Aminet Browser

Purpose

Provides search, browse, and collection management for the Aminet package archive. Supports full-text search with relevance scoring, hierarchical category tree navigation, architecture and OS version filtering, unified package detail views combining INDEX + readme + mirror state, and curated YAML-based collections with CRUD operations.

Capabilities

• Full-text search with case-insensitive substring matching
• Relevance scoring: name=3x, description=2x, author=1x weighting
• Hierarchical category tree construction from INDEX entries
• Architecture filtering (m68k-amigaos, ppc-amigaos, etc.)
• OS version filtering for compatibility checks
• Unified package detail merging INDEX + readme + mirror state
• Collection manifest with Zod-validated YAML schema
• Import/export collections as YAML files
• 5 starter collections bundled
• Collection manager with DI-first pattern (collectionsDir param)
• Atomic write-then-rename for collection persistence
• Slugified filenames for cross-platform safety
• getCollectionPaths for bulk download integration

Key Modules

src/aminet/search.ts

src/aminet/category-browser.ts

src/aminet/package-detail.ts

src/aminet/collection.ts

src/aminet/collection-manager.ts

Usage Examples

Search packages:

import { searchPackages } from './search.js';

const results = searchPackages(indexEntries, 'deluxe paint');
// Sorted by relevance score, name matches weighted 3x

Browse by category:

import { buildCategoryTree, listPackages } from './category-browser.js';

const tree = buildCategoryTree(indexEntries);
const gfxPackages = listPackages(indexEntries, 'gfx/edit');

Get package detail:

import { buildPackageDetail } from './package-detail.js';

const detail = buildPackageDetail(indexEntry, readmeData, mirrorState);
// Unified view with all metadata sources

Manage collections:

import { CollectionManager } from './collection-manager.js';

const mgr = new CollectionManager({ collectionsDir: './collections' });
await mgr.create({ name: 'My Games', packages: ['game/misc/Lemmings.lha'] });
const paths = mgr.getCollectionPaths('my-games');

Dependencies

• Aminet INDEX data (from aminet-index skill)
• Node.js

  node:fs

  for collection persistence
• Zod for schema validation
• js-yaml for YAML serialization

Token Budget Rationale

1.0% budget reflects the 5 modules covering search, browse, detail, and collection management. The search scoring algorithm and collection YAML round-trip are well-contained and require moderate context for correct usage.