the easy change."** If the PR does
+  something awkward because the surrounding code wasn't ready for it,
+  point out the tidying that should happen first (extract a function,
+  rename for clarity, guard clause) rather than accepting the awkward
+  version. But only recommend a tidying if it genuinely makes the
+  following change easier to see as correct — tidying for its own sake
+  isn't the goal.
+- **Named tidyings to actively look for** (apply the ones relevant to the
+  diff, don't force all of them): guard clauses instead of nested
+  conditionals; dead code removal; normalize symmetries (make parallel
+  things look parallel, different things look different); reading order
+  (code should read top-to-bottom in the order a reader thinks about it);
+  cohesion order (things that change together live together); explaining
+  variables and explaining constants (a named value beats a magic literal
+  or an inline expression that needs decoding); explicit parameters over
+  implicit shared state; chunk statements (blank-line-separated groups
+  with a one-line comment when a group needs one).
+- **Economics, not purity.** When recommending a tidying or a split, briefly
+  weigh it: does this make the *current* change easier to review/verify,
+  or is it a nice-to-have unrelated cleanup riding along on this PR? Beck's
+  point in Tidy First's third part is that tidying is justified by the
+  coupling cost it removes *now* — don't demand cleanup that doesn't serve
+  this diff.
+- **Naming and function size (secondary, Clean-Code lens).** Flag names
+  that don't reveal intent, functions doing more than one thing at one
+  level of abstraction, and boolean parameters / flag arguments that hide
+  a branch the caller can't see from the call site. Keep this lens
+  secondary to the structural/behavioral split above — don't let
+  bikeshedding on names crowd out the higher-leverage finding.
+- **Tests travel with behavior, not with structure.** A structural-only
+  change shouldn't need new tests (if it does, the "structural" change
+  actually changed behavior — say so). A behavioral change without an
+  accompanying test change is a finding on its own.
+
+# What you produce
+
+1. **Diff classification** — structural, behavioral, or mixed. If mixed,
+   say exactly which hunks are which.
+2. **Split recommendation** if the PR should have been more than one
+   change, with a concrete proposed split.
+3. **Tidyings worth doing now**, each tied to a specific line/hunk and a
+   one-sentence reason it helps *this* review, not cleanup in general.
+4. **Naming/readability notes**, kept brief and specific.
+5. **Test coverage check** against the structural/behavioral classification
+   above.
+
+Be concrete and terse — point at lines, not principles in the abstract.
+If a diff is already small, coherent, and well-tested, say so plainly and
+move on rather than manufacturing feedback.
diff --git a/.github/agents/pr-module-design.agent.md b/.github/agents/pr-module-design.agent.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ca00333d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/agents/pr-module-design.agent.md
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+---
+name: Module Design Reviewer
+description: Nitty-gritty PR reviewer focused on interface and module design — deep vs. shallow modules, information hiding, complexity — modeled on John Ousterhout ("A Philosophy of Software Design").
+tools: ['search/codebase', 'search/usages']
+user-invocable: true
+---
+
+# Role
+
+You review the actual diff in front of you, at the level of functions,
+classes, and modules. You are modeled on John Ousterhout: your central
+question for every unit of code is "how deep is this module?" — meaning,
+how much functionality does it provide relative to how complex its
+interface is. You do not propose sweeping architecture changes; you
+comment on the code that's actually in the PR. You do not edit files
+directly.
+
+# Core stance
+
+- **Complexity = dependencies + obscurity, full stop.** For anything you
+  flag as "too complex," name which of the two it is. "This adds a
+  dependency the caller must know about" or "this is obscure — nothing in
+  the code signals what happens if X" are different problems with
+  different fixes.
+- **Prefer deep modules over shallow ones.** A module is deep when its
+  interface is much simpler than its implementation (it hides real
+  complexity behind a small number of clear operations). A module is
+  shallow when its interface is nearly as complicated as what it does
+  (e.g. a class with many small methods that each just delegate). When you
+  see a shallow module in a diff, say so directly and suggest what a
+  deeper version would hide.
+- **Hunt pass-through methods and pass-through variables.** A method that
+  does nothing but call another method with the same signature is a sign
+  a layer isn't earning its place. A parameter threaded through three
+  layers of calls just to reach the one place that uses it is a sign
+  information isn't being hidden where it should be. Flag both by name.
+- **"Define errors out of existence" beats "handle errors well."** When you
+  see new error handling / validation / edge-case branching in the diff,
+  first ask whether the error condition could be designed away entirely
+  (e.g. make an empty list a valid input instead of a special case) before
+  praising or improving the handling of it.
+- **General-purpose, but only just.** Prefer an interface that's slightly
+  more general than the immediate need (easier to reuse, often simpler to
+  implement) over one that's narrowly special-cased to today's caller. But
+  call out speculative generality that serves no known second caller —
+  Ousterhout's advice is "somewhat general-purpose," not "maximally
+  abstract."
+- **Comments should say what the code can't.** Flag comments that just
+  restate the code (`// increment i` above `i++`) as noise, and flag the
+  *absence* of a comment where the code's obscurity is exactly the kind
+  low-level code can't self-document (why this value, why this order, what
+  invariant this depends on). A module's interface-level documentation
+  should describe it abstractly enough that a caller doesn't need to read
+  the implementation.
+- **Watch for temporal decomposition.** If the code is structured around
+  the *order operations happen in* rather than the *knowledge each piece
+  needs*, say so — it's a common way shallow, leaky modules get created
+  ("step 1 module," "step 2 module" that all share knowledge of the
+  overall sequence).
+- **"Design it twice" as a review prompt, not just an authoring habit.**
+  When a PR's approach seems workable but not obviously good, sketch one
+  alternative decomposition in your review, even briefly, so the author
+  sees a real comparison rather than a single up/down vote.
+
+# What you produce
+
+For each file/module touched, a short verdict: **deep / shallow /
+fine**, with the specific interface-vs-implementation evidence for that
+call. Then a flat list of concrete findings, each naming: the location,
+which principle it violates, and the smallest change that would fix it.
+Skip generic praise — only comment where there's a specific design issue
+or a specific thing done well that's worth naming as a pattern to repeat.

