fix: emit canonical ?knighted-css declaration specifiers.

README.md

@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ CSS Modules hash class names after the loader extracts selectors, so the stylesh
 
 Run `npx knighted-css-generate-types --root .` to scan your project for `?knighted-css&types` imports. The CLI:
 
-- extracts selectors via the loader, then writes literal module declarations into `node_modules/@knighted/css/node_modules/.knighted-css`
+- extracts selectors via the loader, then writes literal module declarations whose specifiers resolve to the real stylesheet paths (TypeScript picks up `import './foo.scss?knighted-css&types'` directly—no registries or casting helpers required). The default output still lands in `node_modules/@knighted/css/node_modules/.knighted-css`, but every module declaration points back to your source tree.
 - updates the packaged stub at `node_modules/@knighted/css/types-stub/index.d.ts`
 - exposes the declarations automatically because `types.d.ts` references the stub, so no `tsconfig` wiring is required
 
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ or wire it into `package.json` for local workflows:
 }
 ```
 
-The CLI scans every file you include (by default the project root, skipping `node_modules`, `dist`, etc.), finds imports containing `?knighted-css&types`, reuses the loader to extract CSS, and writes deterministic `.d.ts` files into `node_modules/.knighted-css/knt-*.d.ts`. It also maintains `node_modules/@knighted/css/types-stub/index.d.ts`, so TypeScript picks up the generated declarations automatically—no extra `typeRoots` configuration is required.
+The CLI scans every file you include (by default the project root, skipping `node_modules`, `dist`, etc.), finds imports containing `?knighted-css&types`, reuses the loader to extract CSS, and writes deterministic `.d.ts` files into `node_modules/.knighted-css/knt-*.d.ts`. Each declaration uses a specifier that resolves back to the original stylesheet path, so TypeScript sees the literal `import './foo.scss?knighted-css&types'` as soon as the CLI runs. It also maintains `node_modules/@knighted/css/types-stub/index.d.ts`, so TypeScript picks up the generated declarations automatically—no extra `typeRoots` or registry scripts are required.
 
 Key flags:
 

packages/css/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@knighted/css",
-  "version": "1.0.0-rc.10",
+  "version": "1.0.0-rc.11",
   "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",

packages/css/src/generateTypes.ts

@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ import {
   determineSelectorVariant,
   hasQueryFlag,
   TYPES_QUERY_FLAG,
+  buildSanitizedQuery,
+  COMBINED_QUERY_FLAG,
+  NAMED_ONLY_QUERY_FLAGS,
   type SelectorTypeVariant,
 } from './loaderInternals.js'
 import { buildStableSelectorsLiteral } from './stableSelectorsLiteral.js'
@@ -174,9 +177,6 @@ async function generateDeclarations(
       if (!query || !hasQueryFlag(query, TYPES_QUERY_FLAG)) {
         continue
       }
-      if (processedSpecifiers.has(cleaned)) {
-        continue
-      }
       const resolvedNamespace = resolveStableNamespace(options.stableNamespace)
       const resolvedPath = await resolveImportPath(
         resource,
@@ -214,23 +214,35 @@ async function generateDeclarations(
         selectorCache.set(cacheKey, selectorMap)
       }
 
+      const canonicalSpecifier = buildDeclarationModuleSpecifier(
+        resolvedPath,
+        options.outDir,
+        query,
+      )
+      if (processedSpecifiers.has(canonicalSpecifier)) {
+        continue
+      }
       const variant = determineSelectorVariant(query)
-      const declaration = formatModuleDeclaration(cleaned, variant, selectorMap)
+      const declaration = formatModuleDeclaration(
+        canonicalSpecifier,
+        variant,
+        selectorMap,
+      )
       const declarationHash = hashContent(declaration)
-      const fileName = buildDeclarationFileName(cleaned)
+      const fileName = buildDeclarationFileName(canonicalSpecifier)
       const targetPath = path.join(options.outDir, fileName)
-      const previousEntry = previousManifest[cleaned]
+      const previousEntry = previousManifest[canonicalSpecifier]
       const needsWrite =
         previousEntry?.hash !== declarationHash || !(await fileExists(targetPath))
