@rangojs/router 0.0.0-experimental.f2d1a2f1 → 0.0.0-experimental.f4a8e8de

package/skills/links/SKILL.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 name: links
-description: URL generation with ctx.reverse (server default), href (client), useHref (mounted), useMount, and scopedReverse
-argument-hint: [ctx.reverse|href|useHref|useMount|scopedReverse]
+description: URL generation with ctx.reverse (server default), href (client), useHref (mounted), useMount, useReverse, and scopedReverse. Use when generating a link to a route by name instead of hardcoding a path, or a link breaks after routes move or get mounted elsewhere.
+argument-hint: [ctx.reverse|href|useHref|useMount|useReverse|scopedReverse]
 ---
 
 # Links & URL Generation
@@ -10,7 +10,12 @@ argument-hint: [ctx.reverse|href|useHref|useMount|scopedReverse]
 
 **Default server API: `ctx.reverse()`.** Generate URLs from the handler context — it's typed, auto-fills mount params, and resolves local (`.name`) and absolute (`name.sub`) names.
 
-**`reverse()` is server-only.** It depends on the route manifest and handler context, neither of which are available in the browser. Client components receive URLs as props, loader data, or server-action return values — they never call `reverse` directly.
+**On the client, two patterns:**
+
+1. **Receive URLs as props / loader data / action return.** The default. The server has the full route manifest and handler context — generate URLs there and hand strings to client components.
+2. **`useReverse(routes)`.** Import a generated `routes` map from a `urls()` module's `.gen.ts` and call `reverse("name", params?)` (the leading dot is optional). Mount-aware via `useMount()`, auto-fills params from `useParams()`, fully typed from the imported map. Use this when a client component needs to generate URLs into a known module without round-tripping through the server.
+
+`ctx.reverse()` itself is **server-only** — it depends on the full route manifest and handler context. Client components never import or call it.
 
 ## Server: ctx.reverse()
 
@@ -33,6 +38,18 @@ export const shopPatterns = urls(({ path, layout }) => [
 - **`.name`** — local route, resolved within the current `include()` scope
 - **`name`** — global route, from the named-routes definition
 
+The include site decides which global names exist:
+
+| Include site                                       | App-wide names                                     |
+| -------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------- |
+| `include("/shop", shopPatterns)`                   | none from the child; use `.name` inside the module |
+| `include("/shop", shopPatterns, { name: "shop" })` | `shop.index`, `shop.product`, ...                  |
+| `include("/shop", shopPatterns, { name: "" })`     | `index`, `product`, ... at the parent scope        |
+
+Flatten only when those names are intentionally unique across the whole parent
+map. Private includes are useful for reusable modules and still support
+mount-aware dot-local reversal.
+
 ```typescript
 // Inside a handler within shopPatterns (mounted at /shop)
 path("/product/:slug", (ctx) => {
@@ -127,9 +144,7 @@ path("/product/:slug", (ctx) => {
 
 ## Client components: receive URLs as props
 
-`reverse()` is not available inside `"use client"` modules — there is no handler context and no route manifest in the browser bundle. Generate the URL on the server and hand it to the client component.
-
-Three patterns, in order of preference:
+`ctx.reverse()` is not available inside `"use client"` modules — there is no handler context in the browser bundle. For in-module names, prefer `useReverse(routes)` (see below) and import the relevant `urls/*.gen.js`. For cross-module URLs or one-off names, generate the URL on the server and hand it to the client component using one of these three patterns:
 
 1. Pass as a prop from a server component:
 
@@ -187,6 +202,8 @@ export async function getProductUrl(slug: string) {
 }
 ```
 
+See `/server-actions` for the full action surface (`getRequestContext()` is the same context middleware and handlers use).
+
 For static path strings (not named routes), client components can use `href()` — see below.
 
