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+🤖 Codex Agent Guidelines for thirdweb-dev/js
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+Welcome, AI copilots! This guide captures the coding standards, architectural decisions, and workflow conventions that every automated agent (and human contributor!) must follow. Unless a rule explicitly targets a sub‑project, it applies repo‑wide.
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+1. GitHub Workflow & Etiquette
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+- Pull‑request titles must start with the affected workspace in brackets (e.g. [SDK], [Dashboard], [Portal], [Playground]).
+- Begin the PR description with a one‑sentence summary, then add a checklist of changes and reference issues with Fixes #123.
+- Keep commits small and topical – one logical change per commit.
+- Branch names should follow area/brief-topic (e.g. sdk/fix-gas-estimate). Avoid personal names.
+- Request at least one core maintainer review. Do not self‑merge unless you are the sole owner of that package.
+- All CI checks (type‑check, Biome, tests) must pass before merging.
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+2. Formatting & Linting
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+- Biome governs formatting and linting; its rules live in biome.json.
+- Run pnpm biome check --apply before committing.
+- Avoid editor‑specific configs; rely on the shared settings.
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+3. TypeScript Style Guide
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+- Write idiomatic TypeScript: explicit function declarations and return types.
+- Limit each file to one stateless, single‑responsibility function for clarity and testability.
+- Re‑use shared types from @/types or local types.ts barrels.
+- Prefer type aliases over interface except for nominal shapes.
+- Avoid any and unknown unless unavoidable; narrow generics whenever possible.
+- Choose composition over inheritance; leverage utility types (Partial, Pick, etc.).
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+4. Testing Strategy
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+- Co‑locate tests: foo.ts ↔ foo.test.ts.
+- Use real function invocations with stub data; avoid brittle mocks.
+- For network interactions, use Mock Service Worker (MSW) to intercept fetch/HTTP calls, mocking only scenarios that are hard to reproduce.
+- Keep tests deterministic and side‑effect free; Jest is pre‑configured.
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+5. packages/thirdweb
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+5.1 Public API Surface
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+- Export everything via the exports/ directory, grouped by feature.
+- Every public symbol must have comprehensive TSDoc:
+- Include at least one @example block that compiles.
+- Tag with one custom annotation (@beta, @internal, @experimental, etc.).
+- Comment only ambiguous logic; avoid restating TypeScript in prose.
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+  5.2 Performance
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+- Lazy‑load heavy dependencies inside async paths to keep the initial bundle lean:
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+`const { jsPDF } = await import("jspdf");`
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+6. apps/dashboard & apps/playground
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+6.1 Core UI Toolkit
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+- Import primitives from @/components/ui/\_ (e.g. Button, Input, Select, Tabs, Card, Sidebar, Badge, Separator).
+- Use NavLink for internal navigation so active states are handled automatically.
+- Group feature‑specific components under feature/components/\_ and expose a barrel index.ts when necessary.
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+  6.2 Styling Conventions
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+- Tailwind CSS is the styling system – no inline styles or CSS modules.
+- Merge class names with cn() from @/lib/utils to keep conditional logic readable.
+- Stick to design tokens: backgrounds (bg-card), borders (border-border), muted text (text-muted-foreground), etc.
+- Expose a className prop on the root element of every component for overrides.
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+  6.3 Component Patterns
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+- Server Components (run on the Node edge):
+  -- Read cookies/headers with next/headers.
+  -- Access server‑only environment variables or secrets.
+  -- Perform heavy data fetching that should not ship to the client.
+  -- Implement redirect logic with redirect() from next/navigation.
+  -- Start files with import "server-only"; to prevent client bundling.
+- Client Components (run in the browser):
+  -- Begin files with 'use client'; before imports.
+  -- Handle interactive UI relying on React hooks (useState, useEffect, React Query, wallet hooks).
+  -- Access browser APIs (localStorage, window, IntersectionObserver, etc.).
+  -- Support fast transitions where data is prefetched on the client.
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+  6.4 Data Fetching Guidelines
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+- Server Side
+  -- Always call getAuthToken() to retrieve the JWT from cookies.
+  -- Inject the token as an Authorization: Bearer header – never embed it in the URL.
+  -- Return typed results (Project[], User[], …) – avoid any.
+- Client Side
+  -- Wrap calls in React Query (@tanstack/react-query).
+  -- Use descriptive, stable queryKeys for cache hits.
+  -- Configure staleTime / cacheTime based on freshness requirements (default ≥ 60 s).
+  -- Keep tokens secret by calling internal API routes or server actions.
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+7. Performance & Bundle Size
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+- Track bundle budgets via package.json#size-limit.
+- Lazy‑import optional features; avoid top‑level side‑effects.
+- De‑duplicate dependencies across packages through pnpm workspace hoisting.
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+8. Documentation & Developer Experience
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+- Each change in packages/\* should contain a changeset for the appropriate package, with the appropriate version bump
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+  - patch for changes that don't impact the public API
+  - minor for any new/modified public API
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+- Surface breaking changes prominently in PR descriptions.
+- For new UI components, add Storybook stories (\*.stories.tsx) alongside the code.