## Summary
- Adds a `color` column to `ObjectMetadataEntity` with full GraphQL
support so object icon colors are persisted at the metadata level
- Adds a `type` column to `NavigationMenuItemEntity` (enum: `OBJECT`,
`VIEW`, `FOLDER`, `LINK`, `RECORD`) replacing field-based type inference
- Updates frontend to read object colors from `objectMetadata.color`
(falling back to standard defaults) in the sidebar nav, record index
header, and record show breadcrumb
- Simplifies `NavigationMenuItemIcon` color resolution via
`getEffectiveNavigationMenuItemColor` util
## Color rules
| Item type | Color source | Editable in sidebar? |
|-----------|-------------|---------------------|
| **Object** | `objectMetadata.color` | Yes — persisted to
`objectMetadata.color` on Save |
| **Folder** | `navigationMenuItem.color` | Yes |
| **Link** | Fixed default (`DEFAULT_NAVIGATION_MENU_ITEM_COLOR_LINK`) |
No |
| **View** | `objectMetadata.color` (from the parent object) | No |
| **Record** | None | No |
- **Object** items represent the whole object (e.g. "Companies") and
point to the INDEX view. Changing their color updates
`objectMetadata.color` via `useSaveObjectMetadataColorsFromDraft`.
- **View** items represent specific non-INDEX views. Their color comes
from the parent object's metadata (read-only).
- Only **folders** store their color on `navigationMenuItem.color` —
enforced by `hasNavigationMenuItemOwnColor` util.
- `getEffectiveNavigationMenuItemColor` returns `objectColor` for both
OBJECT and VIEW items, folder's own color for folders, and the fixed
default for links.
## NavigationMenuItemType enum
- Shared enum created in `twenty-shared` with values: `OBJECT`, `VIEW`,
`FOLDER`, `LINK`, `RECORD`
- Registered as a GraphQL enum on the backend
- Replaces string literals across entity, DTOs, input, converters, and
frontend hooks
- Migration backfills existing rows: INDEX views → `OBJECT`, non-INDEX
views → `VIEW`, based on join with the view table
## Design decisions
- **OBJECT vs VIEW distinction**: Items pointing to INDEX views are
typed as `OBJECT` (represent the whole object, color editable). Items
pointing to non-INDEX views are typed as `VIEW` (specific view, color
read-only from parent object).
- **Dual color storage**: `navigationMenuItem.color` is preserved for
folders only. Objects use `objectMetadata.color` as their source of
truth.
- **Type discriminator**: The `type` column replaces field-based
inference (checking `viewId`, `link`, `targetRecordId` presence) with an
explicit enum, simplifying `isNavigationMenuItemLink` /
`isNavigationMenuItemFolder` to simple `item.type ===` checks.
- **No settings page color picker**: Object color editing is done from
the sidebar edit panel, not the data model settings page.
## Test plan
- [ ] Verify objects display their default standard colors in the
sidebar
- [ ] Verify object color editing works in the sidebar edit panel
(persists to objectMetadata.color)
- [ ] Verify folder color editing works in the sidebar edit panel
- [ ] Verify views, links, and records do NOT show a color picker in the
sidebar edit panel
- [ ] Run `npx nx typecheck twenty-front` and `npx nx typecheck
twenty-server`
- [ ] Verify the database migrations add `color` to `objectMetadata` and
`type` to `navigationMenuItem`
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## Summary
- Move 4 test fixture apps from `twenty-sdk/src/cli/__tests__/apps/` to
`twenty-apps/fixtures/` with meaningful names (`rich-app` →
`postcard-app`, `root-app` → `minimal-app`)
- Replace all `from '@/sdk'` imports with `from 'twenty-sdk'` so fixture
apps are proper, portable twenty-sdk apps
- Remove the fragile `"@/*": ["../../../../../src/*"]` tsconfig hack and
replace with standard `"src/*": ["./src/*"]` paths
- Create a centralized `fixture-paths.ts` utility in twenty-sdk tests
for clean app path resolution
## Why
The fixture apps were deeply nested in twenty-sdk's test directory and
tightly coupled to its internal source layout via a tsconfig path alias
hack. This made them:
- Impossible to reuse outside of SDK CLI tests (e.g., for server-side
dev seeding with `DevSeederService`)
- Fragile — moving any twenty-sdk source file could break the path alias
- Poorly discoverable — buried 5 directories deep in test infrastructure
Moving them to `twenty-apps/fixtures/` makes them first-class portable
apps that can be imported by `twenty-server` for seeding, used in E2E
testing, and serve as canonical examples alongside `hello-world`.