 ## Client: href()
@@ -208,7 +225,17 @@ function GlobalNav() {
 }
 ```
 
-`href()` provides compile-time validation via `ValidPaths` type. Paths are validated against registered route patterns using `PatternToPath`.
+`href()` provides compile-time validation via the `Rango.Path` type. Paths are validated against registered route patterns using `PatternToPath`.
+
+When wrapping `href()`, type the wrapper's path parameter as `Rango.Path` so it
+keeps the same generated-route validation. `Rango.Path` is ambient — no import,
+just like `Rango.Env` / `Rango.Vars`:
+
+```typescript
+import { href } from "@rangojs/router/client";
+
+export const appHref = (path: Rango.Path): string => href(path);
+```
 
 `href()` is a raw path helper — it is **not** basename-aware. It returns the path as-is (or with the include mount prefix via `useHref()`). For basename-aware navigation, use `Link`, `useRouter().push()`, or `reverse()`, which auto-prefix root-relative paths with the router's basename.
 
@@ -254,18 +281,185 @@ function MountInfo() {
 
 `useMount()` reads from `MountContext`, which is automatically set by `include()` in the segment tree.
 
-## When to use what
+## Client: useReverse(routes)
+
+Hook that returns a typed local reverse function for a `routes` map imported from a generated `.gen.ts` next to a `urls()` module. The route map is the **exposure boundary** — `useReverse` only knows about names in that map, never the full app manifest.
+
+> **Which map?** `useReverse` accepts any routes map. Prefer the per-module `routes` (e.g. `urls/blog.gen.ts`): it gives **mount-aware** local `.name` reverse (auto-prefixes the `include()` mount) and only that module's names enter the client bundle. You _can_ instead pass `router.named-routes.gen.ts` (`NamedRoutes`) for **global** names (`blog.post`; the leading dot is optional) — it is a plain importable map and works on the client (it is **not** server-only) — but its paths are **absolute** while `useReverse` mount-prefixes, so it is correct only at the root mount (under a non-root mount it double-prefixes), and importing it pulls every route name and pattern in the app into the client bundle (a small names-to-paths map — not components or loaders), versus the per-module map which exposes only one module's names. So the per-module map is preferred for in-module links; the named-routes map is the escape hatch for global names.
+
+```tsx
+"use client";
+import { Link, useReverse } from "@rangojs/router/client";
+import { routes as blogRoutes } from "../urls/blog.gen.js";
+
+export function BlogNav() {
+  const reverse = useReverse(blogRoutes);
+
+  return (
+    <nav>
+      <Link to={reverse("index")}>Blog</Link>
+      <Link to={reverse("post", { postId: "hello" })}>Post</Link>
+    </nav>
+  );
+}
+```
+
+### How it resolves
+
+1. Strips an optional leading `.` and looks up the name in the imported `routes` map.
+2. Joins the local pattern with the surrounding `useMount()` value — the include's URL pattern.
+3. Substitutes params: explicit params from the call, then auto-filled from `useParams()` for anything still unresolved (mount params like `:tenantId` flow in this way).
+4. Appends a query string if a search object is passed and the route has a `search` schema.
+
+### Mount-relativity
+
+Patterns in the generated `routes` map are **mount-relative** — they're the patterns as defined inside the `urls()` module, _not_ the full app paths. Mount-joining happens at runtime via `useMount()`, so the same component works under any include:
+
+```typescript
+// urls/blog.tsx
+export const blogPatterns = urls(({ path }) => [
+  path("/", BlogIndex, { name: "index" }),
+  path("/:postId", BlogPost, { name: "post" }),
+]);
+
+// Generated urls/blog.gen.ts
+// export const routes = { index: "/", post: "/:postId" } as const;
+
+// urls.tsx — same module mounted twice
+include("/news", blogPatterns, { name: "news" }),    // <BlogNav> renders /news, /news/hello
+include("/journal", blogPatterns, { name: "diary" }), // <BlogNav> renders /journal, /journal/hello
+```
+
+The `/` pattern under a non-root mount collapses cleanly: under `/news`, `reverse(".index")` returns `/news` (no trailing slash), matching `ctx.reverse(".index")` on the server.
+
+### Auto-filled params (mount params)
+
+When the include itself carries `:params`, those are auto-filled from `useParams()` so the caller doesn't have to thread them through:
+
+```typescript
+// urls.tsx
+include("/tenant/:tenantId", clientReversePatterns, { name: "tenant" });
+```
+
+```tsx
+// At /tenant/acme/posts/p1, useParams() = { tenantId: "acme", postId: "p1" }
+const reverse = useReverse(clientReverseRoutes);
+
+reverse(".index"); // "/tenant/acme"
+reverse(".post", { postId: "p2" }); // "/tenant/acme/posts/p2"   (tenantId auto-filled)
+reverse(".post", { tenantId: "other", postId: "p2" }); // "/tenant/other/posts/p2" (explicit override)
+```
+
+Auto-fill follows soft navigation — when the matched route changes, `useReverse` re-renders with the new params.
+
+### Search schemas
+
+Routes declared with a `search` schema accept a typed search object as the third argument:
+
+```typescript
+// urls/blog.tsx
+path("/search", SearchPage, {
+  name: "search",
+  search: { q: "string", page: "number?" },
+}),
+
+// Generated as: search: { path: "/search", search: { q: "string", page: "number?" } }
+```
+
+```tsx
+const reverse = useReverse(blogRoutes);
+reverse(".search", {}, { q: "hello world", page: 2 });
+// "/news/search?q=hello%20world&page=2"
+```
+
+### Errors
+
+- Unknown name: throws `Unknown route: ".not-a-route"`.
+- Missing required param: throws `Missing param "postId" for route ".detail"`.
+
+Both happen synchronously during `reverse()` — wrap calls in try/catch (or an ErrorBoundary if the throw happens during render) when you need to surface them as UI.
+
+### The leading dot is optional
 
-| Context          | API                                                | Resolves                        | Use for                                                          |
-| ---------------- | -------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| Server handler   | `ctx.reverse("name")`                              | Named routes (local + absolute) | **Default** server-side URL generation                           |
-| Server handler   | `scopedReverse<T>(ctx.reverse)`                    | Same, with type safety          | Type-safe server URLs                                            |
