## Problem
A user hit `Failed to register development environment session (500)`
when running the RDE (`hexclave dev` / `stack dev`). Removing
`defineStackConfig` from their `stack.config.ts` made it go away.
**Root cause:** the local dashboard evaluates the project's config file
in a plain Node context via `jiti`
([config-file.ts](apps/dashboard/src/lib/remote-development-environment/config-file.ts)).
When the config imports a *value* (e.g. `defineStackConfig`) from a
framework package like `@stackframe/stack` / `@hexclave/next`, jiti
executes the entire SDK — React, `server-only`, Next internals — which
throws in that context. The exception propagated as a bare 500. Dropping
`defineStackConfig` removed the value import, so jiti no longer loaded
the framework.
## Changes
**1. Graceful error (Fix 3)**
`readConfigFile` now wraps the `jiti.import` in try/catch and rethrows a
message pointing at the lightweight import path, instead of a raw 500.
**2. Lightweight `/config` subpath (Fix 1)**
Added a side-effect-free `./config` entrypoint to the framework packages
— `@hexclave/{js,next,react,tanstack-start}/config` — that re-exports
`defineHexclaveConfig` / `defineStackConfig` + the `HexclaveConfig` type
from `@hexclave/shared/config`, with **no framework runtime**. Source of
truth:
[`packages/template/src/config.ts`](packages/template/src/config.ts) +
the export in
[`package-template.json`](packages/template/package-template.json),
propagated to the generated packages via `generate-sdks`.
> Why per-package and not `@hexclave/shared/config`: `@hexclave/shared`
is only a *transitive* dependency from a user's perspective, so
importing from it fails under pnpm strict mode. Users depend on the
framework package directly, so `@hexclave/next/config` always resolves.
This was confirmed empirically — the previous tests that imported
`@hexclave/shared/config` were red.
**3. Docs / prompts / renderer aligned to the new path**
-
[`ai-setup-prompt.ts`](packages/shared/src/ai/unified-prompts/skill-site-prompt-parts/ai-setup-prompt.ts)
+ regenerated `docs-mintlify` (setup.mdx, llms-full.txt, snippets).
- Hand-written
[`hexclave-config.mdx`](docs-mintlify/guides/going-further/hexclave-config.mdx)
and
[`local-vs-cloud-dashboard.mdx`](docs-mintlify/guides/going-further/local-vs-cloud-dashboard.mdx).
(`docs/**` left untouched — legacy.)
- `renderConfigFileContent` (the config file the dashboard/CLI
auto-writes) now emits `import type { HexclaveConfig } from
"<pkg>/config"`. Legacy `@stackframe/*` packages predate the subpath, so
they keep their root import (guarded).
## Behavioral note
Existing config files that import from a package root get their import
line upgraded to `/config` on their next dashboard/CLI sync — a
one-time, harmless rewrite that migrates them onto the safe path. The
github-config-push idempotence test was updated to use the current
`/config` format so it still genuinely verifies "no spurious commit."
## Testing
- 43 unit tests pass across `config-file`, `github-config-push`,
`config-rendering`, `config-authoring`, `local-emulator`. The two
previously-red RDE `define*` tests now pass through jiti via
`@hexclave/next/config` (the real code path), and were made
resolution-stable by rooting their temp dir at the test file instead of
`process.cwd()`.
- Typecheck green on all source-changed packages (shared, cli, js, next,
react, tanstack-start). Lint clean.
- ⚠️ The two e2e suites (`cli.test.ts`, `config-local-emulator.test.ts`)
need backend+DB infra; their snapshot updates are mechanical and
**confirmable only in CI**.
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---
## Summary by cubic
Prevents 500s when loading `hexclave.config.ts` by adding a lightweight
`<pkg>/config` entrypoint and showing a clear, actionable error without
leaking framework stacks. Import detection, rendering, CLI, tests, and
docs now default to `/config` (including `@hexclave/tanstack-start`) so
configs load in plain Node contexts.
- **New Features**
- Added `/config` subpaths in `@hexclave/js`, `@hexclave/next`,
`@hexclave/react`, `@hexclave/tanstack-start` (and template)
re-exporting `defineHexclaveConfig`, `defineStackConfig`, and
`HexclaveConfig` with no framework runtime.
- Renderer, CLI, and docs import `HexclaveConfig` from `<pkg>/config`;
legacy `@stackframe/*` keep root imports. Existing config files
auto-upgrade on next dashboard/CLI sync.
- **Bug Fixes**
- Wrapped `jiti` config load with try/catch; capture raw error for
diagnostics and show a concise message pointing to `<pkg>/config` (no
nested framework stack traces).
- Import detection accepts optional `/config` suffix; renderer always
appends `/config` for Hexclave packages and recognizes
`@hexclave/tanstack-start`.
- Tests stabilized by scoping temp dirs to the test file; CLI error
example now references `HexclaveConfig` from `<pkg>/config` for Hexclave
packages.
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| api | ||
| guides | ||
| images | ||
| openapi | ||
| sdk | ||
| snippets | ||
| .gitignore | ||
| apps-sidebar-filter.js | ||
| code-language-labels.js | ||
| docs.json | ||
| index.mdx | ||
| llms-full.txt | ||
| migration.mdx | ||
| package.json | ||
| README.md | ||
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docs-mintlify
How to run the Mintlify docs preview locally from this repository.
Prerequisites
-
Node.js
>=20.17.0 -
pnpm -
Repository dependencies installed (
pnpm installfrom repo root) -
OpenAPI specs in
openapi/are committed to git. Hosted Mintlify cannot run monorepo codegen on deploy, so these files must be present in the repo for production docs.When you change API route OpenAPI metadata, regenerate and commit the four specs from the repo root:
pnpm run --filter @hexclave/backend codegen-docs git add docs-mintlify/openapi/That writes
client.json,server.json,admin.json, andwebhooks.jsonintodocs-mintlify/openapi/(and intodocs/openapi/for the legacy Fumadocs app). CI fails ifpnpm codegenproduces different output than what is committed (see root lint-and-build workflow).
Run locally
From the repository root:
pnpm -C docs-mintlify run dev
This starts Mintlify in docs-mintlify on http://localhost:${NEXT_PUBLIC_HEXCLAVE_PORT_PREFIX:-81}04 (for example, http://localhost:8104 with the default prefix).
From inside docs-mintlify, you can also run:
pnpm dev
Useful variants:
# Override the default port
pnpm -C docs-mintlify run dev -- --port 3333
# Skip OpenAPI processing for faster iteration
pnpm -C docs-mintlify run dev -- --disable-openapi
Search + assistant in local preview
If you want local search and the Mintlify assistant:
pnpm -C docs-mintlify run login
pnpm -C docs-mintlify run status
Then re-run pnpm -C docs-mintlify run dev.
Package scripts
From repo root:
pnpm -C docs-mintlify run lint
pnpm -C docs-mintlify run typecheck
pnpm -C docs-mintlify run build
pnpm -C docs-mintlify run clean
lint runs both mint validate and mint broken-links.