@hyperfrontend/builder 0.1.0 → 0.1.1

package/bin/index.cjs.js

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ const { depsRootOf } = require('../_shared/bundle/fs/deps-root/index.cjs.js');
 require('../_dependencies/postject/index.cjs.js');
 const index_cjs_js$8 = require('../_dependencies/@hyperfrontend/project-scope/core/path/index.cjs.js');
 require('node:module');
-require('node:path');
+const node_path = require('node:path');
 require('../_dependencies/@hyperfrontend/immutable-api-utils/built-in-copy/object/index.cjs.js');
 require('../_dependencies/@hyperfrontend/immutable-api-utils/built-in-copy/set/index.cjs.js');
 require('../_dependencies/@hyperfrontend/project-scope/core/fs/index.cjs.js');
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ require('../_dependencies/@hyperfrontend/project-scope/core/fs/index.cjs.js');
 const log$3 = index_cjs_js$3.logger.channel('builder:bin:native:dispatch');
 const REPORT_DIR_PREFIX$1 = 'hf-builder-inject-';
 const SWC_NODE_REGISTER$1 = '@swc-node/register';
-const swcNodeAvailable$1 = (workspaceRoot) => node_fs.existsSync(index_cjs_js$4.join(workspaceRoot, 'node_modules', '@swc-node', 'register', 'index.js'));
+const swcNodeAvailable = (workspaceRoot) => node_fs.existsSync(index_cjs_js$4.join(workspaceRoot, 'node_modules', '@swc-node', 'register', 'index.js'));
 /**
  * Default worker-path resolution: prefers the built-and-published artifact, falls
  * back to the workspace dist path, and finally to the in-source TypeScript file
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ const resolveDefaultInjectWorkerPath = (workspaceRoot) => {
             return { path, execArgv: [] };
     }
     const sourcePath = index_cjs_js$4.join(workspaceRoot, 'libs', 'builder', 'src', 'bin', 'native', 'worker', 'index.ts');
-    if (node_fs.existsSync(sourcePath) && swcNodeAvailable$1(workspaceRoot)) {
+    if (node_fs.existsSync(sourcePath) && swcNodeAvailable(workspaceRoot)) {
         return { path: sourcePath, execArgv: ['--require', SWC_NODE_REGISTER$1] };
     }
     return undefined;
@@ -323,45 +323,91 @@ const toBinBuildDescriptor = (bin, context, format, formats, reportPath) => {
     };
 };
 
-const log$1 = index_cjs_js$3.logger.channel('builder:bundle:rollup:dispatch');
-const REPORT_DIR_PREFIX = 'hf-builder-rollup-';
 const SWC_NODE_REGISTER = '@swc-node/register';
-const swcNodeAvailable = (workspaceRoot) => node_fs.existsSync(index_cjs_js$4.join(workspaceRoot, 'node_modules', '@swc-node', 'register', 'index.js'));
+const probeDir = (dir, offset) => {
+    const compiled = node_path.join(dir, ...offset, 'index.cjs.js');
+    if (node_fs.existsSync(compiled))
+        return { path: compiled, execArgv: [] };
+    const source = node_path.join(dir, ...offset, 'index.ts');
+    if (node_fs.existsSync(source))
+        return { path: source, execArgv: ['--require', SWC_NODE_REGISTER] };
+    return undefined;
+};
 /**
- * Default worker-path resolution: prefers the built-and-published artifact, falls
- * back to the workspace dist path, and finally to the in-source TypeScript file
- * via `@swc-node/register` (bootstrap case where builder is building itself for
- * the first time and the dist worker doesn't exist yet).
+ * Directory of the currently-executing builder module, read from `__dirname`.
+ * It is present in the shipped CommonJS build, in the `@swc-node/register` source
+ * bootstrap, and under the test runner, so callers get their own on-disk location
+ * and can find the worker beside them however the builder was packaged.
  *
- * Looks at, in order:
- * 1. `<workspaceRoot>/dist/libs/builder/bundle/rollup/worker/index.cjs.js`
- * 2. `<workspaceRoot>/node_modules/@hyperfrontend/builder/bundle/rollup/worker/index.cjs.js`
- * 3. `<workspaceRoot>/libs/builder/src/bundle/rollup/worker/index.ts` (with `--require \@swc-node/register`)
+ * @returns Absolute directory path of the running module.
