TypeScript Skill (pnpm + Turbo by default)

Baseline setup to reuse across projects. We standardize on pnpm workspaces and Turborepo for task orchestration.

Workspace & Package Manager

• Use pnpm (9.x or later) and declare it in package.json:

  { "packageManager": "pnpm@9.x", "private": true }
  

• Add pnpm-workspace.yaml with your package globs (e.g., packages/*).
• Root scripts should fan out via pnpm: pnpm -r lint, pnpm -r test, pnpm -r build.

Turbo as the Task Graph

• Add a minimal turbo.json:

  {
    "pipeline": {
      "lint": { "outputs": [] },
      "test": { "dependsOn": ["^build"], "outputs": [] },
      "build": { "dependsOn": ["^build"], "outputs": ["dist/**"] }
    }
  }
  

• Run with pnpm turbo lint test build (or shorter aliases).
• Keep per-package scripts named lint, test, build, typecheck so Turbo and pnpm can compose them.

TS Baseline

• Node 18+ (prefer 20), ESM ("type": "module"), target: ES2022+, moduleResolution: node16|bundler, strict: true, resolveJsonModule: true, skipLibCheck: true, sourceMap: true.
• Root tsconfig.base.json; each package extends it and sets rootDir: src, outDir: dist. Use composite: true + project references for multi-package builds and tsc -b.

Standard Scripts

• typecheck: tsc --noEmit
• lint: ESLint with @typescript-eslint/*
• build: tsc -b for libs/services; use tsup when you need bundled ESM+CJS + d.ts
• test: Vitest or Jest; keep typecheck separate so test runners don’t hide TS errors
• Root aliases: pnpm -r typecheck, pnpm -r lint, pnpm -r build, pnpm -r test; Turbo can wrap these when you want caching.

DX & Code Hygiene

• Use tsx for local scripts (pnpm add -D tsx), avoid ts-node unless necessary.
• Validate inputs/env at boundaries (e.g., zod) to turn unknown into typed data.
• Prefer unknown over any; explicit return types on exports; keep strict green by fixing code, not loosening config.
• Imports stay in src/; never import from build outputs. Prefer ESM; use CJS only if the target requires it.
• Error handling: throw Error subclasses with context; avoid silent catches. Use Promise.allSettled for fan-out when partial failure is acceptable.

Lint / Format

• ESLint with @typescript-eslint/parser and recommended configs; set parserOptions.project when rules need type info.
• Prettier for formatting; keep lint separate. Optional pre-commit via lint-staged + simple-git-hooks, or enforce in CI.

Maintenance Extras

• Knip/depcheck for unused exports/deps sweeps.
• Changesets if you publish/version packages.
• Central env.ts that validates and types process.env.