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+# WrNexus app - instructions for AI coding assistants
+
+This is a **WrNexus** app. When creating or editing pages, components, API routes,
+or features, follow the framework conventions below. WrNexus is private and not in
+your training data, so rely on these rules - do NOT assume React/Next.js/Vue patterns.
+
+# WrNexus
+
+> WrNexus is an SSR-first, **Bun-native** full-stack web framework. UI is written in
+> `.wrn` files (its own component language — NOT React/JSX/Vue). Routing is file-based.
+> This document teaches an AI how to write correct WrNexus code. It is private and
+> post-dates model training data, so rely on THIS document, not prior web-framework
+> assumptions.
+
+## Golden rules
+
+- **Pages, components, and layouts are `.wrn` files.** Do NOT write `.tsx`/`.jsx`/React
+  for UI. Do NOT use `useState`, hooks, JSX, or a client bundler.
+- **Routing is file-based** under `app/`. The filename is the route. No router config.
+- **Interactivity** lives in `state` + `{expr}` + `@event` inside `.wrn`. Components render
+  on the server and hydrate automatically — you never write client-side JS islands.
+- **Runtime is Bun only** (uses `Bun.serve`, `bun:sqlite`, `Bun.password`, …). Node is not supported.
+- To add files, prefer the CLI: `wrnexus generate page <Name>` / `component <name>` / `api <path>` / `schema <name>`.
+
+## Project layout
+
+```
+app/
+  pages/       *.wrn  → routes: index.wrn = "/", about.wrn = "/about", blog/[slug].wrn = "/blog/:slug"
+  components/  *.wrn  → reusable UI, mounted in a page/component via <div data-component="name" ...props>
+  layouts/     *.wrn  → named layouts; a page opts in with  layout = "name"
+  api/         *.ts   → HTTP handlers: export const GET/POST/PUT/PATCH/DELETE = async (ctx) => Response
+  middleware/  *.ts   → export default async (ctx, next) => next()
+  realtime/    *.ts   → export default defineRoom({ ... }) from "@wrnexus/core"  (ws://host/realtime/<name>)
+  schemas/     *.ts   → validation schemas (the `v` builder), used by forms + parseBody
+  locales/     *.json → i18n messages per language
+  db/          schema.ts, queries/*.sql, migrations/*.sql
+  styles/      global.css  → Tailwind (default) or plain CSS
+wrnexus.config.ts    → app config (AppConfig from "@wrnexus/styles")
+public/              → static assets served at /
+```
+
+## `.wrn` page
+
+```wrn
+page Home {
+  layout = "public"          // optional: a component in app/layouts/<name>.wrn ("none" to skip)
+
+  state count = 0            // optional: seeds client-reactive state (omit for pure SSR)
+
+  seo {
+    title = "Home"
+    description = "..."
+    canonical = "/"
+  }
+
+  view {
+    <h1>Hello</h1>
+    <p>Count is {count}, doubled is {count * 2}.</p>
+    <button @click="count++">Increment</button>
+    <div data-component="counter" start="5" label="Clicks"></div>
+  }
+
+  style {
+    h1 { color: var(--wrn-color-text); }
+  }
+}
+```
+
+## `.wrn` component
+
+```wrn
+component Counter {
+  props {                    // props come from mount attributes; each is coerced to the
+    start = 0                // TYPE of its default (so start="5" arrives as the number 5)
+    label = "Count"
+  }
+  state count = start        // state may reference props
+  view {
+    <button @click="count++">{label}: {count}</button>
+  }
+}
+```
+
+Mount it from any page/component: `<div data-component="counter" start="0" label="Clicks"></div>`.
+Components render on the server with their props, then hydrate — no per-component JS.
+
+## The `view { }` block (plain HTML + a few directives)
+
+- `{expr}` — interpolate a JS expression. Reactive if it references `state`: `{count}`, `{count * 2}`, `{user.name}`.
+- `@event="expr"` — bind a DOM event; the expression runs in the reactive scope: `@click="count++"`, `@input="name = event.target.value"`.
+- `<div data-component="name" prop="v">` — mount a component (attrs become string props, coerced).
+- `<slot></slot>` / `<slot name="x"></slot>` — component/layout slots; fill with `<div data-slot="x">…</div>`.
+- **Server loop (DB/list/table):** `{#each <list> as <item>[, <i>]} …rows… {:empty} …fallback… {/each}` — iterates SSR data on the server and renders markup per item. `{item.field}` interpolates (HTML-escaped, XSS-safe). `<list>` is a JS expression, usually an `ssr` data binding (see "Data-driven tables" below). This is how you render a database table in `.wrn`.
