create-store

name	create-store
description	Create or modify ryOS Zustand stores following repo conventions — persist middleware, partialize, versioned migrations, the debounced write-behind storage adapter for large slices, and cloud-sync deletion tombstones. Use when adding state management, creating a use*Store, persisting app state, or wiring a store into cloud sync.

Creating a ryOS Store

ryOS state lives in Zustand stores under src/stores/, named use<Name>Store.ts. Most persist to localStorage via the persist middleware. This skill covers the conventions: persistence, partialize, versioned migrations, the debounced storage adapter, and cloud-sync tombstones.

Quick Start Checklist

- [ ] 1. Create src/stores/use<Name>Store.ts
- [ ] 2. Define State interface (data + actions together)
- [ ] 3. create<State>()(persist((set, get) => ({...}), { name: "ryos:<name>" }))
- [ ] 4. Add version + migrate if the shape may evolve
- [ ] 5. Use the debounced storage adapter for large/hot slices
- [ ] 6. partialize to persist only what's needed
- [ ] 7. If synced: mark deletions as tombstones via useCloudSyncStore
- [ ] 8. Read in non-React code with useXStore.getState()

Basic Store

Keep data and actions in one interface. Actions use set/get. Generate IDs with crypto.randomUUID().

import { create } from "zustand";
import { persist } from "zustand/middleware";

export interface Item {
  id: string;
  content: string;
  createdAt: number;
  updatedAt: number;
}

interface MyState {
  items: Item[];
  addItem: (content: string) => string;
  updateItem: (id: string, updates: Partial<Omit<Item, "id" | "createdAt">>) => void;
  deleteItem: (id: string) => void;
  clearAll: () => void;
}

export const useMyStore = create<MyState>()(
  persist(
    (set, get) => ({
      items: [],
      addItem: (content) => {
        const id = crypto.randomUUID();
        const now = Date.now();
        set((s) => ({ items: [...s.items, { id, content, createdAt: now, updatedAt: now }] }));
        return id;
      },
      updateItem: (id, updates) =>
        set((s) => ({
          items: s.items.map((it) =>
            it.id === id ? { ...it, ...updates, updatedAt: Date.now() } : it
          ),
        })),
      deleteItem: (id) => set((s) => ({ items: s.items.filter((it) => it.id !== id) })),
      clearAll: () => set({ items: [] }),
    }),
    {
      name: "ryos:my-feature", // every app-owned storage key uses `ryos:`
    }
  )
);

Accessing stores

• In React: const items = useMyStore((s) => s.items); (selector — avoid subscribing to the whole store).
• Outside React (tool handlers, utils, other stores): useMyStore.getState() / useMyStore.getState().addItem(...).

Persisted Config Options

Inside the second persist argument:

Option	Use
name	Required. Namespaced storage key, "ryos:<feature>".
partialize	Persist only the needed fields (omit transient UI/derived state).
version + migrate	Required when the persisted shape can change over time.
storage	Use the debounced adapter for large/hot slices (see below).

partialize

partialize: (state) => ({
  items: state.items,
  // omit transient fields like isLoading, selectedId, etc.
}),

Versioned migrations

Bump version whenever the persisted shape changes; handle older payloads in migrate. Reference: useChatsStore.ts.

const STORE_VERSION = 2;

// ...inside persist config:
version: STORE_VERSION,
migrate: (persistedState, version) => {
  if (version < 2) {
    // transform old shape → new shape
  }
  return persistedState as MyState;
},

Debounced Storage Adapter (large / hot slices)

createJSONStorage(() => localStorage) re-serializes the entire partialized slice synchronously on every mutation. For large or frequently-written slices (chat history, Files VFS, iPod library), use the write-behind adapter from src/utils/debouncedPersistStorage.ts:

import { createDebouncedPersistStorage } from "@/utils/debouncedPersistStorage";

// ...inside persist config:
storage: createDebouncedPersistStorage(),

It keeps localStorage authoritative but batches writes per quiet window and flushes on pagehide/tab-hidden. Flows that read raw localStorage keys directly (system reset, manual backup) must call flushDebouncedPersistWrites() first. Small slices (settings, a handful of notes) don't need this — plain name is fine.

