A new mode where the user explains a topic in their own words and the AI
plays a curious classmate: short reactions, exactly one follow-up question
at a time, never "correct"/"wrong", never lecturing, and everything it knows
comes from the user's own decks and notes.
- Entry points: a sidebar row next to Exam mode and a "Teach it back" action
in every deck's menu (which prefills the topic and scope).
- Start screen: deck or typed topic, friendly/skeptical student, the same
context and model chips as Chat (/teach?deck=<id> pre-selects the deck).
- Session: the student prompt is a mode of the existing /api/chat route, so
model resolution, allowlists, rate limits and the streaming client are the
same code; the personality lives in lib/prompts.ts (TEACH_*). The deck's
cards travel as a numbered checklist and the student is told to ask about
the ideas that were skipped; it must say so rather than guess when the
notes cover nothing. One constant (TEACH_MAX_EXCHANGES = 10) ends the
session, or the Finish button does.
- Recap: a teach_summary call (JSON, one repair retry) yields well / gaps
with card references / next steps; each gap links to the card it means.
"Add missed cards to review" schedules those activities due now; "Turn
gaps into cards" generates one flashcard per gap from the deck's notes and
shows an editable review list before saving.
- Sessions are chat conversations with a mode:"teach" marker + session
record: same IndexedDB history, backup and sync, filtered out of the Chat
screens; the recent list reopens a recap or continues a session.
- Reused pieces: MessageRow, Composer (now optional attach/scope chips and a
mic), Markdown/KaTeX, AiDisclaimer, ContextPicker/ModelPicker, plus a
shared useChatModels hook and useKeyboardInset extracted from Chat.
- Dictation: Web Speech API recognition (lib/speech-input.ts); the mic only
renders where the browser supports it, and dictated phrases land in the
draft.
- All strings in en + cs. teach-test: 44 checks (API prompts and guards,
both entry points, the session, recap actions, history, exchange limit,
360/390px layouts, mic on/off). Version 0.8.1, SW v103.
The third segment of the note-powered wizards (Study deck / Homework /
Podcast) takes the same intake - photos, documents, pasted text, the share
target - and turns it into a spoken episode.
- prompts: PODCAST_SYSTEM_PROMPT writes for the ear (plain prose, no markdown,
no visual references), chaptered into 3-8 sections around a length target.
- /api/podcast mirrors /api/generate's plumbing (rate limit, model gate,
provider keys, heartbeats, the 2x deadline, the optional vision pass).
- storage: frezmo.podcasts.v1, zod-validated, included in the backup and the
encrypted sync payload; a new library tab lists episodes with listen /
rename / delete-with-undo, and the wizard switch deep-links in.
- player: the transcript is word-wrapped spans and the word under the voice
rides a lyric-style highlight that keeps itself centred. Two clocks: exact
onboundary events where the browser reports them, a per-word length timer
where it does not (iOS Safari); the first boundary retires the timer.
Pause = cancel + re-speak from the word, which makes resume, chapter jumps
and tap-any-word-to-seek the same operation; the position saves on pause,
page-hide and unmount, so reopening resumes. Speed rebuilds the engine and
keeps playing; the Aero soundtrack pauses itself when the voice starts; a
browser with no voice gets an honest note and a readable transcript.
- the script sits on a glass pane (plain paragraphs over Aero's grass failed
contrast; the scan now covers the player too).
tests/podcast-test.mjs (17th suite) stubs the model and the speech engine and
drives the highlight by hand: 26 checks. All suites green, contrast clean.
Version 0.7.3, SW v95.
From your notes: the generator now stores a verbatim source quote with every
activity (schema + prompt + a server-side clamp so a chatty model cannot drop a
card), and the feedback panel shows the sentence that carries it with the quote
highlighted green. Decks made before the change, and quotes the model trimmed,
fall back to a local IDF-weighted match over the saved notes text
(lib/notes-source.ts): nothing is shown unless at least two distinct terms
land. The passage hides in exam mode with the other reveals.
Read aloud: a Web Speech API speaker control on the text a learner reads
(flashcard faces, questions, statements, sentences, instructions) via
lib/speech.ts and components/SpeakButton.tsx — one utterance app-wide, a voice
matched to the deck's language, and no button at all where the browser has no
speech synthesis. It used to sit inside the flashcard's flip button (nested
buttons, tapping it flipped the card); it now lives next to the hint row.
