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Claude 63b522494c refactor: move the protocol schema to protocol/schema.json (RL-09)
The WebSocket message-type schema is the one artifact in this repository that
neither component owns: `Server/ws/message_types.go` and
`Client/src/lib/protocolTypes.ts` are both generated from it, and neither may
be hand-edited. It nonetheless lived at `docs/protocol-schema.json` — filed
under the directory for prose, whose own README calls it "Reference" material
— and its generator lived at `Server/scripts/genprotocol/`, i.e. inside one of
the two consumers. Ownership was legible from neither location.

The obvious fix — move the generator to the repository root alongside the
schema, so the whole tool is at the cross-component boundary — is wrong here.
The generator is a Go `package main`, and Go modules are directory-rooted:
`Server/go.mod` roots at `Server/`, so a root-level Go program needs a second
module or a `go.work`. That second module would sit outside every path filter
this repository already has — `golangci-lint` runs with `working-directory:
Server/` (ci.yml), `go vet ./...` runs from `Server/` (scripts/run.mjs,
.githooks/pre-commit), `.githooks/pre-commit` selects Go files with
`^Server/.*\.go$`, `.githooks/pre-push` sets `server_changed` on `^Server/`,
setup-go caches on `Server/go.sum`, and dependabot has one gomod block for
`/Server`. Six gates would silently stop covering the generator, each failing
open. The schema is data and moves freely; the generator is Go and stays where
the Go toolchain already runs.

Done instead:
- `docs/protocol-schema.json` -> `protocol/schema.json`. A new top-level
  `protocol/` is the cross-component boundary, with a `README.md` naming the
  two generated consumers, the one command, and the four gates.
- `Server/scripts/genprotocol/` -> `Server/cmd/genprotocol/`, the module's
  conventional home for an executable. This also empties `Server/scripts/` of
  Go entry points except `seed.go`, which RL-10 moves next.
- `Server/cmd/` added to `Server/.dockerignore` and `Server/.air.toml`, which
  both already excluded `Server/scripts/`. Without this the move would have
  silently widened the Docker build context and the air watch set.

27 files, 115 insertions, 76 deletions. Two runtime path resolvers re-pointed
(`cmd/genprotocol/main.go:41` `-schema` default, `ws/protocol_contract_test.go:67`
`filepath.Join`); two git-hook grep patterns (`pre-commit:53`, `pre-push:57`);
eight generator call sites across five files (Makefile x2, scripts/run.mjs x2,
pre-commit x2, ci-check skill, bughunt-fix.js); two broken relative markdown
links (docs/README.md:47, docs/protocol.md:1497); two generated files
regenerated, header lines only, zero constants changed; two ledger prose hits
plus a `render-ledger.mjs` re-render. No new verify was written: the
regenerate-and-diff check is already enforced three times (CI `make
protocol-verify`, `.githooks/pre-commit`, `npm run check:server`) and
`ws/protocol_contract_test.go` independently checks the schema against the
constants a fourth time.

Verified: both directions, for both resolvers. With `protocol/schema.json`
removed, `go test ./ws/ -run TestProtocol` fails with `reading protocol schema
at /home/user/OwnCord/protocol/schema.json: no such file or directory` (two
tests) and `go run ./cmd/genprotocol` exits 1 with `read schema: open
../protocol/schema.json: no such file or directory`; with the file restored
both pass. So the new path is genuinely resolved, not merely spelled in a
comment. The hook patterns were exercised directly: the pre-commit pattern
matches `protocol/schema.json` and `Server/cmd/genprotocol/main.go` and no
longer matches `docs/protocol-schema.json`; the pre-push pattern matches
`protocol/schema.json`. `go run ./cmd/genprotocol` twice in a row leaves
`git diff --exit-code ws/message_types.go ../Client/src/lib/protocolTypes.ts`
clean, so the committed outputs are exactly what the generator emits.
`go build ./...` and `go vet ./...` pass; `npx prettier --check .`,
`npm run typecheck` and `npm run lint` pass; `node .superpowers/render-ledger.mjs
--check` reports 348 findings valid.

Not included: the four dated `docs/audit-*.md` files, the older
`docs/plans/*`, and `CHANGELOG.md` keep the old path — they are point-in-time
records, and `.prettierignore` and `scripts/check-doc-counts.mjs` already
treat them as deliberately unmaintained. The B1 plan itself keeps its own
wording, since it states intent rather than current state. `Server/scripts/`
is not deleted: it still holds `seed.go` (RL-10), `k6/`, `toxiproxy/` and two
shell scripts. `Server/telemetry/metrics.go:19` declares a scope for a
`Server/voice` package that does not exist — spotted here, unrelated to this
move, left for RL-13's sweep to carry forward verbatim rather than fixed
inside a relocation. No `seed:` Make target was added.

Refs RL-09, L-09
2026-08-26 19:37:11 +00:00

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protocol/

The cross-component WebSocket contract. It lives at the repository root because neither side owns it: schema.json is the single source of truth for the message-type constants both the Go server and the TypeScript client compile against.

File Role
schema.json Source of truth. Every wire message type, both directions

Two files are generated from it and must never be hand-edited:

  • Server/ws/message_types.go
  • Client/src/lib/protocolTypes.ts

Changing the protocol

Edit schema.json, then regenerate both consumers with one command from the repository root:

npm run generate

(Equivalently, make protocol-generate or go run ./cmd/genprotocol from Server/ — the generator is a Go program, so it lives where the Go toolchain already runs.)

Three gates reject a stale regeneration and one gate checks the schema against the constants independently — .githooks/pre-commit, make protocol-verify in CI, npm run check:server, and Server/ws/protocol_contract_test.go. There is nothing extra to run.

The narrative protocol reference is docs/protocol.md; the blueprint is docs/architecture/websocket.md.