- Expected Communication card now driven entirely by backend responses:
controller speech from controller_say_rendered, expected pilot phrase
from expected_pilot_template — both update after every state transition
instead of relying on the static COMMUNICATION_STEPS array
- Initial expected pilot phrase seeded on session creation via the new
expected_pilot_template field in CreateSessionResponse, so the card
shows the correct text before any transmission
- Radio pronunciation toggle (mdi-radio / mdi-text) on the card applies
normalizeRadioPhrase() (ICAO alphabet, wun/too/tree, callsign expansion)
to both ATC speech and expected pilot phrase
- Frequency validation at transmit time: if the pilot's active frequency
does not match the state's expected frequency (resolved from
frequency_name → flight-plan variable) a canned ATC reply is played
and the backend is not called
- Flight-plan variables (callsign, squawk, destination, ATIS, SID, stand,
initial altitude) now passed to createSession() as variable_overrides
so backend sessions use real flight-plan data from the first state
- Backend session variables synced into local vars after each response
so frontend and backend stay consistent
- Removed hardcoded frequency chip from Expected Communication card
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Replace the LLM-per-request flow in /pm with a stateful Python backend
(OpenSquawk-LiveATC-api). The backend owns session state, does regex-first
routing with readback evaluation, and returns the next state + ATC speech.
The frontend keeps its local cursor (communicationsEngine) for TTS and
monitoring UI, but no longer calls /api/llm/decide.
Changes:
app/composables/useRadioBackend.ts (new)
Typed Nuxt composable wrapping the Python REST API:
createSession, transmit, deleteSession, fetchFlows.
Base URL read from NUXT_PUBLIC_RADIO_BACKEND_URL (default 127.0.0.1:8000).
nuxt.config.ts
Expose radioBackendUrl as a public runtime config key so the composable
and communicationsEngine can both reach the Python backend.
shared/utils/communicationsEngine.ts
- fetchRuntimeTree now accepts an optional baseUrl so it fetches from the
Python backend instead of the Nuxt server when a URL is provided.
- renderTpl handles both {var} (old MongoDB schema) and {{var}} (new YAML
schema) — double-brace matched first to avoid partial matches.
- stateSayTpl / stateUtteranceTpl helpers unify say_tpl|say_template and
utterance_tpl|expected_pilot_template across both schema versions.
- auto_transitions from the new YAML schema are included when collecting
eligible transitions in collectAtcStatesUntilPilotTurn.
shared/types/decision.ts
RuntimeDecisionState extended with say_template and expected_pilot_template
fields (new YAML schema field names alongside the existing legacy names).
app/pages/pm.vue
- startMonitoring: loads tree from Python backend, then creates a backend
session (backendSessionId). Cursor synced to session.current_state.
- handlePilotTransmission: calls radioBackend.transmit instead of
/api/llm/decide. Applies auto_advanced_states via moveToSilent, then
the final state. Speaks controller_say_template via TTS.
- Both fetchRuntimeTree calls now pass radioBackendUrl so they hit the
Python backend, not the Nuxt flow-from-MongoDB path.
AGENTS.md (new)
Project guide updated to document the new two-backend architecture,
the Python backend session lifecycle, and the dual template schema.
docs/plans/2026-05-06-pm-python-runtime-contract.md (new)
Implementation plan and API contract written before the work started.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
