The docs:: SDK bridge mirrors kv::'s collection-handle pattern: a
custom Rhai type DocsHandle captures (collection, service, cx) once
via docs::collection(name), and methods bind via engine.register_fn
so scripts use dot-notation (users.create(...), users.find(...),
etc.). app_id never appears in the script-visible call shape — the
service derives it from cx.app_id, preserving cross-app isolation.
Methods registered: create, get, find, find_one, update, delete,
list (zero-arg and one-arg map-shaped overloads). The find filter
goes through dynamic_to_json -> DocsService::find -> docs_filter
parser; unsupported operators surface to Rhai with the parser's
verbatim error message (including the v1.2 pointer).
The doc envelope per Decision D:
#{ id: "uuid", data: #{...user data...},
created_at: "ISO-8601", updated_at: "ISO-8601" }
engine.rs trigger_event_to_dynamic gains a Docs arm that builds
ctx.event.docs = #{ collection, id, data, prev_data } where data
and prev_data follow the variant's Option<Value> -> () | map shape.
15 bridge integration tests under tests/sdk_docs.rs exercise the
round-trip via tokio::task::spawn_blocking. Covers create/get/find/
find_one/update/delete/list semantics, $in + $gt operators, the
unsupported-operator throw with v1.2 pointer, invalid-UUID rejection
on get/update/delete, the doc envelope's shape (id is string, data
is map, timestamps are strings), and the load-bearing cross-app
isolation guarantee. sdk_kv.rs is updated to take the new docs
field on Services::new.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
PiCloud
A lightweight, self-hosted, event-driven serverless compute platform. Upload a Rhai script, get an HTTP endpoint. Designed to run on a single modest server with no idle CPU cost, and to scale out to a small cluster when you need it.
Status: Phase 1 — MVP scaffolding in progress.
The authoritative design lives in
serverless_cloud_blueprint.md.
Why
Existing serverless platforms are either cloud-locked, heavyweight, or both. PiCloud aims for the opposite end of the spectrum: one binary, one database, one reverse proxy — running on hardware you already own.
Architecture (one paragraph)
PiCloud splits into three logical services — manager (control plane: scripts, schedules, dashboard), orchestrator (per-node event ingress and dispatch), and executor (per-node Rhai sandbox) — each backed by a *-core Rust library. In MVP they run in a single process; in cluster mode they run as three binaries with one manager and one orchestrator + executor per node. Caddy fronts everything; PostgreSQL is the single source of truth.
See CLAUDE.md for working notes and serverless_cloud_blueprint.md for the full design.
Quick Start
Coming as scaffolding lands. For now:
# Rust toolchain (pinned via rust-toolchain.toml)
cargo check --workspace
# Run the all-in-one MVP binary (once main.rs is wired up)
cargo run -p picloud
Repository Layout
crates/
shared/ cross-cutting types
executor-core/ Rhai engine + sandbox
orchestrator-core/ event ingress, dispatch
manager-core/ control plane
picloud/ MVP all-in-one binary
picloud-{manager,orchestrator,executor}/ cluster-mode binaries (skeleton)
dashboard/ SvelteKit
caddy/ Caddyfile
docker/ Dockerfiles
docs/
git-workflow.md Trunk-based workflow
Contributing
See docs/git-workflow.md for the branching and commit conventions. TL;DR: trunk-based, short-lived branches, Conventional Commits, no force-pushing main.
License
TBD.