@eventmodelers/cli 1.0.142 → 1.0.144

package/cli.js

@@ -3192,7 +3192,7 @@ program
 // dir: a modeling run falls back to the global install (see ensureGlobalKit) rather than
 // requiring one here, and the build-kit branch reports a better-targeted error of its own
 // than this generic gate can.
-const NO_INIT_REQUIRED = new Set(['init', 'init-config', 'stacks', 'status', 'config', 'uninstall', 'fetch', 'activate-context', 'set-slice-status', 'release-notes', 'run']);
+const NO_INIT_REQUIRED = new Set(['init', 'init-config', 'stacks', 'status', 'config', 'uninstall', 'fetch', 'activate-context', 'set-slice-status', 'release-notes', 'run', 'listen']);
 
 // Commands that install or refresh the kit themselves — a "your kit is outdated" hint in
 // front of them would only be noise.
@@ -4005,22 +4005,24 @@ program
 
 program
   .command('listen')
-  .description('Start the code-export listener (code-export.mjs) from the installed kit dir — receives slice/screen data pushed from the eventmodelers board UI and writes it into .slices/')
+  .description('Start the code-export listener (code-export.mjs) from the installed kit dir, or the bundled copy when no kit is installed — receives slice/screen data pushed from the eventmodelers board UI and writes it into .slices/')
   .option('--port <port>', 'Port to listen on (default 3001, or $PORT)')
   .action((opts) => {
     const cwd = process.cwd();
     const kitDir = findInstalledKitDir(cwd);
 
-    const serverPath = join(kitDir, 'code-export.mjs');
+    // With a kit installed, run its own code-export.mjs. Without one, run the copy bundled
+    // in this CLI, rooted at the current directory so .slices/ lands here, not in the npx cache.
+    const serverPath = kitDir ? join(kitDir, 'code-export.mjs') : join(__dirname, 'shared', 'build-kit', 'code-export.mjs');
     if (!existsSync(serverPath)) {
       console.error(`❌ ${relative(cwd, serverPath)} not found.`);
       process.exit(1);
     }
 
     console.log(`▶ Starting ${relative(cwd, serverPath)}...\n`);
-    const env = opts.port ? { ...process.env, PORT: opts.port } : process.env;
+    const env = { ...process.env, ...(opts.port && { PORT: opts.port }), ...(!kitDir && { SLICES_ROOT: cwd, WORKSPACE_PATH: cwd }) };
     try {
-      execSync(`node "${serverPath}"`, { cwd: kitDir, stdio: 'inherit', env });
+      execSync(`node "${serverPath}"`, { cwd: kitDir ?? cwd, stdio: 'inherit', env });
     } catch (err) {
       process.exit(err.status || 1);
     }

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@eventmodelers/cli",
-  "version": "1.0.142",
+  "version": "1.0.144",
   "description": "Eventmodelers CLI — real-time Claude agent + skills for Claude Code, for any stack (Node, Supabase, Axon, OpenCQRS, UmaDB, Kurrent, or modeling-only)",
   "type": "module",
   "bin": {

package/shared/build-kit/code-export.mjs

@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
 
 const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
 const __dirname = dirname(__filename);
-const ROOT = __dirname;
+// SLICES_ROOT lets `eventmodelers listen` run this bundled copy outside an installed kit,
+// writing .slices/ into the caller's directory instead of next to this file.
+const ROOT = process.env.SLICES_ROOT ?? __dirname;
 const CONFIG_PATH = join(ROOT, 'config.json');
 const SLICES_DIR = join(ROOT, '.slices');
 const repoPath = process.env.WORKSPACE_PATH ?? join(__dirname, '..');

package/stacks/axon/templates/build-kit/lib/backend-prompt.md

@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ If ALL slices in the current context are Done, reply with:
 
 ## Important
 
-- If `.build-kit/.eventmodelers/config.json` is absent, skip all platform communication (MCP calls, `update-slice-status`, board sync) and continue working locally.
+- If no `.eventmodelers/config.json` exists anywhere (project root or an ancestor directory, or `~/.eventmodelers/config.json` — the one inside `.build-kit/` is only an optional override, so its absence means nothing), skip all platform communication (MCP calls, `update-slice-status`, board sync) and continue working locally.
 - Work on ONE slice per iteration
 - Commit frequently
 - update progress.txt frequently

package/stacks/blank/templates/build-kit/lib/backend-prompt.md

@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ If ALL slices in the current context are Done, reply with:
 
 ## Important
 
-- If `.build-kit/.eventmodelers/config.json` is absent, skip all platform communication (MCP calls, `update-slice-status`, board sync) and continue working locally.
+- If no `.eventmodelers/config.json` exists anywhere (project root or an ancestor directory, or `~/.eventmodelers/config.json` — the one inside `.build-kit/` is only an optional override, so its absence means nothing), skip all platform communication (MCP calls, `update-slice-status`, board sync) and continue working locally.
 - Work on ONE slice per iteration
 - Commit frequently
 - update progress.txt frequently

package/stacks/classic/templates/build-kit/lib/backend-prompt.md

@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ If ALL slices in the current context are Done, reply with:
 
