openswarm/backend/CLAUDE.md

backend — conventions (Python)

All conventions in the root CLAUDE.md apply here. Python-specific emphasis:

• No leading _; use p_ for private (no-underscore-names), and a p_ name used outside its file/class must be made public (p-private). Both are linter-enforced for backend/.
• Absolute imports only — from backend.apps.foo import bar, never from .foo import bar.
• No barrels — __init__.py must not exist solely to re-export.
• @typechecked on every function, and prefer typing generics (List, Dict, Optional) over builtins. Pyright/Pylance strict.
• Classes are pydantic BaseModel (model_config = ConfigDict(validate_assignment=True), InstanceOf[...] for unrecognized field types). Don't use plain classes or bare dicts for structured data — model it. Legitimate dicts: dynamic-key registries and external protocol shapes (SDK hook returns, model_dump output).
• Single-purpose file naming — a one-export file is named after its export.

Touch a file → it must be clean under these rules. Pre-existing debt is grandfathered in linter/config/config.json; don't mass-migrate untouched files.