diff --git a/sources/@roots/bud-esbuild/src/features/esbuild-ts.ts b/sources/@roots/bud-esbuild/src/features/esbuild-ts.ts
index 66459053fe..9638a10d38 100644
--- a/sources/@roots/bud-esbuild/src/features/esbuild-ts.ts
+++ b/sources/@roots/bud-esbuild/src/features/esbuild-ts.ts
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ export const tsFeature: Extension.Module = {
   options: async ({path}) => ({
     loader: 'tsx',
     target: 'es2015',
-    tsconfigRaw: (await pathExists(path('@project', 'tsconfig.json')))
-      ? await readJson(path('@project', 'tsconfig.json'))
+    tsconfigRaw: (await pathExists(path('tsconfig.json')))
+      ? await readJson(path('tsconfig.json'))
       : {
           compilerOptions: {
             importsNotUsedAsValues: 'remove',
diff --git a/sources/@roots/bud-eslint/src/eslint.options.ts b/sources/@roots/bud-eslint/src/eslint.options.ts
index e34a6e4fdb..e33315ce6e 100644
--- a/sources/@roots/bud-eslint/src/eslint.options.ts
+++ b/sources/@roots/bud-eslint/src/eslint.options.ts
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ export interface options {
 
 export const options: options = ({path}) => ({
   extensions: ['js', 'jsx', 'ts', 'tsx', 'vue'],
-  cacheLocation: path(`@storage/cache/eslint.json`),
+  cacheLocation: path('@storage/cache/eslint.json'),
   cacheStrategy: 'content',
-  cwd: path('@project'),
+  cwd: path(),
   eslintPath: require.resolve('eslint'),
-  resolvePluginsRelativeTo: path('@project'),
+  resolvePluginsRelativeTo: path(),
   threads: cpus.length / 2,
 })
diff --git a/sources/@roots/bud-framework/src/Framework/methods/make.ts b/sources/@roots/bud-framework/src/Framework/methods/make.ts
index 65494fb56f..c961d39c96 100644
--- a/sources/@roots/bud-framework/src/Framework/methods/make.ts
+++ b/sources/@roots/bud-framework/src/Framework/methods/make.ts
@@ -42,23 +42,25 @@ export async function make(
   name: string,
   tap?: (app: Framework) => any,
 ): Promise<Framework> {
-  this as Framework
+  const app = this as Framework
 
-  handleChildNestingError.bind(this)()
-  this.logger.instance.fav(`new instance:`, name)
+  handleChildNestingError.bind(app)()
+  app.logger.instance.fav(`new instance:`, name)
 
-  const instance = new this.implementation({
-    childOf: this,
-    config: {...this.options.config, name},
-    context: this.context,
-    services: this.options.services,
+  const instance = new app.implementation({
+    name,
+    mode: app.mode,
+    childOf: app,
+    config: {...app.options.config, name},
+    context: app.context,
+    services: app.options.services,
   })
 
   await instance.lifecycle()
 
   if (tap) await tap(instance)
 
-  this.children?.set(name, instance)
+  app.children?.set(name, instance)
 
-  return this
+  return app
 }
diff --git a/sources/@roots/bud-framework/src/Framework/methods/path.ts b/sources/@roots/bud-framework/src/Framework/methods/path.ts
index feee59a4fc..80658221fc 100644
--- a/sources/@roots/bud-framework/src/Framework/methods/path.ts
+++ b/sources/@roots/bud-framework/src/Framework/methods/path.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {join} from 'path'
+import {join, resolve, sep as slash} from 'node:path'
 
 import {Framework} from '../..'
 
