@dxos/app-framework 0.8.4-main.84f28bd → 0.8.4-main.8baae0fced

package/src/ui/hooks/useApp.tsx

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+//
+// Copyright 2025 DXOS.org
+//
+
+import { RegistryContext } from '@effect-atom/atom-react';
+import * as Effect from 'effect/Effect';
+import * as Fiber from 'effect/Fiber';
+import * as PubSub from 'effect/PubSub';
+import * as Queue from 'effect/Queue';
+import React, { type FC, useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react';
+
+import { runAndForwardErrors } from '@dxos/effect';
+import { invariant } from '@dxos/invariant';
+import { log } from '@dxos/log';
+import { ErrorBoundary, ErrorFallback, type FallbackProps } from '@dxos/react-error-boundary';
+import { useAsyncEffect, useDefaultValue } from '@dxos/react-hooks';
+import { ContextProtocolProvider } from '@dxos/web-context-react';
+
+import { ActivationEvents, Capabilities } from '../../common';
+import { PluginManagerContext } from '../../context';
+import { type ActivationEvent, type Plugin, PluginManager } from '../../core';
+import { App, PluginManagerProvider } from '../components';
+
+const ENABLED_KEY = 'org.dxos.app-framework.enabled';
+
+export type StartupProgress = {
+  /** Number of modules that have been activated. */
+  activated: number;
+  /** Total number of modules registered. */
+  total: number;
+  /** Fractional progress (0-1). */
+  progress: number;
+  /**
+   * Raw activation event key (e.g. `org.dxos.app-framework.event.startup`).
+   * Set on event-level transitions, *and* on module-level transitions where
+   * it carries the parent activation event that first triggered the
+   * module's load (plumbed through `_loadCapabilitiesForModules` →
+   * `_loadModule`). Consumers can use this either as the primary id (when
+   * {@link module} is absent) or as an extra "context" field alongside
+   * {@link module}.
+   */
+  event?: string;
+  /**
+   * Raw module id (e.g. `org.dxos.plugin.observability.module.ReactSurface`)
+   * when the in-flight activation is module-level. When present,
+   * {@link event} may also be set, identifying the parent activation that
+   * triggered this module's load.
+   */
+  module?: string;
+  /**
+   * Pre-humanized label for the currently surfaced transition (module
+   * label if {@link module} is set, otherwise the event label), supplied
+   * for consumers that want a sensible default. Hosts that prefer to
+   * render their own label can read the raw {@link event}/{@link module}
+   * fields and ignore this — the framework leaves the policy choice
+   * (which transitions to surface, how to format them, whether to drop
+   * sub-modules entirely) to the host's `Placeholder`.
+   */
+  humanizedName?: string;
+};
+
+export type PlaceholderProps = {
+  stage?: number;
+  progress?: StartupProgress;
+};
+
+export type UseAppOptions = {
+  pluginManager?: PluginManager.PluginManager;
+  pluginLoader?: PluginManager.ManagerOptions['pluginLoader'];
+  onPluginRemove?: PluginManager.ManagerOptions['onRemove'];
+  pluginRegistryProvider?: PluginManager.ManagerOptions['pluginRegistryProvider'];
+  plugins?: Plugin.Plugin[];
+  defaults?: string[];
+  /**
+   * Additional activation events to fire before startup.
+   * These are fired alongside SetupReactSurface before the Startup event.
+   */
+  setupEvents?: ActivationEvent.ActivationEvent[];
+  cacheEnabled?: boolean;
+  safeMode?: boolean;
+  debounce?: number;
+  timeout?: number;
+  fallback?: FC<FallbackProps>;
+  placeholder?: FC<PlaceholderProps>;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Expected usage is for this to be the entrypoint of the application.
+ * Initializes plugins and renders the root components.
+ *
+ * @example
+ * const plugins = [LayoutPlugin(), MyPlugin()];
+ * const defaults = [MyPluginId];
+ * const fallback = () => <div>Initializing Plugins...</div>;
+ * const App = useApp({ plugins, defaults, fallback });
+ * createRoot(document.getElementById('root')!).render(
+ *   <StrictMode>
+ *     <App />
+ *   </StrictMode>,
+ * );
+ *
+ * @param params.pluginLoader A function which loads new plugins.
+ * @param params.plugins All plugins available to the application. Plugins whose `meta.tags` includes `'system'` are treated as core (force-enabled, not user-toggleable).
+ * @param params.defaults Default plugins are enabled by default but can be disabled by the user.
+ * @param params.cacheEnabled Whether to cache enabled plugins in localStorage.
