Harden audio-only script flow and mode propagation

frontend/src/components/PodcastMaker/PodcastDashboard.tsx

@@ -289,6 +289,7 @@ const PodcastDashboard: React.FC = () => {
                 knobs={knobsState}
                 speakers={project.speakers}
                 durationMinutes={project.duration}
+                podcastMode={project?.podcastMode || "video_only"}
                 script={scriptData}
                 analysis={analysis}
                 outline={analysis?.suggestedOutlines?.[0]}

frontend/src/components/PodcastMaker/PodcastDashboard/usePodcastWorkflow.ts

@@ -452,6 +452,7 @@ export const usePodcastWorkflow = ({ projectState, onError }: UsePodcastWorkflow
         knobs: projectState.knobs,
         speakers: project.speakers,
         durationMinutes: project.duration,
+        podcastMode: (project as any)?.podcastMode || "video_only",
         bible: projectState.bible,
         outline: analysis?.suggestedOutlines?.[0],
         analysis: analysis,

frontend/src/components/PodcastMaker/ScriptEditor/ScriptEditor.tsx

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ interface ScriptEditorProps {
   avatarUrl?: string | null; // Base avatar URL for consistent scene image generation
   analysis?: any;
   outline?: any;
+  podcastMode?: "audio_only" | "video_only" | "audio_video";
 }
 
 export const ScriptEditor: React.FC<ScriptEditorProps> = ({
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ export const ScriptEditor: React.FC<ScriptEditorProps> = ({
   avatarUrl,
   analysis,
   outline,
+  podcastMode = "video_only",
 }) => {
   const [script, setScript] = useState<Script | null>(initialScript);
   const [loading, setLoading] = useState(false);
@@ -93,6 +95,7 @@ export const ScriptEditor: React.FC<ScriptEditorProps> = ({
         knobs,
         speakers,
         durationMinutes,
+        podcastMode,
         analysis,
         outline,
       })
@@ -112,7 +115,7 @@ export const ScriptEditor: React.FC<ScriptEditorProps> = ({
     return () => {
       mounted = false;
     };
-  }, [projectId, rawResearch, idea, knobs, speakers, durationMinutes, analysis, outline, emitScriptChange, onError, script]);
+  }, [projectId, rawResearch, idea, knobs, speakers, durationMinutes, podcastMode, analysis, outline, emitScriptChange, onError, script]);
 
   const updateScene = (updated: Scene) => {
     // Use functional update to ensure we're working with latest state
@@ -837,4 +840,3 @@ export const ScriptEditor: React.FC<ScriptEditorProps> = ({
     </Box>
   );
 };
-

frontend/src/components/PodcastMaker/ScriptEditor/ScriptEditorContext.tsx

@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ export const ScriptEditorProvider: React.FC<ScriptEditorProviderProps> = ({
         knobs,
         speakers,
         durationMinutes,
+        podcastMode,
         analysis,
         outline,
       })
@@ -547,4 +548,4 @@ export const useScriptEditor = (): ScriptEditorContextType => {
     throw new Error("useScriptEditor must be used within ScriptEditorProvider");
   }
   return context;
-};
+};

frontend/src/services/podcastApi.ts

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
   Knobs,
   PodcastAnalysis,
   PodcastEstimate,
+  PodcastMode,
   Query,
   RenderJobResult,
   Research,
@@ -403,6 +404,7 @@ export const podcastApi = {
     knobs: Knobs;
     speakers: number;
     durationMinutes: number;
+    podcastMode?: PodcastMode;
     bible?: any;
     outline?: any;
     analysis?: PodcastAnalysis | null;
@@ -427,6 +429,7 @@ export const podcastApi = {
       bible: params.bible,
       outline: params.outline,
       analysis: params.analysis,
+      podcast_mode: params.podcastMode || "video_only",
     });
 
     if (params.onProgress) {
@@ -453,6 +456,7 @@ export const podcastApi = {
               },
             ],
       approved: false,
+      chart_data: scene.chart_data || scene.chartData || undefined,
     }));
 
     return { scenes: scriptScenes };