transcript gutter

server/reflector/app.py

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ from reflector.views.rooms import router as rooms_router
 from reflector.views.rtc_offer import router as rtc_offer_router
 from reflector.views.transcripts import router as transcripts_router
 from reflector.views.transcripts_audio import router as transcripts_audio_router
-from reflector.views.transcripts_chat import router as transcripts_chat_router
 from reflector.views.transcripts_participants import (
     router as transcripts_participants_router,
 )
@@ -91,7 +90,6 @@ app.include_router(transcripts_participants_router, prefix="/v1")
 app.include_router(transcripts_speaker_router, prefix="/v1")
 app.include_router(transcripts_upload_router, prefix="/v1")
 app.include_router(transcripts_websocket_router, prefix="/v1")
-app.include_router(transcripts_chat_router, prefix="/v1")
 app.include_router(transcripts_webrtc_router, prefix="/v1")
 app.include_router(transcripts_process_router, prefix="/v1")
 app.include_router(user_router, prefix="/v1")

server/reflector/views/transcripts_chat.py

@@ -1,133 +0,0 @@
-"""
-Transcripts chat API
-====================
-
-WebSocket endpoint for bidirectional chat with LLM about transcript content.
-"""
-
-from typing import Optional
-
-from fastapi import APIRouter, WebSocket, WebSocketDisconnect
-from llama_index.core import Settings
-from llama_index.core.base.llms.types import ChatMessage, MessageRole
-
-from reflector.auth.auth_jwt import JWTAuth
-from reflector.db.recordings import recordings_controller
-from reflector.db.transcripts import transcripts_controller
-from reflector.db.users import user_controller
-from reflector.llm import LLM
-from reflector.settings import settings
-from reflector.utils.transcript_formats import topics_to_webvtt_named
-
-router = APIRouter()
-
-
-async def _get_is_multitrack(transcript) -> bool:
-    """Detect if transcript is from multitrack recording."""
-    if not transcript.recording_id:
-        return False
-    recording = await recordings_controller.get_by_id(transcript.recording_id)
-    return recording is not None and recording.is_multitrack
-
-
-@router.websocket("/transcripts/{transcript_id}/chat")
-async def transcript_chat_websocket(
-    transcript_id: str,
-    websocket: WebSocket,
-):
-    """WebSocket endpoint for chatting with LLM about transcript content."""
-    # 1. Auth check (optional) - extract token from WebSocket subprotocol header
-    # Browser can't send Authorization header for WS; use subprotocol: ["bearer", token]
-    raw_subprotocol = websocket.headers.get("sec-websocket-protocol") or ""
-    parts = [p.strip() for p in raw_subprotocol.split(",") if p.strip()]
-    token: Optional[str] = None
-    negotiated_subprotocol: Optional[str] = None
-    if len(parts) >= 2 and parts[0].lower() == "bearer":
-        negotiated_subprotocol = "bearer"
-        token = parts[1]
-
-    user_id: Optional[str] = None
-    if token:
-        try:
-            payload = JWTAuth().verify_token(token)
-            authentik_uid = payload.get("sub")
-
-            if authentik_uid:
-                user = await user_controller.get_by_authentik_uid(authentik_uid)
-                if user:
-                    user_id = user.id
-        except Exception:
-            # Auth failed - continue as anonymous
-            pass
-
-    # Get transcript (respects user_id for private transcripts)
-    transcript = await transcripts_controller.get_by_id_for_http(
-        transcript_id, user_id=user_id
-    )
-    if not transcript:
-        await websocket.close(code=1008)  # Policy violation (not found/unauthorized)
-        return
-
-    # 2. Accept connection (with negotiated subprotocol if present)
-    await websocket.accept(subprotocol=negotiated_subprotocol)
-
-    # 3. Generate WebVTT context
-    is_multitrack = await _get_is_multitrack(transcript)
-    webvtt = topics_to_webvtt_named(
-        transcript.topics, transcript.participants, is_multitrack
-    )
-
-    # Truncate if needed (15k char limit for POC)
-    webvtt_truncated = webvtt[:15000] if len(webvtt) > 15000 else webvtt
-
-    # 4. Configure LLM
-    llm = LLM(settings=settings, temperature=0.7)
-
-    # 5. System message with transcript context
-    system_msg = f"""You are analyzing this meeting transcript (WebVTT):
-
-{webvtt_truncated}
-
-Answer questions about content, speakers, timeline. Include timestamps when relevant."""
-
-    # 6. Conversation history
-    conversation_history = [ChatMessage(role=MessageRole.SYSTEM, content=system_msg)]
-
-    try:
-        # 7. Message loop
-        while True:
-            data = await websocket.receive_json()
-
-            if data.get("type") == "get_context":
-                # Return WebVTT context (for debugging/testing)
-                await websocket.send_json({"type": "context", "webvtt": webvtt})
-                continue
-
-            if data.get("type") != "message":
-                # Echo unknown types for backward compatibility
-                await websocket.send_json({"type": "echo", "data": data})
-                continue
-
-            # Add user message to history
-            user_msg = ChatMessage(role=MessageRole.USER, content=data.get("text", ""))
-            conversation_history.append(user_msg)
-
-            # Stream LLM response
-            assistant_msg = ""
-            chat_stream = await Settings.llm.astream_chat(conversation_history)
-            async for chunk in chat_stream:
-                token = chunk.delta or ""
-                if token:
-                    await websocket.send_json({"type": "token", "text": token})
-                    assistant_msg += token
-
-            # Save assistant response to history
-            conversation_history.append(
-                ChatMessage(role=MessageRole.ASSISTANT, content=assistant_msg)
-            )
-            await websocket.send_json({"type": "done"})
-
-    except WebSocketDisconnect:
-        pass
-    except Exception as e:
-        await websocket.send_json({"type": "error", "message": str(e)})