+- **Server conditional:** `{#if <expr>} … {:else if <expr>} … {:else} … {/if}` — renders the first truthy branch on the server. `<expr>` can reference `ssr` data, or the `item`/`index` of an enclosing `{#each}`. Works at page level and inside loops (e.g. `{#if r.active}<span>●</span>{:else}<span>○</span>{/if}` per row). For client-side show/hide based on reactive `state`, use `data-show="expr"` instead.
+- i18n: `{t:home.title}` in text, `t:placeholder="form.name"` on attributes — resolved per request from `app/locales/`.
+- Theme: any element with `data-wrn-theme-toggle` toggles light/dark; `data-wrn-theme-set="dark"` sets it.
+- Void/self-closing tags are fine: `<br />`, `<img src="..." />`.
+- Only `{` and `}` are special (interpolation). Don't use a bare `}` in view text.
+
+## Data-driven tables / lists (server-rendered `.wrn`)
+
+Use an `ssr` data binding to fetch rows on the server, then `{#each}` to render them.
+This renders on the **server** (SSR-first) and is HTML-escaped by default.
+
+```wrn
+page Admin {
+  layout = "dashboard"
+
+  // Fetch on the server. The api handler at /api/contacts returns { contacts: [...] };
+  // this block's `return contacts` exposes that array (via `$data`) as the binding `rows`.
+  ssr {
+    api rows GET /api/contacts { return contacts }
+  }
+
+  view {
+    <table>
+      <tbody>
+        {#each rows as r, i}
+          <tr>
+            <td>#{i}</td>
+            <td>{r.name}</td>
+            <td><a href="mailto:{r.email}">{r.email}</a></td>
+          </tr>
+        {:empty}
+          <tr><td colspan="3">No submissions yet.</td></tr>
+        {/each}
+      </tbody>
+    </table>
+  }
+}
+```
+
+The matching API returns the array under a key the `ssr` block reads:
+
+```ts
+// app/api/contacts.ts  → GET /api/contacts
+import { getDb } from "@wrnexus/db";
+export const GET = async () => {
+  const contacts = await getDb().all("SELECT id, name, email FROM contacts ORDER BY id DESC");
+  return Response.json({ contacts }); // ssr block does `return contacts`
+};
+```
+
+**Prefer this `.wrn` + `{#each}` approach for DB-backed tables and lists.** (`.ts`/`.tsx`
+pages returning an HTML string are also supported for fully-custom programmatic rendering,
+but a `.wrn` page with `ssr` data + `{#each}` is the idiomatic, SSR-first way.)
+
+## API routes (`app/api/*.ts`)
+
+```ts
+// app/api/users/list.ts  → GET /api/users/list
+import { getDb } from "@wrnexus/db";
+
+export const GET = async (ctx) => {
+  return Response.json({ users: await ListUsers(getDb()) });
+};
+
+export const POST = async (ctx) => {
+  const body = await ctx.req.json();
+  return Response.json({ ok: true, body }, { status: 201 });
+};
+```
+
+`ctx` (the `Context` from `@wrnexus/core`) has:
+`req: Request`, `url: URL`, `params: Record<string,string>` (dynamic route params, e.g. `/users/[id]` → `ctx.params.id`),
+`lang: string`, `t(key, params?)` (i18n), `cookies` (get/set), `session` (get/set). Auth: `getUser(ctx)` after `sessionAuth`/`logIn`.
+
+When an SSO forward-auth verifier needs the URL that originally reached the gateway, use
+`@wrnexus/helpers` instead of constructing it from untrusted headers:
+
+```ts
+import { redirectToLogin } from "@wrnexus/helpers";
+
+return redirectToLogin(ctx, "/login", {
+  allowedHosts: ["admin.localhost:3000", "reports.localhost:3000"],
+});
+```
+
+The package also exports `getOriginalRequestUrl`, `getOriginalRequestOrigin`,
+`getOriginalRequestPath`, and `getOriginalRequestMethod`. Always pass `allowedHosts` when
+using forwarded gateway URLs; the helper rejects untrusted redirect destinations.
+
+## Middleware & realtime
+
+```ts
+// app/middleware/logger.ts
+export default async function logger(ctx, next) {
+  console.log(ctx.req.method, ctx.url.pathname);
+  return next(); // return a Response WITHOUT calling next() to short-circuit
+}
+```
+
+```ts
+// app/realtime/chat.ts  → ws://host/realtime/chat
+import { defineRoom } from "@wrnexus/core";
+export default defineRoom({
+  onConnect(client) {
+    client.send({ type: "system", text: "connected" });
+  },
+  onMessage(client, msg) {
+    client.room.broadcast({ type: "message", data: msg });
+  },
+});
+```
+
+Client side: a page opts in with `data-room="chat"` (handled by the realtime runtime).
