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docs/adapters/build.md

@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ outline: deep
 
 # Build
 
-Produces a self-contained static deploy of a devframe:
+Produces a static deploy:
 
-1. Copies the author's SPA dist (`clientAssets` or `options.distDir`) into `<outDir>`.
+1. Copies the SPA dist into `<outDir>`.
 2. Runs `setup(ctx)` with `mode: 'build'`.
-3. Collects RPC dumps for every `'static'` function and any `'query'` function with `dump.inputs` / `snapshot: true`.
-4. Writes `<outDir>/__connection.json` (`{ backend: 'static' }`) and sharded dump files under `<outDir>/__rpc-dump/` — both at the SPA root so the deployed client discovers them via relative paths from `document.baseURI`.
+3. Collects RPC dumps for every `'static'` and `'query'` with `dump.inputs` / `snapshot: true`.
+4. Writes `__connection.json` (`{ backend: 'static' }`) and sharded dumps under `__rpc-dump/`.
 
 ```ts
 import { createBuild } from 'devframe/adapters/build'
@@ -22,10 +22,8 @@ await createBuild(devframe, {
 
 | Option | Default | Description |
 |--------|---------|-------------|
-| `outDir` | `dist-static` | Output directory. Cleared on each build. |
-| `distDir` | `def.clientAssets` (falls back to deprecated `def.cli?.distDir`) | Override the SPA dist directory (a local path or a [remote assets](/guide/client-assets) package, materialized in full at build time). |
-| `pretty` | `false` | Pretty-print dump JSON (larger on disk). |
+| `outDir` | `dist-static` | Output directory (cleared). |
+| `distDir` | `def.clientAssets` (deprecated `def.cli?.distDir` fallback) | SPA dist override (or [remote assets](/guide/client-assets)). |
+| `pretty` | `false` | Pretty-print dump JSON. |
 
-The resulting directory hosts on any static web server (`serve`, nginx, GitHub Pages, …). The client auto-detects `static` mode by resolving `./__connection.json` against `document.baseURI` and runs in read-only form.
-
-`createBuild` copies the SPA verbatim, so deploying under a custom URL base just means building the SPA with relative asset paths (`vite.base: './'`) — the client discovers the effective base at runtime.
+The client runs read-only. For a custom URL base, build with relative asset paths (`vite.base: './'`).

docs/adapters/cac.md

@@ -4,15 +4,15 @@ outline: deep
 
 # CLI (cac)
 
-The cac adapter wraps a `DevframeDefinition` in a [`cac`](https://github.com/cacjs/cac)-powered command-line interface. From one entry it spins up an `h3` dev server with WebSocket RPC, builds static snapshots, or starts an MCP server.
+Wraps a `DevframeDefinition` in a [`cac`](https://github.com/cacjs/cac)-powered CLI with `dev`, `build`, and `mcp` commands.
 
-`cac` is an optional peer dependency, pulled in only through this adapter — install it alongside `devframe` to opt into `createCac`:
+`cac` is an optional peer of this adapter:
 
 ```sh
 npm install devframe cac
 ```
 
-Tools that assemble their own command-line shell from the [lower-level factories](#use-your-own-cli-framework) never import this adapter, so they run without `cac`.
+Tools using the [lower-level factories](#use-your-own-cli-framework) need no `cac`.
 
 ```ts
 import { defineDevframe } from 'devframe'
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ const devframe = defineDevframe({
 await createCac(devframe).parse()
 ```
 
-Running the resulting binary:
+Running the binary:
 
 ```sh
 my-devframe                     # dev server at http://localhost:9999/
@@ -38,17 +38,17 @@ my-devframe build --out-dir dist-static --base /devframe/
 my-devframe mcp                 # stdio MCP server
 ```
 
-Standalone CLI serves the SPA at `/` by default. The `/__devframe/` prefix is for *hosted* adapters where devframe mounts alongside an existing app — see [Mount paths](./#mount-paths).
+The SPA serves at `/` standalone, `/__devframe/` when hosted ([Mount paths](./#mount-paths)).
 
 ## Options
 
-`createCac(def, options?)` accepts:
+`createCac(def, options?)`:
 
 | Option | Default | Description |
 |--------|---------|-------------|
-| `defaultPort` | `9999` (or `def.cli?.port`) | Port used by the dev command when `--port` isn't provided. |
-| `configureCli` | — | `(cli: CAC) => void` — final hook to add commands/flags at the assembly stage, after the definition's `cli.configure` runs. |
-| `onReady` | — | `(info: { origin, port, app }) => void \| Promise<void>` — called once the dev server is listening. Use this to print your own startup banner. |
+| `defaultPort` | `9999` (or `def.cli?.port`) | Dev port if `--port` unset. |
+| `configureCli` | — | `(cli: CAC) => void` — add commands/flags post-`cli.configure`. |
+| `onReady` | — | `(info: { origin, port, app }) => void \| Promise<void>` — once listening. |
 
 `createCac` returns a `CacHandle`:
 
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ interface CacHandle {
 }
 ```
 
-The `cli` property lets the caller add ad-hoc commands and flags right before `parse()` when a `configureCli` callback is inconvenient.
+Add commands/flags via `cli` before `parse()`.
 