## Test plan
- [x] All 8 twenty-sdk integration tests pass (3 suites: postcard-app,
minimal-app, invalid-app)
- [x] Prettier formatting verified on all changed files
- [ ] CI should confirm E2E tests also pass (these require a running
server)
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# Intoduction
Closes https://github.com/twentyhq/core-team-issues/issues/2289
In this PR all the clients becomes available under `twenty-sdk/clients`,
this is a breaking change but generated was too vague and thats still
the now or never best timing to do so
## CoreClient
The core client is now shipped with a default stub empty class for both
the schema and the client
Allowing its import, will still raises typescript errors when consumed
as generated but not generated
## MetadataClient
The metadata client is workspace agnostic, it's now generated and
commited in the repo. added a ci that prevents any schema desync due to
twenty-server additions
Same behavior than for the twenty-front generated graphql schema
## Summary
- The `createOneApplication` GraphQL mutation was removed from the
server during the application architecture refactor (#18432), but the
SDK CLI (`app:dev`, `app:build --sync`) still called it, causing
failures.
- Simplified the SDK to use `syncApplication` (which now internally
creates the `ApplicationEntity` via `ensureApplicationExists`) instead
of a separate create step.
- On first run (clean install), the orchestrator now runs an initial
sync before initializing the file uploader, so file uploads can proceed
(they require the `ApplicationEntity` to exist).
## Test plan
- [x] Typecheck passes for both `twenty-sdk` and `twenty-server`
- [x] `app:dev` tested locally with existing app (finds app, uploads,
syncs)
- [x] `app:dev` tested locally after `app:uninstall` (creates app via
sync, uploads, syncs)
- [x] SDK unit tests pass (23/26 files, 3 pre-existing failures
unrelated)
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# Introduction
While testing the sdk and overall apps in
https://github.com/prastoin/twenty-app-hello-world
Faced a lot of pure `CJS` external dependencies import issue
Replaced all the cjs deps to either esm equivalent or node native
replacement
# Introduction
Allow a consumer call the commands programmatically instead of passing
by the exec
To do so extract from the command definition all the core logic, created
a new error api that allow keeping same error logs granularity than
before
## Usage
```ts
import { authLogin, appUninstall, functionExecute } from 'twenty-sdk/cli';
const result = await authLogin({
apiKey: 'my-key',
apiUrl: 'https://my-twenty.com',
});
if (!result.success) {
throw new Error(result.error);
}
```
## `app:build`
Introduced a new command that will allow building the whole project
without any watch setup
- Build and validate manifest
- Get or create app
- Synchronize manifest with twenty-sdk stub and no typecheck
- generate client
- Run typecheck
- Synchronize manifest again
## Summary
- **Refactor frontend metadata loading architecture**: Split the
monolithic `EagerMetadataLoadEffect` into focused provider effects
(`UserMetadataProviderEffect`, `ObjectMetadataProviderEffect`,
`ViewMetadataProviderEffect`) orchestrated by `MetadataProviderEffects`.
Replaced `UserProvider` + `ObjectMetadataItemsProvider` with a single
`MetadataGater` that gates rendering on `isAppMetadataReadyState`. The
metadata store now validates view-object consistency before promoting
views, and `updateDraft` skips no-op updates via deep equality checks.
- **SDK CLI improvements**: Added `app:typecheck` command, improved
error handling in API sync (extracts GraphQL error messages), added
`serializeError` utility for human-readable error output, added `error`
file status to dev mode orchestrator with UI support, and fixed
ClickHouse migration/seed commands to use `transpile-only`.
## Sync page layouts, tabs, and widgets
Adds the ability for SDK applications to synchronize `pageLayout`,
`pageLayoutTab`, and `pageLayoutWidget` entities, following the same
pattern established in #18003 for views and navigation menu items.
