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Use when working on Codemod's Rust workspace, including workflow engine crates, models, state, runners, scheduler, CLI-adjacent Rust crates, schema generation, Cargo features, Rust tests, clippy, rustfmt, or CI parity.

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  3. Review the proposed files and risks before you approve installation.
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Codemod Rust Workspace

Start Here

  1. Read the nearest AGENTS.md for the crate you are changing.
  2. Identify the crate role before editing:
    • butterflow-models: workflow schema/data contracts.
    • butterflow-core: execution engine, step execution, reports, git/file operations.
    • butterflow-state: state adapters.
    • butterflow-runners: Docker/Podman/direct runner abstractions.
    • butterflow-scheduler: task scheduling and WASM package logic.
    • codemod: CLI command surface and TUI.
    • codemod-sandbox: JSSG runtime and sandbox.
    • testing-utils: shared test helpers.
  3. Prefer workspace dependencies in root Cargo.toml.

Implementation Rules

  • Keep model contracts in crates/models; avoid duplicate public structs in higher-level crates.
  • Preserve async cancellation and error propagation.
  • Avoid logging-only failures for user-visible workflow behavior.
  • Do not write directly to stdout/stderr from non-CLI crates. Return structured data, errors, events, reports, or log records and let crates/cli choose text, TUI, JSONL, or task-log routing.
  • Keep feature gates meaningful, especially docker, podman, wasm, native, and real-fs.
  • For schema-affecting model changes, run cargo xtask schema and review generated diffs.

Validation

  • Focused crate: cargo test -p <crate>
  • Workspace: cargo test
  • Format: cargo fmt --check
  • Lint: cargo clippy --tests --no-deps -- -D warnings
  • CI parity for terminal dependencies: bash ./scripts/check-single-crossterm.sh