-| Client component | (URL passed as prop / loader data / action return) | Named routes                    | Any URL derived from a named route — generate on server, pass in |
-| Client component | `href("/path")`                                    | Absolute paths (static strings) | Static navigation where no named-route lookup is needed          |
-| Client component | `useHref()`                                        | Mount-prefixed paths            | Local navigation inside `include()`                              |
-| Client component | `useMount()`                                       | Raw mount path                  | Custom mount-aware logic                                         |
+`reverse("post")` and `reverse(".post")` resolve **identically** — the leading dot is cosmetic. The map you import IS the scope, so there is no separate global namespace to disambiguate and the dot carries no meaning; it exists only as a readability convention and for parity with `ctx.reverse(".name")` on the server. To link into a different module, import that module's `routes`:
+
+```tsx
+import { routes as blogRoutes } from "../urls/blog.gen.js";
+import { routes as shopRoutes } from "../urls/shop.gen.js";
+
+function CrossNav() {
+  const blog = useReverse(blogRoutes);
+  const shop = useReverse(shopRoutes);
+  return (
+    <nav>
+      <Link to={blog("index")}>Blog</Link>
+      <Link to={shop("cart")}>Cart</Link>
+    </nav>
+  );
+}
+```
+
+### Codegen
+
+Each `urls()` module gets a sibling `.gen.ts` with the local route names and patterns, produced by `rango generate`:
+
+```bash
+pnpm exec rango generate src/urls/blog.tsx
+# or generate everything under a directory:
+pnpm exec rango generate src/urls --static
+```
+
+Don't edit the file by hand — re-run codegen when patterns change.
+
+**Today the Vite plugin only regenerates the router-level `*.named-routes.gen.ts`.** Per-module `urls/*.gen.ts` files are emitted only by the CLI (or `writePerModuleRouteTypesForFile` programmatically). Commit the generated files and re-run `rango generate` whenever a `urls()` module's `path()`/`include()` shape changes. A common workflow is to wire it into a `predev` script:
+
+```jsonc
+// package.json
+{
+  "scripts": {
+    "predev": "rango generate src",
+    "dev": "vite",
+  },
+}
+```
+
+## Prefetch boundaries
+
+`Link` follows its `prefetch` prop or the router's `defaultPrefetch`; eligible
+plain anchors follow the router default. When a whole DOM section must never
+speculate, mark its container instead of repeating per-link opt-outs:
+
+```tsx
+<section data-prefetch-scope="none">
+  <Link to="/activity" prefetch="viewport">
+    Activity
+  </Link>
+  <a href="/export">Export</a>
+</section>
+```
+
+The scope is a hard opt-out for every descendant Link and plain anchor; `"false"`
+and `"none"` are equivalent. An explicit `prefetch` prop or
+`data-prefetch="true"` cannot override it, and navigation still works normally.
+Use `data-prefetch="false"` or `"none"` directly on a plain anchor when only that
+anchor is unsafe. Dynamic scope changes re-evaluate only descendant anchors and
+mounted viewport/render Links. Links share one document-level scope observer,
+not one observer per Link or container. Adding a scope cannot recall work already
+queued or in flight; removing it re-arms both Link types.
+
+## When to use what
 
-> `reverse()` is server-only. Client components never import or call it — they receive the already-resolved string.
+| Context          | API                                                | Resolves                                  | Use for                                                          |
+| ---------------- | -------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| Server handler   | `ctx.reverse("name")`                              | Named routes (local + absolute)           | **Default** server-side URL generation                           |
+| Server handler   | `scopedReverse<T>(ctx.reverse)`                    | Same, with type safety                    | Type-safe server URLs                                            |
+| Client component | `useReverse(routes)`                               | Local names from an imported `routes` map | Typed in-module URL generation without round-tripping the server |
+| Client component | (URL passed as prop / loader data / action return) | Named routes                              | Cross-module URLs or one-off names you don't want to import      |
+| Client component | `href("/path")`                                    | Absolute paths (static strings)           | Static navigation where no named-route lookup is needed          |
+| Client component | `useHref()`                                        | Mount-prefixed paths                      | Local navigation inside `include()`                              |
+| Client component | `useMount()`                                       | Raw mount path                            | Custom mount-aware logic                                         |
+
+> `ctx.reverse()` is server-only. On the client, either generate URLs on the server and pass them in, or import the `routes` map and use `useReverse(routes)` for in-module names.
 
 ## Complete example: mounted module
 

package/skills/loader/SKILL.md

@@ -1,12 +1,22 @@
 ---
 name: loader
-description: Define data loaders for fetching data in routes with createLoader
+description: Define data loaders for fetching data in routes with createLoader. Use when pages need per-request data that stays fresh, data should stream while the page renders, or client components need reactive server data.
 argument-hint: [loader]
 ---
 
 # Data Loaders with loader()
 
-Loaders fetch data on the server and stream it to the client.
+Loaders fetch data on the server and stream it to the client. For mutations
+(writes triggered by forms or buttons), use server actions instead — see
+`/server-actions`. Loaders re-resolve after an action runs, so the typical
+flow is _action mutates → loader re-reads → UI updates_.
+
+## Not this skill if…
+
+- You want to mutate state — mutations are `"use server"` actions: see
+  `/server-actions`. Loaders read per-request live data.
+- You want to cache a function's return value — loaders are fresh every request
+  by default; caching one function is `"use cache"`: see `/use-cache`.
 
 ## Creating a Loader
 
@@ -88,6 +98,20 @@ path("/product/:slug", ProductPage, { name: "product" }, () => [
 ]);
 ```
 
