Add comprehensive NaviDocs feature catalogue

Complete product documentation:
- Current v1.x features (single-tenant)
- Roadmap v2.0 (enhancements)
- Multi-tenant roadmap v1.1-1.4
- Extended verticals (property, marina, fleet)
- Client presentation guide

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# NaviDocs Feature Catalogue
Professional boat manual management platform with OCR, intelligent search, and a production-grade backend.
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## 1. Product at a Glance
- **Who it's for**
- Single boat owners (today)
- Yacht / fleet managers (near-term roadmap)
- Marinas, property managers, other waterfront verticals (longer-term roadmap)
- **Core value**
- Turn messy PDFs and warranty docs into a **searchable, structured knowledge base**
- Make it easy to **prove work**, recover **warranty value**, and **reduce operational friction**
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## 2. Current Product Features (Single-Tenant v1.x)
### 2.1 Document Ingestion & Management
- **PDF Upload**
- Drag-and-drop upload from browser
- Validates file type (PDF-only) and size
- Captures title and document type at upload
- **Metadata Capture**
- Fields for:
- Title
- Document type (owner manual, component manual, technical spec, etc.)
- Organization ID
- Optional entity / sub-entity / component linkage
- **OCR Job Queueing**
- Upload immediately queues **OCR processing** job
- Job IDs returned so the UI can poll for progress
- Job tracking API: status, progress %, error state
- **Document Storage & Indexing**
- PDFs stored in a predictable filesystem layout
- Pages extracted and stored with:
- Page number
- Text content
- Confidence scores
- Linked to search index (Meilisearch) for full-text search
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### 2.2 OCR & Content Extraction
- **Smart OCR Processing**
- Uses **Tesseract.js** for text extraction
- Runs as a **background worker** (non-blocking for user)
- Handles multi-page PDFs
- Tracks progress per job (e.g. "page 10/120")
- **Error Handling & Retry**
- OCR worker reports:
- Success / failure
- Error messages
- Failed jobs can be retried after configuration fixes
- **Text + Layout Preservation**
- Extracted text stored per page (for search + inline viewer)
- Designed to support:
- Highlighted search matches
- Quick navigation between hits
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### 2.3 Search & Discovery
- **Search Engine**
- Backed by **Meilisearch**
- Typo-tolerant queries
- Searches across all documents simultaneously
- **Intelligent Search Experience**
- Supports marine-specific terminology and synonyms
- Designed for **<50ms** search latency
- Search result cards show:
- Document title
- Snippet with highlighted match
- Page number
- Diagram / image badges
- **Scoped Search Tokens**
- Backend endpoint generates **Meilisearch tenant tokens**
- Tokens are:
- Time-limited
- Scoped to organization(s)
- Frontend can perform **secure client-side search** with those tokens
- **Server-Side Search API**
- REST endpoint for:
- Full-text search queries
- Pagination of results
- Future filters (boat, document type, etc.)
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### 2.4 Document Viewing & Navigation
- **PDF Viewer**
- Built on **PDF.js**
- Multi-page viewer with:
- Page navigation
- Zoom controls
- Text selection
- **Page-Level Context**
- Search results link directly to the relevant page
- Designed to support:
- "Open document at page X where the hit occurs"
- Fast back-and-forth between results and pages
- **Streaming / Download**
- API endpoints for:
- Streaming PDF content
- Downloading original PDF
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### 2.5 Images, Diagrams & Visuals
- **Diagram Detection**
- Background worker to extract images from PDFs
- Stores images with:
- Document ID
- Page number
- Basic metadata
- **Search + UI Integration**
- Search results display **thumbnail previews** for diagram-heavy pages
- "Diagram" badges visually distinguish technical drawings and schematics
- Full-size image viewer for extracted diagrams
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### 2.6 Security, Tenancy & API Surface
- **Tenant-Aware Data Model**
- Database schema separates:
- Organizations
- Entities (boats / properties)
- Sub-entities and components
- Documents link to organization + entity for future multi-tenant support
- **File Safety & Validation**
- Server-side file validation service:
- Ensures PDF extension
- (Design includes optional qpdf / ClamAV hooks for hardened production)
- **API Feature Set**
- **Authentication (design/initial implementation)**
- JWT-based login / registration (v1.0 scope)
- Tenant tokens for search
- **Document endpoints**
- Upload PDF (`POST /api/upload`)
- Get document metadata + pages (`GET /api/documents/:id`)
- List documents (`GET /api/documents`)
- Delete document (`DELETE /api/documents/:id`)
- Stream PDF content
- **Search endpoints**
- Generate search token (`POST /api/search/token`)
- Server-side search (`POST /api/search`)
- Search health check
- **Jobs endpoints**
- Get job status (`GET /api/jobs/:id`)
- List jobs (`GET /api/jobs`)
- **General**
- Health check endpoint for uptime monitoring
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### 2.7 UX, UI & Offline Experience
- **Modern Web UI**
- Vue 3 + Tailwind-based interface
- Meilisearch-style layout and visual language
- Dark theme with pink→purple gradients for a polished feel
- **Responsive Design**
- Layout adapts to:
- Desktop (full navigation + filters)
- Tablet (pilothouse-friendly)
- Mobile (time-on-dock usage)
- **PWA / Offline-First**
- Service worker + caching strategy
- Designed for:
- Poor / intermittent marina Wi-Fi
- Boat use cases where connection drops
- **Notifications & Feedback**
- Toasts and status messages for:
- Upload started / completed
- OCR in progress / finished / failed
- Clear state transitions in UI (loading, success, error)
- **Accessibility & Polish**
- Improved focus states and keyboard navigation
- Badges, gradient borders, and subtle grid backgrounds
- Clean typography for large manual pages
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## 3. Single-Tenant Roadmap Features (v1.x → v2.0)
These are designed and scoped in the single-tenant feature roadmap; some may already be partially implemented.
