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+# TypeScript Advanced Types Implementation Playbook
+
+This file contains detailed patterns, checklists, and code samples referenced by the skill.
+
+# TypeScript Advanced Types
+
+Comprehensive guidance for mastering TypeScript's advanced type system including generics, conditional types, mapped types, template literal types, and utility types for building robust, type-safe applications.
+
+## When to Use This Skill
+
+- Building type-safe libraries or frameworks
+- Creating reusable generic components
+- Implementing complex type inference logic
+- Designing type-safe API clients
+- Building form validation systems
+- Creating strongly-typed configuration objects
+- Implementing type-safe state management
+- Migrating JavaScript codebases to TypeScript
+
+## Core Concepts
+
+### 1. Generics
+
+**Purpose:** Create reusable, type-flexible components while maintaining type safety.
+
+**Basic Generic Function:**
+```typescript
+function identity<T>(value: T): T {
+  return value;
+}
+
+const num = identity<number>(42);        // Type: number
+const str = identity<string>("hello");    // Type: string
+const auto = identity(true);              // Type inferred: boolean
+```
+
+**Generic Constraints:**
+```typescript
+interface HasLength {
+  length: number;
+}
+
+function logLength<T extends HasLength>(item: T): T {
+  console.log(item.length);
+  return item;
+}
+
+logLength("hello");           // OK: string has length
+logLength([1, 2, 3]);         // OK: array has length
+logLength({ length: 10 });    // OK: object has length
+// logLength(42);             // Error: number has no length
+```
+
+**Multiple Type Parameters:**
+```typescript
+function merge<T, U>(obj1: T, obj2: U): T & U {
+  return { ...obj1, ...obj2 };
+}
+
+const merged = merge(
+  { name: "John" },
+  { age: 30 }
+);
+// Type: { name: string } & { age: number }
+```
+
+### 2. Conditional Types
+
+**Purpose:** Create types that depend on conditions, enabling sophisticated type logic.
+
+**Basic Conditional Type:**
+```typescript
+type IsString<T> = T extends string ? true : false;
+
+type A = IsString<string>;    // true
+type B = IsString<number>;    // false
+```
+
+**Extracting Return Types:**
+```typescript
+type ReturnType<T> = T extends (...args: any[]) => infer R ? R : never;
+
+function getUser() {
+  return { id: 1, name: "John" };
+}
+
+type User = ReturnType<typeof getUser>;
+// Type: { id: number; name: string; }
+```
+
+**Distributive Conditional Types:**
+```typescript
+type ToArray<T> = T extends any ? T[] : never;
+
+type StrOrNumArray = ToArray<string | number>;
+// Type: string[] | number[]
+```
+
+**Nested Conditions:**
+```typescript
+type TypeName<T> =
+  T extends string ? "string" :
+  T extends number ? "number" :
+  T extends boolean ? "boolean" :
+  T extends undefined ? "undefined" :
+  T extends Function ? "function" :
+  "object";
+
+type T1 = TypeName<string>;     // "string"
+type T2 = TypeName<() => void>; // "function"
+```
+
+### 3. Mapped Types
+
+**Purpose:** Transform existing types by iterating over their properties.
+
+**Basic Mapped Type:**
+```typescript
+type Readonly<T> = {
+  readonly [P in keyof T]: T[P];
+};
+
+interface User {
+  id: number;
+  name: string;
+}
+
+type ReadonlyUser = Readonly<User>;
+// Type: { readonly id: number; readonly name: string; }
+```
+
+**Optional Properties:**
+```typescript
+type Partial<T> = {
+  [P in keyof T]?: T[P];
+};
+
+type PartialUser = Partial<User>;
+// Type: { id?: number; name?: string; }
+```
+
+**Key Remapping:**
+```typescript
+type Getters<T> = {
+  [K in keyof T as `get${Capitalize<string & K>}`]: () => T[K]
+};
+
+interface Person {
+  name: string;
+  age: number;
+}
+
+type PersonGetters = Getters<Person>;
+// Type: { getName: () => string; getAge: () => number; }
+```
+
+**Filtering Properties:**
+```typescript
+type PickByType<T, U> = {
+  [K in keyof T as T[K] extends U ? K : never]: T[K]
+};
+
+interface Mixed {
+  id: number;
+  name: string;
+  age: number;
+  active: boolean;
+}
+
+type OnlyNumbers = PickByType<Mixed, number>;
+// Type: { id: number; age: number; }
+```
+
+### 4. Template Literal Types
+
+**Purpose:** Create string-based types with pattern matching and transformation.