+> **Client refresh `key` vs. server `cache({ key })` vs. `revalidate()`.** Three
+> different "what refreshes" knobs that are easy to confuse:
+>
+> - `useLoader(Loader, { key })` / `useFetchLoader(Loader, { key })` — a
+>   **client** refresh identity. It groups which mounted reads of one loader
+>   refresh together when one calls `load()`. It never touches the server
+>   request. For refreshing **different** loaders together, tag them with
+>   `{ refreshGroup }` (one name or several) and call `useRefreshLoaders()(name)`
+>   (plain GET only). See the hooks skill ("Scoping refetch with a `key`" and
+>   "Refreshing multiple loaders together").
+> - `cache({ key })` — a **server** cache identity (storage hit/miss/ttl/swr).
+> - `revalidate()` — which **server** segments/loaders recompute during
+>   navigation and action refreshes.
+
 DSL loaders are the **live data layer** — they resolve fresh on every
 request, even when the route is inside a `cache()` boundary. The router
 excludes them from the segment cache at storage time and re-resolves them
@@ -123,6 +147,11 @@ same memoized result — loaders never run twice per request.
 - The handler output depends on the loader data. If the route is inside
   `cache()`, the handler is cached with the loader result baked in —
   defeating the live data guarantee.
+- The same holds under a PPR shell capture (`/ppr`): handler consumption is
+  the BAKED lane — the loader executes at capture (identity reads permitted)
+  and the rendered value is a capture-time copy; `useLoader` client-side is
+  the live lane. One rule across `cache()`, `"use cache"`, and PPR: the
+  consumption-lane rule (`/rango` → Invariants).
 - Non-cacheable variable reads (`createVar({ cache: false })`) inside the
   handler still throw, even if the data came from a loader.
 - Prefer DSL `loader()` + client `useLoader()` for data that depends on
@@ -143,23 +172,23 @@ Loaders receive the same context shape as route handlers.
 