+
+## Config (`wrnexus.config.ts`)
+
+```ts
+import type { AppConfig } from "@wrnexus/styles";
+const config: AppConfig = {
+  seo: { title: "App", titleTemplate: "%s | App", description: "..." },
+  styles: {
+    entry: "app/styles/global.css",
+    process: async ({ entryPath, mode }) => /* Tailwind */ "",
+  },
+  fonts: {
+    sans: '"Inter", system-ui, sans-serif',
+    google: [{ family: "Inter", weights: [400, 600] }],
+  },
+  theme: { default: "dark", themes: { light: { "color-primary": "#2563eb" } } },
+  i18n: { default: "en", locales: ["en", "es"] },
+  db: { driver: "sqlite", url: "file:./dev.db" },
+  security: { cors: { enabled: true, origin: ["http://localhost:5173"] } },
+  // profiles: { production: { db: { driver: "postgres", url: process.env.DATABASE_URL } } },
+};
+export default config;
+```
+
+## Database (`@wrnexus/db`)
+
+```ts
+// app/db/schema.ts
+import { v, table } from "@wrnexus/db";
+export const users = table("users", {
+  id: v.id(),
+  name: v.string(),
+  email: v.string().unique(),
+  createdAt: v.timestamp(),
+});
+```
+
+- Queries: write `app/db/queries/*.sql` with `-- name: ListUsers :many` blocks; `wrnexus db generate` emits typed functions.
+- Access at runtime: `import { getDb } from "@wrnexus/db"; const rows = await ListUsers(getDb());`
+- Migrations in `app/db/migrations/`; run `wrnexus db migrate` (dev auto-migrates sqlite).
+
+## Validation (`@wrnexus/validation`)
+
+```ts
+// app/schemas/login.ts
+import { v } from "@wrnexus/validation";
+export default v.object({
+  email: v.string().email(),
+  password: v.string().min(8),
+});
+```
+
+In an API route: `import s from "../schemas/login"; import { parseBody } from "@wrnexus/validation"; const r = await parseBody(s, ctx.req);` → `r.ok ? r.value : r.response`.
+In a form: `<form data-schema="login" action="/api/login" method="post">` + `<span data-error="email"></span>` (client + server validation connected automatically).
+
+## AI / LLM (`@wrnexus/ai`)
+
+```ts
+// app/api/ai.ts
+import { createAI } from "@wrnexus/ai";
+const ai = createAI(); // reads ANTHROPIC_API_KEY; default model claude-opus-4-8
+export const POST = async (ctx) => {
+  const { prompt } = await ctx.req.json();
+  return ai.streamResponse(prompt); // or: return Response.json({ text: await ai.generate(prompt) })
+};
+```
+
+## CLI
+
+```
+wrnexus dev .                 # dev server + HMR
+wrnexus build .               # production build → dist/server.js
+bun dist/server.js            # run the production server (or npm start)
+wrnexus create <name>         # scaffold a new app
+wrnexus update --latest       # deps + syntax/config migrations + verification
+wrnexus generate page <Name>  # scaffold a page   (aliases: g p)
+wrnexus generate component <name> | api <path> | schema <name>
+wrnexus db migrate | rollback | status | new [--from-models] | generate | seed
+wrnexus eject <component>     # copy a WrNexus UI component's .wrn into app/components to customize
+```
+
+## When asked to "create a page/component/feature"
+
+1. Create the `.wrn` file under `app/pages/` (or `app/components/`) with a `page`/`component` block — or run `wrnexus generate page <Name>`.
+2. Put markup in `view { }`, interactive bits in `state` + `{expr}` + `@event`, reusable UI as components mounted via `data-component`.
+3. For data, add an `app/api/*.ts` route and `getDb()`; for forms, add an `app/schemas/*.ts` and `data-schema`.
+4. Style with Tailwind utility classes in the view, or theme tokens (`var(--wrn-*)`), or `style { }`.
+5. Never emit React/JSX, a manual router, or client-side island JS — the framework handles hydration.
diff --git a/examples/basic-app/package.json b/examples/basic-app/package.json
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 {
   "name": "basic-app",
   "version": "0.8.0",
+  "wrnexus": {
+    "version": "0.9.0"
+  },
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/examples/basic-app/public/llms.txt b/examples/basic-app/public/llms.txt
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+# WrNexus
+
+> WrNexus is an SSR-first, **Bun-native** full-stack web framework. UI is written in
+> `.wrn` files (its own component language — NOT React/JSX/Vue). Routing is file-based.
