structured-context 0.12.0 → 0.13.0

package/dist/plugins/markdown/parse-embedded.js

@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-import { load as yamlLoad } from 'js-yaml';
 import { toString as mdastToString } from 'mdast-util-to-string';
 import remarkGfm from 'remark-gfm';
 import remarkParse from 'remark-parse';
 import { unified } from 'unified';
 import { extractLinksFromAstNode } from './extract-content-links';
-import { applyFieldMap, coerceDates } from './util';
+import { applyFieldMap, parseYaml } from './util';
 /** Type values that identify a space_on_a_page container (not themselves space nodes). */
 export const ON_A_PAGE_TYPES = ['ost_on_a_page', 'space_on_a_page'];
 const DEFAULT_STATUS = 'identified';
@@ -141,18 +140,91 @@ export function defaultNodeType(stack, hierarchy) {
     }
     return hierarchy[idx + 1];
 }
-function appendContent(node, text) {
-    if (!text)
+/** Start and end offsets of an mdast node. Throws when the parser gave no position. */
+function offsetsOf(node) {
+    const start = node.position?.start.offset;
+    const end = node.position?.end.offset;
+    if (start === undefined || end === undefined) {
+        throw new Error(`Markdown ${node.type} node has no source position; cannot slice its content`);
+    }
+    return { start, end };
+}
+function addRange(claims, node, start, end) {
+    if (end <= start)
         return;
-    const existing = node.schemaData.content;
-    const updated = existing ? `${existing}\n${text}` : text;
-    node.schemaData.content = updated;
-    node.content = updated;
+    const ranges = claims.ranges.get(node) ?? [];
+    const last = ranges[ranges.length - 1];
+    if (last && last.end === start)
+        last.end = end;
+    else
+        ranges.push({ start, end });
+    claims.ranges.set(node, ranges);
+}
+/**
+ * Give a node a block of source, plus the blank lines between `from` and the block's `start`.
+ * Those lines are skipped when a consumed block just before already kept its own.
+ */
+function claim(claims, node, from, start, end) {
+    addRange(claims, node, claims.gapKept.delete(node) ? start : from, end);
+}
+/**
+ * Take a block out of a node's content (it was consumed as a node, field or other syntax).
+ * The blank lines before it stay, so the content on either side does not run together.
+ */
+function consume(claims, node, from, start) {
+    addRange(claims, node, claims.gapKept.delete(node) ? start : from, start);
+    claims.gapKept.add(node);
+}
+/** Sets each node's content from its claimed source. Leading blank lines and trailing whitespace are dropped. */
+function applyClaims(claims, body) {
+    for (const [node, ranges] of claims.ranges) {
+        let content = ranges
+            .map((r) => body.slice(r.start, r.end))
+            .join('')
+            .replace(/^(?:[ \t]*\r?\n)+/, '')
+            .trimEnd();
+        const indent = claims.contentIndent.get(node);
+        if (indent) {
+            const strip = new RegExp(`^[ \\t]{1,${indent}}`);
+            content = content
+                .split(/(?<=\n)/)
+                .map((line) => line.replace(strip, ''))
+                .join('');
+        }
+        if (!content)
+            continue;
+        node.schemaData.content = content;
+        node.content = content;
+    }
 }
-function processListItem(item, parentRef, contentTarget, nodes, makeLabel, buildLinkTargets, typeAliases, fieldMap, pendingType, parentFieldAppend, activeNodeFieldAppend, file, lineOffset) {
+/** Source lines (with terminators) of a range, as absolute offsets. */
+function sourceLines(body, range) {
+    const lines = [];
+    const re = /[^\n]*\n|[^\n]+$/g;
+    const text = body.slice(range.start, range.end);
+    for (const m of text.matchAll(re)) {
+        lines.push({
+            start: range.start + m.index,
+            end: range.start + m.index + m[0].length,
+            text: m[0].replace(/\r?\n$/, ''),
+        });
+    }
+    return lines;
+}
+/** Whether a line holds only inline fields: bracketed `[key:: value]` pieces, or one `key:: value`. */
+function isFieldOnlyLine(line) {
+    const { cleanText, fields } = extractBracketedFields(line);
+    const hasBracketed = Object.keys(fields).length > 0;
+    if (cleanText === '')
+        return hasBracketed;
+    return /^[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_-]*:: *.*$/.test(cleanText);
+}
+function processListItem(item, parentRef, contentTarget, nodes, makeLabel, buildLinkTargets, typeAliases, fieldMap, pendingType, parentFieldAppend, activeNodeFieldAppend, file, lineOffset, walk) {
+    const itemEnd = offsetsOf(item).end;
     const firstPara = item.children.find((c) => c.type === 'paragraph');
     if (!firstPara) {
-        appendContent(contentTarget, `- ${mdastToString(item)}`);
+        claim(walk.claims, contentTarget, walk.pos, offsetsOf(item).start, itemEnd);
+        walk.pos = itemEnd;
         return;
     }
     const rawText = mdastToString(firstPara);
@@ -161,11 +233,15 @@ function processListItem(item, parentRef, contentTarget, nodes, makeLabel, build
     if (wikiTarget) {
         const linkRef = `[[${wikiTarget}]]`;
         if (parentFieldAppend) {
+            consume(walk.claims, contentTarget, walk.pos, offsetsOf(item).start);
             appendParentField(parentFieldAppend.node, parentFieldAppend.field, linkRef);
+            walk.pos = itemEnd;
             return;
         }
         if (activeNodeFieldAppend) {
+            consume(walk.claims, contentTarget, walk.pos, offsetsOf(item).start);
