Document Zero outbound fetch and People invitations

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What changed

• Zero handlers can call fetch() (HTTPS only). The old "no outbound fetch" warning is gone.
• Actions: no transaction, read-only db, no invalidate, useAction on the client. Fetch budgets: 5 s per call in mutations and write endpoints, 10 s per call in queries and read endpoints, 5 s total for a whole action.
• Outbound reach depends on ownership: a claimed space reaches any public host, an unclaimed one only the trusted list (listed on both pages). In Zero a refused fetch throws SpacefastFetchError (zero_fetch_host_untrusted); in Functions it answers 403.
• Functions: every worker gets env.DB and fetch(). runtime.database and runtime.fetch are gone from sf.jsonc (a leftover key is ignored with a warning), so they're removed from the Functions, config-file, and Database pages.
• There's no ctx.people. The example invites and resends through POST /v1/spaces/{spaceId}/people and POST /v1/spaces/{spaceId}/people/{personId}/resend, using a manager machine credential, whole-space scope "/", and one shared authorization gate.
• Sign-in gates use ctx.auth.isAuthenticated. A signed-out visitor is a guest:… user, so a userId check lets everyone through.

Merge gate

The platform side is live. The published spacefast / @spacefast/zero 0.4.1 still has no action() and seals fetch: false into every Zero handler, so this merges once 0.5.0 is on npm.

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• Documentation
  • Clarified how Functions and Zero differ and when runtime configuration is needed.
  • Documented that workers receive database access and fetch() by default, and explained outbound host restrictions for claimed and unclaimed spaces.
  • Added guidance on Zero actions, including invocation limits, fetch behavior, and an example of using actions to manage invitations through an external API.
  • Updated database setup guidance and the runtime configuration reference.

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The documentation updates describe default database and fetch availability for Functions. They add Zero actions, document outbound fetch limits and host restrictions, and provide examples for People API invitations.

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Layer / File(s)	Summary
Functions runtime availability content/(dynamic)/functions.mdx, content/(dynamic)/database.mdx, content/(reference)/config-file.mdx	The Functions documentation says workers receive env.DB and fetch() without runtime declarations. It describes host restrictions and removes the database and fetch runtime options.
Zero actions contract content/(dynamic)/zero-runtime.mdx	The Zero runtime documentation adds actions to capsule declarations, SDK references, handler context, and client calls. Actions have read-only database access, no transaction or invalidation, and a five-second total deadline.
Zero outbound fetch and People API example content/(dynamic)/zero-runtime.mdx	The documentation defines fetch timeouts and host restrictions for Zero handlers. It adds examples for inviting and resending invitations through the People API.

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Projects pinned to 0.4.1 cannot use the documented action APIs, and the claimed-space HTTP rules differ between Zero and Functions. State the required version and clarify the transport contract before relying on these docs.

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• observed — content (service) was modified; 4 changed files map to changed impact.

Before / after behavior

• observed — Modified behavior in content/(dynamic)/database.mdx: The Functions database availability description no longer requires database: true; it says workers receive the binding as env.DB.
• observed — Modified behavior in content/(dynamic)/database.mdx: The Database page’s disabled condition no longer checks whether a worker declared database: true; it now applies only until the Space runs a Zero app or a worker.
• observed — Modified behavior in content/(dynamic)/functions.mdx: The Functions description no longer presents outbound HTTP as a reason to use Functions and revises Zero’s description from a database alongside handlers to a platform-migrated schema with live browser queries.
• observed — Modified behavior in content/(dynamic)/functions.mdx: The runtime declaration is now needed only when detection cannot infer the layout; the former capability-based reason and the example’s database and fetch settings are removed.

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In `@content/`(dynamic)/zero-runtime.mdx:
- Around line 132-142: Add an Actions column to the handler-context table,
documenting each context field for actions: read-only db, explicit auth and log
availability, server-only env access, and no invalidate. Align the entries with
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- Line 185: Update the claimed Zero space outbound-access sentence to state that
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Reviewed both findings:

• Added the missing Actions column and documented its read-only database, auth, server environment, logging, and invalidation contract in a68ebf8.
• Did not change Zero to allow plain HTTP because the runtime rejects it. Clarified that Zero is HTTPS-only while Functions supports HTTP and HTTPS in e0451b7.

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PR Summary

Brings the Zero and Functions docs in line with the shipped outbound-fetch model. It also documents Zero actions and shows how an app can invite People to a private space through the public API.

