conventions/programming_general/recursive_code_workspace.yaml

apiVersion: conventions/v1
version: 0.2.0
updated: "2026-06-29"
name: recursive_code_workspace
title: Recursive code workspace (~/Code @org tree)
scope: general
status: active
summary: ~/Code is a recursive tree of @org dirs — producer namespaces holding kind-orgs of independent git repos — that mirrors each producer's forge; tools resolve projects by walking it and cutting at repo boundaries.
params:
  - name: root
    description: Workspace root to walk.
    default: "~/Code"
appliesTo: ["~/Code/**"]
rules:
  - id: org_dirs
    level: must
    text: >
      Every @org dir is one of two things: a PRODUCER NAMESPACE (who builds it — e.g.
      @ct, @lilith, @magic-civilization) or a KIND-ORG (what kind of artifact — @applications,
      @packages, @platform, @developer). The same names recur at any depth; an @org's
      meaning is positional, never global.
  - id: producer_namespaces
    level: must
    text: >
      A producer namespace groups everything one producer builds and MIRRORS that producer's
      forge org structure 1:1. @ct (cocotte tech, ct-forge at 134.199.243.61) is the primary
      one and is a symlink to @projects/@cocottetech. Inside a producer namespace live its
      kind-orgs: @ct/@applications, @ct/@packages, @ct/@platform, @ct/@developer — each the
      workspace checkout of the matching forge org (applications/, packages/, platform/,
      developer/).
    rationale: Producer is stable; license/distribution is not. A project released OSS later still belongs to its producer namespace — organize by who builds it, not by how it ships.
  - id: kind_orgs
    level: must
    text: >
      Kind-orgs partition a producer's repos by artifact role:
      @applications = deployable products you operate (a composition of clients + backends +
      databases serving real consumers);
      @packages = shared libraries consumed by apps;
      @platform = the core platform product, kept as VERSIONED GENERATIONS (current + archived);
      @developer = dev-infra / meta repos (conventions, tooling).
    rationale: An app is a deployable composition that CONSUMES packages; a package is a library CONSUMED BY apps. The role determines the kind-org, regardless of which producer or forge owns it.
  - id: platform_versions
    level: should
    text: >
      @platform holds successive generations of the core platform, not a single repo. Older
      generations are archived (on the forge and as read-only checkouts); exactly one is the
      live current. New platform generations are added beside the old, never overwritten.
    rationale: The platform has evolved across named generations (egirl-platform -> lilith-platform -> lilith-platform.live / cocottetech); history is preserved as versions, not rewritten.
  - id: independent_repos
    level: must
    text: Each project under a kind-org is its own independent git repo. Never nest one repo inside another's working tree, and never assume a single monorepo at the root or at a producer namespace.
    rationale: Repos are cloned/forge-managed per-project; cross-repo coupling is HTTP/registry, not filesystem. A producer namespace that is itself a repo (rather than a plain container) cannot host sibling repos — make it a container (cf. @lilith).
  - id: scope_by_boundary
    level: must
    text: >
      Resolve an @org by the NEAREST enclosing repo / producer boundary, never by matching
      the name alone. A @packages or @applications dir INSIDE a repo's working tree is
      repo-local (a workspace member), NOT a workspace org. Tree-walkers must cut at .git
      boundaries.
    rationale: "@applications / @packages recur as both top-level kind-orgs and repo-internal workspace folders; name-only resolution conflates them."
  - id: package_tiers
    level: should
    text: >
      Place a library by its consumer reach, in three tiers:
      (1) app-private — consumed by ONE app -> lives in <app>/@packages/;
      (2) producer-shared — consumed by >=2 apps of one producer -> lives in that producer's
      @packages (e.g. @ct/@packages);
      (3) cross-producer — consumed beyond one producer (workspace-wide tooling, foundational
      scopes) -> lives in the top-level @packages.
    rationale: Promotes a package no further than its actual reach; avoids both premature sharing and hidden cross-producer coupling.
  - id: per_project_infra
    level: should
    text: A deployable project owns its infra via a root .infra.yaml (see convention:infra-manifest). Shared infra (e.g. the managed PG cluster) is data-sourced, not owned per-project.
    rationale: Catch-all shared infra repos (uvlava-style) are superseded by per-project ownership.
  - id: support_buckets
    level: may
    text: >
      Cross-cutting or transient items live in the top-level support buckets (@scripts /
      @docs / @forks / @external / @archives / @work), not inside project repos. These sit
      beside the producer namespaces and kind-orgs at the workspace root.