  *
- * @param workspaceRoot - Absolute workspace root.
- * @returns Worker invocation descriptor, or `undefined` if no candidate exists.
- *
- * @example Locating the worker for an in-workspace consumer
+ * @example Anchoring a lookup beside the running builder
  * ```typescript
- * const invocation = resolveDefaultRollupWorkerPath('/abs/repo')
- * if (!invocation) throw new Error('builder rollup worker artifact not found')
+ * const invocation = ascendForWorker(['bundle', 'rollup', 'worker'], currentModuleDir())
  * ```
  */
-const resolveDefaultRollupWorkerPath = (workspaceRoot) => {
-    const distCandidates = [
-        index_cjs_js$4.join(workspaceRoot, 'dist', 'libs', 'builder', 'bundle', 'rollup', 'worker', 'index.cjs.js'),
-        index_cjs_js$4.join(workspaceRoot, 'node_modules', '@hyperfrontend', 'builder', 'bundle', 'rollup', 'worker', 'index.cjs.js'),
-    ];
-    for (const path of distCandidates) {
-        if (node_fs.existsSync(path))
-            return { path, execArgv: [] };
+const currentModuleDir = () => {
+    /* istanbul ignore if -- @preserve the ESM build has no __dirname; the shipped CommonJS build and the test runner always define it, so this guard is unreachable under test */
+    if (typeof __dirname === 'undefined') {
+        throw index_cjs_js$6.createError('@hyperfrontend/builder self-location requires the CommonJS build; drive build() from the CommonJS entry point');
     }
-    const sourcePath = index_cjs_js$4.join(workspaceRoot, 'libs', 'builder', 'src', 'bundle', 'rollup', 'worker', 'index.ts');
-    if (node_fs.existsSync(sourcePath) && swcNodeAvailable(workspaceRoot)) {
-        return { path: sourcePath, execArgv: ['--require', SWC_NODE_REGISTER] };
+    return __dirname;
+};
+/**
+ * Locate a builder worker entry by ascending from a start directory toward the
+ * filesystem root, returning the first ancestor at which the worker exists at the
+ * given in-package offset. The compiled `index.cjs.js` is preferred; an `index.ts`
+ * sibling (source-mode bootstrap) resolves with the swc loader attached.
+ *
+ * The worker ships inside the builder's own package, so resolving relative to the
+ * running module finds it wherever the package lives — built dist, an installed
+ * `node_modules` copy, or melded into a host bundle under `_dependencies/`.
+ *
+ * @param offset - In-package path segments to the worker directory (e.g. `['bundle', 'rollup', 'worker']`).
+ * @param startDir - Directory to begin the ascent from. Defaults to the running module's directory; pass an explicit value to resolve from another anchor or under test.
+ * @returns The resolved worker invocation, or `undefined` if no worker exists at the offset under any ancestor.
+ *
+ * @example Resolving the rollup worker from the running module
+ * ```typescript
+ * const invocation = ascendForWorker(['bundle', 'rollup', 'worker'])
+ * if (!invocation) throw new Error('builder rollup worker not found beside the builder module')
+ * ```
+ */
+const ascendForWorker = (offset, startDir = currentModuleDir()) => {
+    let dir = startDir;
+    let parent = node_path.dirname(dir);
+    // how: probe each level then step up; the final probe covers the filesystem root, where parent === dir
+    while (parent !== dir) {
+        const found = probeDir(dir, offset);
+        if (found)
+            return found;
+        dir = parent;
+        parent = node_path.dirname(dir);
     }
-    return undefined;
+    return probeDir(dir, offset);
 };
+
+const log$1 = index_cjs_js$3.logger.channel('builder:bundle:rollup:dispatch');
+const REPORT_DIR_PREFIX = 'hf-builder-rollup-';
+/**
+ * Resolves the rollup worker by self-locating it beside the running builder
+ * module: ascends from the module's own directory to the builder package root
+ * and returns the worker at `bundle/rollup/worker`. This works whether the
+ * builder runs from its built dist, an installed `node_modules` copy, or melded
+ * into a host bundle under `_dependencies/`. The compiled `index.cjs.js` is
+ * preferred; an `index.ts` sibling resolves with the `@swc-node/register` loader
+ * for source-mode bootstrap.
+ *
+ * @param startDir - Directory to begin the ascent from. Defaults to the running module's directory; pass an explicit value to resolve from another anchor or under test.