server/tests/test_transcripts_chat.py

@@ -1,234 +0,0 @@
-"""Tests for transcript chat WebSocket endpoint."""
-
-import asyncio
-import threading
-import time
-from pathlib import Path
-
-import pytest
-from httpx_ws import aconnect_ws
-from uvicorn import Config, Server
-
-from reflector.db.transcripts import (
-    SourceKind,
-    TranscriptParticipant,
-    TranscriptTopic,
-    transcripts_controller,
-)
-from reflector.processors.types import Word
-
-
-@pytest.fixture
-def chat_appserver(tmpdir, setup_database):
-    """Start a real HTTP server for WebSocket testing."""
-    from reflector.app import app
-    from reflector.db import get_database
-    from reflector.settings import settings
-
-    DATA_DIR = settings.DATA_DIR
-    settings.DATA_DIR = Path(tmpdir)
-
-    # Start server in separate thread with its own event loop
-    host = "127.0.0.1"
-    port = 1256  # Different port from rtc tests
-    server_started = threading.Event()
-    server_exception = None
-    server_instance = None
-
-    def run_server():
-        nonlocal server_exception, server_instance
-        try:
-            # Create new event loop for this thread
-            loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
-            asyncio.set_event_loop(loop)
-
-            config = Config(app=app, host=host, port=port, loop=loop)
-            server_instance = Server(config)
-
-            async def start_server():
-                # Initialize database connection in this event loop
-                database = get_database()
-                await database.connect()
-                try:
-                    await server_instance.serve()
-                finally:
-                    await database.disconnect()
-
-            # Signal that server is starting
-            server_started.set()
-            loop.run_until_complete(start_server())
-        except Exception as e:
-            server_exception = e
-            server_started.set()
-        finally:
-            loop.close()
-
-    server_thread = threading.Thread(target=run_server, daemon=True)
-    server_thread.start()
-
-    # Wait for server to start
-    server_started.wait(timeout=30)
-    if server_exception:
-        raise server_exception
-
-    # Wait for server to be fully ready
-    time.sleep(1)
-
-    yield server_instance, host, port
-
-    # Stop server
-    if server_instance:
-        server_instance.should_exit = True
-        server_thread.join(timeout=30)
-
-    settings.DATA_DIR = DATA_DIR
-
-
-@pytest.fixture
-async def test_transcript(setup_database):
-    """Create a test transcript for WebSocket tests."""
-    transcript = await transcripts_controller.add(
-        name="Test Transcript for Chat", source_kind=SourceKind.FILE
-    )
-    return transcript
-
-
-@pytest.fixture
-async def test_transcript_with_content(setup_database):
-    """Create a test transcript with actual content for WebVTT generation."""
-    transcript = await transcripts_controller.add(
-        name="Test Transcript with Content", source_kind=SourceKind.FILE
-    )
-
-    # Add participants
-    await transcripts_controller.update(
-        transcript,
-        {
-            "participants": [
-                TranscriptParticipant(id="1", speaker=0, name="Alice").model_dump(),
-                TranscriptParticipant(id="2", speaker=1, name="Bob").model_dump(),
-            ]
-        },
-    )
-
-    # Add topic with words
-    await transcripts_controller.upsert_topic(
-        transcript,
-        TranscriptTopic(
-            title="Introduction",
-            summary="Opening remarks",
-            timestamp=0.0,
-            words=[
-                Word(text="Hello ", start=0.0, end=1.0, speaker=0),
-                Word(text="everyone.", start=1.0, end=2.0, speaker=0),
-                Word(text="Hi ", start=2.0, end=3.0, speaker=1),
-                Word(text="there!", start=3.0, end=4.0, speaker=1),
-            ],
-        ),
-    )
-
-    return transcript
-
-
-@pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_chat_websocket_connection_success(test_transcript, chat_appserver):
-    """Test successful WebSocket connection to chat endpoint."""
-    server, host, port = chat_appserver
-    base_url = f"ws://{host}:{port}/v1"
-
-    async with aconnect_ws(f"{base_url}/transcripts/{test_transcript.id}/chat") as ws:
-        # Send unknown message type to test echo behavior
-        await ws.send_json({"type": "test", "text": "Hello"})
-
-        # Should receive echo for unknown types
-        response = await ws.receive_json()
-        assert response["type"] == "echo"
-        assert response["data"]["type"] == "test"
-
-
-@pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_chat_websocket_nonexistent_transcript(chat_appserver):
-    """Test WebSocket connection fails for nonexistent transcript."""
-    server, host, port = chat_appserver
-    base_url = f"ws://{host}:{port}/v1"
-
-    # Connection should fail or disconnect immediately for non-existent transcript
-    # Different behavior from successful connection
-    with pytest.raises(Exception):  # Will raise on connection or first operation
-        async with aconnect_ws(f"{base_url}/transcripts/nonexistent-id/chat") as ws:
-            await ws.send_json({"type": "message", "text": "Hello"})
-            await ws.receive_json()
-
-
-@pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_chat_websocket_multiple_messages(test_transcript, chat_appserver):
-    """Test sending multiple messages through WebSocket."""
-    server, host, port = chat_appserver
-    base_url = f"ws://{host}:{port}/v1"
-
-    async with aconnect_ws(f"{base_url}/transcripts/{test_transcript.id}/chat") as ws:
-        # Send multiple unknown message types (testing echo behavior)
-        messages = ["First message", "Second message", "Third message"]
-
-        for i, msg in enumerate(messages):
-            await ws.send_json({"type": f"test{i}", "text": msg})
-            response = await ws.receive_json()
-            assert response["type"] == "echo"
-            assert response["data"]["type"] == f"test{i}"
-            assert response["data"]["text"] == msg
-
-
-@pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_chat_websocket_disconnect_graceful(test_transcript, chat_appserver):
-    """Test WebSocket disconnects gracefully."""
-    server, host, port = chat_appserver
-    base_url = f"ws://{host}:{port}/v1"
-
-    async with aconnect_ws(f"{base_url}/transcripts/{test_transcript.id}/chat") as ws:
-        await ws.send_json({"type": "message", "text": "Hello"})
-        await ws.receive_json()
-        # Close handled by context manager - should not raise
-
-
-@pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_chat_websocket_context_generation(
-    test_transcript_with_content, chat_appserver
-):
-    """Test WebVTT context is generated on connection."""
-    server, host, port = chat_appserver
-    base_url = f"ws://{host}:{port}/v1"
-
-    async with aconnect_ws(
-        f"{base_url}/transcripts/{test_transcript_with_content.id}/chat"
-    ) as ws:
-        # Request context
-        await ws.send_json({"type": "get_context"})
-
-        # Receive context response
-        response = await ws.receive_json()
-        assert response["type"] == "context"
-        assert "webvtt" in response
-
-        # Verify WebVTT format
-        webvtt = response["webvtt"]
-        assert webvtt.startswith("WEBVTT")
-        assert "<v Alice>" in webvtt
-        assert "<v Bob>" in webvtt
-        assert "Hello everyone." in webvtt
-        assert "Hi there!" in webvtt
-
-
-@pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_chat_websocket_unknown_message_type(test_transcript, chat_appserver):
-    """Test unknown message types are echoed back."""
-    server, host, port = chat_appserver
-    base_url = f"ws://{host}:{port}/v1"
-
-    async with aconnect_ws(f"{base_url}/transcripts/{test_transcript.id}/chat") as ws:
-        # Send unknown message type
-        await ws.send_json({"type": "unknown", "data": "test"})
-
-        # Should receive echo
-        response = await ws.receive_json()
-        assert response["type"] == "echo"
-        assert response["data"]["type"] == "unknown"

