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# Asset Configuration Directive
**Author**: Matthew Raymer
**Date**: 2025-08-19
**Status**: 🎯 **ACTIVE** - Asset management guidelines
*Scope: Assets Only (icons, splashes, image pipelines) — not overall build
orchestration*
## Intent
- Version **asset configuration files** (optionally dev-time generated).
- **Do not** version platform asset outputs (Android/iOS/Electron); generate
them **at build-time** with standard tools.
- Keep existing per-platform build scripts unchanged.
## Source of Truth
- **Preferred (Capacitor default):** `resources/` as the single master source.
- **Alternative:** `assets/` is acceptable **only** if `capacitor-assets` is
explicitly configured to read from it.
- **Never** maintain both `resources/` and `assets/` as parallel sources.
Migrate and delete the redundant folder.
## Config Files
- Live under: `config/assets/` (committed).
- Examples:
- `config/assets/capacitor-assets.config.json` (or the path the tool
expects)
- `config/assets/android.assets.json`
- `config/assets/ios.assets.json`
- `config/assets/common.assets.yaml` (optional shared layer)
- **Dev-time generation allowed** for these configs; **build-time
generation is forbidden**.
## Build-Time Behavior
- Build generates platform assets (not configs) using the standard chain:
```bash
npm run build:capacitor # web build via Vite (.mts)
npx cap sync
npx capacitor-assets generate # produces platform assets; not committed
# then platform-specific build steps
```
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**Status**: Active asset management directive
**Priority**: Medium
**Estimated Effort**: Ongoing reference
**Dependencies**: capacitor-assets toolchain
**Stakeholders**: Development team, Build team
npx capacitor-assets generate # produces platform assets; not committed
# then platform-specific build steps
## Model Implementation Checklist
### Before Asset Configuration
- [ ] **Source Review**: Identify current asset source location (`resources/` or
`assets/`)
- [ ] **Tool Assessment**: Verify capacitor-assets toolchain is available
- [ ] **Config Planning**: Plan configuration file structure and location
- [ ] **Platform Analysis**: Understand asset requirements for all target platforms
### During Asset Configuration
- [ ] **Source Consolidation**: Ensure single source of truth (prefer `resources/`)
- [ ] **Config Creation**: Create platform-specific asset configuration files
- [ ] **Tool Integration**: Configure capacitor-assets to read from correct source
- [ ] **Build Integration**: Integrate asset generation into build pipeline
### After Asset Configuration
- [ ] **Build Testing**: Verify assets generate correctly at build time
- [ ] **Platform Validation**: Test asset generation across all platforms
- [ ] **Documentation**: Update build documentation with asset generation steps
- [ ] **Team Communication**: Communicate asset workflow changes to team