@lapidist/dsr

Design System Runtime — a long-lived kernel process that holds the complete design system graph in memory and exposes it over a typed IPC interface.

Part of the Lapidist ecosystem v8 architecture.

Overview

DSR eliminates the cold-start cost of re-parsing DTIF and re-loading plugins on every CLI invocation. Every tool — linter, LSP, MCP server — connects to one running kernel instance via the Kernel Wire Protocol (KWP).

design-lint kernel start
design-lint kernel stop
design-lint kernel status
design-lint export-runtime-snapshot --out .designlint/snapshot.bin

Architecture

dsr/
├── kernel/        KernelProcess: lifecycle, state, event bus, snapshot
├── transport/     Unix socket (primary) + HTTP (fallback for Windows/CI)
├── dsql/          Design System Query Language: fluent in-memory query API
├── environments/  NodeEnvironment · BrowserEnvironment · EdgeEnvironment
└── write-api/     KernelWriteAPI: addToken, deprecateToken, configureRule…

Performance targets

Operation	Target
Kernel cold start	< 500ms
CLI on warm kernel	< 50ms
Snapshot restore	< 50ms
lint_snippet via MCP	< 50ms
LSP diagnostic on file change	< 100ms
10k file workspace scan	< 10s

Installation

pnpm add @lapidist/dsr

Usage

Connect from Node.js (design-lint, LSP, MCP)

import { NodeEnvironment } from '@lapidist/dsr/environments/node';

const env = new NodeEnvironment();
await env.connect();

const tokens = await env.dsql.tokens('color').forProperty('color');
const ranked = await env.dsql.tokens().closest('#3B82F6', 'color');

await env.disconnect();

Restore from snapshot (Edge / serverless)

import { EdgeEnvironment } from '@lapidist/dsr/environments/edge';

const env = new EdgeEnvironment({ snapshotPath: '.designlint/snapshot.bin' });
await env.restore();

const token = await env.dsql.tokens().byPointer('#/color/brand/primary');

Run the kernel process

import { KernelProcess } from '@lapidist/dsr';

const kernel = new KernelProcess({ enableHttp: true });
await kernel.start();
// kernel is now listening on /tmp/designlint-kernel.sock and http://127.0.0.1:7341

Dependency rules

DSR depends only on @lapidist/dtif-parser. It must never depend on @lapidist/design-lint or any downstream package.

License

MIT — see LICENSE.