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  • reduce README.md from a long manual into a project landing page with highlights, quick start, documentation map, data/security essentials, and contributor entry points
  • add Configuration-and-Operations.md for environment variables, migrations, logging/privacy, and performance diagnostics
  • add Developer-Reference.md for detailed development/test commands, UX tour/browser tooling, project layout, and dependency consistency
  • move detailed backup, PDF annotation/search, security, bulk organization, Saved Views, and command-palette material into the relevant Wiki pages before removing it from README
  • update Wiki Home/sidebar navigation for the new reference pages

Documentation boundary

The README answers what PRKS is, how to start it, and where to go next. The Wiki owns long-form user/operations/developer reference. AGENTS.md, DESIGN.md, SECURITY.md, and the local-first design/status documents remain their existing authorities.

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This intentionally does not redesign screenshots or add diagrams; those are separate follow-up PRs under #102.

Part of #102.
Related to #38.

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  • Documentation
    • Condensed the README with setup, Docker, development, storage, backup, and security guidance.
    • Added configuration, operations, developer, security, and storage/restore references.
    • Expanded guidance for PDF annotations, search indexing, migrations, diagnostics, and privacy.
    • Documented bulk organization, Saved Views, command palette actions, Research Graph behavior, and workspace tabs and split view.
    • Updated wiki navigation and clarified where installation, safety, feature, and workflow information is maintained.

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The pull request shortens README.md, expands detailed wiki documentation, clarifies documentation ownership, and updates documentation contract tests to read the relevant wiki pages.

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Documentation reorganization

Layer / File(s) Summary
Project overview and documentation authority
README.md, AGENTS.md, docs/wiki/Development-Workflow.md, docs/wiki/README.md
The README now covers capabilities, requirements, startup, configuration, migrations, storage, development commands, security, and documentation boundaries. Related guidance defines the division between README and wiki content.
Operations, security, storage, and navigation
docs/wiki/Configuration-and-Operations.md, docs/wiki/Security-and-Operations.md, docs/wiki/Storage-Backup-and-Restore.md, docs/wiki/Home.md, docs/wiki/_Sidebar.md
The wiki documents testing storage rules, security controls, logging restrictions, backup handling, and navigation links.
PDF annotations and search documentation
docs/wiki/PDFs-and-Annotations.md
The PDF reference documents canonical annotations, materialized output, text-search reconciliation, viewer lifecycle, backup behavior, and testing coverage.
Developer and user workflow references
docs/wiki/Developer-Reference.md, docs/wiki/User-Guide.md, docs/wiki/Research-Network.md, docs/wiki/Workspace-Tabs-and-Split-View.md
The wiki adds contributor guidance, user workflow details, research graph behavior, workspace behavior, bulk organization, Saved Views, and command palette actions.
Documentation contract test updates
tests/test_frontend_command_palette.py, tests/test_frontend_research_graph.py, tests/test_frontend_saved_views.py, tests/test_frontend_workspace_split.py, tests/test_frontend_workspace_tabs.py
Documentation checks now read feature guidance from the corresponding wiki pages instead of README.md.

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Simplify README and move detailed references to the Wiki

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• Refocuses README on project highlights, quick starts, safety, and documentation discovery.
• Moves operational and contributor details into dedicated version-controlled Wiki references.
• Expands Wiki coverage for backups, PDFs, security, bulk workflows, and navigation.
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graph TD
  R["README landing"] --> H["Wiki home"] --> U["User guides"] --> P["PDF reference"]
  H --> O["Operations reference"] --> S["Security guide"]
  H --> D["Developer reference"]
  U --> B["Backup guide"]
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The chosen information architecture is appropriate: keep onboarding and critical safety guidance in the README while storing detailed, version-controlled references in topic-specific Wiki pages. Retaining the full manual in README would hinder scanning and duplicate existing Wiki responsibilities; external-only documentation would lose repository versioning and reviewability.

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README.mdConvert README into a concise project landing page +57/-743

Convert README into a concise project landing page

• Replaces the long-form manual with project highlights, local and Docker quick starts, essential security and backup warnings, contributor entry points, and a topic-based documentation map. Detailed operational, user, and developer material now points to focused Wiki pages and existing authoritative documents.

README.md

Configuration-and-Operations.mdAdd centralized runtime operations reference +100/-0

Add centralized runtime operations reference

• Introduces detailed guidance for environment variables, storage paths, schema migrations, privacy-safe logging, and performance diagnostics. Cross-links first-run, backup, security, and troubleshooting documentation.

docs/wiki/Configuration-and-Operations.md

Developer-Reference.mdAdd detailed contributor command reference +110/-0

Add detailed contributor command reference

• Moves contributor-oriented UI, testing, SonarQube, repository layout, and dependency consistency guidance out of the README. Preserves AGENTS.md and DESIGN.md as the authoritative contributor and interface contracts.

docs/wiki/Developer-Reference.md

Home.mdExpose new reference pages from the Wiki home +2/-0

Expose new reference pages from the Wiki home

• Adds Developer Reference and Configuration and Operations to the contributor documentation index, making the new long-form pages discoverable from the Wiki landing page.

docs/wiki/Home.md

PDFs-and-Annotations.mdExpand PDF annotation and search documentation +37/-34

Expand PDF annotation and search documentation

• Documents structured annotations as canonical data, legacy annotation adoption, materialized PDF revisions, and derived text-search behavior. Clarifies viewer lifecycle, backup coverage, and relevant implementation areas.