 ## Definition-level `cli` fields
 
@@ -87,11 +87,11 @@ defineDevframe({
 })
 ```
 
-The top-level [`clientAssets`](/guide/client-assets) supplies the SPA the dev/build commands serve; everything under `cli` has sensible defaults. The `configure` hook runs *before* the `configureCli` option passed to `createCac`, so the final tool author always has the last word on flags.
+`configure` runs *before* `createCac`'s `configureCli`.
 
 ## Headless logging
 
-Devframe leaves startup output to the application. Wire `onReady` to print your own banner:
+Wire `onReady` to print a banner:
 
 ```ts
 await createCac(devframe, {
@@ -101,17 +101,15 @@ await createCac(devframe, {
 }).parse()
 ```
 
-Structured diagnostics (via `nostics`) continue to surface through their normal reporters.
-
 ## Use your own CLI framework
 
-To integrate devframe into an existing commander / yargs program — or to expose a different command structure than `createCac`'s `dev` / `build` / `mcp` triplet — drop down to the peer factories. Same `DevframeDefinition`, different shell:
+Drop to the peer factories for a commander/yargs program or other structure:
 
 | Building block | Entry | Purpose |
 |----------------|-------|---------|
-| [`createDevServer(def, opts?)`](./dev) | `devframe/adapters/dev` | h3 + WebSocket RPC + SPA mount |
-| [`createBuild(def, opts?)`](./build) | `devframe/adapters/build` | Static deploy |
-| [`createMcpServer(def, opts?)`](./mcp) | `devframe/adapters/mcp` | stdio MCP server |
-| `parseCliFlags(schema, raw)` | `devframe/adapters/cac` | Validate a flag bag against a `CliFlagsSchema` |
+| [`createDevServer()`](./dev) | `devframe/adapters/dev` | h3 + WebSocket RPC + SPA mount |
+| [`createBuild()`](./build) | `devframe/adapters/build` | Static deploy |
+| [`createMcpServer()`](./mcp) | `devframe/adapters/mcp` | stdio MCP server |
+| `parseCliFlags(schema, raw)` | `devframe/adapters/cac` | Validate flags (`CliFlagsSchema`) |
 
-See the [Standalone CLI guide](/guide/standalone-cli#use-your-own-cli-framework) for a worked commander example.
+See the [Standalone CLI guide](/guide/standalone-cli#use-your-own-cli-framework).

docs/adapters/dev.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ outline: deep
 
 # Dev
 
-The `dev` adapter is the building block `createCac` uses internally — h3 + WebSocket RPC + the author's SPA mounted at the resolved base path. Reach for it directly to mount the dev server inside an existing CLI program (commander, yargs, hand-rolled CAC) or to attach custom middleware to the underlying h3 app.
+`createCac`'s building block: h3 + WebSocket RPC + the SPA at the resolved base path. Use it in a custom CLI or with middleware.
 
