[Question] Ability to run CSS modules type generation separately from the main project build

[KalashnikovTV]

Hello!

Thank you for this useful library. We are using rsbuild-plugin-typed-css-modules in our project, and the plugin works perfectly for generating .d.ts declaration files during the Rsbuild process (dev server or full build).

However, we have the following requirement: to run the compilation and type generation process for CSS modules separately, without triggering a full project build.

Use case:
This is necessary for our CI/CD pipelines and pre-commit hooks. We need to ensure that the TypeScript definitions for styles are up-to-date before running static analysis (e.g., tsc --noEmit) or linting, without spending time on a full application build via Rsbuild.

Questions:

1. Does the current version of the plugin provide a CLI interface, programmatic API, or a standalone script to generate types exclusively for CSS?
2. If this is not currently possible, could you recommend a workaround or consider adding this feature in future releases?

Environment:

• rsbuild-plugin-typed-css-modules version: 1.2.0
• Rsbuild version: 1.5.4

Thank you in advance for your time and assistance!

[KalashnikovTV]

@chenjiahan

[chenjiahan]

Currently this plugin does not provide a CLI or programmatic API. It is designed as an Rsbuild plugin, so type generation is tied to the Rsbuild lifecycle and cannot be invoked independently without running Rsbuild.

For CI/CD, I’d recommend using a standalone CSS Modules type generator instead, such as typed-css-modules