A Val Town application for receiving Notion webhooks, processing data, and integrating with external services.

├── backend/
│   ├── controllers/         # Business logic
│   ├── routes/             # HTTP handlers
│   │   ├── api/            # API endpoints
│   │   ├── tasks/          # Webhook handlers
│   │   ├── views/          # User-facing views
│   │   └── authCheck.ts    # Auth middleware
│   └── services/           # External API integrations
├── frontend/               # React frontend
│   ├── components/         # React components
│   ├── index.html          # HTML shell
│   └── index.tsx           # React entry point
├── shared/                 # Shared types and utilities
│   ├── types.ts            # TypeScript interfaces
│   └── utils.ts            # Shared utility functions
├── main.http.tsx               # Application entry point (Hono)
├── CLAUDE.md              # Development guidelines
├── AGENTS.md              # Val Town platform guidelines
└── deno.json              # Deno configuration

This application follows a strict 3-layer MVC architecture:

Request → Route → Controller → Service → External API

• Routes: Handle HTTP only (extract params, format responses)
• Controllers: Business logic and orchestration
• Services: External API calls (Notion, Firecrawler, etc.)

Never skip layers! See CLAUDE.md for detailed guidelines.

Required environment variables (set in Val Town):

• NOTION_API_KEY - Notion integration token (required)
• WEBHOOK_SECRET - Shared secret for API and webhook authentication (required for production, optional for development)
• RECENT_PAGES_LOOKBACK_HOURS - Hours to look back for recent pages (optional, defaults to 24)
• Additional service API keys as needed (e.g., FIRECRAWLER_API_KEY)

1. Set environment variables in Val Town settings

2. Add routes in backend/routes/:

   • API endpoints → api/
   • Webhook handlers → tasks/
   • Views → views/

3. Create controllers in backend/controllers/:

   • Use pageController.ts for generic Notion page operations
   • Return standardized {success, data, error, details?} format

4. Integrate services in backend/services/:

   • Use notionService.ts for Notion API calls
   • Create new service files for other integrations

5. Mount routes in main.http.tsx:

   import { apiRoutes } from './backend/routes/api/index.ts';
   app.route('/api', apiRoutes);

• SCAFFOLD.md - One-time setup guide for creating a new val from scratch
• CLAUDE.md - Ongoing development guidelines and architectural patterns
• AGENTS.md - Val Town platform patterns (triggers, redirects, standard library, React config)
• /backend/README.md - Complete backend architecture documentation
• /frontend/README.md - Frontend structure and React patterns
• /shared/README.md - Shared code guidelines

Quick Links:

• New to this val? Start with SCAFFOLD.md
• Developing features? Reference CLAUDE.md
• Val Town questions? Check AGENTS.md

All controllers return:

{
  success: boolean,
  data: any | null,
  error: string | null,
  details?: string
}

• Work with pageId, not task/project-specific IDs
• Routes can be domain-specific (e.g., /api/tasks/:id)
• But they should call generic page controllers

• Services: Return errors, don't throw
• Controllers: Add context to errors
• Routes: Map to HTTP status codes (400, 401, 500)

• Runtime: Deno on Val Town
• Framework: Hono
• Frontend: React 18.2.0 with Pico CSS (classless CSS framework)
• APIs: Notion API (@notionhq/client)
• Storage: Val Town blob storage (optional)

MIT