pipecrab_core/frame.rs
1use std::any::Any;
2use std::sync::Arc;
3
4pub mod dispatch;
5pub mod model;
6
7pub use dispatch::{DispatchCommand, DispatchEvent, DispatchFrame};
8pub use model::{ModelFrame, ModelInput, ModelMessage, ToolCall};
9
10/// Extension point for application-defined frame payloads.
11///
12/// Implement this on your own types and wrap them in [`DataFrame::Custom`] to
13/// pass domain-specific data through a pipeline without forking the core frame
14/// enum.
15pub trait CustomFrame: Any + Send + Sync + std::fmt::Debug {
16 /// A static string identifying the concrete frame type (used for logging/dispatch).
17 fn kind(&self) -> &'static str;
18 /// Downcasting helper; implementations should return `self`.
19 fn as_any(&self) -> &dyn Any;
20}
21
22/// The wire format of an [`AudioChunk`]: its sample rate and channel count.
23///
24/// Samples are always `f32`; only the rate and channel count vary along the
25/// pipeline (capture ~48 kHz → STT 16 kHz → TTS 24 kHz → playback ~48 kHz),
26/// which is why every chunk carries its own format instead of assuming one.
27#[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Debug)]
28pub struct AudioFormat {
29 /// Samples per second, per channel (e.g. 48 000 for 48 kHz).
30 pub sample_rate: u32,
31 /// Number of channels (1 = mono, 2 = stereo). Samples are interleaved.
32 pub channels: u16,
33}
34
35impl AudioFormat {
36 /// Construct a format from a `sample_rate` and `channels` count.
37 pub fn new(sample_rate: u32, channels: u16) -> Self {
38 Self {
39 sample_rate,
40 channels,
41 }
42 }
43}
44
45/// A chunk of `f32` PCM audio tagged with its own [`AudioFormat`].
46///
47/// Immutable like every [`DataFrame`]: aggregate chunks and produce a new one
48/// rather than mutating in place. `samples` are interleaved by channel; for the
49/// common mono case that is just a flat sample buffer.
50#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq)]
51pub struct AudioChunk {
52 /// Interleaved `f32` PCM samples.
53 pub samples: Arc<[f32]>,
54 /// The rate and channel count these `samples` are in.
55 pub format: AudioFormat,
56}
57
58impl AudioChunk {
59 /// Bundle `samples` with the `format` they are in.
60 pub fn new(samples: Arc<[f32]>, format: AudioFormat) -> Self {
61 Self { samples, format }
62 }
63}
64
65/// Travel direction for system frames.
66///
67/// Down = source → sink; Up = sink → source (errors, acks).
68/// [`DataFrame`] carries no direction — media is always downstream.
69#[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Debug)]
70pub enum Direction {
71 /// Source → sink (lifecycle, interrupts flowing forward through the pipeline).
72 Down,
73 /// Sink → source (errors, acknowledgements flowing back upstream).
74 Up,
75}
76
77/// System frames: lifecycle, control, and errors.
78///
79/// These are bidirectional: `Interrupt` and `Start`/`Stop` travel downstream;
80/// `Error` typically travels upstream. Immutable once constructed.
81///
82/// A frame belongs on this lane only if it must *hop the queue* — be handled
83/// ahead of the data backlog instead of in sequence with it. That is a
84/// deliberately small set (a barge-in `Interrupt`, `Start`/`Stop` lifecycle, an
85/// `Error`), and the bar is high. Anything that marks a *point* in the stream —
86/// a state change that must stay ordered with the media it annotates, like the
87/// voice-activity edges (`SpeechStarted` / `SpeechStopped`) or a future turn
88/// boundary — instead rides the data lane as a [`DataFrame`], where frames keep
89/// their arrival order. When in doubt, use the data lane.
90#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
91pub enum SystemFrame {
92 /// Pipeline is starting; stages should initialise any runtime state.
93 Start,
94 /// Graceful shutdown; stages should flush and clean up.
95 Stop,
96 /// User barged in; stages should discard in-flight work and reset.
97 Interrupt,
98 /// An error propagated through the pipeline.
99 Error {
100 /// Human-readable description of the error.
101 message: Arc<str>,
102 /// Whether the error is unrecoverable and the pipeline should shut down.
103 fatal: bool,
104 },
105}
106
107/// A piece of conversation text flowing through the pipeline: speech-to-text
108/// output, language-model output, or text bound for TTS.
