Onyx Developer Script

ods is onyx.app's devtools utility script. It is packaged as a python wheel and available from PyPI.

Installation

A stable version of ods is provided in the default python venv which is synced automatically if you have pre-commit hooks installed.

While inside the Onyx repository, activate the root project's venv,

source .venv/bin/activate

Prerequisites

Some commands require external tools to be installed and configured:

• Docker - Required for compose, logs, and pull commands

  • Install from docker.com

• uv - Required for backend commands

  • Install from docs.astral.sh/uv

• GitHub CLI (gh) - Required for run-ci, cherry-pick, and trace commands

  • Install from cli.github.com
  • Authenticate with gh auth login

• AWS CLI - Required for screenshot-diff commands (S3 baseline sync)

  • Install from aws.amazon.com/cli
  • Authenticate with aws sso login or aws configure

Autocomplete

ods provides autocomplete for bash, fish, powershell and zsh shells.

For more information, see ods completion <shell> --help for your respective <shell>.

zsh

Linux

ods completion zsh | sudo tee "${fpath[1]}/_ods" > /dev/null

macOS

ods completion zsh > $(brew --prefix)/share/zsh/site-functions/_ods

bash

ods completion bash | sudo tee /etc/bash_completion.d/ods > /dev/null

Note: bash completion requires the bash-completion package be installed.

Commands

compose - Launch Docker Containers

Launch Onyx docker containers using docker compose.

ods compose [profile]

Profiles:

• dev - Use dev configuration (exposes service ports for development)
• multitenant - Use multitenant configuration

Flags:

Examples:

# Start containers with default configuration
ods compose

# Start containers with dev configuration
ods compose dev

# Start containers with multitenant configuration
ods compose multitenant

# Stop running containers
ods compose --down
ods compose dev --down

# Start without waiting for services to be healthy
ods compose --wait=false

# Force recreate containers
ods compose --force-recreate

# Use a specific image tag
ods compose --tag edge

logs - View Docker Container Logs

View logs from running Onyx docker containers. Service names are available as arguments to filter output, with tab-completion support.

ods logs [service...]

Flags:

Examples:

# View logs from all services (follow mode)
ods logs

# View logs for a specific service
ods logs api_server

# View logs for multiple services
ods logs api_server background

# View last 100 lines and follow
ods logs --tail 100 api_server

# View logs without following
ods logs --follow=false

pull - Pull Docker Images

Pull the latest images for Onyx docker containers.

ods pull

Flags:

Examples:

# Pull images
ods pull

# Pull images with a specific tag
ods pull --tag edge

backend - Run Backend Services

Run backend services (API server, model server) with environment loaded from .vscode/.env. On first run, copies .vscode/env_template.txt to .vscode/.env if the .env file does not already exist.

Enterprise Edition features are enabled by default with license enforcement disabled, matching the compose command behavior.

ods backend <subcommand>

Subcommands:

• api - Start the FastAPI backend server (uvicorn onyx.main:app --reload)
• model_server - Start the model server (uvicorn model_server.main:app --reload)

Flags:

Shell environment takes precedence over .env file values, so inline overrides work as expected (e.g. S3_ENDPOINT_URL=foo ods backend api).

Examples:

# Start the API server
ods backend api

# Start the API server on a custom port
ods backend api --port 9090

# Start without Enterprise Edition
ods backend api --no-ee

# Start the model server
ods backend model_server

# Start the model server on a custom port
ods backend model_server --port 9001

web - Run Frontend Scripts

Run npm scripts from web/package.json without manually changing directories.

ods web <script> [args...]

Script names are available via shell completion (for supported shells via ods completion), and are read from web/package.json.

Examples:

# Start the Next.js dev server
ods web dev

# Run web lint task
ods web lint

# Forward extra args to the script
ods web test --watch

dev - Devcontainer Management

Manage the Onyx devcontainer. Also available as ods dc.

Requires the devcontainer CLI (npm install -g @devcontainers/cli).

ods dev <subcommand>

Subcommands:

• up - Start the devcontainer (pulls the image if needed)
• into - Open a zsh shell inside the running devcontainer
• exec - Run an arbitrary command inside the devcontainer
• restart - Remove and recreate the devcontainer
• rebuild - Pull the latest published image and recreate
• stop - Stop the running devcontainer

The devcontainer image is published to onyxdotapp/onyx-devcontainer and referenced by tag in .devcontainer/devcontainer.json — no local build needed.

