omnigraph/docs/dev/index.md
Ragnor Comerford 90a695b884
docs: RFC-003 — MCP server surface for omnigraph-server
Detailed MCP-transport design for the stored-query/MCP work, building on the
shipped #128 registry. Corrects the draft against the branch head: the coarse
invoke_query gate + 404 denial-masking are already wired (server_invoke_query),
so per-query invoke_query scope (PolicyRequest has no query-name dimension yet)
is the real prerequisite; positions the doc as superseding rfc-001's MCP
transport (/mcp/tools+/mcp/invoke) and reconciles the shipped mcp.expose YAML
form and the schema-introspection non-goal; grounds the parity surface in the
actual omnigraph-ts package (13 tools with read/change ids, 2 resources).
2026-06-01 16:05:36 +02:00

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Developer Docs

Audience: contributors, maintainers, and coding agents

This is the contributor-facing entry point. These docs explain architecture, invariants, implementation contracts, test ownership, and upstream Lance constraints. User-facing behavior should still be documented through docs/user/index.md and the relevant public reference docs.

Required For Every Non-Trivial Change

Need Read
Architectural rules, known gaps, deny-list invariants.md
Upstream Lance source-of-truth index lance.md
Existing test coverage and test placement testing.md

Architecture And Storage

Area Read
System structure, L1/L2 framing, component diagrams architecture.md
On-disk layout, manifest schema, URI behavior storage.md
Direct-publish writes, D2, staged writes, recovery sidecars writes.md
Query execution, mutation execution, loader flow execution.md
Index lifecycle and graph topology indexes indexes.md
Branch and commit internals branches-commits.md
Three-way merge implementation and conflicts merge.md
Diff/change-feed implementation changes.md
Branch protection policy branch-protection.md
CODEOWNERS source of truth codeowners.md

Language, Runtime, And Boundaries

Area Read
Schema grammar, catalog, migration planner schema-language.md
Query grammar, IR, lints, mutation restrictions query-language.md
Embedding client and @embed integration embeddings.md
Cedar policy surface and server gating policy.md
Server auth, OpenAPI, endpoint handlers server.md
Error taxonomy and serialization errors.md
Constants and tunables constants.md
Transaction model public contract transactions.md

Project Operations

Area Read
CI and release workflows ci.md
Install and deployment packaging install.md, deployment.md
Release history releases/

Active Implementation Plans

Working documents for in-flight feature work. Removed when the work lands.

Area Read
Schema-lint chassis v1 (MR-694) — --allow-data-loss, soft/hard drops schema-lint-v1-plan.md
Inline + stored queries, request/response envelope, MCP (MR-656 / MR-976 / MR-969) rfc-001-queries-envelope-mcp.md
Config & CLI architecture — layered config, client targeting, file naming (MR-973 / MR-974 / MR-981) rfc-002-config-cli-architecture.md
MCP server surface — full tool parity, stored queries, modular auth (MR-969 / MR-956 / MR-974) rfc-003-mcp-server-surface.md

Boundary

Developer docs may mention implementation details, stale gaps, upstream Lance blockers, and review rules. User docs should not require that context unless the detail changes the public contract.