### 3.1 Document Management Enhancements
- Delete documents with confirmation flow
- Edit metadata (inline or modal)
- Bulk operations (multi-select, bulk delete)
- Document versioning (track changes)
- Download original PDF from viewer and search results
### 3.2 Advanced Search & Discovery
- Filters:
- Filter by boat
- Filter by document type
- Filter by tag/category
- Sort options:
- Relevance
- Date
- Title
- Search refinements:
- "Search within current document" mode
- Recent searches (per device)
- Saved searches for frequent workflows
- Export:
- Export search results as CSV
- Export as PDF report
### 3.3 Dashboard & Analytics
- Overview dashboard:
- Total documents, pages, storage
- Recent uploads and activity
- Most frequent search terms
- Document health:
- OCR status overview
- Missing or low-quality metadata
- Indexing status (synced vs pending)
- Usage insights:
- Searches over time
- Documents added over time
### 3.4 Settings & Preferences
- Organization settings:
- Organization name
- Default boat name
- Branding hooks (logo, accent color)
- User preferences:
- Default view (grid/list)
- Default sort order
- Theme selection (light/dark/system)
### 3.5 Reliability, Performance & Polish
- Image lazy loading in viewers and search results
- PDF page caching for faster re-navigation
- Search result caching for repeated queries
- Image compression for diagrams
- Background job queue for OCR and image extraction
- Enhanced logging / observability across backend and workers
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## 4. Multi-Tenant & Fleet Management Roadmap (v1.1+)
These features are designed for yacht management and larger fleets; they extend the core single-tenant product.
### 4.1 Multi-Tenant Auth & Roles (v1.1)
- Organization / tenant model:
- Organizations manage multiple boats/entities
- Users belong to one or more organizations
- Role-based access control:
- Roles: admin, manager, member, viewer (extendable)
- Permissions at:
- Organization level
- Boat/entity level
- Login & account lifecycle:
- Registration, login, password reset flows
- Account deactivation
- Tenant-scoped search & access:
- All document and search endpoints constrained by tenant
- Audit logs for permission changes
### 4.2 Time Tracking & Proof-of-Work (v1.1)
- Mobile time clock:
- GPS-verified clock in/out
- Workers log hours from their phone
- Photo required before clock-out
- Manager approval workflow
- Work logs:
- Before/after photo pairs
- Linked to specific boat + task
- Timestamped and GPS-tagged
- Boat-specific checklists:
- Custom checklists per boat
- Photo requirement per checklist item
- Prevents "we forgot to do X" scenarios
- Owner dashboard (trust & transparency):
- Real-time stream of work logs
- Photos, locations, timestamps
- Clear link from invoices → actual work done
### 4.3 Equipment & Warranty Intelligence (v1.2)
- Equipment database:
- Make, model, serial number per boat
- Purchase date, warranty end date
- Vendor contacts and past service history
- Warranty upload + OCR:
- Upload receipts and warranty docs
- Auto-extract warranty dates and key fields
- Highlight soon-expiring warranties
- "Should we replace this?" helpers:
- Quickly see whether gear is still under warranty
- Show previous repairs and costs
- Suggest "file warranty claim vs buy new"
### 4.4 Operational Efficiency (v1.3)
- Task assignment system:
- Assign tasks to workers or captains
- Include rich context (previous issues, part numbers, last service date)
- Push notifications to mobile
- Context-rich task cards:
- Link tasks to:
- Equipment history
- Service logs
- Related documents
- Voice notes & waiting time tracking:
- Workers can log voice notes on time entries
- Explicit tracking of "waiting for access" vs "working"
### 4.5 Compliance & Audit Trail (v1.4)
- Tamper-resistant audit logs:
- Append-only, time-stamped logs
- Designed for legal defensibility and insurance audits
- Safety equipment tracking:
- Track service dates for life rafts, EPIRBs, fire systems, etc.
- Alert before compliance deadlines
- Compliance dashboards:
- Status of safety equipment per boat
- Exportable reports for insurers / authorities
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## 5. Extended Verticals (Longer-Term)
Beyond boats and marinas, the same engine can serve:
- **Property management**
- Shared equipment manuals (HVAC, pool, elevator)
- Contractor coordination and proof-of-work
- Shared document access for residents / HOAs
- **Yacht clubs / marinas**
- Member resources
- Dock / facility documentation
- Safety and compliance tracking
- **Commercial fleets**
- Charter operators
- Workboats / service fleets
- Centralized manual + warranty management at scale
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## 6. How to Present This to Clients
- Start with **their pain** (lost manuals, disputes, wasted time).
- Map to **Core v1 features**:
- "Upload once, searchable forever."
- "Find any diagram or page in seconds."
- "Works on the dock, even with bad signal."
- Then show **Near-term upgrades**:
- Single-tenant roadmap (better management, dashboard, preferences).
- Finish with **Fleet & multi-tenant path**:
- Time tracking + proof-of-work
- Warranty savings
- Compliance and audit comfort
This keeps the story grounded in today's product, while making it clear there's a credible path to the larger platform they care about.