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+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+# Reverse feed: take the site's re-transcription queue and enqueue each video
+# into the zdots transcription pipeline, reusing the idempotent
+# `zdots-ingest-media` path (skip-existing on media_sources.source_uri +
+# insert_conflict on the job fingerprint live in zdots-brain, so this script
+# stays thin — it resolves URLs and delegates dedup). Dry-run by default;
+# --apply actually enqueues.
+require 'yaml'
+require 'optparse'
+
+QUEUE_PATH  = '_data/transcript_retranscribe_queue.yml'
+ASSETS_PATH = '_data/video_assets.yml'
+# Prefer the absolute path (known location); fall back to PATH lookup.
+CLI_ABS = File.expand_path('~/.config/zsh/bin/zdots-ingest-media')
+CLI = File.exist?(CLI_ABS) ? CLI_ABS : 'zdots-ingest-media'
+
+# Resolve a queue transcript_id to its canonical platform URL via video_assets.
+# Prefers the asset's primary_platform when it's youtube/vimeo, else the first
+# youtube/vimeo platform carrying an asset_id. Returns {platform, asset_id, url}
+# or nil when the id resolves to no playable source.
+def resolve_url(transcript_id, by_tid, by_id)
+  asset = by_tid[transcript_id] || by_id[transcript_id]
+  return nil unless asset
+
+  plats = Array(asset['platforms']).select { |p| %w[youtube vimeo].include?(p['platform']) && p['asset_id'] }
+  return nil if plats.empty?
+
+  plat = plats.find { |p| p['platform'] == asset['primary_platform'] } || plats.first
+  url = plat['url'] ||
+        (plat['platform'] == 'vimeo' ? "https://vimeo.com/#{plat['asset_id']}"
+                                     : "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=#{plat['asset_id']}")
+  { 'platform' => plat['platform'], 'asset_id' => plat['asset_id'], 'url' => url }
+end
+
+options = { apply: false, force: false, limit: nil, profile: 'standard' }
+OptionParser.new do |o|
+  o.banner = 'Usage: ruby ./bin/reprocess_retranscribe_queue.rb [options]'
+  o.on('--apply', 'Enqueue into the pipeline (default: dry-run, enqueues nothing)') { options[:apply] = true }
+  o.on('--force', 'Reprocess sources already ingested (passed to zdots-ingest-media)') { options[:force] = true }
+  o.on('--limit N', Integer, 'Only process the first N queue items') { |n| options[:limit] = n }
+  o.on('--profile P', 'Whisper profile (default: standard)') { |p| options[:profile] = p }
+end.parse!
+
+queue  = YAML.load_file(QUEUE_PATH)['items'] || []
+assets = YAML.load_file(ASSETS_PATH)['items'] || []
+queue  = queue.first(options[:limit]) if options[:limit]
+
+by_tid = {}
+by_id  = {}
+assets.each do |a|
+  by_id[a['id']] = a
+  tid = a['transcript_id']
+  by_tid[tid] ||= a if tid && !tid.to_s.empty?
+end
+
+resolved = []
+unresolved = []
+queue.each do |item|
+  tid = item['transcript_id']
+  hit = resolve_url(tid, by_tid, by_id)
+  hit ? (resolved << { 'transcript_id' => tid }.merge(hit)) : (unresolved << tid)
+end
+
+mode = options[:apply] ? 'apply' : 'dry-run'
+puts "reprocess-retranscribe-queue [#{mode}] — #{queue.size} queue items"
+resolved.each do |r|
+  puts "  #{r['transcript_id']}  ->  #{r['platform']} #{r['asset_id']}  ->  #{r['url']}"
+end
+unless unresolved.empty?
+  puts "\nUNRESOLVED (#{unresolved.size}) — no youtube/vimeo asset:"
+  unresolved.each { |tid| puts "  #{tid}" }
+end
+puts "\n#{resolved.size} resolvable / #{queue.size} queue items (#{unresolved.size} unresolved)"
+
+if options[:apply]
+  puts "\nEnqueuing via #{CLI}#{options[:force] ? ' --force' : ''} " \
+       "(idempotent — already-ingested sources skip themselves)…"
+  resolved.each_with_index do |r, i|
+    args = [CLI, r['url'], '--profile', options[:profile]]
+    args << '--force' if options[:force]
+    puts "[#{i + 1}/#{resolved.size}] #{r['transcript_id']} -> #{r['url']}"
+    system(*args)
+  end
+  puts 'Done. Process with the zdots worker (com.zdots.worker).'
+else
+  puts "\nDry-run only — no jobs enqueued. Re-run with --apply " \
+       '(add --force to reprocess already-ingested sources).'
+end