+ * @param params.safeMode Whether to enable safe mode, which disables optional plugins.
+ * @param params.fallback Fallback component to render if an error occurs during startup.
+ * @param params.placeholder Placeholder component to render during startup.
+ */
+export const useApp = ({
+  pluginManager,
+  pluginLoader: pluginLoaderProp,
+  onPluginRemove,
+  pluginRegistryProvider,
+  plugins: pluginsProp,
+  defaults: defaultsProp,
+  setupEvents: setupEventsProp,
+  placeholder,
+  fallback = ErrorFallback,
+  cacheEnabled = false,
+  safeMode = false,
+  debounce = 0,
+  timeout = 30_000,
+}: UseAppOptions) => {
+  const plugins = useDefaultValue(pluginsProp, () => []);
+  const defaults = useDefaultValue(defaultsProp, () => []);
+  const setupEvents = useDefaultValue(setupEventsProp, () => []);
+
+  const pluginLoader = useMemo(
+    () =>
+      pluginLoaderProp ??
+      ((id: string) =>
+        Effect.sync(() => {
+          const plugin = plugins.find((plugin) => plugin.meta.id === id);
+          invariant(plugin, `Plugin not found: ${id}`);
+          return { plugin };
+        })),
+    [pluginLoaderProp, plugins],
+  );
+
+  const readyRef = useRef(false);
+  const [ready, setReady] = useState(false);
+  const errorRef = useRef<unknown>(null);
+  const [error, setError] = useState<unknown>(null);
+  const [startupProgress, setStartupProgress] = useState<StartupProgress>({
+    activated: 0,
+    total: 0,
+    progress: 0,
+  });
+  // TODO(wittjosiah): Migrate to Atom.kvs for isomorphic storage.
+  const cached: string[] = useMemo(() => JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem(ENABLED_KEY) ?? '[]'), []);
+  const enabled = useMemo(
+    () => (safeMode ? [] : cacheEnabled && cached.length > 0 ? cached : defaults),
+    [safeMode, cacheEnabled, cached, defaults],
+  );
+  const isExternalManager = !!pluginManager;
+  const manager = useMemo(() => {
+    const mgr =
+      pluginManager ??
+      PluginManager.make({
+        pluginLoader,
+        plugins,
+        enabled,
+        onRemove: onPluginRemove,
+        pluginRegistryProvider,
+      });
+    log('useApp: useMemo created/reused manager', { provided: !!pluginManager });
+    return mgr;
+  }, [pluginManager, pluginLoader, plugins, enabled, onPluginRemove, pluginRegistryProvider]);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!cacheEnabled) {
+      return;
+    }
+    return manager.registry.subscribe(manager.enabled, (value) => {
+      localStorage.setItem(ENABLED_KEY, JSON.stringify(value));
+    });
+  }, [cacheEnabled, manager]);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setupDevtools(manager);
+  }, [manager]);
+
+  useAsyncEffect(async () => {
+    log('useApp: effect mount');
+
+    manager.capabilities.contribute({
+      interface: Capabilities.PluginManager,
+      implementation: manager,
+      module: 'org.dxos.app-framework.plugin-manager',
+    });
+
+    manager.capabilities.contribute({
+      interface: Capabilities.AtomRegistry,
+      implementation: manager.registry,
+      module: 'org.dxos.app-framework.atom-registry',
+    });
+
+    const fiber = Effect.gen(function* () {
+      const queue = yield* PubSub.subscribe(manager.activation);
+      const listener = yield* Effect.forkDaemon(
+        Queue.take(queue).pipe(
+          Effect.tap(({ event, state, module, error: error$ }) =>
+            Effect.sync(() => {
+              // Event-level Startup activated (no `module` field) fires once,
+              // after every module triggered by Startup has finished. Module
+              // activations now also carry their parent event id (so the trace
+              // can attribute a module to its triggering event), which means
+              // each module activated under Startup publishes
+              // `{ event: 'startup', state: 'activated', module: <id> }`. Without
+              // the `!module` guard the listener would mark the app ready on
+              // the *first* such module rather than waiting for the event-level
+              // completion — leaving downstream capabilities (operation-invoker,
+              // app-graph, …) un-registered when the placeholder dismisses.
+              if (event === ActivationEvents.Startup.id && state === 'activated' && !module) {
+                clearTimeout(timeoutId);
+                setReady(true);
+                readyRef.current = true;
