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Comprehensive development guidelines for Payload projects. Covers collections, fields, hooks, access control, queries, and plugin development with TypeScript-first patterns.

When to use: Working with Payload projects (payload.config.ts, collections, fields, hooks, access control). Debugging validation errors, security issues, relationship queries, transactions, or hook behavior.

Covers:

• Collections: Auth, uploads, drafts, live preview configurations
• Fields: All field types including relationships, arrays, blocks, joins, virtual fields
• Hooks: beforeChange, afterChange, beforeValidate, field hooks
• Access Control: Collection, field, and global access patterns including RBAC and multi-tenant
• Queries: Local API, REST, and GraphQL with complex operators
• Database Adapters: MongoDB, Postgres, SQLite configurations and transactions
• Advanced Features: Jobs queue, custom endpoints, localization, plugins

View full documentation →

• Payload Documentation
• Payload GitHub

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