From bfeab6fee869c8f3984c866f9f991143c87a60af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roger Chappel <miscanalysis@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:37:23 +1000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] feat: add typed template registry

---
 src/index.ts     | 13 ++++++-------
 src/templates.ts | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/templates.ts

diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 3250232..8d60ef7 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 import { Command } from 'commander';
+import { isTemplateKey, listTemplates } from './templates.js';
 
 const program = new Command();
 
@@ -13,13 +14,7 @@ program
   .command('templates')
   .description('List available templates.')
   .action(() => {
-    console.log(JSON.stringify({
-      templates: [
-        { key: 'oss-cli', description: 'Open-source TypeScript CLI package' },
-        { key: 'next-app', description: 'Next.js app scaffold' },
-        { key: 'python-api', description: 'Python API scaffold' }
-      ]
-    }, null, 2));
+    console.log(JSON.stringify({ templates: listTemplates() }, null, 2));
   });
 
 program
@@ -29,6 +24,10 @@ program
   .argument('[name]', 'Project directory/name')
   .option('--dry-run', 'Print planned actions without writing files')
   .action((template: string, name: string | undefined, options: { dryRun?: boolean }) => {
+    if (!isTemplateKey(template)) {
+      throw new Error(`Unknown template: ${template}. Run \`stackforge templates\` to list available templates.`);
+    }
+
     const projectName = name ?? template;
     const mode = options.dryRun ? 'dry-run' : 'write';
     console.log(JSON.stringify({ ok: true, command: 'init', template, projectName, mode }, null, 2));
diff --git a/src/templates.ts b/src/templates.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..50625fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/templates.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+export const TEMPLATE_KEYS = ['next-app', 'oss-cli', 'python-api'] as const;
+
+export type TemplateKey = typeof TEMPLATE_KEYS[number];
+
+export type TemplateCategory = 'app' | 'api' | 'cli';
+
+export interface TemplateDefinition {
+  key: TemplateKey;
+  name: string;
+  description: string;
+  category: TemplateCategory;
+}
+
+export const TEMPLATE_REGISTRY: Record<TemplateKey, TemplateDefinition> = {
+  'next-app': {
+    key: 'next-app',
+    name: 'Next.js App',
+    description: 'Next.js app scaffold',
+    category: 'app'
+  },
+  'oss-cli': {
+    key: 'oss-cli',
+    name: 'OSS CLI',
+    description: 'Open-source TypeScript CLI package',
+    category: 'cli'
+  },
+  'python-api': {
+    key: 'python-api',
+    name: 'Python API',
+    description: 'Python API scaffold',
+    category: 'api'
+  }
+};
+
+export function listTemplates(): TemplateDefinition[] {
+  return TEMPLATE_KEYS.map((key) => TEMPLATE_REGISTRY[key]);
+}
+
+export function isTemplateKey(value: string): value is TemplateKey {
+  return (TEMPLATE_KEYS as readonly string[]).includes(value);
+}

From 8c18d23dac5399b391465bba45ab734d37ff9cab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roger Chappel <miscanalysis@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:37:48 +1000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] test: add template registry check

---
 package.json                        |  3 ++-
 scripts/check-template-registry.mjs | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 scripts/check-template-registry.mjs

diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 19f07b1..9195166 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
     "build": "tsc",
     "dev": "tsx src/index.ts",
     "check": "tsc --noEmit",
-    "start": "node dist/index.js"
+    "start": "node dist/index.js",
+    "check:templates": "pnpm build && node scripts/check-template-registry.mjs"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "commander": "^12.1.0"
diff --git a/scripts/check-template-registry.mjs b/scripts/check-template-registry.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..97d4cbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/check-template-registry.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+import { execFileSync } from 'node:child_process';
+import { listTemplates, TEMPLATE_KEYS, TEMPLATE_REGISTRY } from '../dist/templates.js';
+
+const expectedKeys = ['next-app', 'oss-cli', 'python-api'];
+const keys = [...TEMPLATE_KEYS];
+
+if (JSON.stringify(keys) !== JSON.stringify(expectedKeys)) {
+  throw new Error(`Template keys are not deterministic. Expected ${expectedKeys.join(', ')}, got ${keys.join(', ')}`);
+}
+
+const registryKeys = Object.keys(TEMPLATE_REGISTRY).sort();
+if (JSON.stringify(registryKeys) !== JSON.stringify(expectedKeys)) {
+  throw new Error(`Registry keys mismatch. Expected ${expectedKeys.join(', ')}, got ${registryKeys.join(', ')}`);
+}
+
+const templates = listTemplates();
+if (templates.length !== expectedKeys.length) {
+  throw new Error(`Expected ${expectedKeys.length} templates, got ${templates.length}`);
+}
+
+for (const [index, template] of templates.entries()) {
+  const expectedKey = expectedKeys[index];
+  if (template.key !== expectedKey) {
+    throw new Error(`Template at index ${index} should be ${expectedKey}, got ${template.key}`);
+  }
+
+  if (!template.name || !template.description || !template.category) {
+    throw new Error(`Template ${template.key} is missing required metadata`);
+  }
+}
+
+const cliOutput = execFileSync(process.execPath, ['dist/index.js', 'templates'], { encoding: 'utf8' });
+const parsed = JSON.parse(cliOutput);
+if (JSON.stringify(parsed.templates) !== JSON.stringify(templates)) {
+  throw new Error('CLI templates output does not match typed registry');
+}
+
+console.log('template registry check passed');