docs(graphs): add generated documentation atlas
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# RFC: Documentation graph atlas for maintainers and SDK users
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Status: implemented (accepted 2026-07-03)
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## Context
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The repo already had several high-trust documentation surfaces, each on a different axis: [module-graph.md](../../../module-graph.md) is generated from package `peerDependencies`, [cordis-catalog/events-and-services.md](../../../cordis-catalog/events-and-services.md) is generated from Cordis `Events` and `Context` declarations, [tool-catalog/tools.md](../../../tool-catalog/tools.md) is generated by booting shipped tool plugins, and [core-data-structures/](../../../core-data-structures/core.md) uses `ts type-equiv` blocks to keep pasted type definitions synchronized with source.
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Those references are accurate, but they are mostly catalogs. A maintainer still has to synthesize the relationships: which packages form a capability seam, which app bundles a concrete spine, which event is durable vs live, where a hook or policy plugin can intercept work, and which model-facing tool depends on which service. An SDK user has the same problem from another angle: "Which package do I install or load for the behavior I want, and which event/service/tool do I extend?"
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The pressure is already visible in the open stacks even though this implementation is based on `origin/master`: the hooks stack through PR #129 makes event producer/consumer topology and interception points much more important, while the filesystem stack through PR #128 makes capability seams, policy vetoes, tool presentation, and SDK assembly paths much more important. Graphs based only on today's small bash/todo/subagent surface would become obsolete as soon as those stacks land.
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## Decision
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Add a generated graph atlas under [docs/graphs/](../../../graphs/README.md), produced by `scripts/gen-doc-graphs.ts` and verified by `pnpm run verify-doc-graphs` as part of `doc-sync`.
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The atlas is a relationship layer above the existing catalogs. It does not replace exact references; instead, it links to them and explains how their pieces fit together.
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### Maintenance modes
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Every graph page declares one maintenance mode:
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- **Generated**: all nodes and edges are discovered from source; `--check` fails if the committed artifact is stale.
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- **Hybrid generated**: source discovers the inventory, a small manifest classifies irreducible policy, and a completeness guard fails if discovered items are unclassified.
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- **Curated**: the diagram explains design intent, temporal order, or ownership; it is emitted by the generator so the atlas remains a single regenerated unit, but the content is deliberately authored.
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### First shipped atlas
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The first atlas ships twelve files: the index plus eleven graph pages.
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| Graph | Maintenance mode | Source of truth |
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| [package topology by group](../../../graphs/package-topology.md) | generated | `packages/*/*/package.json` peer dependencies plus package group paths |
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| [capability seams and core services](../../../graphs/capability-seams.md) | hybrid generated | Cordis service declarations plus a role manifest in `gen-doc-graphs.ts` |
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| [app composition](../../../graphs/app-composition.md) | hybrid generated | `examples/*/cordis.yml` plugin lists plus curated app/bundle expansions |
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| [event producer/consumer matrix](../../../graphs/event-producer-consumer.md) | hybrid generated | Cordis event declarations, AST-scanned `ctx.on/emit/parallel/serial/waterfall` sites, and explicit dynamic dispatch overrides |
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| [tool affordance map](../../../graphs/tool-affordance-map.md) | hybrid generated | boot-harvested tool catalog plus a manifest of required services and shipped aliases |
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| [agent turn and step lifecycle](../../../graphs/agent-lifecycle.md) | curated | architecture.md loop lifecycle, Cordis catalog links, and session event semantics |
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| [tool execution pipeline](../../../graphs/tool-execution-pipeline.md) | curated | tool pipeline semantics and the `tools/execute` waterfall |
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| [session surface and message projection](../../../graphs/session-surface.md) | curated | session surface/event-sourcing docs |
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| [subagent and session lineage](../../../graphs/subagent-lineage.md) | curated | subagent seam docs and replay/fork semantics |
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| [plugin disposal and hot reload ownership](../../../graphs/hot-reload-disposal.md) | curated | Cordis fiber/effect ownership conventions |
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| [ACP snapshot replay](../../../graphs/snapshot-replay.md) | curated | snapshot harness behavior |
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### Why one generator
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Keeping the atlas behind one generator gives reviewers one freshness gate and keeps cross-page terminology synchronized. The tradeoff is that curated diagrams are edited in TypeScript string blocks rather than directly in Markdown. That is acceptable for this first cut because the user-facing artifact is still plain Markdown/Mermaid, and a future change can split the curated pages out if authorship ergonomics matter more than one-command regeneration.
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### Completeness guards
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The hybrid pages must fail loud when their manifests are stale:
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- The capability seam graph imports the Cordis service collector and asserts every discovered harness `ctx.<key>` is classified in `SERVICE_ROLES`, and every classified key still exists.
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- The tool affordance graph boot-harvests the shipped tool catalog and asserts every tool package has `TOOL_PACKAGE_META`.
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- The event producer/consumer matrix labels itself hybrid because subagent lifecycle events deliberately use `ctx.events.dispatch` for per-listener containment; those dynamic edges are explicit overrides rather than invisible omissions.
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## Format choices
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Use Mermaid for committed diagrams because GitHub renders it in Markdown and it adds no new docs build dependency. Use Markdown tables for dense many-to-many data such as event producer/consumer relationships. Do not adopt PlantUML, hosted diagram services, or generated SVGs until Mermaid becomes the limiting factor.
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## Consequences
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- Maintainers get visual entry points for topology, seams, event flow, lifecycle, session replay, and snapshot behavior.
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- SDK users get a path from use case to package composition instead of only bottom-up package references.
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- `doc-sync` now includes `verify-doc-graphs`, so graph drift is caught with the other doc freshness gates.
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- Future fs and hooks work has a concrete place to land new complexity: fs should expand the capability and tool graphs, while hooks should expand the event matrix and tool execution pipeline.
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