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docs: consolidate CLAUDE.md and CONTRIBUTING.md, add style guidelines

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- Refactor CLAUDE.md to reference CONTRIBUTING.md for build/test/format info
- Expand CONTRIBUTING.md with comprehensive build targets, env vars, and testing
- Add code style guidelines section with conventional commits
- Standardize SDK prettier config to use single quotes (matching web)
- Add project-level Claude Code settings to disable co-author attribution
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- API: JSON-RPC via rpc-toolkit (see `agents/rpc-toolkit.md`)
- Auth: Password + session cookie, public/private key signatures, local authcookie (see `core/src/middleware/auth/`)
## Build Commands
## Build & Development
See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) for:
- Environment setup and requirements
- Build commands and make targets
- Testing and formatting commands
- Environment variables
**Quick reference:**
```bash
# Set platform (x86_64, aarch64, riscv64, raspberrypi, x86_64-nonfree, aarch64-nonfree)
# Can export or set inline. Most recent platform is remembered if not specified.
export PLATFORM=x86_64
# or: PLATFORM=x86_64 make iso
# Development mode - sets dev environment, prevents rebuilds on git hash changes
. ./devmode.sh
# Full ISO build
make iso
# Faster development iterations (same network)
make update-startbox REMOTE=start9@<ip> # Binary + UI only (fastest, no container runtime)
make update-deb REMOTE=start9@<ip> # Full Debian package
make update REMOTE=start9@<ip> # OTA-style update
# Remote device updates (different network, uses magic-wormhole)
make wormhole # Send startbox binary
make wormhole-deb # Send Debian package
make wormhole-squashfs # Send squashfs image
# Build specific components
make all # All Rust binaries
make uis # All web UIs
make ui # Main UI only
make deb # Debian package
```
## Testing
```bash
make test # All tests
make test-core # Rust tests (via ./core/run-tests.sh)
make test-sdk # SDK tests
make test-container-runtime # Container runtime tests
# Run specific Rust test
cd core && cargo test <test_name> --features=test
```
## Code Formatting
```bash
make format # Rust (requires nightly)
cd web && npm run check # TypeScript type checking
cd web && npm run format # TypeScript/HTML/SCSS formatting (prettier)
. ./devmode.sh # Enable dev mode
make update-startbox REMOTE=start9@<ip> # Fastest iteration (binary + UI)
make test-core # Run Rust tests
```
## Architecture
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| `rpc/service.sock` | RPC socket (container runtime listens here) |
| `rpc/host.sock` | Host RPC socket (for effects callbacks to host) |
**S9PK Structure:** See `agents/s9pk-structure.md` (TODO: create this doc)
**S9PK Structure:** See `agents/s9pk-structure.md`
### SDK (`/sdk`)
TypeScript SDK for packaging services (`@start9labs/start-sdk`).
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- `.mutate(|v| ...)` - Deserialize, mutate, reserialize
- For maps: `.keys()`, `.as_idx(&key)`, `.as_idx_mut(&key)`, `.insert()`, `.remove()`, `.contains_key()`
## Environment Variables
- `PLATFORM` - Target platform
- `ENVIRONMENT` - Feature flags (comma-separated):
- `dev` - Enables password SSH before setup, other developer conveniences
- `unstable` - Adds debugging with performance penalty, enables throwing in non-prod scenarios
- `console` - Enables tokio-console for async debugging
- `PROFILE` - Build profile (`release`, `dev`)
- `GIT_BRANCH_AS_HASH` - Use git branch as version hash
## TypeScript Bindings
Rust types export to TypeScript via ts-rs:
```bash
make ts-bindings # Generates core/bindings/, copies to sdk/base/lib/osBindings/
```
## Multi-Platform Support
Platforms: `x86_64`, `x86_64-nonfree`, `aarch64`, `aarch64-nonfree`, `riscv64`, `raspberrypi`
The `-nonfree` variants include non-free firmware and drivers. Some platforms like `raspberrypi` also include non-free components by necessity.
The build system uses cross-compilation with zig for musl targets. Platform-specific code checks `PLATFORM` constant.
## Supplementary Documentation
The `agents/` directory contains detailed documentation and task tracking for AI assistants:
The `agents/` directory contains detailed documentation for AI assistants:
- `TODO.md` - Pending tasks for AI agents (check this first, remove items when completed)
- `rpc-toolkit.md` - JSON-RPC patterns and handler configuration
- `core-rust-patterns.md` - Common utilities and patterns for Rust code in `/core` (guard pattern, mount guards, etc.)
