feat: stable selector utils.

README.md

@@ -192,12 +192,52 @@ The loader appends `export const knightedCss = "/* compiled css */"` to the modu
 
 #### CSS Modules and stable selectors
 
-CSS Modules hash class names after the loader extracts selectors, so the stylesheet captured by `?knighted-css` never sees those hashed tokens. Provide a second, stable selector (class or data attribute) alongside the module-generated one so both the DOM and the Lit host share a common hook. A minimal example:
+CSS Modules hash class names after the loader extracts selectors, so the stylesheet captured by `?knighted-css` never sees those hashed tokens. Provide a second, stable selector (class or data attribute) alongside the module-generated one so both the DOM and the loader share a common hook. A minimal example:
 
 ```tsx
 <div className={`${styles['css-modules-badge']} css-modules-badge`}>
 ```
 
+Sass/Less projects can import the shared mixins directly:
+
+```scss
+@use '@knighted/css/stable' as knighted;
+
+.button {
+  @include knighted.stable('button') {
+    // declarations duplicated for .button and .knighted-button
+  }
+}
+```
+
+Set `$knighted-stable-namespace: 'acme'` before the `@use` statement to change the default prefix, or override per call with `$namespace: 'storybook'`. Additional helpers let you emit only the fallback selector (`@include knighted.stable-only('token')`) or supply explicit `@at-root` selectors when nesting is inconvenient (`@include knighted.stable-at-root('.card', 'card')`).
+
+For runtime usage (vanilla-extract, CSS Modules, JSX utilities), pull in the TypeScript helpers:
+
+```ts
+import { stableClassName } from '@knighted/css/stableSelectors'
+
+function Badge() {
+  return <span className={stableClassName(styles, 'badge')} />
+}
+```
+
+`stableClass('token')` returns a class name you can drop straight into `className`, and `createStableClassFactory({ namespace: 'docs' })` gives you a scoped generator to reuse across components. Need the literal CSS selector? Call `stableSelector('token')`. All helpers sanitize tokens automatically so the emitted hooks stay deterministic.
+
+Need a zero-JS approach? Import the optional layer helper and co-locate your fallback selectors:
+
+```css
+@import '@knighted/css/stable/stable.css';
+
+@layer knighted.stable {
+  .knighted-alert {
+    /* declarations */
+  }
+}
+```
+
+Override the namespace via `:root { --knighted-stable-namespace: 'acme'; }` if you want a different prefix in pure CSS.
+
 #### TypeScript support for loader queries
 
 Loader query types ship directly with `@knighted/css`. Reference them once in your project—either by adding `"types": ["@knighted/css/loader-queries"]` to `tsconfig.json` or dropping `/// <reference types="@knighted/css/loader-queries" />` into a global `.d.ts`—and the following ambient modules become available everywhere:

packages/css/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@knighted/css",
-  "version": "1.0.0-rc.3",
+  "version": "1.0.0-rc.4",
   "description": "A build-time utility that traverses JavaScript/TypeScript module dependency graphs to extract, compile, and optimize all imported CSS into a single, in-memory string.",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "./dist/css.js",
@@ -32,6 +32,18 @@
     "./loader-queries": {
       "types": "./loader-queries.d.ts",
       "default": "./loader-queries.d.ts"
+    },
+    "./stableSelectors": {
+      "types": "./dist/stableSelectors.d.ts",
+      "import": "./dist/stableSelectors.js",
+      "require": "./dist/cjs/stableSelectors.cjs"
+    },
+    "./stable": {
+      "sass": "./stable/_index.scss",
+      "default": "./stable/_index.scss"
+    },
+    "./stable/stable.css": {
+      "default": "./stable/stable.css"
     }
   },
   "keywords": [
@@ -80,7 +92,8 @@
   "files": [
     "dist",
     "loader-queries.d.ts",
-    "types.d.ts"
+    "types.d.ts",
+    "stable"
   ],
   "author": "KCM <knightedcodemonkey@gmail.com>",
   "license": "MIT",

packages/css/src/css.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import path from 'node:path'
-import { promises as fs } from 'node:fs'
+import { existsSync, promises as fs } from 'node:fs'
 
 import dependencyTree from 'dependency-tree'
 import type { Options as DependencyTreeOpts } from 'dependency-tree'
@@ -228,10 +228,31 @@ async function compileSass(
   const sass = sassModule
   const result = sass.compile(filePath, {
     style: 'expanded',
+    loadPaths: buildSassLoadPaths(filePath),
   })
   return result.css
 }
 
