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layer-frontend

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Use when creating or modifying code in frontend/. Covers React components, hooks, API clients, and TypeScript code. All frontend changes require lint, typecheck, and build verification before completion.

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Frontend Layer

Location: frontend/ (separate from Python backend)

Stack: React 19 · TypeScript · Vite · MUI

Terminal Commands

Use Push-Location/Pop-Location to run npm commands without changing the working directory:

Push-Location frontend; npm run lint; Pop-Location
Push-Location frontend; npm run build; Pop-Location

Never use cd frontend - it changes the terminal's working directory permanently.

Required Verification

After ANY frontend change, run:

Push-Location frontend; npm run lint; npm run build; Pop-Location

The build script runs tsc -b (type-check) then Vite build.

Do not complete frontend work until both pass.

Structure

frontend/src/
├── main.tsx           # Entry point
├── App.tsx            # Root component
├── theme.ts           # MUI theme
├── components/        # Shared UI (layout, widgets)
├── features/          # Feature modules (auth, library, analytics, ...)
├── hooks/             # Custom React hooks
├── router/            # Route definitions
└── shared/            # API client, types, utilities
    ├── api.ts         # Typed backend client
    ├── types.ts       # TypeScript interfaces
    └── auth.ts        # Session utilities

Rules

TypeScript

  • Strict mode - no any
  • Explicit return types on exports
  • Interface for object shapes, type for unions

React

  • Functional components only
  • Feature-based folders (not type-based)
  • Hooks for state management

MUI

  • Use MUI components, not raw HTML
  • Use sx prop, not inline styles
  • Reference theme tokens, don't hardcode colors

API Client

All backend calls use shared/api.ts:

import { api } from '../shared/api';

const stats = await api.library.getStats();

Adding endpoints:

  1. Add interface to shared/types.ts
  2. Add method to shared/api.ts

Completion Checklist

  1. ☐ npm run lint passes
  2. ☐ npm run build passes
  3. ☐ No console.log in committed code
  4. ☐ No hardcoded URLs

Layer Scripts

This skill includes validation scripts in .github/skills/layer-frontend/scripts/:

lint.py

Runs ESLint and TypeScript type checking:

python .github/skills/layer-frontend/scripts/lint.py

Runs npm run lint from the frontend directory.

build.py

Runs the full build (typecheck + Vite):

python .github/skills/layer-frontend/scripts/build.py

Runs npm run build from the frontend directory.