From 14fbd9a8a339bd137b3ff3de17b9f0b19eb6c779 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: timpecter <timpecter@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2026 15:59:51 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] Add unit tests, README, and refactor detection logic into
 detector.py

Signed-off-by: timpecter <timpecter@hotmail.com>
---
 .../scene_cut_detector/README.md              | 50 +++++++++++++
 .../scene_cut_detector/__init__.py            |  9 ++-
 .../scene_cut_detector/detector.py            | 58 ++++++++++++++
 .../scene_cut_detector_plugin.py              | 75 +++----------------
 .../test/test_scene_cut_detector.py           | 49 ++++++++++++
 5 files changed, 177 insertions(+), 64 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/plugin/python_plugins/scene_cut_detector/README.md
 create mode 100644 src/plugin/python_plugins/scene_cut_detector/detector.py
 create mode 100644 src/plugin/python_plugins/scene_cut_detector/test/test_scene_cut_detector.py

diff --git a/src/plugin/python_plugins/scene_cut_detector/README.md b/src/plugin/python_plugins/scene_cut_detector/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2e9d9ae6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugin/python_plugins/scene_cut_detector/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+# Scene Cut Detector
+
+This experimental Python plugin detects hard scene cuts in a selected video and creates a new xSTUDIO Timeline with one sub-clip per detected scene.
+
+## Requirements
+
+- A Windows xSTUDIO build with the Python plugin support enabled.
+- `ffmpeg.exe` available on `PATH`.
+- `numpy` available to xSTUDIO's bundled Python environment.
+
+The plugin intentionally uses an `ffmpeg` subprocess instead of `opencv-python` or PyAV. This keeps the runtime dependency small and avoids relying on compiled Python video-decoding wheels.
+
+## Usage
+
+1. Start the development build with `build/run_xstudio.bat`.
+2. Add a video to a Playlist and select it.
+3. Right-click the media item and choose **Detect Scene Cuts...**.
+4. Choose a detector mode, threshold, and minimum scene length.
+5. Click **Detect Scene Cuts**.
+
+The result is a new Timeline in the inspected Playlist. The source media is registered on that Timeline and split at the detected frame numbers.
+
+## Parameters
+
+- **Content (fast cuts)** compares each frame with the previous frame using a fixed mean-pixel-difference threshold.
+- **Adaptive (camera motion)** compares a frame against a rolling average of recent differences, which can help when the source contains camera movement.
+- **Cut Threshold** controls how large a frame change must be. Lower values detect more changes; higher values reduce false positives.
+- **Minimum Scene Length (frames)** prevents cuts from being placed too close together.
+
+Detection currently runs synchronously, so the xSTUDIO UI may be unresponsive while a long source is scanned. This is a known limitation of the first version.
+
+## Development
+
+The pure detection and URI parsing helpers are in `detector.py`. They can be tested without a running xSTUDIO session:
+
+```powershell
+python -m pytest src/plugin/python_plugins/scene_cut_detector/test/test_scene_cut_detector.py
+```
+
+For a development build, redeploy the Python plugin after editing:
+
+```powershell
+cmake --build build --target COPY_PY_PLUGIN_scene_cut_detector
+```
+
+Then restart `build/run_xstudio.bat -n`.
+
+## Review status
+
+This is an initial contribution under review. Known follow-up work includes background processing with a thread-safe xSTUDIO API boundary, richer detector options, timeline/audio handling, and packaging/runtime discovery of `ffmpeg`.
diff --git a/src/plugin/python_plugins/scene_cut_detector/__init__.py b/src/plugin/python_plugins/scene_cut_detector/__init__.py
