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Apply Vanilla Rails (37signals/Basecamp) as the default architecture when writing or changing Rails code: thin controllers, rich models, no service/query/interactor layer unless genuinely justified. Load this skill when creating or editing controllers, models, jobs, concerns, mailers, routes, or form objects; when adding a custom action versus a nested resource; when extracting a service, form, query, or interactor; or when deciding where business logic lives. Also use for Rails reviews and simplification. Do not wait for the user to say "vanilla rails" or "service object". Skip migrations, gem/dependency bumps, CSS/JS/view-only work, credentials, and non-Rails tasks.

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Vanilla Rails

Default architecture when writing Rails, from the Vanilla Rails philosophy of 37signals/Basecamp. Apply it while implementing — do not wait for a review command or for the user to name the philosophy.

Based on Fizzy

This skill is informed by Fizzy - a production Rails application from 37signals.

Key Fizzy patterns:

Controllers call Active Record directly: @board.update!(board_params), @card.comments.create!(comment_params)
Models composed of concerns: include Closeable, Golden, Postponable, Watchable
State tracked with dedicated models: has_one :closure, has_one :goldness
No app/services/ directory
Complex multi-step processes use plain objects or ActiveRecord models with state

Quick Start

Vanilla Rails embraces Rails's built-in patterns and avoids premature abstraction:

Core Philosophy: Thin controllers that directly invoke a rich domain model. No service layers or other artifacts unless genuinely justified.

┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐
│              CONTROLLERS                 │
│         (Thin - HTTP concerns only)      │
└─────────────────────────────────────────┘
                    ↓
┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐
│               MODELS                     │
│    (Rich - Business logic lives here)    │
└─────────────────────────────────────────┘
                    ↓
┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐
│          ACTIVE RECORD / DATABASE        │
└─────────────────────────────────────────┘

Core Rule: Don't add layers beyond what Rails provides unless you have a clear, justified reason.

Default constraint

This skill is the house style for Rails work, not an optional review lens. When loaded during implementation, apply the principles below while writing code. Do not ask which review command to run.

Do:

Put domain logic on the model, or a namespaced concern of that model
Keep controllers to params + one model call
Prefer a new nested resource over a custom controller action
Keep jobs and mailers shallow: _later enqueues, _now does the work on the model

Do not introduce app/services/, app/queries/, interactors, managers, or handlers unless the bar in When Services Are Actually OK is met — and say so in the change.

Skip this overlay for migrations, gem/dependency bumps, CSS/JS, view-only markup, credentials, and anything that is not Rails application code.

Explicit commands

Use these only when the user asks to review, analyze, or plan a simplification — not as the default response to Rails implementation:

Review code changes - /vanilla-rails:review
Analyze codebase - /vanilla-rails:analyze
Plan simplification - /vanilla-rails:simplify [goal]

Core Principles

The Three Rules

Thin Controllers - Controllers only parse params and invoke model methods
Rich Domain Model - Business logic belongs in models
No Premature Abstraction - Don't create service layers by default

Common Anti-Patterns

Anti-Pattern	Example	Fix
Fat service	100-line service with domain logic	Move logic to model
Anemic model	Model with only attributes and associations	Add business methods
Controller as orchestrator	Controller calling multiple services	Call rich model methods
Premature service	Simple CRUD wrapped in service	Use plain Active Record
Service explosion	DoSomethingService for every action	Most should be model methods

See Anti-Patterns Reference for complete list.

When Services Are Actually OK

Services are justified when:

Coordinating multiple models (orchestration, not domain logic)
External API interactions
Multi-step workflows with transaction boundaries
Operations that don't naturally belong to any single model

Fizzy uses plain objects for this:

# Multi-step signup with ActiveModel::Model
class Signup
  include ActiveModel::Model

  validates :email_address, format: { with: URI::MailTo::EMAIL_REGEXP }
  validates :full_name, presence: true

  def create_identity
    @identity = Identity.find_or_create_by!(email_address: email_address)
    @identity.send_magic_link(for: :sign_up)
  end

  def complete
    # Complex account creation with rollback handling
  end
end

Fizzy uses ActiveRecord models for stateful operations:

# Stateful import with status tracking
class Account::Import < ApplicationRecord
  enum :status, %w[ pending processing completed failed ].index_by(&:itself), default: :pending

  def process(start: nil, callback: nil)
    processing!
    # Import logic with ZIP file handling
    mark_completed
  rescue => e
    mark_as_failed
    raise e
  end
end

Style Preferences

Conditional Returns

Prefer expanded conditionals over guard clauses (unless returning early at method start for non-trivial bodies).

