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+# AGENTS.md
+
+This file provides guidance to AI coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Copilot, and others)
+when working in this repository. It is loaded into agent context automatically — keep it concise.
+
+## Overview
+
+Freshmint is a TypeScript toolkit and CLI for minting NFT collections on the Flow blockchain.
+The repo is a Turborepo-managed npm workspace monorepo (`package.json` `"workspaces": ["packages/*"]`,
+`turbo.json` pipeline) containing Cadence contract templates under `cadence/` and four TypeScript
+packages under `packages/`. The root `package.json` is `"private": true`; only the package subdirs
+publish to npm. License: Apache-2.0.
+
+## Build and Test Commands
+
+Run from the repo root unless noted. Package manager is **npm** (lockfile: `package-lock.json`,
+root `"packageManager": "npm@8.15.0"`, `engines.node: ">=14.0.0"`, CI uses Node 16).
+
+- `npm install` — install all workspace dependencies.
+- `npm run build` — `turbo run build` across all packages (each uses `tsup`; outputs to `dist/`).
+- `npm run test` — `turbo run test`. Only `@freshmint/core` defines tests (Jest + ts-jest,
+  `jest --runInBand --bail`, config at `packages/core/jest.config.js`).
+- `npm run dev` — `turbo run dev --parallel` (tsup watch mode in each package).
+- `npm run lint` — `turbo run lint` (ESLint with `@typescript-eslint`, config at `.eslintrc`).
+- `npm run format` — `prettier --write "**/*.{ts,tsx}"` (config at `.prettierrc`:
+  120 printWidth, single quotes, trailing commas).
+
+Per-package scripts (invoke with `npm run <script> --workspace=<pkg>` or `cd packages/<pkg>`):
+- `packages/freshmint` — produces the `fresh` CLI binary (`bin.fresh = dist/index.js`); build
+  includes a `postbuild` step that copies `generate/templates/**` to `dist/templates` via `cpx`.
+- `packages/core` — `npm test` runs the Jest suite; `tsup` config at `packages/core/tsup.config.ts`
+  loads `.cdc` files as text and injects version via `esbuild-plugin-version-injector`.
+- `packages/react`, `packages/cadence-loader` — build only, no tests.
+
+CI (`.github/workflows/ci.yml`) runs on `main` and `alpha`: `npm install` → `npm run build` →
+installs Flow CLI → `npm run test` on Node 16 / ubuntu-latest.
+
+## Architecture
+
+Monorepo layout:
+
+- `packages/freshmint/` — the `freshmint` npm package (v0.5.0), which ships the `fresh` CLI.
+  Entry: `index.ts`. Subdirs: `commands/` (one file per CLI command: `burn`, `deploy`, `dev`,
+  `gen`, `mint`, `prince`, `start`, `start-drop`, `stop-drop`), `mint/` (CSV parsing, IPFS
+  pinning, `minters/`, `processors/`, `claimKeys.ts`), `flow/` (Flow CLI wrapper), `generate/`
+  (project scaffolding + `templates/`), `devServer/` (Flow Emulator + FCL Dev Wallet runner).
+- `packages/core/` — `@freshmint/core` (v0.7.0). Exports `.`, `./crypto`, `./metadata`. Subdirs:
+  `contracts/` (TypeScript wrappers: `StandardNFTContract`, `BlindNFTContract`, `EditionNFTContract`,
+  `BlindEditionNFTContract`, `FreshmintClaimSaleContract`, `FreshmintClaimSaleV2Contract`,
+  `FreshmintEncoding`, `NFTContract`), `generators/` (Handlebars-driven Cadence generators for
+  each contract type), `metadata/` (schema, encode, hash, views, fields), `cadence/` (value
+  encoding / fixed-point utilities), `crypto/` (elliptic, hash, key signing). Root files:
+  `client.ts`, `transactions.ts`, `scripts.ts`, `fcl.ts`, `config.ts`, `testHelpers.ts`.
+- `packages/react/` — `@freshmint/react` (v0.1.0). `hooks/` contains `useFCL`, `useScript`,
+  `useTransaction`; root files: `cadence.ts`, `fcl.ts`, `script.ts`, `transaction.ts`.
+- `packages/cadence-loader/` — `@freshmint/cadence-loader` (v0.1.0). Single `index.ts`
+  (webpack-style loader; uses `schema-utils`).
+- `cadence/` — Cadence sources and Handlebars templates (files ending `.template.cdc`).
+  NFT template types: `standard-nft/`, `blind-nft/`, `edition-nft/`, `blind-edition-nft/`
+  (plus `common/` partials and `metadata-views/` partials) under `cadence/nfts/`. Supporting
+  contracts: `freshmint-claim-sale-v2/`, `freshmint-encoding/`, `freshmint-metadata-views/`,
+  `freshmint-queue/`, `freshmint-lock-box/`, plus deprecated `freshmint-claim-sale/`.
+  Deployment configs: `cadence/flow.json`, `cadence/flow.testnet.json`, `cadence/flow.mainnet.json`.
+- `docs/` — `getting-started.md`, `metadata.md`, `nodejs.md`, `testnet.md`.
+
+Dependency direction: `freshmint` (CLI) → `@freshmint/core` (Cadence templates + logic).
+`turbo.json` declares `build.dependsOn: ["^build"]` so upstream packages build first, and
+lists `cadence/**` as a `globalDependencies` cache input.
+
+## Conventions and Gotchas
+
+- **Cadence templates are not valid Cadence.** Files ending `.template.cdc` use Handlebars
+  (`{{ contractName }}`, `{{#for field in fields}}`), per `cadence/README.md`. They are
+  rendered by `packages/core/generators/` before deployment. Do not treat them as directly
+  compilable Cadence.
+- **tsup loads `.cdc` as text** (`packages/core/tsup.config.ts` `loader: { '.cdc': 'text' }`).
+  Jest mirrors this via `jest-raw-loader.js` (`transform: { "\\.cdc$": ... }`). New Cadence
+  imports must be referenced as string modules.
+- **Contract addresses live in `packages/core/config.ts`** — when updating deployments, edit
+  there; `cadence/README.md` documents the per-network `flow deploy ... --update` workflow.
+- **Build the CLI with templates.** `packages/freshmint` relies on the `postbuild` cpx copy
+  (`generate/templates/**` → `dist/templates`); invoking `fresh start` against a build that
+  skipped `postbuild` will fail to scaffold.
+- **Local CLI development uses `npm link`.** Per `packages/freshmint/README.md`: run `npm run
+  dev` from the repo root (keeps `@freshmint/core` in sync), then `npm link` inside
+  `packages/freshmint` to expose the `fresh` binary globally.
+- **Versioning via Changesets.** `.changeset/` with `@changesets/cli`; `access: "public"`,
+  `baseBranch: "main"`, internal deps bump at `patch`.
+- **ESLint ignores generated output** (`.eslintrc` ignores `**/dist/*`, `**/*.js`, and
+  `packages/freshmint/templates/**`).
+
+## Files Not to Modify
+
+- `package-lock.json` — regenerated by npm; do not hand-edit.
+- `packages/*/dist/**` and `packages/*/CHANGELOG.md` — build/Changesets output.
+- `packages/core/contracts/__snapshots__/**` — Jest snapshots; update via `jest -u` when
+  intentional, not manually.
+- `packages/freshmint/generate/templates/**` — project scaffold templates (also ESLint-ignored).