# Contributing to Pharos Platform

This section is for developers and operators working on the platform. For
day-to-day use, start with the [user guides](../guides/index.md).

## Develop and test

- [Contribution guide](../../../CONTRIBUTING.md): working rules and documentation scope.
- [Development and dev boxes](../development/index.md): prepare your environment.
- [Testing](../../../TESTING.md): choose checks and retain qualification evidence.
- [Combined PR qualification](../../pr-integration.md): how `integration/current` is assembled.

## Understand the implementation

- [Architecture and ownership](../architecture/index.md): service and context boundaries.
- [Architecture learning path](../learn/index.md): DDD, ports, CQRS and reliable delivery.
- [Context catalogue](../../context-catalogue.md): all registered contexts and their owners.
- [Decisions](../../decisions/README.md): accepted choices and their rationale.
- [Compatibility and historical references](../compatibility/index.md): the retained application and earlier designs.

## Operate and maintain

- [Distributed setup](../../distributed-setup.md) and [releases](../../platform-releases.md).
- [Documentation maintenance](../../README.md), including build provenance and publication.
- [API and experimental MCP](../../../services/api/services/mcp/README.md).

The reviewed integration revision is recorded in
[`docs/integration-baseline.json`](../../integration-baseline.json).
The [build record](/build) identifies the exact source used for this site.
An implementation, a passing fixture and a qualified deployment are separate
forms of evidence. Keep feature-specific status in the owning context's guide.