+
+**Basic Template Literal:**
+```typescript
+type EventName = "click" | "focus" | "blur";
+type EventHandler = `on${Capitalize<EventName>}`;
+// Type: "onClick" | "onFocus" | "onBlur"
+```
+
+**String Manipulation:**
+```typescript
+type UppercaseGreeting = Uppercase<"hello">;  // "HELLO"
+type LowercaseGreeting = Lowercase<"HELLO">;  // "hello"
+type CapitalizedName = Capitalize<"john">;    // "John"
+type UncapitalizedName = Uncapitalize<"John">; // "john"
+```
+
+**Path Building:**
+```typescript
+type Path<T> = T extends object
+  ? { [K in keyof T]: K extends string
+      ? `${K}` | `${K}.${Path<T[K]>}`
+      : never
+    }[keyof T]
+  : never;
+
+interface Config {
+  server: {
+    host: string;
+    port: number;
+  };
+  database: {
+    url: string;
+  };
+}
+
+type ConfigPath = Path<Config>;
+// Type: "server" | "database" | "server.host" | "server.port" | "database.url"
+```
+
+### 5. Utility Types
+
+**Built-in Utility Types:**
+
+```typescript
+// Partial<T> - Make all properties optional
+type PartialUser = Partial<User>;
+
+// Required<T> - Make all properties required
+type RequiredUser = Required<PartialUser>;
+
+// Readonly<T> - Make all properties readonly
+type ReadonlyUser = Readonly<User>;
+
+// Pick<T, K> - Select specific properties
+type UserName = Pick<User, "name" | "email">;
+
+// Omit<T, K> - Remove specific properties
+type UserWithoutPassword = Omit<User, "password">;
+
+// Exclude<T, U> - Exclude types from union
+type T1 = Exclude<"a" | "b" | "c", "a">;  // "b" | "c"
+
+// Extract<T, U> - Extract types from union
+type T2 = Extract<"a" | "b" | "c", "a" | "b">;  // "a" | "b"
+
+// NonNullable<T> - Exclude null and undefined
+type T3 = NonNullable<string | null | undefined>;  // string
+
+// Record<K, T> - Create object type with keys K and values T
+type PageInfo = Record<"home" | "about", { title: string }>;
+```
+
+## Advanced Patterns
+
+### Pattern 1: Type-Safe Event Emitter
+
+```typescript
+type EventMap = {
+  "user:created": { id: string; name: string };
+  "user:updated": { id: string };
+  "user:deleted": { id: string };
+};
+
+class TypedEventEmitter<T extends Record<string, any>> {
+  private listeners: {
+    [K in keyof T]?: Array<(data: T[K]) => void>;
+  } = {};
+
+  on<K extends keyof T>(event: K, callback: (data: T[K]) => void): void {
+    if (!this.listeners[event]) {
+      this.listeners[event] = [];
+    }
+    this.listeners[event]!.push(callback);
+  }
+
+  emit<K extends keyof T>(event: K, data: T[K]): void {
+    const callbacks = this.listeners[event];
+    if (callbacks) {
+      callbacks.forEach(callback => callback(data));
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+const emitter = new TypedEventEmitter<EventMap>();
+
+emitter.on("user:created", (data) => {
+  console.log(data.id, data.name);  // Type-safe!