             appendParentField(activeNodeFieldAppend.node, activeNodeFieldAppend.field, linkRef);
+            walk.pos = itemEnd;
             return;
         }
         // No field append context — fall through to node creation or content append
@@ -204,21 +280,34 @@ function processListItem(item, parentRef, contentTarget, nodes, makeLabel, build
             ...(source ? { source } : {}),
         };
         nodes.push(newNode);
+        const contentColumn = firstPara.position?.start.column;
+        if (contentColumn !== undefined)
+            walk.claims.contentIndent.set(newNode, contentColumn - 1);
         if (parentFieldAppend) {
             appendParentField(parentFieldAppend.node, parentFieldAppend.field, `[[${linkTargets[0] ?? title}]]`);
         }
         const nestedParentRef = `[[${linkTargets[0] ?? title}]]`;
+        consume(walk.claims, contentTarget, walk.pos, offsetsOf(item).start);
+        walk.pos = offsetsOf(firstPara).end;
         for (const child of item.children) {
+            if (child === firstPara)
+                continue;
             if (child.type === 'list') {
                 for (const subItem of child.children) {
-                    processListItem(subItem, nestedParentRef, newNode, nodes, makeLabel, buildLinkTargets, typeAliases, fieldMap, pendingType, undefined, undefined, file, lineOffset);
+                    processListItem(subItem, nestedParentRef, newNode, nodes, makeLabel, buildLinkTargets, typeAliases, fieldMap, pendingType, undefined, undefined, file, lineOffset, walk);
                 }
             }
+            else {
+                const { start, end } = offsetsOf(child);
+                claim(walk.claims, newNode, walk.pos, start, end);
+                walk.pos = end;
+            }
         }
     }
     else {
-        appendContent(contentTarget, `- ${rawText}`);
+        claim(walk.claims, contentTarget, walk.pos, offsetsOf(item).start, itemEnd);
     }
+    walk.pos = itemEnd;
 }
 /**
  * Extract space nodes from markdown body text.
@@ -418,7 +507,32 @@ export function extractEmbeddedNodes(body, options) {
     }
     let grouping = null;
     let activeNode = rootNode;
+    const claims = { ranges: new Map(), gapKept: new Set(), contentIndent: new Map() };
+    /** End of the previous top-level block; a block's span starts here so the blank lines before it stay with it. */
+    let prevEnd = 0;
     for (const child of tree.children) {
+        const { start: blockStart, end: blockEnd } = offsetsOf(child);
+        const spanStart = prevEnd;
+        prevEnd = blockEnd;
+        /** Give a node this block as source content, minus any `removed` ranges inside it. */
+        const claimBlock = (node, removed = []) => {
+            let from = blockStart;
+            let first = true;
+            for (const gap of removed) {
+                if (first)
+                    claim(claims, node, spanStart, blockStart, gap.start);
+                else
+                    addRange(claims, node, from, gap.start);
+                first = false;
+                from = gap.end;
+            }
+            if (first)
+                claim(claims, node, spanStart, blockStart, blockEnd);
+            else
+                addRange(claims, node, from, blockEnd);
+        };
+        /** Take this whole block out of a node's content, keeping the blank lines before it. */
+        const consumeBlock = (node) => consume(claims, node, spanStart, blockStart);
         if (parseState === 'done') {
             if (child.type === 'heading') {
                 const rawTitle = mdastToString(child);
@@ -436,8 +550,11 @@ export function extractEmbeddedNodes(body, options) {
         if (child.type === 'heading') {
             const heading = child;
             const depth = heading.depth;
-            if (depth > 5)
+            if (depth > 5) {
+                if (parseState === 'active')
+                    claimBlock(activeNode);
                 continue;
+            }
             parseState = 'active';
             const rawText = mdastToString(heading);
             const { cleanText: afterBracketed, fields: rawInlineFields } = extractBracketedFields(rawText);
@@ -455,6 +572,10 @@ export function extractEmbeddedNodes(body, options) {
                 stack.push({ depth, title, nodeType: '', refTarget: title });
                 // Discard any pending grouping (untyped heading has no implied type)
                 grouping = null;
+                // An untyped heading is part of the body of the nearest enclosing node. Popping above removed every
+                // node at the same or a higher level, so those sections end here; deeper nodes' sections continue.
+                activeNode = stack.findLast((entry) => entry.node)?.node ?? rootNode;
+                claimBlock(activeNode);
                 continue;
             }
             if (isOnAPageMode && stack.length > 0) {
@@ -494,7 +615,7 @@ export function extractEmbeddedNodes(body, options) {
             };
             // Push to stack BEFORE resolving semantic parent — stack[-2] is the correct parent.
             const refTarget = linkTargets[0] ?? title;
-            stack.push({ depth, title, nodeType: type, refTarget });
+            stack.push({ depth, title, nodeType: type, refTarget, node: headingNode });
             // If this match came from a relationship/hierarchy and no explicit type was given,
             // create a grouping — delay adding the node until we see the following content.
