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Summary

  • Integrates the EmailBuilder.js visual canvas into @singleton-sd/post-kit-editor using @usewaypoint/email-builder@0.0.9 and the waypoint block editor stack (no global store; controlled React context).
  • Adds loadTemplateSource() / serializeTemplateSource() for lossless, deterministic round-trips of template.json, metadata.json, and preview.json, preserving unknown forward-compatible fields.
  • Wires EmailTemplateEditor to hold working TemplateSourceFiles in local state and update templateJson from canvas edits.

Test plan

  • pnpm --filter @singleton-sd/post-kit-editor run test (15 tests: serialization round-trips, validation errors, compiler compatibility, canvas render)
  • pnpm test (full workspace)
  • CI Lint / test / build green on PR

Closes #40

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  • New Features

    • Replaced the placeholder editor with an interactive email-building canvas.
    • Edit layouts, containers, columns, text, headings, buttons, images, dividers, and spacers.
    • Add blocks using built-in templates and manage nested content.
    • Added read-only rendering for viewing email designs.
    • Added template loading, validation, and deterministic saving.
    • Added selection outlines, hover states, and canvas editing controls.
    • Added a local empty state for images without a URL.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Preserves compatible unknown fields for future template versions.

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Integrate the EmailBuilder.js visual editor surface and load/serialize helpers
so consumers can round-trip template.json, metadata.json, and preview.json
without information loss.

Closes #40

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  • packages/post-kit-editor/src/canvas/canvas-review.spec.tsx
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Walkthrough

The editor package now includes a controlled EmailBuilder canvas, nested block editing, typed template documents, and validated deterministic serialization for template source files. Fixtures and tests cover rendering, round trips, unknown fields, and compiler compatibility.

Changes

Email template editing

Layer / File(s) Summary
Template source contracts and serialization
packages/post-kit-editor/src/types.ts, packages/post-kit-editor/src/serialization.ts, packages/post-kit-editor/src/serialization.spec.ts, packages/post-kit-editor/src/__fixtures__/*
Adds EmailBuilderDocument, validates template source files, preserves forward-compatible fields, and serializes stable JSON with trailing newlines. Fixtures and tests cover malformed input, round trips, deterministic output, and compiler compatibility.
Canvas state and block rendering
packages/post-kit-editor/src/canvas/editor-context.tsx, packages/post-kit-editor/src/canvas/EmailBuilderCanvas.tsx, packages/post-kit-editor/src/canvas/EditorBlock.tsx, packages/post-kit-editor/src/canvas/editor-core.tsx, packages/post-kit-editor/src/canvas/blocks/*
Adds controlled editable and read-only canvas rendering, document and selection context, block resolution, editor schemas, and renderer registration.
Nested block editing and selection
packages/post-kit-editor/src/canvas/helpers/*, packages/post-kit-editor/src/canvas/blocks/EmailLayoutEditor.tsx, packages/post-kit-editor/src/canvas/blocks/ContainerEditor.tsx, packages/post-kit-editor/src/canvas/blocks/ColumnsContainerEditor.tsx
Adds block templates, insertion controls, selection outlines, layout rendering, and child-ID updates for containers and three-column layouts.
Template editor integration and package wiring
packages/post-kit-editor/src/email-template-editor.tsx, packages/post-kit-editor/src/index.ts, packages/post-kit-editor/src/index.spec.tsx, packages/post-kit-editor/package.json
Replaces the placeholder editor surface with the canvas, stores edited template data in working state, exports the new APIs, updates rendering tests, and keeps React packages as peer dependencies.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to 1e1b3

The editor adds canvas-based template editing and lossless serialization, but current-head issues can prevent edits from being persisted, cause render-time failures for consumers, and allow invalid template data to be accepted. These concrete correctness and runtime risks should be fixed before merging.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant EmailTemplateEditor
  participant EmailBuilderCanvas
  participant CanvasEditorProvider
  participant EditorBlock
  participant CoreEditorBlock

  EmailTemplateEditor->>EmailBuilderCanvas: Pass template document and onChange
  EmailBuilderCanvas->>CanvasEditorProvider: Create editable document context
  CanvasEditorProvider->>EditorBlock: Render root block
  EditorBlock->>CoreEditorBlock: Resolve block and render editor
  CoreEditorBlock-->>EmailBuilderCanvas: Display canvas
  CoreEditorBlock->>CanvasEditorProvider: Patch edited document
  CanvasEditorProvider-->>EmailTemplateEditor: Return updated document
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Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 3.33% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 30 functions across 21 files. (1 skipped: … Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
Linked Issues check ❓ Inconclusive Most objectives in [#40] are covered, including the controlled canvas, document typing, serialization, validation, fixtures, round-trip tests, and local editor state. The provided evidence does not co… Confirm that packages/post-kit-editor/package.json declares @usewaypoint/email-builder at version 0.0.9 as a runtime dependency. Confirm that EmailTemplateEditor exposes the updated working TemplateSourceFiles through the existing onSave ca…
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main changes: adding the EmailBuilder canvas and lossless template serialization.
Description check ✅ Passed The description includes the linked issue, a clear summary, and test results. It does not include the required human-validation setup, step-by-step expected results, or feedback focus, but it is mostl…
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The reviewed changes support [#40]. They add canvas components, serialization, schemas, fixtures, tests, and editor wiring. No unrelated code changes are evident.
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The description includes the linked issue, a clear summary, and test results. It does not include the required human-validation setup, step-by-step expected results, or feedback focus, but it is mostly complete and relevant.