@@ -6,25 +6,65 @@ export interface path {
   (base?: string, ...segments: Array<string>): string
 }
 
+/**
+ * Transform `@alias` path
+ *
+ * @param app - Framework instance
+ * @param base - Path segment
+ * @returns string
+ *
+ * @public
+ */
 const transformShorthandBase = (app: Framework, base: string): string => {
-  const parts = base.includes('/') ? base.split('/') : [base]
-  parts[0] = app.hooks.filter(`location.${parts[0]}`)
-  return parts.join('/')
+  /**
+   * If path contains multiple segments, explode into an array
+   * If path contains one segment, insert it into a blank array
+   */
+  const [ident, ...parts] = base.includes(slash)
+    ? base.split(slash)
+    : [base]
+
+  !app.hooks.has(`location.${ident}`) &&
+    app.error(
+      `\`${ident}\` is not a registered path. It must be defined with bud.setPath`,
+    )
+
+  /**
+   * Replace
+   */
+  const value = app.hooks.filter(`location.${ident}`)
+
+  return join(value, ...(parts ?? []).filter(Boolean))
 }
 
 export const path: path = function (
   base?: string,
   ...segments: Array<string>
 ): string {
-  const ctx = this as Framework
+  const app = this as Framework
+  /**
+   * If no base path was provided return the project directory
+   */
+  if (!base) return app.context.projectDir
+
+  /**
+   * If base path starts with `/` return the joined path and segments (if any)
+   */
+  if (base.startsWith('/'))
+    return segments.length ? join(base, ...segments) : base
+
+  /**
+   * Replace any `@alias` aliases with their corresponding entry
+   */
+  const normalized = base.startsWith(`@`)
+    ? transformShorthandBase(app, base)
+    : base
 
-  if (!base || base.startsWith(`/`)) return ctx.context.projectDir
+  const absolutePath = base.startsWith(`/`)
+    ? normalized
+    : resolve(app.context.projectDir, normalized)
 
-  return join(
-    ctx.context.projectDir,
-    ...[
-      base.startsWith(`@`) ? transformShorthandBase(ctx, base) : base,
-      ...(segments ?? []),
-    ].filter(Boolean),
-  )
+  return segments.length
+    ? resolve(absolutePath, ...(segments ?? []).filter(Boolean))
+    : absolutePath
 }
diff --git a/sources/@roots/bud-framework/src/Framework/methods/setPath.ts b/sources/@roots/bud-framework/src/Framework/methods/setPath.ts
index 367d74ae58..12ae513904 100644
--- a/sources/@roots/bud-framework/src/Framework/methods/setPath.ts
+++ b/sources/@roots/bud-framework/src/Framework/methods/setPath.ts
@@ -10,13 +10,7 @@ const {isString} = lodash
  * @internal
  */
 export interface setPath {
-  <
-    T extends `${Omit<
-      '@project',
-      `${keyof Framework.Locations & string}`
-    > &
-      string}`,
-  >(
+  <T extends `${keyof Framework.Locations & string}`>(
     arg1: T | Record<T, string>,
     arg2?: string,
   ): Framework.Framework
diff --git a/sources/@roots/bud-react/package.json b/sources/@roots/bud-react/package.json
index 7cb5fd1cc8..ef64f51c0e 100644
--- a/sources/@roots/bud-react/package.json
+++ b/sources/@roots/bud-react/package.json
@@ -97,10 +97,6 @@
     "@babel/plugin-syntax-jsx": "^7.16.0",
     "@babel/preset-react": "^7.16.0",
     "@pmmmwh/react-refresh-webpack-plugin": "0.5.4",
-    "autobind-decorator": "2.4.0",
-    "eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y": "^6.5.1",
-    "eslint-plugin-react": "^7.27.1",
-    "eslint-plugin-react-hooks": "^4.3.0",
     "react": "^17.0.2",
     "react-dom": "^17.0.2",
     "react-hot-loader": "^4.13.0",
diff --git a/sources/@roots/bud/src/seed.ts b/sources/@roots/bud/src/seed.ts
index 65ee266737..0e5695a657 100644
--- a/sources/@roots/bud/src/seed.ts
+++ b/sources/@roots/bud/src/seed.ts
@@ -188,7 +188,6 @@ export const seed: Partial<Store.Repository> = {
   [`build.parallelism`]: app => Math.max(cpus().length - 1, 1),
   [`build.performance`]: app => ({hints: false}),
   [`build.resolve.alias`]: app => ({
-    '@project': app.path(),
     '@src': app.path('@src'),
     '@dist': app.path('@dist'),
   }),
diff --git a/sources/@roots/sage/package.json b/sources/@roots/sage/package.json
index 2a697c110c..2d9c2e46e6 100644
--- a/sources/@roots/sage/package.json
+++ b/sources/@roots/sage/package.json
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
     ".": "./lib/cjs/index.js",
     "./client": "./lib/cjs/client/index.js",
     "./client/dom-ready": "./lib/cjs/client/domReady.js",
-    "./eslint-config": "./eslint-config/index.js",
     "./stylelint-config": "./stylelint-config/index.js",
     "./theme/tailwind": "./lib/cjs/theme/tailwind.adapter.js",
     "./tsconfig": "./tsconfig/tsconfig.json"
@@ -60,14 +59,12 @@
     "@roots/bud-api": "workspace:sources/@roots/bud-api",
     "@roots/bud-framework": "workspace:sources/@roots/bud-framework",
     "@skypack/package-check": "0.2.2",
-    "@types/lodash": "4.14.179",
     "@types/node": "16.11.26",
     "webpack": "5.68.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@roots/bud-preset-wordpress": "workspace:sources/@roots/bud-preset-wordpress",
     "@roots/bud-support": "workspace:sources/@roots/bud-support",
-    "helpful-decorators": "^2.1.0",
     "tslib": "^2.3.1"
   }
 }
diff --git a/sources/@roots/sage/src/theme/api/themeJson.ts b/sources/@roots/sage/src/theme/api/themeJson.ts
index 6bbc6e78e6..695e178349 100644
--- a/sources/@roots/sage/src/theme/api/themeJson.ts
+++ b/sources/@roots/sage/src/theme/api/themeJson.ts
@@ -28,25 +28,32 @@ export interface facade {
   (input?: Mutator | WPThemeJson['settings'], raw?: boolean): Framework
 }
 
