alloy-guides

name

alloy-guides

description

Use when working with Alloy MVC projects: writing or reviewing Alloy controllers (`app/controllers/`), XML views (`app/views/`), TSS styles (`app/styles/`), Backbone models and collections (`app/models/`), sync adapters, migrations, widgets, or the Alloy compilation flow. Triggers include the `app/views/` + `app/controllers/` + `app/styles/` folder structure, or `app/models/` for data work. Alloy XML is not HTML; TSS is not CSS; controllers follow Alloy-specific patterns, not web MVC.

alloy-guides

Overview

Reference for the Alloy MVC framework on top of Titanium SDK. Covers core concepts, controllers, models / collections / data binding, XML markup, TSS styling (static and dynamic), widgets, and the compile pipeline.

When to use

Use this skill when:

• The project contains app/views/, app/controllers/, app/styles/, or app/models/
• Writing or reviewing Alloy XML markup (<Alloy>, <Window>, <View>, ...)
• Writing or reviewing TSS styles (static and conditional/dynamic)
• Defining Backbone models/collections, data binding, or sync adapters
• Creating, consuming, or packaging widgets
• Understanding the Alloy compilation pipeline (alloy.jmk, code generation)
• Diagnosing TSS, XML, or model schema issues

Do NOT use for:

• Alloy CLI usage and configuration files (use alloy-howtos)
• Titanium SDK fundamentals, tiapp.xml, distribution (use ti-guides)
• Looking up Titanium API surfaces (use ti-api)
• Native module dependency updates (use ti-module-update)

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