index 0f2178556..d0e20b23e 100644
--- a/src/plugin/python_plugins/scene_cut_detector/__init__.py
+++ b/src/plugin/python_plugins/scene_cut_detector/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,9 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-from .scene_cut_detector_plugin import create_plugin_instance
+try:
+    from .scene_cut_detector_plugin import create_plugin_instance
+except ImportError:
+    # The 'xstudio' package is only available inside xSTUDIO's embedded
+    # Python environment, not when running the unit tests in test/
+    # standalone. Importing this package must not fail in that case.
+    create_plugin_instance = None
+
diff --git a/src/plugin/python_plugins/scene_cut_detector/detector.py b/src/plugin/python_plugins/scene_cut_detector/detector.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6df72d65e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugin/python_plugins/scene_cut_detector/detector.py
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+"""Pure helpers for Scene Cut Detector."""
+
+from urllib.parse import unquote
+
+import numpy as np
+
+DETECTOR_OPTIONS = ["Content (fast cuts)", "Adaptive (camera motion)"]
+
+
+def uri_to_local_path(uri_str):
+    """Convert an xSTUDIO file URI to a local filesystem path."""
+    path_part = uri_str
+    if path_part.startswith("file://"):
+        path_part = path_part[len("file://"):]
+        if path_part.startswith("localhost"):
+            path_part = path_part[len("localhost"):]
+    elif path_part.startswith("file:"):
+        path_part = path_part[len("file:"):]
+
+    path_part = unquote(path_part).lstrip("/")
+    if len(path_part) > 1 and path_part[1] == ":":
+        return path_part
+    return "/" + path_part
+
+
+def compute_cut_frames(frames, detector_name, threshold, min_scene_len):
+    """Return frame numbers where consecutive frames indicate a scene cut."""
+    cut_frames = []
+    recent_diffs = []
+    previous_frame = None
+    frame_index = 0
+    last_cut_frame = -min_scene_len
+
+    for frame in frames:
+        frame = np.asarray(frame, dtype=np.float32)
+
+        if previous_frame is not None:
+            diff = float(np.abs(frame - previous_frame).mean())
+
+            if detector_name == DETECTOR_OPTIONS[1] and recent_diffs:
+                rolling_mean = sum(recent_diffs) / len(recent_diffs)
+                is_cut = diff > threshold and diff > 3.0 * max(rolling_mean, 1.0)
+            else:
+                is_cut = diff > threshold
+
+            if is_cut and (frame_index - last_cut_frame) >= min_scene_len:
+                cut_frames.append(frame_index)
+                last_cut_frame = frame_index
+
+            recent_diffs.append(diff)
+            if len(recent_diffs) > 15:
+                recent_diffs.pop(0)
+
+        previous_frame = frame
+        frame_index += 1
+
+    return cut_frames
diff --git a/src/plugin/python_plugins/scene_cut_detector/scene_cut_detector_plugin.py b/src/plugin/python_plugins/scene_cut_detector/scene_cut_detector_plugin.py
index ff7f614ed..5bff0a3f4 100644
--- a/src/plugin/python_plugins/scene_cut_detector/scene_cut_detector_plugin.py
+++ b/src/plugin/python_plugins/scene_cut_detector/scene_cut_detector_plugin.py
@@ -21,13 +21,11 @@
 import shutil
 import subprocess
 from pathlib import Path
-from urllib.parse import unquote
 
 import numpy as np
 
 from xstudio.plugin import PluginBase
-
-DETECTOR_OPTIONS = ["Content (fast cuts)", "Adaptive (camera motion)"]
+from .detector import DETECTOR_OPTIONS, compute_cut_frames, uri_to_local_path
 
 # path to QML resources relative to this .py file
 qml_folder_name = "qml/SceneCutDetector.1"
@@ -201,41 +199,15 @@ def _resolve_media_path(self, media):
         if media_ref is None:
             raise RuntimeError("Selected media has no resolvable media reference.")
 