Timed runs: the feed chrome carries a timer chip (off by default) that gives
each card 30 seconds; a card that runs out is recorded as a miss through the
same path as a wrong answer (history + SRS agree), shows a toast, and the feed
moves straight on with a fresh budget. handleAnswered ignores a second result
per card, so a timeout plus a manual answer cannot record twice.
The generator's type spec now names what each type suits (language decks lean
on flashcards/matching/fill blank, ordering needs a real sequence, short answer
reasoning), so the deck-aware guidance covers all seven types.
New activities-test suite (24 checks: quote path, local path, the green mark,
the speech stub, the timed run on Playwright's fake clock), registered in
run-all; phase2 pins that the notes passage stays hidden in exam mode; en+cs
keys for every new string; no new dependencies. Version 0.6.1, SW v83.
1. Bugs fixed:
- Backup schema now accepts theme: "aero" so backups exported under
Frutiger Aero pass parseBackup on import, and applyImport in "replace"
mode replaces SRS schedules, answer history, and chats instead of
merging into existing SRS or skipping empty arrays.
- Typed FillBlank cards bind the input value to chosen ?? value instead
of chosen ?? "", and normalise() preserves Unicode letters (\p{L}\p{N})
when grading non-ASCII answers.
- OpenAI-compatible vision calls (contentFor in lib/openai-compat.ts)
prefix data:image/jpeg;base64, when routes pass stripped base64.
- Streaming calls (ollamaChatStream, providerChatStream) keep their
AbortController active across the entire body stream and API routes
forward request.signal so stopping a chat or cancelling a run aborts
the upstream request immediately.
- HomeworkCard uses homeworkModeLabelKey so "check" records display the
Checked label instead of Step-by-step guide.
- Desktop dropzones on /create and /homework accept dropped documents as
well as images.
- LibraryScreen filters reported questions out of its due and mistake
counts to match ReviewClient.
- Clearing a provider key resets generation if it pointed at that
provider; chat conversations persist and restore provider; ModelPicker
keys items by provider:name.
- RouteTransition no longer mutates module-level lastPath during render.
- Service worker asset handler falls back to Response.error() when an
uncached asset fetch fails offline.
- Confetti and .ice-orb / .ice-bubble respect the in-app reduce-motion
toggle.
2. Performance & cleanup:
- Deduplicate window storage listeners across all six localStorage
stores (one listener while subscribed instead of N^2 notifications).
- Use todayAnswerCount in LibraryScreen and pass sorted folders to
DeckCard.
- Memoize MessageRow with stable callbacks in ChatScreen and compute
last message IDs in a single pass.
- Close ImageBitmap after drawing in lib/image.ts and destroy pdf.js
documents in finally in lib/documents.ts.
- Avoid re-parsing serialized sync payloads in POST /api/sync.
- Deduplicate copyText (lib/share.ts -> lib/clipboard.ts), chatMessageId,
describeExtraction, ALL_FOLDERS, useIsPhone, and remove unused helpers
and boilerplate public/*.svg files.
Version 0.5.8, SW -> freezmo-v80.
Audit pass with the threats that actually apply to a self-hosted, account-less
app: getting the Ollama key throttled or banned, and someone grinding the app
down. Per-route windows already existed; these are the missing layers.
- lib/model-guard.ts: every route that spends a model call now takes a slot —
60 calls per window across all clients (RATE_LIMIT_MODEL_TOTAL), 3 in flight
per IP, 6 in total — and the slot is released when the call finishes, on
errors and on client disconnects. Over the concurrency cap answers 429
kind=busy, not a punishment. Slots are taken after every cheap rejection so
a malformed request cannot hold one (found by the new suite: early 400s
were leaking slots).
- Images must be base64 data URLs (dataUrlSchema in lib/schemas): a plain URL
in an images field made Ollama fetch an arbitrary address on our behalf.
- Push endpoints must be a real push service (PUSH_ALLOWED_HOSTS, defaulting
to FCM/Mozilla/Apple/WNS): the server POSTs to whatever is stored.
- The rate-limit identity is the LAST x-forwarded-for hop. Reading the first
let a client spoof its own IP and dodge every per-IP limit.
- Disk guards: reports.jsonl stops at REPORTS_MAX_BYTES (8 MB), reminder
devices cap at PUSH_MAX_SUBSCRIPTIONS (50).
- Security headers: frame-ancestors 'none' + X-Frame-Options DENY, nosniff, a
referrer policy and a Permissions-Policy without camera/mic/geo/payment.