IndexedDB Storage Adapter (slices that overflow the localStorage quota)

localStorage has a hard ~5–10MB per-origin quota; a slice that inlines large binary-ish data (e.g. Soundboard recordings store base64 audio in boards) will silently throw QuotaExceededError and lose writes (historically crashing on mobile Safari). For those, persist to IndexedDB via src/utils/indexedDBPersistStorage.ts:

import { createIndexedDBPersistStorage } from "@/utils/indexedDBPersistStorage";

// ...inside persist config:
storage: createIndexedDBPersistStorage(),

It mirrors the debounced localStorage adapter (write-behind, read-your-writes, shared flushDebouncedPersistWrites()/haltDebouncedPersistWrites() hooks) but hydrates asynchronously. Two consequences:

• Records live in the persisted_state IndexedDB object store, keyed by the persist name. On first read it transparently migrates the slice's legacy localStorage value, then drops the localStorage key.
• Because hydration is async, gate any "seed defaults if empty" logic on useXStore.persist.hasHydrated() / onFinishHydration so you don't clobber restored data. Avoid for boot-critical stores read synchronously via getState() before hydration completes.

Manual backup must await settlePersistWrites() (not just the sync flush) before reading the raw persisted_state records, and the store name must be listed in the backup's IndexedDB store set.

Normalized IndexedDB persistence

If a slice contains a large entity collection or binary payloads, use createSplitIndexedDBPersistStorage from src/utils/splitIndexedDBPersistStorage.ts. It keeps scalar metadata in persisted_state, migrates old monolithic snapshots on hydration, and writes changed entities to dedicated object stores. Add each object store to STORES, bump DB_VERSION, include it in MANUAL_BACKUP_INDEXEDDB_STORES, and cover migration + row deletion in tests. Soundboard, Chats, TextEdit, and Files are the reference implementations.

Cloud Sync: Deletion Tombstones

If the store's data participates in cloud sync, a plain local delete isn't enough — the deletion must be recorded as a tombstone so other devices remove it too. Call useCloudSyncStore.getState().markDeletedKeys(bucket, ids) when deleting (pattern from useStickiesStore.ts):

import { useCloudSyncStore } from "@/stores/useCloudSyncStore";

deleteItem: (id) => {
  set((s) => ({ items: s.items.filter((it) => it.id !== id) }));
  useCloudSyncStore.getState().markDeletedKeys("stickyNoteIds", [id]);
},

clearAll: () => {
  const ids = get().items.map((it) => it.id);
  useCloudSyncStore.getState().markDeletedKeys("stickyNoteIds", ids);
  set({ items: [] });
},

Use an existing CloudSyncDeletionBucket value (see useCloudSyncStore.ts); only introduce a new bucket when adding a genuinely new synced collection, and wire it through the sync engine. Stores that don't sync skip this entirely.

Conventions Summary

• One interface holding both state and actions; export use<Name>Store.
• name: "ryos:<feature>"; partialize to the minimum needed.
• Add version + migrate for any shape that can evolve.
• Debounced storage for large/hot slices; plain otherwise.
• Synced collections must tombstone deletions via useCloudSyncStore.
• crypto.randomUUID() for ids; track createdAt/updatedAt where useful.
• Read outside React with getState().

Testing

Store logic (reducers, migrations, tombstone calls) is unit-testable without a server — see the write-tests skill and examples like tests/unit/apps/test-stickies-tool-reducer.test.ts and tests/unit/sync/test-debounced-persist-storage.test.ts. Place new unit suites under tests/unit/<domain>/ (auto-discovered by test:unit).