 ```ts
 import { createDevServer } from 'devframe/adapters/dev'
@@ -19,48 +19,35 @@ const handle = await createDevServer(devframe, {
 process.on('SIGINT', () => handle.close().then(() => process.exit(0)))
 ```
 
-`createDevServer` returns the underlying `StartedServer` (origin, port, h3 app, WS server, RPC group, `close()`) so callers can integrate it into their own process lifecycle.
+Returns the `StartedServer` (origin, port, h3 app, WS server, RPC group, `close()`).
 
 | Option | Default | Description |
 |--------|---------|-------------|
 | `host` | `def.cli?.host ?? 'localhost'` | Bind host. |
-| `port` | resolved via `resolveDevServerPort` | Port to listen on. |
-| `flags` | `{}` | Parsed flag bag forwarded to `setup(ctx, { flags })`. |
-| `distDir` | `def.clientAssets` (falls back to deprecated `def.cli?.distDir`) | SPA dist override. When unset the server runs in bridge mode (meta + WS only). |
-| `basePath` | `resolveBasePath(def, 'standalone')` | Mount path override. |
-| `app` | fresh h3 app | Pre-configured h3 app to mount onto (custom middleware, auth, extra static assets). |
-| `openBrowser` | resolves from `flags.open` / `def.cli?.open` | Explicit on/off override. `false` disables; a string opens that relative path. |
-| `ws` | `def.cli?.ws` | How the browser reaches the RPC WebSocket — see below. |
-| `onReady` | — | Callback when the WS server is bound. |
+| `port` | resolved via `resolveDevServerPort` | Listen port. |
+| `flags` | `{}` | Passed to `setup(ctx, { flags })`. |
+| `distDir` | `def.clientAssets` (falls back to deprecated `def.cli?.distDir`) | SPA dist; unset = bridge mode. |
+| `basePath` | `resolveBasePath(def, 'standalone')` | Mount override. |
+| `app` | fresh h3 app | Mount onto. |
+| `openBrowser` | resolves from `flags.open` / `def.cli?.open` | `false` off; string opens a path. |
+| `ws` | `def.cli?.ws` | RPC WebSocket — see below. |
+| `onReady` | — | WS-bind callback. |
 
 ## WebSocket endpoint
 
-By default the RPC socket shares the HTTP server's port and binds to the `__ws` route next to `__connection.json`. The descriptor advertises a *relative* path, so the client connects to its own origin — the link follows the page through a reverse proxy that rewrites the domain, port, or subpath. Configure the three connection scenarios via `def.cli.ws` (or the `ws` call-site option):
-
-```ts
-defineDevframe({
-  // 1. Same server, a custom route (default route is `__ws`):
-  cli: { ws: { route: '__sockets' } },
-
-  // 2. A dedicated port on the same host:
-  cli: { ws: { port: 9788 } },
-
-  // 3. A remote, fully-qualified endpoint (e.g. a tunnel/relay):
-  cli: { ws: { url: 'wss://devtools.example.com/relay/__ws' } },
-})
-```
+The RPC socket shares the HTTP port on `__ws`, advertised *relative* so the client dials its own origin through a reverse proxy. Configure `def.cli.ws`:
 
 | Field | Scenario | Advertised `websocket` |
 |-------|----------|------------------------|
-| `route` | same server, different route | `{ path: <route> }` (same origin) |
-| `port` | different port | `{ port, path: <route> }` (page host) |
-| `url` | remote, different origin | the URL string, used verbatim |
+| `route` | same server, other route | `{ path: <route> }` |
+| `port` | different port | `{ port, path: <route> }` |
+| `url` | remote origin | URL verbatim |
 
-Precedence is `url` > `port` > `route`. In the remote case the dev server still hosts the socket locally on `route`; point your tunnel at it.
+Precedence `url` > `port` > `route`; for `url` the socket stays local on `route` — point your tunnel there.
 
 ## Port resolution
 
-`resolveDevServerPort(def, opts?)` resolves a port up-front (to print or log it) before the server starts:
+`resolveDevServerPort(def, opts?)` resolves a port before start:
 
 ```ts
 import { resolveDevServerPort } from 'devframe/adapters/dev'
@@ -71,5 +58,5 @@ const port = await resolveDevServerPort(devframe, { host: '127.0.0.1' })
 
 | Option | Default | Description |
 |--------|---------|-------------|
-| `host` | `def.cli?.host ?? 'localhost'` | Bind host (passed to `get-port-please` for in-use detection). |
-| `defaultPort` | `def.cli?.port ?? 9999` | Override the preferred port. |
+| `host` | `def.cli?.host ?? 'localhost'` | Bind host (`get-port-please` detection). |
+| `defaultPort` | `def.cli?.port ?? 9999` | Preferred-port override. |

docs/adapters/embedded.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ outline: deep
 
