## Add API client generation to SDK dev mode and refactor orchestrator
into step-based pipeline
### Why
The SDK dev mode lacked typed API client generation, forcing developers
to work without auto-generated GraphQL types when building applications.
Additionally, the orchestrator was a monolithic class that mixed watcher
management, token handling, and sync logic — making it difficult to
extend with new steps like client generation.
### How
- **Refactored the orchestrator** into a step-based pipeline with
dedicated classes: `CheckServer`, `EnsureValidTokens`,
`ResolveApplication`, `BuildManifest`, `UploadFiles`,
`GenerateApiClient`, `SyncApplication`, and `StartWatchers`. Each step
has typed input/output/status, managed by a new `OrchestratorState`
class.
- **Added `GenerateApiClientOrchestratorStep`** that detects
object/field schema changes and regenerates a typed GraphQL client (via
`@genql/cli`) into `node_modules/twenty-sdk/generated` for seamless
imports.
- **Replaced `checkApplicationExist`** with `findOneApplication` on both
server resolver and SDK API service, returning the entity data instead
of a boolean.
- **Added application token pair mutations**
(`generateApplicationToken`, `renewApplicationToken`) to the API
service, with the server now returning `ApplicationTokenPairDTO`
containing both access and refresh tokens.
- **Restructured the dev UI** into `dev/ui/components/` with dedicated
panel, section, and event log components.
- **Simplified `AppDevCommand`** from ~180 lines of watcher management
down to ~40 lines that delegate entirely to the orchestrator.
## Split twenty-sdk build into separate Node and browser targets
The SDK was bundling Node.js code (CLI, SDK API) and browser code (UI
components, front-component renderer) through a single Vite config. This
caused incorrect externalization — Node builtins leaked into browser
bundles and browser-specific chunking logic applied to CLI output.
This PR splits the build into `vite.config.node.ts` and
`vite.config.browser.ts` so each target gets the right externals and
output format.
Also includes a few housekeeping renames:
- `front-component` export path → `front-component-renderer` (matches
what it actually is)
- `front-component-common` merged into `front-component-api` (was a
needless extra module)
## Summary
- Removed `vite-plugin-dts` (which used `tsc` internally) from the Vite
build and replaced DTS generation with `tsgo` as a sequential post-build
step — **~0.7s vs 1-10s**.
- Disabled `reportCompressedSize` to skip gzip computation for 64 output
files.
- Converted the build target to an explicit `nx:run-commands` executor
with sequential `vite build` → `tsgo` commands.
The `twenty-emails:build` step goes from ~22s to ~7s under load.
## Test plan
- [x] `nx build twenty-emails` produces both JS (64 files) and DTS (74
files) correctly
- [x] `dist/index.d.ts` exports match the source `src/index.ts`
- [x] Full `nx build twenty-server` succeeds end-to-end
- [ ] CI build passes
Made with [Cursor](https://cursor.com)
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## PR description
This PR:
- Creates a TypeScript-based extractor that discovers all exported
twenty-ui components by scanning barrel files, extracting
props/slots/events via ts-morph type analysis, and generating the remote
DOM bindings automatically.
- Adds a new ESLint rule which enforces all *Props types in twenty-ui
components to be exported, which is required for the extractor to
discover component prop types. Existing twenty-ui components are updated
to comply with this rule.
- Extends the remote DOM generation to support slots, per-component
events, forwardRef wrappers, and richer property types (array, object,
function)
## Edge cases to fix in another PR
- Icons cannot be rendered inside buttons
- IconButtons throw an error when mounted
- MenuItems are not displayed correctly
- MenuItemNavigate throws on click
## Video Demo
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/c2ed67cf-6a15-4896-9fec-e83fac0e862b
- An app will declare its `twenty-sdk` version in the manifest.
- `twenty-sdk` will be served by a CDN to be imported in front component
host.
- When we render the host we will load twenty-ui through the correct
version of the sdk
We will proceed this way because twenty-ui is not mature enough yet to
be deployed as its own package. So instead, since the sdk is already
deployed as its own package, we will serve the ui with it. It allows us
to have versioning to handle breaking changes in twenty-ui.
# Improve cross-entity duplicate detection in manifest validation
- Refactored findDuplicates to receive the full manifest, enabling
cross-entity duplicate checks
-ObjectExtensionEntityBuilder now validates that extension field IDs
don't conflict with object field IDs
- Renamed DuplicateId type to EntityIdWithLocation for clarity
- Updated all entity builders to use the new signature
## Description
This PR improves the developer experience for the `twenty-sdk` and
`create-twenty-app` packages by reorganizing commands, adding
development tooling, and improving documentation.
## Changes
### twenty-sdk
#### Command Refactoring
- **Renamed `app-watch` → `app-dev`**: Renamed `AppWatchCommand` to
`AppDevCommand` and moved to `app-dev.ts` for consistent naming with the
CLI command `app:dev`
- **Moved `app-add` → `entity-add`**: Relocated entity creation logic
from `app/app-add.ts` to `entity/entity-add.ts` and renamed
`AppAddCommand` to `EntityAddCommand` for better separation of concerns
#### Development Tooling
- **Added `dev` target**: New Nx target `npx nx run twenty-sdk:dev` that
runs the build in watch mode for faster development iteration
### create-twenty-app
#### Improved Scaffolded Project
- **Enhanced base-application README** with:
- Updated Getting Started to recommend `yarn dev` for development
- Added "Available Commands" section listing all available scripts
#### Better Onboarding
- **Improved success message** after app creation with formatted next
steps:
First PR to implement application tokens
- add new application role in twenty-server
- move duplicated constants and types to twenty-shared
- will add role configuration utils into twenty-sdk in another PR
# Introduction
Important note: for the moment testing this locally will require some
hack due to latest twenty-sdk not being published.
You will need to build twenty-cli and `cd packages/twenty-cli && yarn
link`
To finally sync the app in your app folder as `cd app-folder && twenty
app sync`
close https://github.com/twentyhq/core-team-issues/issues/1863
In this PR is introduced the generate sdk programmatic call to
[genql](https://genql.dev/) exposed in a `client` barrel of `twenty-sdk`
located in this package as there's high chances that will add a codegen
layer above it at some point ?
The cli calls this method after a sync application and writes a client
in a generated folder. It will make a graql introspection query on the
whole workspace. We should later improve that and only filter by current
applicationId and its dependencies ( when twenty-standard application is
introduced )
Fully typesafe ( input, output, filters etc ) auto-completed client
## Hello-world app serverless refactor
<img width="2480" height="1326" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/b18ea372-b21d-4560-8fbc-1dc348427a95"
/>
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