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name: fx-explore description: Discover available effects, actions, and placeholders in a Sandestin project. Use when asking what effects exist, searching for functionality, or needing example invocations. Keywords: effects, actions, dispatch, describe, grep, sample.

Sandestin Effect Explorer

Discover and understand available effects, actions, and placeholders.

Important: All discoverability functions operate on the dispatch function, not registries. You must first create a dispatch via (s/create-dispatch [registries...]) before using these functions.

About Sandestin

Sandestin is a Clojure effect dispatch library with schema-driven discoverability. Effects are dispatched as vectors like [:myapp/save-user {:name "Alice"}].

GitHub: https://github.com/brianium/sandestin

Check if Installed

Look for the dependency in deps.edn:

io.github.brianium/sandestin {:git/tag "v0.3.0" :git/sha "2be6acc"}

Install if Missing

Add to deps.edn under :deps:

{:deps
 {io.github.brianium/sandestin {:git/tag "v0.3.0" :git/sha "2be6acc"}}}

Workflow

1. Find the Dispatch

Search for create-dispatch to locate the project's dispatch namespace.

2. Explore via REPL

(require '[ascolais.sandestin :as s])
(require '[<dispatch-ns> :refer [dispatch]])

;; List everything
(s/describe dispatch)

;; Filter by type
(s/describe dispatch :effects)
(s/describe dispatch :actions)
(s/describe dispatch :placeholders)

;; Search by keyword
(s/grep dispatch "user")
(s/grep dispatch #"save|create")

;; Get details on specific item
(s/describe dispatch :some.ns/effect-name)

;; Generate sample invocation
(s/sample dispatch :some.ns/effect-name)

;; See system requirements
(s/system-schema dispatch)

Output Format

Summarize findings:

### Effects

**:myapp.db/query** - Execute a SQL query
  Requires: [:datasource]
  Example: [:myapp.db/query "SELECT * FROM users" 42]

### Actions

**:myapp.user/create** - Create user and send welcome email
  Expands to: db insert + email send

Key Functions

| Function | Purpose | |----------|---------| | (s/describe dispatch) | List all items | | (s/describe dispatch :key) | Details for specific item | | (s/grep dispatch "pattern") | Search by string/regex | | (s/sample dispatch :key) | Generate sample data | | (s/system-schema dispatch) | System requirements |