- `s9pk-structure.md` - S9PK package format structure

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```bash
/
├── assets/
├── container-runtime/
├── core/
├── build/
├── debian/
├── web/
├── image-recipe/
├── patch-db
└── sdk/
├── assets/ # Screenshots for README
├── build/ # Auxiliary files and scripts for deployed images
├── container-runtime/ # Node.js program managing package containers
├── core/ # Rust backend: API, daemon (startd), CLI (start-cli)
├── debian/ # Debian package maintainer scripts
├── image-recipe/ # Scripts for building StartOS images
├── patch-db/ # (submodule) Diff-based data store for frontend sync
├── sdk/ # TypeScript SDK for building StartOS packages
└── web/ # Web UIs (Angular)
```
#### assets
screenshots for the StartOS README
#### container-runtime
A NodeJS program that dynamically loads maintainer scripts and communicates with the OS to manage packages
#### core
An API, daemon (startd), and CLI (start-cli) that together provide the core functionality of StartOS.
#### build
Auxiliary files and scripts to include in deployed StartOS images
#### debian
Maintainer scripts for the StartOS Debian package
#### web
Web UIs served under various conditions and used to interact with StartOS APIs.
#### image-recipe
Scripts for building StartOS images
#### patch-db (submodule)
A diff based data store used to synchronize data between the web interfaces and server.
#### sdk
A typescript sdk for building start-os packages
See component READMEs for details:
- [`core`](core/README.md)
- [`web`](web/README.md)
- [`build`](build/README.md)
- [`patch-db`](https://github.com/Start9Labs/patch-db)
## Environment Setup
#### Clone the StartOS repository
```sh
git clone https://github.com/Start9Labs/start-os.git --recurse-submodules
cd start-os
```
#### Continue to your project of interest for additional instructions:
### Development Mode
- [`core`](core/README.md)
- [`web-interfaces`](web-interfaces/README.md)
- [`build`](build/README.md)
- [`patch-db`](https://github.com/Start9Labs/patch-db)
For faster iteration during development:
```sh
. ./devmode.sh
```
This sets `ENVIRONMENT=dev` and `GIT_BRANCH_AS_HASH=1` to prevent rebuilds on every commit.
## Building
This project uses [GNU Make](https://www.gnu.org/software/make/) to build its components. To build any specific component, simply run `make <TARGET>` replacing `<TARGET>` with the name of the target you'd like to build
This project uses [GNU Make](https://www.gnu.org/software/make/) to build its components.
### Requirements
- [GNU Make](https://www.gnu.org/software/make/)
- [Docker](https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/)
- [Docker](https://docs.docker.com/get-docker/) or [Podman](https://podman.io/)
- [NodeJS v20.16.0](https://docs.npmjs.com/downloading-and-installing-node-js-and-npm)
- [sed](https://www.gnu.org/software/sed/)
- [grep](https://www.gnu.org/software/grep/)
- [awk](https://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/)
- [Rust](https://rustup.rs/) (nightly for formatting)
- [sed](https://www.gnu.org/software/sed/), [grep](https://www.gnu.org/software/grep/), [awk](https://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/)
- [jq](https://jqlang.github.io/jq/)
- [gzip](https://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/)
- [brotli](https://github.com/google/brotli)
- [gzip](https://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/), [brotli](https://github.com/google/brotli)
### Environment variables
### Environment Variables
- `PLATFORM`: which platform you would like to build for. Must be one of `x86_64`, `x86_64-nonfree`, `aarch64`, `aarch64-nonfree`, `raspberrypi`
- NOTE: `nonfree` images are for including `nonfree` firmware packages in the built ISO
- `ENVIRONMENT`: a hyphen separated set of feature flags to enable
- `dev`: enables password ssh (INSECURE!) and does not compress frontends
- `unstable`: enables assertions that will cause errors on unexpected inconsistencies that are undesirable in production use either for performance or reliability reasons
- `docker`: use `docker` instead of `podman`
- `GIT_BRANCH_AS_HASH`: set to `1` to use the current git branch name as the git hash so that the project does not need to be rebuilt on each commit
| Variable | Description |
|----------|-------------|
| `PLATFORM` | Target platform: `x86_64`, `x86_64-nonfree`, `aarch64`, `aarch64-nonfree`, `riscv64`, `raspberrypi` |
| `ENVIRONMENT` | Hyphen-separated feature flags (see below) |
| `PROFILE` | Build profile: `release` (default) or `dev` |
| `GIT_BRANCH_AS_HASH` | Set to `1` to use git branch name as version hash (avoids rebuilds) |
### Useful Make Targets
**ENVIRONMENT flags:**
- `dev` - Enables password SSH before setup, skips frontend compression
- `unstable` - Enables assertions and debugging with performance penalty
- `console` - Enables tokio-console for async debugging
**Platform notes:**
- `-nonfree` variants include proprietary firmware and drivers
- `raspberrypi` includes non-free components by necessity