+const getContainerOptions = (app: Framework) =>
+  app.extensions.get('wp-theme-json').options
+
+const getRawOptions = (app: Framework) =>
+  app.extensions.get('wp-theme-json').options.all()
+
 export const method: method = async function (
   input?: Mutator | WPThemeJson['settings'],
   raw?: boolean,
 ) {
-  const ctx = this as Framework
+  const app = this as Framework
+
+  if (!app.extensions.has('wp-theme-json')) return
 
-  ctx.extensions.get('wp-theme-json').set('when', true)
+  app.extensions.get('wp-theme-json').set('when', true)
 
-  if (!input) return ctx
+  if (!input) return app
 
   isFunction(input)
-    ? ctx.extensions
+    ? app.extensions
         .get('wp-theme-json')
-        .setOptions(
-          raw === true
-            ? input(ctx.extensions.get('wp-theme-json').options.all())
-            : input(ctx.extensions.get('wp-theme-json').options),
+        .setOption(
+          'settings',
+          raw === true ? getRawOptions(app) : getContainerOptions(app),
         )
-    : ctx.extensions.get('wp-theme-json').setOptions(input)
+    : app.extensions.get('wp-theme-json').setOption('settings', input)
 
-  return ctx
+  return app
 }
diff --git a/sources/@roots/sage/src/theme/api/useTailwindColors.ts b/sources/@roots/sage/src/theme/api/useTailwindColors.ts
index 813caba3fa..7ee20f80dd 100644
--- a/sources/@roots/sage/src/theme/api/useTailwindColors.ts
+++ b/sources/@roots/sage/src/theme/api/useTailwindColors.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export const method: method = async function () {
 
   ctx.extensions
     .get('wp-theme-json')
-    .setOption('color.palette', transformPalette(palette))
+    .setOption('settings.color.palette', transformPalette(palette))
 
   return ctx
 }
diff --git a/sources/@roots/sage/src/theme/extension.ts b/sources/@roots/sage/src/theme/extension.ts
index ebeac4c54d..76dd487f4b 100644
--- a/sources/@roots/sage/src/theme/extension.ts
+++ b/sources/@roots/sage/src/theme/extension.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import * as useTailwindColors from './api/useTailwindColors'
 import {Options, ThemeJsonWebpackPlugin} from './plugin'
 
