@adonis-agora/filter 0.0.0-beta-20261110131309

package/skills/filter-codegen/SKILL.md

@@ -0,0 +1,246 @@
+---
+name: filter-codegen
+description: >
+  Generate a typed @adonis-agora/filter-client builder from a defineFilter spec
+  in @adonis-agora/filter — generateFilterClient(spec, options) pure string
+  transform, generateFilterClients(manifest), the make:filter-client ace command
+  with a FilterClientManifest in config/filter.ts, emitted artifacts
+  (<Name>FilterFields union, <Name>FilterFieldTypes interface,
+  <Name>FilterFieldMeta, <Name>FilterQuery factory), fieldTypes operator
+  narrowing (kind | enumValues | typeRef | nullable), maxDepth/banner/clientModule
+  options, filterableFieldPaths/sortableFieldPaths enumerators, and adonisrc.ts
+  commands-barrel registration. Use when sharing one field allow-list between
+  browser and server, regenerating clients after spec changes, or emitting
+  enum-aware typed builders.
+metadata:
+  type: core
+  library: "@adonis-agora/filter"
+  library_version: "0.7.0"
+  framework: adonisjs
+sources:
+  - "DavideCarvalho/adonis-filter:docs/codegen/index.mdx"
+  - "DavideCarvalho/adonis-filter:docs/definitions/index.mdx"
+---
+
+# Client codegen: one spec, both ends of the wire
+
+A `defineFilter` spec already knows which fields are filterable. Codegen turns
+that spec into a typed front-end module — a `filterQueryTyped<Fields, FieldTypes>()`
+builder scoped to the spec's fields — so browser and server share one
+field-name allow-list, checked at compile time. Generation is a pure function
+of the spec: string in, string out, no AST walk, no reflection.
+
+## Setup
+
+Register the command barrel, declare a manifest, run the command:
+
+```typescript
+// adonisrc.ts
+{
+  commands: [
+    // ...
+    () => import('@adonis-agora/filter/commands'),
+  ],
+}
+```
+
+```typescript
+// config/filter.ts
+import { defineFilter } from '@adonis-agora/filter'
+import type { FilterClientManifest } from '@adonis-agora/filter'
+
+export const filters: FilterClientManifest = {
+  people: {
+    spec: defineFilter({
+      filterable: ['age', 'name', 'status'],
+      sortable: ['age', 'name'],
+      searchable: ['name'],
+      relations: { posts: { filterable: ['title', 'published'] } },
+      defaultSort: [{ field: 'name', direction: 'asc' }],
+      defaultSize: 25,
+      maxSize: 100,
+    }),
+    fieldTypes: { age: { kind: 'number' }, status: { enumValues: ['active', 'inactive'] } },
+  },
+}
+```
+
+```bash
+node ace make:filter-client
+# create app/generated/filters/people_filter_client.ts
+```
+
+Defaults: entrypoint `config/filter.js`, output `app/generated/filters`. Pass
+an explicit entrypoint/dir with
+`node ace make:filter-client config/filter.js --output app/generated/filters`.
+
+## Core patterns
+
+### 1. The pure core — generateFilterClient
+
+Skip the command entirely when you want to own the IO:
+
+```typescript
+import { defineFilter, generateFilterClient } from '@adonis-agora/filter'
+
+const spec = defineFilter({
+  filterable: ['age', 'name', 'status'],
+  sortable: ['age', 'name'],
+})
+
+const code = generateFilterClient(spec, {
+  name: 'people',
+  fieldTypes: { age: { kind: 'number' }, status: { enumValues: ['active', 'inactive'] } },
+})
+// code is a TypeScript module string — write it wherever you like
+```
+
+For `name: 'people'` the module exports: `type PeopleFilterFields` (union of
+filterable paths — base plus relation-dotted), `interface PeopleFilterFieldTypes`
+(only when `fieldTypes` supplied), `const peopleFilterMeta` (runtime metadata),
+and `function peopleFilterQuery()` (a `filterQueryTyped` factory).
+
+Options: `clientModule` (import specifier, default `@adonis-agora/filter-client`),
+`maxDepth` (relation-path cap, defaults to `spec.maxDepth`), `banner`
+(the DO NOT EDIT header, default `true`).
