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Manifest-first: apps declare themselves in mattstack.deck.json

An app drops one mattstack.deck.json at its repo root, deck register from its directory creates and syncs the whole app record, and (only when rt is in dev-mode) named action commands run from per-app board buttons and deck cmd. Generalizes and supersedes the identity-only mattstack.json.

What changed

Manifest core (src/registry/deck-manifest.ts)

  • readDeckManifest parses/validates mattstack.deck.json (name, port, commands, altConfigs); overlays may override only port and commands.start, anything else is rejected loudly at parse; command keys are constrained to [a-z0-9-]+ so they can't become dead board buttons.
  • resolveServeShape resolves the base or an overlay into ["sh","-c",start] + port.

Register / alt (src/api/register-manifest.ts)

  • One shared applyManifest flow backs both deck register (base shape) and deck alt (overlay shape); the manifest is the single source of truth.
  • AppRecord gains commands / altConfigs / activeAlt; registerApp now honors a manifest-declared service port (backward compatible).

CLI

  • New: deck config init (scaffold from package.json), deck register [--dir], deck alt <app> <name|off>, deck cmd <app> <name>.
  • Removed: deck manifest refresh (register's sync path subsumes it); identity-resync coverage migrated onto register/adopt.
  • Slimmed: deck adopt now rides the shared deck-manifest ingest.

Action commands (dev-mode gated)

  • src/services/command-runner.ts spawns a manifest-sourced shell string to the app's deck log, one in flight per app, tracked by runId.
  • POST /api/v1/apps/:name/commands/:cmd (+ status route) and the board's per-command buttons render only when the status row carries commands, which the server emits only in dev. Production is indistinguishable from absent (plain 404, no metadata).
  • Dev-mode rides the rt setting mattstack.mode through @mattstack/rt-client (never a raw file read), fail-closed to prod.

deck adopts its own manifest (mattstack.deck.json, scripts/deploy.ts) with start / build / deploy.

Known limitation (please read)

The action-command layer is dormant in real dev until @mattstack/rt-client is bumped. isDevMode() reads getSetting("mattstack.mode"), but the pinned rt-client@0.3.0 does not register that key and getSetting throws for unregistered keys, so it always fails closed to prod. The code is correct (fail-closed by design) and every test injects dev-mode, so the feature builds and tests green; the buttons/routes/deck cmd simply don't activate until rt-client registers mattstack.mode (0.8.0 does). Bumping it is a separate dependency decision (it touches settings.ts / platform-settings.ts / oauth.ts / rt-secrets.ts).

Testing

  • Unit: bun test core src = 503 pass / 0 fail.
  • DOM: bun test test/dom/ = 67 pass / 8 fail, where the 8 are pre-existing flaky/timeout failures present at the merge base (this branch adds 0 new DOM failures and 2 passing command-button tests).

Design + plan live in the branch under docs/superpowers/specs/2026-08-28-deck-manifest-first-design.md and docs/superpowers/plans/2026-08-28-deck-manifest-first.md.

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  • New Features
    • Added manifest-based app registration with identity, startup commands, ports, and alternate configurations.
    • Added CLI commands for initializing manifests, registering apps, switching configurations, and running actions.
    • Added development-only action command execution with run status, logging, and duplicate-run protection.
    • Added command buttons to the app board.
  • Improvements
    • Added automated deployment that builds, installs, and restarts Deck.
    • Updated manifest ingestion to prefer the new manifest format.
  • Removed
    • Removed the manifest refresh command and endpoint.

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…ploy, drop dead imports
Fix 1: readDeckManifest now rejects a commands key that would 404 the
board route (only start/build/deploy-style [a-z0-9-] keys survive).
Fix 2: document why register/alt's editApp call sets force=true, not
a behavior change.
Fix 3: close both command-runner log fds on process exit, each
guarded against a possible double-close.
Fix 4: deploy.ts installs to a temp path and renames over the target
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Fix 5: drop unused imports and an unused const from
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The change introduces manifest-first app registration, alternate serve configurations, development-only action commands, CLI workflows, board command buttons, manifest-aware adoption, and atomic Deck deployment.