 # Embedded
 
-Register a devframe into an already-running context at runtime. Mirrors the [`vite`](./vite) adapter's plugin-scan, but for callers that need dynamic, post-startup registration. The host decides the mount path; `embedded` is a hosted adapter and inherits the `/__<id>/` default when one is needed.
+Register a devframe into an already-running context at runtime — dynamic, post-startup registration (unlike [`vite`](./vite)'s plugin-scan). Inherits the hosted `/__<id>/` default.
 
 ```ts
 import { createEmbedded } from 'devframe/adapters/embedded'
@@ -15,6 +15,4 @@ await createEmbedded(devframe, { ctx: existingCtx })
 
 | Option | Required | Description |
 |--------|----------|-------------|
-| `ctx` | ✓ | Target `DevframeNodeContext` the devframe is registered into. |
-
-Useful when a host loads devframes based on runtime conditions (feature flags, user opt-in, dynamic discovery) rather than static config.
+| `ctx` | ✓ | Target `DevframeNodeContext` to register into. |

docs/adapters/index.md

@@ -4,34 +4,32 @@ outline: deep
 
 # Adapters
 
-The lowest-level way to serve a devframe is [the standard handler](./initiate): `initDevframe(def, { base })` returns a Web Standard `(request: Request) => Promise<Response>` that mounts on any catch-all route. Every serving path below is built on it.
+The lowest-level path is [the standard handler](./initiate), `initDevframe(def, { base })` — a Web Standard `(request: Request) => Promise<Response>` for any catch-all route. Every path below builds on it.
 
-Adapters package that same foundation into familiar entry points, so you rarely wire the handler by hand. Each adapter takes a `DevframeDefinition` and deploys it into a specific runtime — a standalone CLI, a dev server, a Vite plugin, a static snapshot, an embedded host, or an MCP server. Each ships at its own entry point (`devframe/adapters/<name>`), so the bundler pulls in only the ones you use.
-
-Every adapter factory has the shape `createXxx(devframeDef, options?)`. Some adapters draw on an optional peer dependency, installed only when you opt into that adapter: `cac` pulls in [`cac`](https://github.com/cacjs/cac), and `mcp` pulls in [`@modelcontextprotocol/server`](https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/typescript-sdk).
+Adapters wrap it as `createXxx(def, options?)` at `devframe/adapters/<name>`. `cac` and `mcp` need an optional peer ([`cac`](https://github.com/cacjs/cac), [`@modelcontextprotocol/server`](https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/typescript-sdk)).
 
 ## Comparison
 
 | Entry point | Module | Factory | Best for |
 |---------|-------|---------|----------|
-| [Standard Handler](./initiate) | `devframe/initiate` | `initDevframe(def, { base })` | Mounting the raw `Request → Response` handler into any host |
-| [`cac`](./cac) | `devframe/adapters/cac` | `createCac(def, options?)` | Standalone tools run via `node ./my-tool.js` |
-| [`dev`](./dev) | `devframe/adapters/dev` | `createDevServer(def, options?)` | Run the dev server programmatically — drive it from any CLI framework |
-| [`build`](./build) | `devframe/adapters/build` | `createBuild(def, options?)` | Offline reports, CI artifacts, deployable SPA snapshots |
-| [`vite`](./vite) | `@vitejs/devtools-kit/node` | `createPluginFromDevframe(def, options?)` | Mount the definition into Vite DevTools (or any compatible host) |
-| [`embedded`](./embedded) | `devframe/adapters/embedded` | `createEmbedded(def, { ctx })` | Runtime registration into an already-running host |
-| [`mcp`](./mcp) | `devframe/adapters/mcp` | `createMcpServer(def, options?)` | Exposing a devframe to coding agents |
+| [Standard Handler](./initiate) | `devframe/initiate` | `initDevframe(def, { base })` | Raw handler |
+| [`cac`](./cac) | `devframe/adapters/cac` | `createCac()` | Standalone tools |
+| [`dev`](./dev) | `devframe/adapters/dev` | `createDevServer()` | Dev server |
+| [`build`](./build) | `devframe/adapters/build` | `createBuild()` | Static snapshots |
+| [`vite`](./vite) | `@vitejs/devtools-kit/node` | `createPluginFromDevframe()` | Vite DevTools |
+| [`embedded`](./embedded) | `devframe/adapters/embedded` | `createEmbedded(def, { ctx })` | Runtime |
+| [`mcp`](./mcp) | `devframe/adapters/mcp` | `createMcpServer()` | Coding agents |
 
 ## Mount paths
 
-A devframe's SPA basePath depends on which adapter is running it:
+SPA basePath depends on the adapter:
 
 | Adapter kind | Default basePath | Reason |
 |--------------|------------------|--------|
-| `cli`, `build` (standalone) | `/` | The devframe owns the origin. |
-| `vite`, `embedded` (hosted) | `/__<id>/` | The devframe shares the origin with a host app and namespaces itself. |
+| `cli`, `build` (standalone) | `/` | Owns the origin. |
+| `vite`, `embedded` (hosted) | `/__<id>/` | Shares a host's origin. |
 
-Override either side explicitly with `DevframeDefinition.basePath`:
+Override with `DevframeDefinition.basePath`:
 
 ```ts
 defineDevframe({
@@ -41,4 +39,4 @@ defineDevframe({
 })
 ```
 
-SPA authors should build with relative asset paths (`vite.base: './'`); the client resolves its connection descriptor relative to the page at runtime. See [Client](/guide/client#runtime-basepath-discovery) for the discovery rules.
+The client discovers its SPA base at runtime — see [Client](/guide/client#runtime-basepath-discovery).