 /**
- * Extension for managing WordPress `theme.json` values
+ * Extension for managing WordPress `theme.json`
  *
  * @public
  */
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ export interface ThemeExtension
     Options
   > {
   name: 'wp-theme-json'
+  options: (app: Framework.Framework) => Options
   api: {
     themeJson: themeJson.method
     useTailwindColors: useTailwindColors.method
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ export const name: ThemeExtension['name'] = 'wp-theme-json'
  */
 export const options: ThemeExtension['options'] = app => ({
   path: app.path('theme.json'),
-  json: {
+  settings: {
     color: {
       custom: false,
       customGradient: false,
@@ -73,7 +74,12 @@ export const api: ThemeExtension['api'] = {
 export const make: ThemeExtension['make'] = options =>
   new ThemeJsonWebpackPlugin({
     path: options.get('path'),
-    json: options.get('json'),
+    settings: options.get('settings'),
   })
 
+/**
+ * Extension when
+ *
+ * @public
+ */
 export const when: ThemeExtension['when'] = false
diff --git a/sources/@roots/sage/src/theme/plugin.ts b/sources/@roots/sage/src/theme/plugin.ts
index efd4916fea..d793cba358 100644
--- a/sources/@roots/sage/src/theme/plugin.ts
+++ b/sources/@roots/sage/src/theme/plugin.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import {ThemeJSON} from '@roots/bud-preset-wordpress'
-import {fs} from '@roots/bud-support'
+import {bind, fs} from '@roots/bud-support'
 import {Compiler, WebpackPluginInstance} from 'webpack'
 
 /**
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export interface Options {
   /**
    * JSON contents
    */
-  json: ThemeJSON.JSONSchemaForWordPressBlockThemeGlobalSettingsAndStyles['settings']
+  settings: ThemeJSON.JSONSchemaForWordPressBlockThemeGlobalSettingsAndStyles['settings']
 
   /**
    * Emit path
@@ -21,17 +21,74 @@ export interface Options {
 
 /**
  * ThemeJSONWebpackPlugin
+ *
+ * @public
  */
 export class ThemeJsonWebpackPlugin implements WebpackPluginInstance {
+  /**
+   * theme.json path
+   *
+   * @public
+   */
+  public get path(): string {
+    return this.options.path
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * theme.json settings
+   *
+   * @public
+   */
+  public get settings(): string {
+    return JSON.stringify(
+      {
+        __generated__: '⚠️ This file is generated. Do not edit.',
+        $schema: 'https://schemas.wp.org/trunk/theme.json',
+        version: 2,
+        settings: this.options.settings,
+      },
+      null,
+      2,
+    )
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Class constructor
+   *
+   * @param options - Plugin options
+   *
+   * @public
+   */
   public constructor(public options: Options) {}
 