+> This document teaches an AI how to write correct WrNexus code. It is private and
+> post-dates model training data, so rely on THIS document, not prior web-framework
+> assumptions.
+
+## Golden rules
+
+- **Pages, components, and layouts are `.wrn` files.** Do NOT write `.tsx`/`.jsx`/React
+  for UI. Do NOT use `useState`, hooks, JSX, or a client bundler.
+- **Routing is file-based** under `app/`. The filename is the route. No router config.
+- **Interactivity** lives in `state` + `{expr}` + `@event` inside `.wrn`. Components render
+  on the server and hydrate automatically — you never write client-side JS islands.
+- **Runtime is Bun only** (uses `Bun.serve`, `bun:sqlite`, `Bun.password`, …). Node is not supported.
+- To add files, prefer the CLI: `wrnexus generate page <Name>` / `component <name>` / `api <path>` / `schema <name>`.
+
+## Project layout
+
+```
+app/
+  pages/       *.wrn  → routes: index.wrn = "/", about.wrn = "/about", blog/[slug].wrn = "/blog/:slug"
+  components/  *.wrn  → reusable UI, mounted in a page/component via <div data-component="name" ...props>
+  layouts/     *.wrn  → named layouts; a page opts in with  layout = "name"
+  api/         *.ts   → HTTP handlers: export const GET/POST/PUT/PATCH/DELETE = async (ctx) => Response
+  middleware/  *.ts   → export default async (ctx, next) => next()
+  realtime/    *.ts   → export default defineRoom({ ... }) from "@wrnexus/core"  (ws://host/realtime/<name>)
+  schemas/     *.ts   → validation schemas (the `v` builder), used by forms + parseBody
+  locales/     *.json → i18n messages per language
+  db/          schema.ts, queries/*.sql, migrations/*.sql
+  styles/      global.css  → Tailwind (default) or plain CSS
+wrnexus.config.ts    → app config (AppConfig from "@wrnexus/styles")
+public/              → static assets served at /
+```
+
+## `.wrn` page
+
+```wrn
+page Home {
+  layout = "public"          // optional: a component in app/layouts/<name>.wrn ("none" to skip)
+
+  state count = 0            // optional: seeds client-reactive state (omit for pure SSR)
+
+  seo {
+    title = "Home"
+    description = "..."
+    canonical = "/"
+  }
+
+  view {
+    <h1>Hello</h1>
+    <p>Count is {count}, doubled is {count * 2}.</p>
+    <button @click="count++">Increment</button>
+    <div data-component="counter" start="5" label="Clicks"></div>
+  }
+
+  style {
+    h1 { color: var(--wrn-color-text); }
+  }
+}
+```
+
+## `.wrn` component
+
+```wrn
+component Counter {
+  props {                    // props come from mount attributes; each is coerced to the
+    start = 0                // TYPE of its default (so start="5" arrives as the number 5)
+    label = "Count"
+  }
+  state count = start        // state may reference props
+  view {
+    <button @click="count++">{label}: {count}</button>
+  }
+}
+```
+
+Mount it from any page/component: `<div data-component="counter" start="0" label="Clicks"></div>`.
+Components render on the server with their props, then hydrate — no per-component JS.
+
+## The `view { }` block (plain HTML + a few directives)
+
+- `{expr}` — interpolate a JS expression. Reactive if it references `state`: `{count}`, `{count * 2}`, `{user.name}`.
+- `@event="expr"` — bind a DOM event; the expression runs in the reactive scope: `@click="count++"`, `@input="name = event.target.value"`.
+- `<div data-component="name" prop="v">` — mount a component (attrs become string props, coerced).
+- `<slot></slot>` / `<slot name="x"></slot>` — component/layout slots; fill with `<div data-slot="x">…</div>`.
+- **Server loop (DB/list/table):** `{#each <list> as <item>[, <i>]} …rows… {:empty} …fallback… {/each}` — iterates SSR data on the server and renders markup per item. `{item.field}` interpolates (HTML-escaped, XSS-safe). `<list>` is a JS expression, usually an `ssr` data binding (see "Data-driven tables" below). This is how you render a database table in `.wrn`.
+- **Server conditional:** `{#if <expr>} … {:else if <expr>} … {:else} … {/if}` — renders the first truthy branch on the server. `<expr>` can reference `ssr` data, or the `item`/`index` of an enclosing `{#each}`. Works at page level and inside loops (e.g. `{#if r.active}<span>●</span>{:else}<span>○</span>{/if}` per row). For client-side show/hide based on reactive `state`, use `data-show="expr"` instead.
