# CLAUDE.md

This file provides guidance to Claude Code (claude.ai/code) when working with code in this repository.

## Commits and pushes

- **Commit freely** — make commits as appropriate for the work being performed. Each commit should be a coherent, reviewable unit (no WIP/checkpoint noise). The default rule "never commit without explicit ask" does NOT apply in this repo.
- **Push only when explicitly told** — `git push` requires a fresh request from the user every time. Approval to commit does not carry forward to push, and approval to push once does not carry forward to a later push.
- **No squashing on push** — keep granular history. Each commit should already be meaningful (per the rule above), so squashing erases useful detail rather than removing noise. Multi-commit branches with a clean history are preferred over force-pushed squash-merges.
- **Pre-push PII guard — run before EVERY push.** `main` history was rewritten once to scrub a leaked work email; a leak persists in history + tags, not just files. Before any push, run the guard in AGENTS.md ("Pre-push PII guard"). No real personal/work emails: use `@example.com` in examples; the only real address allowed is the maintainer contact `caseywitt@proton.me` (SECURITY.md + as commit author). Generic personas only (admin / alice / sam); party name **Acme**. Never push stale local tags, and never push a branch still carrying pre-scrub history.

## Authoritative docs — read these first

This repo already has two thorough agent-facing references. **Always consult them before working** — they cover details intentionally omitted here:

- **`AGENTS.md`** — commands, build-system rules, per-tool parser quirks, testing gotchas, git/worktree workflow, release process, zddc-server notes
- **`ARCHITECTURE.md`** — single-file HTML pattern rationale, JS module/state patterns, per-tool architecture, security model

If something in this CLAUDE.md conflicts with those, those win — and please update them rather than letting drift accumulate.

## Repo shape

This is a **monorepo of independent tools**, not one application:

- `archive/`, `transmittal/`, `classifier/`, `landing/`, `form/`, `tables/`, `browse/` — seven self-contained HTML tools, each compiled to a single inlined HTML file in its own `dist/`. Most output `dist/tool.html`; **`landing/` outputs `dist/index.html`** (it's the project picker served at the root of `zddc-server`). `form/` is the schema-driven renderer for the form-data system (any `<name>.form.yaml` file in the tree becomes an editable form at `<path>/<name>.form.html`); `tables/` is its read/aggregate counterpart, rendering a directory of YAML rows as a sortable table; `browse/` is the file-tree navigator and **also hosts the in-place markdown editor** (`browse/js/preview-markdown.js` — Toast UI Editor + YAML front-matter pane + on-demand server-side MD→DOCX/HTML/PDF download buttons). A dedicated `mdedit/` tool used to live alongside these but has been retired. See AGENTS.md "Form-data system" / "Tables system" and ARCHITECTURE.md "Form Renderer".
- `zddc/` — Go HTTP server (separate sub-project; Go 1.24+). Two deployment shapes from the same binary: (1) **master** — owns a file tree under `ZDDC_ROOT`, applies `.zddc` ACL cascades, serves files / app HTML / archive listings. Two auth paths on master: `Authorization: Bearer <token>` validated against self-issued tokens at `<ZDDC_ROOT>/.zddc.d/tokens/<sha256-hex>` for CLI/scripted callers, or `X-Auth-Request-Email` injected by an upstream proxy for browser sessions. Self-service token UI at `/.tokens` + JSON API at `/.api/tokens`. (2) **client** — when `--upstream <url>` is set, the binary becomes a downstream proxy/cache/mirror (`zddc/internal/cache/`); master-side machinery is bypassed and `--root` becomes the cache directory. Three sub-modes via `--mode proxy|cache|mirror` (mirror is phase 3). Cache layout is a normal ZDDC root, so the cache dir can be served as a plain master if you unset `--upstream`. Marker file `.zddc-upstream` records provenance. `--no-auth` skips ACL enforcement entirely on this instance (distinct from `--insecure` which only relaxes the no-root-`.zddc` startup check); `--skip-tls-verify` is a separate flag for self-signed upstream certs. Cross-compiled binaries are produced by `./build` and live in `dist/release-output/` (gitignored); `./deploy` rsyncs them to `/srv/zddc/releases/` on the deploy host (Caddy serves them at `https://zddc.varasys.io/releases/`). The `helm/` charts in this repo build from source at deploy time.
- `shared/` — CSS (`base.css`, `fonts.css` + base64-inlined woff2 under `fonts/`, `nav.css`, `logo.css`, `toast.css`) plus shared JS modules (`zddc.js`, `hash.js`, `zddc-filter.js`, `zddc-source.js`, `zip-source.js`, `theme.js`, `toast.js`, `nav.js`, `logo.js`, `help.js`, `preview-lib.js`) and vendored libs (`vendor/`: jszip, xlsx, utif, docx-preview, toastui-editor) — each tool's `build.sh` concatenates the subset it needs. Also `build-lib.sh` (POSIX sh helpers sourced by every tool's `build.sh` AND by the top-level `build` for lockstep release helpers). See AGENTS.md "Shared modules" for the full inventory.
- **Two-repo + deploy-host model.** Source code lives here (`codeberg.org/VARASYS/ZDDC`). Hand-edited website content lives in a separate repo (`codeberg.org/VARASYS/ZDDC-website`, typically cloned at `~/src/zddc-website/` — just `index.html`, `reference.html`, `css/`, `js/`, `img/`; no releases, no LFS). The live site at `zddc.varasys.io` is served from `/srv/zddc/` on the deploy host: Caddy bind-mounts that path, and it's populated by `./deploy` from this repo's `dist/release-output/` plus `~/src/zddc-website/`. **Releases are NOT in any git history** — they're reproducible from this repo's `<tool>-vX.Y.Z` tags by checking out the tag and running `./build release X.Y.Z`. Per-version files (`<tool>_v<X.Y.Z>.html`) are immutable; partial-version pins (`<tool>_v<X.Y>.html`, `<tool>_v<X>.html`) and channel mirrors (`<tool>_{stable,beta,alpha}.html`) are symlinks; zddc-server has analogous `zddc-server_v<X.Y.Z>_<platform>` per-version binaries plus channel/partial-version symlinks plus `zddc-server_<X>.html` stub pages that fan out the four-platform download in one cell. **Install model:** local use is a download from `/releases/`. Server use is `zddc-server`, which has the current-stable build of all seven HTML tools baked in via `//go:embed` (compile-time default). **Which tool a directory URL serves is driven by the `.zddc` cascade, not hardcoded folder names** — a baked-in default tree (export it as a `.zddc.zip`: `zddc-server show-defaults`) declares, via a recursive `paths:` tree, per-folder `default_tool` (served at `<dir>` — `archive` at `archive/`, `transmittal` at `archive/<party>/staging/`, `browse` at `archive/<party>/{working,reviewing}/` (browse hosts the markdown editor), `classifier` at `archive/<party>/incoming/`, `tables` at `archive/<party>/{mdl,rsk}` and at the project-level `ssr/mdl/rsk` virtual rollups, `landing` at root), `dir_tool` (served at `<dir>/`; defaults to `browse`), `available_tools`, plus the canonical-folder behaviour keys (`auto_own`, `worm:`, `virtual`, `drop_target`); operators override at any level. **Project shape (May 2026 reshape):** `archive/` is the only physical project-root directory. Six top-level URLs are virtual aggregators: `ssr/mdl/rsk` (tables rollups across parties with a synthesized `$party` source-party column) and `working/staging/reviewing` (browse folder-nav listings of parties with non-empty content; per-party clicks 302-redirect to `archive/<party>/<slot>/`). Mkdir at project root is restricted to `archive` + `_`/`.`-prefixed system names; the six virtual names are rejected with 409. A `.zip` file is also a navigable directory (`GET …/Foo.zip/` → member listing; `…/Foo.zip/m.pdf` → that member); `GET /dir/?zip=1` streams an ACL-filtered zip of a subtree. Override the *tool source* by dropping a real `<app>.html` at the path or adding an `<app>.html` member to a `.zddc.zip` (resolution: on-disk file → `.zddc.zip` member → embedded; no fetch, no `apps:` key — removed). See AGENTS.md "URL handling"/"Install model" and ARCHITECTURE.md "Canonical folders, URL routing & the `.zddc` cascade".
- `helm/` — example Helm charts for zddc-server. Three flavors: `zddc-server-prod/` (production master), `zddc-server-dev/` (development master with OverlayFS isolation), `zddc-server-cache/` (downstream client running in proxy/cache/mirror mode against an upstream master, with bearer token from a Kubernetes Secret). All compile from source via init container. Operators copy `values.yaml.example` and customize. No secrets in repo — the cache chart references a separately-created Secret for the bearer token.
- `tests/` — Playwright specs (Chromium only, requires File System Access API). `tests/schema.spec.js` validates `transmittal.schema.json` against canonical fixtures via `ajv` (only dev dep besides Playwright)