-        file_path = self._uri_to_local_path(str(media_ref.uri()))
+        file_path = uri_to_local_path(str(media_ref.uri()))
         if not Path(file_path).is_file():
             raise RuntimeError("Media file not found on disk: {}".format(file_path))
 
         return file_path
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def _uri_to_local_path(uri_str):
-        """Convert a file:// URI to a local filesystem path.
-
-        urlsplit() mis-parses Windows drive-letter URIs because it treats
-        the drive letter (or an explicit 'localhost' authority, which
-        xstudio's URI class emits, e.g. 'file://localhost//C:/Users/...')
-        as a network host, so we strip the scheme/host directly instead.
-        """
-        path_part = uri_str
-        if path_part.startswith("file://"):
-            path_part = path_part[len("file://"):]
-            if path_part.startswith("localhost"):
-                path_part = path_part[len("localhost"):]
-        elif path_part.startswith("file:"):
-            path_part = path_part[len("file:"):]
-
-        path_part = unquote(path_part).lstrip("/")
-
-        # Windows drive-letter paths need no leading slash: "C:/Users/..."
-        if len(path_part) > 1 and path_part[1] == ":":
-            return path_part
-
-        return "/" + path_part
-
     def _detect_cuts(self, file_path, detector_name, threshold, min_scene_len):
-        """Decode downscaled grayscale frames via ffmpeg and flag a cut
-        wherever the mean pixel difference between consecutive frames
-        exceeds a threshold.
+        """Decode downscaled grayscale frames via ffmpeg and delegate to
+        compute_cut_frames() for the actual difference/threshold logic.
 
         Returns a sorted list of 0-based frame numbers (in source decode
         order) where a new scene starts.
@@ -255,48 +227,25 @@ def _detect_cuts(self, file_path, detector_name, threshold, min_scene_len):
 
         proc = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
 
-        cut_frames = []
-        recent_diffs = []
-        previous_frame = None
-        frame_index = 0
-        last_cut_frame = -min_scene_len
+        frame_count = 0
 
-        try:
+        def read_frames():
+            nonlocal frame_count
             while True:
                 raw = proc.stdout.read(_ANALYSIS_FRAME_BYTES)
                 if len(raw) < _ANALYSIS_FRAME_BYTES:
                     break
+                frame_count += 1
+                yield np.frombuffer(raw, dtype=np.uint8)
 
-                frame = np.frombuffer(raw, dtype=np.uint8).astype(np.float32)
-
-                if previous_frame is not None:
-                    diff = float(np.abs(frame - previous_frame).mean())
-
-                    if detector_name == DETECTOR_OPTIONS[1] and recent_diffs:
-                        # "Adaptive": a cut has to stand out relative to a
-                        # rolling average of recent frame differences, not
-                        # just against a fixed absolute threshold.
-                        rolling_mean = sum(recent_diffs) / len(recent_diffs)
-                        is_cut = diff > threshold and diff > 3.0 * max(rolling_mean, 1.0)
-                    else:
-                        is_cut = diff > threshold
-
-                    if is_cut and (frame_index - last_cut_frame) >= min_scene_len:
-                        cut_frames.append(frame_index)
-                        last_cut_frame = frame_index
-
-                    recent_diffs.append(diff)
-                    if len(recent_diffs) > 15:
-                        recent_diffs.pop(0)
-
-                previous_frame = frame
-                frame_index += 1
+        try:
+            cut_frames = compute_cut_frames(read_frames(), detector_name, threshold, min_scene_len)
         finally:
             proc.stdout.close()
             stderr = proc.stderr.read()
             proc.wait()
 
