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CLAUDE.md

This file provides guidance to Claude Code (claude.ai/code) when working with code in this repository.

Build Commands

# Install dependencies
pnpm install

# Build all packages (uses Turborepo)
pnpm build

# Type-check all packages
pnpm typecheck

# Lint all packages
pnpm lint

# Check for unused exports/dependencies
pnpm knip

# Run all tests
pnpm test

# Run full validation. ALWAYS do this before declaring a task to be done.
pnpm validate


# Run dev mode (watch for changes)
pnpm dev

# Build a specific package
pnpm --filter chat build
pnpm --filter @chat-adapter/slack build
pnpm --filter @chat-adapter/gchat build
pnpm --filter @chat-adapter/teams build

# Run tests for a specific package
pnpm --filter chat test
pnpm --filter @chat-adapter/integration-tests test

# Run a single test file
pnpm --filter @chat-adapter/integration-tests test src/slack.test.ts

Code Style

• Install dependencies with pnpm add rather than manually editing package.json
• sample-messages.md files in adapter packages contain real-world webhook logs as examples

Architecture

This is a pnpm monorepo using Turborepo for build orchestration. All packages use ESM ("type": "module"), TypeScript, and tsup for bundling.

Package Structure

• packages/chat-sdk - Core SDK (chat package) with Chat class, types, and markdown utilities (mdast-based)
• packages/adapter-slack - Slack adapter using @slack/web-api
• packages/adapter-gchat - Google Chat adapter using googleapis
• packages/adapter-teams - Microsoft Teams adapter using botbuilder
• packages/state-memory - In-memory state adapter (for development/testing)
• packages/state-redis - Redis state adapter (for production)
• packages/integration-tests - Integration tests against real platform APIs
• examples/nextjs-chat - Example Next.js app showing how to use the SDK

Core Concepts

1. Chat (packages/chat-sdk/src/chat.ts in chat package) - Main entry point that coordinates adapters and handlers
2. Adapter - Platform-specific implementations (Slack, Teams, Google Chat). Each adapter:
   • Handles webhook verification and parsing
   • Converts platform-specific message formats to/from normalized format
   • Provides FormatConverter for markdown/AST transformations
3. StateAdapter - Persistence layer for subscriptions and distributed locking
4. Thread - Represents a conversation thread with methods like post(), subscribe(), startTyping()
5. Message - Normalized message format with text, formatted (mdast AST), and raw (platform-specific)

Thread ID Format

All thread IDs follow the pattern: {adapter}:{channel}:{thread}

• Slack: slack:C123ABC:1234567890.123456
• Teams: teams:{base64(conversationId)}:{base64(serviceUrl)}
• Google Chat: gchat:spaces/ABC123:{base64(threadName)}

Message Handling Flow

1. Platform sends webhook to /api/webhooks/{platform}
2. Adapter verifies request, parses message, calls chat.handleIncomingMessage()
3. Chat class acquires lock on thread, then:
   • Checks if thread is subscribed -> calls onSubscribedMessage handlers
   • Checks for @mention -> calls onNewMention handlers
   • Checks message patterns -> calls matching onNewMessage handlers
4. Handler receives Thread and Message objects

Formatting System

Messages use mdast (Markdown AST) as the canonical format. Each adapter has a FormatConverter that:

• toAst(platformText) - Converts platform format to mdast
• fromAst(ast) - Converts mdast to platform format
• renderPostable(message) - Renders a PostableMessage to platform string

Linting

Uses Biome with strict rules:

• noUnusedImports and noUnusedVariables as errors
• useImportType enforced - use import type for type-only imports
• noExplicitAny - avoid any types
• noNonNullAssertion - avoid ! assertions

Environment Variables

Key env vars used (see turbo.json for full list):

• SLACK_BOT_TOKEN, SLACK_SIGNING_SECRET - Slack credentials
• TEAMS_APP_ID, TEAMS_APP_PASSWORD, TEAMS_APP_TENANT_ID - Teams credentials
• GOOGLE_CHAT_CREDENTIALS or GOOGLE_CHAT_USE_ADC - Google Chat auth
• REDIS_URL - Redis connection for state adapter
• BOT_USERNAME - Default bot username