npm-to-pnpm by cloudflare/cloudflare-docs

Use this skill when a contributor needs to switch from npm to pnpm in this repository.

Step 0: Check if pnpm is already installed

Run:

pnpm -v

If this succeeds and the major version is 10 or above, pnpm is already set up. Inform the user and stop — nothing else is needed.

If pnpm is installed but the major version is below 10, tell the user their version is too old and continue to Step 1 to upgrade Node and reinstall pnpm via corepack.

Step 1: Check Node version

Run:

node -v

Parse the major version from the output (e.g. v22.1.0 → 22).

If the major version is 24 or above, skip to Step 2.
If the major version is below 24, continue to the version manager branch below.

Step 1a: Upgrade Node to v24

Try each version manager in order.

nvm

Check if nvm is available:

nvm -v

If it succeeds, run:

nvm install
nvm use

The repo has an .nvmrc set to 24, so these commands will install and activate the correct version automatically. Then continue to Step 2.

volta

If nvm -v failed, check if volta is available:

volta -v

If it succeeds, run:

volta install node@24
volta install corepack

Then continue to Step 2.

Neither found

If both nvm -v and volta -v failed, tell the user:

Neither nvm nor volta was found. Install nvm by following the instructions at https://www.nvmnode.com/guide/installation.html#nvm-install, then come back and run this again.

Stop here. Do not proceed until the user has a version manager installed.

Step 2: Enable pnpm via corepack

Run:

corepack enable pnpm

Step 3: Install dependencies with pnpm

This repo uses pnpm. Delete the old npm lockfile and install with pnpm:

rm -f package-lock.json
pnpm install --frozen-lockfile

Step 4: Inform the user

Let the user know that pnpm is now set up and they should use pnpm commands going forward (e.g. pnpm install, pnpm run dev, pnpm run build). The package-lock.json file has been removed — the repo uses pnpm-lock.yaml instead.