## Most-used commands

```bash
# Source-side dev build only — assembles tool/dist/ + cross-compiles
# zddc-server. Does NOT touch dist/release-output/ or the live site.
./build

# ./build beta — internal SHA snapshot for the BMC dev chart pipeline.
# Regenerates zddc/internal/apps/embedded/* and makes a
# `chore(embedded): cut v<X.Y.Z>-beta` commit. NO public artifacts.
# The chart's appVersion pins to "<X.Y.Z>-beta-<sha>"; its Dockerfile
# parses the suffix and fetches that SHA from git.
./build beta
#
# ./build release — coordinated stable cut. Regenerates embedded/,
# makes a release commit, tags all 8 artifacts, writes per-tool
# <tool>_v<X.Y.Z>.html + <tool>.html canonical symlink, and zddc-server
# per-platform binaries + canonical symlinks into dist/release-output/.
# Bundle seeded from /srv/zddc/releases/ so prior immutable per-version
# artifacts survive.
./build release                      # coordinated next-stable version
./build release X.Y.Z                # explicit stable version
./build help                         # usage

# Deploy — atomic-ish rsync of the build output + content repo to
# /srv/zddc/, where Caddy serves it. The build does NOT auto-deploy.
./deploy                             # full sync: content + releases
./deploy --content                   # only ~/src/zddc-website/ → /srv/zddc/
./deploy --releases                  # only dist/release-output/ → /srv/zddc/releases/

sh tool/build.sh                     # iterate on one HTML tool's dist/
sh tool/build.sh --release [X.Y.Z]   # single-tool stable cut (rare; prefer ./build release)

npm test                             # all Playwright specs (build first!)
npx playwright test <tool>           # one spec
./dev-server start  # stop           # cache-busting HTTP on :8000

# zddc/ Go server (sub-project). Go is NOT on the host — run go test/build
# through the localhost/zddc-go:1.24 container (canonical wrapper, with the
# GOPROXY/GOPRIVATE env it needs, in AGENTS.md § Test). The bare command
# below fails on the host.
(cd zddc && go test ./...)           # unit tests (Go 1.24+) — via the podman wrapper, not host
```

No lint/typecheck/format commands exist for the HTML tools — vanilla JS + POSIX sh by design.