+ * @returns Worker invocation descriptor, or `undefined` if no worker is found under any ancestor.
+ *
+ * @example Locating the worker beside the builder
+ * ```typescript
+ * const invocation = resolveDefaultRollupWorkerPath()
+ * if (!invocation) throw new Error('builder rollup worker artifact not found')
+ * ```
+ */
+const resolveDefaultRollupWorkerPath = (startDir) => ascendForWorker(['bundle', 'rollup', 'worker'], startDir);
 const createReportDir = () => node_fs.mkdtempSync(index_cjs_js$4.join(node_os.tmpdir(), REPORT_DIR_PREFIX));
 const reportPathFor = (reportDir, descriptor) => {
     const safeLabel = descriptor.inputFile.replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9_-]+/g, '_');
@@ -441,10 +487,10 @@ const dispatchRollupWorker = async (descriptor, options) => {
 };
 
 const log = index_cjs_js$3.logger.channel('builder:bin:script');
-const resolveWorkerOrThrow = (workspaceRoot) => {
-    const invocation = resolveDefaultRollupWorkerPath(workspaceRoot);
+const resolveWorkerOrThrow = () => {
+    const invocation = resolveDefaultRollupWorkerPath();
     if (!invocation) {
-        throw index_cjs_js$6.createError('rollup worker could not be resolved for bin script bundling. Build @hyperfrontend/builder at least once before invoking the bin phase, or ensure @swc-node/register is installed for source-mode bootstrap.');
+        throw index_cjs_js$6.createError('rollup worker could not be located beside the builder module for bin script bundling. The @hyperfrontend/builder package appears incomplete, or @swc-node/register is missing for source-mode bootstrap.');
     }
     return invocation;
 };
@@ -485,7 +531,7 @@ const buildJsBin = async (bin, ctx) => {
     const formats = normalizeFormats(bin.format);
     const binDir = index_cjs_js$4.join(ctx.outputPath, 'bin');
     index_cjs_js$4.ensureDir(binDir);
-    const worker = resolveWorkerOrThrow(ctx.workspaceRoot);
+    const worker = resolveWorkerOrThrow();
     const outputs = [];
     for (const format of formats) {
         const descriptor = toBinBuildDescriptor(bin, ctx, format, formats, '');

package/bin/index.esm.js

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { stringify, parse } from '../_dependencies/@hyperfrontend/immutable-api-
 import '../_dependencies/postject/index.esm.js';
 import { join as join$1, getDirname } from '../_dependencies/@hyperfrontend/project-scope/core/path/index.esm.js';
 import 'node:module';
-import 'node:path';
+import { dirname, join as join$2 } from 'node:path';
 import '../_dependencies/@hyperfrontend/immutable-api-utils/built-in-copy/object/index.esm.js';
 import '../_dependencies/@hyperfrontend/immutable-api-utils/built-in-copy/set/index.esm.js';
 import '../_dependencies/@hyperfrontend/project-scope/core/fs/index.esm.js';
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import { depsRootOf } from '../_shared/bundle/fs/deps-root/index.esm.js';
 const log$3 = logger.channel('builder:bin:native:dispatch');
 const REPORT_DIR_PREFIX$1 = 'hf-builder-inject-';
 const SWC_NODE_REGISTER$1 = '@swc-node/register';
-const swcNodeAvailable$1 = (workspaceRoot) => existsSync(join(workspaceRoot, 'node_modules', '@swc-node', 'register', 'index.js'));
+const swcNodeAvailable = (workspaceRoot) => existsSync(join(workspaceRoot, 'node_modules', '@swc-node', 'register', 'index.js'));
 /**
  * Default worker-path resolution: prefers the built-and-published artifact, falls
  * back to the workspace dist path, and finally to the in-source TypeScript file
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ const resolveDefaultInjectWorkerPath = (workspaceRoot) => {
             return { path, execArgv: [] };
     }
     const sourcePath = join(workspaceRoot, 'libs', 'builder', 'src', 'bin', 'native', 'worker', 'index.ts');
-    if (existsSync(sourcePath) && swcNodeAvailable$1(workspaceRoot)) {
+    if (existsSync(sourcePath) && swcNodeAvailable(workspaceRoot)) {
         return { path: sourcePath, execArgv: ['--require', SWC_NODE_REGISTER$1] };
     }
     return undefined;
@@ -321,45 +321,91 @@ const toBinBuildDescriptor = (bin, context, format, formats, reportPath) => {
     };
 };
 
-const log$1 = logger.channel('builder:bundle:rollup:dispatch');
-const REPORT_DIR_PREFIX = 'hf-builder-rollup-';
 const SWC_NODE_REGISTER = '@swc-node/register';
-const swcNodeAvailable = (workspaceRoot) => existsSync(join(workspaceRoot, 'node_modules', '@swc-node', 'register', 'index.js'));
+const probeDir = (dir, offset) => {
+    const compiled = join$2(dir, ...offset, 'index.cjs.js');
+    if (existsSync(compiled))
+        return { path: compiled, execArgv: [] };
+    const source = join$2(dir, ...offset, 'index.ts');
+    if (existsSync(source))
+        return { path: source, execArgv: ['--require', SWC_NODE_REGISTER] };
+    return undefined;
+};
 /**
- * Default worker-path resolution: prefers the built-and-published artifact, falls
- * back to the workspace dist path, and finally to the in-source TypeScript file
- * via `@swc-node/register` (bootstrap case where builder is building itself for
- * the first time and the dist worker doesn't exist yet).
