metabuilder/docs/PROJECT_STRUCTURE.md

MetaBuilder Project Structure

Complete and accurate project folder structure with explanations.

Root Level Directories

/Users/rmac/Documents/metabuilder/
├── config/                      Configuration and linting
├── dbal/                        Database abstraction layer (Phase 2 & 3)
├── deployment/                  Deployment scripts and Docker configs
├── docs/                        Documentation (this file)
├── e2e/                         End-to-end tests (Playwright)
├── fakemui/                     Material-UI inspired component library
├── frontends/                   Frontend applications
├── old/                         Legacy code (archive)
├── packages/                    Application packages (51 total)
├── playwright-report/           Test reports
├── schemas/                     Data schemas (YAML and JSON)
├── scripts/                     Utility scripts
├── services/                    Daemon services
├── spec/                        Specification files
├── storybook/                   Component documentation
└── test-results/                Test output files

Detailed Structure

config/ - Configuration Files

config/
├── lint/                        Linting configurations
├── misc/                        Miscellaneous configs
│   ├── env/                     Environment variables
│   └── json/                    JSON configurations
└── test/                        Test configurations

Purpose: Centralized configuration for linting, testing, and environment setup.

dbal/ - Database Abstraction Layer

dbal/
├── development/                 Phase 2: TypeScript DBAL (CURRENT)
│   ├── dist/                    Compiled JavaScript output
│   ├── node_modules/            Dependencies
│   ├── prisma/                  Prisma schema and migrations
│   ├── src/                     TypeScript source code
│   │   ├── core/                Core DBAL implementation
│   │   ├── runtime/             Runtime utilities
│   │   ├── seeds/               Seed data orchestration
│   │   └── adapters/            Database adapters
│   └── tests/                   Unit tests
│
├── production/                  Phase 3: C++ DBAL (FUTURE)
│   ├── build-config/            Build configuration
│   ├── docs/                    C++ documentation
│   ├── include/                 C++ headers
│   ├── lint-config/             Linting config
│   ├── src/                     C++ source code
│   ├── tests/                   C++ tests
│   └── third-party/             External libraries
│
├── shared/                      Shared across both implementations
│   ├── api/
│   │   └── schema/              YAML entity schemas (SOURCE OF TRUTH)
│   │       ├── entities/        Database entity definitions
│   │       ├── operations/      Operation definitions
│   │       └── capabilities.yaml
│   ├── backends/                Database connection utilities
│   ├── docs/                    Implementation guides
│   ├── prisma/                  Prisma schema location
│   ├── seeds/
│   │   ├── database/            Root seed data (YAML)
│   │   │   ├── installed_packages.yaml
│   │   │   └── package_permissions.yaml
│   │   └── README.md            Seed architecture docs
│   └── tools/                   Code generation tools
│
└── docs/                        General DBAL documentation

Status:

• ✅ Phase 2 (TypeScript): Production-ready, actively used
• ⏳ Phase 3 (C++): Design complete, implementation future
• ✅ Shared: YAML schemas are source of truth for both phases

Key Files:

• dbal/shared/api/schema/entities/ - Database entity definitions (YAML)
• dbal/development/src/core/client/factory.ts - DBALClient factory
• dbal/shared/seeds/database/ - Root bootstrap seed data

deployment/ - Deployment Configuration

deployment/
├── config/                      Deployment configurations
├── docker/                      Docker compose and dockerfiles
├── env/                         Environment templates
├── scripts/                     Deployment scripts
│   ├── bootstrap-system.sh      System bootstrap process
│   └── [other scripts]
└── [deployment files]

Purpose: All deployment-related configurations and scripts for various environments (dev, staging, production).

docs/ - Documentation

docs/
├── archive/                     Old/archived documentation
├── README_COMPONENTS.md         ⭐ Component system hub
├── FAKEMUI_*.md                 Component documentation (6 guides)
├── COMPONENT_*.md               Component guides
├── PROJECT_STRUCTURE.md         This file
├── TESTING_GUIDE.md             Testing methodology
├── CONTAINER_IMAGES.md          Docker image documentation
├── PIPELINE_CONSOLIDATION.md    CI/CD configuration
├── TODO_MVP_IMPLEMENTATION.md   MVP checklist
└── [other documentation]

Status: Comprehensive documentation with focus on components and testing.

e2e/ - End-to-End Tests (Playwright)

e2e/
├── api/                         API endpoint tests
├── auth/                        Authentication tests
├── crud/                        Create/Read/Update/Delete tests
├── dbal-daemon/                 DBAL daemon tests
├── playwright-report/           Test report output
└── [test specs]

Purpose: Comprehensive end-to-end testing using Playwright.

