Commands

Use this reference before changing command invocations, package-manager usage, or script wiring in a Vite+ repo.

Defaults

• Treat vp as the tool owner for runtime, package-manager, and frontend-tooling operations.
• Use vp install, dependency subcommands, or vp pm when Vite+ is the tool owner.
• Use the built-in vp test, vp lint, vp fmt, and vp check commands.
• Built-in commands cannot be overridden by same-named scripts. vp build always runs the built-in Vite build; use vp run build (or vpr build) to execute a package.json build script.
• vpr is a standalone shorthand for vp run. Use whichever spelling the repo already prefers in a given scripts block.
• Distinguish global upgrades from repo-local upgrades: vp upgrade updates the global CLI, while vp update ... updates project dependencies.

Runtime and Package Manager

• vp env owns Node.js version management. Use vp env current for verification and vp env use when a repo needs to set or switch Node versions.
• vp install owns install/bootstrap. It detects the package manager from the repo; add Corepack or direct package-manager setup only for a proven repo exception.
• vp rebuild rebuilds native modules after Node.js changes. It is shorthand for vp pm rebuild.

Built-ins vs Scripts

• Built-in commands such as vp dev, vp build, vp preview, vp test, vp lint, vp fmt, and vp check bypass same-named package.json scripts.
• Use vp run <script> for repo-defined scripts that Vite+ does not replace directly.
• If a task needs caching, dependency ordering, or environment/input control, define it in the run.tasks block in vite.config.ts. Tasks defined in vite.config.ts are cached by default; package.json scripts are not.
• For one-off cache opt-in on a script, use vp run --cache <script> or set run.cache.scripts: true in vite.config.ts.

Check Commands

• vp check runs format, lint, and type checks together.
• Use vp check --no-lint for a type-check-only workflow when Vite+ owns the repo.
• Use vp lint or vp fmt only when the workflow genuinely needs the narrower pass; vp check is the default gate.

Test Commands

• vp test does a one-shot run by default — unlike raw Vitest, it does not stay in watch mode.
• Use vp test watch for watch mode and vp test run --coverage for coverage.
• See references/testing.md for import surface and config rules.

Native Modules and Binaries

• vpx <pkg[@version]> runs a local or remote binary, downloading on demand.
• vp exec <bin> runs a binary from the project's node_modules/.bin.
• vp dlx <pkg> runs a one-off package binary without adding it to dependencies.

Upgrades

• Use vp upgrade to update the global vp binary on the machine.
• Use vp update vite-plus to move the local vite-plus package forward in a repo.
• Vite+ aliases vite and vitest to npm:@voidzero-dev/vite-plus-core@latest and npm:@voidzero-dev/vite-plus-test@latest. vp update vite-plus does not re-resolve those aliases — update them explicitly with vp update @voidzero-dev/vite-plus-core @voidzero-dev/vite-plus-test so the lockfile fully re-resolves the Vite+ stack.
• Use vp outdated to confirm whether any Vite+ packages remain behind the intended release.

Validation Path

• Prefer the standard migration validation sequence: vp env current, vp install, vp check, vp test, then vp build or vp pack as appropriate.