Sets up the PiCloud monorepo as a Cargo workspace organised around the
three-service architecture (manager / orchestrator / executor), each
backed by a *-core library crate so the same logic powers both the MVP
all-in-one `picloud` binary and the future split-process cluster mode.
* crates/shared, executor-core, orchestrator-core, manager-core
define the library surface and trait seams between the three
services (`ExecutorClient`, `ScriptResolver`, `ScriptRepository`).
* crates/picloud is the MVP entrypoint; serves /healthz on 8080
(override via PICLOUD_BIND).
* crates/picloud-{manager,orchestrator,executor} are skeleton
binaries that keep the crate boundaries honest until cluster
mode is built out in v1.3+.
* docs/git-workflow.md defines the trunk-based workflow:
short-lived branches, Conventional Commits, separate hotfix
flow with mandatory reproduction tests.
* CLAUDE.md captures the working rules for future Claude sessions.
Workspace passes `cargo fmt`, `cargo clippy -D warnings` (with
pedantic enabled), and `cargo test --workspace`. The all-in-one
binary responds on `/healthz` and `/`.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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CLAUDE.md
This file provides guidance to Claude Code (claude.ai/code) when working with code in this repository.
Project
PiCloud is a self-hosted, event-driven serverless compute platform. Users upload Rhai scripts, get HTTP endpoints. Optimized for solo-dev / consumer hardware (single node MVP, multi-node cluster in v1.3+).
Authoritative design: serverless_cloud_blueprint.md. The blueprint is a living document — when architecture decisions are made in conversation that contradict it, treat the latest decision as truth and update the blueprint.
Three-Service Architecture
The platform splits into three logical services, each backed by a *-core library crate so the same logic runs in single-process MVP mode and split-process cluster mode:
| Service | Role | Library crate |
|---|---|---|
| Manager | Control plane: script CRUD, scheduling/cron, dashboard backend, config. Single-writer to Postgres. | manager-core |
| Orchestrator | Per-node ingress: receives HTTP (later SMTP, queue) events, resolves script, dispatches to local executor. Stateless. | orchestrator-core |
| Executor | Per-node compute: runs Rhai scripts in a sandboxed engine. Stateless. | executor-core |
In MVP, all three run in one process (picloud binary). In cluster mode, each runs as its own binary on each node, with one manager total and one orchestrator + executor per node.
Key boundary: the orchestrator never imports executor-core directly — it depends on an ExecutorClient trait. The local impl calls executor-core in-process; the remote impl is an HTTP client. Same pattern keeps cluster mode a swap, not a rewrite.
Path Scheme
/api/admin/*— manager (control plane: script CRUD, config, dashboard API)/api/execute/{id}— orchestrator (data plane: invoke a script by ID)/exec/*— orchestrator (data plane: invoke scripts at custom paths, v1.1+)/healthz— liveness (orchestrator)/and static assets — dashboard (SvelteKit static build, served by Caddy)
Caddy fronts everything. Same Caddyfile shape works for single-node and cluster — only upstream targets change.
Tech Stack
- Rust 1.92+ workspace, pinned via
rust-toolchain.toml - Axum for HTTP, Tokio async, sqlx for Postgres
- Rhai embedded scripting (in
executor-core) - PostgreSQL 15+ with
pgcryptoand (v1.1+)hstore - SvelteKit dashboard, static adapter, CodeMirror 6 for the script editor
- Caddy 2 reverse proxy (auto-HTTPS in prod)
- Docker Compose for dev and single-node prod
Common Commands
# Rust workspace
cargo check --workspace
cargo test --workspace
cargo fmt --all
cargo clippy --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings
# Run the all-in-one binary (MVP entry point)
cargo run -p picloud
# Run a single test
cargo test -p executor-core sandbox::tests::respects_operation_budget
# Dashboard (from dashboard/)
npm run dev
npm run build
npm run check
# Full stack (once docker-compose.yml exists)
docker compose up
docker compose down -v # reset Postgres data
Workspace Layout
crates/
shared/ # cross-cutting types (Script, IDs, error enum, db pool)
executor-core/ # Rhai engine, sandbox, ctx, log, SDK
orchestrator-core/ # event ingress + ExecutorClient trait + dispatch
manager-core/ # control plane: repos, scheduler, config
picloud/ # ★ MVP all-in-one binary
picloud-manager/ # cluster mode binary (skeleton)
picloud-orchestrator/ # cluster mode binary (skeleton)
picloud-executor/ # cluster mode binary (skeleton)
dashboard/ # SvelteKit
caddy/ # Caddyfile, Caddyfile.prod
docker/ # Dockerfiles
docs/
git-workflow.md # trunk-based workflow
architecture.md # (TBD)
Working Rules
- Honor the three-service boundary. Don't reach across
*-corecrates. Iforchestrator-coreneeds something frommanager-core, define a trait insharedand inject the impl. executor-corehas no Postgres dependency. Data-plane services (kv, docs, users — v1.1+) come in via injectedServiceProvidertraits.- Database writes only from
manager-core.orchestrator-corereads scripts (cached);executor-coredoesn't touch the DB. - MVP builds only the
picloudall-in-one binary. The three split binaries exist as skeletons so the crate boundaries stay honest; flesh them out only when cluster mode is being implemented. - Trunk-based dev. See docs/git-workflow.md. No long-lived branches. Feature flags for incomplete work.
Out of MVP
Queue triggers, cron triggers, SMTP ingress, KV / docs / email / users / HTTP SDKs in scripts, interceptors, workflows, function-to-function invoke(), auth, multi-tenancy, secrets, metrics dashboard. All deferred to v1.1+ per the blueprint. Don't pre-build for them — but don't make decisions that close the door on them either.