hyperdx/AGENTS.md

# HyperDX Development Guide

## What is HyperDX?

HyperDX is an observability platform that helps engineers search, visualize, and
monitor logs, metrics, traces, and session replays. It's built on ClickHouse for
blazing-fast queries and supports OpenTelemetry natively.

**Core value**: Unified observability with ClickHouse performance,
schema-agnostic design, and correlation across all telemetry types in one place.

## Architecture (WHAT)

This is a **monorepo** with three main packages:

- `packages/app` - Next.js frontend (TypeScript, Mantine UI, TanStack Query)
- `packages/api` - Express backend (Node.js 22+, MongoDB for metadata,
  ClickHouse for telemetry)
- `packages/common-utils` - Shared TypeScript utilities for query parsing and
  validation

**Data flow**: Apps → OpenTelemetry Collector → ClickHouse (telemetry data) /
MongoDB (configuration/metadata)

## Development Setup (HOW)

```bash
yarn setup          # Install dependencies
yarn dev            # Start full stack (Docker + local services)
```

The project uses **Yarn 4.5.1** workspaces. Docker Compose manages ClickHouse,
MongoDB, and the OTel Collector.

## Working on the Codebase (HOW)

**Before starting a task**, read relevant documentation from the `agent_docs/`
directory:

- `agent_docs/architecture.md` - Detailed architecture patterns and data models
- `agent_docs/tech_stack.md` - Technology stack details and component patterns
- `agent_docs/development.md` - Development workflows, testing, and common tasks
- `agent_docs/code_style.md` - Code patterns and best practices (read only when
  actively coding)

**Tools handle formatting and linting automatically** via pre-commit hooks.
Focus on implementation; don't manually format code.

## Key Principles

1. **Multi-tenancy**: All data is scoped to `Team` - ensure proper filtering
2. **Type safety**: Use TypeScript strictly; Zod schemas for validation
3. **Existing patterns**: Follow established patterns in the codebase - explore
   similar files before implementing
4. **Component size**: Keep files under 300 lines; break down large components
5. **UI Components**: Use custom Button/ActionIcon variants (`primary`,
   `secondary`, `danger`) - see `agent_docs/code_style.md` for required patterns
6. **Testing**: Tests live in `__tests__/` directories; use Jest for
   unit/integration tests

## Running Tests

Each package has different test commands available:

**packages/app** (unit tests only):

```bash
cd packages/app
yarn ci:unit           # Run unit tests
yarn dev:unit          # Watch mode for unit tests
yarn test:e2e          # Run end-to-end tests
yarn test:e2e:ci       # Run end-to-end tests in CI
```

**packages/api** (integration tests only):

```bash
make dev-int-build                  # Build dependencies (run once before tests)
make dev-int FILE=<TEST_FILE_NAME>  # Spins up Docker services and runs tests.
                                    # Ctrl-C to stop and wait for all services to tear down.
```

**packages/common-utils** (both unit and integration tests):

```bash
cd packages/common-utils
yarn ci:unit           # Run unit tests
yarn dev:unit          # Watch mode for unit tests
yarn ci:int            # Run integration tests
yarn dev:int           # Watch mode for integration tests
```

To run a specific test file or pattern:

```bash
yarn ci:unit <path/to/test.ts>                           # Run specific test file
yarn ci:unit --testNamePattern="test name pattern"       # Run tests matching pattern
```

**Lint & type check across all packages:**

```bash
make ci-lint        # Lint + TypeScript check across all packages
make ci-unit        # Unit tests across all packages
```

**E2E tests (Playwright):**

```bash
# First-time setup (install Chromium browser):
cd packages/app && yarn playwright install chromium

# Run tests:
./scripts/test-e2e.sh                                       # All E2E (full-stack)
./scripts/test-e2e.sh --quiet <file>                        # Single file
./scripts/test-e2e.sh --quiet <file> --grep "\"<pattern>\""  # Pattern match
```

## Important Context

- **Authentication**: Passport.js with team-based access control
- **State management**: Jotai (client), TanStack Query (server), URL params
  (filters)
- **UI library**: Mantine components are the standard (not custom UI)
- **Database patterns**: MongoDB for metadata with Mongoose, ClickHouse for
  telemetry queries

## GitHub Action Workflow (when invoked via @claude)

When working on issues or PRs through the GitHub Action:

1. **Before writing any code**, post a comment outlining your implementation
   plan — which files you'll change, what approach you'll take, and any
   trade-offs or risks. Use `gh issue comment` for issues or `gh pr comment` for
   PRs.

2. **After making any code changes**, always run these in order and fix any
   failures before opening a PR:

   - `make ci-lint` — lint + TypeScript type check
   - `make ci-unit` — unit tests

3. Write a clear PR description explaining what changed and why.

## Git Commits

When committing code, use the git author's default profile (name and email from
git config). Do not add `Co-Authored-By` trailers.

**Pre-commit hooks must pass before committing.** Do not use `--no-verify` to
skip hooks. If the pre-commit hook fails (e.g. due to husky not being set up in
a worktree), run `npx lint-staged` manually before committing to ensure lint and
formatting checks pass. Fix any issues before creating the commit.

## Merge Conflict Resolution

1. **Never blindly pick a side.** Read both sides of every conflict to
   understand the intent of each change before choosing a resolution.

2. **Refactor/move conflicts require extra verification.** When one side
   refactored, moved, or extracted code (e.g., inline components to separate
   files), always diff the discarded side against the destination files before
   declaring the conflict resolved. Code can diverge after extraction — the
   other branch may have made fixes or additions that the extracting branch
   never picked up. A naive "keep ours" resolution silently drops those changes.

3. **Verify the result compiles.** After resolving, check for missing imports,
   broken references, or type errors introduced by the resolution — especially
   when discarding a side that added new dependencies or exports.

4. **Ask for help when uncertain.** If you are not 100% confident about which
   side to keep, or whether a change can be safely discarded, stop and ask for
   manual intervention rather than guessing. A wrong guess silently breaks
   things; asking is always cheaper than debugging later.

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_Need more details? Check the `agent_docs/` directory or ask which documentation
to read._