www/app/(app)/transcripts/TranscriptChatModal.tsx

@@ -1,103 +0,0 @@
-"use client";
-
-import { useState } from "react";
-import { Box, Dialog, Input, IconButton } from "@chakra-ui/react";
-import { MessageCircle } from "lucide-react";
-import Markdown from "react-markdown";
-import "../../styles/markdown.css";
-import type { Message } from "./useTranscriptChat";
-
-interface TranscriptChatModalProps {
-  open: boolean;
-  onClose: () => void;
-  messages: Message[];
-  sendMessage: (text: string) => void;
-  isStreaming: boolean;
-  currentStreamingText: string;
-}
-
-export function TranscriptChatModal({
-  open,
-  onClose,
-  messages,
-  sendMessage,
-  isStreaming,
-  currentStreamingText,
-}: TranscriptChatModalProps) {
-  const [input, setInput] = useState("");
-
-  const handleSend = () => {
-    if (!input.trim()) return;
-    sendMessage(input);
-    setInput("");
-  };
-
-  return (
-    <Dialog.Root open={open} onOpenChange={(e) => !e.open && onClose()}>
-      <Dialog.Backdrop />
-      <Dialog.Positioner>
-        <Dialog.Content maxW="500px" h="600px">
-          <Dialog.Header>Transcript Chat</Dialog.Header>
-
-          <Dialog.Body overflowY="auto">
-            {messages.map((msg) => (
-              <Box
-                key={msg.id}
-                p={3}
-                mb={2}
-                bg={msg.role === "user" ? "blue.50" : "gray.50"}
-                borderRadius="md"
-              >
-                {msg.role === "user" ? (
-                  msg.text
-                ) : (
-                  <div className="markdown">
-                    <Markdown>{msg.text}</Markdown>
-                  </div>
-                )}
-              </Box>
-            ))}
-
-            {isStreaming && (
-              <Box p={3} bg="gray.50" borderRadius="md">
-                <div className="markdown">
-                  <Markdown>{currentStreamingText}</Markdown>
-                </div>
-                <Box as="span" className="animate-pulse">
-                  ▊
-                </Box>
-              </Box>
-            )}
-          </Dialog.Body>
-
-          <Dialog.Footer>
-            <Input
-              value={input}
-              onChange={(e) => setInput(e.target.value)}
-              onKeyDown={(e) => e.key === "Enter" && handleSend()}
-              placeholder="Ask about transcript..."
-              disabled={isStreaming}
-            />
-          </Dialog.Footer>
-        </Dialog.Content>
-      </Dialog.Positioner>
-    </Dialog.Root>
-  );
-}
-
-export function TranscriptChatButton({ onClick }: { onClick: () => void }) {
-  return (
-    <IconButton
-      position="fixed"
-      bottom="24px"
-      right="24px"
-      onClick={onClick}
-      size="lg"
-      colorPalette="blue"
-      borderRadius="full"
-      aria-label="Open chat"
-    >
-      <MessageCircle />
-    </IconButton>
-  );
-}

