Draftline client

client/ contains the TypeScript command client used by Workbench and host apps. It wraps Tauri invoke calls and mirrors the serializable shapes from draftline::tauri_contract.

The client also exposes the stable Draftline workspace event channel used by configured Tauri hosts:

const client = createDraftlineClient();
const unlisten = await client.subscribeWorkspaceEvents((event) => {
  if (event.kind === 'history_changed' || event.kind === 'dirty_changed') {
    // Refresh product UI from inspectWorkspace.
  }
});

Remote merge flows use the same typed DTOs as draftline::tauri_contract. Call preflightMergeIncoming first; if it returns conflicts and a token with can_merge_cleanly: false, use createMergeConflictViewModel to render file/field groups and createWholeFileUseContentResolutions when the product UI offers whole-file "use ours/theirs/base" actions. Those helpers emit explicit use_content resolutions so the submitted payload matches the content the user reviewed:

await client.mergeIncomingWithResolutions({
  workspace_path: workspacePath,
  remote: 'origin',
  label: 'Resolve teammate changes',
  token: preflight.token,
  resolutions: createWholeFileUseContentResolutions(preflight, 'theirs'),
});

For host code, createDraftlineHostFacade binds a client to one workspace path and exposes product-level operations such as save, selectedSave, diffWorkspaceFile, previewWorkspaceFile, fetchRemote, mergeIncoming, mergeIncomingWithResolutions, local variation merges (preflightMergeVariation, mergeVariation, mergeVariationWithResolutions), recovery repair/rollback, and remote variation adoption without repeating request DTO plumbing in every component.

Workspace graph integration

@draftline/client exports the graph DTOs and helper return types directly, including WorkspaceGraph, WorkspaceGraphNode, WorkspaceGraphRef, WorkspaceGraphActionHint, WorkspaceGraphBoundary, WorkspaceGraphSearchResult, WorkspaceGraphPath, WorkspaceGraphNodeDetail, and WorkspaceGraphCompareSummary.

Prefer bounded graph calls for product UI:

const facade = createDraftlineHostFacade({ workspacePath });

const overview = await facade.workspaceGraphOverview({
  max_nodes: 80,
  recent_nodes: 40,
});
const refs = await facade.workspaceGraphRefs();
const focus = await facade.workspaceGraphNeighborhood(versionId, 2);

Use workspaceGraphRefs for cheap ref/badge refreshes, overview or workspaceGraphForVariation for default panels, and workspaceGraphAroundVersion, workspaceGraphNeighborhood, searchWorkspaceGraph, workspaceGraphPath, and workspaceGraphCommonAncestor for focused expansion. Reserve the full workspaceGraph call for explicit expanded history views.

Treat graph node IDs as opaque. Use the path/common-ancestor helpers for graph relationships instead of parsing IDs. Bounded results can be partial; use was_pruned, has_more, next_cursor, and each node's boundary fields to render hidden edges. Layout hints are advisory for stable rendering within a graph snapshot. Node and ref action_hints include stable action IDs, command names, workspace-switch/version-creating flags, and a disabled_reason when an action is unsafe.

Build from the repository root:

npm run client:build