# Bad - Guard clause
def todos_for_new_group
  ids = params.require(:todolist)[:todo_ids]
  return [] unless ids
  @bucket.recordings.todos.find(ids.split(","))
end

# Good - Expanded conditional
def todos_for_new_group
  if ids = params.require(:todolist)[:todo_ids]
    @bucket.recordings.todos.find(ids.split(","))
  else
    []
  end
end

Method Ordering

class methods
public methods (with initialize at top)
private methods

Order methods vertically by invocation order to help readers follow code flow.

CRUD Controllers

Model endpoints as REST operations. Don't add custom actions - introduce new resources instead.

# Bad
resources :cards do
  post :close
  post :reopen
end

# Good
resources :cards do
  resource :closure
end

Visibility Modifiers

No newline under visibility modifiers; indent content under them.

class SomeClass
  def some_method
    # ...
  end

  private
    def some_private_method
      # ...
    end
end

If a module only has private methods, mark private at top with extra newline but don't indent.

Async Operations

Write shallow job classes that delegate to domain models:

Use _later suffix for methods that enqueue jobs
Use _now suffix for synchronous methods

# Fizzy pattern: _later enqueues, _now does the work
module Event::Relaying
  extend ActiveSupport::Concern

  included do
    after_create_commit :relay_later
  end

  def relay_later
    Event::RelayJob.perform_later(self)
  end

  def relay_now
    # actual implementation
  end
end

class Event::RelayJob < ApplicationJob
  def perform(event)
    event.relay_now
  end
end

Bang Methods

Only use ! for methods with a counterpart without !. Don't use ! to flag destructive actions.

Pattern Catalog

Pattern	Use When	Reference
Plain Active Record	Simple CRUD, no coordination needed	plain-activerecord.md
Rich Model API	Complex behavior single model should own	rich-models.md
Concern	Shared behavior across models, or organizing one rich model	concerns.md
Delegated Type	"Is-a" relationships with shared identity	delegated-type.md
Service/Form	Only when genuinely justified	when-to-use-services.md

Red Flags (Over-Engineering)

Run /vanilla-rails:analyze to detect:

🔴 Service objects for simple operations
🔴 Business logic in services instead of models
🔴 Controllers with more than 10 lines
🔴 "Managers", "Handlers", "Processors" that are just proxies
⚠️ Anemic models (attributes + associations only)
⚠️ Domain logic scattered across service objects
⚠️ Unnecessary abstraction layers

Examples

See examples/ directory for before/after comparisons showing the Vanilla Rails approach.

Philosophy

"Vanilla Rails is plenty." - DHH

Most applications don't need layers beyond what Rails provides. Embrace:

ActiveRecord models as the home of business logic
Controllers as thin wrappers around model calls
Callbacks and concerns for code organization
Jobs and mailers called from models when appropriate

Resist:

Service layers as default architecture
Premature extraction
"Clean Architecture" for simple CRUD
Pattern-driven development

For more depth, read the Vanilla Rails blog post.

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name: vanilla-rails
description: >
  Apply Vanilla Rails (37signals/Basecamp) as the default architecture when
  writing or changing Rails code: thin controllers, rich models, no
  service/query/interactor layer unless genuinely justified. Load this skill
  when creating or editing controllers, models, jobs, concerns, mailers,
  routes, or form objects; when adding a custom action versus a nested
  resource; when extracting a service, form, query, or interactor; or when
  deciding where business logic lives. Also use for Rails reviews and
  simplification. Do not wait for the user to say "vanilla rails" or
  "service object". Skip migrations, gem/dependency bumps, CSS/JS/view-only
  work, credentials, and non-Rails tasks.
allowed-tools:
  - Grep
  - Glob
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  - Task