109///
110/// # The stable-prefix invariant
111///
112/// For a given utterance (a [`Role::User`] unit) or generation (a
113/// [`Role::Agent`] unit), the bytes `text[..stable]` **never change** across
114/// successive partials: once a prefix is declared stable it is frozen, and only
115/// the tail beyond `stable` may be revised or grow. Downstream stages rely on
116/// this to commit settled text early instead of waiting for
117/// [`Finality::Final`].
118///
119/// `stable` is a byte index into `text` and must lie on a char boundary. STT
120/// partials revise their tail, so `stable <= text.len()`; LM partials are
121/// append-only, so `stable == text.len()`. A [`Finality::Final`] transcript
122/// carries no `stable` — the whole `text` is settled.
123#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq)]
124pub struct Transcript {
125 /// The transcript text so far. For a [`Finality::Partial`] this is the
126 /// current best guess; only `text[..stable]` is guaranteed frozen.
127 pub text: Arc<str>,
128 /// Who produced this text — [`Role::User`] (STT) or [`Role::Agent`] (LM).
129 pub role: Role,
130 /// Whether this is an in-progress [`Finality::Partial`] or the completed
131 /// [`Finality::Final`] unit.
132 pub finality: Finality,
133}
134
135/// Who produced a [`Transcript`].
136#[non_exhaustive]
137#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
138pub enum Role {
139 /// Speech-to-text output: what the user said.
140 User,
141 /// Language-model output: what the agent is saying.
142 Agent,
143}
144
145/// Whether a [`Transcript`] is still being revised or is complete.
146#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
147pub enum Finality {
148 /// In-progress text. `stable` is the byte length of the prefix that will
149 /// never change. STT partials revise their tail (`stable <= text.len()`);
150 /// LM partials are append-only (`stable == text.len()`).
151 Partial {
152 /// Byte length of the frozen prefix. Lies on a char boundary and is
153 /// `<= text.len()`; see the [`Transcript`] stable-prefix invariant.
154 stable: usize,
155 },
156 /// The completed unit (utterance for [`Role::User`], generation for
157 /// [`Role::Agent`] — but see the `SentenceChunker` note in Part 4).
158 Final,
159}
160
161impl Transcript {
162 /// An in-progress user (STT) transcript: the first `stable` bytes of `text`
163 /// are frozen and its tail may still be revised.
164 ///
165 /// `stable` must be `<= text.len()` and lie on a char boundary; both are
166 /// debug-asserted.
167 pub fn user_partial(text: impl Into<Arc<str>>, stable: usize) -> Self {
168 let text = text.into();
169 debug_assert!(
170 stable <= text.len(),
171 "stable byte index {stable} exceeds text length {}",
172 text.len()
173 );
174 debug_assert!(
175 text.is_char_boundary(stable),
176 "stable byte index {stable} is not on a char boundary of {text:?}"
177 );
178 Self {
179 text,
180 role: Role::User,
181 finality: Finality::Partial { stable },
182 }
183 }
184
185 /// A completed user utterance.
186 pub fn user_final(text: impl Into<Arc<str>>) -> Self {
187 Self {
188 text: text.into(),
189 role: Role::User,
190 finality: Finality::Final,
191 }
192 }
193
194 /// An in-progress agent (LM) transcript. LM output is append-only, so the
195 /// entire current `text` is stable (`stable == text.len()`).
196 pub fn agent_partial(text: impl Into<Arc<str>>) -> Self {
197 let text = text.into();
198 let stable = text.len();
199 Self {
200 text,
201 role: Role::Agent,
202 finality: Finality::Partial { stable },
203 }
204 }
205
206 /// A completed agent generation.
207 pub fn agent_final(text: impl Into<Arc<str>>) -> Self {
208 Self {
209 text: text.into(),
210 role: Role::Agent,
211 finality: Finality::Final,
212 }
213 }
214}
215
216/// Data frames: everything flowing downstream (source → sink) in FIFO order —
217/// the media payload, the in-band voice-activity edges, and the native
218/// model/dispatch protocol frames that must stay ordered with it.
219///
220/// [`Model`](DataFrame::Model) and [`Dispatch`](DataFrame::Dispatch) frames ride
221/// this lane, not the system lane, because their order carries meaning; see
222/// [`ModelFrame`] for the ordering contract.
223///
224/// Immutable: don't try to make mutable frames. Instead, aggregate frames and
225/// produce a new one when you're ready.
