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+# AGENTS.md
+
+Conventions for agents working in a repository created from `service-template`.
+Read this before writing code. The rules here are the ones that have actually
+been broken, not a general style guide.
+
+## What this project is
+
+| Part | Stack |
+|------|-------|
+| `apps/front`, `apps/admin` | **Next.js App Router**, run by [vinext](https://vinext.dev/) on Vite |
+| Styling | `@devup-ui/react` + `@devup-ui/reset-css` |
+| API client | `@devup-api/fetch`, `@devup-api/react-query` (generated from `openapi.json`) |
+| `apis/api` | Rust / Axum (vespera), schemas in `vespertide.json` |
+| Package manager | **bun** workspaces (`apps/*`) |
+| Lint | `oxlint` + `eslint-plugin-devup` |
+
+## 1. This is a Next App Router project. `vite.config.ts` does not say otherwise.
+
+**`vinext` is a drop-in replacement for the `next` CLI that runs Next.js on
+Vite.** So a perfectly normal App Router app here has a `vite.config.ts`, no
+`next.config.ts`, and uses `@devup-ui/vite-plugin`. None of that makes it a
+Vite SPA.
+
+The evidence is in `apps/front/package.json`:
+
+```jsonc
+"scripts": { "dev": "vinext dev", "build": "vinext build", "start": "vinext start" },
+"dependencies": { "vinext": "...", "react": "^19" }
+```
+
+and in `apps/front/src/app/layout.tsx`, which imports `from 'next'`.
+
+**Therefore:**
+
+- Routing is **file routing** under `src/app/`. One directory per route.
+- There is **no `main.tsx` and no `index.html`**. If you are creating one, you
+  have misread the project.
+- Do not switch screens with local state. This is the single most common way
+  this template gets misimplemented:
+
+```tsx
+// WRONG - hand-rolled SPA routing
+const [screen, setScreen] = useState<Screen>('home')
+return screen === 'home' ? <Home /> : <Settings />
+```
+
+```tsx
+// CORRECT - one route per screen, the framework owns navigation
+// src/app/page.tsx, src/app/settings/page.tsx
+import Link from 'next/link'
+```
+
+## 2. Never author a CSS file
+
+There is no `.css` or `.scss` file in this template and none should be added.
+devup-ui extracts styling at build time; a hand-written stylesheet is invisible
+to it and competes silently with the generated classes.
+
+| Need | Use |
+|------|-----|
+| Reset | `resetCss()` — already called in `apps/front/src/app/layout.tsx` |
+| Document-level rules (`body`, `*`, `@font-face`) | `globalCss({ ... })` |
+| Component styling | Style props on `Box`/`Flex`/`Text`, or `css({ ... })` |
+| A runtime value | A style prop — devup-ui emits a CSS variable |
+
+The only acceptable CSS import is a stylesheet **shipped by an installed
+package you do not author**, such as an offline webfont package.
+
+Do not invent class names for styling either. `className` is for a `css()`
+result, not for a hand-written selector.
+
+## 3. File placement
+
+```
+apps/front/src/
+├── app/          # ONLY layout.tsx and page.tsx. Nothing else.
+├── components/
+│   ├── common/   # shared across pages
+│   ├── layout/   # Header, Footer, ...
+│   └── pages/    # page-specific: pages/<route>/Component.tsx
+├── contexts/  hooks/  stores/  utils/
+└── api.ts
+```
+
+- One component per file. `export default` **only** in `page.tsx`.
+- Page components get a descriptive name ending in `Page` (`HomePage`, not
+  `Page`) — see the existing `apps/front/src/app/page.tsx`.
+- Server Components are the default. Add `'use client'` only when the file
+  itself needs `useState`/`useEffect`/`useRouter`, defines an event handler
+  internally, or uses `framer-motion`.
+- Single-colour SVG icons go to `public/icons/*.svg` and are used with
+  `<Image src="/icons/x.svg" />`, not written as React components.
+
+## 4. Theme tokens
+
+`apps/admin` has a `devup.json`; `apps/front` does not yet. When you add one,
+the `$token` names in code must come from that file. `$token` only resolves in
+a **JSX prop** — in an external object use `var(--token)`.
+
+## 5. Verify before you claim it works
+
+```bash
+bun run lint          # oxlint
+bun tsc --noEmit      # inside the app you changed
+bun test              # bun test
+cargo clippy -- -D warnings && cargo fmt --check   # if you touched apis/
+```
+
+`bun run build` builds both apps.
+
+Run the dev server from inside the app (`cd apps/front && bun dev`), not with
+`bun -F front dev`, which leaves zombie processes.
+
+## 6. Load the skills
+
+The full conventions live in agent skills, not in this file. If your workspace
+has none, `devup-mcp` carries them and installs them with no network:
+
+```
+devup_skills { "action": "status" }
+devup_skills { "action": "install" }
+```
+
+| Skill | Covers |
+|-------|--------|
+| `devfive-frontend` | Structure, Server Components, the rules above in detail |
+| `devup-ui` | Style props, responsive arrays, `$token`, what extracts statically |
+| `vespera` / `vespertide` | The Rust API and its DB schemas |
+
+This file is the minimum that has to be true even when no skill is loaded.