From 925680f736ec99d7aeb0a79b4d9b1bb944d644f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dotta <bippadotta@protonmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2026 15:30:50 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] fix: include migration files in @paperclipai/db and improve
 server error msg

- db build now copies src/migrations/ to dist/migrations/ after tsc,
  so SQL + meta JSON files are included in the published package.
  Without this, `import("@paperclipai/server")` fails at runtime with
  ENOENT when scanning for migration files.

- CLI's importServerEntry() now distinguishes between "module not found"
  and "server crashed during startup" for clearer error messages.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 cli/src/commands/run.ts  | 10 ++++++++--
 packages/db/package.json |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cli/src/commands/run.ts b/cli/src/commands/run.ts
index eb740e46..6d6ccae2 100644
--- a/cli/src/commands/run.ts
+++ b/cli/src/commands/run.ts
@@ -106,9 +106,15 @@ async function importServerEntry(): Promise<void> {
   try {
     await import("@paperclipai/server");
   } catch (err) {
+    if (isModuleNotFoundError(err)) {
+      throw new Error(
+        `Could not locate a Paperclip server entrypoint.\n` +
+          `Tried: ${devEntry}, @paperclipai/server\n` +
+          `${formatError(err)}`,
+      );
+    }
     throw new Error(
-      `Could not locate a Paperclip server entrypoint.\n` +
-        `Tried: ${devEntry}, @paperclipai/server\n` +
+      `Paperclip server failed to start.\n` +
         `${formatError(err)}`,
     );
   }
diff --git a/packages/db/package.json b/packages/db/package.json
index f298f996..a4cffa26 100644
--- a/packages/db/package.json
+++ b/packages/db/package.json
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     "dist"
   ],
   "scripts": {
-    "build": "tsc",
+    "build": "tsc && cp -r src/migrations dist/migrations",
     "clean": "rm -rf dist",
     "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit",
     "generate": "tsc -p tsconfig.json && drizzle-kit generate",