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colinhacks/zod to demonstrate OpenMate's UI hierarchy and recommendation cards.Because you have TypeScript experience and 3 hours, the safest, highest-leverage entry point is adding or improving dedicated string format checks or refining custom error maps rather than altering core type inference.
Matches your TypeScript knowledge without requiring modifications to the recursive type inference engine.
src/types.tssrc/__tests__/string.test.tsAdd a new `ZodStringCheck` kind `"duration"` in `src/types.ts` and write positive/negative test cases in `src/__tests__/string.test.ts`.