fakemui/ - Material Design Component Library

fakemui/
├── fakemui/                     Main component library
│   ├── atoms/                   Basic building blocks
│   ├── data-display/            Data display components (26)
│   ├── feedback/                Feedback components (6)
│   ├── inputs/                  Form inputs (28)
│   ├── lab/                      Experimental components
│   ├── layout/                   Layout components (18)
│   ├── navigation/               Navigation components (22)
│   ├── surfaces/                 Surface components (cards, etc.)
│   ├── theming/                  Theme configuration
│   ├── utils/                    Utility components
│   └── x/                        Advanced components
├── icons/                       Icon library (27+ icons)
├── contexts/                    React contexts
├── components/                  Custom QML components
├── qml-components/              QML component library
├── styles/                      SCSS stylesheets
├── theming/                      Theming system
├── widgets/                      Widget library
├── COMPONENT_MAPPING.md         ⭐ Inventory of 151+ components
├── index.ts                     Main export barrel file
└── package.json                 NPM configuration

Status: ✅ Production-ready with 151+ components across 9 categories.

Key Facts:

• 151+ Material Design components
• 9 categories (form, display, layout, navigation, modal, table, icons, feedback, advanced)
• Type-safe registry available in frontend
• Fully integrated with JSON component system

frontends/ - Frontend Applications

frontends/
├── cli/                         CLI frontend (command-line interface)
├── dbal/                        DBAL frontend utilities
├── nextjs/                      Next.js web frontend (CURRENT)
│   ├── node_modules/            Dependencies
│   ├── public/                  Static assets
│   ├── src/
│   │   ├── app/                 Next.js pages and API routes
│   │   ├── components/          React components
│   │   ├── lib/
│   │   │   ├── fakemui-registry.ts        ⭐ 151+ component registry
│   │   │   ├── packages/json/             JSON component rendering
│   │   │   ├── dbal-client/               DBAL integration
│   │   │   └── [other utilities]
│   │   ├── styles/              CSS/SCSS
│   │   └── types/               TypeScript types
│   ├── package.json             Dependencies
│   └── tsconfig.json            TypeScript configuration
│
└── qt6/                         Qt6 desktop frontend (future)

Status:

• ✅ Next.js: Production-ready web frontend
• 🔧 CLI: Utilities for command-line interface
• ⏳ Qt6: Desktop frontend (future)

Key Integration:

• frontends/nextjs/src/lib/fakemui-registry.ts - Type-safe component registry
• frontends/nextjs/src/lib/packages/json/render-json-component.tsx - JSON renderer

old/ - Legacy Code

old/
└── src/                         Legacy/archived source code

Purpose: Archive of old code from previous implementation phases.

packages/ - Application Packages (51 Total)

packages/
├── Core UI Packages (8)
│   ├── ui_home/                 Landing page
│   ├── ui_header/               Header/navbar
│   ├── ui_footer/               Footer
│   ├── ui_auth/                 Authentication UI
│   ├── ui_login/                Login page
│   ├── ui_intro/                Introduction page
│   ├── ui_dialogs/              Dialog components
│   └── ui_pages/                General pages
│
├── Admin/Management Packages (6)
│   ├── admin_dialog/
│   ├── dashboard/               User dashboard
│   ├── database_manager/        Database management
│   ├── package_manager/         Package installation
│   ├── role_editor/             Role management
│   ├── schema_editor/           Schema editor
│   └── user_manager/            User management
│
├── Feature Packages (37)
│   ├── code_editor/             Code editing
│   ├── component_editor/        Component editor
│   ├── data_table/              Data table widget
│   ├── form_builder/            Form builder
│   ├── json_script_example/     JSON Script examples
│   ├── media_center/            Media management
│   ├── notification_center/     Notifications
│   ├── workflow_editor/         Workflow editor
│   ├── github_tools/            GitHub integration
│   ├── social_hub/              Social features
│   ├── forum_forge/             Forum
│   ├── stream_cast/             Streaming
│   ├── irc_webchat/             IRC chat
│   ├── theme_editor/            Theme customization
│   ├── css_designer/            CSS design tool
│   ├── screenshot_analyzer/     Screenshot analysis
│   ├── codegen_studio/          Code generation
│   ├── testing/                 Testing tools
│   ├── arcade_lobby/            Arcade games
│   ├── quick_guide/             Quick guide
│   ├── config_summary/          Configuration summary
│   ├── dropdown_manager/        Dropdown UI
│   ├── nerd_mode_ide/           IDE mode
│   ├── stats_grid/              Statistics
│   ├── audit_log/               Audit logging
│   ├── smtp_config/             SMTP configuration
│   ├── nav_menu/                Navigation menu
│   ├── route_manager/           Route management
│   ├── package_validator/       Package validation
│   ├── dbal_demo/               DBAL demonstrations
│   └── [more packages...]
│
└── Each package structure:
    ├── package.json             Package manifest
    ├── page-config/             ⭐ Page definitions (routes)
    │   ├── metadata.json
    │   └── *.json               Page configurations
    ├── component/               ⭐ Component definitions (NEW)
    │   ├── metadata.json
    │   └── *.json               Component definitions (JSON declarative)
    ├── workflow/                Workflow definitions
    │   ├── metadata.json
    │   └── *.json               Workflow configurations
    ├── credential/              API credentials
    │   ├── metadata.json
    │   └── *.json
    ├── notification/            Notification templates
    │   ├── metadata.json
    │   └── *.json
    ├── seed/                    Package seed data
    │   └── metadata.json
    ├── src/                     TypeScript source (if needed)
    └── [other files]

