Library Specifications

Context-Action Framework Technical Specifications

Core Packages

@context-action/core

• Purpose: Core action pipeline management without React dependencies
• Key Components: ActionRegister, PipelineController
• Target Environment: Any JavaScript environment

@context-action/tool-protocol

• Purpose: Framework-neutral action schemas and MCP/provider tool contracts
• Dependencies: Zod runtime dependency for the root action-schema API
• Key Components: defineAction, canonical tool calls, provider adapters, approval queue, idempotency/provenance/observability contracts
• Target Environment: Browser, Node.js, and other JavaScript environments

@context-action/tool-durable-operations

• Purpose: Optional durable mutation records and external side-effect adapters
• Dependencies: Driver-neutral core; optional host-owned Redis/PostgreSQL clients for integration verification
• Key Components: durable operation store, side-effect runner, HTTP/queue adapters, IndexedDB/Redis/PostgreSQL reference backends
• Target Environment: Browser, Node.js, and server workers

@context-action/ai-sdk

• Purpose: Optional AI SDK v7 adapter from canonical tool managers to scoped model ToolSets
• Dependencies: @context-action/tool-protocol runtime dependency and required ai peer; no React, core, provider, or credential dependency
• Key Components: createAISDKToolScope, native approval mapping, tool-call idempotency correlation, structured error mode
• Target Environment: Browser or server applications that own an AI SDK model client

@context-action/webmcp

• Purpose: Optional browser adapter that exposes an explicit canonical tool scope through the experimental WebMCP imperative API
• Dependencies: @context-action/tool-protocol; no React or model-provider dependency
• Key Components: createWebMCPToolScope, explicit tool-name allowlist, WebMCP call ID/idempotency correlation, model/agent provenance, abort-based unregistration
• Target Environment: Visible, cross-origin-isolated browser or webview documents that provide document.modelContext

@context-action/react

• Purpose: React integration with Context API and hooks
• Dependencies: React 19.2+ (peer), @context-action/core, @context-action/mutative, @context-action/tool-protocol, and @context-action/webmcp; it does not depend on Durable Operations in the published React 3 artifact
• Key Features: Store management, action contexts, compiler-optimized hooks, Activity-safe provider lifecycles, and React 19.2 SSR support. Import these APIs from @context-action/react.

Release and Security Baseline

• Package baseline: @context-action/core 0.9.2, @context-action/react 0.9.2, @context-action/tool-protocol 0.8.9, @context-action/tool-durable-operations 0.1.1, @context-action/ai-sdk 0.1.0, and @context-action/webmcp 0.1.0.
• Runtime baseline: Node.js >=24.11.0, pnpm >=10.30.0, and TypeScript 6.0.3.
• Dependency security: pnpm security:audit is the required OSV check and currently reports no actionable vulnerability matches. Fixed dependency floors are enforced by the root pnpm.overrides configuration.
• Temporary exception: react-router@7.18.1 remains a time-bounded exception for GHSA-qwww-vcr4-c8h2; the example uses browser routing only, and react-router-dom 8.3.0 is not published. Re-evaluate before 2026-09-30.
• Verification baseline: dependency changes must pass pnpm security:audit, pnpm type-check, pnpm test, pnpm docs:build, and the example check/build gates.

API Surface

Primary Patterns

1. Action Only Pattern: createActionContext(contextName, config?)
2. Store Only Pattern: createStoreContext(contextName, initialStores)

Core Hooks

• useActionDispatch(): Dispatch actions
• useActionHandler(): Register action handlers
• useStoreValue(): Subscribe to store values
• useStoreSelector(): Select specific store fields

Performance Characteristics

• Handler Registration: O(1) lookup via Map
• Store Updates: Batched React state updates
• Memory Usage: Automatic cleanup on unmount
• Bundle Size: Build-dependent; the current default React ESM entry is 13.46 kB gzip in pnpm --filter @context-action/react bundle-report

TypeScript Integration

• Full type safety with strict mode
• Generic type inference for stores and actions
• Compile-time payload validation
• Payload-bearing actions require a payload; void actions may omit it
• DispatchOptions is the optional second argument for dispatch and result dispatch
• ExecutionResult reports executed, skipped, and failed handler counts from the actual pipeline run

Compatibility

• React: 18.0.0 or 19.0.0
• TypeScript: 6.0.3
• Node.js: 24.11.0+
• Bundlers: Vite, Webpack, Rollup