+                // Trigger startup profiler dump if available.
+                (globalThis as any).composer?.profiler?.dump();
+                // Notify any host observability layer that startup completed.
+                // A `CustomEvent` keeps this generic — app-framework doesn't
+                // import a provider, and consumers can capture the startup
+                // summary without us picking one.
+                if (typeof window !== 'undefined') {
+                  window.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('app-framework:startup-activated'));
+                }
+                return;
+              }
+              // `activating` is the start-of-load signal. Surface the raw
+              // `module` (or `event`) plus a pre-humanized label so the
+              // host placeholder can decide what to render — show
+              // everything, suppress noisy sub-modules, group by plugin,
+              // or apply its own formatting. We intentionally do NOT touch
+              // these fields on `activated`: pairing the two would cause
+              // back-to-back identical updates to the host's effect, which
+              // the boot loader treats as a re-trigger because
+              // `progress.progress` moved. Leaving the label alone on
+              // completion keeps it accurate ("now activating X") until
+              // the next module starts.
+              if (module && state === 'activating' && !readyRef.current) {
+                setStartupProgress((current) => ({
+                  ...current,
+                  // `event` here is the activation event that first
+                  // triggered this module load (plumbed through
+                  // `_loadCapabilitiesForModules` → `_loadModule`).
+                  // Falsy/empty falls back to undefined so consumers can
+                  // tell "no parent context" from "parent context: <X>".
+                  event: event || undefined,
+                  module,
+                  humanizedName: humanizeModuleId(module),
+                }));
+              }
+              // Update the activation count when a module commits. The
+              // ring's fraction comes from this; `event`/`module`/
+              // `humanizedName` were set by the matching `activating`
+              // message above and are left alone so the count can advance
+              // without re-firing the host's status callback.
+              if (module && state === 'activated' && !readyRef.current) {
+                const active = manager.getActive();
+                const total = manager.getModules().length;
+                setStartupProgress((current) => ({
+                  ...current,
+                  activated: active.length,
+                  total,
+                  progress: total > 0 ? active.length / total : 0,
+                }));
+              }
+              // Event-level `activating` (no `module`) — fired at the start
+              // of `_activateModulesForEvent` and recursively for each
+              // before/after event. Surfaces a label during the gap before
+              // the first module-level message lands; subsequent module
+              // updates immediately overwrite this with a more specific
+              // label.
+              if (event && !module && state === 'activating' && !readyRef.current) {
+                setStartupProgress((current) => ({
+                  ...current,
+                  event,
+                  module: undefined,
+                  humanizedName: humanizeEventKey(event),
+                }));
+              }
+              if (error$ && !readyRef.current) {
+                setError(error$);
+                errorRef.current = error$;
+              }
+            }),
+          ),
+          Effect.forever,
+        ),
+      );
+
+      yield* Effect.all([
+        ...setupEvents.map((event) => manager.activate(event)),
+        manager.activate(ActivationEvents.SetupReactSurface),
+        manager.activate(ActivationEvents.Startup),
+      ]);
+
+      return yield* Fiber.join(listener);
+    }).pipe(Effect.scoped, Effect.runFork);
+
+    // Set up a timeout for startup.
+    const timeoutId = setTimeout(() => {
+      if (!readyRef.current && !errorRef.current) {
+        log.warn('startup timeout diagnostic', {
+          eventsFired: manager.getEventsFired(),
+          activeModules: manager.getActive(),