Examples:

# Start the devcontainer
ods dev up

# Open a shell
ods dev into

# Run a command
ods dev exec -- npm test

# Restart the container
ods dev restart

# Pull latest image and recreate
ods dev rebuild

# Stop the container
ods dev stop

# Same commands work with the dc alias
ods dc up
ods dc into

db - Database Administration

Manage PostgreSQL database dumps, restores, and migrations.

ods db <subcommand>

Subcommands:

• dump - Create a database dump
• restore - Restore from a dump
• upgrade/downgrade - Run database migrations
• drop - Drop a database

Run ods db --help for detailed usage.

openapi - OpenAPI Schema Generation

Generate OpenAPI schemas and client code.

ods openapi all

check-lazy-imports - Verify Lazy Import Compliance

Check that specified modules are only lazily imported (used for keeping backend startup fast).

ods check-lazy-imports

run-ci - Run CI on Fork PRs

Pull requests from forks don't automatically trigger GitHub Actions for security reasons. This command creates a branch and PR in the main repository to run CI on a fork's code.

ods run-ci <pr-number>

Example:

# Run CI for PR #7353 from a fork
ods run-ci 7353

cherry-pick - Backport Commits to Release Branches

Cherry-pick one or more commits to release branches and automatically create PRs. Cherry-pick PRs created by this command are labeled cherry-pick 🍒.

ods cherry-pick <commit-sha> [<commit-sha>...] [--release <version>]

Examples:

# Cherry-pick a single commit (auto-detects release version)
ods cherry-pick abc123

# Cherry-pick to a specific release
ods cherry-pick abc123 --release 2.5

# Cherry-pick to multiple releases
ods cherry-pick abc123 --release 2.5 --release 2.6

# Cherry-pick multiple commits
ods cherry-pick abc123 def456 ghi789 --release 2.5

screenshot-diff - Visual Regression Testing

Compare Playwright screenshots against baselines and generate visual diff reports. Baselines are stored per-project and per-revision in S3:

s3://<bucket>/baselines/<project>/<rev>/

This allows storing baselines for main, release branches (release/2.5), and version tags (v2.0.0) side-by-side. Revisions containing / are sanitised to - in the S3 path (e.g. release/2.5 → release-2.5).

ods screenshot-diff <subcommand>

Subcommands:

• compare - Compare screenshots against baselines and generate a diff report
• upload-baselines - Upload screenshots to S3 as new baselines

The --project flag provides sensible defaults so you don't need to specify every path. When set, the following defaults are applied:

The S3 bucket defaults to onyx-playwright-artifacts and can be overridden with the PLAYWRIGHT_S3_BUCKET environment variable.

compare Flags:

upload-baselines Flags:

Examples:

# Compare local screenshots against the main baseline (default)
ods screenshot-diff compare --project admin

# Compare against a release branch baseline
ods screenshot-diff compare --project admin --rev release/2.5

# Compare two revisions directly (both sides fetched from S3)
ods screenshot-diff compare --project admin --from-rev v1.0.0 --to-rev v2.0.0

# Compare with explicit paths
ods screenshot-diff compare \
  --baseline ./baselines \
  --current ./web/output/screenshots/ \
  --output ./report/index.html

# Upload baselines for main (default)
ods screenshot-diff upload-baselines --project admin

# Upload baselines for a release branch
ods screenshot-diff upload-baselines --project admin --rev release/2.5

# Upload baselines for a version tag
ods screenshot-diff upload-baselines --project admin --rev v2.0.0

# Upload with delete (remove old baselines not in current set)
ods screenshot-diff upload-baselines --project admin --delete

The compare subcommand writes a summary.json alongside the report with aggregate counts (changed, added, removed, unchanged). The HTML report is only generated when visual differences are detected.

trace - View Playwright Traces from CI

Download Playwright trace artifacts from a GitHub Actions run and open them with playwright show-trace. Traces are only generated for failing tests (retain-on-failure).

ods trace [run-id-or-url]

The run can be specified as a numeric run ID, a full GitHub Actions URL, or omitted to find the latest Playwright run for the current branch.

Flags:

When multiple traces are found, an interactive picker lets you select which traces to open. Use arrow keys or j/k to navigate, space to toggle, a to select all, n to deselect all, and enter to open. Falls back to a plain-text prompt when no TTY is available.

Downloaded artifacts are cached in /tmp/ods-traces/<run-id>/ so repeated invocations for the same run are instant.

Examples:

# Latest run for the current branch
ods trace

# Specific run ID
ods trace 12345678

# Full GitHub Actions URL
ods trace https://github.com/onyx-dot-app/onyx/actions/runs/12345678

# Latest run for a PR
ods trace --pr 9500

# Latest run for a specific branch
ods trace --branch main

# Only download admin project traces
ods trace --project admin

# List traces without opening
ods trace --list

Testing Changes Locally (Dry Run)

Both run-ci and cherry-pick support --dry-run to test without making remote changes:

# See what would happen without pushing
ods run-ci 7353 --dry-run
ods cherry-pick abc123 --release 2.5 --dry-run

Upgrading

To upgrade the stable version, upgrade it as you would any other requirement.

Building from source

Generally, go build . or go install . are sufficient.

go build . will output a tools/ods/ods binary which you can call normally,

./ods --version

while go install . will output to your GOPATH (defaults ~/go/bin/ods),

~/go/bin/ods --version

Typically, GOPATH is added to your shell's PATH, but this may be confused easily during development with the pip version of ods installed in the Onyx venv.

To build the wheel,

uv build --wheel

To build and install the wheel,

uv pip install .

Deploy

Releases are deployed automatically when git tags prefaced with ods/ are pushed to GitHub.

The release-tag package can be used to calculate and push the next tag automatically,

tag --prefix ods

See also, .github/workflows/release-devtools.yml.