diff --git a/api/.gitignore b/api/.gitignore
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+.venv/
+__pycache__/
+*.pyc
+.env
+*.db
+*.db-journal
diff --git a/api/README.md b/api/README.md
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+# MeetNote API
+
+FastAPI 后端，端口 4491。
+
+## 启动
+
+```bash
+python3 -m venv .venv
+source .venv/bin/activate
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+cp .env.example .env  # 填 GROQ_API_KEY / POE_API_KEY
+uvicorn app.main:app --reload --port 4491
+```
+
+## 路由
+
+- `GET  /health`
+- `POST /api/upload-url` — 申请 presigned URL 创建会议
+- `POST /api/upload-complete` — 通知后端上传完成，触发后台处理
+- `GET  /api/meetings` — 会议列表
+- `GET  /api/meetings/{id}` — 单个会议
+- `GET  /api/meetings/{id}/transcript`
+- `GET  /api/meetings/{id}/summary`
+- `DELETE /api/meetings/{id}`
+
+## 数据库
+- 默认 `sqlite+aiosqlite:///./meetnote.db`（本地开发）
+- 生产改 `DATABASE_URL=postgresql+asyncpg://...`
+
+## 状态机
+`pending → uploading → uploaded → splitting → transcribing → summarizing → done | failed`
+
+## A3 vs A5
+A3（本提交）只搭好骨架 + state-machine stub。A5 会接上：
+- ffmpeg silencedetect 切片
+- Groq Whisper 真实转写
+- Poe Claude 真实总结
diff --git a/api/app/main.py b/api/app/main.py
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+from contextlib import asynccontextmanager
+from fastapi import FastAPI
+from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
+
+from .config import settings
+from .db import init_db
+from .routers import meetings as meetings_router
+
+
+@asynccontextmanager
+async def lifespan(app: FastAPI):
+    await init_db()
+    yield
+
+
+app = FastAPI(title="MeetNote API", version="0.1.0", lifespan=lifespan)
+
+app.add_middleware(
+    CORSMiddleware,
+    allow_origins=settings.cors_origins_list,
+    allow_credentials=True,
+    allow_methods=["*"],
+    allow_headers=["*"],
+)
+
+app.include_router(meetings_router.router)
+
+
+@app.get("/health")
+async def health():
+    return {"ok": True, "service": "meetnote-api", "version": "0.1.0"}
diff --git a/api/app/routers/__init__.py b/api/app/routers/__init__.py
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diff --git a/api/app/routers/meetings.py b/api/app/routers/meetings.py
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+import uuid
+from fastapi import APIRouter, BackgroundTasks, Depends, HTTPException
+from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
+from sqlmodel import select
+
+from ..db import get_session
+from ..models import Meeting, MeetingStatus, TranscriptSegment, Summary
+from ..schemas import (
+    MeetingRead,
+    UploadCompleteRequest,
+    UploadUrlRequest,
+    UploadUrlResponse,
+)
+from ..services.storage import presign_put
+from ..services.transcribe import process_meeting
+
+router = APIRouter(prefix="/api", tags=["meetings"])
+
+
+@router.post("/upload-url", response_model=UploadUrlResponse)
+async def request_upload_url(
+    body: UploadUrlRequest, session: AsyncSession = Depends(get_session)
+):
+    object_key = f"audio/{uuid.uuid4().hex}-{body.filename}"
+
+    meeting = Meeting(
+        title=body.title or body.filename,
+        participants=body.participants,
+        object_key=object_key,
+        status=MeetingStatus.uploading,
+    )
+    session.add(meeting)
+    await session.commit()
+    await session.refresh(meeting)
+
+    upload_url = presign_put(object_key, body.content_type)
+    return UploadUrlResponse(
+        meeting_id=meeting.id,
+        upload_url=upload_url,
+        object_key=object_key,
+    )
+
+
+@router.post("/upload-complete")
+async def upload_complete(
+    body: UploadCompleteRequest,
+    background: BackgroundTasks,
+    session: AsyncSession = Depends(get_session),
+):
+    meeting = await session.get(Meeting, body.meeting_id)
+    if not meeting:
+        raise HTTPException(404, "meeting not found")
+
+    meeting.file_size = body.file_size
+    meeting.status = MeetingStatus.uploaded
+    await session.commit()
+
+    background.add_task(process_meeting, meeting.id)
+    return {"ok": True, "meeting_id": meeting.id}
+
+
+@router.get("/meetings", response_model=list[MeetingRead])
+async def list_meetings(session: AsyncSession = Depends(get_session)):
+    result = await session.execute(select(Meeting).order_by(Meeting.created_at.desc()))
+    return result.scalars().all()
+
+
+@router.get("/meetings/{meeting_id}", response_model=MeetingRead)
