Remove the Order demo (entity/feature/repo/config/gRPC/proto) and the three pre-marketplace migrations; regenerate a fresh InitialBaseline migration. Stand up the REST surface (PingController + System/Ping CQRS) proving the Mediator -> behaviors -> OperationResult -> ApiResult envelope end to end. Close wiring gaps: register LoggingBehavior (outermost) and add the built-in rate limiter (per-IP global + otp/auth/sensitive policies), placed before authentication. Add current-user + audit plumbing: ICurrentUser (HttpContext + null impls), rename BaseEntity audit fields to CreatedAt/ModifiedAt (DateTimeOffset) + CreatedById/ModifiedById, stamped by a new AuditFieldInterceptor. Introduce five cross-cutting seams (IDateTimeProvider, IFieldEncryptor, ICacheService, IObjectStorage, INotificationDispatcher) with in-memory/local mocks registered via AddCrossCuttingSeams. Add Baya.Test.Foundation (encryptor, audit interceptor, ping handler) and update docs, contracts (swagger.v1.json), handoff, report, and mocks registry.
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Balinyaar Server — Claude Code Guidelines
The backend API of Balinyaar, a trust-first home-nursing marketplace in Iran.
- Coding rules (the full rule set you must follow) → CONVENTIONS.md. Read it before writing any server code.
- Repo-wide context and the frontend → root CLAUDE.md.
- Product/domain rules (business logic, schema, payments, escrow, verification) →
product/. Read the relevant doc before designing an entity, feature, or endpoint — don't infer business rules from code.
Role
You are a senior .NET software engineer working on this codebase. That means:
- You write production-quality code, not demo code. Every file you touch should look like it was written by someone who has shipped .NET APIs at scale.
- You understand the architecture and work with it, not around it. Clean Architecture boundaries are non-negotiable.
- You think before you write. If a task is ambiguous, reason through the design first. If it touches a contract other layers depend on, think about downstream impact.
- You prefer simplicity and clarity over cleverness. The next engineer (or agent) should read your code without a guide.
- You never leave the codebase in a worse state than you found it.
Stack
- ASP.NET Core / .NET 10 (
net10.0), Web API - Clean Architecture (Domain → Application → Infrastructure → API)
- CQRS with Mediator (
martinothamar/Mediator— source-generator based, not MediatR) - EF Core 10 + SQL Server (Repository + Unit of Work pattern)
- ASP.NET Core Identity with JWE (signed + AES-128-encrypted JWT), OTP, and dynamic permission authorization
- Mapster for mapping, FluentValidation for validation, Serilog for structured logging
- OpenTelemetry + prometheus-net for observability, NSwag for OpenAPI, Asp.Versioning for versioning
- xUnit + NSubstitute for tests
- All NuGet versions are centrally pinned in
Directory.Packages.props
Note: some prose elsewhere may say "MediatR" — the actual dispatcher is
martinothamar/Mediator. UseISender/ICommand/IQueryfrom that package, not MediatR types.
Commands (run from server/)
| Task | Command |
|---|---|
| Restore | dotnet restore Baya.sln |
| Build | dotnet build Baya.sln |
| Run API | dotnet run --project src/API/Baya.Web.Api/Baya.Web.Api.csproj |
| Test | dotnet test Baya.sln |
| Add migration | dotnet ef migrations add <Name> --project src/Infrastructure/Baya.Infrastructure.Persistence --startup-project src/API/Baya.Web.Api |
| Update DB | dotnet ef database update --project src/Infrastructure/Baya.Infrastructure.Persistence --startup-project src/API/Baya.Web.Api |
Default URL: https://localhost:5002 — Swagger at /swagger.
On boot, Program.cs calls ApplyMigrationsAsync() and SeedDefaultUsersAsync() — a reachable SQL
Server is required to start.
Quality gates — run before declaring work done
dotnet build Baya.sln— zero new warnings introduced. Unusedusings, locals, parameters, private fields, or members count as failures — delete them, don't suppress them (CONVENTIONS.md §2 "No unused code").dotnet test Baya.sln— all tests pass.- Read your own diff as if reviewing a PR: would a senior engineer approve it without comment?