+  /**
+   * Apply plugin
+   *
+   * @param compiler - Webpack compiler
+   * @returns void
+   *
+   * @public
+   * @decorator `@bind`
+   */
+  @bind
   public apply(compiler: Compiler) {
-    compiler.hooks.done.tapPromise(this.constructor.name, async () => {
-      try {
-        await fs.writeFile(this.options.path, this.options.json, 'utf8')
-      } catch (err) {
-        throw new Error(err)
-      }
-    })
+    compiler.hooks.done.tapPromise(this.constructor.name, this.done)
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Compiler done
+   *
+   * @returns Promise
+   *
+   * @public
+   * @decorator `@bind`
+   */
+  @bind
+  public async done() {
+    try {
+      await fs.writeFile(this.path, this.settings, 'utf8')
+    } catch (err) {
+      throw new Error(err)
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/tests/unit/bud-api/repository/alias.test.ts b/tests/unit/bud-api/repository/alias.test.ts
index 54338c6cee..62e4ecd503 100644
--- a/tests/unit/bud-api/repository/alias.test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/bud-api/repository/alias.test.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ describe('bud.alias', function () {
     expect(alias).toEqual({
       '@dist': bud.path('@dist'),
       '@src': bud.path('@src'),
-      '@project': bud.path(),
       '@foo': bud.path('bar'),
     })
   })
diff --git a/tests/unit/bud-build/config.test.ts b/tests/unit/bud-build/config.test.ts
index 1c9b33de3c..2434c91348 100644
--- a/tests/unit/bud-build/config.test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/bud-build/config.test.ts
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ describe('bud.build.config', function () {
   it('has expected resolve.alias default', () => {
     expect(bud.build.config.resolve.alias).toEqual({
       '@dist': bud.path('@dist'),
-      '@project': bud.path(),
       '@src': bud.path('@src'),
     })
   })
diff --git a/tests/unit/bud-framework/path.test.ts b/tests/unit/bud-framework/path.test.ts
index be60d01c59..027b3fb612 100644
--- a/tests/unit/bud-framework/path.test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/bud-framework/path.test.ts
@@ -16,19 +16,11 @@ describe('bud.path', function () {
     expect(bud.path()).toEqual(mockProject.path)
   })
 
-  it('returns projectDir when passed `project`', () => {
-    expect(bud.path()).toEqual(mockProject.path)
-  })
-
-  it('returns expected projectDir when passed `@project`', () => {
-    expect(bud.path()).toEqual(mockProject.path)
-  })
-
   it('returns expected project relative path', () => {
     expect(bud.path('foo')).toEqual(join(mockProject.path, 'foo'))
   })
   it('returns expected multipart path', () => {
-    expect(bud.path('@project', 'foo', 'bar')).toEqual(
+    expect(bud.path('foo', 'bar')).toEqual(
       join(mockProject.path, 'foo', 'bar'),
     )
   })
@@ -44,6 +36,6 @@ describe('bud.path', function () {
   })
 
   it('path: returns correct paths with @ shorthand', () => {
-    expect(bud.path('@project/foo')).toContain(`util/project/foo`)
+    expect(bud.path('foo')).toContain(`util/project/foo`)
   })
 })
diff --git a/tests/unit/sage/extension.ts b/tests/unit/sage/extension.ts
index 19b6bd8406..001f9b5f05 100644
--- a/tests/unit/sage/extension.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/sage/extension.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ describe('@roots/sage', () => {
 
   it(`sets aliases`, () => {
     expect(bud.hooks.filter('build.resolve.alias')).toBe({
-      '@project': bud.path(),
       '@scripts': bud.path('@src', 'scripts'),
       '@styles': bud.path('@src', 'styles'),
       '@images': bud.path('@src', 'images'),
diff --git a/tests/util/project/.eslintrc.js b/tests/util/project/.eslintrc.js
index cc6568d611..a8047dd8ee 100644
--- a/tests/util/project/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/tests/util/project/.eslintrc.js
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module.exports = {
-  extends: [require.resolve('@roots/bud-preset-recommend/eslint-config')],
+  extends: ['@roots/eslint-config'],
 }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index df8f092f81..263f8efcdf 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3797,10 +3797,6 @@ __metadata:
     "@types/node": 16.11.26
     "@types/react": 17.0.39
     "@types/react-dom": 17.0.13
-    autobind-decorator: 2.4.0
-    eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y: ^6.5.1
-    eslint-plugin-react: ^7.27.1
-    eslint-plugin-react-hooks: ^4.3.0
     react: ^17.0.2
     react-dom: ^17.0.2
     react-hot-loader: ^4.13.0
@@ -4343,9 +4339,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@roots/bud-preset-wordpress": "workspace:sources/@roots/bud-preset-wordpress"
     "@roots/bud-support": "workspace:sources/@roots/bud-support"
     "@skypack/package-check": 0.2.2
-    "@types/lodash": 4.14.179
     "@types/node": 16.11.26
-    helpful-decorators: ^2.1.0
     tslib: ^2.3.1
     webpack: 5.68.0
   languageName: unknown