www/app/(app)/transcripts/[transcriptId]/_components/TopicList.tsx

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 import React, { useState, useEffect } from "react";
 import ScrollToBottom from "../../scrollToBottom";
 import { Topic } from "../../webSocketTypes";
-import useParticipants from "../../useParticipants";
+import { Box, Flex, Text } from "@chakra-ui/react";
-import { Box, Flex, Text, Accordion } from "@chakra-ui/react";
+import { formatTime } from "../../../../lib/time";
-import { TopicItem } from "./TopicItem";
+import { getTopicColor } from "../../../../lib/topicColors";
 import { TranscriptStatus } from "../../../../lib/transcript";
-
 import { featureEnabled } from "../../../../lib/features";
+import { TOPICS_SCROLL_DIV_ID } from "./constants";
 
 type TopicListProps = {
   topics: Topic[];
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ type TopicListProps = {
   transcriptId: string;
   status: TranscriptStatus | null;
   currentTranscriptText: any;
+  onTopicClick?: (topicId: string) => void;
 };
 
 export function TopicList({
@@ -27,30 +28,13 @@ export function TopicList({
   transcriptId,
   status,
   currentTranscriptText,
+  onTopicClick,
 }: TopicListProps) {
   const [activeTopic, setActiveTopic] = useActiveTopic;
+  const [hoveredTopicId, setHoveredTopicId] = useState<string | null>(null);
   const [autoscrollEnabled, setAutoscrollEnabled] = useState<boolean>(true);
-  const participants = useParticipants(transcriptId);
 
-  const scrollToTopic = () => {
+  const toggleScroll = (element: HTMLElement) => {
-    const topicDiv = document.getElementById(`topic-${activeTopic?.id}`);
-
-    setTimeout(() => {
-      topicDiv?.scrollIntoView({
-        behavior: "smooth",
-        block: "start",
-        inline: "nearest",
-      });
-    }, 200);
-  };
-
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (activeTopic && autoscroll) scrollToTopic();
-  }, [activeTopic, autoscroll]);
-
-  // scroll top is not rounded, heights are, so exact match won't work.
-  // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element/scrollHeight#determine_if_an_element_has_been_totally_scrolled
-  const toggleScroll = (element) => {
     const bottom =
       Math.abs(
         element.scrollHeight - element.clientHeight - element.scrollTop,
@@ -61,14 +45,19 @@ export function TopicList({
       setAutoscrollEnabled(true);
     }
   };
-  const handleScroll = (e) => {
+
-    toggleScroll(e.target);
+  const handleScroll = (e: React.UIEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
+    toggleScroll(e.target as HTMLElement);
+  };
+
+  const scrollToBottom = () => {
+    const topicsDiv = document.getElementById(TOPICS_SCROLL_DIV_ID);
+    if (topicsDiv) topicsDiv.scrollTop = topicsDiv.scrollHeight;
   };
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (autoscroll) {
-      const topicsDiv = document.getElementById("scroll-div");
+      const topicsDiv = document.getElementById(TOPICS_SCROLL_DIV_ID);
-
       topicsDiv && toggleScroll(topicsDiv);
     }
   }, [activeTopic, autoscroll]);
@@ -77,37 +66,41 @@ export function TopicList({
     if (autoscroll && autoscrollEnabled) scrollToBottom();
   }, [topics.length, currentTranscriptText]);
 
-  const scrollToBottom = () => {
-    const topicsDiv = document.getElementById("scroll-div");
-
-    if (topicsDiv) topicsDiv.scrollTop = topicsDiv.scrollHeight;
-  };
-
-  const getSpeakerName = (speakerNumber: number) => {
-    if (!participants.response) return;
-    return (
-      participants.response.find(
-        (participant) => participant.speaker == speakerNumber,
-      )?.name || `Speaker ${speakerNumber}`
-    );
-  };
-
-  const requireLogin = featureEnabled("requireLogin");
-
   useEffect(() => {
     if (autoscroll) {
       setActiveTopic(topics[topics.length - 1]);
     }
   }, [topics, autoscroll]);
 