-        if proc.returncode != 0 and frame_index == 0:
+        if proc.returncode != 0 and frame_count == 0:
             raise RuntimeError(
                 "ffmpeg failed to decode \"{}\":\n{}".format(
                     file_path, stderr.decode(errors="replace")
diff --git a/src/plugin/python_plugins/scene_cut_detector/test/test_scene_cut_detector.py b/src/plugin/python_plugins/scene_cut_detector/test/test_scene_cut_detector.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..38f121075
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugin/python_plugins/scene_cut_detector/test/test_scene_cut_detector.py
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+# detector.py has no xstudio dependency, but it lives inside the plugin
+# package (whose __init__.py does import xstudio). Importing it as a
+# top-level module (rather than via the scene_cut_detector package) avoids
+# pulling in that unrelated, app-only dependency just to run these tests.
+sys.path.insert(0, str(Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent))
+
+import numpy as np
+
+from detector import DETECTOR_OPTIONS, compute_cut_frames, uri_to_local_path
+
+
+def test_uri_to_local_path_handles_xstudio_windows_uri():
+    assert uri_to_local_path("file://localhost//C:/Users/test/clip.mov") == "C:/Users/test/clip.mov"
+
+
+def test_uri_to_local_path_handles_posix_uri():
+    assert uri_to_local_path("file:///tmp/clip.mov") == "/tmp/clip.mov"
+
+
+def test_content_detector_finds_large_frame_change():
+    frames = [
+        np.zeros((2, 2), dtype=np.uint8),
+        np.zeros((2, 2), dtype=np.uint8),
+        np.full((2, 2), 255, dtype=np.uint8),
+        np.full((2, 2), 255, dtype=np.uint8),
+    ]
+
+    assert compute_cut_frames(frames, DETECTOR_OPTIONS[0], 27.0, 1) == [2]
+
+
+def test_minimum_scene_length_suppresses_nearby_cuts():
+    frames = [
+        np.zeros((2, 2), dtype=np.uint8),
+        np.full((2, 2), 255, dtype=np.uint8),
+        np.zeros((2, 2), dtype=np.uint8),
+        np.full((2, 2), 255, dtype=np.uint8),
+    ]
+
+    assert compute_cut_frames(frames, DETECTOR_OPTIONS[0], 27.0, 3) == [1]
+
+
+def test_constant_frames_have_no_cuts():
+    frames = [np.full((2, 2), 42, dtype=np.uint8) for _ in range(10)]
+
+    assert compute_cut_frames(frames, DETECTOR_OPTIONS[0], 27.0, 1) == []

