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# Work Directory Index

**Last Updated:** November 4, 2025  
**Status:** Ready for Implementation

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## 📁 Quick Navigation

### 🚀 START HERE
**[NEXT_SESSION_START_HERE.md](NEXT_SESSION_START_HERE.md)** - Begin next session with this

### 📊 Status & Progress
- **[STATUS.txt](STATUS.txt)** - Visual status summary (quick reference)
- **[current_status.md](current_status.md)** - Detailed project status
- **[session-summary.md](session-summary.md)** - What we accomplished this session

### 📖 Understanding & Planning
- **[review-summary.md](review-summary.md)** - GRASP protocol review findings
- **[architecture-diagram.md](architecture-diagram.md)** - Visual architecture reference
- **[implementation-checklist.md](implementation-checklist.md)** - Detailed task checklist

### 📋 Reference
- **[README.md](README.md)** - Work directory purpose and guidelines

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## 📚 Document Purposes

### NEXT_SESSION_START_HERE.md
**Purpose:** Step-by-step implementation guide  
**When to use:** Starting next coding session  
**Contains:**
- Immediate goal (actix-web integration)
- Critical architecture understanding
- 8-step implementation plan with code examples
- Verification steps for each step
- Common issues and solutions
- Success criteria

**Read this:** When you're ready to start coding

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### STATUS.txt
**Purpose:** Quick visual status overview  
**When to use:** Quick check of where we are  
**Contains:**
- Current compliance percentages
- Critical discoveries
- Next session plan
- Key references
- Success criteria

**Read this:** When you need a quick reminder

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### current_status.md
**Purpose:** Comprehensive project status  
**When to use:** Understanding overall context  
**Contains:**
- Complete GRASP-01 requirements checklist
- Architecture understanding
- Current implementation status
- Known issues and blockers
- Progress summary
- Key references

**Read this:** When you need detailed context

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### session-summary.md
**Purpose:** Summary of this review session  
**When to use:** Remembering what we did  
**Contains:**
- Session goals and accomplishments
- Key discoveries (7 major findings)
- Documents created
- Lessons learned
- Next steps

**Read this:** When you want to know what happened this session

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### review-summary.md
**Purpose:** GRASP protocol review findings  
**When to use:** Understanding why we're making changes  
**Contains:**
- 10 critical discoveries from GRASP spec
- Evidence for each finding
- Impact and action items
- Compliance status
- Immediate next steps

**Read this:** When you need to justify architectural decisions

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### architecture-diagram.md
**Purpose:** Visual architecture reference  
**When to use:** During implementation for reference  
**Contains:**
- Current vs. target architecture diagrams
- Request flow examples (5 scenarios)
- Component responsibilities
- Configuration flow
- Test architecture
- File structure
- Comparison with ngit-relay

**Read this:** When you need to visualize the system

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### implementation-checklist.md
**Purpose:** Detailed task checklist  
**When to use:** Tracking implementation progress  
**Contains:**
- 5 phases with detailed tasks
- Verification steps for each task
- Manual testing procedures
- Automated testing commands
- Acceptance criteria
- Known issues to watch for
- Reference commands

**Read this:** While implementing to track progress

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## 🎯 Recommended Reading Order

### For Next Session (Implementation)

1. **STATUS.txt** (1 min)
   - Quick reminder of where we are

2. **NEXT_SESSION_START_HERE.md** (10 min)
   - Understand the immediate goal
   - Review the 8-step plan

3. **architecture-diagram.md** (5 min)
   - Visual reference for what we're building

4. **implementation-checklist.md** (ongoing)
   - Check off tasks as you complete them

### For Understanding Context

1. **session-summary.md** (5 min)
   - What we accomplished this session

2. **current_status.md** (10 min)
   - Overall project status

3. **review-summary.md** (15 min)
   - Why we're making these changes

### For Reference During Coding

- **architecture-diagram.md** - Visual reference
- **implementation-checklist.md** - Task tracking
- **NEXT_SESSION_START_HERE.md** - Step-by-step guide

