Remix 2.1.0 app serving as the main API, dashboard, and orchestration engine. Uses an Express server (server.ts).
Never run pnpm run build --filter webapp to verify changes. Building proves almost nothing about correctness. The webapp is an app, not a public package — use typecheck from the repo root:
pnpm run typecheck --filter webapp # ~1-2 minutesOnly run typecheck after major changes (new files, significant refactors, schema changes). For small edits, trust the types and let CI catch issues.
Note: Public packages (packages/*) use build instead. See the root CLAUDE.md for details.
Use the chrome-devtools MCP server to visually verify local dashboard changes. The webapp must be running (pnpm run dev --filter webapp from repo root).
1. mcp__chrome-devtools__new_page(url: "http://localhost:3030")
→ Redirects to /login
2. mcp__chrome-devtools__click the "Continue with Email" link
3. mcp__chrome-devtools__fill the email field with "local@trigger.dev"
4. mcp__chrome-devtools__click "Send a magic link"
→ Auto-logs in and redirects to the dashboard (no email verification needed locally)
- take_snapshot: Get an a11y tree of the page (text content, element UIDs for interaction). Prefer this over screenshots for understanding page structure.
- take_screenshot: Capture what the page looks like visually. Use to verify styling, layout, and visual changes.
- navigate_page: Go to specific URLs, e.g.
http://localhost:3030/orgs/references-bc08/projects/hello-world-SiWs/env/dev/runs - click / fill: Interact with elements using UIDs from
take_snapshot. - evaluate_script: Run JS in the browser console for debugging.
- list_console_messages: Check for console errors after navigating.
- Snapshots can be very large on complex pages (200K+ chars). Use
take_screenshotfirst to orient, thentake_snapshotonly when you need element UIDs to interact. - The local seeded user email is
local@trigger.dev. - Dashboard URL pattern:
http://localhost:3030/orgs/{orgSlug}/projects/{projectSlug}/env/{envSlug}/{section}
- Trigger API:
app/routes/api.v1.tasks.$taskId.trigger.ts - Batch trigger:
app/routes/api.v1.tasks.batch.ts - OTEL endpoints:
app/routes/otel.v1.logs.ts,app/routes/otel.v1.traces.ts - Prisma setup:
app/db.server.ts - Run engine config:
app/v3/runEngine.server.ts - Services:
app/v3/services/**/*.server.ts - Presenters:
app/v3/presenters/**/*.server.ts
Routes use Remix flat-file convention with dot-separated segments:
api.v1.tasks.$taskId.trigger.ts -> /api/v1/tasks/:taskId/trigger
Access via env export from app/env.server.ts. Never use process.env directly.
For testable code, never import env.server.ts in test files. Pass configuration as options instead:
realtimeClient.server.ts(testable service, takes config as constructor arg)realtimeClientGlobal.server.ts(creates singleton with env config)
The webapp integrates @internal/run-engine via app/v3/runEngine.server.ts. This is the singleton engine instance. Services in app/v3/services/ call engine methods for all run lifecycle operations (triggering, completing, cancelling, etc.).
The engineVersion.server.ts file determines V1 vs V2 for a given environment. New code should always target V2.
Background job workers use @trigger.dev/redis-worker:
app/v3/commonWorker.server.tsapp/v3/alertsWorker.server.tsapp/v3/batchTriggerWorker.server.ts
Do NOT add new jobs using zodworker/graphile-worker (legacy).
- Socket.io:
app/v3/handleSocketIo.server.ts,app/v3/handleWebsockets.server.ts - Electric SQL: Powers real-time data sync for the dashboard
The app/v3/ directory name is misleading - most code is actively used by V2. Only these specific files are V1-only legacy:
app/v3/marqs/(old MarQS queue system)app/v3/legacyRunEngineWorker.server.tsapp/v3/services/triggerTaskV1.server.tsapp/v3/services/cancelTaskRunV1.server.tsapp/v3/authenticatedSocketConnection.server.tsapp/v3/sharedSocketConnection.ts
Some services (e.g., cancelTaskRun.server.ts, batchTriggerV3.server.ts) branch on RunEngineVersion to support both V1 and V2. When editing these, only modify V2 code paths.
The triggerTask.server.ts service is the highest-throughput code path in the system. Every API trigger call goes through it. Keep it fast:
- Do NOT add database queries to
triggerTask.server.tsorbatchTriggerV3.server.ts. Task defaults (TTL, etc.) are resolved viabackgroundWorkerTask.findFirst()in the queue concern (queues.server.ts) - one query per request, in mutually exclusive branches depending on locked/non-locked path. Piggyback on the existing query instead of adding new ones. - Two-stage resolution pattern: Task metadata is resolved in two stages by design:
- Trigger time (
triggerTask.server.ts): Only TTL is resolved from task defaults. Everything else uses whatever the caller provides. - Dequeue time (
dequeueSystem.ts): FullBackgroundWorkerTaskis loaded and retry config, machine config, maxDuration, etc. are resolved against task defaults.
- Trigger time (
- If you need to add a new task-level default, add it to the existing
selectclause in thebackgroundWorkerTask.findFirst()query — do NOT add a second query. If the default doesn't need to be known at trigger time, resolve it at dequeue time instead. - Batch triggers (
batchTriggerV3.server.ts) follow the same pattern — keep batch paths equally fast.
- Always use
findFirstinstead offindUnique. Prisma'sfindUniquehas an implicit DataLoader that batches concurrent calls into a singleINquery. This batching cannot be disabled and has active bugs even in Prisma 6.x: uppercase UUIDs returning null (#25484, confirmed 6.4.1), composite key SQL correctness issues (#22202), and 5-10x worse performance than manual DataLoader (#6573, open since 2021).findFirstis never batched and avoids this entire class of issues.
- Only use
useCallback/useMemofor context provider values, expensive derived data that is a dependency elsewhere, or stable refs required by a dependency array. Don't wrap ordinary event handlers or trivial computations. - Use named constants for sentinel/placeholder values (e.g.
const UNSET_VALUE = "__unset__") instead of raw string literals scattered across comparisons.