Infrastructure

Cloudflare Pages Build Step — Setup Guide

What this does

Adds a build step to Cloudflare Pages so that every time you push to GitHub,

the site auto-generates `manifest.json` (the file list that powers the sidebar nav)

before deploying. New notes you create will appear in the nav automatically.

One-time setup (takes ~3 minutes)

Step 1 — Open your Cloudflare Pages project

1. Go to dash.cloudflare.com

2. Click Workers & Pages in the left sidebar

3. Find and click your second-brain project

Step 2 — Go to Build Settings

1. Click the Settings tab at the top

2. Click Build & Deployments in the left sub-nav

Step 3 — Edit the build configuration

1. Under Build configurations, click Edit

2. Set Build command to:

```

node generate-manifest.js

```

3. Set Build output directory to:

```

/

```

4. Leave Root directory blank unless Cloudflare pre-filled something wrong

5. Click Save

Step 4 — Trigger a deploy

The new build config won't apply until the next push. Either:

• Make any small change and run `sync.bat`, or
• In Cloudflare Pages, go to Deployments tab and click Retry deployment on the latest one

Step 5 — Verify it worked

After deploy completes (~60 seconds):

1. Open brain.kaleb.one in a new tab

2. The sidebar should load automatically — no "manifest missing" error

3. All your files should appear in their sections

How to verify the build ran

In Cloudflare Pages → Deployments tab → click any deployment → View build log

You should see lines like:

```

[manifest] Scanning from: /opt/buildhome/repo

[manifest] Found 42 markdown files

[manifest] Written manifest.json with 42 entries

```

If you see an error like `node: not found`, Cloudflare Pages may need a Node.js version

specified. Add a file named `.nvmrc` to the repo root containing just `20` (or any recent version).

Testing locally (optional)

If you want to test the manifest script before pushing:

1. Open PowerShell or Command Prompt

2. `cd D:\Kaleb\second-brain`

3. `node generate-manifest.js`

4. Check that `manifest.json` was created/updated

You can also open `index.html` in a browser locally — but note it needs to be served over

HTTP (not `file://`) to fetch `manifest.json`. Use VS Code's Live Server extension

or `npx serve .` from the repo root.

What changes after setup