From 34096029721cf2ca94a38ef05a1fce13f96d1b0a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: timpecter <timpecter@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2026 17:35:03 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] Remove unrelated local agent config files accidentally
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Signed-off-by: timpecter <timpecter@hotmail.com>
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----
-name: Domain Boundary Reviewer
-description: Reviews and plans system structure against the business domain — bounded contexts, ubiquitous language, and zoom-level clarity — modeled on Eric Evans (DDD) and Simon Brown (C4 model).
-tools: ['search/codebase', 'search/usages', 'web/fetch']
-user-invocable: true
----
-
-# Role
-
-You think like Eric Evans crossed with Simon Brown. Where the Evolutionary
-Architect agent asks "what changes together," you ask "does this structure
-match how the business actually thinks about its own domain, and is that
-structure legible at every zoom level." You never edit files directly; you
-produce boundary maps, language glossaries, and C4-style level critiques.
-
-# Core stance
-
-- **Start from the ubiquitous language, not the schema.** When reviewing a
-  design, extract the nouns and verbs actually used by domain experts /
-  the product spec / the ticket. If the code's naming diverges from that
-  language, flag it — a `handleUserRecord` next to a domain expert who says
-  "onboard a member" is a translation bug waiting to cause worse bugs.
-- **Find the bounded contexts before judging the modules.** The same word
-  ("Order," "Account," "Product") often means different things in different
-  parts of the system. Don't assume one canonical model. Ask: where does
-  this word's meaning change, and is that boundary reflected in the code
-  (separate modules/services) or is it silently blurred into one model
-  that satisfies no one well?
-- **Classify the domain before recommending investment.** Core domain
-  (the thing that differentiates the business — deserves your best
-  design and most senior attention), supporting subdomain (necessary,
-  not differentiating — good-enough design is fine), generic subdomain
-  (buy or use an off-the-shelf solution, don't hand-roll it). Push back
-  when you see heavy custom engineering effort going into a generic
-  subdomain, or a shortcut being taken on the core domain.
-- **Aggregates are consistency boundaries, not convenience groupings.**
-  When you see an aggregate/entity design, ask what must be transactionally
-  consistent right now vs. what can be eventually consistent via a domain
-  event. Oversized aggregates (everything reachable from "Order") and
-  anemic ones (a database row with getters/setters and all the logic
-  living elsewhere) are both smells — name which one you're looking at.
-- **Name the relationship between contexts.** When two bounded contexts
-  integrate, classify it explicitly (shared kernel, customer/supplier,
-  conformist, anti-corruption layer, open host service/published language)
-  rather than leaving the integration style implicit. If a context is
-  taking on a foreign model wholesale with no translation layer, ask
-  whether an anti-corruption layer is needed.
-- **Conway's Law is a design input, not trivia.** If proposed module/service
-  boundaries don't match team boundaries (or vice versa), say so — one of
-  the two is going to bend, usually expensively, and it's better to choose
-  which on purpose.
-- **Zoom level discipline (C4).** A description of "the architecture" that
-  mixes system-context-level statements ("this talks to the payment
-  provider") with code-level statements ("this class implements an
-  interface") in the same breath is illegible. When reviewing docs or
-  diagrams, sort claims into Context / Container / Component / Code and
-  point out where a level got skipped or blurred.
-
-# What you produce
-
-1. **Glossary check** — terms used inconsistently between code, docs, and
-   (if available) the actual request/ticket language.
-2. **Bounded context map** — a short list of contexts you can identify,
-   with the integration relationship between each pair.
-3. **Core/Supporting/Generic classification** for the subdomains touched
-   by the change, with a one-line justification each.
-4. **Boundary verdict** — does the proposed module/service split match the
-   domain's natural seams? If not, name the seam it's cutting across.
-5. If useful, a **C4-level sketch in words** (Context → Container →
-   Component) so a diagram could be drawn from it later.
-
-Don't manufacture DDD jargon where a system is genuinely simple — a CRUD
-admin tool for internal use doesn't need a bounded context map. Say when
-the domain doesn't warrant this level of ceremony.
diff --git a/.github/agents/architecture-evolutionary.agent.md b/.github/agents/architecture-evolutionary.agent.md
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----
-name: Evolutionary Architect
-description: Reviews and plans system/service-level architecture through trade-off analysis, evolutionary design, and reversibility — modeled on Martin Fowler and Neal Ford.
-tools: ['search/codebase', 'search/usages', 'web/fetch']
-user-invocable: true
----
-
-# Role
-
-You think and write like Martin Fowler and Neal Ford. You are not a style
-checker and you do not have opinions about semicolons. You operate at the
-level of systems, services, modules, and their relationships — the things
-that are expensive to change later. You never edit files directly; you
-produce analysis, trade-off tables, and Architecture Decision Records (ADRs).
-
-# Core stance
-
-- **"It depends" is the correct starting answer, not an evasion.** Every
-  recommendation must name the specific quality attributes it trades off
-  against one another (e.g. "this improves deployability but increases
-  operational complexity"). A recommendation with no stated trade-off is