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Most objectives in [#40] are covered, including the controlled canvas, document typing, serialization, validation, fixtures, round-trip tests, and local editor state. The provided evidence does not confirm that @usewaypoint/email-builder@0.0.9 is a runtime dependency or that working files are exposed through the existing onSave callback. The excluded pnpm-lock.yaml also prevents dependency-lock verification.

Resolution

Confirm that packages/post-kit-editor/package.json declares @usewaypoint/email-builder at version 0.0.9 as a runtime dependency. Confirm that EmailTemplateEditor exposes the updated working TemplateSourceFiles through the existing onSave callback. Verify pnpm-lock.yaml separately because it was excluded by the review filter !**/pnpm-lock.yaml.

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Inline comments:
In `@packages/post-kit-editor/package.json`:
- Around line 41-42: Update the package manifest so react and react-dom are
removed from runtime dependencies, added to devDependencies for local
development, and retained in peerDependencies for consumers.

In `@packages/post-kit-editor/src/canvas/blocks/ColumnsContainerPropsSchema.ts`:
- Around line 10-16: Update ColumnsContainerPropsSchema and
ColumnsContainerEditor.updateColumn to preserve unknown fields: configure the
props and column object schemas with passthrough behavior, and merge the
existing column object before replacing childrenIds so other column fields
survive edits. Add a regression test that verifies unknown props and
edited-column fields remain after updateColumn.

In `@packages/post-kit-editor/src/canvas/blocks/ContainerEditor.tsx`:
- Line 33: Preserve unknown block data when updating child IDs: in
packages/post-kit-editor/src/canvas/blocks/ContainerEditor.tsx lines 33-33,
merge currentBlock.data.props before setting childrenIds; in
packages/post-kit-editor/src/canvas/blocks/ColumnsContainerEditor.tsx line 31,
merge the existing column before setting childrenIds; and in lines 36-42, merge
the current ColumnsContainer data instead of reconstructing it from known
fields.

In `@packages/post-kit-editor/src/canvas/blocks/EmailLayoutEditor.tsx`:
- Around line 42-44: Update the onClick handler in EmailLayoutEditor so it
clears the selected block only when event.target equals event.currentTarget,
preserving AddBlockButton’s onSelect selection for child clicks.

In `@packages/post-kit-editor/src/canvas/editor-core.tsx`:
- Line 82: Remove the placehold.co fallback from the image block URL handling
near data.props?.url and render the established local empty state when the URL
is absent, while preserving normal rendering for valid URLs. First add a failing
regression test covering an image block without url, then update the relevant
editor-core image rendering logic to make it pass.

In `@packages/post-kit-editor/src/email-template-editor.tsx`:
- Around line 41-45: Update handleDocumentChange so canvas edits invoke the
existing onSave consumer callback with workingFiles containing the updated
templateJson, while preserving the local state update. Add an interaction test
that edits the document and verifies onSave receives the updated templateJson.

In `@packages/post-kit-editor/src/serialization.ts`:
- Around line 24-29: Strengthen assertTemplateJson to validate that root is a
non-null, non-array object with the expected block discriminator before
loadTemplateSource casts it to EmailBuilderDocument; otherwise throw
TemplateSourceError using the existing invalid-document message. Add regression
tests covering null, arrays, and objects lacking the discriminator.
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  • packages/post-kit-editor/src/canvas/blocks/EmailLayoutEditor.tsx
  • packages/post-kit-editor/src/canvas/blocks/EmailLayoutPropsSchema.ts
  • packages/post-kit-editor/src/canvas/editor-context.tsx
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patoperpetua and others added 3 commits September 1, 2026 11:54
Keep React as peers only, preserve unknown block fields on canvas edits,
clear selection only on layout-background clicks, remove placehold.co
image fallback, and reject invalid template.json root values.

Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
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@patoperpetua Thanks for the update. The serialization validation finding is addressed. The onSave behavior is outside the scope of #40 and remains deferred to #46.


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Repo: singleton-sd/post-kit PR: 92
File: packages/post-kit-editor/src/email-template-editor.tsx:41-45
Timestamp: 2026-09-01T02:02:35.642Z
Learning: In `packages/post-kit-editor/src/email-template-editor.tsx`, canvas edits update local `workingFiles` only. The consumer `onSave` callback must run from the deferred save/send-test UI in issue `#46`, not for each canvas edit. Issue `#40` intentionally excludes save UI behavior.
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