+- i18n: `{t:home.title}` in text, `t:placeholder="form.name"` on attributes — resolved per request from `app/locales/`.
+- Theme: any element with `data-wrn-theme-toggle` toggles light/dark; `data-wrn-theme-set="dark"` sets it.
+- Void/self-closing tags are fine: `<br />`, `<img src="..." />`.
+- Only `{` and `}` are special (interpolation). Don't use a bare `}` in view text.
+
+## Data-driven tables / lists (server-rendered `.wrn`)
+
+Use an `ssr` data binding to fetch rows on the server, then `{#each}` to render them.
+This renders on the **server** (SSR-first) and is HTML-escaped by default.
+
+```wrn
+page Admin {
+  layout = "dashboard"
+
+  // Fetch on the server. The api handler at /api/contacts returns { contacts: [...] };
+  // this block's `return contacts` exposes that array (via `$data`) as the binding `rows`.
+  ssr {
+    api rows GET /api/contacts { return contacts }
+  }
+
+  view {
+    <table>
+      <tbody>
+        {#each rows as r, i}
+          <tr>
+            <td>#{i}</td>
+            <td>{r.name}</td>
+            <td><a href="mailto:{r.email}">{r.email}</a></td>
+          </tr>
+        {:empty}
+          <tr><td colspan="3">No submissions yet.</td></tr>
+        {/each}
+      </tbody>
+    </table>
+  }
+}
+```
+
+The matching API returns the array under a key the `ssr` block reads:
+
+```ts
+// app/api/contacts.ts  → GET /api/contacts
+import { getDb } from "@wrnexus/db";
+export const GET = async () => {
+  const contacts = await getDb().all("SELECT id, name, email FROM contacts ORDER BY id DESC");
+  return Response.json({ contacts });   // ssr block does `return contacts`
+};
+```
+
+**Prefer this `.wrn` + `{#each}` approach for DB-backed tables and lists.** (`.ts`/`.tsx`
+pages returning an HTML string are also supported for fully-custom programmatic rendering,
+but a `.wrn` page with `ssr` data + `{#each}` is the idiomatic, SSR-first way.)
+
+## API routes (`app/api/*.ts`)
+
+```ts
+// app/api/users/list.ts  → GET /api/users/list
+import { getDb } from "@wrnexus/db";
+
+export const GET = async (ctx) => {
+  return Response.json({ users: await ListUsers(getDb()) });
+};
+
+export const POST = async (ctx) => {
+  const body = await ctx.req.json();
+  return Response.json({ ok: true, body }, { status: 201 });
+};
+```
+
+`ctx` (the `Context` from `@wrnexus/core`) has:
+`req: Request`, `url: URL`, `params: Record<string,string>` (dynamic route params, e.g. `/users/[id]` → `ctx.params.id`),
+`lang: string`, `t(key, params?)` (i18n), `cookies` (get/set), `session` (get/set). Auth: `getUser(ctx)` after `sessionAuth`/`logIn`.
+
+When an SSO forward-auth verifier needs the URL that originally reached the gateway, use
+`@wrnexus/helpers` instead of constructing it from untrusted headers:
+
+```ts
+import { redirectToLogin } from "@wrnexus/helpers";
+
+return redirectToLogin(ctx, "/login", {
+  allowedHosts: ["admin.localhost:3000", "reports.localhost:3000"],
+});
+```
+
+The package also exports `getOriginalRequestUrl`, `getOriginalRequestOrigin`,
+`getOriginalRequestPath`, and `getOriginalRequestMethod`. Always pass `allowedHosts` when
+using forwarded gateway URLs; the helper rejects untrusted redirect destinations.
+
+## Middleware & realtime
+
+```ts
+// app/middleware/logger.ts
+export default async function logger(ctx, next) {
+  console.log(ctx.req.method, ctx.url.pathname);
+  return next();               // return a Response WITHOUT calling next() to short-circuit
+}
+```
+
+```ts
+// app/realtime/chat.ts  → ws://host/realtime/chat
+import { defineRoom } from "@wrnexus/core";
+export default defineRoom({
+  onConnect(client) { client.send({ type: "system", text: "connected" }); },
+  onMessage(client, msg) { client.room.broadcast({ type: "message", data: msg }); },
+});
+```
+Client side: a page opts in with `data-room="chat"` (handled by the realtime runtime).
