feat: add type safety for builder configurations with discriminated unions

Improves type safety by creating discriminated union types for builder-specific
configurations, making it clear which configuration options are required for
each builder type.

Changes:
- Created BaseWorkflowConfig interface with common options
- Created StandaloneConfig, VercelBuildOutputConfig, and NextConfig types
- Made WorkflowConfig a discriminated union based on buildTarget
- Added documentation for each configuration type
- Exported new types from @workflow/builders

This enables better IntelliSense and type checking when constructing builder
configurations, preventing invalid configuration combinations at compile time.

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <[email protected]>

Author: 2 people

.changeset/add-type-safety.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@workflow/builders": patch
+---
+
+Add type safety for builder configurations with discriminated unions

packages/builders/src/index.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 export { BaseBuilder } from './base-builder.js';
 export { StandaloneBuilder } from './standalone.js';
 export { VercelBuildOutputAPIBuilder } from './vercel-build-output-api.js';
-export type { WorkflowConfig, BuildTarget } from './types.js';
+export type {
+  WorkflowConfig,
+  BuildTarget,
+  StandaloneConfig,
+  VercelBuildOutputConfig,
+  NextConfig,
+} from './types.js';
 export { validBuildTargets, isValidBuildTarget } from './types.js';
 export type { WorkflowManifest } from './apply-swc-transform.js';
 export { applySwcTransform } from './apply-swc-transform.js';

packages/builders/src/types.ts

@@ -6,14 +6,13 @@ export const validBuildTargets = [
 ] as const;
 export type BuildTarget = (typeof validBuildTargets)[number];
 
-export interface WorkflowConfig {
+/**
+ * Common configuration options shared across all builder types.
+ */
+interface BaseWorkflowConfig {
   watch?: boolean;
   dirs: string[];
   workingDir: string;
-  buildTarget: BuildTarget;
-  stepsBundlePath: string;
-  workflowsBundlePath: string;
-  webhookBundlePath: string;
 
   // Optionally generate a client library for workflow execution. The preferred
   // method of using workflow is to use a loader within a framework (like
@@ -25,6 +24,45 @@ export interface WorkflowConfig {
   workflowManifestPath?: string;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Configuration for standalone (CLI-based) builds.
+ */
+export interface StandaloneConfig extends BaseWorkflowConfig {
+  buildTarget: 'standalone';
+  stepsBundlePath: string;
+  workflowsBundlePath: string;
+  webhookBundlePath: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Configuration for Vercel Build Output API builds.
+ */
+export interface VercelBuildOutputConfig extends BaseWorkflowConfig {
+  buildTarget: 'vercel-build-output-api';
+  stepsBundlePath: string;
+  workflowsBundlePath: string;
+  webhookBundlePath: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Configuration for Next.js builds.
+ */
+export interface NextConfig extends BaseWorkflowConfig {
+  buildTarget: 'next';
+  // Next.js builder computes paths dynamically, so these are not used
+  stepsBundlePath: string;
+  workflowsBundlePath: string;
+  webhookBundlePath: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Discriminated union of all builder configuration types.
+ */
+export type WorkflowConfig =
+  | StandaloneConfig
+  | VercelBuildOutputConfig
+  | NextConfig;
+
 export function isValidBuildTarget(
   target: string | undefined
 ): target is BuildTarget {