- Platform is remembered between builds if not specified
### Make Targets
#### Building
| Target | Description |
|--------|-------------|
| `iso` | Create full `.iso` image (Debian only, not for raspberrypi) |
| `img` | Create full `.img` image (Debian only, raspberrypi only) |
| `deb` | Build Debian package |
| `all` | Build all Rust binaries |
| `uis` | Build all web UIs |
| `ui` | Build main UI only |
| `ts-bindings` | Generate TypeScript bindings from Rust types |
#### Deploying to Device
For devices on the same network:
| Target | Description |
|--------|-------------|
| `update-startbox REMOTE=start9@<ip>` | Deploy binary + UI only (fastest) |
| `update-deb REMOTE=start9@<ip>` | Deploy full Debian package |
| `update REMOTE=start9@<ip>` | OTA-style update |
| `reflash REMOTE=start9@<ip>` | Reflash as if using live ISO |
| `update-overlay REMOTE=start9@<ip>` | Deploy to in-memory overlay (reverts on reboot) |
For devices on different networks (uses [magic-wormhole](https://github.com/magic-wormhole/magic-wormhole)):
| Target | Description |
|--------|-------------|
| `wormhole` | Send startbox binary |
| `wormhole-deb` | Send Debian package |
| `wormhole-squashfs` | Send squashfs image |
#### Other
| Target | Description |
|--------|-------------|
| `format` | Run code formatting (Rust nightly required) |
| `test` | Run all automated tests |
| `test-core` | Run Rust tests |
| `test-sdk` | Run SDK tests |
| `test-container-runtime` | Run container runtime tests |
| `clean` | Delete all compiled artifacts |
## Testing
```bash
make test # All tests
make test-core # Rust tests (via ./core/run-tests.sh)
make test-sdk # SDK tests
make test-container-runtime # Container runtime tests
# Run specific Rust test
cd core && cargo test <test_name> --features=test
```
## Code Formatting
```bash
# Rust (requires nightly)
make format
# TypeScript/HTML/SCSS (web)
cd web && npm run format
```
## Code Style Guidelines
### Formatting
Run the formatters before committing. Configuration is handled by `rustfmt.toml` (Rust) and prettier configs (TypeScript).
### Documentation & Comments
**Rust:**
- Add doc comments (`///`) to public APIs, structs, and non-obvious functions
- Use `//` comments sparingly for complex logic that isn't self-evident
- Prefer self-documenting code (clear naming, small functions) over comments
**TypeScript:**
- Document exported functions and complex types with JSDoc
- Keep comments focused on "why" rather than "what"
**General:**
- Don't add comments that just restate the code
- Update or remove comments when code changes
- TODOs should include context: `// TODO(username): reason`
### Commit Messages
Use [Conventional Commits](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/):
```
<type>(<scope>): <description>
[optional body]
[optional footer]
```
**Types:**
- `feat` - New feature
- `fix` - Bug fix
- `docs` - Documentation only
- `style` - Formatting, no code change
- `refactor` - Code change that neither fixes a bug nor adds a feature
- `test` - Adding or updating tests
- `chore` - Build process, dependencies, etc.
**Examples:**
```
feat(web): add dark mode toggle
fix(core): resolve race condition in service startup
docs: update CONTRIBUTING.md with style guidelines
refactor(sdk): simplify package validation logic
```
- `iso`: Create a full `.iso` image
- Only possible from Debian
- Not available for `PLATFORM=raspberrypi`
- Additional Requirements:
- [debspawn](https://github.com/lkhq/debspawn)
- `img`: Create a full `.img` image
- Only possible from Debian
- Only available for `PLATFORM=raspberrypi`
- Additional Requirements:
- [debspawn](https://github.com/lkhq/debspawn)
- `format`: Run automatic code formatting for the project
- Additional Requirements:
- [rust](https://rustup.rs/)
- `test`: Run automated tests for the project
- Additional Requirements:
- [rust](https://rustup.rs/)
- `update`: Deploy the current working project to a device over ssh as if through an over-the-air update
- Requires an argument `REMOTE` which is the ssh address of the device, i.e. `start9@192.168.122.2`
- `reflash`: Deploy the current working project to a device over ssh as if using a live `iso` image to reflash it
- Requires an argument `REMOTE` which is the ssh address of the device, i.e. `start9@192.168.122.2`
- `update-overlay`: Deploy the current working project to a device over ssh to the in-memory overlay without restarting it
- WARNING: changes will be reverted after the device is rebooted
- WARNING: changes to `init` will not take effect as the device is already initialized
- Requires an argument `REMOTE` which is the ssh address of the device, i.e. `start9@192.168.122.2`
- `wormhole`: Deploy the `startbox` to a device using [magic-wormhole](https://github.com/magic-wormhole/magic-wormhole)
- When the build it complete will emit a command to paste into the shell of the device to upgrade it
- Additional Requirements:
- [magic-wormhole](https://github.com/magic-wormhole/magic-wormhole)
- `clean`: Delete all compiled artifacts

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