             // Discard any previous grouping (not flushed — original agnostic-parse behaviour).
@@ -532,14 +653,16 @@ export function extractEmbeddedNodes(body, options) {
                 const activeNodeFieldAppendArg = isParentLevelMatch && semanticParent.node
                     ? { node: semanticParent.node, field: definition.field }
                     : undefined;
+                const walk = { claims, pos: spanStart };
                 for (const item of list.children) {
-                    processListItem(item, isParentSide ? undefined : semanticParent.ref, grouping.headingNode, nodes, makeLabel, buildListItemLinkTargets, typeAliases, fieldMap, definition.type, parentFieldAppendArg, activeNodeFieldAppendArg, options.file, options.lineOffset);
+                    processListItem(item, isParentSide ? undefined : semanticParent.ref, grouping.headingNode, nodes, makeLabel, buildListItemLinkTargets, typeAliases, fieldMap, definition.type, parentFieldAppendArg, activeNodeFieldAppendArg, options.file, options.lineOffset, walk);
                 }
                 grouping = null;
             }
             else {
+                const walk = { claims, pos: spanStart };
                 for (const item of list.children) {
-                    processListItem(item, parentRef, activeNode, nodes, makeLabel, buildListItemLinkTargets, typeAliases, fieldMap, undefined, undefined, undefined, options.file, options.lineOffset);
+                    processListItem(item, parentRef, activeNode, nodes, makeLabel, buildListItemLinkTargets, typeAliases, fieldMap, undefined, undefined, undefined, options.file, options.lineOffset, walk);
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -648,7 +771,7 @@ export function extractEmbeddedNodes(body, options) {
                     grouping = null;
                 }
                 else {
-                    appendContent(activeNode, mdastToString(child));
+                    claimBlock(activeNode);
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -662,38 +785,52 @@ export function extractEmbeddedNodes(body, options) {
             if (child.type === 'paragraph') {
                 const rawText = mdastToString(child);
                 const { cleanText: afterBracketed, fields: bracketedFields } = extractBracketedFields(rawText);
-                const { remainingText, fields: unbracketedFields } = extractUnbracketedFields(afterBracketed);
+                const { fields: unbracketedFields } = extractUnbracketedFields(afterBracketed);
                 const allFields = applyFieldMap({ ...unbracketedFields, ...bracketedFields }, fieldMap);
                 if ('type' in allFields) {
                     throw new Error(`Type override via paragraph field is not supported at "${activeNode.schemaData.title ?? activeNode.label}". ` +
                         `Put [type:: ${allFields.type}] directly in the heading text.`);
                 }
                 Object.assign(activeNode.schemaData, allFields);
-                if (remainingText)
-                    appendContent(activeNode, remainingText);
+                // Lines holding only fields are consumed as fields; any other line, including prose that mentions a field, is content.
+                const lines = sourceLines(body, { start: blockStart, end: blockEnd });
+                const fieldLines = lines.filter((l) => isFieldOnlyLine(l.text));
+                if (fieldLines.length === lines.length) {
+                    consumeBlock(activeNode);
+                }
+                else {
+                    // Each field line goes with its terminator; a last line without one takes the preceding line break instead.
+                    claimBlock(activeNode, fieldLines.map((l) => {
+                        if (/\n$/.test(body.slice(l.start, l.end)))
+                            return { start: l.start, end: l.end };
+                        return { start: l.start - (body[l.start - 2] === '\r' ? 2 : 1), end: l.end };
+                    }));
+                }
                 activeNode.contentLinks ??= [];
                 activeNode.contentLinks.push(...extractLinksFromAstNode(child));
             }
             else if (child.type === 'code' && child.lang?.trim() === 'yaml') {
                 const code = child;
-                const parsed = yamlLoad(code.value);
+                const parsed = parseYaml(code.value);
                 if (parsed && !Array.isArray(parsed) && typeof parsed === 'object') {
-                    Object.assign(activeNode.schemaData, coerceDates(applyFieldMap(parsed, fieldMap)));
+                    Object.assign(activeNode.schemaData, applyFieldMap(parsed, fieldMap));
+                    consumeBlock(activeNode);
                 }
                 else if (Array.isArray(parsed)) {
                     throw new Error(`YAML block must be an object at "${activeNode.label}".`);
                 }
                 else {
-                    appendContent(activeNode, code.value);
+                    claimBlock(activeNode);
                 }
             }
             else {
-                appendContent(activeNode, mdastToString(child));
+                claimBlock(activeNode);
                 activeNode.contentLinks ??= [];
                 activeNode.contentLinks.push(...extractLinksFromAstNode(child));
             }
         }
     }
+    applyClaims(claims, body);
     const preambleContent = rootNode.schemaData.content;
     const { type: _rootType, content: _rootContent, ...preambleFields } = rootNode.schemaData;
     return {