## Things that bite if you forget

- **`dist/` is gitignored.** `tool/dist/<tool>.html` is the canonical built artifact for testing and the source for `./build release` writes. `dist/release-output/` is the local-only release bundle. Never hand-edit a `dist/` file.
- **Build vs deploy are separate verbs.** `./build` and `./build release` produce artifacts under `dist/release-output/`. Nothing escapes the source tree until the operator runs `./deploy`, which rsyncs into `/srv/zddc/` (Caddy's bind-mount). This decouples local iteration from live state.
- **Stable cuts seed from live state.** Before running per-tool promote, `./build release` clears `dist/release-output/` and copies only the per-version immutable files (`<tool>_v<X.Y.Z>.html`, `zddc-server_v<X.Y.Z>_<plat>`) plus their `.sig` sidecars from `/srv/zddc/releases/`. The cut writes this version's per-version files + refreshes the canonical `<tool>.html` / `zddc-server_<plat>` symlinks on top. `./deploy --releases` (rsync `--delete-after`) cleanses any stale files in the live tree that this cut didn't include.
- **Lockstep releases.** Every release cut bumps all 8 artifacts (7 HTML tools + zddc-server) to the same version, even if a tool didn't change. The coordinated next-stable target is `max(latest tag across all tools) + 1`. Per-tool independent versions are gone — `./build release` is the canonical path. Stable cuts atomically (1) regenerate `zddc/internal/apps/embedded/` with stable-labeled bytes, (2) make a `release: vX.Y.Z lockstep` commit, (3) tag all 8 artifacts at that commit. Tags always point at a clean release commit. (Anchor fix May 2026; see git log around the v0.0.9 re-anchor.)
- **Bake-in invariant.** What zddc-server's binary embeds via `//go:embed`: prod images (chart's Dockerfile.prod fetches the latest stable tag) ship that cut's bytes. Dev images (chart's Dockerfile fetches `appVersion`, which is either a stable tag or a `<X.Y.Z>-beta-<sha>` snapshot SHA) ship the bytes that ref carries. Plain `./build` (no arg) leaves `embedded/` untouched — local dev iteration uses `tool/dist/<tool>.html` opened directly, not the baked binary copy.
- **Release artifact layout** (in `dist/release-output/`, mirrored to `/srv/zddc/releases/`):
  - HTML tools: `<tool>_v<X.Y.Z>.html` (real immutable file) + `<tool>.html` (symlink → current stable's per-version file). Each carries a sibling `.sig` (real for per-version, symlink for canonical).
  - zddc-server: `zddc-server_v<X.Y.Z>_<platform>` (real immutable binary, no LFS) + `zddc-server_<platform>` (symlink → current stable's per-version binary). Same `.sig` pairing. Plus a single `zddc-server.html` stub page that surfaces the four-platform downloads of the current stable.
  - No channel mirrors (`_alpha`, `_beta`, `_stable`), no partial-version pins (`_v<X.Y>`, `_v<X>`). Dropped in the May 2026 simplification.
- **On-page build label.** Plain dev builds: `v<X.Y.Z>-dev · <full-ts> · <sha>[-dirty]` (red), where X.Y.Z is the next-stable target. `./build beta`: `v<X.Y.Z>-beta · <full-ts> · <sha>` (red) — only seen on the dev chart's compiled binary. Stable cuts: clean `v<X.Y.Z>`.
- **`./build` (no arg) is a source-side dev build.** Assembles `tool/dist/` + cross-compiled binaries; does NOT touch `dist/release-output/`, embedded files, or the live site. Use it to iterate without affecting anything. `./build beta` adds the embedded regen + chore commit (BMC dev chart consumes the SHA via appVersion). `./build release` produces the deployable bundle. `./deploy` publishes. Nothing is pushed to Codeberg automatically.
- **Always build before running tests** — Playwright opens `dist/tool.html` via `file://`.
- **`</` in JS string/template literals breaks inline `<script>`** embedding. `shared/build-lib.sh` provides `escape_js_close_tags`; every tool's `build.sh` runs JS through it before inlining.
- **All ZDDC parsing/formatting/hashing goes through `window.zddc`** (from `shared/zddc.js` + `shared/hash.js` + `shared/zddc-filter.js`). API: `parseFilename`, `parseFolder`, `parseRevision`, `formatFilename`, `formatFolder`, `compareRevisions`, `isValidStatus`, `splitExtension`, `joinExtension`, `crypto.{sha256Hex, sha256String, sha256File, bytesToHex}`, `filter.{parse, matches}`. File objects across tools use `trackingNumber` (string) and `extension` (string, **no leading dot** — use `zddc.joinExtension(name, ext)` to build a filename). Add edge cases to `tests/zddc.spec.js`, not per-tool tests.
- **Two globals only**: `window.app` (per-tool app state + modules) and `window.zddc` (shared library). No others — anything that crosses tool boundaries goes through one of these.
- **Admin authority is layered: standing config-edit + additive sudo overrides.** Two distinct things — don't conflate them:
  - **Config-edit is STANDING (no toggle).** A subtree admin (named in any `admins:` on the cascade) or anyone holding the `a` verb may *read and edit* the `.zddc` / `.zddc.zip` / role definitions of subtrees they administer without elevating — `zddc.IsConfigEditor(chain, email)`. The decider (`policy.InternalDecider.Allow`) grants `VerbA` on that basis *above* the WORM clamp (config isn't WORM-protected data, and `VerbA` only ever authorises config mutation, never write/delete of records). "Admin of X = owns X's policy," bounded to that subtree (authority cascades down only, never up). Plain `.zddc` reads are governed by directory read-ACL (`ServeZddcFile`), so **config is transparent** to anyone who can read the path.
  - **Elevation is the sudo escape hatch — purely ADDITIVE.** It only unlocks "things you otherwise couldn't do": WORM bypass, recursive directory delete, rearranging records, acting outside your admin scope. `IsActiveAdmin = (admin authority on the chain) AND Elevated` is the single bypass site in the decider; `IsAdmin`/`IsSubtreeAdmin` stay elevation-gated (they guard the overrides). Carried in the `zddc-elevate=1` **session** cookie (no Max-Age; cleared on `pagehide`, so admin mode is per-page), armed by the on-page toggle every tool renders bottom-right *only for `can_elevate` users*, by `?admin=true|false`, or implicitly for bearer tokens. `shared/elevation.js` applies it in place + emits `zddc:elevationchange` (browse re-fetches verbs); `handler.ACLMiddleware` builds `zddc.Principal{Email, Elevated}` per request. `/.profile/access` exposes `can_elevate`; the access-log captures `elevated` per request.
  - **Secrets stay locked:** `.zddc.d/` (bearer tokens, access logs) is reserved regardless of read-ACL. The `.zddc.zip` bundle is visible+editable to config-editors of its directory (not wide-read — one file packs many subtrees' policy).
- **Worktrees live at `~/src/zddc-<branch>`.** Check `git worktree list` before starting a feature branch; never `git checkout`/`switch` inside a worktree another agent might be using.
- **Build scripts are POSIX `sh` with `set -eu`**, not bash. `concat_files` takes positional args only.