+
+## Config (`wrnexus.config.ts`)
+
+```ts
+import type { AppConfig } from "@wrnexus/styles";
+const config: AppConfig = {
+  seo: { title: "App", titleTemplate: "%s | App", description: "..." },
+  styles: { entry: "app/styles/global.css", process: async ({ entryPath, mode }) => /* Tailwind */ "" },
+  fonts: { sans: '"Inter", system-ui, sans-serif', google: [{ family: "Inter", weights: [400, 600] }] },
+  theme: { default: "dark", themes: { light: { "color-primary": "#2563eb" } } },
+  i18n: { default: "en", locales: ["en", "es"] },
+  db: { driver: "sqlite", url: "file:./dev.db" },
+  security: { cors: { enabled: true, origin: ["http://localhost:5173"] } },
+  // profiles: { production: { db: { driver: "postgres", url: process.env.DATABASE_URL } } },
+};
+export default config;
+```
+
+## Database (`@wrnexus/db`)
+
+```ts
+// app/db/schema.ts
+import { v, table } from "@wrnexus/db";
+export const users = table("users", {
+  id: v.id(),
+  name: v.string(),
+  email: v.string().unique(),
+  createdAt: v.timestamp(),
+});
+```
+- Queries: write `app/db/queries/*.sql` with `-- name: ListUsers :many` blocks; `wrnexus db generate` emits typed functions.
+- Access at runtime: `import { getDb } from "@wrnexus/db"; const rows = await ListUsers(getDb());`
+- Migrations in `app/db/migrations/`; run `wrnexus db migrate` (dev auto-migrates sqlite).
+
+## Validation (`@wrnexus/validation`)
+
+```ts
+// app/schemas/login.ts
+import { v } from "@wrnexus/validation";
+export default v.object({
+  email: v.string().email(),
+  password: v.string().min(8),
+});
+```
+In an API route: `import s from "../schemas/login"; import { parseBody } from "@wrnexus/validation"; const r = await parseBody(s, ctx.req);` → `r.ok ? r.value : r.response`.
+In a form: `<form data-schema="login" action="/api/login" method="post">` + `<span data-error="email"></span>` (client + server validation connected automatically).
+
+## AI / LLM (`@wrnexus/ai`)
+
+```ts
+// app/api/ai.ts
+import { createAI } from "@wrnexus/ai";
+const ai = createAI();                     // reads ANTHROPIC_API_KEY; default model claude-opus-4-8
+export const POST = async (ctx) => {
+  const { prompt } = await ctx.req.json();
+  return ai.streamResponse(prompt);        // or: return Response.json({ text: await ai.generate(prompt) })
+};
+```
+
+## CLI
+
+```
+wrnexus dev .                 # dev server + HMR
+wrnexus build .               # production build → dist/server.js
+bun dist/server.js            # run the production server (or npm start)
+wrnexus create <name>         # scaffold a new app
+wrnexus update --latest       # deps + syntax/config migrations + verification
+wrnexus generate page <Name>  # scaffold a page   (aliases: g p)
+wrnexus generate component <name> | api <path> | schema <name>
+wrnexus db migrate | rollback | status | new [--from-models] | generate | seed
+wrnexus eject <component>     # copy a WrNexus UI component's .wrn into app/components to customize
+```
+
+## When asked to "create a page/component/feature"
+
+1. Create the `.wrn` file under `app/pages/` (or `app/components/`) with a `page`/`component` block — or run `wrnexus generate page <Name>`.
+2. Put markup in `view { }`, interactive bits in `state` + `{expr}` + `@event`, reusable UI as components mounted via `data-component`.
+3. For data, add an `app/api/*.ts` route and `getDb()`; for forms, add an `app/schemas/*.ts` and `data-schema`.
+4. Style with Tailwind utility classes in the view, or theme tokens (`var(--wrn-*)`), or `style { }`.
+5. Never emit React/JSX, a manual router, or client-side island JS — the framework handles hydration.