• Zero: removes the "no outbound fetch" warning. Adds an Outbound HTTP section covering HTTPS-only fetch() and per-handler time limits: 5 s per fetch in mutations and write endpoints, 10 s per fetch in queries and read endpoints, and 5 s total for a whole action. The section also covers claimed vs unclaimed egress with the nine trusted hosts. From an unclaimed space, a fetch to another host throws SpacefastFetchError.
• Zero actions: documents action/useAction, the actions capsule key (compiler 0.5.0 or later), and the action column in the ctx table (read-only db, no invalidate). Tells readers to gate sign-in on ctx.auth.isAuthenticated, because guests carry a guest:… userId. Warns that a query's fetch() can run again on replay.
• People example: a gated action calls POST /v1/spaces/{id}/people and .../resend using an sfm_ machine credential with the manager role. The token is piped straight into sf env set. The page states that there is no ctx.people and explains how --path subtrees limit the credential.
• Functions: removes the database/fetch runtime keys. Every worker now gets env.DB and fetch(), and a leftover key only produces a warning. Adds an egress table (claimed spaces can use HTTP or HTTPS).
• Database and config reference: drops database: true and the runtime.database/runtime.fetch rows.

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• The Zero Outbound HTTP section says only mutations and write endpoints are capped at 5 seconds, that everything else gets 10, and that slow calls belong in an action. In fact the whole action invocation has a 5-second deadline, shared by all of its fetches, so an action has the tightest budget of any handler. (fixed by commit 97f4f0a)
• The Zero page says fetch() from an unclaimed space to a host that isn't trusted "answers 403". In Zero, fetch() actually rejects with a SpacefastFetchError (code zero_fetch_host_untrusted) and returns no Response, so code that checks response.status === 403 never runs. The Functions page is correct: it does return a 403. (fixed by commit d9b3738)
• The People invite setup runs sf env set INVITE_TOKEN --value-from-stdin < token.txt, but no earlier step creates token.txt. sf share token create --show-secret also prints two lines ("Machine credential mch_… is ready." and then the token), so redirecting its output into the file would store an invalid bearer. (fixed by commit 37571b6)
• The ctx table lists isAuthenticated for auth, while the new invite example checks ctx.auth.isSignedIn. Both fields exist and always hold the same value, but a reader comparing the two will think the example uses a field that doesn't exist. Add isSignedIn to the table, or use isAuthenticated in the example. (fixed by commit e76cc30)
• The Zero page still says that anything that leaves a mark outside the database is withheld from queries, but this PR documents fetch() as working in every handler, queries included. A side-effecting fetch() in a query runs again on every subscription replay. Qualify the sentence and tell readers to keep side-effecting calls out of queries. (fixed by commit 4091739)
• The invite example says to narrow --path and that /docs covers one subtree. But a credential created with --path /docs gets 403 machine_credential_scope_denied on every invite, including invites at /docs, because an invite scope expands to /docs/**. Show the narrowed form as --path '/docs/**'. (fixed by commit 7abc5d3)

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Reviewed current head ef8e7fa. No blocking findings.

I cross-checked the Zero deadlines, egress policy, and refusal behavior; Functions’ always-on database and fetch contract; and the People API machine-credential flow against current monorepo main. The full docs suite passes: generated references, type check, links, build, audit, public safety, prose, routes, and diff check. LGTM.

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🟡 Minor · Mark the action APIs as requiring compiler 0.5.0 or later. · zero-runtime.mdx:63-64

content/(dynamic)/zero-runtime.mdx:63-64
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Mark the action APIs as requiring compiler 0.5.0 or later.

If a scaffold pins the SDK to 0.4.1, the documented action and useAction imports are unavailable, and capsule() rejects the actions option. The 0.5.0 release is publicly available; it is not an unavailable prerequisite.

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-| `@spacefast/zero/server` | `server/` | `capsule`, `query`, `mutation`, `action`, `endpoint`, `table`, field constructors, response helpers |
-| `@spacefast/zero/client` | `client/` | `useQuery`, `usePaginatedQuery`, `useMutation`, `useAction`, `useAuth`, `storage`, `Router` and friends |
+| `@spacefast/zero/server` | `server/` | `capsule`, `query`, `mutation`, `action` (compiler 0.5.0 or later), `endpoint`, `table`, field constructors, response helpers |
+| `@spacefast/zero/client` | `client/` | `useQuery`, `usePaginatedQuery`, `useMutation`, `useAction` (compiler 0.5.0 or later), `useAuth`, `storage`, `Router` and friends |

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Review comment at @content/(dynamic)/zero-runtime.mdx around lines 63 - 64:
Update the API table in the zero-runtime documentation to mark the server action
API and client useAction hook as requiring compiler 0.5.0 or later; leave the
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