chronicle-mcp: Skill for Claude Code

Setup TS Deep Modules

Make every package in this repo a deep module: a lot of behaviour behind a small interface. A package's public surface is its entry points — the files at the package root — and everything in its subfolders is hidden. This skill installs dependency-cruiser and the rules that make the entry points the only way in, then proves the rules bite.

For the vocabulary (deep module, interface, seam, depth), run the /codebase-design skill — use its language throughout.

The shape this enforces

src/packages/
  <name>/
    index.ts        ← an entry point (public). Import this from outside.
    client.ts       ← another entry point. Packages may expose SEVERAL.
    lib/            ← implementation: hidden from outside, free to import each other.
    tests/          ← co-located tests + fixtures (a subfolder, so private).

The public surface is the package's root files — not one designated index.ts. By convention implementation lives in lib/ and tests in tests/, giving every package the same two-folder shape. The rule itself is general, though: anything in any subfolder is private, so you never extend the config to add a folder.

Four rules, all error:

1. Entry-point boundary — code outside a package (app code or another package) may import only that package's entry points (its root files), never anything in its subfolders.
2. Intra-package freedom — a package's own files import each other freely.
3. Tests through the entry points — files under <pkg>/tests/ may import any package's entry points and their own tests/ fixtures, but never any package's subfolder internals (not even their own). Integration tests across packages are fine; deep imports are not.
4. No cycles — no dependency cycles.

Entry points, not a barrel. Because the public surface is every root file, a package can expose several small entry points (index.ts, client.ts, server.ts) instead of funnelling everything through one giant index.ts. Barrel files that re-export a whole subtree are discouraged — keep entry points small and hide implementation in subfolders.