New tests/security-test.mjs (13 checks, registered in run-all) proves each
guard against a slow stub Ollama with deliberately tiny limits. README:
security notes + rate-limit tables updated. Version 0.1.3, SW -> v51.
- Conversations in a versioned IndexedDB store (freezmo-chat v1, zod
validated with the same schema backup/sync use, capped at 100 x 300).
Settled turns persist (question always; answer when produced, partial
stops included); ?c=<id> keeps reloads on the conversation via
history.replaceState (no router round-trip mid-chat).
- History UI: desktop column, phone sheet (spring, backdrop, Escape),
auto titles from the first question, inline rename, delete with an
Undo toast, diacritic-folding search over titles and message text.
Scope and model are remembered per conversation; history is readable
offline.
- Assistant actions: Turn into flashcards (New deck with the answer as
notes, landing on the options step - deck seed gained step) and Save
to notes (appends to the single scoped deck, trimmed at 40k).
- Chats travel in the backup export (preview counts them) and in the
encrypted sync payload; still never the key.
- Motion from lib/motion.ts: message fade-up, sheet springs for the
model/context/history sheets, 150ms composer height transition, all
skipped under reduced motion.
- Tests: chat suite 63 -> 89 checks (history, reload, rename/search/
delete/undo, actions, export, two-device sync round-trip, offline,
desktop panel). Full set: 12/12 suites, 513 checks. SW -> freezmo-v33.
Also: tests/model-compare.mjs benchmark (diagnostic) for deciding the
default text model on numbers; defaults unchanged.
Check my work (third homework mode)
- One model call with its own system prompt marks the student's own
attempt: verdict, what's right, each issue with why + fix, and the
corrected version that keeps everything the student got right.
Unasked-for extras are never errors. The attempt is typed/pasted
(photos of handwriting are documented as unsupported) and stored in
the record so Redo re-checks the same work.
- Server: mode "check" + solution on POST /api/homework (zod, 400
server.needSolution without one) and the same NDJSON stream; new
checkHomework() pipeline with repair-once validation.
Follow-ups
- New POST /api/homework/refine (plain JSON, RATE_LIMIT_REFINE, zod,
auth before body): shorter / more detail / explain, plain text back,
language preserved.
- Shorter + More detail + Original rewrite the finished answer and the
corrected version in place (FollowUpBar); every guide step has
Explain step N differently; failed calls say so without losing text.
Turn into a study deck
- Any result hands its content (answer, corrected version or assembled
guide) to New deck through a one-shot sessionStorage seed with the
options step pre-filled.
UI
- Phone step 2 gains the third card: tapping it reveals the solution
field + submit; desktop has three cards and the solution field shows
with the mode. Homework history labels and share/card previews cover
the new mode.
Verified: new phase-3 suite 20/20 against a stub Ollama (check payload,
missing-solution 400, refine validation, phone + desktop check flows,
shorter follow-up with restore, guide explain, deck hand-off) plus
regression 74/74, mobile 52/52, declutter 116/116, wizard 80/80,
animation 8/8, native 35/35, phase1 38/38, phase2 43/43, i18n 25/25.
Key parity 734/734. Lint + build clean. SW freezmo-v27.
Answer history and schedules
- Every answer is recorded (deck, activity, topic, correct/wrong, time)
in a versioned IndexedDB log (freezmo-learning v1, stores answers +
srs), mirrored in memory for synchronous React reads and capped at
20k answers (oldest pruned). StudyFeed records as it grades.
- Light SM-2 schedule per activity: 1 day, 3 days, then interval x
ease; wrong answers return in ten minutes with the ease nudged down.
Review, mistakes, stats
- Library 'Smart review' card: due count, mistakes count (latest
answer wrong — clears itself when answered correctly), today's goal
progress. Review sessions freeze their item list at start.
- New /review (due across decks, ?mistakes=1 global or ?deck= per
deck) built on a shared SessionFeed with the study feed's snap/keyboard
mechanics, wake lock and a results slide.
- New /stats: day streak, five-week calendar, accuracy per subject and
per deck, weakest topics (>=3 answers), daily-goal progress.
- Daily goal configurable in Settings (10/20/30/50).
Exam mode
- New /exam: pick decks, question count, optional timer; no hints
(a NoHints context hides hint rows and the self-check escape);
results with score, per-deck and per-topic breakdown; wrong answers
land in the mistakes set through the normal history.