docs/wiki/PDFs-and-Annotations.md

Security-and-Operations.mdExpand deployment and browser security guidance +19/-13

Expand deployment and browser security guidance

• Adds detailed network binding, trusted-host, origin validation, Markdown sanitization, and vendored dependency guidance. Redirects logging and diagnostics details to the new operations reference while retaining backup and vulnerability-reporting boundaries.

docs/wiki/Security-and-Operations.md

Storage-Backup-and-Restore.mdDocument complete backup and restore semantics +25/-29

Document complete backup and restore semantics

• Expands the guide with archive contents and exclusions, restore verification, concurrency behavior, portability limits, encryption caveats, cold-copy recovery, and schema compatibility. Links storage configuration details to the new operations reference.

docs/wiki/Storage-Backup-and-Restore.md

User-Guide.mdAdd organization and navigation workflow references +29/-0

Add organization and navigation workflow references

• Adds detailed sections for transactional bulk organization, dynamic Saved Views, command-palette capabilities, and collapsible sidebar behavior.

docs/wiki/User-Guide.md

_Sidebar.mdAdd new reference pages to Wiki navigation +2/-0

Add new reference pages to Wiki navigation

• Adds Configuration and Operations to user-facing navigation and Developer Reference to the contributor section.

docs/wiki/_Sidebar.md

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RetriggerConfidence Score: 4/5

The documentation changes are non-destructive, but the explicit README authority requirement must be satisfied before merging; the two malformed wiki pages should also be repaired.

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  1. P2 Unclosed command block
  2. P2 Cold-copy instructions are truncated
  3. P2 README authority is displaced

Summary

This PR turns the README into a shorter project landing page and moves detailed operational, developer, backup, PDF, and workflow references into the version-controlled wiki.

  • Adds dedicated Configuration and Operations and Developer Reference pages.
  • Expands the backup, PDF, security, and user-guide references.
  • Updates Wiki Home and sidebar navigation.
  • Two new reference pages contain unclosed code fences and incomplete command blocks.
  • The new README/wiki split conflicts with the repository’s existing documentation-authority rule.

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In `@docs/wiki/Developer-Reference.md`:
- Around line 58-104: Remove the stray opening and closing Bash fence markers
surrounding the Project layout and Dependency consistency documentation,
preserving the headings, tables, and lists as normal Markdown; keep fenced
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- Line 8: Update the annotation metadata field list to use the persisted SQL
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Keep exact run, configuration, and current user behavior in the README so
schema, command palette, workspace, Research Graph, and Saved Views docs
still match the checked-in contracts. Close the truncated wiki command
blocks, point PRKS_TESTING at testing mode, and name the persisted
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Review finding — documentation authority is still split in two

The earlier rendering/recovery issues are fixed on the current head, and CodeQL/static analysis are green. I found one remaining structural issue with the README→Wiki migration:

AGENTS.md still says “Keep exact run/config/current user behavior in README.md”, and several structural tests enforce feature documentation specifically in README.md (test_frontend_command_palette.py, test_frontend_research_graph.py, test_frontend_saved_views.py, test_frontend_workspace_tabs.py, and test_frontend_workspace_split.py).

That old contract conflicts with #104's new information architecture. To satisfy those tests, the branch has restored long Workspace, Research Graph, Saved Views, and Command Palette sections to README even though the same subjects now have first-class Wiki homes. The result is still duplicated authority and future drift risk.

I recommend finishing the migration in this PR:

  • keep exact startup/configuration/safety contracts in README (host/port, Docker publish behavior, env vars, schema version, auth warning);
  • change the documentation boundary in AGENTS.md so detailed current feature/user behavior belongs to docs/wiki/;
  • update the documentation-enforcement tests to assert the relevant Wiki source pages instead of requiring those long sections in README;
  • then remove the duplicated detailed Workspace/Research Graph/Saved Views/Command Palette blocks from README, leaving short feature summaries + Wiki links.

Concrete destinations already exist: Workspace-Tabs-and-Split-View.md, Research-Network.md, and User-Guide.md (which now contains Saved Views / command-palette reference).

This is not a runtime blocker, but it is important to the stated goal of #104: otherwise the README remains partially a second manual and the repo's tests will keep forcing that duplication back in.

Keep startup/config/safety contracts in README. Move detailed workspace,
Research Graph, Saved Views, and command-palette behavior to wiki pages,
update AGENTS.md boundaries, and retarget documentation-enforcement tests
at those wiki sources so README is no longer a second manual.

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🟡 Minor · Align the documentation update rule with the authority map. · Development-Workflow.md:37

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Align the documentation update rule with the authority map.

Line 10 assigns detailed user behavior to docs/wiki/. Line 37 directs every user-visible command change to README.md. This can restore duplicate command documentation and create drift. Restrict README updates to run, configuration, and safety contracts. Direct command behavior updates to the relevant wiki page.

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Restrict README updates to run/config/safety contracts and send
user-visible command/feature behavior docs to the relevant wiki page.

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@Fooftilly Re your authority-split finding: done on tip 37ba2be.

  • README keeps exact startup/config/safety only (host/port, Docker publish, env vars, schema version, auth warning).
  • Feature/user behavior now lives in wiki: Workspace → Workspace-Tabs-and-Split-View.md; Research Graph → Research-Network.md#research-graph; Saved Views + command palette → User-Guide.md.
  • AGENTS.md / wiki boundary docs updated; docs-enforcement tests assert those wiki pages.
  • Development-Workflow.md no longer tells contributors to put every user-visible command change in the README.

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