prod-bundles

SkillDev tools

Lets your agent build production bundles and check bundle sizes for desktop and mobile apps.

Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.

Connect ahel once, and every AI you use reads what you have installed.

Then ask your AI: use the prod-bundles skill

About this capability

Use when the user asks to build production bundles, check bundle sizes, audit tree-shaking, or verify mobile/desktop code separation. Covers both the desktop webpack prod build and the iOS/Android Metro bundle.

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by keybase/client in skill/prod-bundles/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

Build production bundles for both platforms and analyze them for correct tree-shaking.

Build Commands

Desktop (webpack):

# From shared/
yarn desktop:build:prod

Output lands in shared/desktop/dist/. Prod bundles have no .dev or .profile suffix — filter with:

ls shared/desktop/dist/*.bundle.js | grep -v '\.dev\.' | grep -v '\.profile\.'

iOS (Metro):

# From shared/
yarn ios:jsbundle

Output: shared/ios/dist/main.jsbundle

Android (Metro):

# From shared/
yarn android:jsbundle

Output: shared/android/dist/main.jsbundle

Tree-Shaking Audit

Desktop — check mobile-only modules are absent:

DIST=shared/desktop/dist
PROD=$(ls "$DIST"/*.bundle.js | grep -v '\.dev\.' | grep -v '\.profile\.')
for mod in expo-audio expo-location expo-video react-native-kb @gorhom/bottom-sheet lottie-react-native react-native-safe-area-context; do
  hits=$(echo "$PROD" | xargs grep -l "$mod" 2>/dev/null | wc -l | tr -d ' ')
  echo "$mod: $hits files"
done

iOS bundle — check bare isMobile/isElectron are inlined as literals (Babel plugin):

# Should report 0 occurrences — bare globals replaced with true/false at transform time
python3 -c "
import re
bundle = open('shared/ios/dist/main.jsbundle').read()
for name in ['isMobile', 'isElectron', 'isAndroid', 'isIOS']:
    real = [m for m in re.finditer(r'(?<![.\w{,])' + name + r'(?![:\w])', bundle)]
    print(f'{name} not as property/key: {len(real)} occurrences')
"

Key Facts

  • Webpack (desktop): DefinePlugin replaces bare globals (isMobile, isElectron, etc.) with literals. Terser DCEs dead branches. Works cross-module.
  • Metro (iOS/Android): The makePlatformPlugin Babel plugin in babel.config.js inlines the same globals at transform time, enabling Metro's constant-folding-plugin to DCE dead branches.
  • Native-only module aliasing (desktop): packages in shared/native-only-modules.js are aliased to shared/null-module.js by webpack. Changes to that file require clearing the webpack cache: rm -rf shared/node_modules/.cache/webpack.
  • Webpack cache invalidation: shared/desktop/webpack.config.mts lists buildDependencies — if you add a new file that affects the build, add it there so cache auto-invalidates.

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Source
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