+
+Source: `docs/codegen/index.mdx`
+
+### 2. Consume the generated client
+
+Import the generated factory and get field-name-checked, operator-narrowed
+queries:
+
+```typescript
+// web/people-table.ts
+import { peopleFilterQuery } from '#generated/filters/people_filter_client'
+
+const qs = peopleFilterQuery()
+  .contains('name', 'Al')   // 'name' checked against PeopleFilterFields
+  .gte('age', 18)           // number ops via fieldTypes narrowing
+  .toQueryString()
+
+await fetch(`/people?${qs}`)
+```
+
+Source: `docs/codegen/index.mdx`
+
+### 3. fieldTypes drives operator narrowing
+
+The spec carries the allow-list but not column value types (Lucid models are
+not reflected). Supply kinds per field path to unlock type-aware narrowing:
+
+| `FilterFieldTypeInfo` | Emits |
+|---|---|
+| `{ kind: 'string' \| 'number' \| 'boolean' \| 'date' \| 'json' }` | matching TS type |
+| `{ enumValues: ['A', 'B'] }` | union `"A" \| "B"` (wins over `kind`) |
+| `{ typeRef: 'Role' }` | named type verbatim (wins over everything) |
+| `{ nullable: true }` | appends `\| null` |
+
+Without `fieldTypes` the client stays field-name-safe but operator-permissive.
+On the server side the same declaration powers value coercion — one
+declaration, both ends.
+
+Source: `docs/codegen/index.mdx`, `docs/definitions/index.mdx`
+
+### 4. Just enumerate the paths
+
+`filterableFieldPaths(spec)` / `sortableFieldPaths(spec)` export the enumerated
+field-path lists if you're building your own artifact:
+
+```typescript
+import { filterableFieldPaths } from '@adonis-agora/filter'
+
+const paths = filterableFieldPaths(peopleSpec)
+// ['age', 'name', 'status', 'posts.title', 'posts.published']
+```
+
+Source: `docs/codegen/index.mdx`
+
+## Common mistakes
+
+### [HIGH] Running make:filter-client with the commands barrel unregistered
+
+Wrong:
+
+```typescript
+// adonisrc.ts — no filter commands entry
+{ commands: [] }
+```
+
+Correct:
+
+```typescript
+{ commands: [() => import('@adonis-agora/filter/commands')] }
+```
+
+Ace only sees commands an app opts into; without the barrel the command fails
+with "command not found", which reads as though it does not exist.
+`node ace add @adonis-agora/filter` adds the entry for you.
+
+Source: docs/codegen/index.mdx (Step 1 callout)
+
+### [HIGH] Hand-editing generated clients instead of regenerating
+
+Wrong:
+
+```typescript
+// renamed a spec field, then edited people_filter_client.ts by hand
+```
+
+Correct:
+
+```bash
+node ace make:filter-client # regenerate after every spec change
+```
+
+Generated modules carry a DO NOT EDIT banner and are a pure function of the
+spec; a stale client keeps sending fields the server now drops, so filters
+silently stop applying with no error on either end.
+
+Source: docs/codegen/index.mdx (banner option, Step 4)
+
+### [MEDIUM] Expecting codegen unions from a '*' allow-list
+
+Wrong:
+
+```typescript
+defineFilter({ filterable: ['*'] }) // PeopleFilterFields falls back to string
+```
+
+Correct:
+
+```typescript
+defineFilter({ filterable: ['age', 'name', 'status'] }) // enumerable literal union
+```
+
+A star list cannot be enumerated, so the emitter degrades to a permissive
+string union — the generated client looks typed but checks nothing.
+
+Source: docs/codegen/index.mdx (filterableFieldPaths callout)
+
+### [MEDIUM] Skipping fieldTypes then expecting operator narrowing
+
+Wrong:
+
+```typescript
+generateFilterClient(spec, { name: 'people' })
+peopleFilterQuery().gte('name', 5) // compiles — gte gated to orderable fields only
+```
+
+Correct:
+
+```typescript
+generateFilterClient(spec, {
+  name: 'people',
+  fieldTypes: { age: { kind: 'number' }, status: { enumValues: ['active', 'inactive'] } },
+})
+```
+
+Without a field-type map every field is kind-unknown, so all operators compile
+and mismatches surface only server-side as drops or coercion errors.
