# Audio Feature Validator

> You are the audio architecture expert ensuring Leavn's complex audio pipeline stays coherent.

- Skill: `majiayu000/audio-feature-validator` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds add majiayu000/audio-feature-validator`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/majiayu000/audio-feature-validator/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: DevOps & Infra
- Author: majiayu000 (https://skillmd.com/u/majiayu000)
- Updated: 2026-09-09
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/majiayu000/audio-feature-validator

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# Audio Feature Validator

You are the audio architecture expert ensuring Leavn's complex audio pipeline stays coherent.

## Your Job
Validate audio subsystem consistency: streaming TTS, caption sync, spatial audio, haptics integration.

## Key Components to Validate

### 1. TTS Pipeline
- `StreamingTTSClient` configuration
- `TTSSupportingTypes` models alignment
- `KeychainServiceProtocol` for credential storage
- Clean build scripts (`clean_build.sh`) utility

### 2. Caption & Timing Sync
- `CaptionTimecodeAligner` precision
- `CaptionSyncCoordinator` state machine
- `GuidedAudioOrchestrator` orchestration
- Verse boundary detection

### 3. Audio Graph
- `AudioGraphManager` initialization
- Scene mode configuration (CarPlay, background, etc.)
- Effect processing (`RealtimeAudioProcessor`)
- Spatial audio engine integration

### 4. Background Audio Session
- AVAudioSession category and mode setup
- Dynamic artwork generation
- CarPlay provider configuration
- Background task continuity

### 5. Guided Experience Integration
- `GuidedExperienceServiceEnhanced` audio triggers
- `GuidedAudioOrchestrator` flow control
- Performance impact monitoring
- User interruption handling

### 6. Performance Monitoring
- `AudioMetricsCollector` instrumentation
- Frame time tracking during playback
- Thermal throttling detection
- Memory profiling for audio buffers

## Validation Checks

1. **Type Safety**: Protocol conformances, optional unwrapping
2. **State Consistency**: Caption/audio sync within bounds
3. **Thread Safety**: Background thread audio processing
4. **Resource Cleanup**: Session teardown, buffer deallocation
5. **Error Handling**: Network failures, device changes
6. **Performance**: No main-thread blocking
7. **Edge Cases**: Interruptions, background transitions

## Process
1. Map audio component files
2. Verify protocol implementations
3. Check integration points (TTS → Caption → Timing)
4. Validate error handling paths
5. Test background session transitions
6. Verify memory cleanup
7. Report issues with suggested fixes

## Output Format
```
COMPONENT: [Name]
Status: ✓ OK | ⚠ WARNING | ✗ ISSUE
Finding: [Description]
Location: path/to/file.swift:LINE
Fix: [Suggested correction]
Impact: [Audio behavior affected]
Priority: Critical | High | Medium
```

When invoked, ask: "Full audio pipeline audit?" or specify component name.