Archive records instead of deleting them

Add an archive flag, hide archived rows from normal readers, and disable destructive deletion.

Use this when

• archive content instead of deleting it
• hide old records from normal queries
• soft delete documents
• retire entries without removing them

Dyrected concepts

access, defaultValue, soft delete

Additional packages: No additional packages.

Decisions and cautions

Use this recipe only when its runtime matches the project you are documenting or building. Cloud recipes must stay inside the managed content backend boundary. Self-hosted recipes may use the server runtime, database, hooks, and infrastructure you control.

Complete recipe

This is the canonical source compiled and behavior-tested by @dyrected/knowledge.

import { defineBooleanField, defineCollection, defineTextField } from "@dyrected/core";

export const Announcements = defineCollection({
  slug: "announcements",
  access: {
    read: ({ user }) =>
      user?.roles?.includes("admin") ? true : { archived: { equals: false } },
    create: ({ user }) => Boolean(user),
    update: ({ user }) => Boolean(user),
    delete: () => false,
  },
  fields: [
    defineTextField({ name: "title", label: "Title", required: true }),
    defineBooleanField({
      name: "archived",
      label: "Archived",
      defaultValue: false,
    }),
  ],
});