### Changes
**`twenty-shared`**
- New `PageLayoutManifest`, `PageLayoutTabManifest`, and
`PageLayoutWidgetManifest` types with a hierarchical structure (page
layout → tabs → widgets)
- Added `pageLayouts: PageLayoutManifest[]` to the `Manifest` type
**`twenty-sdk`**
- New `definePageLayout()` SDK function with validation for
universalIdentifier, name, and nested tabs/widgets
- Wired into the manifest extraction and build pipeline
(`DefinePageLayout` target function, `PageLayouts` entity key)
- Exported from the SDK entry point
**`twenty-server`**
- Added `pageLayout`, `pageLayoutTab`, `pageLayoutWidget` to
`APPLICATION_MANIFEST_METADATA_NAMES`
- New conversion utilities: manifest → universal flat entity for all
three entity types
- Updated `computeApplicationManifestAllUniversalFlatEntity
- add a new optional key `postInstallLogicFunctionUniversalIdentifier`
in applicationConfig
- seed postInstall function in create-twenty-app
- update execute:function options
- update doc
## Add API client generation to SDK dev mode and refactor orchestrator
into step-based pipeline
### Why
The SDK dev mode lacked typed API client generation, forcing developers
to work without auto-generated GraphQL types when building applications.
Additionally, the orchestrator was a monolithic class that mixed watcher
management, token handling, and sync logic — making it difficult to
extend with new steps like client generation.
### How
- **Refactored the orchestrator** into a step-based pipeline with
dedicated classes: `CheckServer`, `EnsureValidTokens`,
`ResolveApplication`, `BuildManifest`, `UploadFiles`,
`GenerateApiClient`, `SyncApplication`, and `StartWatchers`. Each step
has typed input/output/status, managed by a new `OrchestratorState`
class.
- **Added `GenerateApiClientOrchestratorStep`** that detects
object/field schema changes and regenerates a typed GraphQL client (via
`@genql/cli`) into `node_modules/twenty-sdk/generated` for seamless
imports.
- **Replaced `checkApplicationExist`** with `findOneApplication` on both
server resolver and SDK API service, returning the entity data instead
of a boolean.
- **Added application token pair mutations**
(`generateApplicationToken`, `renewApplicationToken`) to the API
service, with the server now returning `ApplicationTokenPairDTO`
containing both access and refresh tokens.
- **Restructured the dev UI** into `dev/ui/components/` with dedicated
panel, section, and event log components.
- **Simplified `AppDevCommand`** from ~180 lines of watcher management
down to ~40 lines that delegate entirely to the orchestrator.
## Refactor app-dev state management and build utilities
- Store only `manifest` in `AppDevState` instead of full
`ManifestBuildResult`; add `sourcePath` to `FileStatus`
- Pass `sourcePaths` directly to watchers instead of
`ManifestBuildResult`
- Only reset `fileUploadStatus` for functions/components when their
source paths change
- Add pure `updateManifestChecksum` utility that returns a new manifest
without side effects
- Extract `processEsbuildResult` to deduplicate build result processing
between watchers
- Rename `serverlessFunctions` → `functions` in SDK code (API unchanged)
- Extract `writeManifestToOutput` to shared `manifest-writer.ts`
## Summary
Adds `app:build` command as a one-shot version of `app:dev` - builds
manifest, functions, and front components once then exits (no watching).
**Changes:**
- Added `watch` option to `FunctionsWatcher` and
`FrontComponentsWatcher` to support both watch and one-shot modes
- Created `AppBuildCommand` reusing the same build logic as `app:dev`
with `watch: false`
- Added integration tests for `app:build` on both `rich-app` and
`root-app`
- Updated manifest types: `handlerPath` → `sourceHandlerPath` +
`builtHandlerPath`, `componentPath` → `sourceComponentPath` +
`builtComponentPath`
- Updated test app `package.json` scripts to match `create-twenty-app`
template
Refactor manifest build and remove src folder assumptions
- Unified entity builder interface: All entity builders now return
EntityBuildResult<T> with both manifests and filePaths
- Always return build result: runManifestBuild now always returns {
manifest, filePaths } instead of null on failure
- Return all entity paths: EntityFilePaths includes paths for all entity
types (application, objects, functions, etc.)