+ * Directory of the currently-executing builder module, read from `__dirname`.
+ * It is present in the shipped CommonJS build, in the `@swc-node/register` source
+ * bootstrap, and under the test runner, so callers get their own on-disk location
+ * and can find the worker beside them however the builder was packaged.
  *
- * Looks at, in order:
- * 1. `<workspaceRoot>/dist/libs/builder/bundle/rollup/worker/index.cjs.js`
- * 2. `<workspaceRoot>/node_modules/@hyperfrontend/builder/bundle/rollup/worker/index.cjs.js`
- * 3. `<workspaceRoot>/libs/builder/src/bundle/rollup/worker/index.ts` (with `--require \@swc-node/register`)
+ * @returns Absolute directory path of the running module.
  *
- * @param workspaceRoot - Absolute workspace root.
- * @returns Worker invocation descriptor, or `undefined` if no candidate exists.
- *
- * @example Locating the worker for an in-workspace consumer
+ * @example Anchoring a lookup beside the running builder
  * ```typescript
- * const invocation = resolveDefaultRollupWorkerPath('/abs/repo')
- * if (!invocation) throw new Error('builder rollup worker artifact not found')
+ * const invocation = ascendForWorker(['bundle', 'rollup', 'worker'], currentModuleDir())
  * ```
  */
-const resolveDefaultRollupWorkerPath = (workspaceRoot) => {
-    const distCandidates = [
-        join(workspaceRoot, 'dist', 'libs', 'builder', 'bundle', 'rollup', 'worker', 'index.cjs.js'),
-        join(workspaceRoot, 'node_modules', '@hyperfrontend', 'builder', 'bundle', 'rollup', 'worker', 'index.cjs.js'),
-    ];
-    for (const path of distCandidates) {
-        if (existsSync(path))
-            return { path, execArgv: [] };
+const currentModuleDir = () => {
+    /* istanbul ignore if -- @preserve the ESM build has no __dirname; the shipped CommonJS build and the test runner always define it, so this guard is unreachable under test */
+    if (typeof __dirname === 'undefined') {
+        throw createError('@hyperfrontend/builder self-location requires the CommonJS build; drive build() from the CommonJS entry point');
     }
-    const sourcePath = join(workspaceRoot, 'libs', 'builder', 'src', 'bundle', 'rollup', 'worker', 'index.ts');
-    if (existsSync(sourcePath) && swcNodeAvailable(workspaceRoot)) {
-        return { path: sourcePath, execArgv: ['--require', SWC_NODE_REGISTER] };
+    return __dirname;
+};
+/**
+ * Locate a builder worker entry by ascending from a start directory toward the
+ * filesystem root, returning the first ancestor at which the worker exists at the
+ * given in-package offset. The compiled `index.cjs.js` is preferred; an `index.ts`
+ * sibling (source-mode bootstrap) resolves with the swc loader attached.
+ *
+ * The worker ships inside the builder's own package, so resolving relative to the
+ * running module finds it wherever the package lives — built dist, an installed
+ * `node_modules` copy, or melded into a host bundle under `_dependencies/`.
+ *
+ * @param offset - In-package path segments to the worker directory (e.g. `['bundle', 'rollup', 'worker']`).
