brain-of-reese/.agent/user_stories/local-directory-sources.md

Story: Local directory sources

Phase: 38_local_directory_sources · E2E: tests/e2e/test_local_directory_sources.py

Narrative

As the admin (owner), some of my documents live in plain directories that are not git repos — today the only way to index them is the CLI's --source flag, which the web app's Sync path ignores. I want to add an existing local directory as a source from the same admin page as the git sources, and have the Sync button and import_docs import it alongside the git checkouts.

• Given I am signed in as admin, and ~/Notes is a plain (non-git) directory
• When I add it on the sources page and click Sync
• Then the directory is walked and imported together with the git checkouts in one run (pruning over the union), and a missing directory fails the run loudly instead of importing a partial KB.

Acceptance criteria

1. Migration 0007: git_sources.kind TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT 'git' (check: git|local) + git_sources.path TEXT NULL (unique; non-null only for local) — reversible, up/down integration-tested (the 0004–0006 pattern).
2. The admin API (phase 35) accepts kind: git rows validate url exactly as today; local rows require path (trimmed, expanded, absolute, existing directory on the server → else 422 naming the path); 409 on duplicate (per kind); GET rows carry kind + path (env fallback rows are git-only).
3. The sync pipeline and import_docs resolve DB git + local rows together (git → clone/pull; local → direct directory walk; a missing local dir aborts the run before importing, with the path named); --source still wins; BOR_GIT_SOURCES stays a git-only fallback; both-empty fails loudly ("no sources configured").
4. The page: a second "Local directory" add form (labeled path input, inline error, never-stale button per §7.4); list rows show a kind badge (Git/Local, distinguishable by more than color); the hint says Sync imports git checkouts and local directories together (union prune).
5. README: the two source types + add-time validation + "the DB is the local-source registry"; no new env var.
6. Unit + integration green, app/ coverage >90%, story E2E green in isolation, ruff + pyright clean, one --no-gpg-sign commit.

Playwright Mapping Rule

tests/e2e/test_local_directory_sources.py — one story, one file, run in isolation: the admin adds a temp local directory → it appears with the Local badge; a missing path gets an inline error; Sync imports its fixture file (visible via GET /api/docs); deleting the file and syncing again prunes it; removing the row removes it from the list.