Start from the current platform reality, not the historical scaffolding.

The repo already has authoritative onboarding, deployment ADRs, target taxonomy, and trust-graph docs. This page surfaces the shortest path into those materials and the commands developers actually need to get moving.

Open Repository Read Onboarding

Suggested First Session

Read the contributor onboarding and deployment ADRs.

Run the portal locally and verify the platform contract lane.

Use the shared backend runbook before touching runtime topology.

Primary Sources

Authoritative Reading List

These are the documents that should shape development decisions before anyone invents a new deployment lane.

Docs

Contributor Onboarding

Shortest current orientation path into the active platform.

Docs

Deployment Taxonomy ADR

Authoritative deployment target model and controller boundaries.

Docs

Shared Platform Boundary ADR

Which services belong to the shared platform and which belong to tenant nodes.

Docs

Trust Graph Query Layer

Current read-side projection and query surface for explainability.

Local Runtime

Working Commands

These commands cover the main public site and the core verification lane that now includes the player service contracts.

Runtime

Fresh Portal

cd services/sf-portal && deno task start

Public web entrypoint for developers, supporters, and community narrative.

Runtime

Platform Contracts

deno task test:platform-contracts

Fast cross-surface contract lane, including gateway and player service coverage.

Runtime

Shared Backend

cd shared-backend/service && ./scripts/start-local-backend.sh

Canonical local launcher for the Rust GraphQL backend.