+          pendingReset: manager.getPendingReset(),
+        });
+        void runAndForwardErrors(Fiber.interrupt(fiber));
+        setError(new Error(`Startup timed out after ${timeout}ms`));
+      }
+    }, timeout);
+
+    return () => {
+      log('useApp: effect cleanup');
+      clearTimeout(timeoutId);
+      void runAndForwardErrors(Fiber.interrupt(fiber));
+      if (!isExternalManager) {
+        void runAndForwardErrors(manager.shutdown());
+      }
+    };
+  }, [manager]);
+
+  const progressRef = useRef(startupProgress);
+  progressRef.current = startupProgress;
+
+  return useCallback(
+    () => (
+      <ErrorBoundary name='app' FallbackComponent={fallback}>
+        <PluginManagerProvider value={manager}>
+          <ContextProtocolProvider value={manager} context={PluginManagerContext}>
+            <RegistryContext.Provider value={manager.registry}>
+              <App
+                placeholder={placeholder}
+                ready={ready}
+                error={error}
+                debounce={debounce}
+                progress={progressRef.current}
+              />
+            </RegistryContext.Provider>
+          </ContextProtocolProvider>
+        </PluginManagerProvider>
+      </ErrorBoundary>
+    ),
+    [fallback, manager, placeholder, ready, error],
+  );
+};
+
+const setupDevtools = (manager: PluginManager.PluginManager) => {
+  (globalThis as any).composer ??= {};
+  (globalThis as any).composer.manager = manager;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Extracts a human-readable label from a module ID.
+ *
+ * Module IDs follow `org.dxos.plugin.<plugin-slug>.module.<module-name>`,
+ * where `<plugin-slug>` is kebab-case and `<module-name>` is either an
+ * explicit string (often kebab-case, e.g. `'observability'`, `'namespace'`)
+ * or a capability tag in PascalCase from `Capability.getModuleTag(...)`
+ * (e.g. `'ReactSurface'`, `'AppGraphBuilder'`). The output is
+ * `"Title Case Plugin: kebab-module"` so the visible status names both the
+ * plugin and the aspect being activated, helping disambiguate the multiple
+ * modules a plugin contributes.
+ *
+ * Examples:
+ *   - "org.dxos.plugin.markdown.module.ReactSurface" → "Markdown: react-surface"
+ *   - "org.dxos.plugin.observability.module.AppGraphBuilder" → "Observability: app-graph-builder"
+ *   - "org.dxos.plugin.observability.module.observability" → "Observability"
+ *     (the module name matches the plugin slug — collapsed to avoid
+ *     "Observability: observability" noise.)
+ */
+const humanizeModuleId = (moduleId: string): string => {
+  const match = moduleId.match(/\.plugin\.([^.]+)\.module\.(.+)$/);
+  if (!match) {
+    // Fallback: use the last segment.
+    const parts = moduleId.split('.');
+    return parts[parts.length - 1];
+  }
+  const [, pluginSlug, moduleName] = match;
+  const pluginLabel = pluginSlug
+    .split('-')
+    .map((word) => word.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + word.slice(1))
+    .join(' ');
+  // Normalise the module name to kebab-case so PascalCase capability tags
+  // ("ReactSurface") read consistently with explicit kebab IDs
+  // ("operation-handler"). The two-step substitution handles consecutive
+  // uppercase runs (`URLLoader` → `url-loader`) without splitting them
+  // mid-acronym.
+  const moduleLabel = moduleName
+    .replace(/([a-z0-9])([A-Z])/g, '$1-$2')
+    .replace(/([A-Z]+)([A-Z][a-z])/g, '$1-$2')
+    .toLowerCase();
+  // Capability modules whose name matches the plugin slug (e.g. the
+  // observability plugin's `observability` capability module) would render
+  // as "Observability: observability" — drop the redundant suffix.
+  if (moduleLabel === pluginSlug) {
+    return pluginLabel;
+  }
+  return `${pluginLabel}: ${moduleLabel}`;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Extracts a human-readable label from an activation event key.
+ * E.g., "org.dxos.app-framework.event.setup-react-surface" → "Setup React Surface".
+ */
+const humanizeEventKey = (eventKey: string): string => {
+  // Strip a leading specifier (composite key form: "<id>:<specifier>").
+  const id = eventKey.split(':')[0];
+  // Match the trailing segment after `.event.`.
+  const match = id.match(/\.event\.(.+)$/);
+  const slug = match ? match[1] : (id.split('.').pop() ?? id);
+  return slug
+    .split('-')
+    .map((word) => word.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + word.slice(1))
+    .join(' ');
+};

