Development Guides & Tooling

Resources for contributors building features, plug-ins, connectors, and tests.

Engineering Standards & Quality

../18_CODING_STANDARDS.md – language guidelines, project layout, review expectations.
../19_TEST_SUITE_OVERVIEW.md – unit, integration, golden, and determinism test strategy.
../12_PERFORMANCE_WORKBOOK.md – benchmark targets and reference rigs.
../cli-vs-ui-parity.md – CLI vs Console feature parity tracking.
../scanner-core-contracts.md – DTO fixtures consumed by tests.

../10_PLUGIN_SDK_GUIDE.md – plug-in lifecycle, manifests, packaging.
../10_CONCELIER_CLI_QUICKSTART.md – local Concelier + CLI workflow for advisory ingestion.
Developer guides under ../dev/:
- Connector playbooks (30_EXCITITOR_CONNECTOR_GUIDE.md, kisa_connector_notes.md).
- Authority and DPoP guidance (31_AUTHORITY_PLUGIN_DEVELOPER_GUIDE.md, 32_AUTH_CLIENT_GUIDE.md).
- Analyzer and cache configuration (SCANNER_CACHE_CONFIGURATION.md, EXCITITOR_STATEMENT_BACKFILL.md).
- Normalisation references (normalized-rule-recipes.md).
- Operational templates and fixtures (templates/, fixtures.md).

../09_API_CLI_REFERENCE.md – authoritative CLI commands and flags (use for scripting).
../api/sdk-openapi-program.md – guidance for downstream SDK generation.
../policy/gateway.md & ../policy/dsl.md – foundations for automating policy programs.

../examples/policies/README.md – sample policy bundles.
Console UI development: docs/modules/ui/README.md and docs/modules/ui/architecture.md.
../task-packs/ – reusable task templates for sprints.
../policy/faq.md – policy author FAQ.