From 4cfd894541b264dceca7f84ea6c9f8c67016d03e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Isha Dijcks <ishadijcks@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 18 May 2026 12:21:57 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add getSchema to retrieve schemas by kind

---
 CHANGELOG.md                          |  6 +++++
 package.json                          |  2 +-
 src/content/ContentManager.ts         |  8 +++++++
 tests/content/content-manager.spec.ts | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 95d2e9f..1605a27 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # @123ishatest/louter
 
+## 0.4.0
+
+### Minor Changes
+
+- Add getSchema to retrieve schemas by kind
+
 ## 0.3.1
 
 ### Patch Changes
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2345b95..c656b86 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@123ishatest/louter",
   "private": false,
-  "version": "0.3.1",
+  "version": "0.4.0",
   "publishConfig": {
     "access": "public",
     "provenance": true
diff --git a/src/content/ContentManager.ts b/src/content/ContentManager.ts
index fcd9e74..46eff6b 100644
--- a/src/content/ContentManager.ts
+++ b/src/content/ContentManager.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,14 @@ export class ContentManager<const Kinds extends Record<string, ZodType<{ id: str
     return content;
   }
 
+  public getSchema<Kind extends keyof Kinds>(kind: Kind): Kinds[Kind] {
+    const schema = this._kinds[kind];
+    if (!schema) {
+      throw new ContentKindNotFoundError(`Could not get schema of ${kind.toString()}`);
+    }
+    return schema;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Throw away all currently managed content
    */
diff --git a/tests/content/content-manager.spec.ts b/tests/content/content-manager.spec.ts
index 55d7e89..481ebfa 100644
--- a/tests/content/content-manager.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/content/content-manager.spec.ts
@@ -75,3 +75,36 @@ it('throws an error when a piece of content does not exist', () => {
     manager.get('wrong', 'example');
   }).toThrow(ContentNotFoundError);
 });
+
+it('can get schemas', () => {
+  // Arrange
+  const exampleSchema = z.strictObject({
+    id: z.string(),
+    amount: z.number(),
+  });
+  const manager = new ContentManager({
+    example: exampleSchema,
+  });
+
+  // Act
+  const schema = manager.getSchema('example');
+
+  // Assert
+  expect(schema).toBe(exampleSchema);
+});
+
+it('throws an error when a schema does not exist', () => {
+  // Arrange
+  const manager = new ContentManager({
+    example: z.strictObject({
+      id: z.string(),
+      amount: z.number(),
+    }),
+  });
+
+  // Act
+  expect(() => {
+    // @ts-expect-error wrong kind
+    manager.getSchema('wrong');
+  }).toThrow(ContentKindNotFoundError);
+});