+
+Source: docs/codegen/index.mdx ("fieldTypes — unlock operator narrowing")
+
+See also: `packages/client/skills/filter-query-builder/SKILL.md` (the runtime
+the generated code targets), `../filter-definitions/SKILL.md` (spec authoring).

package/skills/filter-definitions/SKILL.md

@@ -0,0 +1,340 @@
+---
+name: filter-definitions
+description: >
+  Declare reusable FilterSpec policies with defineFilter from @adonis-agora/filter.
+  Covers the full options map — filterable (array, '*', or colocated kind map),
+  sortable/searchable defaults, relations whitelists translating dotted paths
+  into Lucid whereHas subqueries with maxDepth caps, aliases remapping client
+  names to real targets (one hop, cycle-free), computed virtual columns
+  (string vs correlated-subquery function forms, table/model requirement),
+  to-many aggregates ($count/$sum/$avg/$min/$max unlocked via model +
+  RelationSpec.aggregates), fieldTypes value coercion and the colocated
+  filterable map form, tenant scope, defaultFilters/defaultSort/defaultSize/
+  maxSize, throwOnInvalid, FilterDefinitionError at wiring time, specToFilterConfig,
+  and resolveFieldAlias/remap* helpers. Use when authoring a filter policy,
+  exposing relation/computed/aggregate fields, or renaming public field names.
+metadata:
+  type: core
+  library: "@adonis-agora/filter"
+  library_version: "0.7.0"
+  framework: adonisjs
+sources:
+  - "DavideCarvalho/adonis-filter:docs/definitions/index.mdx"
+  - "DavideCarvalho/adonis-filter:docs/definitions/relations.mdx"
+  - "DavideCarvalho/adonis-filter:docs/definitions/computed.mdx"
+  - "DavideCarvalho/adonis-filter:docs/definitions/aggregates.mdx"
+  - "DavideCarvalho/adonis-filter:docs/definitions/aliases.mdx"
+---
+
+# Filter definitions: declare the policy once with defineFilter
+
+A `FilterSpec` is a plain, framework-free object built once at module scope by
+`defineFilter`. It captures what is filterable/sortable, which relations are
+reachable, tenant scoping, and server-side defaults — then
+`applyFilterFromRequest(query, spec, ctx)` applies it on every request. The same
+object also drives client codegen (`generateFilterClient`).
+
+## Setup
+
+```typescript
+// app/filters/user_filter.ts
+import type { HttpContext } from '@adonisjs/core/http'
+import { defineFilter } from '@adonis-agora/filter'
+import User from '#models/user'
+
+export const userFilter = defineFilter({
+  filterable: ['name', 'email', 'age', 'status'],
+  sortable: ['name', 'createdAt'],
+  searchable: ['name', 'email'],
+
+  relations: {
+    posts: {
+      filterable: ['title', 'status'],
+      sortable: ['createdAt'],
+      relations: { comments: { filterable: ['body'] } }, // posts.comments.body
+    },
+  },
+
+  tenant: {
+    column: 'tenantId',
+    resolve: (ctx) => (ctx as HttpContext).auth.user!.tenantId,
+  },
+
+  defaultFilters: [{ field: 'deletedAt', operator: 'isNull' }],
+  defaultSort: [{ field: 'createdAt', direction: 'desc' }],
+  defaultSize: 25,
+  maxSize: 100,
+})
+```
+
+Apply it in the controller:
+
+```typescript
+import { applyFilterFromRequest } from '@adonis-agora/filter'
+import { userFilter } from '#filters/user_filter'
+import User from '#models/user'
+
+export default class UsersController {
+  async index(ctx: HttpContext) {
+    const query = User.query()
+    const { page, size } = applyFilterFromRequest(query, userFilter, ctx)
+    return query.paginate(page, size)
+  }
+}
+```
+
+`defineFilter` validates the declaration itself: a missing `filterable` or a
+negative/non-integer `maxDepth` throws `FilterDefinitionError` at wiring time —
+distinct from request-time `InvalidColumnFilterError`.