Status: 51 packages total

• ✅ 12 core packages (bootstrap automatically)
• ✅ 39 optional packages
• ✅ Each package organized by entity type
• ✅ Component system fully integrated (NEW)

Key Package:

• ui_home - Contains 5 example components showing all patterns

schemas/ - Data Schemas

schemas/
├── package-schemas/             Package system schemas (18+ files)
│   ├── component.schema.json    ⭐ Component definition schema
│   ├── metadata_schema.json     Package metadata
│   ├── entities_schema.json     Entity definitions
│   ├── script_schema.json       JSON Script specification
│   ├── types_schema.json        Type system
│   ├── validation_schema.json   Validation rules
│   ├── api_schema.json          API definitions
│   ├── events_schema.json       Event definitions
│   ├── jobs_schema.json         Job definitions
│   ├── actions_schema.json      Action definitions
│   ├── permissions_schema.json  Permission schema
│   ├── workflow_schema.json     Workflow schema
│   └── [more schemas...]
│
├── yaml-schema/                 YAML schema utilities
│
├── seed-data/                   ⭐ Seed data validation schemas
│   ├── page-config.schema.json  Page/route validation
│   ├── workflow.schema.json     Workflow validation
│   ├── credential.schema.json   Credential validation
│   ├── notification.schema.json Notification validation
│   └── component.schema.json    Component validation
│
├── SCHEMAS_README.md            Schema system overview
└── QUICKSTART.md                Quick start guide

Purpose:

• Define all system structures (database, packages, components)
• Validate seed data before loading
• Provide type definitions

scripts/ - Utility Scripts

scripts/
└── [utility scripts]

Purpose: General-purpose scripts for development and maintenance.

services/ - Daemon Services

services/
└── media_daemon/                Media processing daemon
    └── [media service implementation]

Purpose: Long-running services (Phase 3 includes DBAL daemon at /dbal/production/).

spec/ - Specification Files

spec/
└── [specification documents]

Purpose: Technical specifications and design documents.

storybook/ - Component Documentation

storybook/
├── public/                      Static assets
└── src/                         Storybook stories

Purpose: Interactive component documentation using Storybook.

Key Files at Root Level

File	Purpose
CLAUDE.md	AI Assistant Instructions (THIS IS CRITICAL)
ARCHITECTURE.md	System architecture and data flow
AGENTS.md	Core principles for AI agents
README.md	Project overview and quick start
ROADMAP.md	Project vision and timeline
TESTING.md	Testing strategy and guides
DBAL_REFACTOR_PLAN.md	Phase 2 cleanup implementation
TECH_DEBT.md	Technical debt tasks (bot-actionable)
package.json	Root dependencies and scripts
tsconfig.json	TypeScript configuration
playwright.config.ts	E2E test configuration
.github/	GitHub Actions, issue templates, workflow

Important Directories to Know

For AI Assistants

1. Read First: CLAUDE.md - All instructions for you
2. Second: AGENTS.md - Core principles and patterns
3. Reference: ARCHITECTURE.md - System design

For Development

1. Frontend Code: frontends/nextjs/src/
2. DBAL Code: dbal/development/src/
3. Packages: packages/ (51 packages)
4. Schemas: schemas/ (YAML and JSON)
5. Components: fakemui/ (151+ components)

For Testing

1. E2E Tests: e2e/
2. Unit Tests: dbal/development/tests/
3. Test Config: playwright.config.ts

For Deployment

1. Scripts: deployment/scripts/
2. Docker: deployment/docker/
3. Environment: deployment/env/

Statistics

Metric	Value
Total Directories	104+
Packages	51
Core Packages	12
Optional Packages	39
Fakemui Components	151+
Component Categories	9
Documentation Files	30+
Schema Files	25+

Structure Consistency

✅ Well-organized: Clear separation of concerns ✅ Documented: Each major section has clear purpose ✅ Modular: Packages are self-contained ✅ Layered: Clear separation between DBAL, frontend, packages ✅ Scalable: Easy to add new packages or components

Alignment with CLAUDE.md

This document aligns with CLAUDE.md by:

• ✅ Documenting exact file locations mentioned in CLAUDE.md
• ✅ Explaining package-based architecture
• ✅ Highlighting DBAL layers (Phase 2 & 3)
• ✅ Showing component system integration
• ✅ Providing complete directory listing
• ✅ Clarifying which directories are current vs. future

See CLAUDE.md for development instructions, workflow, and patterns. Use this file for understanding actual directory structure.

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Last Updated: 2026-01-16 Version: 1.0.0 Status: Comprehensive and Accurate