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Adds apps/handbook, the Builders Handbook: a Next.js 16 + Fumadocs app on port 3004, served under basePath: "/handbook" with assets at /handbook-static.

  • App shell. Stock Fumadocs DocsLayout, Eclipse tokens, @prisma-docs/ui helpers, following the apps/docs and apps/eclipse patterns.
  • Handbook components. Callout, Aside, Playbook, Checklist (interactive, persists per browser) and ChapterMeta.
  • Content. The landing page, a draft of Part I (seven chapters), one stub chapter each for Parts II to V, and a component showcase page.
  • Authoring rules. apps/handbook/AUTHORING.md is the binding content spec, and apps/handbook/notes/ holds raw dictation that is never published.
  • Repo wiring. turbo.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, the root README.md and .claude/CLAUDE.md pick up the new app.

Why

Lands the structure and a first draft of Part I. Parts II to V are stubs for now.

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The site app's rewrites do not forward /handbook yet, and no handbook preview deployment runs on this PR, so nothing here is publicly reachable.

How it was tested

Run locally at 5d4cac7:

  • pnpm install --frozen-lockfile: lockfile up to date.
  • pnpm --filter handbook types:check: passes.
  • pnpm --filter handbook build: compiles and prerenders all 16 pages.
  • oxfmt --check and oxlint on apps/handbook/src: clean.
  • pnpm --filter handbook dev: the landing page, a Part I chapter and a stub chapter return 200; the nav has no nested links and the browser reports no hydration errors.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Added the Builders Handbook, with guidance for shaping product ideas, understanding problems, and speaking with potential customers.
    • Added handbook navigation, reading-time and chapter-status details, and interactive checklists.
    • Added a dedicated handbook address and a way to run the app locally.
  • Documentation
    • Added an authoring guide and handbook setup information.

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Walkthrough

The repository now includes a Builders Handbook Next.js app mounted at /handbook, with MDX page rendering, custom content components, and initial handbook chapters. The change also adds authoring guidance, planning notes, local development instructions, and Turbo tracking for handbook content. Site forwarding remains unconfigured.

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Builders Handbook app

Layer / File(s) Summary
App setup and repository integration
apps/handbook/package.json, apps/handbook/next.config.mjs, apps/handbook/tsconfig.json, apps/handbook/postcss.config.mjs, turbo.json, README.md, .claude/CLAUDE.md, apps/handbook/README.md
Adds the handbook package and framework configuration. Updates repository instructions to list the app and its local URL and command. Documents its content location and current integration status.
Authoring rules and source notes
apps/handbook/AUTHORING.md, apps/handbook/CLAUDE.md, apps/handbook/notes/*
Defines chapter workflow, content rules, component formats, and directory conventions. Adds notes and a template for chapter planning.
MDX source, routes, and page layouts
apps/handbook/source.config.ts, apps/handbook/src/lib/*, apps/handbook/src/app/*, apps/handbook/src/components/provider.tsx, apps/handbook/src/components/nav-title.tsx
Configures MDX sources, route and metadata generation, handbook layouts, base URL handling, navigation, and the not-found page.
MDX components and presentation
apps/handbook/src/mdx-components.tsx, apps/handbook/src/components/handbook/*, apps/handbook/src/app/global.css, apps/handbook/content/handbook/component-showcase.mdx
Adds MDX mappings and reusable handbook components. Styles the content and provides a page with examples of the supported formats.
Handbook pages and navigation structure
apps/handbook/content/handbook/index.mdx, apps/handbook/content/handbook/meta.json, apps/handbook/content/handbook/part-one/*, apps/handbook/content/handbook/part-two/*, apps/handbook/content/handbook/part-three/*, apps/handbook/content/handbook/part-four/*, apps/handbook/content/handbook/part-five/*
Adds the handbook introduction, seven Part I chapters, navigation metadata, and stub chapters for Parts II through V.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Feature

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Browser
  participant HandbookPage
  participant source
  participant getMDXComponents
  participant DocsLayout
  Browser->>HandbookPage: Request a handbook slug
  HandbookPage->>source: Resolve page by slug
  source-->>HandbookPage: Return page data and MDX content
  HandbookPage->>getMDXComponents: Render MDX content
  HandbookPage->>DocsLayout: Render page inside handbook layout
  DocsLayout-->>Browser: Return handbook page
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Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 5d4ca

The handbook is a separately runnable documentation app, and no concrete issue in the reviewed change currently prevents merging.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to 5d4ca

The inspected routes render repository-authored handbook content, and checklist state remains browser-local. No privileged server action or cross-user state transition was identified. Independent deployment exposure remains unverified.

Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

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Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — If the standalone application is reachable, the inspected request flow exposes published handbook pages. Request slugs and checklist values do not enter an account, tenant, database, or privileged mutation flow in the inspected implementation; external hosting exposure remains unknown.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — Repository-authored MDX supplies rendered content; requests select existing source pages rather than supplying executable MDX. Checklist booleans are consumed through local React context and browser storage, with no server submission in the inspected flow. Their identity is browser-local, not an authenticated-user boundary.
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Inline comments:
Review comments at @apps/handbook/content/handbook/part-one/ideas.mdx:
- Line 20: Remove the unsourced designer/client-portal example from the
published chapter and add a TODO(shane) with a private review-note question
requesting an author-sourced worked example; do not relocate the anecdote to
another section.

Review comments at @apps/handbook/src/lib/layout.shared.tsx:
- Around line 22-24: Update the `nav.title` value in the layout configuration to
be a function that accepts `className` and returns a non-link container carrying
that class. Keep the existing `Link` elements inside the container so
`DocsLayout` does not wrap them in an outer link.

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This looks good!

I like how Part I moves from finding a real problem through testing assumptions to choosing something small to build. The chapter checklists make it actionable 👌

The only minor issue I found was the navigation-link issue CodeRabbit pointed out too.

DocsLayout wraps a plain-node nav title in its own link, so the Prisma
and handbook links inside it rendered as anchors within an anchor and
every page logged a hydration error.

The title is now a component, which DocsLayout renders as-is. It lives
in a client module because the layout that passes it is a server
component, and an inline function cannot cross that boundary as a prop.
The handbook skeleton commit added `workspaces` (with a full `catalog`),
`overrides` and `patchedDependencies` to the root package.json. All
three are exact copies of what pnpm-workspace.yaml already declares,
which is where pnpm reads them from. Left in, they are a second list to
keep in sync by hand.

package.json is back to what main has. `pnpm install --frozen-lockfile`
reports the lockfile up to date, so nothing resolved from the copies.
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