docs(ts): document the solution-root TypeScript project layout

New authoritative section docs/development.md#typescript-project-layout
(five files, three roles, the program-vs-resolution principle and its two
disciplines), two repo conventions in AGENTS.md, package tsconfig shape in
packages/AGENTS.md, cookbook touch-lists updated for the two aggregates,
test source-plane rule in docs/testing.md. Decision record: new Agent Note
2026-07-22-tsconfig-solution-root-two-aggregates; ts-build-config note
updated in place (tsc-first pipeline unchanged); the two GUI RFCs now name
tsconfig.host.json. All bilingual pairs re-recorded. Doc budget ceilings
raised: AGENTS.md 1680, docs/testing.md 1020, packages/AGENTS.md 660 (two
new one-line conventions and one new section on already-near-ceiling docs).
Mission spec for the code-side migration: missions/tsconfig-single-graph-migration.md.
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# Agent Note: TSC-first build and one tsconfig
# Agent Note: TSC-first build and one compiler ownership
Status: implemented
> Root project topology (which tsconfig owns which graph) has since moved to a solution root over two aggregate programs; see the [solution-root note](2026-07-22-tsconfig-solution-root-two-aggregates.md). The tsc-first pipeline decided here is unchanged.
## Problem
The current TypeScript build and typecheck setup had these issues:
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`pnpm run build` is a two-stage build:
- Stage 1: `tsc -b tsconfig.build.json` emits per-module `.js`, declarations `.d.ts`, JS sourcemaps `.js.map`, and declaration sourcemaps `.d.ts.map` into each package's `lib/types`. This is the authoritative TypeScript compilation result. For publish we keep `.d.ts` / `.d.ts.map` and ignore `.js` / `.js.map`.
- The build project uses the project-reference graph that `tsc -b` compiles. For example, root `tsconfig.build.json` references package and vendor tsconfigs. It validates and emits package/vendor build results.
- Stage 1: `tsc -b` over the root solution emits per-module `.js`, declarations `.d.ts`, JS sourcemaps `.js.map`, and declaration sourcemaps `.d.ts.map` into each package's `lib/types`. This is the authoritative TypeScript compilation result. For publish we keep `.d.ts` / `.d.ts.map` and ignore `.js` / `.js.map`.
- The graph is the project-reference graph reachable from the root solution `tsconfig.json` through the two aggregates ([topology](2026-07-22-tsconfig-solution-root-two-aggregates.md)). It validates and emits package/vendor build results.
- Stage 2: a bundler reads the emitted JS under `lib/types` and writes the bundled runtime entry as `lib/index.js` or `lib/index.mjs` (follow current behavior). This stage is bundling only. It must not read TypeScript source or emit declarations.
`tsdown` is no longer the owner of TypeScript compilation or declaration output.
`pnpm run typecheck` runs build mode over the root `tsconfig.json`.
- The root `tsconfig.json` is the single development/typecheck project. It typechecks examples, tests, and scripts with `noEmit`, and validates package/vendor source through references.
- Referenced package/vendor projects keep the same emit behavior as build, so typecheck can refresh their `lib/types` outputs instead of using a separate no-emit graph. Project-specific strictness changes live in the owning `packages/*/*/tsconfig.json` or `vendor/*/tsconfig.json`.
- The root no-emit project disables `rewriteRelativeImportExtensions`; it emits nothing and includes tests that import helpers across project-reference boundaries. Package/vendor emit projects keep the rewrite enabled.
`pnpm run typecheck` runs the same `tsc -b` graph.
- The aggregates (`tsconfig.host.json`, `tsconfig.client.json`) typecheck examples, tests, and scripts with `noEmit`, and validate package/vendor source through references.
- Referenced package/vendor projects keep the same emit behavior as build, so typecheck refreshes their `lib/types` outputs instead of using a separate no-emit graph. Project-specific strictness changes live in the owning `packages/*/*/tsconfig.json` or `vendor/*/tsconfig.json`.
- The no-emit aggregates disable `rewriteRelativeImportExtensions`; they emit nothing and include tests that import helpers across project-reference boundaries. Package/vendor emit projects keep the rewrite enabled.
The command orchestration shape is:
```sh
pnpm run build:
tsc -b tsconfig.build.json
tsc -b
tsdown
pnpm run verify-node-next-types:
tsx scripts/verify-node-next-types.ts
pnpm run typecheck:
tsc -b tsconfig.json
tsc -b
```
`pnpm run demo:*` still runs `src` directly through tsx and root paths, without a compile step.
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Build responsibilities are clearer:
- Each module under `packages/<group>/<pkg>` and `vendor/*` has one local tsconfig for build, typecheck, and tools that run source directly, such as `tsx` and `vitest`.
- The `build` command uses `tsconfig.build.json`. `tsc -b` owns the publishable per-module `.js` and `.d.ts` output, and the bundler owns only `lib/index.*`.
- The `build` command drives the root solution graph. `tsc -b` owns the publishable per-module `.js` and `.d.ts` output, and the bundler owns only `lib/index.*`.
- `lib/types/*.d.ts` and `.d.ts.map` are the publish declaration output.
- `lib/types/*.d.ts` uses explicit `.ts` relative specifiers, which TypeScript's NodeNext/Node16 resolver maps to sibling `.d.ts` files.