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Manifest-first app management

Layer / File(s)Summary
Manifest contract and identity ingestion
src/registry/deck-manifest.ts, src/registry/records.ts, src/registry/manifest.ts, docs/superpowers/specs/*
Adds validated mattstack.deck.json parsing, serve-shape resolution, overlay metadata, record persistence, and Deck identity precedence.
Registration and alternate configuration workflows
src/api/register-manifest.ts, src/api/register.ts, src/api/server.ts, src/cli/*
Adds manifest registration, port selection, alternate activation and clearing, config init, register, and alt commands.
Development command execution and board controls
src/services/command-runner.ts, src/api/dev-mode.ts, src/api/server.ts, src/api/status.ts, core/board/*, src/cli/commands.ts
Adds cached fail-closed development-mode detection, shell command runs with status and logs, gated API and CLI execution, status command metadata, and board buttons.
Refresh migration and Deck deployment
src/api/discovery-e2e.test.ts, src/api/discovery.test.ts, src/cli/commands.ts, scripts/deploy.ts, mattstack.deck.json
Replaces manifest refresh with adoption resynchronization and adds Deck manifest and atomic deployment support.

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Merge Risk:🟠 High · up to da4cf

The PR introduces manifest-driven service ports, alternate routing, and action commands, but current behavior can leave failed launches marked running, retain stale ports or processes after manifest changes, register occupied ports that route traffic to another service, and expose start as a duplicate-launch action. These correctness and availability risks should be fixed before merging.

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CLI->>API: POST /api/v1/apps/register
API->>Manifest: readDeckManifest
Manifest-->>API: normalized manifest
API->>Registry: persist app metadata
API->>ServiceManager: register or update service
ServiceManager-->>API: service result
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participant CommandRunner
participant AppProcess
Board->>API: POST app command
API->>CommandRunner: startCommandRun
CommandRunner->>AppProcess: spawn shell command
AppProcess-->>CommandRunner: exit status and logs
CommandRunner-->>API: run status
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In `@docs/superpowers/plans/2026-08-28-deck-manifest-first.md`:
- Line 628: Validate the explicit manifest port in the registration flow before
persisting the record or installing its service, checking for conflicts with
existing records, routes, and launched services. Reject occupied ports and only
assign the declared port to port after this validation; preserve allocatePort
for flows without an explicit port.
In `@src/api/register-manifest.ts`:
- Line 45: Update the serve-shape reconciliation around the shape.command branch
so existing records are mutated for command-less shapes as well as commanded
shapes: synchronize the resolved port and remove or reclassify supervision when
commands.start is absent, while preserving normal command setup when it is
declared.
Apply the same fix in `@docs/superpowers/plans/2026-08-28-deck-manifest-first.md`
at line 596: Specific port-only alternate case covered by the consolidated
serve-shape reconciliation finding.
In `@src/api/status.ts`:
- Line 215: Update the commands construction in the status response to exclude
the "start" key from Object.keys(record.commands), and update the command-route
handler to reject cmd === "start" before execution. Preserve all other command
behavior while preventing both UI and direct API-triggered service starts.
In `@src/cli/commands.test.ts`:
- Around line 293-301: Extend the test around runCommand so it invokes config
init against appDir after registration, then assert the command reports refusal
and leaves mattstack.deck.json unchanged. Keep the existing registration and
status assertions, using the existing io helper and runCommand symbols.
In `@src/cli/config-init.ts`:
- Line 25: Update the manifest construction around the manifest name to ensure
the inferred basename conforms to the format accepted by readDeckManifest before
creating the manifest. Normalize the directory-derived name to a valid value, or
reject invalid names with a clear requirement for an explicit valid name, so
config initialization cannot report success with an unusable manifest.
Apply the same fix in `@docs/superpowers/plans/2026-08-28-deck-manifest-first.md`
at line 751: Plan-level instance of the same basename validation defect.
In `@src/registry/deck-manifest.ts`:
- Line 111: Update the alternate configuration lookup in resolveServeShape to
accept only own entries of manifest.altConfigs, preventing inherited names such
as toString from being treated as declared alternatives. Use an ownership check
or a prototype-free map while preserving the existing undefined behavior for
absent altName values.
In `@src/registry/manifest.ts`:
- Around line 77-81: Update the manifest handling around readDeckManifest and
readManifest so that when neither source provides a complete identity, the
record’s manifest-managed displayName and identity metadata are cleared and the
stored icon is removed. Preserve the existing deck-first selection and
mattstack.json fallback when either supplies a complete identity.
In `@src/services/command-runner.ts`:
- Line 43: Wrap process creation in startCommandRun with a catch block that
deletes the run record, closes both log descriptors, and rethrows the original
error when the spawn dependency throws synchronously. Keep the existing
successful process-start path unchanged.
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// src/api/register.ts, in registerApp, replacing `let port = input.staticPort;`
let port = input.staticPort ?? input.port;