 ### Full field surface
 
-| Field          | Type                           | Notes                                                                                               |
-| -------------- | ------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| `params`       | `TParams`                      | Merged route + explicit loader params; overridable by fetchable `load({ params })`.                 |
-| `routeParams`  | `Record<string, string>`       | Server-trusted route params from URL pattern matching; cannot be overridden.                        |
-| `request`      | `Request`                      | The incoming `Request` (headers, method, body, `signal` for abort).                                 |
-| `url`          | `URL`                          | Parsed request URL.                                                                                 |
-| `pathname`     | `string`                       | URL pathname (shortcut for `ctx.url.pathname`).                                                     |
-| `searchParams` | `URLSearchParams`              | Shortcut for `ctx.url.searchParams`.                                                                |
-| `search`       | `ResolveSearchSchema<TSearch>` | Typed query params when a search schema is declared on the route; `{}` otherwise.                   |
-| `env`          | `TEnv`                         | Plain bindings from `createRouter<TEnv>()` (DB, KV, secrets, etc.).                                 |
-| `get`          | `(key \| ContextVar) => value` | Reads variables/context-vars set by middleware.                                                     |
-| `use`          | `(loader \| handle) => T`      | Access another loader's data (Promise) or a handle's collected data (after `await ctx.rendered()`). |
-| `rendered`     | `() => Promise<void>`          | **Experimental.** DSL loaders only — waits for non-loader segments before reading handle data.      |
-| `method`       | `string`                       | HTTP method. `"GET"` for SSR loader runs; reflects real method for fetchable loaders.               |
-| `body`         | `TBody \| undefined`           | Parsed request body for fetchable POST/PUT/PATCH/DELETE calls.                                      |
-| `formData`     | `FormData \| undefined`        | Present when a fetchable loader is invoked via form submission.                                     |
-| `reverse`      | `ScopedReverseFunction`        | Generate type-checked URLs from route names (same scoped semantics as route handlers).              |
+| Field          | Type                           | Notes                                                                                                                                                   |
+| -------------- | ------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `params`       | `TParams`                      | Merged route + explicit loader params; overridable by fetchable `load({ params })`.                                                                     |
+| `routeParams`  | `Record<string, string>`       | Server-trusted route params from URL pattern matching; cannot be overridden.                                                                            |
+| `request`      | `Request`                      | The incoming `Request` (headers, method, body, `signal` for abort).                                                                                     |
+| `url`          | `URL`                          | Parsed request URL.                                                                                                                                     |
+| `pathname`     | `string`                       | URL pathname (shortcut for `ctx.url.pathname`).                                                                                                         |
+| `searchParams` | `URLSearchParams`              | Shortcut for `ctx.url.searchParams`.                                                                                                                    |
+| `search`       | `ResolveSearchSchema<TSearch>` | Typed query params when a search schema is declared on the route; `{}` otherwise.                                                                       |
+| `env`          | `TEnv`                         | Plain bindings from `createRouter<TEnv>()` (DB, KV, secrets, etc.).                                                                                     |
+| `get`          | `(key \| ContextVar) => value` | Reads variables/context-vars set by middleware.                                                                                                         |
+| `use`          | `(loader \| handle) => T`      | Access another loader's data (Promise) or a handle's collected data (after `await ctx.rendered()`).                                                     |
+| `rendered`     | `() => Promise<void>`          | **Experimental.** DSL loaders only — waits for all non-loader segments (including `loading()` streaming handlers) to settle before reading handle data. |
+| `method`       | `string`                       | HTTP method. `"GET"` for SSR loader runs; reflects real method for fetchable loaders.                                                                   |
+| `body`         | `TBody \| undefined`           | Parsed request body for fetchable POST/PUT/PATCH/DELETE calls.                                                                                          |
+| `formData`     | `FormData \| undefined`        | Present when a fetchable loader is invoked via form submission.                                                                                         |
+| `reverse`      | `ScopedReverseFunction`        | Generate type-checked URLs from route names (same scoped semantics as route handlers).                                                                  |
 