+async def get_meeting(meeting_id: int, session: AsyncSession = Depends(get_session)):
+    meeting = await session.get(Meeting, meeting_id)
+    if not meeting:
+        raise HTTPException(404, "meeting not found")
+    return meeting
+
+
+@router.get("/meetings/{meeting_id}/transcript")
+async def get_transcript(meeting_id: int, session: AsyncSession = Depends(get_session)):
+    result = await session.execute(
+        select(TranscriptSegment)
+        .where(TranscriptSegment.meeting_id == meeting_id)
+        .order_by(TranscriptSegment.start)
+    )
+    segments = result.scalars().all()
+    return [
+        {"start": s.start, "end": s.end, "speaker": s.speaker, "text": s.text}
+        for s in segments
+    ]
+
+
+@router.get("/meetings/{meeting_id}/summary")
+async def get_summary(meeting_id: int, session: AsyncSession = Depends(get_session)):
+    result = await session.execute(
+        select(Summary).where(Summary.meeting_id == meeting_id)
+    )
+    summary = result.scalar_one_or_none()
+    if not summary:
+        return None
+    return {
+        "key_points": summary.key_points,
+        "todos": summary.todos,
+        "decisions": summary.decisions,
+        "keywords": summary.keywords,
+        "preview": summary.preview,
+    }
+
+
+@router.delete("/meetings/{meeting_id}")
+async def delete_meeting(meeting_id: int, session: AsyncSession = Depends(get_session)):
+    meeting = await session.get(Meeting, meeting_id)
+    if not meeting:
+        raise HTTPException(404, "meeting not found")
+    await session.delete(meeting)
+    await session.commit()
+    return {"ok": True}
diff --git a/api/app/schemas.py b/api/app/schemas.py
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+from datetime import datetime
+from typing import Optional
+from pydantic import BaseModel
+from .models import MeetingStatus
+
+
+class UploadUrlRequest(BaseModel):
+    filename: str
+    content_type: str = "audio/mp4"
+    title: Optional[str] = None
+    participants: Optional[str] = None
+
+
+class UploadUrlResponse(BaseModel):
+    meeting_id: int
+    upload_url: str
+    object_key: str
+
+
+class UploadCompleteRequest(BaseModel):
+    meeting_id: int
+    file_size: int
+
+
+class MeetingRead(BaseModel):
+    id: int
+    title: str
+    participants: Optional[str] = None
+    duration: Optional[int] = None
+    file_size: Optional[int] = None
+    status: MeetingStatus
+    chunks_done: int
+    chunks_total: int
+    error: Optional[str] = None
+    created_at: datetime
+
+    class Config:
+        from_attributes = True
diff --git a/api/app/services/transcribe.py b/api/app/services/transcribe.py
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+"""Stub for the transcribe + summarize pipeline.
+
+This module is intentionally a placeholder for A3. The real implementation
+lands in A5 and will:
+  1. Download the object from MinIO
+  2. Probe duration and size
+  3. If file > 24 MB, ffmpeg silencedetect → split into <20 MB chunks
+  4. Call Groq Whisper for each chunk, shift timestamps, merge
+  5. Call Poe Claude with map-reduce for long audio
+  6. Persist segments + summary, update meeting.status to done
+"""
+
+import asyncio
+from sqlmodel import select
+from ..db import AsyncSessionLocal
+from ..models import Meeting, MeetingStatus
+
+
+async def process_meeting(meeting_id: int) -> None:
+    """Background task launched after upload-complete.
+
+    For A3 we just walk the state machine so the frontend can see status
+    transitions; A5 swaps in real Groq/Poe calls.
+    """
+    async with AsyncSessionLocal() as session:
+        meeting = await session.get(Meeting, meeting_id)
+        if not meeting:
+            return
+
+        try:
+            for status, delay in [
+                (MeetingStatus.splitting, 1),
+                (MeetingStatus.transcribing, 2),
+                (MeetingStatus.summarizing, 1),
+                (MeetingStatus.done, 0),
+            ]:
+                meeting.status = status
+                if status == MeetingStatus.transcribing:
+                    meeting.chunks_total = 1
+                    meeting.chunks_done = 1
+                await session.commit()
+                await asyncio.sleep(delay)
+        except Exception as exc:
+            meeting.status = MeetingStatus.failed
+            meeting.error = str(exc)
+            await session.commit()