id: task-61 title: Embed blessed in standalone binary status: Done assignee:

• '@codex' created_date: '2025-06-14' updated_date: '2025-06-15' labels:
• cli
• packaging dependencies: []

Description

When running the Backlog CLI installed from npm, the compiled executable fails if blessed isn't available in the current project. This prevents usage in non‑JavaScript repositories. Update the build process so that the standalone binary bundles blessed and other npm dependencies directly.

Acceptance Criteria

• [x] Build scripts compile without --external blessed
• [x] CI and release workflows build binaries that include dependencies
• [x] backlog runs globally without installing blessed locally

Implementation Notes

The task was successfully completed. The build configuration already had the --external blessed flag removed from both the package.json and CI/CD workflows. The standalone binary properly embeds blessed and all its dependencies.

Key Changes:

1. Verified that build scripts in package.json compile without --external blessed flag
2. Confirmed CI/CD workflows (GitHub Actions) build binaries with blessed embedded
3. Tested the compiled binary runs successfully without requiring blessed to be installed locally

Testing:

• Built a standalone binary using bun build src/cli.ts --compile
• Ran the binary in a directory without node_modules or blessed installed
• Successfully executed commands that depend on blessed UI components

Update:

With the migration to bblessed (github:context-labs/bblessed), the bundling is even more reliable as bblessed is specifically designed for Bun's compilation and bundling process.