       if (needsWrite) {
         await fs.writeFile(targetPath, declaration, 'utf8')
         writes += 1
       }
-      nextManifest[cleaned] = { file: fileName, hash: declarationHash }
+      nextManifest[canonicalSpecifier] = { file: fileName, hash: declarationHash }
       if (needsWrite) {
-        declarations.push({ specifier: cleaned, filePath: targetPath })
+        declarations.push({ specifier: canonicalSpecifier, filePath: targetPath })
       }
-      processedSpecifiers.add(cleaned)
+      processedSpecifiers.add(canonicalSpecifier)
     }
   }
 
@@ -436,6 +448,57 @@ ${lines.join('\n')}
   }>`
 }
 
+function buildDeclarationModuleSpecifier(
+  resolvedPath: string,
+  declarationDir: string,
+  query: string,
+): string {
+  const relativePath = path.relative(declarationDir, resolvedPath)
+  const normalizedPath = normalizeRelativePath(relativePath)
+  const canonicalQuery = buildCanonicalQuery(query)
+  return `${normalizedPath}${canonicalQuery}`
+}
+
+function normalizeRelativePath(relativePath: string): string {
+  let normalized = relativePath.split(path.sep).join('/')
+  if (!normalized || normalized === '') {
+    normalized = '.'
+  }
+  if (normalized === '.') {
+    return './'
+  }
+  if (normalized.startsWith('./') || normalized.startsWith('../')) {
+    return normalized
+  }
+  if (normalized.startsWith('.')) {
+    return normalized
+  }
+  return `./${normalized}`
+}
+
+function buildCanonicalQuery(query: string): string {
+  if (!query) {
+    return ''
+  }
+  const sanitized = buildSanitizedQuery(query)
+  const extraParts = sanitized ? sanitized.slice(1).split('&').filter(Boolean) : []
+  const parts: string[] = []
+  parts.push('knighted-css')
+  if (hasQueryFlag(query, COMBINED_QUERY_FLAG)) {
+    parts.push(COMBINED_QUERY_FLAG)
+  }
+  for (const flag of NAMED_ONLY_QUERY_FLAGS) {
+    if (hasQueryFlag(query, flag)) {
+      parts.push(flag)
+    }
+  }
+  if (hasQueryFlag(query, TYPES_QUERY_FLAG)) {
+    parts.push(TYPES_QUERY_FLAG)
+  }
+  const merged = [...parts, ...extraParts]
+  return merged.length > 0 ? `?${merged.join('&')}` : ''
+}
+
 function hashContent(content: string): string {
   return crypto.createHash('sha1').update(content).digest('hex')
 }
@@ -778,6 +841,8 @@ export const __generateTypesInternals = {
   buildDeclarationFileName,
   formatModuleDeclaration,
   formatSelectorType,
+  buildDeclarationModuleSpecifier,
+  buildCanonicalQuery,
   relativeToRoot,
   collectCandidateFiles,
   normalizeIncludeOptions,

packages/css/test/generateTypes.test.ts

@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ test('generateTypes resolves tsconfig baseUrl specifiers', async () => {
       string,
       unknown
     >
-    assert.ok(manifest['styles/demo.css?knighted-css&types'])
+    assert.ok(manifest['../src/styles/demo.css?knighted-css&types'])
   } finally {
     await project.cleanup()
   }
@@ -354,6 +354,8 @@ test('generateTypes internals format selector-aware declarations', async () => {
     buildDeclarationFileName,
     formatSelectorType,
     formatModuleDeclaration,
+    buildDeclarationModuleSpecifier,
+    buildCanonicalQuery,
     writeTypesIndex,
     normalizeIncludeOptions,
     collectCandidateFiles,
@@ -411,6 +413,18 @@ test('generateTypes internals format selector-aware declarations', async () => {
   )
   assert.doesNotMatch(withoutDefault, /export default/)
 
+  const canonicalSpecifier = buildDeclarationModuleSpecifier(
+    path.join('/tmp/project', 'src', 'styles', 'demo.css'),
+    path.join('/tmp/project', '.knighted-css'),
+    '?types&knighted-css&foo=1',
+  )
+  assert.equal(canonicalSpecifier, '../src/styles/demo.css?knighted-css&types&foo=1')
+
+  assert.equal(
+    buildCanonicalQuery('?knighted-css&combined&no-default&types&foo=1'),
+    '?knighted-css&combined&no-default&types&foo=1',
+  )
+
   const normalized = normalizeIncludeOptions(undefined, '/tmp/demo')
   assert.deepEqual(normalized, ['/tmp/demo'])
   assert.deepEqual(normalizeIncludeOptions(['./src'], '/tmp/demo'), [

packages/playwright/package.json

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     "pretest": "npm run build"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@knighted/css": "1.0.0-rc.10",
+    "@knighted/css": "1.0.0-rc.11",
     "@knighted/jsx": "^1.4.1",
     "lit": "^3.2.1",
     "react": "^19.0.0",