| name | minimal-repro |
| description | Help create a minimal reproduction for a TypeSpec compiler or emitter bug. Use when a user provides TypeSpec source (pasted code or a GitHub URL) and describes an issue. Reproduces locally and reduces to a single-file repro.
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Minimal Reproduction
Reduce a user-reported TypeSpec bug to the smallest single .tsp file that still triggers the issue.
Inputs
- TypeSpec source (pasted or GitHub URL)
- Error description (diagnostic code, message, or incorrect emitter output)
Environment
Use packages/samples/scratch/ as the working directory — it's gitignored and the packages/samples package already depends on compiler, http, rest, openapi3, versioning, json-schema, etc.
If the repro needs packages NOT in the workspace (e.g., @azure-tools/*), use a temp folder with npm install instead.
Steps
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Reproduce — Write the user's code to packages/samples/scratch/main.tsp, compile with npx tsp compile main.tsp (add --emit <emitter> if relevant), and confirm the same error occurs.
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Minimize — Iteratively remove code (unused imports, models, properties, decorators, operations, namespaces) and re-compile after each removal. Keep only what's needed to trigger the same error. Undo any removal that makes the error disappear.
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Present — Show the final minimal .tsp, the compile command, and the error output. Suggest pasting into a GitHub issue or the TypeSpec Playground.
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Cleanup — Remove scratch files (rm -f packages/samples/scratch/*.tsp packages/samples/scratch/tspconfig.yaml && rm -rf packages/samples/scratch/tsp-output).
Tips
- Most reproductions reduce to a single file with no namespaces needed.
- Remove
@service, @server, @doc, @info early — they're rarely relevant.
- Combine multi-file code into one file by inlining.
- If the error doesn't reproduce, check for missing
import/using statements.