 ### Example
 
@@ -182,7 +211,7 @@ export const ProductLoader = createLoader(async (ctx) => {
   // Request headers
   const auth = ctx.request.headers.get("Authorization");
 
-  // Variables set by middleware (from RSCRouter.Vars augmentation)
+  // Variables set by middleware (from Rango.Vars augmentation)
   const user = ctx.get("user");
 
   // Type-checked URLs for payloads. `.name` resolves within the current
@@ -232,6 +261,8 @@ export const OrderLoader = createLoader(async (ctx) => {
 Add caching or revalidation to specific loaders:
 
 ```typescript
+import * as CartActions from "./actions/cart";
+
 path("/product/:slug", ProductPage, { name: "product" }, () => [
   // Cached loader
   loader(ProductLoader, () => [cache({ ttl: 300 })]),
@@ -241,13 +272,104 @@ path("/product/:slug", ProductPage, { name: "product" }, () => [
     revalidate(() => false), // Never revalidate
   ]),
 
-  // Loader that revalidates after cart actions
+  // Loader that revalidates after cart actions (defer otherwise — keeps the
+  // permissive loader defaults for navigation and other actions intact)
   loader(CartLoader, () => [
-    revalidate(({ actionId }) => actionId?.includes("Cart") ?? false),
+    revalidate((ctx) => ctx.isAction(CartActions) || undefined),
   ]),
 ]);
 ```
 
+### `revalidate()` return shapes
+
+> **Scope: `revalidate()` is a partial-render concern, not a cache concern.**
+> It decides whether a segment (here, a loader) re-runs and streams to the
+> client on a navigation or action — never whether a cached value is stale. The
+> cache decides hit/miss/ttl/swr independently and never reads `revalidate()`.
+> Caching a loader is a separate, opt-in step (`loader(Fn, () => [cache({...})])`).
+> See `/cache-guide` → "Two axes" and `/rango` → "The shape of rango".
+
+A `revalidate(fn)` callback can return one of four shapes. The chain
+processes revalidators in order; each call's return controls how the
+chain continues:
+
+```typescript
+// 1) Hard decision — short-circuits the chain, used as the final answer.
+revalidate(() => true);
+revalidate(({ actionId }) => actionId?.includes("Cart") ?? false);
+
+// 2) Soft decision — updates the running suggestion for downstream
+//    revalidators on the same segment, chain continues.
+revalidate(({ defaultShouldRevalidate }) => ({
+  defaultShouldRevalidate: !defaultShouldRevalidate,
+}));
+
+// 3) Defer (no opinion) — leaves the running suggestion unchanged and
+//    continues to the next revalidator. Implicit return / null /
+//    undefined are all equivalent and consumer-friendly.
+revalidate(({ actionId }) => {
+  if (actionId?.includes("Cart")) return true; // hard for this branch only
+  // implicit return — let downstream revalidators or the segment default decide
+});
+revalidate(() => undefined); // explicit defer
+revalidate(() => null); // explicit defer
+```
+
+If every revalidator on a segment defers, the segment-type default
+(e.g. params-changed for routes, `false` for parallels) is used.
+
+#### `|| undefined` (defer) vs `?? false` (hard) — pick deliberately
+
+A boolean return — including `false` — is a **hard** decision: it short-circuits
+the chain and overrides the segment default. `undefined` **defers** to the
+running suggestion / segment default. They are not interchangeable:
+
+```typescript
+// Defer: "revalidate on match, otherwise let the default/downstream decide."
+revalidate(({ actionId }) => actionId?.includes("Cart") || undefined);
+
+// Hard: "revalidate ONLY on match, suppress everything else."
+revalidate(({ actionId }) => actionId?.includes("Cart") ?? false);
+```
+
+This matters most for loaders, whose defaults are permissive: a loader defaults
+to revalidating on **any** action (`POST`) and on **param/search changes**
+during navigation. So `?? false` on a loader silently suppresses both — the
+loader will not refetch when you navigate to a different `:id`. Use
+`|| undefined` when you want to _add_ a revalidation signal on top of the
+sensible defaults, and reserve `?? false` for the rare case where you genuinely
+want the loader to refetch on nothing but your matched action.
+
+When **composing multiple revalidators** on one segment (see below), defer is
+mandatory: the first hard `?? false` ends the chain and the later contracts
+never run.
+
+#### Matching actions: `ctx.isAction()`
+
+To revalidate after specific server actions, match them by **reference** with
+`ctx.isAction()` rather than hand-written `actionId` substrings. A rename or
+moved file then becomes a type error instead of silently failing to match:
+
+```typescript
+import { addToCart, removeFromCart } from "../actions/cart";
+import * as CartActions from "../actions/cart";
+
+loader(CartLoader, () => [
+  revalidate((ctx) => ctx.isAction(addToCart) || undefined), // one action
+]);
+revalidate((ctx) => ctx.isAction(addToCart, removeFromCart) || undefined); // several
+revalidate((ctx) => ctx.isAction(CartActions) || undefined); // any action in the module
+```
+
+`isAction()` is a method on the revalidate predicate's **context argument** —
+there is no standalone `isAction` import; you always reach it through the callback
+parameter (`revalidate((ctx) => ctx.isAction(...))`). It returns a raw boolean, so
+pair it with `|| undefined` for the usual "revalidate on match, else defer"
+intent. It returns `false` on plain navigation and on non-matches, and resolves
+the reference the same way the router derives `actionId` (`$id` in production,
+`$$id` in dev), so it matches in both modes. The raw `actionId` string stays
+available on the same context as an escape hatch.
+
 ### Revalidation Contracts for Loader Dependencies
 