226#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
227pub enum DataFrame {
228 /// Input audio from a transport source. Survives an interrupt flush so that
229 /// a barge-in utterance is not clipped; see [`DataFrame::survives_flush`].
230 InputAudio {
231 /// Raw PCM bytes.
232 bytes: Arc<[u8]>,
233 /// Samples per second (e.g. 16 000 for 16 kHz).
234 sample_rate: u32,
235 /// Number of audio channels (1 = mono, 2 = stereo).
236 num_channels: u16,
237 },
238 /// A piece of conversation text: STT output, LM output, or text bound for
239 /// TTS. See [`Transcript`] for the role and finality it carries.
240 Transcript(Transcript),
241 /// A chunk of `f32` PCM audio carrying its own [`AudioFormat`].
242 Audio(AudioChunk),
243 /// Voice-activity detection observed the user *start* speaking: the
244 /// silence→speech edge, emitted by the VAD stage at onset and followed by the
245 /// utterance's [`Audio`](DataFrame::Audio) frames.
246 SpeechStarted,
247 /// Voice-activity detection observed the user *stop* speaking: the
248 /// speech→silence edge, emitted by the VAD stage after the utterance's last
249 /// [`Audio`](DataFrame::Audio) frame.
250 SpeechStopped,
251 /// Native language-model protocol frame; see [`ModelFrame`].
252 Model(ModelFrame),
253 /// Native asynchronous-dispatch protocol frame; see [`DispatchFrame`].
254 Dispatch(DispatchFrame),
255 /// Application-defined payload; see [`CustomFrame`]. Model and dispatch are
256 /// native variants and need no escape hatch.
257 Custom(Arc<dyn CustomFrame>),
258}
259
260impl DataFrame {
261 /// True for frames that outlive an interrupt's data-queue flush, false for
262 /// those belonging to the interrupted turn. Survivors:
263 /// [`InputAudio`](DataFrame::InputAudio) (don't clip the new utterance),
264 /// [`Model(Input)`](ModelFrame::Input), [`Model(ToolCall)`](ModelFrame::ToolCall),
265 /// and every [`Dispatch`](DataFrame::Dispatch) frame. Dropped: voice edges,
266 /// generated [`Transcript`]s, and the generation boundaries.
267 ///
268 /// ```
269 /// use std::sync::Arc;
270 /// use pipecrab_core::{
271 /// AudioChunk, AudioFormat, DataFrame, DispatchEvent, DispatchFrame, ModelFrame,
272 /// ToolCall, Transcript,
273 /// };
274 ///
275 /// let input = DataFrame::InputAudio {
276 /// bytes: Arc::from(&[0u8; 4][..]),
277 /// sample_rate: 16_000,
278 /// num_channels: 1,
279 /// };
280 /// assert!(input.survives_flush());
281 ///
282 /// assert!(!DataFrame::from(Transcript::agent_final("hi")).survives_flush());
283 ///
284 /// let audio = AudioChunk::new(Arc::from(&[0.0f32][..]), AudioFormat::new(48_000, 1));
285 /// assert!(!DataFrame::Audio(audio).survives_flush());
286 ///
287 /// // Tool calls and dispatch frames survive; generation boundaries don't.
288 /// let call = ToolCall {
289 /// id: Arc::from("call-1"),
290 /// name: Arc::from("lookup"),
291 /// arguments_json: Arc::from("{}"),
292 /// };
293 /// assert!(DataFrame::from(call).survives_flush());
294 /// assert!(!DataFrame::Model(ModelFrame::GenerationStarted).survives_flush());
295 ///
296 /// let event = DispatchEvent::Progress { task_id: Arc::from("t1"), message: Arc::from("50%") };
297 /// assert!(DataFrame::from(DispatchFrame::from(event)).survives_flush());
298 /// ```
299 pub fn survives_flush(&self) -> bool {
300 match self {
301 DataFrame::InputAudio { .. } => true,
302 DataFrame::Model(frame) => frame.survives_flush(),
303 DataFrame::Dispatch(_) => true,
304 _ => false,
305 }
306 }
307}
308
309impl From<Transcript> for DataFrame {
310 /// Wrap a [`Transcript`] as a [`DataFrame::Transcript`] so a stage can write
311 /// `Transcript::user_final(text).into()` instead of naming the variant.
