`intent` bin conflicts with @tanstack/intent and imports removed subpath
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Description
TanStack Devtools version
v0.14.2
Framework/Library version
React v19.2.8; Node v24.20.0; Npm v11.19.0
Describe the bug and the steps to reproduce it
When installing the package dependencies in my project that include both @tanstack/intent and @tanstack/devtools, I've found there is a collision between these two package's bin outputs. They both define "bin": { "intent": "..." } in their respective package.json, but @tanstack/devtools's bin output (implemented at bin/intent.js) tries to import '@tanstack/intent/intent-library' which results in a ERR_PACKAGE_PATH_NOT_EXPORTED error as this export path was removed from @tanstack/intent (there is a reference to the Intent issue below).
In both my React project and in the minimum reproducible example provided, running npm ci/npm i resolves node_modules/.bin/intent to the bin output from @tanstack/devtools rather than @tanstack/intent. Another engineer on my team sees this same behaviour, but another engineer can correctly resolve @tanstack/intent's bin at node_modules/.bin/intent.
Reproducible steps
In the minimum reproducible example there is a simple node project which has two dependencies (intent and devtools).
- Install the dependencies in the minimum reproducible example project
- Run
npm run help
The node_modules/.bin/intent resolves to devtool's, then running npm run help executes intent help and because the incorrect intent bin is installed, an ERR_PACKAGE_PATH_NOT_EXPORTED error is thrown.
Intent issue #143 removed intent-library from @tanstack/intent's exports.
Breaking: anything invoking intent-library directly must move to the normal intent discovery flow. No compatibility shim.
Your Minimal, Reproducible Example - (Sandbox Highly Recommended)
https://github.com/zlo120/intent-bin-min-repro-example/tree/main
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- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with bin/intent.js and the package bin declarations, then reproduce the collision using the linked minimum reproducible example with npm install and npm run help. Check which package provides node_modules/.bin/intent and verify that the command no longer raises ERR_PACKAGE_PATH_NOT_EXPORTED while both dependencies are installed.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- node.js, typescript
- Domain
- cli, tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 78/100