Development Setup

Follow these steps to set up Chisel for local development.

Prerequisites

• Rust: Latest stable version (use rustup).
• Node.js: Required for building the landing page (Astro).
• VHS: Required for generating demo videos (go install github.com/charmbracelet/vhs@latest).

Building the CLI

cargo build --release --bin chisel

The binary will be available at target/release/chisel.

Running the Landing Page

cd apps/landing
npm install
npm run dev

Generating Demo Assets

We use a script to ensure demos are recorded in a clean environment:

./generate_demos.sh

Internal Testing

Chisel includes a suite of integration tests for the workspace initialization and service logic:

cargo test