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, 30_EXCITOR_CONNECTOR_GUIDE.md, concelier-connector-research-20251011.md, kisa_connector_notes.md).
- Authority and DPoP guidance (31_AUTHORITY_PLUGIN_DEVELOPER_GUIDE.md, authority-dpop-mtls-plan.md, authority-plugin-di-coordination.md, authority-rate-limit-tuning-outline.md, 32_AUTH_CLIENT_GUIDE.md).
- Analyzer and cache configuration (SCANNER_CACHE_CONFIGURATION.md, java-analyzer-observation-plan.md, EXCITITOR_STATEMENT_BACKFILL.md).
- Normalisation & merge references (aoc-normalization-removal-notes.md, merge_semver_playbook.md, normalized-rule-recipes.md, normalized_versions_rollout.md).
- Operational templates and fixtures (templates/, fixtures.md).
- Mongo/Cartographer details (mongo_indices.md, cartographer-graph-handshake.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.
…/examples/ui-tours.md and …/assets/ui/tours/README.md – console tour authoring guides.
…/task-packs/ – reusable task templates for sprints.
…/faq/policy-faq.md – policy author FAQ.
…/faq/ – additional Q&A sets useful during development.