package/dist/plugins/markdown/read-space.js

@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ import matter from 'gray-matter';
 import { extractSchemaTypeNames } from '../../schema/schema';
 import { extractLinksFromBody, extractLinksFromFrontmatter, getEdgeFieldNames } from './extract-content-links';
 import { extractEmbeddedNodes, ON_A_PAGE_TYPES } from './parse-embedded';
-import { applyFieldMap, coerceDates, inferTypeFromPath } from './util';
+import { applyFieldMap, inferTypeFromPath, MATTER_OPTIONS } from './util';
 export function readSpaceOnAPage(context) {
     const { space, resolvedSchemaPath, schema: { metadata }, } = context;
     const filePath = resolve(space.path);
     const raw = readFileSync(filePath, 'utf-8');
-    const { data: frontmatter, content: body } = matter(raw);
+    const { data: frontmatter, content: body } = matter(raw, MATTER_OPTIONS);
     const pageType = frontmatter.type;
     if (pageType !== undefined && !ON_A_PAGE_TYPES.includes(pageType)) {
         throw new Error(`Expected a space_on_a_page file but got type "${pageType}" in ${filePath}. ` +
@@ -60,14 +60,9 @@ export async function readSpaceDirectory(context, options) {
         const content = readFileSync(join(directory, file), 'utf-8');
         let parsed;
         try {
-            parsed = matter(content);
+            parsed = matter(content, MATTER_OPTIONS);
         }
         catch (err) {
-            // gray-matter caches parsed YAML and has a known bug where a caught exception
-            // corrupts its internal cache, causing subsequent parses to silently return {}.
-            // Clear the cache after any parse error to avoid stale state.
-            // See: https://github.com/jonschlinkert/gray-matter/issues/166
-            matter.clearCache();
             const yamlErr = err;
             const line = yamlErr.mark ? yamlErr.mark.line + 1 : undefined;
             const column = yamlErr.mark ? yamlErr.mark.column + 1 : undefined;
@@ -91,7 +86,7 @@ export async function readSpaceDirectory(context, options) {
             });
             continue;
         }
-        const data = coerceDates(applyFieldMap(parsed.data, fieldMap));
+        const data = applyFieldMap(parsed.data, fieldMap);
         if (!data.type && typeInferenceCfg && knownTypes) {
             data.type = inferTypeFromPath(file, typeInferenceCfg, knownTypes, context.schema.metadata.typeAliases);
         }

