diff --git a/template/.oxlintrc.json b/template/.oxlintrc.json
index 4bca4d308..7efc703f5 100644
--- a/template/.oxlintrc.json
+++ b/template/.oxlintrc.json
@@ -239,6 +239,8 @@
     "**/.next/**",
     "**/coverage/**",
     "client/dist/**",
-    "**/.databricks/**"
+    "**/.databricks/**",
+    // Written by `appkit generate-types` and the Vite plugin; edits are overwritten on the next run
+    "shared/appkit-types/**"
   ]
 }
diff --git a/template/server/example.test.ts b/template/server/example.test.ts
index 535f800fd..ecd14ca84 100644
--- a/template/server/example.test.ts
+++ b/template/server/example.test.ts
@@ -34,15 +34,16 @@ class GreeterPlugin extends Plugin {
     resources: { required: [], optional: [] },
   } as PluginManifest<'greeter'>;
 
-  async setup() {
+  setup() {
     // Routes registered here are captured by createTestPluginContext().routes.
     this.context?.addRoute('get', '/hello', (_req, res) => {
       res.end();
     });
+    return Promise.resolve();
   }
 
   // A stand-in for a streaming handler: yields SSE-style event objects.
-  async *greet(name: string) {
+  *greet(name: string) {
     yield { type: 'greeting_start', name };
     yield { type: 'greeting_end', message: `Hello, ${name}!` };
   }
@@ -53,9 +54,10 @@ class GreeterPlugin extends Plugin {
       name: 'greet',
       method: 'post',
       path: '/greet',
-      handler: async (req, res) => {
+      handler: (req, res) => {
         const { name } = req.body as { name: string };
         res.json({ message: `Hello, ${name}!` });
+        return Promise.resolve();
       },
     });
   }
diff --git a/tools/template-smoke-runner.ts b/tools/template-smoke-runner.ts
index c3d8d7dc6..52b366f38 100644
--- a/tools/template-smoke-runner.ts
+++ b/tools/template-smoke-runner.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import assert from "node:assert/strict";
 import { execFileSync, spawn } from "node:child_process";
 import {
+  existsSync,
   globSync,
+  mkdirSync,
   mkdtempSync,
   readFileSync,
   rmSync,
@@ -15,6 +17,8 @@ import { setTimeout as delay } from "node:timers/promises";
 
 import { parse } from "yaml";
 
+import { NEUTRAL_DATABASE_TYPES } from "../packages/appkit/src/type-generator/database/generate";
+import { generateMetricTypeDeclarations } from "../packages/appkit/src/type-generator/mv-registry/render-types";
 import { checkTemplateLint } from "./template-lint-fixtures";
 
 export type PackageManager = "npm" | "pnpm";
@@ -177,6 +181,18 @@ export async function runTemplateSmoke(
     run(process.execPath, ["--input-type=commonjs", "-e", nativeCheck]);
     checkTemplateLint(appDir, env);
     run(pm, ["run", "build"]);
+    // The build ran typegen. Add the declarations it writes for an app with no database schema
+    // or metric views (empty registry interfaces), then lint the app as a user would get it.
+    const typesDir = join(appDir, "shared/appkit-types");
+    mkdirSync(typesDir, { recursive: true });
+    for (const [file, content] of [
+      ["database.d.ts", NEUTRAL_DATABASE_TYPES],
+      ["metric-views.d.ts", generateMetricTypeDeclarations([])],
+    ]) {
+      if (!existsSync(join(typesDir, file)))
+        writeFileSync(join(typesDir, file), content);
+    }
+    run(pm, ["run", "lint"]);
     const html = readFileSync(join(appDir, "client/dist/index.html"), "utf-8");
     assert(readFileSync(join(appDir, "dist/server.js"), "utf-8").length > 0);
     const manifest = parse(readFileSync(join(appDir, "app.yaml"), "utf-8"));