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## 🔍 Finding Specific Information

### "How do I implement X?"
→ **NEXT_SESSION_START_HERE.md** (Step-by-step with code)

### "Why are we doing X?"
→ **review-summary.md** (Findings from GRASP review)

### "What's the overall status?"
→ **current_status.md** or **STATUS.txt**

### "What did we do this session?"
→ **session-summary.md**

### "How does the architecture work?"
→ **architecture-diagram.md**

### "What tasks are left?"
→ **implementation-checklist.md**

### "What are the requirements?"
→ **current_status.md** (GRASP-01 checklist)

### "How do I test X?"
→ **implementation-checklist.md** (Testing section)

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## 📊 Document Relationships

```
STATUS.txt
    ↓ (quick overview)
current_status.md
    ↓ (detailed status)
session-summary.md
    ↓ (what we did)
review-summary.md
    ↓ (why we're doing this)
architecture-diagram.md
    ↓ (visual reference)
NEXT_SESSION_START_HERE.md
    ↓ (how to implement)
implementation-checklist.md
    ↓ (track progress)
```

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## 🗂️ File Lifecycle

### Active (Use These)
- ✅ NEXT_SESSION_START_HERE.md - Update for each phase
- ✅ current_status.md - Update as we progress
- ✅ implementation-checklist.md - Check off as we go
- ✅ STATUS.txt - Update after each phase

### Reference (Keep These)
- 📖 architecture-diagram.md - Permanent reference
- 📖 review-summary.md - Permanent reference
- 📖 session-summary.md - Historical record

### Archive (After Implementation)
- 📦 implementation-checklist.md → Delete when phase complete
- 📦 NEXT_SESSION_START_HERE.md → Update for next phase
- 📦 session-summary.md → Move to docs/archive/

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## ✨ Quick Tips

### Starting a New Session
1. Read STATUS.txt (1 min)
2. Read NEXT_SESSION_START_HERE.md (10 min)
3. Open implementation-checklist.md to track progress
4. Start coding!

### When Stuck
1. Check architecture-diagram.md for visual reference
2. Check NEXT_SESSION_START_HERE.md for step details
3. Check review-summary.md for why we're doing it
4. Check ../grasp/01.md for requirements

### Ending a Session
1. Update current_status.md with progress
2. Update STATUS.txt with new status
3. Check off completed tasks in implementation-checklist.md
4. Update NEXT_SESSION_START_HERE.md if needed

### After Phase Complete
1. Archive implementation-checklist.md
2. Update NEXT_SESSION_START_HERE.md for next phase
3. Update current_status.md with new status
4. Create new session-summary.md if needed

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## 📈 Progress Tracking

Use these documents to track progress:

### Daily
- [ ] Check STATUS.txt
- [ ] Update implementation-checklist.md
- [ ] Follow NEXT_SESSION_START_HERE.md

### Weekly
- [ ] Update current_status.md
- [ ] Update STATUS.txt
- [ ] Review progress against checklist

### After Each Phase
- [ ] Update current_status.md
- [ ] Create new session-summary.md
- [ ] Update NEXT_SESSION_START_HERE.md
- [ ] Archive completed documents

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## 🎯 Current Phase

**Phase:** actix-web Integration  
**Status:** Ready to Start  
**Start With:** NEXT_SESSION_START_HERE.md  
**Track With:** implementation-checklist.md  
**Reference:** architecture-diagram.md

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## 📞 Quick Reference

| Need | Document |
|------|----------|
| Start coding | NEXT_SESSION_START_HERE.md |
| Quick status | STATUS.txt |
| Detailed status | current_status.md |
| Why we're doing this | review-summary.md |
| How it works | architecture-diagram.md |
| Task list | implementation-checklist.md |
| What we did | session-summary.md |

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**Last Updated:** November 4, 2025  
**Next Update:** After actix-web integration complete