Cloudflare Workers

Cloudflare Workers

LivestockAI is deployed on Cloudflare Workers for global edge performance. This skill covers Workers-specific patterns and constraints.

Key Constraints

No process.env

Cloudflare Workers does NOT support process.env. Environment variables come from:

• Local dev: .dev.vars file
• Production: Wrangler secrets

# .dev.vars (local)
DATABASE_URL=postgres://...
BETTER_AUTH_SECRET=...

# Production secrets
wrangler secret put DATABASE_URL
wrangler secret put BETTER_AUTH_SECRET

Dynamic Imports Required

Database and auth modules must use dynamic imports in server functions:

// ✅ Correct - works on Workers
export const fn = createServerFn().handler(async () => {
  const { getDb } = await import('~/lib/db')
  const db = await getDb()
  // ...
})

// ❌ Wrong - fails on Workers
import { db } from '~/lib/db'

Memory Limits

Workers have a 128MB memory limit. For large operations:

• Stream responses instead of buffering
• Paginate database queries
• Avoid loading large datasets into memory

Configuration

The wrangler.jsonc file configures the Worker:

{
  "name": "livestockai",
  "compatibility_date": "2024-01-01",
  "compatibility_flags": ["nodejs_compat"],
  "main": "./dist/server/index.mjs",
}

Deployment

# Deploy to production
bun run deploy
# or
wrangler deploy

# Preview deployment
wrangler deploy --env preview

# View logs
wrangler tail

MCP Servers for Cloudflare

The devops-engineer agent has access to Cloudflare MCP servers:

Other agents should delegate Cloudflare tasks to devops-engineer.

Common Issues

"Cannot find module" errors

Use dynamic imports for database connections:

const { getDb } = await import('~/lib/db')
const db = await getDb()

Cold start latency

Minimize bundle size and avoid heavy initialization code.

Environment variable access

// ✅ Works - uses getDb() which handles env detection
const { getDb } = await import('~/lib/db')
const db = await getDb()

// ❌ Fails - process.env not available
const url = process.env.DATABASE_URL

Request Flow

Browser → Cloudflare CDN → Worker → TanStack Start → Server Functions → Neon PostgreSQL

Static Assets

Static assets are served from Cloudflare's CDN automatically. The public/ directory contents are deployed alongside the Worker.

Related Skills

• neon-database - Database connection patterns
• dynamic-imports - Why dynamic imports are required
• tanstack-start - Server function patterns