omnigraph/docs/dev/index.md
Ragnor Comerford 0f58329ab7
docs(rfc-013): tenancy model — cluster-as-tenant cells, pooled compute
General server/topology/auth/deployment RFC resolving the half-built tenancy
ambiguity (cluster-only server vs pooled tenant_id scaffolding). Decision:
the cluster is the tenant is the cell — silo the data (own storage/catalog/
policy/tokens), pool the compute (one process : N cells). No row-level pooling
(no engine RLS).

- §5.1 CellRuntime lifts today's per-cluster runtime into a value.
- §5.2/§5.3 AppState holds a CellRegistry; resolve_cell is one new outer
  middleware hop before auth; the per-graph + Cedar + MCP stack is unchanged.
- §5.4 per-cell CellAuth (Static | Oidc TokenVerifier); WorkOS org -> cell 1:1
  with per-cell OAuth audience (cross-tenant token replay fails on aud).
- §5.5 Cedar stays per-graph/per-cell; default-deny-read becomes safe; no
  tenant dimension needed.
- §5.6 control plane = Cell Registry (metadata only) + provisioning-as-code;
  cell hot-load is the one safe runtime mutation (cell-granular, not graph).
- §5.7 tiered dedicated/pooled/on-prem on one binary; §7 backward-compatible
  (today's single-cluster server = a one-cell map).

MCP (rfc-003) is one consumer, not the driver. Linked from docs/dev/index.md.
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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/

Contribution & Governance

Area Read
How to contribute (external) CONTRIBUTING.md
Governance model, roles, decision authority GOVERNANCE.md
Public contribution RFC track rfcs/

The docs/rfcs/ track is the public, externally-authorable RFC process. The maintainer/internal RFCs below (rfc-00N-*.md) are a separate, team-owned track; don't conflate the two.

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
Future cluster control plane — declarative as-code config, JSON state ledger, reconciler cluster-config-specs.md, cluster-axioms.md, cluster-config-implementation-spec.md
Cluster graph & schema apply — Phase 4 sidecars, roll-forward recovery, approval artifacts rfc-004-cluster-graph-schema-apply.md
Server boots from cluster state — Phase 5 mode switch, applied-revision serving rfc-005-server-cluster-boot.md
Per-operator config — ~/.omnigraph/ identity, keyed credentials, named servers (the operator slice of RFC-002) rfc-007-operator-config.md
Deprecate omnigraph.yaml — one concern per config surface; key-by-key migration map and staged retirement rfc-008-deprecate-omnigraph-yaml.md
Unify CLI embedded/remote access paths — parity referee, shared wire-DTO crate, GraphClient trait, declared plane capabilities rfc-009-unify-access-paths.md
Restructure the CLI around explicit planes — one graph-addressing model, declared capability surface, plane-grouped help (expands RFC-009 Phase 4) rfc-010-cli-planes-restructure.md
CLI refactoring — one addressing & config model post-omnigraph.yaml: scope + --graph + derived access path, served-default / privileged-direct, profiles, named queries, capability classifier (completes RFC-008) rfc-011-cli-refactoring.md
Provider-independent embedding configuration — one resolved EmbeddingConfig + sealed provider enum (Gemini/OpenAI/Mock), identity recorded in the schema IR, query-time same-space validation, NFR floor rfc-012-embedding-provider-config.md
Tenancy model — cluster-as-tenant cells (silo the data, pool the compute): CellRuntime lifts the per-cluster runtime, one server hosts N cells resolved by host before auth, WorkOS org→cell 1:1 with per-cell audience, tiered dedicated/pooled/on-prem on one binary rfc-013-tenancy-cells.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.