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Katerina Skroumpelou 81aefa3c55 fix(docs): install @redocly/cli dep to apps/docs (#44624)
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[CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/supabase/supabase/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)
file.

YES

## What kind of change does this PR introduce?

Bug fix.

## What is the current behavior?

Running `make` in `apps/docs/spec` (used by the `docs-js-libs-update`
workflow) fails with:

```
ERR_PNPM_RECURSIVE_EXEC_FIRST_FAIL  Command "redocly" not found
make: *** [Makefile:56: dereference.api.v1] Error 254
```

This regression was introduced in #44428, which removed `@redocly/cli`
from `packages/generator/package.json` as an "unused" dependency. It was
previously placed there because the Makefile ran `cd packages/generator
&& pnpm exec redocly` — but that directory had no logical ownership of
the dependency.

## What is the new behavior?

- `@redocly/cli` is now a devDependency of `apps/docs`, which is the
package that owns the spec generation workflow.
- The Makefile no longer `cd`s into `packages/generator` for the redocly
calls. It runs `pnpm exec redocly` directly from `apps/docs/spec`, where
the binary is now available.
- The `tsdoc:dereference` targets are unchanged and still `cd` into
`packages/generator` to run scripts defined there.

## Additional context

The `cd packages/generator` pattern for redocly was introduced in #42987
to fix a peer dependency resolution issue with `npx @redocly/cli`. The
fix was correct but placed the dependency in the wrong package. This PR
moves it to its logical home.

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## Summary by CodeRabbit

* **Chores**
  * Added documentation processing tool as a development dependency.
* Updated documentation generation configuration to optimize command
execution paths.

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