- `lib/types/*.js` is only a bundler input and must not be used as a runtime entry or public import target.
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# Agent Note: Solution root over two aggregate programs
Status: implemented
## Problem
The GUI split introduced a second aggregate program (`tsconfig.client.json`, [layering RFC](../architecture/2026-07-19-gui-layering-and-rpc-protocol.md)) while the root `tsconfig.json` kept doubling as the host aggregate, and `tsconfig.build.json` remained a third, hand-maintained full emit graph. That triple bookkeeping produced four concrete asymmetries:
- The typecheck and build references lists drifted apart (`packages/goal/command-goal` was in the typecheck graph but missing from the build graph).
- The lefthook pre-push hook ran `tsc -b tsconfig.json` only, so client-side type breakage passed the local checkpoint and surfaced in CI.
- tsserver discovers only configs named `tsconfig.json`, so client test files sat on no discoverable config chain and fell back to inferred projects (no paths, wrong lib/jsx).
- The vitest configs pointed at three different resolution sources (`tsconfig.vitest.json`, the root config, and one hand-written alias).
## Decision
One solution root, two check units, one shared base pair, no separate build or vitest config:
| File | Role | Forms a program? |
|---|---|---|
| `tsconfig.json` | Solution root: `extends` base, `files: []`, two references; the whole-repo `tsc -b tsconfig.json` graph, the tsserver entry, and the nearest config for get-tsconfig consumers (tsx running `examples/`, `scripts/`, doc fences) whose bare workspace imports resolve through the inherited `paths` | No |
| `tsconfig.base.json` | Shared compilerOptions and the source `paths` map; doubles as the resolution facade for vite-tsconfig-paths (no `include`, so it applies to every importer) | No |
| `tsconfig.base.client.json` | Browser compiler shape (`jsx: react-jsx`, DOM libs, `types: []`) shared by the client aggregate and every `packages/client/*` package | No |
| `tsconfig.host.json` | The former root aggregate, moved verbatim: host packages, examples, tests, scripts, website; excludes `packages/client` | Yes |
| `tsconfig.client.json` | Client packages and their tests; extends `tsconfig.base.client.json` | Yes |
The load-bearing principle: **cordis `Context` declaration-merge collisions exist only inside a `ts.Program`, never in module resolution.** A solution file forms no program, so referencing both aggregates from one root cannot collide the merges; vite-tsconfig-paths reads only `paths` and `include` and discards types, so one facade may span both sides. The only way to explode is to flatten both sides into a single program — hence two derived disciplines: `tsconfig.base.json` never gains `include`/`files` (it would leak into every extending package and narrow the facade), and every repo-wide `ts.Program` consumer (`scripts/ts-project.ts`, doc-typecheck standalone mode) seeds `tsconfig.host.json` or `tsconfig.client.json` explicitly, never the root solution. Program-backed generators and semantic gates intentionally stay host-only; the client side gets program-backed gates only when a real need arrives.
Commands collapse to one graph and keep the config name explicit: `typecheck` = `tsc -b tsconfig.json`, `build` = `tsc -b tsconfig.json && tsdown`, lefthook pre-push stays `tsc -b tsconfig.json --pretty false` unchanged (the same line now covers both sides through the solution). `tsconfig.build.json` and `tsconfig.vitest.json` are deleted; all vitest configs point vite-tsconfig-paths at `tsconfig.base.json`.
The solution root `extends` the base deliberately: `examples/` and `scripts/` have no nearer tsconfig, so tsx (get-tsconfig) resolves their workspace imports through the root file. `extends` restores the `paths` map there while `files: []` keeps the file program-less. Their *type checking* is unaffected by this: examples, scripts, and website files are included by the host aggregate.
## Alternatives considered
- **Rename `tsconfig.build.json` to `tsconfig.host.json`** — rejected: the build graph was the full emit graph including all client packages, not a host graph; the name that fits the former root aggregate is `tsconfig.host.json`, and the build graph itself is subsumed by the solution.
- **Point vitest at the root solution** — rejected: a solution has neither `paths` nor `include`, so resolution would become a function of how far the plugin walks references, and the client aggregate's include (tests only, no src) would leave transitive src→src imports unmapped, falling through to `exports` and loading a second copy of module singletons.
- **Keep `tsconfig.vitest.json` as a dedicated facade** — retained only as the fallback if vite-tsconfig-paths mishandles an include-less config; the base file already carries the paths map, and an include-less config applies everywhere, which is strictly wider than the facade's hand-kept include list.
## Consequences
- `docs/development.md#typescript-project-layout` is the authoritative description; root `AGENTS.md` carries the two disciplines as conventions.
- The [ts-build-config note](2026-06-17-ts-build-config.md) keeps ownership of the tsc-first build pipeline (tsc emits, tsdown bundles, `.ts` specifiers with `rewriteRelativeImportExtensions`); its former "one root typecheck project" shape is superseded by this note.
- Adding a package registers it in exactly one aggregate's references (host packages in `tsconfig.host.json`, client packages in `tsconfig.client.json`); the build graph needs no separate registration.
- The build gate depends on the typecheck gate: both now drive the same `tsc -b` graph, so running them concurrently would race the same `.tsbuildinfo` files.