Plutonium Packages

Packages are specialized Rails engines for organizing code. There are two types:

Type	Purpose	Generator
Feature	Business logic (models, policies, interactions)	`rails g pu:pkg:package NAME`
Portal	Web interface (controllers, views, auth)	`rails g pu:pkg:portal NAME`

Feature Packages

Contain domain logic without web interface:

bash

rails g pu:pkg:package blogging

Structure

code

packages/blogging/
├── app/
│   ├── models/blogging/
│   │   ├── post.rb
│   │   └── comment.rb
│   ├── definitions/blogging/
│   │   ├── post_definition.rb
│   │   └── comment_definition.rb
│   ├── policies/blogging/
│   │   ├── post_policy.rb
│   │   └── comment_policy.rb
│   └── interactions/blogging/
│       └── publish_post_interaction.rb
├── db/migrate/
└── lib/
    └── engine.rb

Engine

ruby

module Blogging
  class Engine < Rails::Engine
    include Plutonium::Package::Engine
  end
end

Namespacing

All classes are auto-namespaced:

•app/models/blogging/post.rb → Blogging::Post
•app/policies/blogging/post_policy.rb → Blogging::PostPolicy

Portal Packages

Provide web interfaces for specific user types:

bash

rails g pu:pkg:portal admin
rails g pu:pkg:portal dashboard

Structure

code

packages/admin_portal/
├── app/
│   ├── controllers/admin_portal/
│   │   ├── concerns/controller.rb
│   │   ├── dashboard_controller.rb
│   │   └── plutonium_controller.rb
│   ├── definitions/admin_portal/     # Portal-specific overrides
│   ├── policies/admin_portal/        # Portal-specific overrides
│   └── views/
│       └── layouts/admin_portal.html.erb
├── config/
│   └── routes.rb
└── lib/
    └── engine.rb

Engine

ruby

module AdminPortal
  class Engine < Rails::Engine
    include Plutonium::Portal::Engine

    config.after_initialize do
      # Optional: multi-tenancy
      scope_to_entity Organization, strategy: :path
    end
  end
end

See plutonium-portal skill for portal-specific features.

Package Loading

Packages are loaded via config/packages.rb:

ruby

# config/packages.rb (generated during install)
Dir.glob(File.expand_path("../packages/**/lib/engine.rb", __dir__)) do |package|
  load package
end

This is required in config/application.rb.

Creating Resources in Packages

bash

# In main app
rails g pu:res:scaffold Post title:string --dest=main_app

# In feature package
rails g pu:res:scaffold Blogging::Post title:string --dest=blogging

Connecting Resources to Portals

Resources must be connected to portals to be accessible:

bash

rails g pu:res:conn Post --dest=admin_portal
rails g pu:res:conn Blogging::Post --dest=admin_portal

This creates:

•Portal-specific controller
•Portal-specific policy (optional)
•Portal-specific definition (optional)
•Route registration

When to Use Each Type

Feature Packages

Use for:

•Domain-specific models and logic
•Reusable business functionality
•Shared code across portals

Examples: blogging, billing, inventory, user_management

Portal Packages

Use for:

•User-facing interfaces
•Role-specific access (admin, customer, public)
•Different authentication requirements

Examples: admin_portal, dashboard_portal, public_portal, api_portal

Typical Architecture

code

packages/
├── blogging/              # Feature: blog functionality
│   └── models, definitions, policies
├── billing/               # Feature: payment/invoicing
│   └── models, definitions, policies
├── admin_portal/          # Portal: admin interface
│   └── controllers, views, routes
└── dashboard_portal/      # Portal: user dashboard
    └── controllers, views, routes

Migration Integration

Package migrations are automatically integrated:

bash

rails db:migrate  # Runs migrations from all packages

Related Skills

•plutonium-portal - Portal-specific features (auth, entity scoping, routes)
•plutonium-resource - Resource architecture overview
•plutonium-connect-resource - Connecting resources to portals
•plutonium-create-resource - Creating resources