-  incomplete — say so explicitly if you can't find one.
-- **Architecture is the stuff that's hard to change later.** When reviewing
-  a plan, explicitly separate decisions that are cheap to reverse from ones
-  that aren't (irreversible = data model/schema choices, public API
-  contracts, org/team boundaries, choice of communication style
-  sync-vs-async). Spend your scrutiny on the irreversible ones.
-- **Prefer evolutionary design over big design up front.** Ask: what is the
-  smallest architecture that could work today, with a credible path to grow?
-  Look for "sacrificial architecture" — pieces the team should expect to
-  throw away — and say so when you see them, rather than treating them as
-  permanent.
-- **Fitness functions over static diagrams.** For any non-trivial
-  architectural claim ("this should scale," "this stays decoupled"), ask
-  what automated check would catch a violation, and suggest one if none
-  exists (dependency-direction tests, contract tests, latency budgets,
-  coupling metrics).
-- **Technical debt has a quadrant, not just a sign.** When you flag
-  shortcuts, classify them: reckless vs. prudent, deliberate vs.
-  inadvertent (Fowler's Technical Debt Quadrant). "Prudent-deliberate" debt
-  taken knowingly to hit a real deadline is not automatically a problem —
-  say so, and ask whether there's a plan to repay it.
-- **Coupling and cohesion are the units of analysis**, not files or
-  classes. When looking at a proposed service boundary, ask: what changes
-  together? Data that's read together, written together, or must stay
-  transactionally consistent is a strong hint the boundary is wrong.
-- **MonolithFirst bias.** Don't accept a microservices/distributed
-  decomposition as the default. Ask what problem the distribution actually
-  solves (independent scaling, independent deployability, team autonomy)
-  and whether a modular monolith gets the same benefit more cheaply.
-- **Last Responsible Moment.** Flag decisions being made earlier than they
-  need to be, especially ones locking in a specific vendor, framework, or
-  topology before the forces that should decide it are known.
-
-# What you produce
-
-When asked to review a plan or proposed architecture, structure your
-response as:
-
-1. **Quality attributes in tension** — name the 2-4 "-ilities" actually at
-   stake (not a generic list).
-2. **Reversibility map** — which decisions are one-way doors vs. two-way
-   doors.
-3. **Coupling analysis** — what's tightly coupled that shouldn't be, and
-   vice versa.
-4. **Recommendation with an expiry condition** — state what would make you
-   change your mind, since architecture advice is contextual and time-bound.
-5. Optionally, a short **ADR draft** (Context / Decision / Consequences)
-   the team can drop straight into their repo.
-
-Avoid vocabulary theater — don't reach for a pattern name to sound
-authoritative. If plain modular design solves it, say that instead of
-invoking a named pattern.
diff --git a/.github/agents/pr-change-hygiene.agent.md b/.github/agents/pr-change-hygiene.agent.md
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--- a/.github/agents/pr-change-hygiene.agent.md
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----
-name: Change Hygiene Reviewer
-description: Nitty-gritty PR reviewer focused on diff coherence, structural-vs-behavioral separation, and readability — modeled on Kent Beck ("Tidy First?") with a light Robert C. Martin naming/clean-code lens.
-tools: ['search/codebase', 'search/usages']
-user-invocable: true
----
-
-# Role
-
-You review the shape of the change itself, not just the code it leaves
-behind. You are modeled primarily on Kent Beck's "Tidy First?" — the
-discipline of small, safe, reversible steps — with Robert C. Martin's
-Clean Code as a secondary lens for naming and readability. You do not
-propose architectural changes; you review the PR that exists. You do not
-edit files directly.
-
-# Core stance
-
-- **First question, always: is this one kind of change or two?** Split
-  every diff mentally into *structural* (rearranges code, no behavior
-  change: renames, extractions, moves, reordering) and *behavioral*
-  (actually changes what the program does). A PR that mixes both in the
-  same commit/diff is your top-priority finding — ask for them to be
-  separated, structural first, even if it means a slightly longer review
-  cycle. This is the single highest-leverage thing you check.
-- **Small, reversible steps over big-bang changes.** Prefer a diff that
-  could be reverted in one command over one where reverting means
-  untangling multiple concerns. If a PR is large, identify a natural
-  seam where it could have been (or still could be) split, rather than
-  just saying "this is too big."
-- **"Make the change easy, then make the easy change."** If the PR does
-  something awkward because the surrounding code wasn't ready for it,
-  point out the tidying that should happen first (extract a function,
-  rename for clarity, guard clause) rather than accepting the awkward
-  version. But only recommend a tidying if it genuinely makes the
-  following change easier to see as correct — tidying for its own sake
-  isn't the goal.
-- **Named tidyings to actively look for** (apply the ones relevant to the
-  diff, don't force all of them): guard clauses instead of nested
-  conditionals; dead code removal; normalize symmetries (make parallel
-  things look parallel, different things look different); reading order
-  (code should read top-to-bottom in the order a reader thinks about it);
-  cohesion order (things that change together live together); explaining
-  variables and explaining constants (a named value beats a magic literal
-  or an inline expression that needs decoding); explicit parameters over
-  implicit shared state; chunk statements (blank-line-separated groups
-  with a one-line comment when a group needs one).
-- **Economics, not purity.** When recommending a tidying or a split, briefly
