Single frontend skill for Taruvi. Covers everything that runs in the browser: wiring @taruvi/refine-providers, all Refine hook usage against Taruvi, production-ready list/dashboard/dropdown/upload UX, auth flow, and access control.
If the task is provisioning resources or authoring Python function bodies, switch to taruvi-app-developer.
Provider map
| Provider | Refine key | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
dataProvider(client) |
default |
Datatable CRUD, filters, pagination, aggregation, graph |
storageDataProvider(client) |
storage |
File/object upload, list, download, delete |
appDataProvider(client) |
app |
Function/analytics execution, roles, settings, secrets (via useCustom / useList / useOne) |
userDataProvider(client) |
user |
User CRUD |
authProvider(client) |
authProvider prop |
Login, logout, token refresh, identity, permissions |
accessControlProvider(client) |
accessControlProvider prop |
Batched Cerbos checks for useCan / CanAccess |
Hook support matrix and meta options live in overview.md.
Deprecated — do not use: functionsDataProvider, analyticsDataProvider. Use appDataProvider + useCustom with meta.kind: "function" or meta.kind: "analytics" instead.
Workflow
- Read
overview.mdonce — install, client setup, full provider/hook map. - Open the task-specific reference (table below).
- Identify the installed package's current non-deprecated API. Don't ship new code on a deprecated surface just because old examples exist.
- Apply the production-ready defaults (next section).
- Walk the UI for each role before reporting done — confirm list actions, create buttons, and menu items show/hide correctly.
Reference index
| Task | Read |
|---|---|
| Database CRUD, filters, aggregation, graph | database-provider.md |
| File upload, batch delete, metadata, filters | storage-provider.md |
| Function execution, analytics, roles, settings, secrets | app-provider.md |
| User CRUD | user-provider.md |
| Login, logout, token flow, identity | auth-provider.md |
useCan, CanAccess, prefixed ACL resources |
access-control-provider.md |
| TypeScript types, deprecated migration | types-and-utilities.md |
Production-ready defaults
Unless the user explicitly scopes down, every frontend deliverable must meet these. They are non-suggestion.
Lists / tables
- Backend pagination by default. Default
pageSize10; expose10/20/50/100. - Server-side search, filter, sort — pushed into provider
filters/sorters, never re-applied to fetched rows in React. - Visible search input + relevant filter controls (status, department, date range) — debounce search 300–500ms.
- One primary search control per page (don't duplicate
DataGridquick filter with a separate page search on the same fields). - MUI
DataGrid→ useuseDataGrid. Hand-wiringuseList+ component state is a documented exception, not a default.
Dashboards / KPIs / charts
- Default: datatable
aggregate+groupByviauseListwithmeta.aggregate: ["count"](note the array —aggregate: "count"fails silently). For cross-table needs, the data provider supportspopulateand aggregation together — try that first; aggregating over populated FK fields usually does the job. - Analytics queries are the exception, not the default. Reach for
appDataProvider+useCustom({ meta: { kind: "analytics" } })only when (a) the source is an external database or (b) the SQL genuinely cannot be expressed via the data provider — multi-table joins with grouped aggregation, window functions, recursive CTEs, etc. Registering a query is a separate backend round-trip (taruvi-app-developer); avoid it for anything a singleuseListwithmeta.aggregate+meta.populatecan do. - Never fetch full row sets into React to derive summary metrics.
- Graph queries must set an explicit
depth. havingonly works aftergroupBy. Usefiltersfor pre-aggregation filtering.
Network-backed dropdowns
Autocomplete(or equivalent typeahead), not staticSelect.- Paginated backend queries (default option
pageSize10), debounced search pushed into provider filters. No client-side filtering over a one-shot load.
File uploads / attachments
- Multi-file UX by default. Report per-file success/failure — never an all-or-nothing aggregate.
- Chunk batch uploads to ≤10 files / ≤100MB; chunk batch deletes to ≤100 paths.
- Quota is advisory — surface as a warning, not an upload blocker.
- Warn on overwrite — upload silently replaces existing paths.
- Set
visibilityat bucket level; per-object override wins over bucket default.
Bulk actions
- Backend bulk ops (
updateMany,deleteMany) for single-resource; serverless function for multi-resource cascades. - Show selection scope clearly (selected rows vs filtered set), surface partial-failure details, invalidate affected queries.
Notifications
Use the wired Refine notificationProvider (useNotification). Don't add a parallel toast/snackbar system.
Contract rules (mandatory)
Function execution
useCustom({
url: "<function-slug>",
method: "post",
dataProviderName: "app",
payload: { /* inputs */ },
meta: { kind: "function" },
});
payload carries inputs — not values, not config.payload.
Analytics execution
Same shape with meta: { kind: "analytics" }.
Access control
useCan/CanAccessresources use prefixed ACL strings —datatable:employees,function:employee-terminate,query:hrms-dashboard-summary. Neverparams.entityType, never a bare resource name.- Map UI actions to canonical Cerbos actions before checking:
list/show→read,edit→update,create→create,delete→delete,executefor functions/queries. - Verify the runtime payload —
/check/resources'sresource.kindmust exactly match the requestedresourcestring. - Don't debounce or throttle
useCanmanually —accessControlProvideralready batches via DataLoader.
Client setup
const client = new Client({
apiKey: import.meta.env.VITE_TARUVI_API_KEY,
appSlug: import.meta.env.VITE_TARUVI_APP_SLUG,
apiUrl: import.meta.env.VITE_TARUVI_API_URL,
});
<Refine
dataProvider={{
default: dataProvider(client),
storage: storageDataProvider(client),
app: appDataProvider(client),
user: userDataProvider(client),
}}
notificationProvider={useNotificationProvider}
authProvider={authProvider(client)}
accessControlProvider={accessControlProvider(client)}
/>
Env vars use the framework's browser-exposing prefix (VITE_*, REACT_APP_*, NEXT_PUBLIC_*). Never hardcoded.
Gotchas worth surfacing here
The non-obvious ones. Per-domain pitfalls live in the references.
- 401 vs 403 — 401 = expired session (re-login). 403 = forbidden (show denied). Treating 403 as 401 causes infinite re-login loops.
_cachedUserafter role change — identity is cached module-locally and only clears onlogout(). After admin role changes, force re-login or invalidate["identity"]and["access-control"]query keys.useCustomfor async functions — async returns atask_id, not a result. Either keep the function sync (<30s) or wire a polling pattern with a separate status-check function.dataProviderNamemissing —useCustom/useCreatewithout the rightdataProviderNameroutes todefault, returning confusing "resource not found" errors. Always set"app"for functions/analytics and"storage"for buckets.- Prefilled form fields — set
InputLabelProps: { shrink: true }on TextFields with default values so the label doesn't overlap. aggregatemust be an array —aggregate: "count"silently fails. Useaggregate: ["count"].- Client-side filtering on backend data — fetching a page of rows and filtering in React is a correctness and scalability bug. Always push state into provider queries.