fix: preserve value types in extraFields (no string coercion)

- DocumentMeta.extraFields type -> Record<string, unknown>
- API routes pass extraFields through without JSON.stringify coercion
- CustomFieldBadges auto-styles by value type/content (number->purple, boolean->green/red, etc.)
- DocForm help text: generic (no hardcoded field examples)

apps/web/app/api/docs/[...slug]/route.ts

@@ -24,15 +24,15 @@ const STANDARD_FIELDS = new Set([
 
 function splitPayload(body: Record<string, unknown>): {
   standard: Record<string, unknown>;
-  extraFields: Record<string, string>;
+  extraFields: Record<string, unknown>;
 } {
   const standard: Record<string, unknown> = {};
-  const extraFields: Record<string, string> = {};
+  const extraFields: Record<string, unknown> = {};
   for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(body)) {
     if (STANDARD_FIELDS.has(key)) {
       standard[key] = value;
     } else if (value !== undefined && value !== null) {
-      extraFields[key] = typeof value === "string" ? value : JSON.stringify(value);
+      extraFields[key] = value;
     }
   }
   return { standard, extraFields };

apps/web/app/api/docs/route.ts

@@ -68,14 +68,7 @@ export async function POST(req: NextRequest) {
 
   try {
     const { standard, extraFields } = splitPayload(body);
-    // Coerce all extra field values to strings (form sends strings; API/MCP may send objects).
+    const doc = await createDocument({ ...standard, extraFields } as any);
-    const stringExtra: Record<string, string> = {};
-    for (const [k, v] of Object.entries(extraFields)) {
-      if (v !== undefined && v !== null) {
-        stringExtra[k] = typeof v === "string" ? v : JSON.stringify(v);
-      }
-    }
-    const doc = await createDocument({ ...standard, extraFields: stringExtra } as any);
     return NextResponse.json({ ok: true, slug: doc.slug, doc });
   } catch (err) {
     const msg = err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err);

content/notes/test/dynamic-field-types.md

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+---
+title: "Dynamic Field Types Test"
+type: "note"
+section: "notes"
+status: "published"
+author: "asep"
+tags: ["test"]
+path: "notes/test/dynamic-field-types.md"
+created_at: "2026-08-20T17:45:07.294Z"
+updated_at: "2026-08-20T17:45:07.294Z"
+priority: "5"
+resolved: "true"
+os: "linux"
+complexity: "medium"
+tags_list: "[\"alpha\",\"beta\"]"
+metadata: "{\"owner\":\"team-a\",\"tier\":2}"
+---
+# Dynamic Field Types Test
+Testing various field value types.

packages/core/src/document.service.ts

@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ export interface CreateDocInput {
   status?: DocStatus;
   author?: string;
   tags?: string[];
-  extraFields?: Record<string, string>;
+  extraFields?: Record<string, unknown>;
 }
 
 export interface UpdateDocInput {
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ export interface UpdateDocInput {
   status?: DocStatus;
   tags?: string[];
   author?: string;
-  extraFields?: Record<string, string>;
+  extraFields?: Record<string, unknown>;
 }
 
 /** Validate that a slug is safe (no path traversal, only [a-z0-9/_-]). */

packages/types/src/index.ts

@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ export interface DocumentMeta {
   updatedAt: string; // ISO
   // Dynamic custom frontmatter fields (e.g. CTF: event, challenge, category,
   // difficulty, points). Content creators add arbitrary key-value pairs.
-  extraFields?: Record<string, string>;
+  // Values can be strings, numbers, booleans, arrays, or objects.
+  extraFields?: Record<string, unknown>;
 }
 
 export interface Document extends DocumentMeta {