+ * @param startDir - Directory to begin the ascent from. Defaults to the running module's directory; pass an explicit value to resolve from another anchor or under test.
+ * @returns The resolved worker invocation, or `undefined` if no worker exists at the offset under any ancestor.
+ *
+ * @example Resolving the rollup worker from the running module
+ * ```typescript
+ * const invocation = ascendForWorker(['bundle', 'rollup', 'worker'])
+ * if (!invocation) throw new Error('builder rollup worker not found beside the builder module')
+ * ```
+ */
+const ascendForWorker = (offset, startDir = currentModuleDir()) => {
+    let dir = startDir;
+    let parent = dirname(dir);
+    // how: probe each level then step up; the final probe covers the filesystem root, where parent === dir
+    while (parent !== dir) {
+        const found = probeDir(dir, offset);
+        if (found)
+            return found;
+        dir = parent;
+        parent = dirname(dir);
     }
-    return undefined;
+    return probeDir(dir, offset);
 };
+
+const log$1 = logger.channel('builder:bundle:rollup:dispatch');
+const REPORT_DIR_PREFIX = 'hf-builder-rollup-';
+/**
+ * Resolves the rollup worker by self-locating it beside the running builder
+ * module: ascends from the module's own directory to the builder package root
+ * and returns the worker at `bundle/rollup/worker`. This works whether the
+ * builder runs from its built dist, an installed `node_modules` copy, or melded
+ * into a host bundle under `_dependencies/`. The compiled `index.cjs.js` is
+ * preferred; an `index.ts` sibling resolves with the `@swc-node/register` loader
+ * for source-mode bootstrap.
+ *
+ * @param startDir - Directory to begin the ascent from. Defaults to the running module's directory; pass an explicit value to resolve from another anchor or under test.
+ * @returns Worker invocation descriptor, or `undefined` if no worker is found under any ancestor.
+ *
+ * @example Locating the worker beside the builder
+ * ```typescript
+ * const invocation = resolveDefaultRollupWorkerPath()
+ * if (!invocation) throw new Error('builder rollup worker artifact not found')
+ * ```
+ */
+const resolveDefaultRollupWorkerPath = (startDir) => ascendForWorker(['bundle', 'rollup', 'worker'], startDir);
 const createReportDir = () => mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), REPORT_DIR_PREFIX));
 const reportPathFor = (reportDir, descriptor) => {
     const safeLabel = descriptor.inputFile.replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9_-]+/g, '_');
@@ -439,10 +485,10 @@ const dispatchRollupWorker = async (descriptor, options) => {
 };
 
 const log = logger.channel('builder:bin:script');
-const resolveWorkerOrThrow = (workspaceRoot) => {
-    const invocation = resolveDefaultRollupWorkerPath(workspaceRoot);
+const resolveWorkerOrThrow = () => {
+    const invocation = resolveDefaultRollupWorkerPath();
     if (!invocation) {
-        throw createError('rollup worker could not be resolved for bin script bundling. Build @hyperfrontend/builder at least once before invoking the bin phase, or ensure @swc-node/register is installed for source-mode bootstrap.');
+        throw createError('rollup worker could not be located beside the builder module for bin script bundling. The @hyperfrontend/builder package appears incomplete, or @swc-node/register is missing for source-mode bootstrap.');
     }
     return invocation;
 };
@@ -483,7 +529,7 @@ const buildJsBin = async (bin, ctx) => {
     const formats = normalizeFormats(bin.format);
     const binDir = join(ctx.outputPath, 'bin');
     ensureDir(binDir);
-    const worker = resolveWorkerOrThrow(ctx.workspaceRoot);
+    const worker = resolveWorkerOrThrow();
     const outputs = [];
     for (const format of formats) {
         const descriptor = toBinBuildDescriptor(bin, ctx, format, formats, '');

package/bin/script/index.cjs.js

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
-const index_cjs_js$5 = require('../../_dependencies/@hyperfrontend/immutable-api-utils/built-in-copy/error/index.cjs.js');
