Prevent lower-confidence Gemini results from overwriting higher-confidence
cache entries, add reverse-contains matching so values like "X5 xDrive35i"
match DB option "X5", and show amber hint when dropdown matching fails.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <[email protected]>
Rename nhtsaValue to sourceValue in frontend MatchedField type and
VinOcrReviewModal component. Update NHTSA references to vehicle
database across guide pages, hooks, and API documentation.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <[email protected]>
Delete vehicles/external/nhtsa/ directory (3 files), remove VPICVariable
and VPICResponse from platform models. Update all documentation to
reflect Gemini VIN decode via OCR service architecture.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <[email protected]>
Replace NHTSAClient with OcrClient in vehicles controller. Move cache
logic into VehiclesService with format-aware reads (Gemini vs legacy
NHTSA entries). Rename nhtsaValue to sourceValue in MatchedField.
Remove vpic config from Zod schema and YAML config files.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <[email protected]>
Add VinDecodeResponse type and OcrClient.decodeVin() method that sends
JSON POST to the new /decode/vin OCR endpoint. Unlike other OCR methods,
this uses JSON body instead of multipart since there is no file upload.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <[email protected]>
Add POST /decode/vin endpoint using Gemini 2.5 Flash for VIN string
decoding. Returns structured vehicle data (year, make, model, trim,
body/drive/fuel type, engine, transmission) with confidence score.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <[email protected]>
Eric Gullickson