 If a loader reads `ctx.get()` data produced by an outer handler/layout, share
@@ -255,8 +377,12 @@ the same named revalidation contract across producer and consumer segments.
 
 ```typescript
 // revalidation-contracts.ts
-export const revalidateAccountScope = ({ actionId }) =>
-  actionId?.includes("src/actions/account.ts#") ?? false;
+import * as AccountActions from "./actions/account";
+
+// Match by reference with ctx.isAction() (rename-safe), and defer (|| undefined)
+// so these contracts compose — a hard `false` would short-circuit the rest.
+export const revalidateAccountScope = (ctx) =>
+  ctx.isAction(AccountActions) || undefined;
 
 layout(AccountLayout, () => [
   revalidate(revalidateAccountScope), // producer reruns
@@ -299,6 +425,64 @@ follows the same rule: at build time, loaders are skipped entirely (there is no
 real request context), and at runtime the worker resolves them fresh against
 the live database.
 
+### Parallel and streaming — latency overlaps first paint
+
+Loaders do not block the page. As the render pass begins — the pass that route
+middleware wraps, so loaders run right after middleware, not in a later
+phase — every matched loader is kicked off **concurrently** (their promises start in the
+same tick), and each result is **streamed** to the client as its own RSC Flight
+chunk rather than awaited up front. Pair a loader with `loading()` (or a
+client `<Suspense>`) and the shell paints immediately while the data streams in.
+
+This is why **"cached UI still pays full data latency" is the wrong intuition**:
+on a `cache()` hit the UI segments stream instantly from cache while the live
+loaders resolve fresh **in parallel** — data latency _overlaps_ first paint
+instead of being added on top of it. (Without a `loading()` / `<Suspense>`
+boundary a parallel loader blocks its parent, so add one to keep the overlap.)
+
+If you come from a framework where the loader is a blocking step that runs
+before the response is built, this is the shift to internalize: here the
+response starts streaming first and loader data fills in.
+
+### See it: `debugPerformance`
+
+Turn on the per-request performance timeline early — it is the fastest way to
+confirm loaders overlap rather than serialize, and to find the real bottleneck
+locally instead of guessing:
+
+```typescript
+const router = createRouter({ document: Document, debugPerformance: true });
+```
+
+Or enable it per-request from middleware (e.g. only when `?debug` is present) by
+calling `ctx.debugPerformance()` **before** `await next()`. Each HTML request
+then prints a shared-axis waterfall (and emits a `Server-Timing` header):
+
+```
+[RSC Perf] GET /product/widget (24.53ms)
+start      dur  span                          timeline
+ 0.08ms  3.20ms  route-matching               |#####...................................|
+ 3.40ms  8.70ms  ssr-render-html              |.....##############.....................|
+ 3.42ms 11.90ms  loader:…#ProductLoader       |.....###################................|
+ 3.45ms 11.40ms  loader:…#ReviewsLoader        |.....##################.................|
+ 0.00ms 24.53ms  handler:total                |########################################|
+```
+
+How to read it:
+
+- **Humans:** scan the `#` bars on the shared axis. Bars that start at the same
+  offset and run side by side are executing **in parallel** — loaders should
+  overlap `ssr-render-html` / `render:total`, not sit alone to the right of
+  everything. A lone `loader:*` bar past the render bar is serialized latency to
+  chase. `handler:total` is the whole request; `render:total` is the render pass.
+- **LLMs / programmatic:** read each row as `{ start, dur, label }`. A loader
+  overlaps paint when its `[start, start+dur]` interval intersects
+  `render:total` / `ssr-render-html`. Flag a regression when a `loader:*`
+  interval is **disjoint from and starts after** `render:total`, or when its
+  `dur` approaches `handler:total` — that loader is on the critical path instead
+  of overlapping it. Two `loader:*` rows with near-equal `start` confirm
+  parallel execution.
+
 ### Opting a Loader into Caching
 
 To cache a specific loader's data, attach a `cache()` child:
@@ -389,6 +573,8 @@ entirely (no read, no write).
 ### Per-Loader Store Override
 