package/src/ui/hooks/useCapabilities.ts

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+//
+// Copyright 2025 DXOS.org
+//
+
+import { type Atom, useAtomValue } from '@effect-atom/atom-react';
+import { useCallback } from 'react';
+
+import { invariant } from '@dxos/invariant';
+
+import { Capabilities } from '../../common';
+import { type Capability } from '../../core';
+import { usePluginManager } from '../components';
+
+/**
+ * Hook to request capabilities from the plugin context.
+ * @returns An array of capabilities.
+ */
+export const useCapabilities = <T>(interfaceDef: Capability.InterfaceDef<T>) => {
+  const manager = usePluginManager();
+  return useAtomValue(manager.capabilities.atom(interfaceDef));
+};
+
+/**
+ * Hook to request a capability from the plugin context.
+ * @returns The capability.
+ * @throws If no capability is found.
+ */
+export const useCapability = <T>(interfaceDef: Capability.InterfaceDef<T>) => {
+  const capabilities = useCapabilities(interfaceDef);
+  invariant(capabilities.length > 0, `No capability found for ${interfaceDef.identifier}`);
+  return capabilities[0];
+};
+
+/**
+ * Hook to get the current value of an atom capability.
+ * Automatically subscribes to changes.
+ * @example const settings = useAtomCapability(ThreadCapabilities.Settings);
+ */
+export const useAtomCapability = <T>(atomCapability: Capability.InterfaceDef<Atom.Atom<T>>): T => {
+  const atom = useCapability(atomCapability);
+  return useAtomValue(atom);
+};
+
+/**
+ * Hook to get value and updater for an atom capability.
+ * Returns [currentValue, updateFn] similar to useState.
+ * @example const [settings, updateSettings] = useAtomCapabilityState(ThreadCapabilities.Settings);
+ */
+export const useAtomCapabilityState = <T>(
+  atomCapability: Capability.InterfaceDef<Atom.Writable<T>>,
+): [T, (fn: (current: T) => T) => void] => {
+  const registry = useCapability(Capabilities.AtomRegistry);
+  const atom = useCapability(atomCapability);
+  const value = useAtomValue(atom);
+  const update = useCallback(
+    (fn: (current: T) => T) => {
+      registry.set(atom, fn(registry.get(atom)));
+    },
+    [registry, atom],
+  );
+  return [value, update];
+};
+
+/**
+ * Hook to get the operation invoker capability.
+ */
+export const useOperationInvoker = (): Capabilities.OperationInvoker => useCapability(Capabilities.OperationInvoker);

package/src/ui/hooks/useLoading.tsx

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+//
+// Copyright 2025 DXOS.org
+//
+
+import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
+
+export enum LoadingState {
+  Loading = 0,
+  FadeIn = 1,
+  FadeOut = 2,
+  Done = 3,
+}
+
+/**
+ * To avoid "flashing" the placeholder, we wait a period of time before starting the loading animation.
+ * If loading completes during this time the placehoder is not shown, otherwise is it displayed for a minimum period of time.
+ *
+ * States:
+ * 0: Loading   - Wait for a period of time before starting the loading animation.
+ * 1: Fade-in   - Display a loading animation.
+ * 2: Fade-out  - Fade out the loading animation.
+ * 3: Done      - Remove the placeholder.
+ */
+export const useLoading = (ready: boolean, debounce = 0) => {
+  const [stage, setStage] = useState<LoadingState>(LoadingState.Loading);
+  // Mirror `ready` into a ref so the interval's `setStage` callback can read
+  // the latest value without depending on the effect re-running. The pure
+  // closure-capture pattern (with `ready` in deps) sticks the FSM at
+  // `FadeIn` whenever HMR doesn't propagate the dep change end-to-end —
+  // a ref sidesteps that entirely and fires the read on every tick.
+  const readyRef = useRef(ready);
+  readyRef.current = ready;
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!debounce) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const i = setInterval(() => {
+      setStage((stage) => {
+        const isReady = readyRef.current;
+        switch (stage) {
+          case LoadingState.Loading: {
+            if (!isReady) {
+              return LoadingState.FadeIn;
+            }
+            clearInterval(i);
+            return LoadingState.Done;
+          }
+
+          case LoadingState.FadeIn: {
+            if (isReady) {
+              return LoadingState.FadeOut;
+            }
+            break;
+          }
+
+          case LoadingState.FadeOut: {
+            clearInterval(i);
+            return LoadingState.Done;
+          }
+        }
+
+        return stage;
+      });
+    }, debounce);
+
+    return () => clearInterval(i);
+  }, [debounce]);
+
+  if (!debounce) {
+    return ready ? LoadingState.Done : LoadingState.Loading;
+  }
+
+  return stage;
+};

