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Turborepo Monorepo Workflow from Day Zero

Goal

Section titled “Goal”

Bootstrap a Turborepo monorepo and apply common tooling enhancements that help teams ship and maintain packages consistently.

Prerequisites

Section titled “Prerequisites”
  • Node.js 20.11+
  • tinkerise installed

Step 1: Scaffold the monorepo

Section titled “Step 1: Scaffold the monorepo”
Terminal window
tinkerise monorepo acme-platform --package-manager pnpm
cd acme-platform

Expected result: a Turborepo workspace with apps/packages structure and turbo tasks.

Step 2: Add repository workflow enhancements

Section titled “Step 2: Add repository workflow enhancements”
Terminal window
tinkerise add prettier husky commitlint ci editorconfig

These enhancements set formatting defaults, commit checks, and CI automation for the monorepo.

Step 3: Install and run workspace tasks

Section titled “Step 3: Install and run workspace tasks”
Terminal window
pnpm install
pnpm turbo run lint
pnpm turbo run test

Expected result: all packages run lint and test tasks through Turborepo.

Step 4: Verify local developer flow

Section titled “Step 4: Verify local developer flow”
Terminal window
pnpm turbo run dev --filter=./apps/*

Expected result: app workspaces start in watch mode with Turborepo orchestration.

Step 5: Validate generated standards

Section titled “Step 5: Validate generated standards”

Check that commit hooks and CI files were generated and are tracked by git.

Expected generated artifacts

Section titled “Expected generated artifacts”
  • Turborepo workspace files (turbo.json, workspace manifests, app/package skeletons)
  • .husky/ hooks and commitlint config
  • .github/workflows/ci.yml
  • .editorconfig and Prettier config files

Next steps

Section titled “Next steps”
  1. Add language-specific packages (CLI, library, or backend service).
  2. Introduce dependency update automation with tinkerise add renovate.
  3. Reference command behavior in the Turbo scaffolder guide.
Section titled “Related guides”