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CLAUDE.md

effect-json CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from PaulJPhilp/effect-json. It costs 2,595 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

A development guide for effect-json, a TypeScript library that reads and writes JSON, JSON with comments, and values such as dates, sets, maps, and big integers while checking their shape.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when adding or fixing serialization, parsing, schema validation, error types, or serialization backends in effect-json.
Why use it?
It documents the library's supported formats, error handling, and type-safety rules so changes remain consistent with its design.

Instructions file for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: the file is CLAUDE.md.

This is PaulJPhilp/effect-json's own configuration. It tells Claude Code how to work on effect-json itself, so it is not a mod to install elsewhere. Copy it as a starting point and replace the rules that are about this project. Everything effect-json configures →

Needs its repository: it reads a path above its own folder, which exists only inside the repository. The line is import * as Json from "../index.js";.

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CLAUDE.md · 356 lines

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effect-json Development Guide

effect-json is a published npm library providing type-safe, schema-driven JSON serialization for TypeScript and Effect.

📦 Published: https://www.npmjs.com/package/effect-json 🐙 Repository: https://github.com/PaulJPhilp/effect-json 📊 Version: 0.1.0 (production)

Project Overview

effect-json provides three JSON serialization backends unified under a single Effect-native API:

  • JSON: Standard JSON.parse/stringify with precise error reporting
  • JSONC: JSON with Comments support (strips single-line and multi-line comments)
  • SuperJSON: Type-preserving serialization (Date, Set, Map, BigInt, etc.)

All operations return Effect types for composability with the Effect ecosystem.

Architecture

Core Principles

  1. Effect-First Design: All APIs return Effect<Success, Error> types
  2. Tagged Errors: Use ParseError, ValidationError, StringifyError for precise error handling
  3. Schema Validation: Effect.Schema for all parsing/stringification
  4. Pluggable Backends: Backend interface allows extensibility
  5. Type Safety: TypeScript strict mode, full type inference

Project Structure

effect-json/
├── packages/effect-json/          # Main package
│   ├── src/
│   │   ├── api.ts                 # Public API (parse, stringify, etc.)
│   │   ├── backends/              # JSON, JSONC, SuperJSON implementations
│   │   │   ├── types.ts           # Backend interface
│   │   │   ├── json.ts            # Standard JSON backend
│   │   │   ├── jsonc.ts           # JSON with Comments
│   │   │   └── superjson.ts       # Type-preserving backend
│   │   ├── errors.ts              # Tagged error types
│   │   ├── schema.ts              # Schema validation utilities
│   │   ├── config.ts              # Service layer (DI)
│   │   ├── utils/                 # String utilities
│   │   └── __tests__/             # Test suites
│   ├── dist/                      # Built output (gitignored)
│   └── package.json
├── docs/                          # Planning documentation
└── .github/workflows/             # CI/CD pipelines

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