Chore Court: The Roommate Justice System on Sanity 😁

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This is a submission for the Sanity Challenge, Path Two: Vibe-Code Something Strange

What I Built

Chore Court — a fun court for roommates. If someone leaves dishes, makes noise at 2am, or steals food, you file a small case. A judge then gives a funny punishment like "do dishes 3 times".

Wall /: a simple board that shows all cases. It reads from Sanity, so names and punishments always stay linked.
Bench /bench: the judge's page. The judge picks a case, starts the trial, signs a punishment, or forgives. No login needed.
Simple steps for each case: filed -> discussing -> punished -> done or forgiven. If someone appeals, it goes back to discussing. A case can't be punished without a judge's name.
Works even without setup: if Sanity keys are missing, it shows demo cases. Add keys and it shows real live data.

Demo

Code: https://github.com/Harish-1511/chore-court
Live demo: https://chore-court.vercel.app/ — Wall at /, Bench at https://chore-court.vercel.app/bench
Note: Vercel currently shows "Demo mode" (mock data, no Sanity env set there yet). Add NEXT_PUBLIC_SANITY_PROJECT_ID=01zrqiht, NEXT_PUBLIC_SANITY_DATASET=production in Vercel env + redeploy to show "Live from the Content Lake".
Local run (verified):

  cd chore-court/web
  npm install
  npm run dev
  # http://localhost:3000 (Wall — shows "Live from the Content Lake" when env present)
  # http://localhost:3000/bench (Bench — no login required)

No login required. Judges can click immediately (mock fallback) or with live Sanity data.
Suggested video flow (60s): Wall overview -> Bench claim filed -> deliberating -> sentence with judge sign -> sentenced -> mark served / pardon / appeal reopen.

Code

Repo: https://github.com/Harish-1511/chore-court

chore-court/
  sanity/
    schemas/person.ts        # roommate / judge
    schemas/grievance.ts     # title, charge, plaintiff->person, defendant->person, details, severity 1-5, evidence images, status, filedAt
    schemas/verdict.ts       # case ref, sentence, decidedBy
    schemas/appeal.ts        # case ref, reason, reopens to deliberating
    schemas/index.ts
    workflows/choreCourt.ts  # stages + transitions + guards as data
    sanity.config.ts
    seed.mjs                 # 4 people + 8 cases via API
  web/
    app/page.tsx             # Wall, getCases() + GROQ
    app/bench/page.tsx       # Bench, state machine mirroring workflow guards
    app/layout.tsx, globals.css
    lib/sanity.ts            # CASES_QUERY + live/mock switch
    lib/mock.ts              # 8 mock cases + NEXT_TRANSITIONS

My Build Process

IDE: OpenCode + Muse Spark.

Prompt that worked: "Next.js app-router, Sanity GROQ with plaintiff-> deref + verdict join, mock fallback when env missing" — got Wall in one shot (web/lib/sanity.ts:12, web/app/page.tsx:14).

Prompt that failed: "wire @sanity/sdk-react useDocuments live" — kept hanging without Dashboard host. Course-correct: Bench keeps the same state machine locally and mirrors workflow guards (web/app/bench/page.tsx:15, web/lib/mock.ts:31), so judges can click with zero setup. SDK dep stays in web/package.json:15 for the live path. Honest trade-off documented in repo.

Stuck: Workflows early-access CLI needs Dashboard deploy. Modeled definition as data (sanity/workflows/choreCourt.ts:7 — stages/transitions/guards, cookbook editorial-review shape) + enforced same guards in Bench UI (decidedBy non-empty to enter sentenced, served/pardoned terminal).

App SDK: custom Bench with judge sign input, status filter, live counts — not a read-only frontend.
Workflows: process-as-data, agent clerk + human judge share transitions.

Verified: npm run build passes (5 static pages), npm start 200 on / + /bench, live GROQ returns 8 grievances with dereferenced names.

Sanity Project Details

Project ID: 01zrqiht
Dataset: production (public, ACL public)
Public queries:
- Grievances: https://01zrqiht.api.sanity.io/v2026-09-01/data/query/production?query=*%5B_type%3D%3D%22grievance%22%5D%5B0..7%5D%7B_title%2Ccharge%2Cstatus%2Cplaintiff-%3Ename%2Cdefendant-%3Ename%7D
- All docs: https://01zrqiht.api.sanity.io/v2026-09-01/data/query/production?query=*%5B_type+in+%5B%22grievance%22%2C%22person%22%5D%5D%5B0..12%5D
Studio: cd sanity; npm install; npm run dev (uses SANITY_STUDIO_PROJECT_ID=01zrqiht)
Seed: sanity/seed.mjs — verified Seeded 8 cases (4 people + 8 grievances = 12 docs live)
GROQ (web/lib/sanity.ts):

  *[_type=="grievance"]{
    _id, title, charge, details, severity, status,
    "plaintiffName": plaintiff->name,
    "defendantName": defendant->name,
    "verdict": *[_type=="verdict" && case._ref==^._id][0]{sentence, decidedBy}
  } | order(severity desc)

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