+  const handleTopicClick = (topic: Topic) => {
+    setActiveTopic(topic);
+    if (onTopicClick) {
+      onTopicClick(topic.id);
+    }
+  };
+
+  const handleTopicMouseEnter = (topic: Topic) => {
+    setHoveredTopicId(topic.id);
+    // If already active, toggle off when mousing over
+    if (activeTopic?.id === topic.id) {
+      setActiveTopic(null);
+    } else {
+      setActiveTopic(topic);
+    }
+  };
+
+  const handleTopicMouseLeave = () => {
+    setHoveredTopicId(null);
+  };
+
+  const requireLogin = featureEnabled("requireLogin");
+
   return (
     <Flex
-      position={"relative"}
+      position="relative"
-      w={"100%"}
+      w="full"
-      h={"95%"}
+      h="200px"
-      flexDirection={"column"}
+      flexDirection="column"
-      justify={"center"}
-      align={"center"}
       flexShrink={0}
     >
       {autoscroll && (
@@ -118,45 +111,71 @@ export function TopicList({
       )}
 
       <Box
-        id="scroll-div"
+        id={TOPICS_SCROLL_DIV_ID}
-        overflowY={"auto"}
+        overflowY="auto"
-        h={"100%"}
+        h="full"
         onScroll={handleScroll}
         width="full"
       >
         {topics.length > 0 && (
-          <Accordion.Root
+          <Flex direction="column" gap={1} p={2}>
-            multiple={false}
+            {topics.map((topic, index) => {
-            collapsible={true}
+              const color = getTopicColor(index);
-            value={activeTopic ? [activeTopic.id] : []}
+              const isActive = activeTopic?.id === topic.id;
-            onValueChange={(details) => {
+              const isHovered = hoveredTopicId === topic.id;
-              const selectedTopicId = details.value[0];
+
-              const selectedTopic = selectedTopicId
+              return (
-                ? topics.find((t) => t.id === selectedTopicId)
+                <Flex
-                : null;
+                  key={topic.id}
-              setActiveTopic(selectedTopic || null);
+                  id={`topic-${topic.id}`}
-            }}
+                  gap={2}
-          >
+                  align="center"
-            {topics.map((topic) => (
+                  py={1}
-              <TopicItem
+                  px={2}
-                key={topic.id}
+                  cursor="pointer"
-                topic={topic}
+                  bg={isActive || isHovered ? "gray.100" : "transparent"}
-                isActive={activeTopic?.id === topic.id}
+                  _hover={{ bg: "gray.50" }}
-                getSpeakerName={getSpeakerName}
+                  onClick={() => handleTopicClick(topic)}
-              />
+                  onMouseEnter={() => handleTopicMouseEnter(topic)}
-            ))}
+                  onMouseLeave={handleTopicMouseLeave}
-          </Accordion.Root>
+                >
+                  {/* Color indicator */}
+                  <Box
+                    w="12px"
+                    h="12px"
+                    borderRadius="full"
+                    bg={color}
+                    flexShrink={0}
+                  />
+
+                  {/* Topic title */}
+                  <Text
+                    flex={1}
+                    fontSize="sm"
+                    fontWeight={isActive ? "semibold" : "normal"}
+                  >
+                    {topic.title}
+                  </Text>
+
+                  {/* Timestamp */}
+                  <Text as="span" color="gray.500" fontSize="xs" flexShrink={0}>
+                    {formatTime(topic.timestamp)}
+                  </Text>
+                </Flex>
+              );
+            })}
+          </Flex>
         )}
 
         {status == "recording" && (
-          <Box textAlign={"center"}>
+          <Box textAlign="center">
             <Text>{currentTranscriptText}</Text>
           </Box>
         )}
         {(status == "recording" || status == "idle") &&
           currentTranscriptText.length == 0 &&
           topics.length == 0 && (
-            <Box textAlign={"center"} color="gray">
+            <Box textAlign="center" color="gray">
               <Text>
                 Full discussion transcript will appear here after you start
                 recording.
@@ -167,7 +186,7 @@ export function TopicList({
             </Box>
           )}
         {status == "processing" && (
-          <Box textAlign={"center"} color="gray">
+          <Box textAlign="center" color="gray">
             <Text>We are processing the recording, please wait.</Text>
             {!requireLogin && (
               <span>
@@ -177,12 +196,12 @@ export function TopicList({
           </Box>
         )}
         {status == "ended" && topics.length == 0 && (
-          <Box textAlign={"center"} color="gray">
+          <Box textAlign="center" color="gray">
             <Text>Recording has ended without topics being found.</Text>
           </Box>
         )}
         {status == "error" && (
-          <Box textAlign={"center"} color="gray">
+          <Box textAlign="center" color="gray">
             <Text>There was an error processing your recording</Text>
           </Box>
         )}

