Phase 1: Dead Code Cleanup
- Remove GeminiGroundedProvider import and property from linkedin_service.py
- Remove fallback_provider property (gemini_provider imports)
- Fix routers/linkedin.py edit endpoint to use llm_text_gen
- Delete dead LinkedInImageEditor class
- Remove dead _transform_gemini_sources from content_generator.py
Phase 2: Research Infrastructure Alignment
- Add user_id to _conduct_research() for pre-flight validation
- Add validate_exa_research_operations() before Exa/Tavily calls
- Pass user_id to provider.simple_search() for usage tracking
- Inject research content into LLM prompts via _build_research_context()
- Fix Google engine path to fallback to Exa
- Add Exa → Tavily fallback on research failure
Phase 3: Cosmetic Cleanup
- Rename _generate_prompts_with_gemini → _generate_prompts_with_llm
- Rename _build_gemini_prompt → _build_image_prompt
- Rename _parse_gemini_response → _parse_llm_response
- Remove all Gemini references from LinkedIn code (0 remaining)
- Update docstrings and log messages
Additional:
- Research caching using existing ResearchCache
- Shared ExaContentResearchProvider in services/research/
- Persona service uses llm_text_gen instead of gemini_structured_json_response
- LinkedInWriter.tsx ChatMessage → ChatMsg type mapping fix
- RegisterLinkedInActionsEnhanced.tsx content_format_rules typing fix
- Fix text selection menu not showing: wire contentRef via inputRef on multiline TextField
- Fix blog title not truncating: add min-w-0 for flex item overflow
- Fix outline generation 500: escape curly braces in f-string prompt template
- Fix content generation 'NoneType not callable': replace SessionLocal() with get_session_for_user(), add db param to MediumBlogGenerator, fix signature mismatch in database_task_manager
- Fix writing assistant suggest 500: add auth + user_id to API endpoint and service, replace sync requests with httpx.AsyncClient
- Fix hallucination detector 404: explicitly include router in main.py and app.py
- Fix missing error_data in task failure responses
- Hide CopilotKit web inspector button
- Remove hardcoded fallback suggestions from SmartTypingAssist
- Fix stale closure refs in SmartTypingAssist handleTypingChange
- Add two-column editor layout, stats bar, section hover menu
- Various subscription, billing, and research module improvements
- Move Step 3 router from optional to core routers in router_manager.py
- Add direct import of step3_routes in app.py for visibility
- Make ExaService initialization optional to prevent deployment failures
- Fix 404 error on /api/onboarding/step3/discover-competitors endpoint
