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Summary

Refreshes the docs around Stack Auth setup, CLI workflows, local development, the local emulator, known SDK errors, self-hosting, and the public showcase. This also wires the new docs into Mintlify navigation and normalizes sharp dependency resolution for docs/image tooling.

Base: dev -> Head: docs-mintlify/updates
Scope: 17 files, +1154 / -435

What's New

  • Adds a dedicated Stack CLI guide covering install, auth, init modes, project commands, config pull/push, stack exec, and emulator commands.
  • Adds a full Local Emulator guide for QEMU requirements, ports, default credentials, config-file backed projects, image pulls, state, and troubleshooting.
  • Reworks Local Development around two supported workflows: cloud-backed local dev and emulator-backed local dev, including app env vars, local config files, CI usage, and common failure modes.
  • Rewrites Self-host around the supported stackauth/server Docker deployment path, including Postgres, ClickHouse, cron scheduling, seeded admin access, reverse proxy setup, SDK env vars, email, webhooks, S3 storage, upgrades, and common issues.
  • Adds a Known Errors reference for public SDK-exposed known errors, runtime errorCode values, and REST API handling.
  • Clarifies CLI App Authentication so users can distinguish authenticating their own CLI app from using the official stack command.
  • Updates the JWT guide to remove the missing inline viewer reference and recommend an external JWT viewer.
  • Adds showcase cards for Browser Use and Overworld with supporting images and styles.
  • Pins sharp to 0.34.5 through pnpm overrides and lockfile cleanup.

Review Notes

  • The self-host guide was audited against the current Docker entrypoint, server env templates, seed script, ClickHouse migration behavior, cron endpoints, and SDK API URL env resolution.
  • The Docker image starts the backend and dashboard, but not production schedulers, so the new cron section is called out explicitly.
  • Managed Domain email setup is documented as operator-managed because it depends on server-side Resend/DNSimple credentials; self-hosters are directed toward Custom SMTP or their own Resend API key.
  • self-host-old.mdx is kept as a legacy reference file and is not added to navigation.
  • emulator run documentation now matches CLI behavior: it stops the emulator only when it started that emulator instance.

Test Plan

  • Reviewed all files changed by origin/dev...HEAD.
  • Ran git diff --check origin/dev...HEAD.
  • Checked IDE diagnostics for the changed docs/CLI files.
  • Preview Mintlify docs locally and click through new navigation entries.
  • Verify showcase cards and images in light and dark themes.
  • Smoke-test the copied self-host commands in a non-production Docker environment.

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Release Notes

  • Documentation

    • Added comprehensive guides for Stack CLI usage, local emulator setup, and known error handling
    • Enhanced local development and authentication documentation with detailed setup instructions
    • Restructured self-hosting guide with production deployment focus
    • Updated navigation with new guide sections
  • New Features

    • Implemented showcase section with responsive card grid and hover animations

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This PR adds comprehensive documentation for the Stack CLI and local emulator, establishes a known-errors reference guide, restructures the self-hosting guide toward production deployments, and replaces under-construction placeholders with detailed local-development and showcase content. Supporting CSS styling, navigation configuration, and dependency updates are included.

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Documentation and Configuration Updates