- If the change alters the architecture, update the Project map below in the same change (see "Keeping the Project map current").
Project map
This tree is the canonical description of the server's architecture — the authoritative list of projects/assemblies, Clean-Architecture layers, and cross-layer dependencies.
src/
├── Core/
│ ├── Baya.Domain Entities (User, Role…), BaseEntity, IEntity, ITimeModification, IAuditableEntity
│ └── Baya.Application Features/ (Commands & Queries), Contracts/ (incl. Contracts/Common cross-cutting seams), Models/, pipeline behaviors (Common/)
├── Infrastructure/
│ ├── Baya.Infrastructure.Persistence ApplicationDbContext, Repositories/, Configuration/, Migrations/, Interceptors/ (AuditFieldInterceptor)
│ ├── Baya.Infrastructure.Identity Jwt/, Identity/ (Managers, Stores, PermissionManager, Seed, CurrentUser/)
│ ├── Baya.Infrastructure.CrossCutting Serilog wiring + Seams/ (mock impls of the cross-cutting seams) + AddCrossCuttingSeams
│ └── Baya.Infrastructure.Monitoring HealthChecks, OpenTelemetry, prometheus-net
├── API/
│ ├── Baya.Web.Api Program.cs, Controllers/V1/ (PingController), appsettings*.json
│ ├── Baya.WebFramework BaseController, Filters/, Middlewares/, Swagger/, Routing/, ServiceConfiguration/ (rate limiting)
│ └── Plugins/Baya.Web.Plugins.Grpc gRPC services + .proto models (User only)
├── Shared/Baya.SharedKernel Extensions + validation base
└── Tests/
├── Baya.Tests.Setup Shared test infrastructure (SQLite, NSubstitute setup)
├── Baya.Test.Infrastructure.Identity xUnit identity tests
└── Baya.Test.Foundation xUnit tests for cross-cutting plumbing (encryptor, audit interceptor, ping)
Dependency direction points inward. Domain has no dependencies. Application depends only on Domain. Infrastructure and API implement/consume Application contracts. Never make Domain or Application reference Infrastructure or the API — this is a hard rule.
Cross-cutting seams. Application defines mock-able external dependencies as interfaces in
Contracts/Common/ (IDateTimeProvider, IFieldEncryptor, ICacheService, IObjectStorage,
INotificationDispatcher, plus ICurrentUser). Their in-memory/local mock implementations live in
Baya.Infrastructure.CrossCutting/Seams/ and are registered by AddCrossCuttingSeams(configuration)
(config section Seams); ICurrentUser is registered in the Identity layer. Swapping a mock for a
real provider is a registration change — handlers depend only on the contract. Audit fields are
stamped by AuditFieldInterceptor (Persistence), not in handlers.
Keeping the Project map current. When a change touches the architecture — adds, removes, or renames a project/assembly, a Clean-Architecture layer, or a major folder, or changes a cross-layer dependency — you must update this Project map (and the dependency rule above, if affected) in the same change. This is the server-specific form of the root "Keep docs honest" rule: the map is only canonical if it stays accurate.
Startup wiring
Service registration is composed from per-layer extension methods (each project's ServiceConfiguration/):
ConfigureHealthChecks() · SetupOpenTelemetry()
AddApplicationServices() // Mediator + pipeline behaviors (Logging → Metrics → Validate)
RegisterIdentityServices(...) // Identity, JWT/JWE, authorization policies, ICurrentUser + IHttpContextAccessor
AddPersistenceServices(...) // DbContext (+ AuditFieldInterceptor), UnitOfWork, repositories
AddCrossCuttingSeams(config) // IDateTimeProvider, IFieldEncryptor, ICacheService, IObjectStorage, INotificationDispatcher (mocks)
AddWebFrameworkServices() // API versioning + snake_case routing
AddRateLimitingPolicies() // built-in rate limiter: per-IP global + named (otp/auth/sensitive)
AddSwagger("v1", "v1.1") · RegisterValidatorsAsServices() · AddMapster()
ConfigureGrpcPluginServices()
Pipeline order: exception handler → Swagger → routing → rate limiter → authentication →
authorization → controllers → metrics → health checks → gRPC. UseRateLimiter() is placed
before UseAuthentication() so over-limit auth/OTP attempts are rejected (429) before hitting
the auth stack.