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/migrations/apis-block.ts b/packages/cli/src/migrations/apis-block.ts
index 2df2f924..9d1e0d83 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/migrations/apis-block.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/migrations/apis-block.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,50 @@
 
 import { parse } from "@wrnexus/syntax";
 
+/** Blank out string/template literal contents and comments, preserving length. */
+function maskLiteralsAndComments(source: string): string {
+  let out = "";
+  let index = 0;
+  while (index < source.length) {
+    const char = source[index]!;
+    if (char === '"' || char === "'" || char === "`") {
+      const quote = char;
+      let end = index + 1;
+      while (end < source.length) {
+        if (source[end] === "\\") {
+          end += 2;
+          continue;
+        }
+        if (source[end] === quote) {
+          end++;
+          break;
+        }
+        end++;
+      }
+      out += " ".repeat(end - index);
+      index = end;
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (char === "/" && source[index + 1] === "/") {
+      let end = index;
+      while (end < source.length && source[end] !== "\n") end++;
+      out += " ".repeat(end - index);
+      index = end;
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (char === "/" && source[index + 1] === "*") {
+      let end = source.indexOf("*/", index + 2);
+      end = end < 0 ? source.length : end + 2;
+      out += source.slice(index, end).replace(/[^\n]/g, " ");
+      index = end;
+      continue;
+    }
+    out += char;
+    index++;
+  }
+  return out;
+}
+
 /** Balanced-brace scan: returns the index of the brace matching `open`, or -1. */
 function findMatching(source: string, open: number, openChar = "{", closeChar = "}"): number {
   let depth = 0;
@@ -76,7 +120,19 @@ interface ApiEntry {
   localEnd: number;
 }
 
-/** Find `api <name> <METHOD> <path> { … }` entries inside a mode-block body. */
+/**
+ * Find `api <name> <METHOD> <path> { … }` entries inside a mode-block body.
+ *
+ * A legacy BARE-BODY entry (no `request`/`response`/`error` sections — its
+ * body is JS evaluated inside `with ($data ?? {})`) is deliberately excluded
+ * here. The `apis { }` grammar requires sections, so folding a bare body into
+ * it would produce source that fails to parse — a spurious "failed to parse"
+ * report for a file that is actually fine. `report-legacy-api-bodies`
+ * (`legacy-api-body.ts`) is the migration that surfaces these for manual
+ * review; leaving them out of this scan lets that block's leftover content
+ * fall through to the "mixes content" skip below when needed, or leaves the
+ * block entirely untouched when it holds only bare-body entries.
+ */
 function findApiEntries(body: string): ApiEntry[] {
   const entries: ApiEntry[] = [];
   const header = /\bapi\s+([A-Za-z_$][\w$]*)\s+([A-Za-z]+)\s+(\S+?)\s*\{/g;
@@ -89,6 +145,12 @@ function findApiEntries(body: string): ApiEntry[] {
     }
     const localStart = match.index;
     const localEnd = close + 1;
+    const bodyText = body.slice(open + 1, close);
+    const hasSections = /\b(request|response|error)\s*\{/.test(maskLiteralsAndComments(bodyText));
+    if (!hasSections) {
+      header.lastIndex = localEnd;
+      continue;
+    }
     const text = body.slice(localStart, localEnd).replace(/^api\s+/, "");
     entries.push({
       name: match[1]!,
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/update.ts b/packages/cli/src/update.ts
index c6556769..f353c25f 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/update.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/update.ts
@@ -1315,6 +1315,33 @@ export async function runUpdate(dir: string, args: string[]): Promise<void> {
     }
   }
 
+  // Print the full report in a fixed order -- what changed, then what needs
+  // review and why, then what failed to parse -- so a scripted upgrade never
+  // has to guess at severity from console noise. A run with anything in
+  // needsReview or parseFailures exits non-zero: a project left half-migrated
+  // must never look like a clean success.
+  const allChangedAutomatically = [...reports.values()].flatMap((r) => r.changedAutomatically);
+  const allNeedsReview = [...reports.values()].flatMap((r) => r.needsReview);
+  const allParseFailures = [...reports.values()].flatMap((r) => r.parseFailures);
+
+  console.log(`\n  Changed automatically (${new Set(allChangedAutomatically).size}):`);
+  for (const line of new Set(allChangedAutomatically)) console.log(`    - ${line}`);
+
+  console.log(`\n  Needs review (${allNeedsReview.length}):`);
+  for (const line of allNeedsReview) console.log(`    - ${line}`);
+
+  console.log(`\n  Failed to parse (${allParseFailures.length}):`);
+  for (const line of allParseFailures) console.log(`    - ${line}`);
+
+  const needsAttention = allNeedsReview.length > 0 || allParseFailures.length > 0;
+  if (needsAttention) {
+    console.error(
+      `\n  ✗ ${allNeedsReview.length} item(s) need review and ${allParseFailures.length} file(s) failed to parse. ` +
+        `Resolve these by hand, then re-run wrnexus update.`,
+    );
+    process.exitCode = 1;
+  }
+
   if (dryRun) {
     console.log(`\n  Dry run — no files written. Re-run without --dry-run to apply.\n`);
     return;
diff --git a/packages/cli/test/migrate-apis-block.test.ts b/packages/cli/test/migrate-apis-block.test.ts
index 7c3cee0f..01494b8f 100644
--- a/packages/cli/test/migrate-apis-block.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/test/migrate-apis-block.test.ts
@@ -102,6 +102,27 @@ test("a mode block mixing api entries with other content is skipped, not partial
   expect(result.skip).toContain("functions");
 });
 
+test("a legacy bare-body api entry is left alone instead of producing a bogus parse failure", () => {
+  // No request/response/error sections -- this is the legacy bare-body form
+  // that `report-legacy-api-bodies` handles for manual review. Folding it
+  // into `apis { }` as-is would produce source the grammar rejects, so this
+  // migration must leave it untouched rather than attempt the rewrite.