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---
name: vanilla-rails
description: >
  Apply Vanilla Rails (37signals/Basecamp) as the default architecture when
  writing or changing Rails code: thin controllers, rich models, no
  service/query/interactor layer unless genuinely justified. Load this skill
  when creating or editing controllers, models, jobs, concerns, mailers,
  routes, or form objects; when adding a custom action versus a nested
  resource; when extracting a service, form, query, or interactor; or when
  deciding where business logic lives. Also use for Rails reviews and
  simplification. Do not wait for the user to say "vanilla rails" or
  "service object". Skip migrations, gem/dependency bumps, CSS/JS/view-only
  work, credentials, and non-Rails tasks.
allowed-tools:
  - Grep
  - Glob
  - Read
  - Task
---

# Vanilla Rails

Default architecture when writing Rails, from the Vanilla Rails philosophy of 37signals/Basecamp. Apply it while implementing — do not wait for a review command or for the user to name the philosophy.

## Based on Fizzy

This skill is informed by [Fizzy](https://github.com/basecamp/fizzy) - a production Rails application from 37signals.

**Key Fizzy patterns:**
- Controllers call Active Record directly: `@board.update!(board_params)`, `@card.comments.create!(comment_params)`
- Models composed of concerns: `include Closeable, Golden, Postponable, Watchable`
- State tracked with dedicated models: `has_one :closure`, `has_one :goldness`
- No `app/services/` directory
- Complex multi-step processes use plain objects or ActiveRecord models with state

## Quick Start

Vanilla Rails embraces Rails's built-in patterns and avoids premature abstraction:

**Core Philosophy:** Thin controllers that directly invoke a rich domain model. No service layers or other artifacts unless genuinely justified.

```
┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐
│              CONTROLLERS                 │
│         (Thin - HTTP concerns only)      │
└─────────────────────────────────────────┘
                    ↓
┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐
│               MODELS                     │
│    (Rich - Business logic lives here)    │
└─────────────────────────────────────────┘
                    ↓
┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐
│          ACTIVE RECORD / DATABASE        │
└─────────────────────────────────────────┘
```

**Core Rule:** Don't add layers beyond what Rails provides unless you have a clear, justified reason.

## Default constraint

This skill is the house style for Rails work, not an optional review lens. When loaded during implementation, apply the principles below while writing code. Do not ask which review command to run.

**Do:**
- Put domain logic on the model, or a namespaced concern of that model
- Keep controllers to params + one model call
- Prefer a new nested resource over a custom controller action
- Keep jobs and mailers shallow: `_later` enqueues, `_now` does the work on the model

**Do not introduce** `app/services/`, `app/queries/`, interactors, managers, or handlers unless the bar in [When Services Are Actually OK](#when-services-are-actually-ok) is met — and say so in the change.

**Skip this overlay for** migrations, gem/dependency bumps, CSS/JS, view-only markup, credentials, and anything that is not Rails application code.

## Explicit commands

Use these only when the user asks to review, analyze, or plan a simplification — not as the default response to Rails implementation:

1. **Review code changes** - `/vanilla-rails:review`
2. **Analyze codebase** - `/vanilla-rails:analyze`
3. **Plan simplification** - `/vanilla-rails:simplify [goal]`

## Core Principles

### The Three Rules

1. **Thin Controllers** - Controllers only parse params and invoke model methods
2. **Rich Domain Model** - Business logic belongs in models
3. **No Premature Abstraction** - Don't create service layers by default

### Common Anti-Patterns

| Anti-Pattern | Example | Fix |
|--------------|---------|-----|
| Fat service | 100-line service with domain logic | Move logic to model |
| Anemic model | Model with only attributes and associations | Add business methods |
| Controller as orchestrator | Controller calling multiple services | Call rich model methods |
| Premature service | Simple CRUD wrapped in service | Use plain Active Record |
| Service explosion | DoSomethingService for every action | Most should be model methods |

See [Anti-Patterns Reference](references/anti-patterns.md) for complete list.