- Remove src folder assumptions: Applications can now have entities at
root level - removed hasSrcFolder checks
- Simplify watchers: Removed entries caching, compute lazily with map()
- Stabilize tests: Replaced flaky console output snapshots with key
message assertions; replaced inline snapshots with array comparisons
-
# Improve cross-entity duplicate detection in manifest validation
- Refactored findDuplicates to receive the full manifest, enabling
cross-entity duplicate checks
-ObjectExtensionEntityBuilder now validates that extension field IDs
don't conflict with object field IDs
- Renamed DuplicateId type to EntityIdWithLocation for clarity
- Updated all entity builders to use the new signature
Heavy Refactoring of the watcher, sorry about this one, I'll keep
iterating on it.
In a nutshell:
- app-dev.ts is maintaining 3 watchers in parallel: manifest, function
and frontComponent
## Add `frontComponent` entity type to SDK
This PR adds a new `frontComponent` entity type at parity with
`serverlessFunction`. Front components are React components that can be
defined and bundled as part of Twenty applications.
### Changes
#### New Entity Type
- Added `FRONT_COMPONENT` to `SyncableEntity` enum
- Front components use `*.front-component.tsx` file naming convention
- CLI command `twenty app:add` now includes `front-component` as an
option
#### SDK Application Layer (`twenty-sdk`)
- Added `defineFrontComponent()` function for defining front component
configurations with validation
- Added `FrontComponentConfig` type for component configuration
- Added `getFrontComponentBaseFile()` template generator for scaffolding
new front components
- Added `loadFrontComponentModule()` to load front component modules and
extract component metadata
#### Shared Types (`twenty-shared`)
- Added `FrontComponentManifest` type with `universalIdentifier`,
`name`, `description`, `componentPath`, and `componentName` fields
- Updated `ApplicationManifest` to include optional `frontComponents`
array
#### Manifest Build System
- Updated `manifest-build.ts` to discover and load
`*.front-component.tsx` files
- Updated `manifest-validate.ts` to validate front components and check
for duplicate IDs
- Updated `manifest-display.ts` to display front component count in
build summary
- Updated `manifest-plugin.ts` to display front component entry points
and watch `.tsx` files
#### Template (`create-twenty-app`)
- New applications now include a sample
`hello-world.front-component.tsx` file
#### Tests
- Added unit tests for `defineFrontComponent()`
- Added unit tests for `getFrontComponentBaseFile()`
## Summary
This PR adds function build support to the `twenty dev` command,
enabling tree-shaken production builds of serverless functions during
development with Vite's incremental build capabilities.
## Changes
### New Features
- **Function building in dev mode**: Serverless functions are now
compiled to tree-shaken bundles in `.twenty/functions/` during
development
- **Automatic restart on entry point changes**: When functions are added
or removed, the watcher automatically restarts with the new
configuration
- **Function entry point logging**: Dev mode now displays detected
function entry points with their names and paths
Summary
Rewrites the app:dev command to use Vite's dev server instead of manual
file watching with chokidar. This provides better file watching
capabilities and aligns with the existing build tooling.
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## Description
This PR improves the developer experience for the `twenty-sdk` and
`create-twenty-app` packages by reorganizing commands, adding
development tooling, and improving documentation.
## Changes
### twenty-sdk
#### Command Refactoring
- **Renamed `app-watch` → `app-dev`**: Renamed `AppWatchCommand` to
`AppDevCommand` and moved to `app-dev.ts` for consistent naming with the
CLI command `app:dev`
- **Moved `app-add` → `entity-add`**: Relocated entity creation logic
from `app/app-add.ts` to `entity/entity-add.ts` and renamed
`AppAddCommand` to `EntityAddCommand` for better separation of concerns
#### Development Tooling
- **Added `dev` target**: New Nx target `npx nx run twenty-sdk:dev` that
runs the build in watch mode for faster development iteration
### create-twenty-app
#### Improved Scaffolded Project
- **Enhanced base-application README** with:
- Updated Getting Started to recommend `yarn dev` for development
- Added "Available Commands" section listing all available scripts
#### Better Onboarding
- **Improved success message** after app creation with formatted next
steps:
Opening a PR to merge the wip work by @martmull
We will re-organize twenty-sdk in an upcoming PR
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Co-authored-by: martmull <martmull@hotmail.fr>
Charles Bochet