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AGENTS.md — beetfs/musicfs
Everything an AI agent needs to get work done on this project.
Quick Start
cd beetfs/musicfs
nix develop # Enter dev shell (ALL tooling provided)
cargo check # Verify compilation
cargo test # Run all tests (162 tests, ~10s)
cargo build --release # Build release binary
No rustup, no apt install, no manual dependency management. The Nix flake provides everything: Rust stable + rust-analyzer + clippy + rustfmt, FUSE3, SQLite, OpenSSL, protobuf, grpcurl, cargo-nextest, cargo-criterion, lld linker.
Project Overview
MusicFS is a read-only FUSE filesystem that presents music libraries organized by metadata (artist/album/track) instead of physical file paths. It supports multiple storage backends (local, NFS, S3, SFTP), content-addressable caching with delta sync, and full-text search.
Key constraint: Read-only. Never modifies origin files. Never pushes changes to the origin server.
Repository Layout
beetfs/
├── musicfs/ # Rust implementation (active)
│ ├── Cargo.toml # Workspace root
│ ├── flake.nix # Nix dev shell
│ ├── .cargo/config.toml # LLD linker, aliases (t/c/b)
│ ├── crates/ # 11 workspace crates
│ │ ├── musicfs-cli/ # Binary entry point (clap)
│ │ ├── musicfs-core/ # Types, errors, config, events
│ │ ├── musicfs-fuse/ # FUSE ops (fuser)
│ │ ├── musicfs-metadata/ # Audio parsing (symphonia)
│ │ ├── musicfs-cache/ # Cache: tree, metadata, patterns, eviction
│ │ ├── musicfs-cas/ # Content-addressable store (sled + chunks)
│ │ ├── musicfs-origins/ # Origin backends: local, NFS, SMB, S3, SFTP
│ │ ├── musicfs-sync/ # Delta sync, CDC chunking (fastcdc), watcher
│ │ ├── musicfs-search/ # Full-text search (tantivy)
│ │ ├── musicfs-grpc/ # gRPC control API (tonic + prost)
│ │ └── musicfs-plugins/ # Plugin system (native .so + WASM)
│ ├── tests/
│ │ ├── e2e/e2e_players.rs # E2E: mpv/VLC playback (manual, #[ignore])
│ │ └── integration/ # (placeholder)
│ └── dist/ # Deployment
│ ├── musicfs.service # systemd unit
│ ├── config.example.toml # Example config
│ ├── logrotate.d/musicfs # Log rotation
│ ├── PKGBUILD # Arch package
│ └── musicfs.spec # RPM spec
├── docs/
│ ├── templates/
│ │ ├── bluedoc.md # Full design doc (5-20+ pages)
│ │ └── greendoc.md # One-pager (1-2 pages)
│ ├── v2/
│ │ ├── architecture.md # System design (GOLDEN — source of truth)
│ │ ├── requirements.md # Functional + non-functional requirements
│ │ ├── development-plan.md # Implementation roadmap (weeks 1-14)
│ │ └── plans/ # Weekly plans, feature plans, research
│ └── v1/ # Original Python beetfs docs (reference only)
└── beetsplug/beetFs.py # Original Python implementation (archived)
Build & Test Commands
# Cargo aliases (.cargo/config.toml)
cargo t # cargo test
cargo c # cargo check
cargo b # cargo build
# Common workflows
cargo check # Fast compile check
cargo test # All tests
cargo test -p musicfs-core # Single crate
cargo clippy # Lint
cargo fmt # Format
cargo nextest run # Parallel test runner (faster)
# gRPC
cargo build -p musicfs-grpc # Triggers proto codegen via build.rs
grpcurl -unix /run/musicfs.sock musicfs.v1.MusicFS/GetStatus
# Watch mode
cargo watch -x 'check' -x 'test'
# Release
cargo build --release
Proto file location: crates/musicfs-grpc/proto/musicfs.proto (codegen via tonic-build in build.rs)
Architecture
Read the full design: docs/v2/architecture.md — this is the source of truth for all architectural decisions, component design, data schemas, API definitions, and diagrams.
Quick orientation — MusicFS is a workspace of 11 crates. The dependency flow is:
musicfs-cli → musicfs-fuse / musicfs-grpc / musicfs-search → musicfs-core → musicfs-cache / musicfs-origins / musicfs-metadata → musicfs-cas → musicfs-sync
Key concepts: Virtual Tree (in-memory directory structure from metadata), CAS (content-addressable chunk storage with sled index), Origin Federation (multi-backend with failover and health monitoring), CDC (content-defined chunking for delta sync), Event Bus (tokio broadcast for cross-component notifications).
For performance targets, scalability requirements, and quantitative constraints, see docs/v2/requirements.md.
Code Conventions
Rust
- Edition: 2021, MSRV: 1.75+
- Linker: LLD via clang (configured in
.cargo/config.toml) - Error handling:
thiserrorfor library errors,anyhowfor CLI - Async:
tokioruntime,async-traitfor trait objects - Concurrency:
parking_lotfor hot-path locks,dashmapfor concurrent maps,std::sync::RwLockelsewhere - Logging:
tracingwith structured fields (#[instrument],info!,debug!, etc.) - Serialization:
serde+tomlfor config,rmp-serde(msgpack) for binary data,prostfor protobuf
Never Do
as any,@ts-ignoreequivalents — nounsafewithout justification- Empty
catch/let _ = resulton operations that can fail meaningfully - Suppress type errors
- Commit secrets or credentials
Testing Patterns
- Fixtures:
TempDir::new().unwrap()for isolated storage (used in 29 files) - In-memory DB:
Database::open_memory()for fast SQLite tests - No mocking framework — tests use real implementations with temp directories
- Async tests:
#[tokio::test] - Helper functions:
make_file_meta(),mock_health()— currently duplicated per module
Golden Documents
These are the authoritative references. All implementations must match them.
| Document | Path | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | docs/v2/architecture.md |
System design — THE source of truth |
| Requirements | docs/v2/requirements.md |
What to build (FR-, NFR-) |
| Development Plan | docs/v2/development-plan.md |
How to build it (week-by-week) |
| Proto Definition | crates/musicfs-grpc/proto/musicfs.proto |
API contract |
If code contradicts architecture.md, the architecture doc wins (unless explicitly superseded by a newer plan document).