312 fn from(transcript: Transcript) -> Self {
313 DataFrame::Transcript(transcript)
314 }
315}
316
317impl From<ModelFrame> for DataFrame {
318 /// Wrap a [`ModelFrame`] as a [`DataFrame::Model`].
319 fn from(frame: ModelFrame) -> Self {
320 DataFrame::Model(frame)
321 }
322}
323
324impl From<ToolCall> for DataFrame {
325 /// Wrap a complete [`ToolCall`] as a [`DataFrame::Model`].
326 fn from(call: ToolCall) -> Self {
327 DataFrame::Model(ModelFrame::ToolCall(call))
328 }
329}
330
331impl From<DispatchFrame> for DataFrame {
332 /// Wrap a [`DispatchFrame`] as a [`DataFrame::Dispatch`].
333 fn from(frame: DispatchFrame) -> Self {
334 DataFrame::Dispatch(frame)
335 }
336}
337
338#[cfg(test)]
339mod tests {
340 use super::*;
341
342 #[test]
343 fn transcript_does_not_survive_flush() {
344 // A transcript is derived, regenerable output — unlike transport input
345 // audio it must not survive an interrupt's data-lane flush, in any of
346 // its role/finality forms.
347 for t in [
348 Transcript::user_partial("partial", 3),
349 Transcript::user_final("done"),
350 Transcript::agent_partial("streaming"),
351 Transcript::agent_final("said"),
352 ] {
353 assert!(!DataFrame::Transcript(t).survives_flush());
354 }
355 }
356
357 #[test]
358 fn voice_edges_do_not_survive_flush() {
359 // The VAD edges ride the data lane but are derived control, not captured
360 // media: a barge-in flush discards them, same as a transcript.
361 assert!(!DataFrame::SpeechStarted.survives_flush());
362 assert!(!DataFrame::SpeechStopped.survives_flush());
363 }
364
365 #[test]
366 fn constructors_set_role_finality_and_stable() {
367 let up = Transcript::user_partial("hello", 3);
368 assert_eq!(up.role, Role::User);
369 assert_eq!(up.finality, Finality::Partial { stable: 3 });
370
371 let uf = Transcript::user_final("hello");
372 assert_eq!(uf.role, Role::User);
373 assert_eq!(uf.finality, Finality::Final);
374
375 // LM partials are append-only: the whole text is stable.
376 let ap = Transcript::agent_partial("hi there");
377 assert_eq!(ap.role, Role::Agent);
378 assert_eq!(
379 ap.finality,
380 Finality::Partial {
381 stable: "hi there".len()
382 }
383 );
384
385 let af = Transcript::agent_final("done");
386 assert_eq!(af.role, Role::Agent);
387 assert_eq!(af.finality, Finality::Final);
388 }
389
390 #[test]
391 fn user_partial_accepts_stable_on_char_boundaries() {
392 // "héllo": 'é' occupies bytes 1..3, so byte 3 (start of the first 'l')
393 // is a valid interior boundary; 0 and text.len() are the trivial ones.
394 for stable in [0usize, 3, "héllo".len()] {
395 let t = Transcript::user_partial("héllo", stable);
396 assert_eq!(t.finality, Finality::Partial { stable });
397 }
398 }
399
400 // The `stable` invariant is enforced by `debug_assert!`, so the failure
401 // cases only panic in debug builds; gate them so `cargo test --release`
402 // (asserts compiled out) does not expect a panic that never fires.
403 #[test]
404 #[cfg(debug_assertions)]
405 #[should_panic(expected = "exceeds text length")]
406 fn user_partial_rejects_stable_past_end() {
407 // stable = 3 > "hi".len() = 2.
408 let _ = Transcript::user_partial("hi", 3);
409 }
410
411 #[test]
412 #[cfg(debug_assertions)]
413 #[should_panic(expected = "char boundary")]
414 fn user_partial_rejects_stable_off_char_boundary() {
415 // "é" is two UTF-8 bytes; stable = 1 splits the codepoint.
416 let _ = Transcript::user_partial("é", 1);
417 }
418
419 #[test]
420 fn transcript_converts_into_dataframe() {
421 let frame: DataFrame = Transcript::user_final("hi").into();
422 match frame {
423 DataFrame::Transcript(t) => {
424 assert_eq!(&*t.text, "hi");
425 assert_eq!(t.role, Role::User);
426 assert_eq!(t.finality, Finality::Final);
427 }
428 other => panic!("expected a Transcript frame, got {other:?}"),
429 }
430 }
431}