+});
+
+emitter.emit("user:created", { id: "1", name: "John" });
+// emitter.emit("user:created", { id: "1" });  // Error: missing 'name'
+```
+
+### Pattern 2: Type-Safe API Client
+
+```typescript
+type HTTPMethod = "GET" | "POST" | "PUT" | "DELETE";
+
+type EndpointConfig = {
+  "/users": {
+    GET: { response: User[] };
+    POST: { body: { name: string; email: string }; response: User };
+  };
+  "/users/:id": {
+    GET: { params: { id: string }; response: User };
+    PUT: { params: { id: string }; body: Partial<User>; response: User };
+    DELETE: { params: { id: string }; response: void };
+  };
+};
+
+type ExtractParams<T> = T extends { params: infer P } ? P : never;
+type ExtractBody<T> = T extends { body: infer B } ? B : never;
+type ExtractResponse<T> = T extends { response: infer R } ? R : never;
+
+class APIClient<Config extends Record<string, Record<HTTPMethod, any>>> {
+  async request<
+    Path extends keyof Config,
+    Method extends keyof Config[Path]
+  >(
+    path: Path,
+    method: Method,
+    ...[options]: ExtractParams<Config[Path][Method]> extends never
+      ? ExtractBody<Config[Path][Method]> extends never
+        ? []
+        : [{ body: ExtractBody<Config[Path][Method]> }]
+      : [{
+          params: ExtractParams<Config[Path][Method]>;
+          body?: ExtractBody<Config[Path][Method]>;
+        }]
+  ): Promise<ExtractResponse<Config[Path][Method]>> {
+    // Implementation here
+    return {} as any;
+  }
+}
+
+const api = new APIClient<EndpointConfig>();
+
+// Type-safe API calls
+const users = await api.request("/users", "GET");
+// Type: User[]
+
+const newUser = await api.request("/users", "POST", {
+  body: { name: "John", email: "john@example.com" }
+});
+// Type: User
+
+const user = await api.request("/users/:id", "GET", {
+  params: { id: "123" }
+});
+// Type: User
+```
+
+### Pattern 3: Builder Pattern with Type Safety
+
+```typescript
+type BuilderState<T> = {
+  [K in keyof T]: T[K] | undefined;
+};
+
+type RequiredKeys<T> = {
+  [K in keyof T]-?: {} extends Pick<T, K> ? never : K;
+}[keyof T];
+
+type OptionalKeys<T> = {
+  [K in keyof T]-?: {} extends Pick<T, K> ? K : never;
+}[keyof T];
+
+type IsComplete<T, S> =
+  RequiredKeys<T> extends keyof S
+    ? S[RequiredKeys<T>] extends undefined
+      ? false
+      : true
+    : false;
+
+class Builder<T, S extends BuilderState<T> = {}> {
+  private state: S = {} as S;
+
+  set<K extends keyof T>(
+    key: K,
+    value: T[K]
+  ): Builder<T, S & Record<K, T[K]>> {
+    this.state[key] = value;
+    return this as any;
+  }
+
+  build(
+    this: IsComplete<T, S> extends true ? this : never
+  ): T {
+    return this.state as T;
+  }
+}
+
+interface User {
+  id: string;
+  name: string;
+  email: string;
+  age?: number;
+}
+
+const builder = new Builder<User>();
+
+const user = builder
+  .set("id", "1")
+  .set("name", "John")
+  .set("email", "john@example.com")
+  .build();  // OK: all required fields set
+
+// const incomplete = builder
+//   .set("id", "1")
+//   .build();  // Error: missing required fields
+```
+
+### Pattern 4: Deep Readonly/Partial
+
+```typescript
+type DeepReadonly<T> = {
+  readonly [P in keyof T]: T[P] extends object
+    ? T[P] extends Function
+      ? T[P]
+      : DeepReadonly<T[P]>
+    : T[P];
+};
+
+type DeepPartial<T> = {
+  [P in keyof T]?: T[P] extends object
+    ? T[P] extends Array<infer U>
+      ? Array<DeepPartial<U>>
+      : DeepPartial<T[P]>
+    : T[P];
+};
+
+interface Config {
+  server: {
+    host: string;