package/dist/plugins/markdown/render-directory.js

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { posix } from 'node:path';
 import matter from 'gray-matter';
-import { getMarkdownConfig } from './index';
-import { coerceDates, invertFieldMap } from './util';
+import { getMarkdownConfig } from '../../index.js';
+import { invertFieldMap, MATTER_OPTIONS } from './util';
 /**
  * Sanitize a node title into a valid filesystem filename.
  * Strips Obsidian/OS forbidden characters: \ / : * ? " < > | # ^ [ ]
@@ -112,11 +112,11 @@ export function renderMarkdownDirectory(context, graph, options) {
             const typeKey = reverseFieldMap.type ?? 'type';
             frontmatterData[typeKey] = nodeType;
         }
-        const coercedData = coerceDates(sortFrontmatterKeys(frontmatterData));
+        const sortedData = sortFrontmatterKeys(frontmatterData);
         const body = (node.content ?? '').trim();
         let fileContent;
-        if (Object.keys(coercedData).length > 0) {
-            fileContent = matter.stringify(body ? `\n${body}\n` : '', coercedData);
+        if (Object.keys(sortedData).length > 0) {
+            fileContent = matter.stringify(body ? `\n${body}\n` : '', sortedData, MATTER_OPTIONS);
         }
         else {
             fileContent = body ? `${body}\n` : '';

package/dist/plugins/markdown/template-sync.js

@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@ import { readFileSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs';
 import { join } from 'node:path';
 import fg from 'fast-glob';
 import matter from 'gray-matter';
-import yaml from 'js-yaml';
 import { mergeVariantProperties, resolveRef } from '../../schema/schema-refs';
-import { invertFieldMap } from './util';
+import { dumpYaml, invertFieldMap, MATTER_OPTIONS } from './util';
 // Fields derived from the filesystem — present at validation time but not written to frontmatter
 const DERIVED_FIELDS = new Set(['title', 'content']);
 function enumPlaceholder(def) {
@@ -76,7 +75,7 @@ export function generateNewContent(nodeType, variant, schema, schemaRefRegistry,
     const toCanonicalKey = (k) => fieldMap[k] ?? k;
     const exampleWithPlaceholders = withEnumPlaceholders(example, properties, schema, schemaRefRegistry);
     const remappedExample = Object.fromEntries(Object.entries(exampleWithPlaceholders).map(([k, v]) => [toFileKey(k), v]));
-    let frontmatterYaml = yaml.dump(remappedExample, { lineWidth: -1 }).trim();
+    let frontmatterYaml = dumpYaml(remappedExample, { lineWidth: -1 }).trim();
     // Append property descriptions as comments
     // YAML lines use file field names; look up properties using canonical key.
     const lines = frontmatterYaml.split('\n');
@@ -206,7 +205,7 @@ export async function templateSync(context, options) {
             continue;
         }
         const body = content.slice(fmMatch[0].length);
-        const parsed = matter(content);
+        const parsed = matter(content, MATTER_OPTIONS);
         const nodeType = parsed.data.type;
         if (!nodeType) {
             continue;

