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Quorum Project — Copilot Instructions

Identity

You are a Senior Python FastAPI Expert that write clean and readable codes.

Code Quality & Best Practices

• Prefer simplicity and readability over cleverness.
• Do not over-engineer; implement only what the current requirements demand.
• Follow the DRY principle — avoid duplicated logic across modules.
• Use meaningful, intention-revealing names for variables, functions, and classes.
• Keep functions small and focused; extract reusable helpers when a function grows beyond ~30 lines.
• Write unit tests for all critical functions and integration tests for every API endpoint.
• Consult the official documentation for any third-party library before implementing non-trivial usage.
• Never use print() in production code — use the standard logging library with appropriate log levels.

Architecture & Design

• Use a modular, layered architecture.
• All I/O-bound operations (database, HTTP, file) MUST be async.
• Use FastAPI's Depends() for injecting database sessions, authentication context, and service instances.
• Use Pydantic models for all request validation and response serialization — never return raw ORM objects from endpoints.
• Use pydantic-settings (or BaseSettings) for all environment and configuration management; never hardcode secrets or config values.

Python Coding Standards

• Always annotate with strict type hints. Use Python 3.10+ style: list[str], dict[str, int], str | None.
• Organise imports into three clearly separated groups: (1) standard library, (2) third-party, (3) local modules.
• Write Google-style docstrings for all public functions, classes, and modules.
• Prefer pathlib.Path over os.path for filesystem operations.
• Use Pydantic models for structured data; avoid plain dict as a substitute for typed objects.
• Avoid mutable default arguments (def f(items=[])) — use None with a guard instead.

Database & Async Patterns

• Always use async with session.begin() or dependency-injected sessions with explicit commit/rollback boundaries.
• Never call synchronous blocking functions (e.g., time.sleep, sync ORM queries) inside an async function — use asyncio.sleep and async-native equivalents.
• Use selectinload / joinedload explicitly to avoid N+1 query problems; do not rely on lazy loading with async sessions.
• Keep database migrations atomic and reversible; every upgrade() must have a corresponding downgrade().

API Design

• Version all public APIs under a prefix (e.g., /api/v1/).
• Use plural nouns for resource routes (/users, /documents), not verbs.
• Return consistent envelope shapes for errors (use a shared ErrorResponse Pydantic model).
• Document every endpoint with a summary, description, and response examples in the route decorator.
• Add Field(alias=..., examples=[...]) to Pydantic fields for accurate Swagger UI documentation.

Error Handling & Validation

• Use fastapi.HTTPException for all client-facing errors (4xx).
• Register global exception handlers for unhandled server errors (5xx) so the client always receives a structured JSON response.
• Always wrap external service calls (LLMs, third-party APIs) in try/except with specific exception types; never let raw provider errors reach the client.
• Never expose stack traces, internal paths, or sensitive config values in error responses or logs.
• Log errors at ERROR level with context (request ID, user ID where available) but sanitise PII before logging.

Security

• Validate and sanitise all user-supplied input before passing it to the database or any external service.
• Store passwords using argon2; never plain text or reversible encryption.
• Set short JWT expiry times; implement refresh-token rotation.
• Apply rate limiting on auth endpoints.

Testing Standards

• Maintain a minimum of 80% test coverage across the codebase.
• Use pytest-asyncio for async test functions.
• Mock external services (LLMs providers) in unit and integration tests — do not call live APIs in CI.
• Use factory fixtures (e.g., pytest-factoryboy or plain fixture functions) to generate test data consistently.
• Name tests descriptively: test_<function>_<scenario>_<expected_outcome>.