Layer / File(s) Summary
Navigation and index
docs-mintlify/docs.json
Three new documentation routes are registered: CLI guide, local-emulator guide, and known-errors reference under their respective navigation groups.
CLI guide
docs-mintlify/guides/going-further/cli.mdx
New comprehensive Stack CLI documentation covering installation, global flags, authentication (stack login/logout), project initialization (stack init), project management (stack project), config synchronization (config pull/push), command execution (stack exec), and local emulator management subcommands.
Local emulator guide
docs-mintlify/guides/going-further/local-emulator.mdx
New guide documenting emulator setup (QEMU and tool requirements), start/stop/status workflows, port configuration, --config-file usage for local project mapping, image pulling options, storage location and overrides, and troubleshooting for GitHub auth, port conflicts, architecture selection, and state reset.
Local development guide expansion
docs-mintlify/guides/going-further/local-development.mdx
Replaces placeholder with comprehensive instructions for cloud-backed and fully-local development modes, framework-specific environment variables, local config mapping, testing auth flows via Inbucket and mock OAuth, common issues (environment mismatches, port conflicts, emulator startup), and CI patterns for cloud and emulator-based testing.
Known errors reference
docs-mintlify/guides/other/known-errors.mdx
New reference documenting SDK Result error handling, mapping between errorCode, REST code, and X-Stack-Known-Error headers, TypeScript and REST examples, enumerated KnownErrors types with runtime codes and SDK methods, and parent error category behavior.
Self-hosting guide restructure
docs-mintlify/guides/other/self-host.mdx
Restructures from generic overview into production-focused deployment via stackauth/server Docker image, adds required component checklist, numbered deploy steps (Postgres/ClickHouse creation, environment file generation, server execution with migration/seed toggles, cron configuration, HTTPS reverse proxy setup, admin login), service configuration sections (Email, Webhooks/Svix, S3 storage, AI/custom code), and operations guidance (upgrades, health checks, troubleshooting).
Supporting guide updates and showcase
docs-mintlify/guides/apps/authentication/cli-authentication.mdx, docs-mintlify/guides/apps/authentication/jwts.mdx, docs-mintlify/guides/other/showcase.mdx
CLI authentication guide reframed for custom CLI apps with link to official stack CLI; JWT guide removes in-page viewer and references external jwt.io; showcase replaces placeholder with responsive two-card grid with thumbnail images and hover effects.
Styling and configuration
docs-mintlify/style.css, package.json
CSS .showcase-card classes added for 16/9 layout with clipped overflow, hover shadow/translate effects, and image zoom; sharp dependency override added to pnpm.overrides with @types/react-dom trailing comma fix.
Minor CLI import reorder
packages/stack-cli/src/commands/emulator.ts
Command import from commander repositioned after child_process import; no logic changes.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 3 (Moderate) | ⏱️ ~25 minutes

Possibly related PRs

  • hexclave/stack-auth#1383: Modifies the same emulator command file and adds emulator startup logic alongside related exports.

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  • N2D4
  • BilalG1
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From cloud to local, the paths run clear,
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This PR adds several new documentation pages to the Mintlify docs site — a Stack CLI reference, a local emulator guide, a known-errors reference, and a fully rewritten self-host guide — while expanding the previously stub-only local-development page and populating the showcase page. Non-doc changes are minimal: a trivial import-order swap in emulator.ts, a sharp version override in package.json, and the resulting pnpm-lock.yaml update.

  • self-host-old.mdx is added but never referenced in docs.json, making it an orphaned page that could appear in search results with content that contradicts the new guides. It should either be deleted or explicitly excluded from the build.

Confidence Score: 4/5

Safe to merge; the only real concern is an orphaned archive file unreachable from nav that could surface in search.

All findings are P2. The orphaned self-host-old.mdx carries no runtime risk. Code changes are trivial.

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docs-mintlify/guides/other/self-host-old.mdx New file preserving old self-host guide content; not referenced in docs.json navigation, making it an orphaned page that could surface conflicting documentation
docs-mintlify/guides/other/self-host.mdx Substantially revamped self-host guide with ClickHouse, migration steps, cron job instructions, and updated Docker setup
docs-mintlify/guides/going-further/cli.mdx New comprehensive CLI reference guide covering install, auth, init, project, config, exec, and emulator commands
docs-mintlify/guides/going-further/local-emulator.mdx New guide covering local QEMU emulator setup, ports, config files, storage, and troubleshooting
docs-mintlify/guides/going-further/local-development.mdx Previously a stub; now a full guide covering cloud-backed and emulator-backed local dev workflows, CI guidance, and common troubleshooting
docs-mintlify/guides/other/known-errors.mdx New reference page listing public SDK KnownErrors with runtime error codes, handling examples, and parent error type notes
packages/stack-cli/src/commands/emulator.ts Trivial import order swap (child_process before commander); no functional change
package.json Adds sharp@0.34.5 as a pnpm override, likely to resolve image-processing dependency conflicts introduced by the showcase images
docs-mintlify/guides/apps/authentication/jwts.mdx Removed the embedded JWT viewer and replaced its reference with a link to jwt.io; leaves a stray double blank line
docs-mintlify/guides/other/showcase.mdx Replaces placeholder text with a styled grid showcasing Browser Use and Overworld; corresponding CSS and images added

