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Raphaël Bosi c52c983b90 Source app About description from README and improve internal app READMEs (#22012)
## What

- The SDK manifest build now sources an app's `aboutDescription` (the
long-form "About" tab content) from its `README.md`. An explicit
`aboutDescription` in the config still wins, matching the existing
marketplace CDN fallback.
- Removed the now-duplicated `aboutDescription` from internal app
configs and deleted the standalone `ABOUT_DESCRIPTION` constant files.
- Rewrote internal app READMEs to read as user-facing About content:
stripped developer/build/source-path noise, and expanded the thin ones.
`call-recording` and `self-hosting` (one-liners over substantial apps)
and `people-data-labs` were rewritten from a close reading of the code;
`twenty-exa` was verified for accuracy.
- Added a unit test (and a fixture README) covering README →
`aboutDescription` in the build.

## Why

The README and the About description were maintained separately and
drifted. Making the README the single source keeps the About tab
accurate and removes duplicated copy.

## Notes for reviewers

- Internal apps depend on the published `twenty-sdk`, so the build
change takes effect for them after an SDK release + dependency bump.
Until then, published apps still get README → `aboutDescription` via the
marketplace CDN sync.
- Standard/Custom app descriptions are unchanged (they are resolved in
the frontend, not via the manifest).

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Twenty SDK

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A CLI and SDK to develop, build, and publish applications that extend Twenty CRM.

Quick start

The recommended way to start is with create-twenty-app:

npx create-twenty-app@latest my-twenty-app
cd my-twenty-app
yarn twenty dev

Documentation

Full documentation is available at docs.twenty.com/developers/extend/apps:

  • Getting Started — scaffolding, local server, authentication, dev mode
  • Building Apps — entity definitions, API clients, testing, CLI reference
  • Publishing — deploy, npm publish, marketplace

Guides in this repository:

Manual installation

If you are adding twenty-sdk to an existing project instead of using create-twenty-app:

yarn add twenty-sdk twenty-client-sdk

Then add a twenty script to your package.json:

{
  "scripts": {
    "twenty": "twenty"
  }
}

Run yarn twenty help to see all available commands.

Configuration

The CLI stores credentials per remote in ~/.twenty/config.json. Run yarn twenty remote:add to configure a remote, or yarn twenty remote:list to see existing ones.

Troubleshooting

  • Auth errors: run yarn twenty remote:add to re-authenticate.
  • Typings out of date: restart yarn twenty dev to refresh the client and types.
  • Not seeing changes in dev: make sure dev mode is running (yarn twenty dev).

Contributing

Development setup

git clone https://github.com/twentyhq/twenty.git
cd twenty
yarn install

Development mode

npx nx run twenty-sdk:dev

Production build

npx nx run twenty-sdk:build

Running the CLI locally

npx nx run twenty-sdk:start -- <command>

Resources