-const index_cjs_js$2 = require('../../_dependencies/@hyperfrontend/logging/index.cjs.js');
+const index_cjs_js$2 = require('../../_dependencies/@hyperfrontend/immutable-api-utils/built-in-copy/error/index.cjs.js');
+const index_cjs_js$3 = require('../../_dependencies/@hyperfrontend/logging/index.cjs.js');
 const index_cjs_js = require('../../_dependencies/@hyperfrontend/project-scope/core/index.cjs.js');
 const index_cjs_js$1 = require('../../_dependencies/@hyperfrontend/project-scope/core/path/index.cjs.js');
 const { normalizeFormats } = require('../../_shared/bin/format/index.cjs.js');
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const { defaultBootstrap } = require('../../_shared/bin/script/bootstrap-footer/
 const { buildWorkspaceRoutes } = require('../../_shared/bundle/dependencies/externalize-plugin/index.cjs.js');
 const { depsRootOf } = require('../../_shared/bundle/fs/deps-root/index.cjs.js');
 require('node:module');
-require('node:path');
+const node_path = require('node:path');
 const index_cjs_js$6 = require('../../_dependencies/@hyperfrontend/immutable-api-utils/built-in-copy/array/index.cjs.js');
 require('../../_dependencies/@hyperfrontend/immutable-api-utils/built-in-copy/object/index.cjs.js');
 require('../../_dependencies/@hyperfrontend/immutable-api-utils/built-in-copy/set/index.cjs.js');
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ require('../../_dependencies/@hyperfrontend/project-scope/core/fs/index.cjs.js')
 const node_child_process = require('node:child_process');
 const node_fs = require('node:fs');
 const node_os = require('node:os');
-const index_cjs_js$4 = require('../../_dependencies/@hyperfrontend/immutable-api-utils/built-in-copy/json/index.cjs.js');
-const index_cjs_js$3 = require('../../_dependencies/@hyperfrontend/immutable-api-utils/built-in-copy/promise/index.cjs.js');
+const index_cjs_js$5 = require('../../_dependencies/@hyperfrontend/immutable-api-utils/built-in-copy/json/index.cjs.js');
+const index_cjs_js$4 = require('../../_dependencies/@hyperfrontend/immutable-api-utils/built-in-copy/promise/index.cjs.js');
 
 const SHEBANG = '#!/usr/bin/env node';
 const BIN_FILE_MODE = 0o755;
@@ -84,53 +84,99 @@ const toBinBuildDescriptor = (bin, context, format, formats, reportPath) => {
     };
 };
 
-const log$1 = index_cjs_js$2.logger.channel('builder:bundle:rollup:dispatch');
-const REPORT_DIR_PREFIX = 'hf-builder-rollup-';
 const SWC_NODE_REGISTER = '@swc-node/register';
-const swcNodeAvailable = (workspaceRoot) => node_fs.existsSync(index_cjs_js.join(workspaceRoot, 'node_modules', '@swc-node', 'register', 'index.js'));
+const probeDir = (dir, offset) => {
+    const compiled = node_path.join(dir, ...offset, 'index.cjs.js');
+    if (node_fs.existsSync(compiled))
+        return { path: compiled, execArgv: [] };
+    const source = node_path.join(dir, ...offset, 'index.ts');
+    if (node_fs.existsSync(source))
+        return { path: source, execArgv: ['--require', SWC_NODE_REGISTER] };
+    return undefined;
+};
 /**
- * Default worker-path resolution: prefers the built-and-published artifact, falls
- * back to the workspace dist path, and finally to the in-source TypeScript file
- * via `@swc-node/register` (bootstrap case where builder is building itself for
- * the first time and the dist worker doesn't exist yet).
+ * Directory of the currently-executing builder module, read from `__dirname`.
+ * It is present in the shipped CommonJS build, in the `@swc-node/register` source
+ * bootstrap, and under the test runner, so callers get their own on-disk location
+ * and can find the worker beside them however the builder was packaged.
  *
- * Looks at, in order:
- * 1. `<workspaceRoot>/dist/libs/builder/bundle/rollup/worker/index.cjs.js`
- * 2. `<workspaceRoot>/node_modules/@hyperfrontend/builder/bundle/rollup/worker/index.cjs.js`
- * 3. `<workspaceRoot>/libs/builder/src/bundle/rollup/worker/index.ts` (with `--require \@swc-node/register`)
+ * @returns Absolute directory path of the running module.
  *
- * @param workspaceRoot - Absolute workspace root.
- * @returns Worker invocation descriptor, or `undefined` if no candidate exists.