package/src/ui/hooks/useProcessManagerRuntime.ts

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+//
+// Copyright 2026 DXOS.org
+//
+
+import * as Context from 'effect/Context';
+import * as Effect from 'effect/Effect';
+import { type DependencyList, use, useCallback, useMemo } from 'react';
+
+import { ServiceResolver } from '@dxos/compute';
+import { unwrapExit } from '@dxos/effect';
+import type { SpaceId } from '@dxos/keys';
+
+import { Capabilities } from '../../common';
+import { useCapability } from './useCapabilities';
+
+/**
+ * Resolve the shared {@link Capabilities.ProcessManagerRuntime} from the plugin context.
+ */
+export const useProcessManagerRuntime = (): Capabilities.ProcessManagerRuntime =>
+  useCapability(Capabilities.ProcessManagerRuntime);
+
+/**
+ * Build a callback that runs an effect on the {@link Capabilities.ProcessManagerRuntime}
+ * with space-scoped services resolved via {@link ServiceResolver.provide}.
+ *
+ * The `tags` tuple must list every service the effect requires (beyond the
+ * fixed {@link Capabilities.ProcessManagerRuntimeServices}); these services are
+ * resolved for the given `spaceId` through the runtime's service resolver.
+ */
+export const useSpaceCallback = <const Tags extends readonly Context.Tag<any, any>[], T>(
+  spaceId: SpaceId | undefined,
+  tags: Tags,
+  fn: () => Effect.Effect<T, any, Context.Tag.Identifier<Tags[number]> | Capabilities.ProcessManagerRuntimeServices>,
+  deps?: DependencyList,
+): (() => Promise<T>) => {
+  const runtime = useProcessManagerRuntime();
+  return useCallback(() => {
+    if (spaceId === undefined) {
+      throw new TypeError('Space not provided to useSpaceCallback');
+    }
+    const layer = ServiceResolver.provide({ space: spaceId }, ...tags);
+    return runtime.runPromise(fn().pipe(Effect.provide(layer)) as Effect.Effect<T, any, any>);
+    // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
+  }, [runtime, spaceId, ...(deps ?? [])]);
+};
+
+/**
+ * Suspensefully resolve a single space-scoped service via the
+ * {@link Capabilities.ProcessManagerRuntime}'s service resolver.
+ */
+export const useSpaceService = <T extends Context.Tag<any, any>>(
+  tag: T,
+  spaceId: SpaceId | undefined,
+): Context.Tag.Service<T> | undefined => {
+  const runtime = useProcessManagerRuntime();
+  const promise = useMemo(() => {
+    if (spaceId === undefined) {
+      return undefined;
+    }
+    const layer = ServiceResolver.provide({ space: spaceId }, tag);
+    const effect = Effect.flatMap(tag, (service) => Effect.succeed(service)).pipe(Effect.provide(layer));
+    return runtime.runPromiseExit(effect as Effect.Effect<Context.Tag.Service<T>, any, any>);
+  }, [runtime, spaceId, tag]);
+  if (!promise) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+  return unwrapExit(use(promise));
+};

package/src/ui/hooks/useSettingsState.ts

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+//
+// Copyright 2025 DXOS.org
+//
+
+import { type Atom, RegistryContext, useAtomValue } from '@effect-atom/atom-react';
+import { useCallback, useContext } from 'react';
+
+/**
+ * Hook to read and update a settings atom.
+ * Returns the current value and an update function.
+ */
+export const useSettingsState = <T>(
+  atom: Atom.Writable<T>,
+): { settings: T; updateSettings: (fn: (current: T) => T) => void } => {
+  const registry = useContext(RegistryContext);
+  const settings = useAtomValue(atom);
+
+  const updateSettings = useCallback(
+    (fn: (current: T) => T) => {
+      registry.set(atom, fn(registry.get(atom)));
+    },
+    [registry, atom],
+  );
+
+  return { settings, updateSettings };
+};

package/src/ui/hooks/useSurface.ts

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+//
+// Copyright 2025 DXOS.org
+//
+
+import { useContext } from 'react';
+
+import { raise } from '@dxos/debug';
+
+import { Surface } from '../components';
+
+export const useSurface = (): Surface.Context => {
+  return useContext(Surface.Context) ?? raise(new Error('Missing SurfaceContext'));
+};

package/src/ui/index.ts

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+//
+// Copyright 2023 DXOS.org
+//
+
+export * from './components';
+export * from './hooks';