+
+## Core patterns
+
+### 1. Relations — dotted request paths become whereHas subqueries
+
+Declare each relation by its model name; columns stay bare. Every dotted path
+segment but the last is a relation hop, translated into nested
+`whereHas` subqueries — no manual join:
+
+```
+?filter[posts.title]=Release
+→ whereHas('posts', (sub) => sub.where('title', 'Release'))
+```
+
+`maxDepth` bounds hops (base column = 0) and defaults to your deepest declared
+nesting; an explicit smaller value caps paths even when deeper ones exist.
+Relation sorting forwards through the sort stage, but ordering across a to-many
+relation may need joins/aggregation — prefer relation filters, and sort by
+aggregate aliases (`withCount`'s `posts_count`) where possible.
+
+Source: `docs/definitions/relations.mdx`, `docs/guides/relations.mdx`
+
+### 2. Computed fields — virtual columns backed by your SQL
+
+String sources inline verbatim; function sources receive `{ alias }` (the root
+table name) for correlated subqueries. A declared alias is filterable and
+sortable like any column, and its *declaration* is its allow-list — never add
+it to `filterable`:
+
+```typescript
+export const userFilter = defineFilter({
+  filterable: ['status'],
+  model: User, // supplies table: 'users' — required for the function form
+  computed: {
+    fullName: "first_name || ' ' || last_name",
+    postCount: ({ alias }) =>
+      `(SELECT COUNT(*) FROM posts WHERE posts.author_id = ${alias}.id)`,
+  },
+})
+```
+
+Client values always ride as positional bindings; only dev-authored SQL is
+inlined. Keep computed conditions at top level — see mistakes below.
+
+Source: `docs/definitions/computed.mdx`
+
+### 3. To-many aggregates — `$count` / `$sum` / `$avg` / `$min` / `$max`
+
+Aggregates are auto-generated computed fields, off until the spec can
+introspect relations: pass `model` plus a `relations` entry naming the to-many
+relations; column functions additionally require those child columns listed
+under `aggregates` (you assert numericness — Lucid does not reflect SQL types):
+
+```typescript
+export const userFilter = defineFilter({
+  filterable: ['status'],
+  model: User,
+  relations: {
+    posts: { filterable: ['status'], aggregates: ['views'] },
+  },
+})
+```
+
+This makes `posts.$count` plus `posts.$sum.views` / `$avg` / `$min` / `$max`
+filterable and sortable. Discovery degrades gracefully — no introspection means
+no aggregates, never a wiring-time throw. Each aggregate is a correlated
+subquery evaluated per row, except an emptiness-only `$count` filter (`gt 0`,
+`gte 1`, `notEquals 0` for non-empty; `equals 0`, `lte 0`, `lt 1` for empty)
+which compiles to `EXISTS` / `NOT EXISTS` instead, returning the same rows
+while stopping at the first related row; index the child FK (or materialise a
+counter) on hot paths.
+
+Source: `docs/definitions/aggregates.mdx`
+
+### 4. Aliases and field types
+
+Aliases remap a public name onto a whitelisted target (base column or relation
+path); resolution runs before allow-listing, exactly one hop:
+
+```typescript
+export const userFilter = defineFilter({
+  filterable: ['status', 'name'],
+  relations: { posts: { filterable: ['title'] } },
+  aliases: {
+    legacyStatus: 'status',
+    postTitle: 'posts.title',
+  },
+  fieldTypes: { age: { kind: 'number' } },
+})
+```
+
+Prefer the colocated map form when several fields have non-string kinds —
+`filterable: { advisorId: 'string', dayOfWeek: 'number', isRecurring: 'boolean' }`
+desugars into the array plus `fieldTypes`. An explicit `fieldTypes` entry still
+wins per field, which is how you add codegen-only richness (`enumValues`,
+`typeRef`).