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%%{init: {'theme': 'neutral'}}%%
flowchart TD
    GF["Going Further"]
    GF --> CLI["cli.mdx\n(Stack CLI reference)"]
    GF --> LE["local-emulator.mdx\n(QEMU emulator guide)"]
    GF --> LD["local-development.mdx\n(cloud-backed & emulator workflows)"]

    CLI -->|links to| LE
    LD -->|links to| LE
    LD -->|links to| CLI

    Other["Other"]
    Other --> SH["self-host.mdx\n(revamped Docker deploy)"]
    Other --> KE["known-errors.mdx\n(new SDK error reference)"]
    Other --> OLD["self-host-old.mdx\n(orphaned archive ⚠️)"]
    SH -.->|content moved from| OLD
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**Orphaned archive file not linked in navigation**

`self-host-old.mdx` is not referenced in `docs.json`, so it is unreachable from the docs nav. It contains the old local-development setup section that now contradicts the new guides (it still tells contributors to clone the repo and run `pnpm run dev` as a local dev workflow). If this is intentional archival, consider removing it entirely; otherwise search engines may surface it as conflicting documentation.

### Issue 2 of 2
docs-mintlify/guides/apps/authentication/jwts.mdx:17-20
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Removing the "JWT Viewer" section left two consecutive blank lines between the `header.payload.signature` paragraph and the `## Stack Auth JWT Structure` heading. Consider removing the extra blank line for cleaner rendering.

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In `@docs-mintlify/guides/apps/authentication/jwts.mdx`:
- Line 264: Insert a clear security warning immediately before the sentence "Use
a JWT viewer such as [jwt.io](https://jwt.io/) to inspect tokens and verify
their contents." advising readers to never paste live production tokens into
external sites and to use only redacted/test tokens; also add a local-decoding
alternative suggestion (e.g., jwt-cli, built-in language libraries, or browser
devtools) and a short example phrase like "prefer local decoding or redaction"
to steer users away from exposing secrets.

In `@docs-mintlify/guides/going-further/local-development.mdx`:
- Line 96: Replace the phrase "config-file backed development" with the
hyphenated compound modifier "config-file-backed development" in the sentence
that currently reads "If you use config-file backed development,
`stack.config.ts` becomes the local source of truth for Stack Auth settings." to
improve readability.

In `@docs-mintlify/guides/other/self-host-old.mdx`:
- Line 39: Fix the grammar in the sentence that reads "Use a cloud hosted
Postgres or start a example Postgres database. Don't use this setting in
production:" by changing "a example" to "an example" so it reads "Use a cloud
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In `@docs-mintlify/guides/going-further/local-emulator.mdx`:
- Line 7: The intro sentence uses an un-hyphenated compound modifier
"config-file backed projects"; update the sentence in the local emulator intro
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Added a root pnpm.overrides.sharp entry so all transitive sharp consumers resolve to the same safe stable line (^0.34.5).

Without the override, Mintlify pulls an older sharp/libvips path while the repo also has a newer one, so running docs-mintlify can load two native libvips builds in the same process:

Class GNotificationCenterDelegate is implemented in both
@img/sharp-libvips-darwin-arm64@1.0.4/.../libvips-cpp.42.dylib
and
@img/sharp-libvips-darwin-arm64@1.2.4/.../libvips-cpp.8.17.3.dylib

This may cause spurious casting failures and mysterious crashes.
One of the duplicates must be removed or renamed.

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In `@docs-mintlify/guides/going-further/local-emulator.mdx`:
- Line 186: The exported token line uses angle brackets which the shell treats
as input redirection; update the export of GITHUB_TOKEN to use a literal,
shell-safe placeholder (e.g., a quoted placeholder string) instead of `<token>`
so the shell won't interpret it as a redirection when running the line with the
GITHUB_TOKEN variable.

In `@docs-mintlify/guides/other/self-host.mdx`:
- Line 71: Replace the future ClickHouse image tag string
"clickhouse/clickhouse-server:25.10" with a currently published tag (for example
"clickhouse/clickhouse-server:25.8" or "clickhouse/clickhouse-server:latest") in
the docs-mintlify/guides/other/self-host.mdx content so the smoke-test Docker
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clickhouse/clickhouse-server:25.10 to the chosen published tag.
- Around line 162-173: Add a short clarifying note near the scheduler curl
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`/api/latest/internal/external-db-sync/sequencer`,
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