+// Ensure Sass can resolve bare module specifiers by walking node_modules folders.
+function buildSassLoadPaths(filePath: string): string[] {
+  const loadPaths = new Set<string>()
+  let cursor = path.dirname(filePath)
+  const root = path.parse(cursor).root
+
+  while (true) {
+    loadPaths.add(cursor)
+    loadPaths.add(path.join(cursor, 'node_modules'))
+    if (cursor === root) break
+    cursor = path.dirname(cursor)
+  }
+
+  const cwd = process.cwd()
+  loadPaths.add(cwd)
+  loadPaths.add(path.join(cwd, 'node_modules'))
+
+  return Array.from(loadPaths).filter(dir => dir && existsSync(dir))
+}
+
 async function compileLess(filePath: string, peerResolver?: PeerLoader): Promise<string> {
   const mod = await optionalPeer<typeof import('less')>('less', 'Less', peerResolver)
   const less = unwrapModuleNamespace(mod)

packages/css/src/stableSelectors.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+const DEFAULT_NAMESPACE = 'knighted'
+
+export interface StableSelectorOptions {
+  namespace?: string
+}
+
+export interface StableClassNameOptions extends StableSelectorOptions {
+  token?: string
+  join?: (values: string[]) => string
+}
+
+const defaultJoin = (values: string[]) => values.filter(Boolean).join(' ')
+
+const normalizeToken = (token: string): string => {
+  const sanitized = token
+    .trim()
+    .replace(/\s+/g, '-')
+    .replace(/[^A-Za-z0-9_-]/g, '-')
+    .replace(/-+/g, '-')
+    .replace(/^-|-$/g, '')
+  return sanitized.length ? sanitized : 'stable'
+}
+
+export function stableToken(token: string, options?: StableSelectorOptions): string {
+  const normalized = normalizeToken(token)
+  const namespace = options?.namespace?.trim() ?? DEFAULT_NAMESPACE
+  if (!namespace) {
+    return normalized
+  }
+  return `${namespace}-${normalized}`
+}
+
+export function stableClass(token: string, options?: StableSelectorOptions): string {
+  return stableToken(token, options)
+}
+
+export function stableSelector(token: string, options?: StableSelectorOptions): string {
+  return `.${stableToken(token, options)}`
+}
+
+export function createStableClassFactory(options?: StableSelectorOptions) {
+  return (token: string) => stableClass(token, options)
+}
+
+export function stableClassName<T extends Record<string, string>>(
+  styles: T,
+  key: keyof T | string,
+  options?: StableClassNameOptions,
+): string {
+  const hashed = styles[key as keyof T] ?? ''
+  const token = options?.token ?? String(key)
+  const stable = stableClass(token, options)
+  const join = options?.join ?? defaultJoin
+  return join([hashed, stable])
+}
+
+export const stableClassFromModule = stableClassName

packages/css/stable/_index.scss

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+// Knighted stable selector mixins
+// Usage: @use '@knighted/css/stable' as knighted;
+//        .button { @include knighted.stable('button') { ... } }
+
+@use 'sass:meta';
+
+$knighted-stable-namespace: 'knighted' !default;
+
+@function _knighted-normalize-token($token) {
+  @if meta.type-of($token) == 'number' {
+    @return $token;
+  }
+  @return $token;
+}
+
+@function stable-token($token, $namespace: $knighted-stable-namespace) {
+  $normalized-token: _knighted-normalize-token($token);
+  @if $namespace == '' {
+    @return $normalized-token;
+  }
+  @return '#{$namespace}-#{$normalized-token}';
+}
+
+@function stable-class($token, $namespace: $knighted-stable-namespace) {
+  $token-value: stable-token($token, $namespace);
+  @return '.#{$token-value}';
+}
+
+@mixin stable($token, $namespace: $knighted-stable-namespace) {
+  @if not & {
+    @error 'The knighted.stable mixin must be used within a selector context so that "&" is defined.';
+  }
+
+  $stable-selector: stable-class($token, $namespace);
+  @at-root #{&},
+    #{$stable-selector} {
+    @content;
+  }
+}
+
+@mixin stable-at-root($selector, $token, $namespace: $knighted-stable-namespace) {
+  $stable-selector: stable-class($token, $namespace);
+  @at-root #{$selector},
+    #{$stable-selector} {
+    @content;
+  }
+}
+
+@function stable-class-name($token, $namespace: $knighted-stable-namespace) {
+  @return stable-token($token, $namespace);
+}
+
+@mixin stable-only($token, $namespace: $knighted-stable-namespace) {
+  @at-root #{stable-class($token, $namespace)} {
+    @content;
+  }
+}