www/app/(app)/transcripts/[transcriptId]/_components/TranscriptWithGutter.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+import { Box, Text, IconButton } from "@chakra-ui/react";
+import { ChevronUp } from "lucide-react";
+import { Topic } from "../../webSocketTypes";
+import { getTopicColor } from "../../../../lib/topicColors";
+import { TOPICS_SCROLL_DIV_ID } from "./constants";
+
+interface TranscriptWithGutterProps {
+  topics: Topic[];
+  getSpeakerName: (speakerNumber: number) => string | undefined;
+  onGutterClick: (topicId: string) => void;
+}
+
+export function TranscriptWithGutter({
+  topics,
+  getSpeakerName,
+  onGutterClick,
+}: TranscriptWithGutterProps) {
+  const scrollToTopics = () => {
+    // Scroll to the topic list at the top
+    const topicList = document.getElementById(TOPICS_SCROLL_DIV_ID);
+    if (topicList) {
+      topicList.scrollIntoView({
+        behavior: "smooth",
+        block: "start",
+      });
+    }
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <Box>
+      {topics.map((topic, topicIndex) => {
+        const color = getTopicColor(topicIndex);
+
+        return (
+          <Box key={topic.id} position="relative">
+            {/* Topic Header with Up Button */}
+            <Box
+              py={3}
+              px={4}
+              fontWeight="semibold"
+              fontSize="lg"
+              display="flex"
+              alignItems="center"
+              justifyContent="space-between"
+            >
+              <Text>{topic.title}</Text>
+              <IconButton
+                aria-label="Scroll to topics"
+                size="sm"
+                variant="ghost"
+                onClick={scrollToTopics}
+              >
+                <ChevronUp size={16} />
+              </IconButton>
+            </Box>
+
+            {/* Segments container with single gutter */}
+            <Box position="relative">
+              {/* Single continuous gutter for entire topic */}
+              <Box
+                className="topic-gutter"
+                position="absolute"
+                left={0}
+                top={0}
+                bottom={0}
+                width="4px"
+                bg={color}
+                cursor="pointer"
+                transition="all 0.2s"
+                _hover={{
+                  filter: "brightness(1.2)",
+                  width: "6px",
+                }}
+                onClick={() => onGutterClick(topic.id)}
+              />
+
+              {/* Segments */}
+              {topic.segments?.map((segment, segmentIndex) => (
+                <Box
+                  key={segmentIndex}
+                  id={`segment-${topic.id}-${segmentIndex}`}
+                  py={2}
+                  px={4}
+                  pl={12}
+                  _hover={{
+                    bg: "gray.50",
+                  }}
+                >
+                  {/* Segment Content */}
+                  <Text fontSize="sm">
+                    <Text as="span" fontWeight="semibold" color="gray.700">
+                      {getSpeakerName(segment.speaker) ||
+                        `Speaker ${segment.speaker}`}
+                      :
+                    </Text>{" "}
+                    {segment.text}
+                  </Text>
+                </Box>
+              ))}
+            </Box>
+          </Box>
+        );
+      })}
+    </Box>
+  );
+}

www/app/(app)/transcripts/[transcriptId]/_components/constants.ts

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export const TOPICS_SCROLL_DIV_ID = "topics-scroll-div";

www/app/(app)/transcripts/[transcriptId]/page.tsx

@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ import Modal from "../modal";
 import useTopics from "../useTopics";
 import useWaveform from "../useWaveform";
 import useMp3 from "../useMp3";
+import useParticipants from "../useParticipants";
 import { TopicList } from "./_components/TopicList";
+import { TranscriptWithGutter } from "./_components/TranscriptWithGutter";
 import { Topic } from "../webSocketTypes";
 import React, { useEffect, useState, use } from "react";
 import FinalSummary from "./finalSummary";
@@ -18,15 +20,9 @@ import {
   Skeleton,
   Text,
   Spinner,
-  useDisclosure,
 } from "@chakra-ui/react";
 import { useTranscriptGet } from "../../../lib/apiHooks";
 import { TranscriptStatus } from "../../../lib/transcript";
-import {
-  TranscriptChatModal,
-  TranscriptChatButton,
-} from "../TranscriptChatModal";
-import { useTranscriptChat } from "../useTranscriptChat";
 
 type TranscriptDetails = {
   params: Promise<{
@@ -51,16 +47,90 @@ export default function TranscriptDetails(details: TranscriptDetails) {
 
   const mp3 = useMp3(transcriptId, waiting);
   const topics = useTopics(transcriptId);
+  const participants = useParticipants(transcriptId);
   const waveform = useWaveform(
     transcriptId,
     waiting || mp3.audioDeleted === true,
   );
   const useActiveTopic = useState<Topic | null>(null);
+  const [activeTopic, setActiveTopic] = useActiveTopic;
   const [finalSummaryElement, setFinalSummaryElement] =
     useState<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
 
