Events

stacks-events · Backend and API · model-invoked

Dispatching and listening: the event emitter, model events that fire on their own when a model sets observe: true, wildcard listeners, and the app/Events.ts registry.

When to reach for it

• Dispatching events
• Listening for events
• Model events
• Wildcard listeners
• The event emitter
• Event-driven architecture

Covers

@stacksjs/events, app/Events.ts, app/Listener.ts, app/Listeners/.

Inside the skill

The sections an agent reads once the skill loads.

• Key Paths
• Core mitt Implementation (index.ts)
• Stacks Event System Exports
• Built-in Event Types (StacksEvents)
• Model Events
• Event-to-Listener Mapping (app/Events.ts)
• Listener Resolution (app/Listener.ts)
• Implementation Details
• Gotchas

Where the code lives

• Core package: storage/framework/core/events/src/index.ts (single file -- entire implementation)
• Application events: app/Events.ts
• Listener setup: app/Listener.ts
• Listeners: app/Listeners/
• Event types: storage/framework/types/events.ts

Using it

This one is model-invoked. Your agent reaches for it on its own when the task matches, and you can also call it by name:

/stacks-events

Source: stacks-events/SKILL.md. Shadow it for one project with app/Skills/stacks-events/SKILL.md, then re-run buddy setup:ai. See Writing your own.