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+# AGENTS.md — `@decocms/apps`
+
+Guidance for AI assistants and human contributors working inside the
+`@decocms/apps` (apps-start) repository.
+
+## What this repo is
+
+`@decocms/apps` is the commerce layer for Deco storefronts on
+**TanStack Start + React 19 + Cloudflare Workers**. It ships VTEX and
+Shopify loaders / actions / hooks plus shared commerce types
+(schema.org Product, Offer, BreadcrumbList, etc.).
+
+It depends on `@decocms/start` (the framework layer). It is consumed
+by every Deco storefront published on the new stack.
+
+## Common Commands
+
+```bash
+npm run typecheck   # tsc --noEmit
+npm run check       # typecheck + unused export detection
+npm run lint        # biome check . — must be 0 errors before push
+npx vitest run      # full test suite
+```
+
+There is no dev server: this is a library. Storefronts run their own
+`vite dev` and consume the published package.
+
+## Three-layer architecture
+
+| Layer | Repo | Responsibility |
+|-------|------|---------------|
+| **Framework** | [`decocms/deco-start`](https://github.com/decocms/deco-start) | CMS bridge, admin protocol, worker entry, edge caching, rendering |
+| **Commerce** | this repo | VTEX/Shopify loaders, actions, hooks, types, SDK helpers |
+| **Site** | per-customer storefront repos | UI components, hooks, routes, styles, contexts |
+
+Commerce code lives here, not in `deco-start`. Framework code lives
+in `deco-start`, not here. Site-specific code lives in the customer
+repo, not in either.
+
+## Migration tooling policy
+
+The canonical policy that governs all migration tooling work — across
+`@decocms/start`, `@decocms/apps`, and customer storefront repos —
+lives in **`decocms/deco-start`**:
+
+- **Rule (always-applied):** [`.cursor/rules/migration-tooling-policy.mdc`](https://github.com/decocms/deco-start/blob/main/.cursor/rules/migration-tooling-policy.mdc)
+- **Plan (living tracker):** [`MIGRATION_TOOLING_PLAN.md`](https://github.com/decocms/deco-start/blob/main/MIGRATION_TOOLING_PLAN.md)
+
+Key decisions ratified there (D1–D5) that constrain work in
+`apps-start` too:
+
+| ID | Decision | Implication for this repo |
+|----|----------|---------------------------|
+| **D1** | Force convergence — no fork support layer | Site customisations live in `src/apps/local/`, or open a PR to canonical here. We do not ship per-fork override hooks. |
+| **D2** | Rewrite HTMX on migration — no HTMX runtime | Don't add HTMX-aware loaders or hooks here. Migration codemods + skills handle the rewrite. |
+| **D3** | Generated stubs throw at runtime | Anything stub-shaped that would otherwise return `null` / `{}` / identity-cast must throw with a clear message. Real impls stay real. |
+| **D4** | Site-local apps by default, promote at 3+ sites | A pattern only earns a place in `vtex/` / `shopify/` / `commerce/` once it has shown up on three customer sites. Until then it lives site-local. |
+| **D5** | Failed migrations: `rm -rf` and re-run | We don't carry a `--restart` mode in scripts. |
+
+## When to add to apps-start
+
+Per **D4**, a piece of code earns a place in `vtex/`, `shopify/`, or
+`commerce/` when it is needed by **3+ customer sites**. Below that
+threshold it lives site-local (typically in `src/apps/local/`).
+
+Concrete pattern (mirrors how `createUseCart` / `createUseUser` /
+`createUseWishlist` got promoted from baggagio + casaevideo): build it
+twice in two different sites first, validate the abstraction, then
+promote.
+
+## Process
+
+- **PR-only.** No direct pushes to `main`. Self-merge after CI is
+  green is fine for routine work; loop in a human for behavioural
+  shifts in the public surface (new exported types, signature
+  changes, breaking removes).
+- **Conventional commits** (`feat`, `fix`, `chore`, `docs`,
+  `refactor`, `test`, `perf`). Imperative, lowercase, no trailing
+  period.
+- **CI must be green before merge.** Lint is enforced (\`npm run
+  lint\` → 0 errors). TypeScript must pass. Tests must pass.
+- **Plan updates ship with the work.** Whenever a Wave step lands,
+  update `MIGRATION_TOOLING_PLAN.md` (in deco-start) in the same PR
+  body so the tracker stays accurate.