-  const { open, onOpen, onClose } = useDisclosure();
+  // IntersectionObserver for active topic detection based on scroll position
-  const chat = useTranscriptChat(transcriptId);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!topics.topics || topics.topics.length === 0) return;
+
+    const observer = new IntersectionObserver(
+      (entries) => {
+        // Find the most visible segment
+        let mostVisibleEntry: IntersectionObserverEntry | null = null;
+        let maxRatio = 0;
+
+        entries.forEach((entry) => {
+          if (entry.isIntersecting && entry.intersectionRatio > maxRatio) {
+            maxRatio = entry.intersectionRatio;
+            mostVisibleEntry = entry;
+          }
+        });
+
+        if (mostVisibleEntry) {
+          // Extract topicId from segment id (format: "segment-{topicId}-{idx}")
+          const segmentId = mostVisibleEntry.target.id;
+          const match = segmentId.match(/^segment-([^-]+)-/);
+          if (match) {
+            const topicId = match[1];
+            const topic = topics.topics?.find((t) => t.id === topicId);
+            if (topic && activeTopic?.id !== topic.id) {
+              setActiveTopic(topic);
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      },
+      {
+        threshold: [0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1],
+        rootMargin: "-20% 0px -20% 0px",
+      },
+    );
+
+    // Observe all segment elements
+    const segments = document.querySelectorAll('[id^="segment-"]');
+    segments.forEach((segment) => observer.observe(segment));
+
+    return () => observer.disconnect();
+  }, [topics.topics, activeTopic?.id, setActiveTopic]);
+
+  // Scroll handlers for bidirectional navigation
+  const handleTopicClick = (topicId: string) => {
+    // Scroll to first segment of this topic in transcript
+    const firstSegment = document.querySelector(`[id^="segment-${topicId}-"]`);
+    if (firstSegment) {
+      firstSegment.scrollIntoView({
+        behavior: "smooth",
+        block: "center",
+      });
+    }
+  };
+
+  const handleGutterClick = (topicId: string) => {
+    // Scroll to topic in list
+    const topicChip = document.getElementById(`topic-${topicId}`);
+    if (topicChip) {
+      topicChip.scrollIntoView({
+        behavior: "smooth",
+        block: "center",
+      });
+    }
+  };
+
+  const getSpeakerName = (speakerNumber: number) => {
+    if (!participants.response) return `Speaker ${speakerNumber}`;
+    return (
+      participants.response.find(
+        (participant) => participant.speaker == speakerNumber,
+      )?.name || `Speaker ${speakerNumber}`
+    );
+  };
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!waiting || !transcript.data) return;
@@ -128,18 +198,9 @@ export default function TranscriptDetails(details: TranscriptDetails) {
 
   return (
     <>
-      <TranscriptChatModal
-        open={open}
-        onClose={onClose}
-        messages={chat.messages}
-        sendMessage={chat.sendMessage}
-        isStreaming={chat.isStreaming}
-        currentStreamingText={chat.currentStreamingText}
-      />
-      <TranscriptChatButton onClick={onOpen} />
       <Grid
         templateColumns="1fr"
-        templateRows="auto minmax(0, 1fr)"
+        templateRows="auto auto"
         gap={4}
         mt={4}
         mb={4}
@@ -171,18 +232,18 @@ export default function TranscriptDetails(details: TranscriptDetails) {
         <Grid
           templateColumns={{ base: "minmax(0, 1fr)", md: "repeat(2, 1fr)" }}
           templateRows={{
-            base: "auto minmax(0, 1fr) minmax(0, 1fr)",
+            base: "auto auto auto",
-            md: "auto minmax(0, 1fr)",
+            md: "auto auto",
           }}
           gap={4}
           gridRowGap={2}
           padding={4}
-          paddingBottom={0}
           background="gray.bg"
           border={"2px solid"}
           borderColor={"gray.bg"}
           borderRadius={8}
         >
+          {/* Title */}
           <GridItem colSpan={{ base: 1, md: 2 }}>
             <Flex direction="column" gap={0}>
               <Flex alignItems="center" gap={2}>
@@ -205,28 +266,64 @@ export default function TranscriptDetails(details: TranscriptDetails) {
               )}
             </Flex>
           </GridItem>
-          <TopicList
+
-            topics={topics.topics || []}
+          {/* Left column: Topics List */}
-            useActiveTopic={useActiveTopic}
+          <GridItem display="flex" flexDirection="column" gap={4} h="100%">
-            autoscroll={false}
+            <TopicList
-            transcriptId={transcriptId}
+              topics={topics.topics || []}
-            status={transcript.data?.status || null}
+              useActiveTopic={useActiveTopic}
-            currentTranscriptText=""
+              autoscroll={false}
-          />
+              transcriptId={transcriptId}
-          {transcript.data && topics.topics ? (
+              status={transcript.data?.status || null}
-            <>
+              currentTranscriptText=""
-              <FinalSummary
+              onTopicClick={handleTopicClick}
-                transcript={transcript.data}
+            />
-                topics={topics.topics}
+
-                onUpdate={() => {
+            {/* Transcript with colored gutter (scrollable) */}
-                  transcript.refetch().then(() => {});
+            {topics.topics && topics.topics.length > 0 && (
+              <Box
+                overflowY="auto"
+                flex={1}
+                minH="0"
+                pr={2}
+                css={{
+                  "&::-webkit-scrollbar": {
+                    width: "8px",
+                  },
+                  "&::-webkit-scrollbar-track": {
+                    background: "transparent",
+                  },
+                  "&::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb": {
+                    background: "#CBD5E0",
+                    borderRadius: "4px",
+                  },
+                  "&::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb:hover": {
+                    background: "#A0AEC0",
+                  },
                 }}
-                finalSummaryRef={setFinalSummaryElement}
+              >
-              />
+                <TranscriptWithGutter
-            </>
+                  topics={topics.topics}
+                  getSpeakerName={getSpeakerName}
+                  onGutterClick={handleGutterClick}
+                />
+              </Box>
+            )}
+          </GridItem>
+
+          {/* Right column: Final Summary */}
+          {transcript.data && topics.topics ? (
+            <FinalSummary
+              transcript={transcript.data}
+              topics={topics.topics}
+              onUpdate={() => {
+                transcript.refetch().then(() => {});
+              }}
+              finalSummaryRef={setFinalSummaryElement}
+            />
           ) : (
-            <Flex justify={"center"} alignItems={"center"} h={"100%"}>
+            <Flex justify="center" alignItems="center" h="100%">
-              <div className="flex flex-col h-full justify-center content-center">
+              <Flex direction="column" h="full" justify="center" align="center">
                 {transcript?.data?.status == "processing" ? (
                   <Text>Loading Transcript</Text>
                 ) : (
@@ -235,7 +332,7 @@ export default function TranscriptDetails(details: TranscriptDetails) {
                     back later
                   </Text>
                 )}
-              </div>
+              </Flex>
             </Flex>
           )}
         </Grid>

