How to run a development version of keystatic? (sh: next: command not found)

[tordans]

I am trying to get keystatic running to see if I could contribute a feature.

However, I am stuck…

The installation seems to work fine

At least after getting #1284 going.

keystatic % pnpm install
Scope: all 21 workspace projects
../.. postinstall$ preconstruct dev && manypkg check && cd packages/keystatic && pnpm run setup
│ 🎁 info project is valid!
│ Browserslist: caniuse-lite is outdated. Please run:
│   npx update-browserslist-db@latest
│   Why you should do it regularly: https://github.com/browserslist/update-db#readme
│ 🎁 success created links!
│ ☔️ success workspaces valid!
│ > @keystatic/[email protected] setup /Users/fmc/Development/NPM/keystatic/packages/keystatic
│ > ts-gql build && tsx scripts/l10n.cts && tsx scripts/build-prism.cts
└─ Done in 3.4s
Done in 6.1s

But I cannot start the system…

keystatic % pnpm run dev

> @keystatic/[email protected] dev /Users/fmc/Development/NPM/keystatic/packages/keystatic
> next dev

sh: next: command not found
 ELIFECYCLE  Command failed.

The docs hint at possible issues related to corepack https://github.com/Thinkmill/keystatic/blob/main/README.md?plain=1#L70-L72 But I don't see how that might be related or how to check if it is.

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Maybe @simonswiss this is something for a new livestream on Keystatic: How to add a feature to core…

[tordans]

I now wonder if I need to run this app https://github.com/Thinkmill/keystatic/blob/main/dev-projects/next-app/README.md
I get this one running by building pnpm build:packages in root and then pnpm run dev in the dev-projects/next-app.
I then see the Keystatic Auth Screen to Create a Github App. Adding a new app fails with an error message about "non-Node.js environment", so I guess on needs the Thinkmill app key that are hinted at in the readme to use this … which are non-public I guess.
I did manage to start the app by changing the Keystatic config to kind: 'local'. Now I can see the Dashboard.
However, every Collection or Singleton I use results in an infinite spinner and the console error

GET http://127.0.0.1:3001/api/keystatic/tree 500 (Internal Server Error) fetchLocalTree @ data.tsx:58
VM179585:1 Uncaught (in promise) SyntaxError: Unexpected token 'T', "The Keysta"... is not valid JSONUnderstand this errorAI

It looks like this is a dead end as well.