Add ADR 0016 recording the accepted module database access design (ModuleDatabase, the frozen ModuleRuntimeServices boundary, one pool/one facade/one services-object identity, explicit migrations, and the trust model), with narrow cross-reference corrections to ADR 0006 and ADR 0015 where their original text is now inaccurate. Sweep docs/development/api.md, docs/development/authorization.md, docs/module-development/README.md, docs/development/testing.md, and docs/development/identity.md for the new database boundary and remaining Phase 4C staleness; correct the stale "Phase 4C is next" roadmap paragraph in platform-architecture.md and the matching gap in README's current-status narrative. Extend the module template with a permissioned GET /records route reading through context.services.database, using the canonical createModuleTable helper, with matching template tests.
Ekklesia module template
This is the smallest supported backend-only Ekklesia module. It proves the static manifest,
compiled runtime and schema entrypoints, capability registration, a module-owned Drizzle table, a
generated module-owned migration, logical storage-bucket declarations, and one permissioned HTTP
route (GET /records, declared in register) that reads that table through
context.services.database — the platform-provided ModuleDatabase facade, never a
module-constructed Drizzle instance or a raw pg client. Migration execution and storage
provisioning are intentionally not included.
To create a module inside this repository:
- Copy this directory to
modules/<module-id>. - Rename the package in
package.jsonand removeprivatewhen it is ready for publication. - Update the ID, name, version, namespaces, compatibility ranges, and bucket requests in
ekklesia.module.json. - Keep the manifest capability versions and dependency ranges aligned with the contracts the module actually implements and consumes.
- Replace
src/server/index.tswith backend behavior only. ItsdefineModuleRuntimeID and version must match the manifest; do not duplicate the rest of the manifest in TypeScript. Declare HTTP routes only inregister, against a permission the manifest already declares;start,stop, and every route handler — neverregister— receivecontext.services.database, a typedModuleDatabaseview over the platform's one PostgreSQL pool. - Replace the pure Drizzle declarations in
src/schema/tables.tsand keep its table prefix aligned with the module ID. Keep thedefineModuleSchemaownership wrapper insrc/schema/index.tsaligned too, and never import another module's schema. - Update
drizzle.config.ts, generate forward migrations withpnpm migration:generate --name=lowercase_namefrom the module directory, and review the SQL. Keep each generated tag indrizzle/meta/_ekklesia.json, classify it asnoneorapproval-required, and change that file'smoduleIdwhen renaming the template. - Run
pnpm install,pnpm build,pnpm modules:validate,pnpm migrations:validate, andpnpm verifyfrom the repository root. The declared production entrypoint is the compileddist/server/index.js, not source TypeScript; the schema entrypoint is likewise compiled todist/schema/index.js.
Do not add UI components, styles, renderers, navigation, or layouts. Those belong to surfaces.
Keep imports side-effect-free, register capabilities in register, acquire resources in start,
and release them in stop. Never construct a Drizzle instance, read DATABASE_URL, or reach for a
raw pg client — context.services.database is the only supported way to query this module's own
tables, and it is never available during register.
The migration directory uses the pinned stable Drizzle Kit 0.31.10 PostgreSQL journal and
snapshot format. Migrations are forward-only and may modify only this module's objects. Offline
validation treats SQL as opaque bytes, calculates SHA-256 from the exact contents, and never opens a
database or executes SQL. Destructive declarations are review metadata, not automatic SQL
classification or approval.