The export reads ChatGPT's and Claude's undocumented internal web APIs,
which can change shape without notice; the worst failure for a backup tool
is a silent one (skipped/mis-parsed content with no error). Add a `canary`
command + BaseProvider.check_drift() (overridden by ChatGPT/Claude) that
fetches one listing page + one conversation per provider and asserts only
the normalizer's load-bearing fields — not the full response shape, which
churns harmlessly. The top silent risk it guards is a renamed retrieval-tool
author bypassing the hidden-content collapse. ERROR findings exit non-zero;
WARN findings are surfaced but non-fatal so a backup run is never blocked.
Also retires the in-app watch mode and headless StartOS direction from the
roadmap (tool stays a local, manually-run CLI) and updates docs.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Extracts per-message content into a typed `blocks` list (text, code,
thinking, tool_use, tool_result, image_placeholder, file_placeholder,
unknown) and renders them at exporter write time. Voice transcripts,
Custom Instructions, and image references now appear in exports
instead of being silently dropped.
Foundation:
- src/blocks.py: pure block constructors, _safe_fence (fence-corruption
defense, verified live in Joplin), _blockquote_prefix, render
- src/loss_report.py: per-run tally surfaced as INFO summary at end of
export so silently-dropped data becomes visible
Providers:
- ChatGPT: dispatch on content_type produces typed blocks; voice shapes
(audio_transcription, audio_asset_pointer, real_time_user_audio_video_
asset_pointer) locked from live DevTools capture; Custom Instructions
bug fix (parts-vs-direct-fields); role filter lifted; hidden-context
marker driven by is_visually_hidden_from_conversation flag
- Claude: defensive dispatch for text/thinking/tool_use/tool_result/image
with recursive nested-block flattening; untested against real rich-
content data — fix-forward in v0.4.1
Exporter:
- Markdown renders from blocks at write time via render_blocks_to_markdown;
backward-compat fallback to content for any pre-v0.4.0 cached data
Tests:
- 27 new tests across providers, exporters, CLI; fixtures rebuilt with
real-shape ChatGPT voice + Custom Instructions cases
- 181/181 pass
Behavior changes (intentional):
- JSON output omits content; consumers should read blocks
- Per-conversation message counts increase (Custom Instructions, image-
only, tool-only messages now appear)
- Existing exports not auto-re-rendered; users wanting fresh output run
cache --clear then export
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Core features:
- Add `joplin` command: syncs exported Markdown to Joplin via local REST API
- Notebooks auto-created per provider+project (e.g. "ChatGPT - My Project")
- Idempotent: notes updated (not duplicated) on re-run; note ID tracked in manifest
- Add `--project` filter to `export` and `list` commands (substring or 'none')
- Add ChatGPT Projects support via CHATGPT_PROJECT_IDS env var
Config:
- Add JOPLIN_API_TOKEN, JOPLIN_API_URL, JOPLIN_REQUEST_TIMEOUT
- Version now read from importlib.metadata (single source of truth: pyproject.toml)
- Bump version to 0.2.0
Quality:
- Explicit Timeout handling in JoplinClient with actionable error messages
- token validation (validate_token) separate from connectivity (ping)
- Remove debug_auth.py, debug_claude.py, and untracked .har file
- Add *.har to .gitignore (may contain auth cookies/session tokens)
- Update README, CHANGELOG, FUTURE.md to reflect v0.2.0
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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