+
+Source: `docs/definitions/aliases.mdx`, `docs/definitions/index.mdx`
+
+### 5. Reuse the spec outside HTTP
+
+`specToFilterConfig(spec)` projects the spec onto the per-call `FilterConfig`;
+pass pre-parsed input via `options.input` for jobs/tests;
+`resolveFieldAlias` / `remapFilterAliases` / `remapSortAliases` are exported
+for custom pipelines:
+
+```typescript
+import { applyFilterFromRequest } from '@adonis-agora/filter'
+
+applyFilterFromRequest(query, userFilter, ctx, {
+  input: { filters: [{ field: 'status', operator: 'equals', value: 'active' }] },
+})
+```
+
+Source: `docs/definitions/index.mdx` (Under the hood)
+
+## Common mistakes
+
+### [HIGH] Declaring aggregate paths without the owning `model`
+
+Wrong:
+
+```typescript
+defineFilter({
+  filterable: ['status'],
+  relations: { posts: { filterable: ['title'], aggregates: ['views'] } },
+}) // posts.$count etc. simply don't exist — referencing requests get pruned
+```
+
+Correct:
+
+```typescript
+defineFilter({
+  filterable: ['status'],
+  model: User,
+  relations: { posts: { filterable: ['title'], aggregates: ['views'] } },
+})
+```
+
+Aggregates activate only when the spec can read relation metadata off the model
+— without `model`, nothing is synthesised and no error points at the cause.
+
+Source: docs/definitions/aggregates.mdx ("Unlocking aggregates — the model option")
+
+### [HIGH] Function-form computed fields without a root table
+
+Wrong:
+
+```typescript
+defineFilter({
+  filterable: ['status'],
+  computed: { postCount: ({ alias }) => `(SELECT COUNT(*) FROM posts WHERE posts.author_id = ${alias}.id)` },
+}) // alias resolves to '' → malformed SQL
+```
+
+Correct:
+
+```typescript
+defineFilter({
+  filterable: ['status'],
+  model: User, // or table: 'users'
+  computed: { postCount: ({ alias }) => `(SELECT COUNT(*) FROM posts WHERE posts.author_id = ${alias}.id)` },
+})
+```
+
+Correlated subqueries splice `spec.table` as the outer alias; with neither
+`table` nor `model` set, the alias is an empty string and the SQL breaks at the
+database.
+
+Source: docs/definitions/computed.mdx ("table is required for the function form")
+
+### [HIGH] Reading a dotted alias target as a JSON path
+
+Wrong:
+
+```typescript
+aliases: { tier: 'metadata.tier' }
+// → whereHas('metadata') — looks for a RELATION named metadata, fails at the DB
+```
+
+Correct:
+
+```typescript
+computed: { tier: "metadata->>'tier'" } // JSON access needs computed SQL you write
+```
+
+In alias targets everything before the last dot is a relation hop; there is no
+JSON-path reading, and adding the path to `relations` will not make it one.
+
+Source: docs/definitions/aliases.mdx ("A dot in the target means a relation, not a JSON path")
+
+### [MEDIUM] Nesting computed aliases inside AND/OR groups
+
+Wrong:
+
+```
+filter[OR][0][postCount][gte]=5   // treated as a normal column → dropped
+```
+
+Correct:
+
+```
+filter[postCount][gte]=5          // keep computed conditions top-level
+```
+
+Computed filtering is recognized only on top-level leaf filters; inside a
+group the alias falls back to the column pipeline and vanishes unless it is
+also a real column.
+
+Source: docs/definitions/computed.mdx ("How a computed filter is routed")
+
+### [MEDIUM] Chaining aliases expecting multi-hop resolution
+
+Wrong:
+
+```typescript
+resolveFieldAlias({ a: 'b', b: 'c' }, 'a') // expecting 'c' — actually returns 'b'
+```
+
+Correct:
+
+```typescript
+resolveFieldAlias({ a: 'c', b: 'c' }, 'a') // point aliases directly at real targets
+```
+
+Resolution runs exactly one hop and never re-runs the target through the map,
+which makes cycles structurally impossible — and multi-hop chains silently
+resolve short.
+
+Source: docs/definitions/aliases.mdx ("No cascading, no cycles")
+
+### [MEDIUM] Expecting date-coerced values back as Date objects
+
+Wrong:
+
+```typescript
+// fieldTypes: { bornOn: { kind: 'date' } } — then expecting value instanceof Date downstream
+```
+
+Correct:
+
+```typescript
+// the bound value stays the validated ISO string ('2026-07-15'); the driver parses it
+```
+
+A `date` kind validates syntax but hands the string back verbatim — re-zoning
+it to midnight UTC would shift days for negative-offset clients.
+
+Source: docs/definitions/index.mdx (coercion rules)
+
+See also: `../filter-codegen/SKILL.md` (the same spec generates the typed
+client), `../filter-safety/SKILL.md` (the boundary these declarations enforce).