 ## Important
 
-- If `.build-kit/.eventmodelers/config.json` is absent, skip all platform communication (MCP calls, `update-slice-status`, board sync) and continue working locally.
+- If no `.eventmodelers/config.json` exists anywhere (project root or an ancestor directory, or `~/.eventmodelers/config.json` — the one inside `.build-kit/` is only an optional override, so its absence means nothing), skip all platform communication (MCP calls, `update-slice-status`, board sync) and continue working locally.
 - Work on ONE slice per iteration
 - Commit frequently
 - update progress.txt frequently

package/stacks/kurrent/templates/build-kit/lib/backend-prompt.md

@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ If ALL slices in the current context are Done, reply with:
 
 ## Important
 
-- If `.build-kit/.eventmodelers/config.json` is absent, skip all platform communication (MCP calls, `update-slice-status`, board sync) and continue working locally.
+- If no `.eventmodelers/config.json` exists anywhere (project root or an ancestor directory, or `~/.eventmodelers/config.json` — the one inside `.build-kit/` is only an optional override, so its absence means nothing), skip all platform communication (MCP calls, `update-slice-status`, board sync) and continue working locally.
 - Work on ONE slice per iteration
 - Commit frequently
 - update progress.txt frequently

package/stacks/node/templates/build-kit/lib/backend-prompt.md

@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ If ALL slices in the current context are Done, reply with:
 
 ## Important
 
-- If `.build-kit/.eventmodelers/config.json` is absent, skip all platform communication (MCP calls, `update-slice-status`, board sync) and continue working locally.
+- If no `.eventmodelers/config.json` exists anywhere (project root or an ancestor directory, or `~/.eventmodelers/config.json` — the one inside `.build-kit/` is only an optional override, so its absence means nothing), skip all platform communication (MCP calls, `update-slice-status`, board sync) and continue working locally.
 - Work on ONE slice per iteration
 - Commit frequently
 - update progress.txt frequently

package/stacks/opencqrs/templates/build-kit/lib/backend-prompt.md

@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ If ALL slices in the current context are Done, reply with:
 
 ## Important
 
-- If `.build-kit/.eventmodelers/config.json` is absent, skip all platform communication (MCP calls, `update-slice-status`, board sync) and continue working locally.
+- If no `.eventmodelers/config.json` exists anywhere (project root or an ancestor directory, or `~/.eventmodelers/config.json` — the one inside `.build-kit/` is only an optional override, so its absence means nothing), skip all platform communication (MCP calls, `update-slice-status`, board sync) and continue working locally.
 - Work on ONE slice per iteration
 - Commit frequently
 - update progress.txt frequently

package/stacks/react/templates/build-kit/lib/backend-prompt.md

@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ If ALL slices in the current context are Done, reply with:
 
 ## Important
 
-- If `.build-kit/.eventmodelers/config.json` is absent, skip all platform communication (MCP calls, `update-slice-status`, board sync) and continue working locally.
+- If no `.eventmodelers/config.json` exists anywhere (project root or an ancestor directory, or `~/.eventmodelers/config.json` — the one inside `.build-kit/` is only an optional override, so its absence means nothing), skip all platform communication (MCP calls, `update-slice-status`, board sync) and continue working locally.
 - Work on ONE slice per iteration
 - Commit frequently
 - update progress.txt frequently

package/stacks/supabase/templates/build-kit/lib/backend-prompt.md

@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ If ALL slices in the current context are Done, reply with:
 
 ## Important
 
-- If `.build-kit/.eventmodelers/config.json` is absent, skip all platform communication (MCP calls, `update-slice-status`, board sync) and continue working locally.
+- If no `.eventmodelers/config.json` exists anywhere (project root or an ancestor directory, or `~/.eventmodelers/config.json` — the one inside `.build-kit/` is only an optional override, so its absence means nothing), skip all platform communication (MCP calls, `update-slice-status`, board sync) and continue working locally.
 - Work on ONE slice per iteration
 - Commit frequently
 - update progress.txt frequently

package/stacks/supabase-react/templates/build-kit/lib/backend-prompt.md

@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ If ALL slices in the current context are Done, reply with:
 
 ## Important
 
-- If `.build-kit/.eventmodelers/config.json` is absent, skip all platform communication (MCP calls, `update-slice-status`, board sync) and continue working locally.
+- If no `.eventmodelers/config.json` exists anywhere (project root or an ancestor directory, or `~/.eventmodelers/config.json` — the one inside `.build-kit/` is only an optional override, so its absence means nothing), skip all platform communication (MCP calls, `update-slice-status`, board sync) and continue working locally.
 - Work on ONE slice per iteration
 - Commit frequently
 - update progress.txt frequently

package/stacks/umadb/templates/build-kit/lib/backend-prompt.md

@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ If ALL slices in the current context are Done, reply with:
 
 ## Important
 
-- If `.build-kit/.eventmodelers/config.json` is absent, skip all platform communication (MCP calls, `update-slice-status`, board sync) and continue working locally.
+- If no `.eventmodelers/config.json` exists anywhere (project root or an ancestor directory, or `~/.eventmodelers/config.json` — the one inside `.build-kit/` is only an optional override, so its absence means nothing), skip all platform communication (MCP calls, `update-slice-status`, board sync) and continue working locally.
 - Work on ONE slice per iteration
 - Commit frequently
 - update progress.txt frequently