error response consistency, human readible1

packages/orchestration-service/src/routes/chat.js

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ router.post('/', async (req, res) => {
         res.json(result)
     } catch (err) {
         logger.error(`[orchestration] chat error: `, err.message)
-        res.status(500).json ({ error: err.message})
+        res.status(500).json ({ error: 'Chat failed', detail: err.message })
     }
 });
 

packages/orchestration-service/src/routes/episodes.js

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ router.get('/', async (req, res) => {
     const result = await memory.getEpisodes({ limit, offset, sessionId, q });
     res.json(result);
   } catch (err) {
-    res.status(500).json({ error: err.message });
+    res.status(500).json({ error: 'Failed to fetch episodes', detail: err.message });
   }
 });
 
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ router.delete('/:id', async (req, res) => {
     await memory.deleteEpisode(req.params.id);
     res.status(204).send();
   } catch (err) {
-    res.status(500).json({ error: err.message });
+    res.status(500).json({ error: 'Failed to delete episode', detail: err.message });
   }
 });
 

packages/orchestration-service/src/routes/projects.js

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ router.get('/', async (req, res) => {
     try {
         res.json(await memory.getProjects());
     } catch (err) {
-        res.status(500).json({ error: err.message });
+        res.status(500).json({ error: 'Failed to fetch projects', detail: err.message });
     }
 });
 
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ router.post('/', async (req, res) => {
     try {
         res.status(201).json(await memory.createProject({ name: name.trim(), description, colour, icon, isolated }));
     } catch (err) {
-        res.status(500).json({ error: err.message });
+        res.status(500).json({ error: 'Failed to create project', detail: err.message });
     }
 });
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ router.patch('/:id', async (req, res) => {
   try {
     res.json(await memory.updateProject(req.params.id, req.body));
   } catch (err) {
-    res.status(500).json({ error: err.message });
+    res.status(500).json({ error: 'Failed to update project', detail: err.message });
   }
 });
 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ router.delete('/:id', async (req, res) => {
         await memory.deleteProject(req.params.id);
         res.status(204).send();
     } catch (err) {
-        res.status(500).json({ error: err.message });
+        res.status(500).json({ error: 'Failed to delete project', detail: err.message });
     }
 });
 

packages/orchestration-service/src/routes/summaries.js

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ router.get('/project/:projectId/overview', async (req, res) => {
         const summary = await memory.getProjectOverviewSummary(req.params.projectId);
         res.json(summary);
     } catch (err) {
-        res.status(500).json({ error: err.message });
+        res.status(500).json({ error: 'Failed to fetch project overview summary', detail: err.message });
     }
 });
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ router.get('/session/:sessionId', async (req, res) => {
         const summaries = await memory.getSummariesBySession(session.id);
         res.json(summaries);
     } catch (err) {
-        res.status(500).json({ error: err.message });
+        res.status(500).json({ error: 'Failed to fetch session summaries', detail: err.message });
     }
 });
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ router.get('/project/:projectId', async (req, res) => {
         const summaries = await memory.getSummariesByProject(req.params.projectId);
         res.json(summaries);
     } catch (err) {
-        res.status(500).json({ error: err.message });
+        res.status(500).json({ error: 'Failed to fetch project summaries', detail: err.message });
     }
 });