Reminders (conditional)
- VAPID-gated: GET/POST/DELETE /api/push and POST /api/push/test with
the standard route pattern, RATE_LIMIT_PUSH, zod, auth before body.
Subscriptions stored server-side as endpoint + keys only (PUSH_DIR).
UI hidden entirely without keys; iOS install note; service worker
push/notificationclick handlers; scripts/send-reminders.mjs for a
cron/systemd timer; web-push added as the one server dependency.
Verified: new phase-2 suite 42/42 (history/SRS shapes from a real study
run, mistakes clearing, review session, stats math, exam timer and
breakdowns, VAPID-less hidden state plus the configured
subscribe/validate/test/delete path against a second instance) plus
regression 74/74, mobile 52/52, wizard 80/80, declutter 116/116,
animation 8/8, native 35/35, phase1 38/38, i18n 25/25. Key parity
709/709. Lint + build clean. SW freezmo-v26.
Homework (/homework — entry points in the drawer and on the create screen)
- Assignment intake reuses the study pipeline: pasted text, photos
(camera/picker, compressed in the browser) and documents (PDF/DOCX/PPTX/
ODT/text) through lib/image + lib/documents, the same vision step and the
same language guard. Raw files never leave the device — only text and JPEG
data URLs reach the server.
- Two large choice cards: “Just make it” returns the finished homework
(answer only, plain text, copy + make it again); “Explain how to make this
homework” builds an interactive guide.
- The guide is one step per screen in the study-feed snap layout:
explanation, three progressive hints (nudge -> hint -> the answer) and an
optional checkpoint rendered by the existing activity components (graded
through /api/grade). The last screen assembles the solution from the step
answers, with a copy button. Checkpoints carry xp 0 so the guide stays free
of XP/streak chrome.
- Results live in freezmo.homework.v1 with a small history (open/delete);
“Make it again” re-runs from the stored assignment text (the vision
transcription when photos were used) — no original files are stored.
- The answer and the guide are written in the assignment's language, never
translated into the UI language.
Server
- POST /api/homework: NDJSON stage events like /api/generate, the same
http-guard, auth checked before parsing, and its own RATE_LIMIT_HOMEWORK
(documented in .env.example + the README table).
- New prompts in lib/prompts.ts and zod schemas in lib/schemas.ts with the
same single repair retry; TEXT_MODEL for content, VISION_MODEL only for
photos. New shared client pieces: useNotesIntake, lib/homework store,
lib/clipboard, and a shared NDJSON reader in lib/client-api.
Also finishing the mobile polish pass from the previous request
- Phone ice scene: the top-left orb moved behind the glass header (it sat
behind the page heading/subtitle). The settings sheet's scroll cue is now a
bare chevron inside a content fade (mask) instead of a chip over the status
banner, and the API key card's note/disclosure/actions are tightened.
- theme-color now follows the in-app theme (SSR metas still fall back to the
OS preference); apple-mobile-web-app-status-bar-style stays “default”
because iOS fixes the status-bar text colour at launch.
Verified: 78/78 homework checks (text/photo/PDF, both modes, EN+CS, dark+light,
360/390px, copy, history persistence, storage privacy, API language, axe), plus
the existing suites re-run (mobile 47/47, pixel contrast 0 below AA, i18n 27/27,
desktop regression 72/72). Lint + build clean; service worker freezmo-v6.
Next.js 15 app that turns photos, PDFs, DOCX/PPTX and text into a swipeable
feed of AI-generated activities (flashcards, multiple choice, true/false,
fill-in-the-blank, matching, ordering, short answer) using the user's own
Ollama models.
Highlights:
- All AI calls run in server route handlers; the browser never talks to Ollama.
- Bring-your-own-key mode (default): the key lives only in the browser and is
sent per-request; server, local-daemon and shared-key modes also supported.
- Client-side document extraction (pdf.js, mammoth, jszip) with scanned-PDF
page rendering for the vision model; notes stay in their original language.
- ChatGPT-style shell: collapsible sidebar / mobile drawer, neutral token-based
light + dark themes, folder organisation, PWA (manifest, SW, offline page).
- Strict JSON validation with zod + auto-repair, rate limiting, and request
guards (cross-origin, body-size, API-key sanitising).
- setup.sh bootstraps deps, .env.local and a production build.
Gitignore excludes .env*, the generated pdf.js worker and local scratch files.
