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admin 41e9a500d0 Step 9: cache contract design doc
Adds docs/CACHE_CONTRACT.md defining the two-tier replacement for
today's single CACHE_VERSION=3 constant:

  cache_schema       force rebuild on mismatch (today's semantics)
  id_rules           mark stale, allow lazy re-extract w/o rescan
  id_rules_signature sha256 over canonical text of all extraction
                     rule sources (regexes, normalizers, part
                     detectors, FC2 handling, user-config rules)
                     as a belt-and-braces drift check

Documents:

  - new cache.json header shape
  - one-shot in-place migration for legacy `version: 3` users (no
    forced rescan)
  - behavior matrix for the three resulting states
  - extension UX: fresh / stale-by-rules amber / schema-mismatch red
  - new "Re-extract IDs" action that walks files[] in place and
    never touches rclone
  - what counts as a rules change vs. unrelated code change
  - open questions deferred to step 10 (per-remote tracking,
    custom-rules signature handling, host wiring)

No code changes — step 10 implements. This commit only locks the
contract so step 10 has a single source of truth for both the
Python and extension sides.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-22 21:37:01 +02:00
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rclone-jav

Brave extension that extracts JAV IDs from the active page and checks them against your local rc-jav library via a native-messaging Python host.

Setup: see INSTALL.md. This file documents how it works once installed.

Architecture

Brave tab title (e.g. "MILK-257")
  ─► content/background script extracts ID
  ─► chrome.runtime.connectNative("com.rcjav.host")
  ─► rcjav-host.bat  →  rcjav-host.py
  ─► python rc-jav.py --search MILK-257 --basic --no-color
  ─► result back through the port
  ─► popup / notification / badge

Long-lived port: Brave keeps the host process alive while the connection is open, so subsequent lookups don't pay Python startup cost.

Triggers (all available, enable any combination in Options)

Trigger Behavior
Auto-check every page load Fires chrome.tabs.onUpdated. Badge shows hit count or ? when no JAV ID detected. Noisy.
Auto-check on known JAV sites Same as above but gated by host patterns (e.g. *.javdb.com).
Toolbar icon popup Click the icon → popup can run a check on the active tab. The Scan Behavior toggle gates popup auto-check.
Right-click context menu "rclone-jav: check this page". Shows a desktop notification.
Keyboard shortcut (Alt+J) Rebind at brave://extensions/shortcuts.

Enable them all to compare — they don't conflict.

ID extraction

Uses site adapters, URL text, and the page title plus ID normalizers. Common title forms include:

  • MILK-257MILK-257
  • MILK257MILK-257
  • Some site - MILK-257 [4K]MILK-257

Search behavior

By default the extension passes --quick to rc-jav (single-ID live rclone lsjson --include, ~12s, fresh data, no cache). Uncheck Use --quick mode in options to use the cache (faster on warm cache, may be stale).

Files

manifest.json             MV3 manifest
background.js             service worker, native-messaging port, triggers
content.js                page extraction, element picker, and in-page overlays
popup.html / .css / .js   click-the-icon UI
options.html / .js        trigger toggles + known-site patterns
icons/                    extension icons
host/
  rcjav-host.py           native messaging host (length-prefixed JSON)
  rcjav-host.bat          shim so the manifest path is stable
  install-host.ps1        writes the manifest into Brave's NM dir
  register-host.bat       prompts for ID, calls install-host.ps1
  com.rcjav.host.json     generated by install-host.ps1 (UTF-8 no BOM)
  logs/                   host logs and delete audit log
  state/                  scan progress state
docs/
  INSTALL.md              setup guide
  README.md               this file
  EXTENSION_ID.md         extension ID stability notes

Security

  • The host manifest's allowed_origins is pinned to your extension ID. Only that extension can connect.
  • No network ports opened.
  • Host only spawns python rc-jav.py …; no shell, no arbitrary code execution.

Troubleshooting

Quick reference — full troubleshooting in INSTALL.md.

  • Badge ? → no JAV ID in title.
  • Badge ! → host error. Read host\logs\rcjav-host-stderr.log.
  • "host unreachable" → re-run install-host.ps1, fully restart Brave.