+    port: number;
+    ssl: {
+      enabled: boolean;
+      cert: string;
+    };
+  };
+  database: {
+    url: string;
+    pool: {
+      min: number;
+      max: number;
+    };
+  };
+}
+
+type ReadonlyConfig = DeepReadonly<Config>;
+// All nested properties are readonly
+
+type PartialConfig = DeepPartial<Config>;
+// All nested properties are optional
+```
+
+### Pattern 5: Type-Safe Form Validation
+
+```typescript
+type ValidationRule<T> = {
+  validate: (value: T) => boolean;
+  message: string;
+};
+
+type FieldValidation<T> = {
+  [K in keyof T]?: ValidationRule<T[K]>[];
+};
+
+type ValidationErrors<T> = {
+  [K in keyof T]?: string[];
+};
+
+class FormValidator<T extends Record<string, any>> {
+  constructor(private rules: FieldValidation<T>) {}
+
+  validate(data: T): ValidationErrors<T> | null {
+    const errors: ValidationErrors<T> = {};
+    let hasErrors = false;
+
+    for (const key in this.rules) {
+      const fieldRules = this.rules[key];
+      const value = data[key];
+
+      if (fieldRules) {
+        const fieldErrors: string[] = [];
+
+        for (const rule of fieldRules) {
+          if (!rule.validate(value)) {
+            fieldErrors.push(rule.message);
+          }
+        }
+
+        if (fieldErrors.length > 0) {
+          errors[key] = fieldErrors;
+          hasErrors = true;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    return hasErrors ? errors : null;
+  }
+}
+
+interface LoginForm {
+  email: string;
+  password: string;
+}
+
+const validator = new FormValidator<LoginForm>({
+  email: [
+    {
+      validate: (v) => v.includes("@"),
+      message: "Email must contain @"
+    },
+    {
+      validate: (v) => v.length > 0,
+      message: "Email is required"
+    }
+  ],
+  password: [
+    {
+      validate: (v) => v.length >= 8,
+      message: "Password must be at least 8 characters"
+    }
+  ]
+});
+
+const errors = validator.validate({
+  email: "invalid",
+  password: "short"
+});
+// Type: { email?: string[]; password?: string[]; } | null
+```
+
+### Pattern 6: Discriminated Unions
+
+```typescript
+type Success<T> = {
+  status: "success";
+  data: T;
+};
+
+type Error = {
+  status: "error";
+  error: string;
+};
+
+type Loading = {
+  status: "loading";
+};
+
+type AsyncState<T> = Success<T> | Error | Loading;
+
+function handleState<T>(state: AsyncState<T>): void {
+  switch (state.status) {
+    case "success":
+      console.log(state.data);  // Type: T
+      break;
+    case "error":
+      console.log(state.error);  // Type: string
+      break;
+    case "loading":
+      console.log("Loading...");
+      break;
+  }
+}
+
+// Type-safe state machine
+type State =
+  | { type: "idle" }
+  | { type: "fetching"; requestId: string }
+  | { type: "success"; data: any }
+  | { type: "error"; error: Error };
+
+type Event =
+  | { type: "FETCH"; requestId: string }
+  | { type: "SUCCESS"; data: any }
+  | { type: "ERROR"; error: Error }
+  | { type: "RESET" };
+
+function reducer(state: State, event: Event): State {
+  switch (state.type) {
+    case "idle":
+      return event.type === "FETCH"
+        ? { type: "fetching", requestId: event.requestId }
+        : state;
+    case "fetching":
+      if (event.type === "SUCCESS") {
+        return { type: "success", data: event.data };
+      }
+      if (event.type === "ERROR") {
+        return { type: "error", error: event.error };
+      }
+      return state;
+    case "success":
+    case "error":
+      return event.type === "RESET" ? { type: "idle" } : state;