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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Reject an occupied declared service port.

A manifest port now bypasses allocatePort, but this flow does not validate that the port is unused by another record, route, or launched service. Registration can persist a new alias to an occupied port while the new service fails to bind. Requests for the new app can then reach the existing service.

Validate an explicit service port before saving the record or installing its service.

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In `@docs/superpowers/plans/2026-08-28-deck-manifest-first.md` at line 628,
Validate the explicit manifest port in the registration flow before persisting
the record or installing its service, checking for conflicts with existing
records, routes, and launched services. Reject occupied ports and only assign
the declared port to port after this validation; preserve allocatePort for flows
without an explicit port.

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if (created.status !== 201) return created;
} else if (shape.command) {

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Reconcile every resolved serve shape, including command-less shapes.

When shape.command is undefined, existing records are not updated. A port-only app can activate a port-only alternate and return success while retaining its base port and route, and an existing supervised command can remain active after commands.start is removed. Apply the resolved port and route for command-less shapes, and remove or reclassify supervision when the manifest no longer declares start, before persisting activeAlt.

📍 Affects 2 files
  • src/api/register-manifest.ts#L45-L45 (this comment)
  • docs/superpowers/plans/2026-08-28-deck-manifest-first.md#L596-L596
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In `@src/api/register-manifest.ts` at line 45, Update the serve-shape
reconciliation around the shape.command branch so existing records are mutated
for command-less shapes as well as commanded shapes: synchronize the resolved
port and remove or reclassify supervision when commands.start is absent, while
preserving normal command setup when it is declared.
Apply the same fix in `@docs/superpowers/plans/2026-08-28-deck-manifest-first.md`
at line 596: Specific port-only alternate case covered by the consolidated
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oauth: getOAuth(a.name),
commands: opts.devMode && record?.commands ? Object.keys(record.commands) : undefined,

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Exclude start from action commands.

Object.keys(record.commands) includes start. The board renders it as an action button, and the command route accepts it. A click can launch a second service process and cause a port conflict.

Filter out start here. Reject cmd === "start" in the command route too, so direct API calls cannot bypass the UI filter.

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In `@src/api/status.ts` at line 215, Update the commands construction in the
status response to exclude the "start" key from Object.keys(record.commands),
and update the command-route handler to reject cmd === "start" before execution.
Preserve all other command behavior while preventing both UI and direct
API-triggered service starts.

Comment on lines +293 to +301
test("register from a manifest dir, then config init refuses overwrite", async () => {
const appDir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "regcli-"));
writeFileSync(join(appDir, "mattstack.deck.json"), JSON.stringify({ name: "regcli", port: 4322, commands: { start: "bun run serve" } }));
const a = io();
expect(await runCommand(["register", "--dir", appDir], a)).toBe(0);
const s = io();
expect(await runCommand(["status"], s)).toBe(0);
expect(s.lines.join("\n")).toContain("regcli");
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Test the overwrite refusal described by this test.

This test never runs deck config init. The status assertion only verifies registration. Run config init against appDir and assert that it refuses to overwrite mattstack.deck.json.