package/dist/plugins/markdown/util.d.ts

@@ -1,11 +1,32 @@
-import type { TypeInferenceConfig } from '.';
+import { type DumpOptions, type Schema } from 'js-yaml';
+import type { TypeInferenceConfig } from '../../index.js';
 export declare function inferTypeFromPath(filePath: string, config: TypeInferenceConfig, knownTypes: Set<string>, typeAliases: Record<string, string> | undefined): string | undefined;
 /**
- * Coerce Date objects in frontmatter/YAML data to ISO date strings (YYYY-MM-DD).
- * gray-matter and js-yaml parse unquoted ISO dates (e.g. `date: 2026-03-31`) as
- * JavaScript Date objects, which are not valid JSON and fail string type validation.
+ * YAML schema for frontmatter and embedded YAML blocks: YAML 1.2 Core schema extended with
+ * YAML 1.1 merge keys (`<<`), collections (binary, omap, pairs, set), and custom Date scalar
+ * handling that avoids js-yaml's timestamp type. Dates and datetimes stay as the strings
+ * written (e.g. `2026-03-31`, `2026-06-20T22:53:05+10:00`) rather than becoming Date objects,
+ * which lose precision and offset and are not valid JSON.
  */
-export declare function coerceDates(data: Record<string, unknown>): Record<string, unknown>;
+export declare const YAML_SCHEMA: Schema;
+export declare function parseYaml(text: string): unknown;
+export type DumpYamlOptions = DumpOptions & {
+    replacer?: (key: string, value: unknown) => unknown;
+};
+/** Dumps with YAML_SCHEMA. Date values (e.g. from non-markdown plugins) are written as ISO 8601 strings. */
+export declare function dumpYaml(data: unknown, options?: DumpYamlOptions): string;
+/**
+ * gray-matter options using YAML_SCHEMA. Passing options also bypasses gray-matter's parse cache,
+ * which is corrupted by a caught parse error (https://github.com/jonschlinkert/gray-matter/issues/166).
+ */
+export declare const MATTER_OPTIONS: {
+    engines: {
+        yaml: {
+            parse: (text: string) => object;
+            stringify: (data: object) => string;
+        };
+    };
+};
 /**
  * Apply field remapping to a data object.
  * Renames keys according to fieldMap (file field name → canonical field name).

package/dist/plugins/markdown/util.js

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { posix } from 'node:path';
+import { binaryTag, CORE_SCHEMA, defineScalarTag, dump, load, mergeTag, omapTag, pairsTag, setTag, visit, } from 'js-yaml';
 export function inferTypeFromPath(filePath, config, knownTypes, typeAliases) {
     if (config.mode === 'off')
         return undefined;
@@ -37,26 +38,66 @@ export function inferTypeFromPath(filePath, config, knownTypes, typeAliases) {
     }
     return undefined;
 }
+const dateTag = defineScalarTag('tag:yaml.org,2002:timestamp', {
+    identify: (data) => data instanceof Date,
+    represent: (data) => data.toISOString(),
+    resolve: (source) => source,
+});
 /**
- * Coerce Date objects in frontmatter/YAML data to ISO date strings (YYYY-MM-DD).
- * gray-matter and js-yaml parse unquoted ISO dates (e.g. `date: 2026-03-31`) as
- * JavaScript Date objects, which are not valid JSON and fail string type validation.
+ * YAML schema for frontmatter and embedded YAML blocks: YAML 1.2 Core schema extended with
+ * YAML 1.1 merge keys (`<<`), collections (binary, omap, pairs, set), and custom Date scalar
+ * handling that avoids js-yaml's timestamp type. Dates and datetimes stay as the strings
+ * written (e.g. `2026-03-31`, `2026-06-20T22:53:05+10:00`) rather than becoming Date objects,
+ * which lose precision and offset and are not valid JSON.
  */
-export function coerceDates(data) {
-    const result = {};
-    for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(data)) {
-        if (value instanceof Date) {
-            result[key] = value.toISOString().slice(0, 10);
-        }
-        else if (value !== null && typeof value === 'object' && !Array.isArray(value)) {
-            result[key] = coerceDates(value);
-        }
-        else {
-            result[key] = value;
+export const YAML_SCHEMA = CORE_SCHEMA.withTags(mergeTag, binaryTag, omapTag, pairsTag, setTag, dateTag);
+export function parseYaml(text) {
+    return load(text, { schema: YAML_SCHEMA });
+}
+function applyReplacer(key, value, replacer) {
+    const replaced = replacer(key, value);
+    if (Array.isArray(replaced)) {
+        return replaced.map((item, index) => applyReplacer(String(index), item, replacer));
+    }
+    if (replaced !== null && typeof replaced === 'object' && Object.getPrototypeOf(replaced) === Object.prototype) {
+        const res = {};
+        for (const [k, v] of Object.entries(replaced)) {
+            const vReplaced = applyReplacer(k, v, replacer);
+            if (vReplaced !== undefined) {
+                res[k] = vReplaced;
+            }
         }
+        return res;
     }
-    return result;
+    return replaced;
+}
+/** Dumps with YAML_SCHEMA. Date values (e.g. from non-markdown plugins) are written as ISO 8601 strings. */
+export function dumpYaml(data, options) {
+    const input = options?.replacer ? applyReplacer('', data, options.replacer) : data;
+    const { replacer: _ignored, transform, ...dumpOpts } = options ?? {};
+    return dump(input, {
+        ...dumpOpts,
+        schema: YAML_SCHEMA,
+        transform: (docs) => {
+            visit(docs, (node) => {
+                if (node.kind === 'scalar' && (node.tag === '!!timestamp' || node.tag === 'tag:yaml.org,2002:timestamp')) {
+                    node.tagged = false;
+                    node.tag = 'tag:yaml.org,2002:str';
+                }
+            });
+            transform?.(docs);
+        },
+    });
 }
+/**
+ * gray-matter options using YAML_SCHEMA. Passing options also bypasses gray-matter's parse cache,
+ * which is corrupted by a caught parse error (https://github.com/jonschlinkert/gray-matter/issues/166).
+ */
+export const MATTER_OPTIONS = {
+    engines: {
+        yaml: { parse: (text) => parseYaml(text), stringify: (data) => dumpYaml(data) },
+    },
+};
 /**
  * Apply field remapping to a data object.
  * Renames keys according to fieldMap (file field name → canonical field name).