When adding new infrastructure, expose it as an extension method and call it from Program.cs —
never inline registrations there directly.
CQRS — how a feature is shaped
Features live under Baya.Application/Features/<Area>/{Commands|Queries}/<Name>/:
Features/<Area>/
├── Commands/<VerbNoun>Command/
│ ├── <VerbNoun>Command.cs record : IRequest<OperationResult<T>>
│ ├── <VerbNoun>Command.Handler.cs internal sealed class : IRequestHandler<...>
│ └── <VerbNoun>Command.Validator.cs
└── Queries/<VerbNoun>Query/
├── <VerbNoun>Query.cs
├── <VerbNoun>Query.Handler.cs
└── <VerbNoun>Query.Result.cs
A minimal live example shipped in backend-phase-0: Features/System/Queries/Ping/ (query + handler +
result), surfaced by Controllers/V1/PingController.
Handlers are internal sealed. Requests are record types. Validators use FluentValidation and are
picked up automatically by the ValidateCommandBehavior pipeline behavior. Never throw for expected
failures — use OperationResult factory methods.
To add a feature: create the folder, implement request + handler + (optional) validator, add any
new contracts to Application/Contracts/ and implement them in Infrastructure, then wire a controller
action to sender.Send(...). Full conventions are in CONVENTIONS.md §5.
Persistence
- Access the DB through
IUnitOfWork— notApplicationDbContextdirectly outside Infrastructure. - Commit once per command via
unitOfWork.CommitAsync(). - Use
AsNoTracking()on all read-only queries. - Always project to a DTO in queries — never return entity objects from handlers.
- Add entity config in
Persistence/Configuration/<Area>Config/implementingIEntityTypeConfiguration<T>. - Soft delete is enforced via a global query filter per entity (see CONVENTIONS.md §6).
Identity & auth
- JWT/JWE issued by
IJwtService(Baya.Infrastructure.Identity/Jwt/JwtService.cs). - Dynamic permission system:
DynamicPermissionHandlerreads[controller]+[action]route values and checks role claims. Always use[controller]/[action]tokens so the keys stay consistent (see CONVENTIONS.md §1 Routing). - Settings bound from
appsettings.json→IdentitySettings. - Auth and OTP endpoints must be rate-limited (CONVENTIONS.md §11).
Conventions — quick reference
Full rules in CONVENTIONS.md. The essentials:
- All URL segments are
snake_caseviaSnakeCaseParameterTransformer— use[controller]/[action]tokens. - Controllers are
sealed, inheritBaseController, injectISender, returnbase.OperationResult(result). Never callOk()/BadRequest()/NotFound()directly. - Handlers are
internal sealed; never throw for expected failures — returnOperationResult. recordfor requests/DTOs,classfor entities (no public setters),sealed classfor handlers/services.async/awaitall the way; passCancellationTokenthrough every async call; never.Result/.Wait()/async void.- Mapster for mapping; FluentValidation for validation (validate at the boundary).
- Package versions live only in
Directory.Packages.props— neverVersion=in a.csproj. - No unused code (usings, locals, parameters, private fields/members) and no what-comments — explain why, prefer self-documenting names (§2).
- Architecture changes (a project/layer/major folder or a cross-layer dependency) must update the Project map in the same change.
- The
Baya.*namespace is project naming — do not rename without explicit instruction.
Known build warnings (pre-existing — do not fix unless tasked)
| Warning | Project | Note |
|---|---|---|
NU1510 on Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Debug |
Baya.Web.Api |
Redundant transitive reference, harmless |
NETSDK1057 (preview SDK) |
all | .NET 10 SDK is preview on this machine |