ContextWeave Technical Architecture
System Overview
ContextWeave employs a two-stage architecture designed for accuracy, performance, and scalability:
- Profile Matching Stage (Cached) - Maps user queries to specific library versions
- Context Generation Stage (Real-time) - Filters and curates relevant documentation
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Backend Architecture
Core Components
1. FastAPI Application Server
# High-performance async web framework - Request routing and validation - Authentication middleware - Rate limiting and throttling - Comprehensive error handling - OpenAPI documentation generation
2. Redis Caching Layer
# Multi-level caching strategy - Profile cache (35 days TTL) - Context cache (1 hour TTL) - API response cache (6 hours TTL) - Session management - Rate limiting counters
3. LangChain RAG Pipeline
# Retrieval-Augmented Generation - Document chunking and embedding - Vector similarity search - Context ranking and filtering - LLM orchestration - Response synthesis
Data Sources Integration
Libraries.io API
- Package registry metadata
- Version information
- Dependency graphs
- Popularity metrics
GitHub API
- Repository documentation
- README files
- Issue discussions
- Release notes
Google Programmable Search
- Tutorial content
- Blog posts
- Community guides
- Stack Overflow integration
AI Model Integration
Gemini Pro 2.5
- Context filtering and analysis
- Relevance scoring
- Content summarization
- Quality assessment
DeepSeek-Coder R1
- Code generation
- Syntax optimization
- Error detection
- Best practices integration
Text-Embedding-3-Small
- Document vectorization
- Semantic similarity search
- Content clustering
- Relevance ranking
Frontend Architecture
Next.js 14 Application
App Router Structure
app/
├── layout.tsx # Root layout with providers
├── page.tsx # Landing page
├── playground/ # Interactive demo
├── dashboard/ # User dashboard
├── api/ # API routes
└── components/ # Reusable components
Key Features
- Server-Side Rendering for optimal performance
- Static Generation for marketing pages
- Client-Side Navigation for interactive features
- Progressive Enhancement for accessibility
State Management
// Zustand for client state - User authentication state - Profile configuration - Generation history - UI preferences // React Query for server state - API response caching - Background refetching - Optimistic updates - Error boundaries
Component Architecture
Design System
// shadcn/ui components - Consistent styling - Accessibility built-in - TypeScript support - Customizable themes
Performance Optimizations
- Code splitting by route and component
- Image optimization with Next.js Image
- Font optimization with next/font
- Bundle analysis and tree shaking
Database Schema
Supabase PostgreSQL
Core Tables
-- User profiles and preferences profiles ( id uuid primary key, user_id uuid references auth.users, libraries text[], frameworks text[], languages text[], preferences jsonb ) -- Generation history and analytics generations ( id uuid primary key, user_id uuid references auth.users, query text, response text, metadata jsonb, created_at timestamp ) -- Usage tracking and billing usage_tracking ( id uuid primary key, user_id uuid references auth.users, generation_count integer, period_start timestamp, period_end timestamp )
Row Level Security
-- Users can only access their own data CREATE POLICY "Users can view own profile" ON profiles FOR SELECT USING (auth.uid() = user_id); CREATE POLICY "Users can update own profile" ON profiles FOR UPDATE USING (auth.uid() = user_id);
Security Architecture
Authentication & Authorization
- Supabase Auth for user management
- JWT tokens for API authentication
- Row Level Security for data isolation
- Rate limiting per user and endpoint
Data Protection
- Encryption at rest for sensitive data
- TLS 1.3 for data in transit
- Input validation and sanitization
- CORS configuration for browser security
API Security
- Request signing for external APIs
- Secret management with environment variables
- Audit logging for security events
- Error handling without information leakage
Performance Architecture
Caching Strategy
Multi-Level Caching
# L1: In-memory application cache - Frequently accessed data - Configuration settings - User sessions # L2: Redis distributed cache - API responses - Generated contexts - User profiles # L3: CDN edge cache - Static assets - Public content - API documentation
Cache Invalidation
# Time-based expiration - Profile cache: 35 days - Context cache: 1 hour - API cache: 6 hours # Event-based invalidation - User profile updates - Library version releases - Manual cache clearing
Performance Monitoring
Metrics Collection
- Response times for all endpoints
- Cache hit rates by cache type
- Error rates and types
- User engagement metrics
Performance Targets
- API response time: <3 seconds average
- Cache hit rate: >80% for common queries
- Uptime: 99.9% availability
- Error rate: <1% of requests
Scalability Architecture
Horizontal Scaling
# Stateless application design - No server-side sessions - Database connection pooling - Load balancer ready # Microservices preparation - Modular code organization - Clear service boundaries - API-first design
Database Scaling
-- Read replicas for query distribution -- Connection pooling with PgBouncer -- Query optimization and indexing -- Partitioning for large tables
Infrastructure Scaling
- Auto-scaling based on CPU and memory
- Load balancing across multiple instances
- CDN integration for global distribution
- Database clustering for high availability
Monitoring & Observability
Application Monitoring
- Error tracking with detailed stack traces
- Performance monitoring with APM tools
- User analytics for product insights
- Business metrics for growth tracking
Infrastructure Monitoring
- Server health and resource utilization
- Database performance and query analysis
- Cache performance and hit rates
- Network latency and throughput
Alerting Strategy
- Critical alerts for system failures
- Warning alerts for performance degradation
- Business alerts for unusual patterns
- Escalation procedures for incident response
Deployment Architecture
Development Environment
# Local development with Docker Compose - Frontend: Next.js dev server - Backend: FastAPI with hot reload - Database: PostgreSQL container - Cache: Redis container
Production Environment
# Cloud deployment with high availability - Frontend: Vercel with global CDN - Backend: Railway with auto-scaling - Database: Supabase with read replicas - Cache: Redis Cloud with clustering
CI/CD Pipeline
# Automated testing and deployment - Code quality checks with ESLint/Black - Unit tests with Jest/pytest - Integration tests with Playwright - Automated deployment on merge
Technology Stack Summary
Backend
- FastAPI - High-performance Python web framework
- Redis - In-memory data structure store
- LangChain - LLM application framework
- PostgreSQL - Relational database via Supabase
- Pydantic - Data validation and serialization
Frontend
- Next.js 14 - React framework with App Router
- TypeScript - Type-safe JavaScript
- Tailwind CSS - Utility-first CSS framework
- shadcn/ui - Component library
- Framer Motion - Animation library
Infrastructure
- Vercel - Frontend hosting and CDN
- Railway - Backend hosting and deployment
- Supabase - Database and authentication
- RevenueCat - Subscription management
External APIs
- Libraries.io - Package registry data
- GitHub API - Repository information
- Google Search - Tutorial and guide content
- OpenAI - Embeddings and language models
This architecture provides a solid foundation for scaling ContextWeave from MVP to enterprise-grade application while maintaining performance, security, and reliability.