conductor/SLICE8.md

Slice 8: Documentation

Status

In progress - unified roadmap created and linked; broader documentation reconciliation remains

Roadmap Alignment

This slice owns Documentation, Packaging, and Release in ROADMAP.md, while the final executable release gate remains in Slice 6. ROADMAP.md is the master work index; this slice must eventually reconcile or redirect duplicate planning and specification documents without erasing useful history.

Objective

Make documentation accurate, non-duplicative, and sufficient for development, deployment, operation, and MVP acceptance.

Dependencies

• Slice 7 authoritative scope
• Final behavior and validation results from Slices 1 through 6
• Continuous documentation updates from every slice

In Scope

• Documentation ownership and consolidation
• Setup, architecture, schema, security, operations, user guidance, and release evidence
• Durable Codex and slice handoff state

Out of Scope

• Marketing content and documentation for unimplemented post-MVP features

Tasks

• Create and link a unified v0.1.0 roadmap grouped by function and slice.
• Designate docs/ as the authoritative specification location.
• Remove exact duplicate root requirements, architecture, and future-idea documents.
• Update README prerequisites, commands, and documentation index.
• Reconcile requirements and architecture with Slice 7.
• Update schema docs and remove new deprecated action.responseMapping examples.
• Document active components, bindings, and visual configuration workflows.
• Document authentication, secret provisioning, and redaction.
• Document proxy policy and deployment configuration.
• Document SQLite backup, persistence, and recovery.
• Publish verified build, test, Docker, and release commands.
• Publish the final acceptance checklist and known limitations.
• Reconcile ROADMAP.md, CODEX.md, and all slice handoffs as implementation progresses.

Acceptance Criteria

• A contributor can install, run, test, and understand the project from documentation.
• An operator can configure secrets and proxy policy without reading source.
• Schema and binding examples match validated runtime behavior.
• MVP behavior and future ideas are clearly separated.
• Duplicate authoritative documents no longer create ambiguity.
• Acceptance criteria cite verified commands and outcomes.

Validation

• Every documented command succeeds in the target environment.
• Internal links and paths are checked.
• Example JSON validates against the schema.
• Security guidance matches actual behavior.
• Task, Codex, and slice statuses agree.

Risks and Open Questions

• Documentation will drift without continuous updates.
• Duplicate removal must wait until links and replacements are verified.
• Security documentation must not include real secrets or unsafe examples.

Progress Log

• Created ROADMAP.md as the unified work index, reconciled the older numbered-step plan and legacy task inventory with MVP_SCOPE.md and Slices 1-8, and linked it from the README.
• Designated the docs/ specifications as authoritative and removed byte-identical root duplicates plus stale transient planning documents.

Handoff

• Last completed: Unified roadmap creation and cross-slice alignment.
• Next action: Inventory documentation ownership and reconcile duplicate root and docs/ specifications.
• Known blockers: Final reconciliation depends on completed behavior and validation evidence.