www/app/(app)/transcripts/useTranscriptChat.ts

@@ -1,130 +0,0 @@
-"use client";
-
-import { useEffect, useState, useRef } from "react";
-import { getSession } from "next-auth/react";
-import { WEBSOCKET_URL } from "../../lib/apiClient";
-import { assertExtendedToken } from "../../lib/types";
-
-export type Message = {
-  id: string;
-  role: "user" | "assistant";
-  text: string;
-  timestamp: Date;
-};
-
-export type UseTranscriptChat = {
-  messages: Message[];
-  sendMessage: (text: string) => void;
-  isStreaming: boolean;
-  currentStreamingText: string;
-};
-
-export const useTranscriptChat = (transcriptId: string): UseTranscriptChat => {
-  const [messages, setMessages] = useState<Message[]>([]);
-  const [isStreaming, setIsStreaming] = useState(false);
-  const [currentStreamingText, setCurrentStreamingText] = useState("");
-  const wsRef = useRef<WebSocket | null>(null);
-  const streamingTextRef = useRef<string>("");
-  const isMountedRef = useRef<boolean>(true);
-
-  useEffect(() => {
-    isMountedRef.current = true;
-
-    const connectWebSocket = async () => {
-      const url = `${WEBSOCKET_URL}/v1/transcripts/${transcriptId}/chat`;
-
-      // Get auth token for WebSocket subprotocol
-      let protocols: string[] | undefined;
-      try {
-        const session = await getSession();
-        if (session) {
-          const token = assertExtendedToken(session).accessToken;
-          // Pass token via subprotocol: ["bearer", token]
-          protocols = ["bearer", token];
-        }
-      } catch (error) {
-        console.warn("Failed to get auth token for WebSocket:", error);
-      }
-
-      const ws = new WebSocket(url, protocols);
-      wsRef.current = ws;
-
-      ws.onopen = () => {
-        console.log("Chat WebSocket connected");
-      };
-
-      ws.onmessage = (event) => {
-        if (!isMountedRef.current) return;
-
-        const msg = JSON.parse(event.data);
-
-        switch (msg.type) {
-          case "token":
-            setIsStreaming(true);
-            streamingTextRef.current += msg.text;
-            setCurrentStreamingText(streamingTextRef.current);
-            break;
-
-          case "done":
-            // CRITICAL: Save the text BEFORE resetting the ref
-            // The setMessages callback may execute later, after ref is reset
-            const finalText = streamingTextRef.current;
-
-            setMessages((prev) => [
-              ...prev,
-              {
-                id: Date.now().toString(),
-                role: "assistant",
-                text: finalText,
-                timestamp: new Date(),
-              },
-            ]);
-            streamingTextRef.current = "";
-            setCurrentStreamingText("");
-            setIsStreaming(false);
-            break;
-
-          case "error":
-            console.error("Chat error:", msg.message);
-            setIsStreaming(false);
-            break;
-        }
-      };
-
-      ws.onerror = (error) => {
-        console.error("WebSocket error:", error);
-      };
-
-      ws.onclose = () => {
-        console.log("Chat WebSocket closed");
-      };
-    };
-
-    connectWebSocket();
-
-    return () => {
-      isMountedRef.current = false;
-      if (wsRef.current) {
-        wsRef.current.close();
-      }
-    };
-  }, [transcriptId]);
-
-  const sendMessage = (text: string) => {
-    if (!wsRef.current) return;
-
-    setMessages((prev) => [
-      ...prev,
-      {
-        id: Date.now().toString(),
-        role: "user",
-        text,
-        timestamp: new Date(),
-      },
-    ]);
-
-    wsRef.current.send(JSON.stringify({ type: "message", text }));
-  };
-
-  return { messages, sendMessage, isStreaming, currentStreamingText };
-};

www/app/lib/topicColors.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+// Predefined color palette for topics
+// Colors chosen for good contrast and visual distinction
+export const TOPIC_COLORS = [
+  "#3B82F6", // blue
+  "#10B981", // green
+  "#F59E0B", // amber
+  "#EF4444", // red
+  "#8B5CF6", // violet
+  "#EC4899", // pink
+  "#14B8A6", // teal
+  "#F97316", // orange
+  "#6366F1", // indigo
+  "#84CC16", // lime
+] as const;
+
+export function getTopicColor(topicIndex: number): string {
+  return TOPIC_COLORS[topicIndex % TOPIC_COLORS.length];
+}