chore(release): publish dev builds as codenomad-dev

Switch dev workflow to publish the server under @neuralnomads/codenomad-dev with dist-tag latest, avoiding @dev dist-tags. Add workflow input to override package name at publish time.

.github/workflows/dev-release.yml

@@ -26,15 +26,16 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
           SHA8="${GITHUB_SHA::8}"
-          TS=$(date -u +%Y%m%d%H%M%S)
-          echo "version_suffix=-dev.${TS}.${SHA8}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          DATE=$(date -u +%Y%m%d)
+          echo "version_suffix=-dev-${DATE}-${SHA8}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
   prerelease:
     needs: prepare
     uses: ./.github/workflows/reusable-release.yml
     with:
       version_suffix: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.version_suffix }}
-      dist_tag: dev
+      npm_package_name: "@neuralnomads/codenomad-dev"
+      dist_tag: latest
       prerelease: true
       release_ui: false
     secrets: inherit

.github/workflows/manual-npm-publish.yml

@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ on:
         required: false
         default: dev
         type: string
+      package_name:
+        description: "Package name to publish (e.g. @neuralnomads/codenomad-dev)"
+        required: false
+        default: "@neuralnomads/codenomad"
+        type: string
   workflow_call:
     inputs:
       version:
@@ -21,6 +26,10 @@ on:
         required: false
         type: string
         default: dev
+      package_name:
+        required: false
+        type: string
+        default: "@neuralnomads/codenomad"
     secrets:
       NPM_TOKEN:
         required: false
@@ -54,7 +63,7 @@ jobs:
         run: npm install @rollup/rollup-linux-x64-gnu --no-save
 
       - name: Build server package (includes UI bundling)
-        run: npm run build --workspace @neuralnomads/codenomad
+        run: npm run build --workspace packages/server
 
       - name: Set publish metadata
         shell: bash
@@ -65,10 +74,17 @@ jobs:
           fi
           echo "VERSION=$VERSION_INPUT" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
           echo "DIST_TAG=${{ inputs.dist_tag || 'dev' }}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          echo "PACKAGE_NAME=${{ inputs.package_name }}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
 
       - name: Bump package version for publish
         run: npm version ${VERSION} --workspaces --include-workspace-root --no-git-tag-version --allow-same-version
 
+      - name: Set server package name for publish
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          node -e "const fs=require('fs'); const path=require('path'); const p=path.join('packages','server','package.json'); const j=JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(p,'utf8')); j.name=process.env.PACKAGE_NAME || j.name; fs.writeFileSync(p, JSON.stringify(j, null, 2)+'\n'); console.log('Publishing as', j.name);"
+
       - name: Publish server package with provenance
         env:
           # Optional: when present, npm will use token auth.
@@ -85,4 +101,4 @@ jobs:
           else
             echo "Using NPM_TOKEN authentication"
           fi
-          npm publish --workspace @neuralnomads/codenomad --access public --tag ${DIST_TAG} --provenance
+          npm publish --workspace packages/server --access public --tag ${DIST_TAG} --provenance

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -14,4 +14,5 @@ jobs:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/reusable-release.yml
     with:
       dist_tag: latest
+      npm_package_name: "@neuralnomads/codenomad"
     secrets: inherit

.github/workflows/reusable-release.yml

@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ on:
         required: false
         default: dev
         type: string
+      npm_package_name:
+        description: "npm package name to publish (defaults to server package name)"
+        required: false
+        default: ""
+        type: string
       prerelease:
         description: "Create GitHub prerelease"
         required: false
@@ -100,4 +105,5 @@ jobs:
     with:
       version: ${{ needs.prepare-release.outputs.version }}
       dist_tag: ${{ inputs.dist_tag }}
+      package_name: ${{ inputs.npm_package_name }}
     secrets: inherit

README.md

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ npx @neuralnomads/codenomad --launch
 For dev version
 
 ```bash
-npx @neuralnomads/codenomad@dev --launch
+npx @neuralnomads/codenomad-dev --launch
 ```
 
 Dev builds are published as GitHub pre-releases:

packages/server/src/index.ts

@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ async function main() {
 
   const updateChannel = (process.env.CODENOMAD_UPDATE_CHANNEL ?? "").trim().toLowerCase()
   const githubRepo = (process.env.CODENOMAD_GITHUB_REPO ?? "NeuralNomadsAI/CodeNomad").trim()
-  const isDevVersion = packageJson.version.includes("-dev.")
+  const isDevVersion = packageJson.version.includes("-dev.") || packageJson.version.includes("-dev-")
   const enableDevUpdateChecks = updateChannel === "dev" || (updateChannel === "" && isDevVersion)
   const devReleaseMonitor = enableDevUpdateChecks
     ? startDevReleaseMonitor({

packages/server/src/releases/release-monitor.ts

@@ -107,7 +107,9 @@ export function stripTagPrefix(tag: string | undefined): string | null {
 
 function parseVersion(value: string): NormalizedVersion {
   const normalized = stripTagPrefix(value) ?? "0.0.0"
-  const [core, prerelease = null] = normalized.split("-", 2)
+  const dashIndex = normalized.indexOf("-")
+  const core = dashIndex >= 0 ? normalized.slice(0, dashIndex) : normalized
+  const prerelease = dashIndex >= 0 ? normalized.slice(dashIndex + 1) : null
   const [major = 0, minor = 0, patch = 0] = core.split(".").map((segment) => {
     const parsed = Number.parseInt(segment, 10)
     return Number.isFinite(parsed) ? parsed : 0

packages/ui/src/stores/releases.ts

@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ function ensureMetaRefresh(meta: ServerMeta) {
   if (metaRefreshInterval) return
 
   const version = meta.serverVersion?.trim() ?? ""
-  const looksLikeDev = version.includes("-dev.")
+  const looksLikeDev = version.includes("-dev.") || version.includes("-dev-")
   const hasDevUpdateChannel = Boolean(meta.update)
 
   if (!looksLikeDev && !hasDevUpdateChannel) {