- *
- * @example Locating the worker for an in-workspace consumer
+ * @example Anchoring a lookup beside the running builder
  * ```typescript
- * const invocation = resolveDefaultRollupWorkerPath('/abs/repo')
- * if (!invocation) throw new Error('builder rollup worker artifact not found')
+ * const invocation = ascendForWorker(['bundle', 'rollup', 'worker'], currentModuleDir())
  * ```
  */
-const resolveDefaultRollupWorkerPath = (workspaceRoot) => {
-    const distCandidates = [
-        index_cjs_js.join(workspaceRoot, 'dist', 'libs', 'builder', 'bundle', 'rollup', 'worker', 'index.cjs.js'),
-        index_cjs_js.join(workspaceRoot, 'node_modules', '@hyperfrontend', 'builder', 'bundle', 'rollup', 'worker', 'index.cjs.js'),
-    ];
-    for (const path of distCandidates) {
-        if (node_fs.existsSync(path))
-            return { path, execArgv: [] };
+const currentModuleDir = () => {
+    /* istanbul ignore if -- @preserve the ESM build has no __dirname; the shipped CommonJS build and the test runner always define it, so this guard is unreachable under test */
+    if (typeof __dirname === 'undefined') {
+        throw index_cjs_js$2.createError('@hyperfrontend/builder self-location requires the CommonJS build; drive build() from the CommonJS entry point');
     }
-    const sourcePath = index_cjs_js.join(workspaceRoot, 'libs', 'builder', 'src', 'bundle', 'rollup', 'worker', 'index.ts');
-    if (node_fs.existsSync(sourcePath) && swcNodeAvailable(workspaceRoot)) {
-        return { path: sourcePath, execArgv: ['--require', SWC_NODE_REGISTER] };
+    return __dirname;
+};
+/**
+ * Locate a builder worker entry by ascending from a start directory toward the
+ * filesystem root, returning the first ancestor at which the worker exists at the
+ * given in-package offset. The compiled `index.cjs.js` is preferred; an `index.ts`
+ * sibling (source-mode bootstrap) resolves with the swc loader attached.
+ *
+ * The worker ships inside the builder's own package, so resolving relative to the
+ * running module finds it wherever the package lives — built dist, an installed
+ * `node_modules` copy, or melded into a host bundle under `_dependencies/`.
+ *
+ * @param offset - In-package path segments to the worker directory (e.g. `['bundle', 'rollup', 'worker']`).
+ * @param startDir - Directory to begin the ascent from. Defaults to the running module's directory; pass an explicit value to resolve from another anchor or under test.
+ * @returns The resolved worker invocation, or `undefined` if no worker exists at the offset under any ancestor.
+ *
+ * @example Resolving the rollup worker from the running module
+ * ```typescript
+ * const invocation = ascendForWorker(['bundle', 'rollup', 'worker'])
+ * if (!invocation) throw new Error('builder rollup worker not found beside the builder module')
+ * ```
+ */
+const ascendForWorker = (offset, startDir = currentModuleDir()) => {
+    let dir = startDir;
+    let parent = node_path.dirname(dir);
+    // how: probe each level then step up; the final probe covers the filesystem root, where parent === dir
+    while (parent !== dir) {
+        const found = probeDir(dir, offset);
+        if (found)
+            return found;
+        dir = parent;
+        parent = node_path.dirname(dir);
     }
-    return undefined;
+    return probeDir(dir, offset);
 };
+
+const log$1 = index_cjs_js$3.logger.channel('builder:bundle:rollup:dispatch');
+const REPORT_DIR_PREFIX = 'hf-builder-rollup-';
+/**
+ * Resolves the rollup worker by self-locating it beside the running builder
+ * module: ascends from the module's own directory to the builder package root
+ * and returns the worker at `bundle/rollup/worker`. This works whether the
+ * builder runs from its built dist, an installed `node_modules` copy, or melded
+ * into a host bundle under `_dependencies/`. The compiled `index.cjs.js` is
+ * preferred; an `index.ts` sibling resolves with the `@swc-node/register` loader
+ * for source-mode bootstrap.
+ *
+ * @param startDir - Directory to begin the ascent from. Defaults to the running module's directory; pass an explicit value to resolve from another anchor or under test.
+ * @returns Worker invocation descriptor, or `undefined` if no worker is found under any ancestor.