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In `@src/cli/commands.test.ts` around lines 293 - 301, Extend the test around
runCommand so it invokes config init against appDir after registration, then
assert the command reports refusal and leaves mattstack.deck.json unchanged.
Keep the existing registration and status assertions, using the existing io
helper and runCommand symbols.

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const start = scripts.serve ? "bun run serve" : scripts.start ? "bun run start" : "bun run serve";
const commands: Record<string, string> = { start };
if (scripts.build) commands.build = "bun run build";
const manifest = { name: basename(cwd), commands };

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Generate a valid manifest name.

deck config init infers the manifest name from basename(cwd), but directory names may contain spaces, uppercase letters, underscores, or other characters rejected by readDeckManifest. The command can report success while generating a manifest that deck register cannot consume. Normalize the inferred name or reject invalid directory names before writing the file.

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In `@src/cli/config-init.ts` at line 25, Update the manifest construction around
the manifest name to ensure the inferred basename conforms to the format
accepted by readDeckManifest before creating the manifest. Normalize the
directory-derived name to a valid value, or reject invalid names with a clear
requirement for an explicit valid name, so config initialization cannot report
success with an unusable manifest.
Apply the same fix in `@docs/superpowers/plans/2026-08-28-deck-manifest-first.md`
at line 751: Plan-level instance of the same basename validation defect.

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…fe lookups, spawn-throw cleanup, clear stale identity, fix overwrite test
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…oute branch
editApp's collision guard applied to every record kind, but staticPort
(external) records intentionally route to a port the user already runs
themselves, same as registerApp's exemption. Gate the guard on
kind === "service" so external records keep accepting any declared port.
Also adds a test exercising portCollides' route branch, which the initial
fix only covered via record-vs-record collisions.
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Pushed in b284f12 (six fixes) and 5c39db5 (follow-up). Each finding was verified against current code before acting; unit suite is 512 pass / 0 fail.

Fixed

  • Occupied declared service port (register.ts) — a manifest port bypassed allocatePort's conflict detection. Added a portCollides check (records excl. self + portless routes + launchd services) in registerApp and editApp, returning 409 { error: "port in use", port }. Only the supervised service port is checked; staticPort/external ports stay exempt (the user owns those), in both registerApp and editApp (kind === "service" guard).
  • config init could emit an unusable name (config-init.ts) — basename(cwd) is now normalized to a valid [a-z0-9][a-z0-9.-]* name, and refuses (returns 1, writes nothing) if none can be derived.
  • Prototype-polluted lookupsresolveServeShape now uses an own-property check on altConfigs, so deck alt <app> toString/constructor throws "unknown alt" instead of silently resolving to base. The command route (server.ts) likewise uses Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(record.commands, cmd) instead of in, so an inherited name like constructor 404s.
  • Stale identity on resync (manifest.ts) — when neither mattstack.deck.json nor mattstack.json supplies a complete identity, ingestManifest now clears the record's displayName/description/icon and removes the stored icon (guarded so apps that never had identity get no write, and the mattstack.json fallback still wins when it supplies one).
  • Synchronous spawn failure left an app stuck busy (command-runner.ts) — a throw from the spawn now deletes the run record and closes both log fds before rethrowing, so the app is not permanently 409 busy.
  • Overwrite test was title-only (commands.test.ts) — it now actually calls configInit against the registered dir and asserts the refusal.

Not changed, with reasons

  • "Exclude start from action commands" — no change needed. register-manifest.ts destructures start out (const { start, ...actionCommands }) before storing record.commands, so start is never an action command; status never lists it and the command route (now own-property-guarded) 404s it.
  • "Reconcile every resolved serve shape, including command-less shapes" — deferred as a follow-up. This affects only edge cases (a port-only app activating a port-only alt, or removing start from a live manifest); the fix needs editApp to support kind/command transitions, and the core service-app register/alt flow is correct today.
  • Markdown fence languages (plan doc) — skipped; that file is a historical planning artifact, not shipped code.

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