package/dist/render/render.d.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { type RenderResult } from '../plugins/util';
+import { type RenderResult } from '../plugins/util.js';
 import type { SpaceContext } from '../types';
 export declare function executeRender(formatName: string, context: SpaceContext, options: {
     filter?: string;

package/dist/render/render.js

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { shortenPluginName } from '../plugins/util';
+import { shortenPluginName } from '../plugins/util.js';
 import { updateSpaceField } from '../config';
 import { assembleSpaceGraph } from '../load-space-graph';
 import { loadPlugins } from '../plugins/loader';

package/dist/schema/evaluate-rule.d.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { SpaceNode } from '../types';
+import type { Rule, RuleViolation, SpaceNode } from '../types';
 /** Evaluation context for JSONata expressions */
 export interface EvalContext {
     /** All nodes in the space (flattened) */
@@ -12,13 +12,26 @@ export interface EvalContext {
 }
 /**
  * Evaluate a JSONata expression against a context.
- * Returns the result of the expression (boolean for rule checks).
+ * Returns the result of the expression (boolean for rule checks). Throws {@link ExpressionError} if it fails.
  *
  * @param expr - JSONata expression string
  * @param context - Evaluation context with $, $$, parent, $lookup
  * @returns Result of expression evaluation
  */
 export declare function evaluateExpression(expr: string, context: EvalContext): Promise<boolean | string | number>;
+/** A JSONata expression could not be compiled or evaluated. */
+export declare class ExpressionError extends Error {
+    readonly expression: string;
+    constructor(expression: string, cause: unknown);
+}
+/** Result of evaluating a rule's `expression` or `when`: a value, or the error that stopped it (never thrown). */
+export type ExpressionOutcome = {
+    value: boolean | string | number;
+} | {
+    error: string;
+};
+/** Like {@link evaluateExpression} but reports a failure as data, so callers can turn it into a violation. */
+export declare function tryEvaluateExpression(expr: string, context: EvalContext): Promise<ExpressionOutcome>;
 /**
  * Build an evaluation context for a given node.
  *
@@ -28,3 +41,21 @@ export declare function evaluateExpression(expr: string, context: EvalContext):
  * @returns Evaluation context for the node
  */
 export declare function buildEvalContext(node: SpaceNode, allNodes: SpaceNode[], nodeIndex: Map<string, SpaceNode>): EvalContext;
+/** The violation reported when a rule's `expression` or `when` cannot be evaluated: an authoring error, so always `error`. */
+export declare function expressionErrorViolation(rule: Rule, file: string, error: string): RuleViolation;
+/** The outcome of a rule's `expression` on one node. */
+export type ExpressionRuleResult = {
+    passed: true;
+}
+/** `failed` is the expression returning something other than true; otherwise it could not be evaluated. */
+ | {
+    passed: false;
+    violation: RuleViolation;
+    failed: boolean;
+};
+/**
+ * Evaluate a rule's `expression` against a node (`file` empty and `node` a sentinel for a global rule). A failure
+ * reports the rule's severity; a rule with a semantic part names the expression in the evidence, so the
+ * violation is not mistaken for a verdict. An evaluation error reports `error` and is not a `failed` result.
+ */
+export declare function evaluateRuleExpression(rule: Rule, node: SpaceNode, allNodes: SpaceNode[], nodeIndex: Map<string, SpaceNode>, file?: string): Promise<ExpressionRuleResult>;