### When Services Are Actually OK

Services are justified when:
- Coordinating multiple models (orchestration, not domain logic)
- External API interactions
- Multi-step workflows with transaction boundaries
- Operations that don't naturally belong to any single model

**Fizzy uses plain objects for this:**

```ruby
# Multi-step signup with ActiveModel::Model
class Signup
  include ActiveModel::Model

  validates :email_address, format: { with: URI::MailTo::EMAIL_REGEXP }
  validates :full_name, presence: true

  def create_identity
    @identity = Identity.find_or_create_by!(email_address: email_address)
    @identity.send_magic_link(for: :sign_up)
  end

  def complete
    # Complex account creation with rollback handling
  end
end
```

**Fizzy uses ActiveRecord models for stateful operations:**

```ruby
# Stateful import with status tracking
class Account::Import < ApplicationRecord
  enum :status, %w[ pending processing completed failed ].index_by(&:itself), default: :pending

  def process(start: nil, callback: nil)
    processing!
    # Import logic with ZIP file handling
    mark_completed
  rescue => e
    mark_as_failed
    raise e
  end
end
```

## Style Preferences

### Conditional Returns

Prefer expanded conditionals over guard clauses (unless returning early at method start for non-trivial bodies).

```ruby
# Bad - Guard clause
def todos_for_new_group
  ids = params.require(:todolist)[:todo_ids]
  return [] unless ids
  @bucket.recordings.todos.find(ids.split(","))
end

# Good - Expanded conditional
def todos_for_new_group
  if ids = params.require(:todolist)[:todo_ids]
    @bucket.recordings.todos.find(ids.split(","))
  else
    []
  end
end
```

### Method Ordering

1. `class` methods
2. `public` methods (with `initialize` at top)
3. `private` methods

Order methods vertically by invocation order to help readers follow code flow.

### CRUD Controllers

Model endpoints as REST operations. Don't add custom actions - introduce new resources instead.

```ruby
# Bad
resources :cards do
  post :close
  post :reopen
end

# Good
resources :cards do
  resource :closure
end
```

### Visibility Modifiers

No newline under visibility modifiers; indent content under them.

```ruby
class SomeClass
  def some_method
    # ...
  end

  private
    def some_private_method
      # ...
    end
end
```

If a module only has private methods, mark `private` at top with extra newline but don't indent.

### Async Operations

Write shallow job classes that delegate to domain models:
- Use `_later` suffix for methods that enqueue jobs
- Use `_now` suffix for synchronous methods

```ruby
# Fizzy pattern: _later enqueues, _now does the work
module Event::Relaying
  extend ActiveSupport::Concern

  included do
    after_create_commit :relay_later
  end

  def relay_later
    Event::RelayJob.perform_later(self)
  end

  def relay_now
    # actual implementation
  end
end

class Event::RelayJob < ApplicationJob
  def perform(event)
    event.relay_now
  end
end
```

### Bang Methods

Only use `!` for methods with a counterpart without `!`. Don't use `!` to flag destructive actions.

## Pattern Catalog

| Pattern | Use When | Reference |
|---------|----------|-----------|
| Plain Active Record | Simple CRUD, no coordination needed | [plain-activerecord.md](references/patterns/plain-activerecord.md) |
| Rich Model API | Complex behavior single model should own | [rich-models.md](references/patterns/rich-models.md) |
| Concern | Shared behavior across models, or organizing one rich model | [concerns.md](references/patterns/concerns.md) |
| Delegated Type | "Is-a" relationships with shared identity | [delegated-type.md](references/patterns/delegated-type.md) |
| Service/Form | Only when genuinely justified | [when-to-use-services.md](references/patterns/when-to-use-services.md) |

## Red Flags (Over-Engineering)

Run `/vanilla-rails:analyze` to detect:

- 🔴 Service objects for simple operations
- 🔴 Business logic in services instead of models
- 🔴 Controllers with more than 10 lines
- 🔴 "Managers", "Handlers", "Processors" that are just proxies
- ⚠️ Anemic models (attributes + associations only)
- ⚠️ Domain logic scattered across service objects
- ⚠️ Unnecessary abstraction layers

## Examples

See [examples/](examples/) directory for before/after comparisons showing the Vanilla Rails approach.

## Philosophy

> "Vanilla Rails is plenty." - DHH

Most applications don't need layers beyond what Rails provides. Embrace:
- `ActiveRecord` models as the home of business logic
- Controllers as thin wrappers around model calls
- Callbacks and concerns for code organization
- Jobs and mailers called from models when appropriate

Resist:
- Service layers as default architecture
- Premature extraction
- "Clean Architecture" for simple CRUD
- Pattern-driven development

For more depth, read the [Vanilla Rails blog post](https://dev.37signals.com/vanilla-rails-is-plenty/).

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Vanilla Rails

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