feat: audio ingestion via Whisper API

[RaviTharuma]

Summary

Adds an memorix_ingest_audio MCP tool that transcribes audio files using the Whisper API and stores the transcript as a memorix observation.

What's included

• src/multimodal/audio-loader.ts — Whisper API client with:
  • Configurable model (MEMORIX_WHISPER_MODEL, default: whisper-1)
  • Language hint and prompt support
  • Chunked file reading for large files
  • Automatic format detection from extension (mp3, wav, m4a, ogg, flac, webm, mp4)
• src/multimodal/index.ts — shared multimodal utilities (MIME detection, file validation)
• src/server.ts — MCP tool registration (memorix_ingest_audio)
• tests/multimodal/audio-loader.test.ts — 8 tests covering:
  • Transcript extraction and observation storage
  • Unsupported format rejection
  • Missing file handling
  • Language and prompt passthrough
  • API error propagation

Design decisions

• LLM-optional: requires MEMORIX_WHISPER_API_KEY (falls back to OPENAI_API_KEY). Tool returns clear error if unconfigured.
• Stores transcript as how-it-works observation type with audio metadata in facts.
• No new npm dependencies — uses native fetch for API calls and fs for file reading.

Tests

8 pass, 0 fail

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Move internal-write marker to the actual write point

markInternalWrite() is called before ingestAudio(), but audio ingestion performs a remote transcription that can run up to 120 seconds; the hot-reload skip window is only 10 seconds, so long transcriptions can expire the skip window before storeObservation writes. In that case the file watcher will treat this internal write as external and trigger unnecessary reload/reindex work, which can cause avoidable contention during ingest-heavy workflows.

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Use Vitest APIs in the new test file

The repository’s test command runs Vitest and includes tests/**/*.test.ts, but this new test imports from bun:test. Under the declared test runner, that import is unresolved, so CI/local npm test will fail before executing these assertions. Switching this file to Vitest imports (or globals) is necessary to keep the test suite runnable.

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[AVIDS2]

Thanks for pushing on multimodal ingestion — the capability is useful, but this one still has a couple of concrete blockers.

1. The test file uses bun:test, while this repo runs vitest in CI. Right now that means the PR fails immediately in the standard test matrix.
2. In src/server.ts, the object passed into storeObservation is inferred as type: string, but storeObservation expects a real ObservationType.
3. More importantly, the config path is too loose for the implementation: transcribeAudio() pulls the generic Memorix LLM API key via getLLMApiKey(), but the code then talks specifically to OpenAI/Groq Whisper transcription endpoints. In a valid Memorix setup that is configured for Anthropic or another non-Whisper provider, this can end up sending the wrong credential/provider combination to an incompatible API.

So I don't think this is just a test-fix PR — it needs one more pass on provider/config semantics as well.

[RaviTharuma]

Thanks for the detailed breakdown — all three points are valid.

1. bun:test → vitest: Will switch the test file imports to vitest globals.
2. ObservationType inference: Will add an explicit cast / assertion so the object flowing into storeObservation satisfies the ObservationType constraint rather than widening to string.
3. Provider/config semantics: This is the substantive one. The right fix is to add a Whisper-specific config path (e.g. MEMORIX_WHISPER_API_KEY / MEMORIX_WHISPER_BASE_URL) that is separate from the general LLM key, so audio ingestion doesn't assume the general LLM provider is Whisper-compatible. I'll update transcribeAudio() to use those dedicated config values and document them in the README section for audio ingestion.

[AVIDS2]

The test/type issues look improved, but there is still a concrete config/runtime mismatch before this is safe to merge: the PR advertises provider: groq, yet the Whisper credential resolver only falls back to MEMORIX_WHISPER_API_KEY or OPENAI_API_KEY. In the normal provider=groq case, a user with only GROQ_API_KEY configured will still fail, and a user with only OPENAI_API_KEY configured will send the wrong credential to the Groq endpoint. Please either add provider-correct key resolution for Groq, or narrow the feature so it no longer claims Groq preset support until that path is actually wired correctly.