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name: tzurot-types description: Use when creating types, constants, Zod schemas, or working with data validation. Covers common-types package organization, runtime validation, and type guards across microservices. lastUpdated: '2025-12-31'

Tzurot v3 Types & Constants

Use this skill when: Creating new types, adding constants, validating data at service boundaries, or sharing code across microservices.

Quick Reference

// Import from common-types
import { TIMEOUTS, RETRY_CONFIG, PersonalityConfigSchema } from '@tzurot/common-types';

// Constants: SCREAMING_SNAKE_CASE + as const
export const MY_CONFIG = { VALUE: 123 } as const;

// Runtime validation at service boundaries
const validated = MySchema.parse(untrustedData);

// Type inference from Zod
type MyType = z.infer<typeof MySchema>;

Package Structure

packages/common-types/src/
├── constants/        # Application constants by domain
│   ├── timing.ts     # TIMEOUTS, INTERVALS, RETRY_CONFIG
│   ├── queue.ts      # REDIS_KEY_PREFIXES, QUEUE_CONFIG
│   ├── discord.ts    # TEXT_LIMITS, DISCORD_LIMITS
│   └── ai.ts         # AI_DEFAULTS, MODEL_DEFAULTS
├── types/            # TypeScript interfaces + Zod schemas
│   ├── schemas.ts    # Zod schemas for validation
│   └── *.ts          # Domain-specific types
├── services/         # Shared service classes
└── utils/            # Utility functions

When to Add to Common-Types

Content	Add to Common-Types?	Location
Value used in 2+ files	✅ Yes	constants/<domain>.ts
BullMQ job payloads	✅ Yes	types/queue-types.ts
HTTP API contracts	✅ Yes	types/schemas.ts
Type guards for Discord	✅ Yes	types/discord-types.ts
Service-internal types	❌ No	Keep in service
Test-only values	❌ No	Keep in test file

Constants Patterns

Create Constants For

// ✅ Timeouts and delays
import { TIMEOUTS } from '@tzurot/common-types';
await delay(TIMEOUTS.CACHE_TTL);

// ✅ Redis key prefixes
import { REDIS_KEY_PREFIXES } from '@tzurot/common-types';
await redis.set(`${REDIS_KEY_PREFIXES.WEBHOOK_MESSAGE}${id}`, data);

// ✅ API limits
import { TEXT_LIMITS } from '@tzurot/common-types';
if (content.length > TEXT_LIMITS.MESSAGE_MAX_LENGTH) {
  /* chunk */
}

Don't Create Constants For

// ✅ FINE - One-off strings
logger.info('Personality cache initialized');

// ✅ FINE - Self-documenting values
const defaultTemperature = 0.8;

// ✅ FINE - Test-specific data
const mockUserId = 'test-user-123';

Constant Naming

export const RETRY_CONFIG = {
  /** Standard retry attempts */
  MAX_ATTEMPTS: 3,
  /** Initial delay (1 second) */
  INITIAL_DELAY_MS: 1000,
} as const; // Always use 'as const'

Zod Schema Patterns

Runtime Validation at Boundaries

import { z } from 'zod';

// Define schema
export const PersonalityConfigSchema = z.object({
  name: z.string().min(1).max(100),
  systemPrompt: z.string().min(10),
  model: z.string(),
  temperature: z.number().min(0).max(2).optional(),
});

// Infer type
export type PersonalityConfig = z.infer<typeof PersonalityConfigSchema>;

// Validate at service boundary
app.post('/api/personality', (req, res) => {
  try {
    const config = PersonalityConfigSchema.parse(req.body);
    // config is now type-safe
  } catch (error) {
    if (error instanceof z.ZodError) {
      return res.status(400).json({ errors: error.errors });
    }
    throw error;
  }
});

Type Guards

// packages/common-types/src/types/discord-types.ts
import type { Channel, TextChannel, DMChannel } from 'discord.js';

export function isTextChannel(channel: Channel): channel is TextChannel {
  return channel.type === 0; // ChannelType.GuildText
}

export function isDMChannel(channel: Channel): channel is DMChannel {
  return channel.type === 1; // ChannelType.DM
}

// Usage
if (isTextChannel(message.channel)) {
  // message.channel is now TextChannel
  const perms = message.channel.permissionsFor(client.user!);
}

Anti-Patterns

Constants Anti-Patterns

// ❌ BAD - Magic number
await delay(300000);

// ✅ GOOD - Named constant
await delay(TIMEOUTS.CACHE_TTL);

// ❌ BAD - Too deeply nested
CONFIG.AI.PROVIDERS.OPENROUTER.TIMEOUTS.DEFAULT;

// ✅ GOOD - Flat structure
AI_TIMEOUTS.OPENROUTER_DEFAULT;

Types Anti-Patterns

// ❌ BAD - Trusts external data
const data = req.body as MyType; // Unsafe cast!

// ✅ GOOD - Validate at boundary
const data = MySchema.parse(req.body);

// ❌ BAD - Duplicate types across services
// bot-client/types.ts AND ai-worker/types.ts

// ✅ GOOD - Single source in common-types
import { MyType } from '@tzurot/common-types';

// ❌ BAD - Using 'any'
function process(data: any) {}

// ✅ GOOD - Proper typing
function process(data: ValidatedType) {}

Adding New Constants

1. Determine domain (timing.ts, queue.ts, discord.ts, ai.ts)
2. Add with JSDoc documentation
3. Export from constants/index.ts
4. Import via @tzurot/common-types

// packages/common-types/src/constants/timing.ts
export const TIMEOUTS = {
  /** Description of why this value */
  MY_NEW_TIMEOUT: 60000,
} as const;

Adding New Schemas

1. Define Zod schema in types/schemas.ts
2. Export inferred TypeScript type
3. Use .parse() at service boundaries
4. Handle z.ZodError appropriately

// packages/common-types/src/types/schemas.ts
export const MyNewSchema = z.object({
  /* ... */
});
export type MyNewType = z.infer<typeof MyNewSchema>;

Related Skills

• tzurot-code-quality - no-explicit-any, type safety enforcement
• tzurot-testing - Type-safe test fixtures
• tzurot-async-flow - BullMQ job data types
• tzurot-db-vector - Prisma schema types
• tzurot-architecture - Service boundaries

References

• Constants: packages/common-types/src/constants/
• Types: packages/common-types/src/types/
• Zod docs: https://zod.dev/