Documentation Rules
Templates
Two templates exist in docs/templates/:
| Template | When to Use | Length | Review Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| BlueDoc | New systems, major architecture changes, new services | 5-20+ pages | Cross-functional |
| GreenDoc | Bug fixes, small features, optimizations, config changes | 1-2 pages | Peer review |
Decision rule: If any GreenDoc section needs more than 3 paragraphs, upgrade to a BlueDoc.
When Neither Template Fits
If the work doesn't fit BlueDoc or GreenDoc (e.g., research summaries, audit reports, testing strategies, runbooks):
- Stop — do not force-fit content into wrong template
- Propose a new template format to the user with: name, intended use case, suggested structure
- Get approval before writing the document
- Save approved template to
docs/templates/{name}.mdfor future use
Document Metadata
Every document MUST have at the top:
**Date**: YYYY-MM-DD
**Status**: [Draft / In-Review / Approved / Shipped / Obsolete]
**Prerequisites**: [links to dependent docs]
BlueDoc additionally requires: Authors, Reviewers, Approvers.
Writing Conventions
- Tables: Use for requirements mapping, deliverables tracking, comparisons
- Code blocks: Include for implementation examples, config samples, commands
- Checklists:
[ ]for exit criteria and success metrics - Section numbering: Hierarchical (1., 1.1, 1.2)
- Cross-references: Relative markdown links (
[architecture](../architecture.md)) - Requirement tracing: Reference FR-X.Y / NFR-X.Y from requirements.md
- Diagrams: PlantUML or Mermaid (architecture.md uses PlantUML)
Post-Task Documentation Check (MANDATORY)
After completing any non-trivial task, check whether documentation needs updating:
- Did the architecture change? (new component, changed data flow, new dependency) → Update
docs/v2/architecture.md - Did requirements change? (new constraint, relaxed target, dropped feature) → Update
docs/v2/requirements.md - Did the API change? (new RPC, changed message, removed endpoint) → Update
proto/musicfs.proto+docs/api/ - Did build/tooling change? (new dependency, changed Nix flake, new cargo feature) → Update this
AGENTS.md - Did a plan get completed or invalidated? → Update the plan's Status field (Draft → Shipped / Obsolete)
- Did the config format change? → Update
dist/config.example.toml
If documentation is out of date, fix it in the same commit as the code change. Do not leave it for later.
File Naming
docs/v2/plans/week-NN-{feature}.md # Weekly implementation plans
docs/v2/plans/{feature}-{type}.md # Feature plans, research, proposals
docs/v2/{topic}.md # Top-level docs (architecture, requirements)
docs/templates/{name}.md # Document templates
Current State & Known Issues
What's Implemented (Weeks 1-11)
- FUSE filesystem with local origin
- Metadata extraction (symphonia: FLAC, MP3, AAC, OGG, Opus)
- Virtual tree with configurable path templates
- CAS with CDC chunking and deduplication
- Multi-origin federation with failover and health monitoring
- NFS/SMB origin wrappers with retry logic
- Full-text search (tantivy) with
.search/virtual directory - Smart collections, artwork caching, predictive prefetch
- Plugin system (native + WASM)
- gRPC control API with event streaming
- Comprehensive tracing/logging with journald integration
Critical Open Issues
Detailed in docs/v2/plans/resilience-fault-tolerance.md and docs/v2/plans/persistent-state.md:
- No persistent state on mount — every restart does full origin scan (O(N) instead of O(1)). SQLite, tantivy, and manifests persist on disk but are never loaded.
- No signal handling — SIGTERM kills the daemon instantly, no graceful shutdown
- No crash recovery — corrupted cache = crash on startup, no repair
- FUSE↔tokio deadlock risk —
block_on()in sync FUSE callback can hang under load - Fire-and-forget tasks — background tasks (health monitor, watcher, indexer) not supervised
- RwLock poison — single panic in a writer kills all FUSE operations
S3/SFTP Origins
s3.rs and sftp.rs are feature-gated stubs (not implemented). The Origin trait and failover infrastructure work, but only local, nfs, and smb origins have real implementations.
Running the Filesystem
# Development
nix develop
cargo build
./target/debug/musicfs mount /mnt/music --origin /path/to/music
# Production (systemd)
sudo cp dist/musicfs.service /etc/systemd/system/
sudo systemctl enable --now musicfs
# E2E tests (requires mounted filesystem)
MUSICFS_TEST_MOUNT=/mnt/music cargo test --test e2e_players -- --ignored
Key Dependencies
| Crate | Version | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
fuser |
0.14 | FUSE interface |
tokio |
1.x | Async runtime (full features) |
rusqlite |
0.31 | SQLite (bundled) |
sled |
0.34 | Embedded KV (CAS chunk index) |
tantivy |
0.22 | Full-text search |
symphonia |
0.5 | Audio metadata extraction |
fastcdc |
3.x | Content-defined chunking |
tonic |
0.11 | gRPC server |
tracing |
0.1 | Structured logging |
clap |
4.x | CLI argument parsing |
parking_lot |
0.12 | Fast locks |
dashmap |
5.x | Concurrent HashMap |