masonjames/chat-context

Repo Context

• Vercel AI SDK for AI framework and frontend-backend interactions
• Next.js with app directory
• ORM is Drizzle with the schema at lib/db/schema.ts
• DB queries and mutations are at lib/db/queries.ts
• To test your changes through compilation. Don't run a build. But do bun test:types
• This repo uses Tailwind 4.
• Shadcn UI is used for the UI components and the components are in components/ui folder. The config is in components.json.

App structure

• People interact with the AI through the app/(chat)/api/chat/route.ts by sending a message. It responds by creating a new message.

Database Migrations

• To perform database migrations follow Drizzle conventions. First make the desired changes to the schema in lib/db/schema.ts. Then run bun db:generate to generate the migration file. Then run bun db:migrate to apply the migration to the database.

Environment Variables

• All env vars are managed in lib/env.ts using @t3-oss/env-nextjs
• Add new vars to the server object with zod schema
• Use env.VAR_NAME instead of process.env.VAR_NAME
• Feature flags live in lib/config.ts (integrations, authentication)
• When a feature is enabled in config, its required env vars must be validated in scripts/check-env.ts
• Pattern: check siteConfig.feature && !env.REQUIRED_VAR then push to errors array

Browser Testing

• To test authenticated features in the browser, navigate to /api/dev-login first
• This creates a dev session and redirects to / with valid auth cookies
• Only works in development (NODE_ENV=development)