# config

Learn how to configure Vovk.ts and its TypeScript setup. Use this skill when changing generated client options, project paths, or compiler settings.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 57
- Author: finom
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/finom/vovk/tree/HEAD/skills/config/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/config

## What it does

This skill covers `vovk.config` file formats, supported locations, and the keys read by `vovk-cli`. It explains settings for schema and module directories, CLI logging, development HTTPS, client generation, templates, and propagated `outputConfig` values. Examples show how to customize client templates.

The guide compares `composedClient` and `segmentedClient`, including their output directories and Prettier behavior. Vovk.ts decorators need `experimentalDecorators` in `tsconfig.json` for a `next build --webpack` build to succeed. The skill does not cover authoring HTTP decorators or the detailed `vovk bundle` workflow.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add finom/vovk --skill config -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/config/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/config/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add finom/vovk --skill config -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/config/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add finom/vovk --skill config -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/config/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install finom/vovk config
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/config/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add finom/vovk --skill config -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/finom/vovk --path skills/config
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/config/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add finom/vovk --skill config -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/finom/vovk/tree/HEAD/skills/config/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- locate the Vovk.ts config file used by the CLI
- change where schemas or modules are written
- configure generated client output and templates
- set up `experimentalDecorators` in `tsconfig.json`

## Example prompts
- Show me where to change the Vovk.ts schema output directory and its default.
- Configure `composedClient` to write the generated client to `src/client`.
- Explain why Vovk.ts needs `experimentalDecorators` in `tsconfig.json`.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: config
description: Vovk.ts configuration — vovk.config.{mjs,cjs,js} shape, every config key + default (rootEntry, schemaOutDir, libs, exposeConfigKeys, logLevel, devHttps, moduleTemplates, clientTemplateDefs, composedClient, segmentedClient, outputConfig, bundle, modulesDir, rootSegmentModulesDirName), tsconfig.json setup (experimentalDecorators). Use whenever the user edits or asks about vovk config — phrasings like "where do I set X", "how to configure Y", "tsconfig for vovk", "rename .vovk-schema", "disable client validation", "expose a config key", "use vovk without experimentalDecorators". Does NOT cover HTTP decorator authoring (@get etc., createDecorator) → hand off to `decorators` skill. Does NOT cover bundle CLI flow → `bundle` skill. Does NOT cover composed vs segmented client output internals → `rpc` skill.
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# Vovk.ts configuration

Single config file at project root or in `.config/`. Picked up by `vovk-cli` (dev / generate / bundle).

## Source of truth

Don't `WebFetch` vovk.dev mid-task. This skill + sibling vovk:* skills = canonical. If a config key isn't documented here, name the gap.

## File

Vovk-cli uses the first that exists, in order: `.config/vovk.config.cjs` → `vovk.config.cjs` → `.config/vovk.config.mjs` → `vovk.config.mjs` (recommended, what `vovk init` writes) → `.config/vovk.config.js` → `vovk.config.js`. No TypeScript config: `vovk.config.ts` is never read.

```ts
// vovk.config.mjs
// @ts-check
/** @type {import('vovk').VovkConfig} */
const config = {
  // ...
};
export default config;
```

## Top-level keys

| Key | Default | Meaning |
|-----|---------|---------|
| `rootEntry` | `'api'` | URL prefix for root segment — `/api/...`. Bake into `apiRoot` (see `rpc`). |
| `rootSegmentModulesDirName` | `''` | Folder name for root-segment modules (rare override). |
| `schemaOutDir` | `'.vovk-schema'` | Where dev watcher writes per-segment JSON artifacts. **Commit this dir.** |
| `logLevel` | `'info'` | CLI verbosity: `'error' \| 'trace' \| 'debug' \| 'info' \| 'warn'`. |
| `devHttps` | `false` | Enable HTTPS in `vovk dev`. |
| `exposeConfigKeys` | `['libs', 'rootEntry']` | Whitelist of config keys exposed in `.vovk-schema/_meta.json`. `true` = all, `false` = none, or custom array. |
| `libs` | `{}` | Validation library config (used by `vovk-cli` codegen). |
| `modulesDir` | `'src/modules'` (`'modules'` when the app isn't in `src/app`) | Folder `vovk new` creates modules in; `vovk dev` watches it. |
| `moduleTemplates` | set by `vovk init` | Templates `vovk new controller service` uses. |
| `clientTemplateDefs` | template defaults | Override / extend built-in templates (`ts`, `py`, `rs`, ...). |
| `composedClient` | see below | Composed client output config. |
| `segmentedClient` | see below | Segmented client output config. |
| `bundle` | `{}` | `vovk bundle` config (CLI flow → `bundle` skill). |
| `outputConfig` | inherited | Default output config (origin, package, imports) propagated to clients. |

## Composed vs segmented client

```ts
composedClient: {
  enabled: true,
  outDir: 'src/client', // 'client' when the app isn't in src/app
  fromTemplates: ['ts'],
  prettifyClient: true, // project prettier; skipped if not installed (warns only when set explicitly)
}

segmentedClient: {
  enabled: false,
  outDir: 'src/client',
  fromTemplates: ['ts'],
  prettifyClient: true,
}
```
````
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