packages/css/stable/stable.css

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+@layer knighted.stable;
+
+:root {
+  --knighted-stable-namespace: 'knighted';
+}
+
+/*
+Usage:
+  @import '@knighted/css/stable/stable.css';
+  @layer knighted.stable {
+    .knighted-button {
+      declarations go here;
+    }
+  }
+*/

packages/css/test/stable-mixins.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict'
+import test from 'node:test'
+import path from 'node:path'
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'
+
+import * as sass from 'sass'
+
+const testDir = fileURLToPath(new URL('.', import.meta.url))
+const packageRoot = path.resolve(testDir, '..')
+const loadPaths = [packageRoot]
+
+test('stable mixin duplicates the current selector', () => {
+  const source = `@use 'stable' as knighted;
+.button { @include knighted.stable('button') { color: teal; } }`
+  const { css } = sass.compileString(source, { style: 'expanded', loadPaths })
+  assert.match(css, /.button,\s*\.knighted-button\s*{[^}]*color: teal;/)
+})
+
+test('stable-only emits only the deterministic selector', () => {
+  const source = `@use 'stable' as knighted;
+@include knighted.stable-only('card') { border: 1px solid red; }`
+  const { css } = sass.compileString(source, { style: 'expanded', loadPaths })
+  assert.match(css, /^\.knighted-card\s*{[^}]*border: 1px solid red;/m)
+})

packages/css/test/stableSelectors.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict'
+import test from 'node:test'
+
+import {
+  createStableClassFactory,
+  stableClass,
+  stableClassFromModule,
+  stableClassName,
+  stableSelector,
+  stableToken,
+} from '../src/stableSelectors.ts'
+
+test('stableToken applies default namespace and sanitizes tokens', () => {
+  const result = stableToken(' hero button ')
+  assert.equal(result, 'knighted-hero-button')
+})
+
+test('stableToken allows overriding namespace', () => {
+  const result = stableToken('cta', { namespace: 'acme' })
+  assert.equal(result, 'acme-cta')
+})
+
+test('stableToken omits namespace when trimmed value is empty', () => {
+  const result = stableToken('cta', { namespace: '   ' })
+  assert.equal(result, 'cta')
+})
+
+test('stableClass returns a class name without dot', () => {
+  assert.equal(stableClass('badge'), 'knighted-badge')
+})
+
+test('createStableClassFactory memoizes namespace preference', () => {
+  const scoped = createStableClassFactory({ namespace: 'storybook' })
+  assert.equal(scoped('chip'), 'storybook-chip')
+})
+
+test('stableClassName combines hashed class with stable selector', () => {
+  const styles = { badge: 'badge__hashed' }
+  const combined = stableClassName(styles, 'badge')
+  assert.equal(combined, 'badge__hashed knighted-badge')
+})
+
+test('stableClassName falls back when hashed class is missing', () => {
+  const styles = { badge: 'badge__hashed' }
+  const combined = stableClassName(styles, 'missing', { token: 'pill' })
+  assert.equal(combined, 'knighted-pill')
+})
+
+test('stableClassFromModule is an alias', () => {
+  const styles = { title: 'title__hash' }
+  const combined = stableClassFromModule(styles, 'title', { namespace: 'docs' })
+  assert.equal(combined, 'title__hash docs-title')
+})
+
+test('stableSelector returns a CSS selector string', () => {
+  assert.equal(stableSelector('badge'), '.knighted-badge')
+})

packages/playwright/package.json

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     "pretest": "npm run build"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@knighted/css": "1.0.0-rc.3",
+    "@knighted/css": "1.0.0-rc.4",
     "@knighted/jsx": "^1.2.1",
     "lit": "^3.2.1",
     "react": "^19.0.0",

packages/playwright/src/lit-react/app.css

@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+@import '@knighted/css/stable/stable.css';
+
+@layer knighted.stable {
+  .knighted-layer-glow {
+    box-shadow: 0 25px 55px rgba(14, 165, 233, 0.35);
+  }
+}
+
 .readme-stage {
   display: flex;
   flex-direction: column;