From 9a61b1e361c83aaf8d7dd2c9669ef6ac8433342a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sarah Gerrard <gerrardsarah@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2026 18:13:22 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] perf: split jsonc-parser edit and format out of
 project-context

---
 .changeset/split-jsonc-parser-edit.md           | 5 +++++
 packages/intent/src/setup/workspace-patterns.ts | 4 ++--
 packages/intent/tsdown.config.ts                | 6 ++++++
 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/split-jsonc-parser-edit.md

diff --git a/.changeset/split-jsonc-parser-edit.md b/.changeset/split-jsonc-parser-edit.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2893821e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/split-jsonc-parser-edit.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@tanstack/intent': patch
+---
+
+Keep `jsonc-parser`'s editing and formatting modules out of the shared `project-context` chunk so read-only commands (`intent list`, `intent load`, `intent stale`, and `intent validate`) do not load JSONC edit and format code on startup; behavior does not change.
diff --git a/packages/intent/src/setup/workspace-patterns.ts b/packages/intent/src/setup/workspace-patterns.ts
index 8e9ef065..2979f380 100644
--- a/packages/intent/src/setup/workspace-patterns.ts
+++ b/packages/intent/src/setup/workspace-patterns.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import { existsSync, lstatSync, readFileSync, readdirSync } from 'node:fs'
 import { dirname, join } from 'node:path'
-import { parse as parseJsonc } from 'jsonc-parser'
+import { parse as parseJsonc } from 'jsonc-parser/lib/esm/main.js'
 import { parse as parseYaml } from 'yaml'
 import { hasAnySkillFile } from '../shared/utils.js'
 import { readPackageJson } from '../core/package-json.js'
-import type { ParseError } from 'jsonc-parser'
+import type { ParseError } from 'jsonc-parser/lib/esm/main.js'
 import type { IntentFsCache } from '../discovery/fs-cache.js'
 
 function normalizeWorkspacePattern(pattern: string): string {
diff --git a/packages/intent/tsdown.config.ts b/packages/intent/tsdown.config.ts
index 8e139e10..d1f4df09 100644
--- a/packages/intent/tsdown.config.ts
+++ b/packages/intent/tsdown.config.ts
@@ -61,6 +61,12 @@ export default defineConfig({
     'jsonc-parser': fileURLToPath(
       new URL('./node_modules/jsonc-parser/lib/esm/main.js', import.meta.url),
     ),
+    'jsonc-parser/lib/esm/main.js': fileURLToPath(
+      new URL(
+        './node_modules/jsonc-parser/lib/esm/impl/parser.js',
+        import.meta.url,
+      ),
+    ),
     // yaml's `node` export condition is a CommonJS build that rolldown cannot
     // tree-shake; point at the ES module build its `default` condition serves.
     yaml: fileURLToPath(