+  }
+}
+```
+
+## Type Inference Techniques
+
+### 1. Infer Keyword
+
+```typescript
+// Extract array element type
+type ElementType<T> = T extends (infer U)[] ? U : never;
+
+type NumArray = number[];
+type Num = ElementType<NumArray>;  // number
+
+// Extract promise type
+type PromiseType<T> = T extends Promise<infer U> ? U : never;
+
+type AsyncNum = PromiseType<Promise<number>>;  // number
+
+// Extract function parameters
+type Parameters<T> = T extends (...args: infer P) => any ? P : never;
+
+function foo(a: string, b: number) {}
+type FooParams = Parameters<typeof foo>;  // [string, number]
+```
+
+### 2. Type Guards
+
+```typescript
+function isString(value: unknown): value is string {
+  return typeof value === "string";
+}
+
+function isArrayOf<T>(
+  value: unknown,
+  guard: (item: unknown) => item is T
+): value is T[] {
+  return Array.isArray(value) && value.every(guard);
+}
+
+const data: unknown = ["a", "b", "c"];
+
+if (isArrayOf(data, isString)) {
+  data.forEach(s => s.toUpperCase());  // Type: string[]
+}
+```
+
+### 3. Assertion Functions
+
+```typescript
+function assertIsString(value: unknown): asserts value is string {
+  if (typeof value !== "string") {
+    throw new Error("Not a string");
+  }
+}
+
+function processValue(value: unknown) {
+  assertIsString(value);
+  // value is now typed as string
+  console.log(value.toUpperCase());
+}
+```
+
+## Best Practices
+
+1. **Use `unknown` over `any`**: Enforce type checking
+2. **Prefer `interface` for object shapes**: Better error messages
+3. **Use `type` for unions and complex types**: More flexible
+4. **Leverage type inference**: Let TypeScript infer when possible
+5. **Create helper types**: Build reusable type utilities
+6. **Use const assertions**: Preserve literal types
+7. **Avoid type assertions**: Use type guards instead
+8. **Document complex types**: Add JSDoc comments
+9. **Use strict mode**: Enable all strict compiler options
+10. **Test your types**: Use type tests to verify type behavior
+
+## Type Testing
+
+```typescript
+// Type assertion tests
+type AssertEqual<T, U> =
+  [T] extends [U]
+    ? [U] extends [T]
+      ? true
+      : false
+    : false;
+
+type Test1 = AssertEqual<string, string>;        // true
+type Test2 = AssertEqual<string, number>;        // false
+type Test3 = AssertEqual<string | number, string>; // false
+
+// Expect error helper
+type ExpectError<T extends never> = T;
+
+// Example usage
+type ShouldError = ExpectError<AssertEqual<string, number>>;
+```
+
+## Common Pitfalls
+
+1. **Over-using `any`**: Defeats the purpose of TypeScript
+2. **Ignoring strict null checks**: Can lead to runtime errors
+3. **Too complex types**: Can slow down compilation
+4. **Not using discriminated unions**: Misses type narrowing opportunities
+5. **Forgetting readonly modifiers**: Allows unintended mutations
+6. **Circular type references**: Can cause compiler errors
+7. **Not handling edge cases**: Like empty arrays or null values
+
+## Performance Considerations
+
+- Avoid deeply nested conditional types
+- Use simple types when possible
+- Cache complex type computations
+- Limit recursion depth in recursive types
+- Use build tools to skip type checking in production
+
+## Resources
+
+- **TypeScript Handbook**: https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/
+- **Type Challenges**: https://github.com/type-challenges/type-challenges
+- **TypeScript Deep Dive**: https://basarat.gitbook.io/typescript/
+- **Effective TypeScript**: Book by Dan Vanderkam