Verify each finding against the current code and only fix it if needed.

Inline comments:
In `@packages/chronicle/src/cli/utils/config.ts`:
- Around line 30-31: The error message built when the configPath check fails
currently uses comma-separated console.log arguments which yields awkward
spacing; update the code inside the configPath falsy branch (the if
(!configPath) block) to build a single formatted string — e.g., use a template
literal combining process.cwd() and contentDir — and pass that single string
into chalk.red so the entire message is colored and properly formatted (for
example: console.log(chalk.red(`Error: chronicle.yaml not found in
${process.cwd()} or ${contentDir}`))).

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Nitpick comments:
In `@packages/chronicle/src/cli/commands/dev.ts`:
- Around line 5-11: The Next.js CLI resolution (createRequire +
require.resolve('next/dist/bin/next')) is duplicated in dev.ts (and also in
build.ts, start.ts, serve.ts); extract it into a shared utility (e.g., add a new
export nextCli in "@/cli/utils/next" or "@/cli/utils") that performs
createRequire(import.meta.url) and resolves 'next/dist/bin/next', then import
and use that exported nextCli symbol in dev.ts, build.ts, start.ts and serve.ts
to remove duplication and centralize resolution logic.

In `@packages/chronicle/src/cli/utils/config.ts`:
- Around line 19-25: The resolveConfigPath implementation in CLI
(resolveConfigPath) duplicates logic from lib/config.ts; extract a shared
utility (e.g., findChronicleConfig) into a common module that accepts an
optional contentDir parameter (and falls back to
process.env.CHRONICLE_CONTENT_DIR when undefined) and replace both
resolveConfigPath and the code in packages/chronicle/src/lib/config.ts to call
this shared function so behavior is centralized and avoids drift.

Verify each finding against the current code and only fix it if needed.

Inline comments:
In @.github/workflows/canary.yml:
- Around line 3-5: The workflow is triggered on pull_request which exposes repo
secrets only for same-repo PRs, so guard the publish path: modify the publish
job or the specific publish step to run only for same-repo PRs by adding an if
condition that compares the PR head repo to the base/repository (e.g. if:
github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name ==
github.event.pull_request.base.repo.full_name) or gate the whole job similarly;
alternatively, keep pull_request but change only the publish step/job to use
that same-repo conditional so forked PRs won’t attempt publishing.
- Around line 29-38: The current canary flow uses SHORT_SHA and sets VERSION
then always runs bun publish, which will fail on reruns for the same commit;
modify the job so that before running bun publish it checks the registry for the
computed VERSION (e.g., with npm view <package>@$VERSION or npm info
<package>@$VERSION) and if that version already exists skip the publish step
(echo/skipped) instead of attempting bun publish, keeping the existing VERSION
and SHORT_SHA logic and only invoking bun publish when the registry check
indicates the version is not present.

Verify each finding against the current code and only fix it if needed.

Inline comments:
In `@packages/chronicle/src/cli/commands/init.ts`:
- Around line 72-79: The init command currently skips updating an existing
package.json (packageJsonPath) and only warns, causing required Chronicle fields
to be missing; modify the branch that handles an existing package.json to read
and parse the existing file, merge in the result of createPackageJson(dirName)
(only adding missing scripts, devDependencies, and other Chronicle-specific
fields without overwriting user values), then write the merged JSON back to
packageJsonPath before proceeding to scaffoldDir() and installation so
Chronicle's manifest entries are always present even when package.json already
exists.
- Around line 20-40: The createPackageJson function currently pins
'@raystack/chronicle' to 'latest' which breaks reproducibility; change
createPackageJson to read the running CLI/package version at runtime and use
that version string instead of 'latest' (e.g., derive from the package.json of
the running package or export the version from the CLI entry and consume it
here), update the dependency entry for '@raystack/chronicle' accordingly, and
also apply the same approach in packages/chronicle/src/cli/index.ts where the
CLI version is hardcoded so both uses come from the same package.json-derived
source.

In `@packages/chronicle/src/cli/commands/serve.ts`:
- Line 18: Wrap the call to resolveNextCli() in a try-catch and handle
MODULE_NOT_FOUND by logging a clear, user-friendly error (similar to the
.chronicle/ directory check) and exiting gracefully; specifically update
serve.ts (and mirror the same pattern in build.ts and start.ts) to catch errors
from resolveNextCli(), check err.code === 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND' and call the same
logger/message flow used for the .chronicle/ check before process.exit(1),
otherwise rethrow or log the unexpected error.

In `@packages/chronicle/src/cli/utils/resolve.ts`:
- Line 4: PACKAGE_ROOT currently resolves to packages/chronicle/src (one
directory too deep), causing scaffoldDir's COPY_FILES (which live at
packages/chronicle) to fail; update PACKAGE_ROOT in resolve.ts to climb three
levels from the current file (so it points at packages/chronicle) instead of
two. Locate the PACKAGE_ROOT constant and change the path.resolve call so it
goes up one more '..' (ensuring scaffoldDir and COPY_FILES reference the correct
package root).

In `@packages/chronicle/src/cli/utils/scaffold.ts`:
- Around line 96-99: The resolveNextCli function currently uses
createRequire(path.join(process.cwd(), 'package.json')) which resolves from the
project root and fails if the project doesn't list next; change it to resolve
next from Chronicle's package context by creating the require rooted at
Chronicle's package.json or the Chronicle module dirname (i.e., use
createRequire(path.join(__dirname, '..', 'package.json')) or
createRequire(require.resolve('@raystack/chronicle/package.json'))), then call
.resolve('next/dist/bin/next') so resolveNextCli reliably finds Next in
Chronicle's dependency scope.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@packages/chronicle/src/cli/commands/serve.ts`:
- Around line 12-16: Extract the duplicated scaffold validation into a shared
helper: create a new function ensureScaffold() in a utils module (e.g.,
`@/cli/utils/scaffold.ts`) that computes scaffoldPath = path.join(process.cwd(),
'.chronicle'), checks fs.existsSync(scaffoldPath), logs the same error messages
with chalk and calls process.exit(1) on failure, and returns scaffoldPath on
success; then replace the inline logic in serve.ts (and the similar block in
build.ts) with calls to ensureScaffold() to remove duplication and unify error
messaging.