Deepgram Local Dev Loop

Overview

Set up a fast local development workflow for Deepgram: test fixtures with sample audio, mock responses for offline unit tests, Vitest integration tests against the real API, and a watch-mode transcription dev server.

Prerequisites

• @deepgram/sdk installed, DEEPGRAM_API_KEY configured
• npm install -D vitest tsx dotenv for testing and dev server
• Optional: curl for downloading test fixtures

Instructions

Step 1: Project Structure

mkdir -p src tests/mocks fixtures
touch src/transcribe.ts tests/transcribe.test.ts tests/mocks/deepgram-responses.ts