+  const source = `page Hello {
+  ssr {
+    api ssrUsers GET /api/users/ssr {
+      return userNames(users)
+    }
+  }
+
+  view { <main>x</main> }
+}
+`;
+  const result = migrateApisBlock(source) as { source: string; changed: boolean };
+
+  expect(result.changed).toBe(false);
+  expect(result.source).toBe(source);
+});
+
 test("a brace inside a string literal in a section body does not truncate the entry", () => {
   const source = `page P {
   client {
diff --git a/packages/cli/test/migrate-legacy-api-body.test.ts b/packages/cli/test/migrate-legacy-api-body.test.ts
index c82acc16..01cc3208 100644
--- a/packages/cli/test/migrate-legacy-api-body.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/test/migrate-legacy-api-body.test.ts
@@ -112,4 +112,5 @@ test("a full update run leaves a legacy bare body file byte-identical and report
 
   expect(after).toBe(SOURCE);
   expect(report.needsReview.some((entry) => entry.includes("ssrUsers"))).toBe(true);
+  expect(report.parseFailures).toEqual([]);
 });
diff --git a/packages/cli/test/update-exit-code.test.ts b/packages/cli/test/update-exit-code.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4905bc49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cli/test/update-exit-code.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+import { afterEach, expect, test } from "bun:test";
+import { mkdirSync, mkdtempSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
+import { join } from "node:path";
+import { runUpdate } from "../src/update.ts";
+
+const roots: string[] = [];
+afterEach(() => {
+  for (const root of roots.splice(0)) rmSync(root, { recursive: true, force: true });
+});
+
+function project(name: string): string {
+  const root = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), `wrnexus-update-exit-${name}-`));
+  roots.push(root);
+  mkdirSync(join(root, "app"), { recursive: true });
+  writeFileSync(
+    join(root, "package.json"),
+    JSON.stringify({
+      name: `update-exit-${name}`,
+      dependencies: { "@wrnexus/core": "^0.8.0" },
+      wrnexus: { version: "0.8.0" },
+    }),
+  );
+  return root;
+}
+
+/**
+ * `runUpdate` reports failure via `process.exitCode` (never a real
+ * `process.exit()` call) on this path -- see the existing `--delegated` and
+ * verification-failure branches in `src/update.ts`. `--delegated` skips the
+ * "fetch a newer published CLI" handoff (there is no published 0.9.0 yet),
+ * matching how a real newer CLI re-invokes itself. `--dry-run` keeps the test
+ * offline too: the dry-run path returns before `bun install`/verification
+ * ever run, so no network access is needed to observe the exit code this
+ * task adds.
+ */
+test("a project with a legacy bare body exits non-zero", async () => {
+  const root = project("needs-review");
+  writeFileSync(
+    join(root, "app", "Hello.wrn"),
+    `page Hello {
+  ssr {
+    api ssrUsers GET /api/users/ssr {
+      return userNames(users)
+    }
+  }
+
+  view { <main>x</main> }
+}
+`,
+  );
+
+  const before = process.exitCode;
+  process.exitCode = 0;
+  try {
+    await runUpdate(root, ["--dry-run", "--version=0.9.0", "--delegated"]);
+    expect(process.exitCode).toBeTruthy();
+  } finally {
+    process.exitCode = before ?? 0;
+  }
+});
+
+test("a fully-migratable project exits zero", async () => {
+  const root = project("clean");
+  writeFileSync(
+    join(root, "app", "Hello.wrn"),
+    `page Hello {
+  view { <main>x</main> }
+}
+`,
+  );
+
+  const before = process.exitCode;
+  process.exitCode = 0;
+  try {
+    await runUpdate(root, ["--dry-run", "--version=0.9.0", "--delegated"]);
+    expect(process.exitCode ?? 0).toBe(0);
+  } finally {
+    process.exitCode = before ?? 0;
+  }
+});