 ```typescript
+import { MemorySegmentCacheStore } from "@rangojs/router/cache";
+
 const hotStore = new MemorySegmentCacheStore({ defaults: { ttl: 10 } });
 
 loader(PricingLoader, () => [
@@ -497,6 +683,16 @@ export const SearchLoader = createLoader(async (ctx) => {
 }, true); // true = fetchable
 ```
 
+> **No registration needed — and no worker-entry import.** A fetchable loader
+> does not have to be registered with `loader()` in the route DSL, and it does
+> not have to be imported by any server module. Importing it into the client
+> component that calls `useFetchLoader()` / `load()` is enough. Rango discovers
+> every `createLoader(fn, true)` at build time and registers it for the
+> `_rsc_loader` endpoint, so a loader reachable only through a client component
+> still resolves in production — on both the generated entry and a hand-written
+> worker entry (e.g. a Cloudflare `worker.rsc.tsx`). You do **not** need to
+> force-import the loader in your worker entry to make it resolve.
+
 ### Fetchable Loader with Middleware
 
 Pass an options object instead of `true` to attach per-loader middleware.
@@ -572,6 +768,13 @@ export const FileUploadLoader = createLoader(async (ctx) => {
 
 Client usage — see `/hooks useFetchLoader` for the full client-side pattern.
 
+> **Refetch sharing**: when the loader is registered on the route via
+> `loader()`, a plain `load()` call (no `params`, no `body`) broadcasts
+> the new value to every component reading the same loader id —
+> `useLoader` reads in layouts, pages, and parallel slots all converge.
+> Calls with `params` or a non-GET method stay local to the call site.
+> See `/hooks` → "Shared refetch behavior" for the full contract.
+
 ## Complete Example
 
 ```typescript
@@ -604,10 +807,12 @@ export const CartLoader = createLoader(async (ctx) => {
 });
 
 // urls.tsx — register loaders in the DSL
+import * as CartActions from "./actions/cart";
+
 export const urlpatterns = urls(({ path, layout, loader, loading, cache, revalidate }) => [
   layout(<ShopLayout />, () => [
     loader(CartLoader, () => [
-      revalidate(({ actionId }) => actionId?.includes("Cart") ?? false),
+      revalidate((ctx) => ctx.isAction(CartActions) || undefined),
     ]),
 
     path("/shop/product/:slug", ProductPage, { name: "product" }, () => [