+ *
+ * @example Locating the worker beside the builder
+ * ```typescript
+ * const invocation = resolveDefaultRollupWorkerPath()
+ * if (!invocation) throw new Error('builder rollup worker artifact not found')
+ * ```
+ */
+const resolveDefaultRollupWorkerPath = (startDir) => ascendForWorker(['bundle', 'rollup', 'worker'], startDir);
 const createReportDir = () => node_fs.mkdtempSync(index_cjs_js.join(node_os.tmpdir(), REPORT_DIR_PREFIX));
 const reportPathFor = (reportDir, descriptor) => {
     const safeLabel = descriptor.inputFile.replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9_-]+/g, '_');
     return index_cjs_js.join(reportDir, `${descriptor.format}-${safeLabel}.json`);
 };
-const runOne = (descriptor, options, label) => index_cjs_js$3.createPromise((resolve, reject) => {
+const runOne = (descriptor, options, label) => index_cjs_js$4.createPromise((resolve, reject) => {
     const execPath = options.execPath ?? process.execPath;
-    const argv = [...(options.execArgv ?? []), options.workerPath, index_cjs_js$4.stringify(descriptor)];
+    const argv = [...(options.execArgv ?? []), options.workerPath, index_cjs_js$5.stringify(descriptor)];
     const child = node_child_process.spawn(execPath, argv, { stdio: ['ignore', 'pipe', 'pipe'] });
     let capturedStderr = '';
     child.stdout?.on('data', (chunk) => {
@@ -142,12 +188,12 @@ const runOne = (descriptor, options, label) => index_cjs_js$3.createPromise((res
         process.stderr.write(text);
     });
     child.on('error', (error) => {
-        reject(index_cjs_js$5.createError(`rollup worker for ${label} failed to spawn: ${error.message}`));
+        reject(index_cjs_js$2.createError(`rollup worker for ${label} failed to spawn: ${error.message}`));
     });
     child.on('exit', (code) => {
         if (code !== 0) {
             const tail = capturedStderr.trim().split('\n').slice(-10).join('\n');
-            reject(index_cjs_js$5.createError(`rollup worker for ${label} exited with code ${code}\n${tail}`));
+            reject(index_cjs_js$2.createError(`rollup worker for ${label} exited with code ${code}\n${tail}`));
             return;
         }
         resolve();
@@ -155,9 +201,9 @@ const runOne = (descriptor, options, label) => index_cjs_js$3.createPromise((res
 });
 const readReport = (reportPath, label) => {
     if (!node_fs.existsSync(reportPath)) {
-        throw index_cjs_js$5.createError(`rollup worker for ${label} did not write a report at ${reportPath}`);
+        throw index_cjs_js$2.createError(`rollup worker for ${label} did not write a report at ${reportPath}`);
     }
-    const data = index_cjs_js$4.parse(node_fs.readFileSync(reportPath, 'utf8'));
+    const data = index_cjs_js$5.parse(node_fs.readFileSync(reportPath, 'utf8'));
     return data;
 };
 /**
@@ -201,11 +247,11 @@ const dispatchRollupWorker = async (descriptor, options) => {
     }
 };
 
-const log = index_cjs_js$2.logger.channel('builder:bin:script');
-const resolveWorkerOrThrow = (workspaceRoot) => {
-    const invocation = resolveDefaultRollupWorkerPath(workspaceRoot);
+const log = index_cjs_js$3.logger.channel('builder:bin:script');
+const resolveWorkerOrThrow = () => {
+    const invocation = resolveDefaultRollupWorkerPath();
     if (!invocation) {
-        throw index_cjs_js$5.createError('rollup worker could not be resolved for bin script bundling. Build @hyperfrontend/builder at least once before invoking the bin phase, or ensure @swc-node/register is installed for source-mode bootstrap.');
+        throw index_cjs_js$2.createError('rollup worker could not be located beside the builder module for bin script bundling. The @hyperfrontend/builder package appears incomplete, or @swc-node/register is missing for source-mode bootstrap.');
     }
     return invocation;
 };
@@ -246,7 +292,7 @@ const buildJsBin = async (bin, ctx) => {
     const formats = normalizeFormats(bin.format);
     const binDir = index_cjs_js.join(ctx.outputPath, 'bin');
     index_cjs_js.ensureDir(binDir);
-    const worker = resolveWorkerOrThrow(ctx.workspaceRoot);
+    const worker = resolveWorkerOrThrow();
     const outputs = [];
     for (const format of formats) {
         const descriptor = toBinBuildDescriptor(bin, ctx, format, formats, '');