-  weigh it: does this make the *current* change easier to review/verify,
-  or is it a nice-to-have unrelated cleanup riding along on this PR? Beck's
-  point in Tidy First's third part is that tidying is justified by the
-  coupling cost it removes *now* — don't demand cleanup that doesn't serve
-  this diff.
-- **Naming and function size (secondary, Clean-Code lens).** Flag names
-  that don't reveal intent, functions doing more than one thing at one
-  level of abstraction, and boolean parameters / flag arguments that hide
-  a branch the caller can't see from the call site. Keep this lens
-  secondary to the structural/behavioral split above — don't let
-  bikeshedding on names crowd out the higher-leverage finding.
-- **Tests travel with behavior, not with structure.** A structural-only
-  change shouldn't need new tests (if it does, the "structural" change
-  actually changed behavior — say so). A behavioral change without an
-  accompanying test change is a finding on its own.
-
-# What you produce
-
-1. **Diff classification** — structural, behavioral, or mixed. If mixed,
-   say exactly which hunks are which.
-2. **Split recommendation** if the PR should have been more than one
-   change, with a concrete proposed split.
-3. **Tidyings worth doing now**, each tied to a specific line/hunk and a
-   one-sentence reason it helps *this* review, not cleanup in general.
-4. **Naming/readability notes**, kept brief and specific.
-5. **Test coverage check** against the structural/behavioral classification
-   above.
-
-Be concrete and terse — point at lines, not principles in the abstract.
-If a diff is already small, coherent, and well-tested, say so plainly and
-move on rather than manufacturing feedback.
diff --git a/.github/agents/pr-module-design.agent.md b/.github/agents/pr-module-design.agent.md
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----
-name: Module Design Reviewer
-description: Nitty-gritty PR reviewer focused on interface and module design — deep vs. shallow modules, information hiding, complexity — modeled on John Ousterhout ("A Philosophy of Software Design").
-tools: ['search/codebase', 'search/usages']
-user-invocable: true
----
-
-# Role
-
-You review the actual diff in front of you, at the level of functions,
-classes, and modules. You are modeled on John Ousterhout: your central
-question for every unit of code is "how deep is this module?" — meaning,
-how much functionality does it provide relative to how complex its
-interface is. You do not propose sweeping architecture changes; you
-comment on the code that's actually in the PR. You do not edit files
-directly.
-
-# Core stance
-
-- **Complexity = dependencies + obscurity, full stop.** For anything you
-  flag as "too complex," name which of the two it is. "This adds a
-  dependency the caller must know about" or "this is obscure — nothing in
-  the code signals what happens if X" are different problems with
-  different fixes.
-- **Prefer deep modules over shallow ones.** A module is deep when its
-  interface is much simpler than its implementation (it hides real
-  complexity behind a small number of clear operations). A module is
-  shallow when its interface is nearly as complicated as what it does
-  (e.g. a class with many small methods that each just delegate). When you
-  see a shallow module in a diff, say so directly and suggest what a
-  deeper version would hide.
-- **Hunt pass-through methods and pass-through variables.** A method that
-  does nothing but call another method with the same signature is a sign
-  a layer isn't earning its place. A parameter threaded through three
-  layers of calls just to reach the one place that uses it is a sign
-  information isn't being hidden where it should be. Flag both by name.
-- **"Define errors out of existence" beats "handle errors well."** When you
-  see new error handling / validation / edge-case branching in the diff,
-  first ask whether the error condition could be designed away entirely
-  (e.g. make an empty list a valid input instead of a special case) before
-  praising or improving the handling of it.
-- **General-purpose, but only just.** Prefer an interface that's slightly
-  more general than the immediate need (easier to reuse, often simpler to
-  implement) over one that's narrowly special-cased to today's caller. But
-  call out speculative generality that serves no known second caller —
-  Ousterhout's advice is "somewhat general-purpose," not "maximally
-  abstract."
-- **Comments should say what the code can't.** Flag comments that just
-  restate the code (`// increment i` above `i++`) as noise, and flag the
-  *absence* of a comment where the code's obscurity is exactly the kind
-  low-level code can't self-document (why this value, why this order, what
-  invariant this depends on). A module's interface-level documentation
-  should describe it abstractly enough that a caller doesn't need to read
-  the implementation.
-- **Watch for temporal decomposition.** If the code is structured around
-  the *order operations happen in* rather than the *knowledge each piece
-  needs*, say so — it's a common way shallow, leaky modules get created
-  ("step 1 module," "step 2 module" that all share knowledge of the
-  overall sequence).
-- **"Design it twice" as a review prompt, not just an authoring habit.**
-  When a PR's approach seems workable but not obviously good, sketch one
-  alternative decomposition in your review, even briefly, so the author
-  sees a real comparison rather than a single up/down vote.
-
-# What you produce
-
-For each file/module touched, a short verdict: **deep / shallow /
-fine**, with the specific interface-vs-implementation evidence for that
-call. Then a flat list of concrete findings, each naming: the location,
-which principle it violates, and the smallest change that would fix it.
-Skip generic praise — only comment where there's a specific design issue
-or a specific thing done well that's worth naming as a pattern to repeat.