# Technical Docs

This directory holds "current implementation and current structure" documentation, focusing on:

- How the code is organized right now
- Where the current entry points are
- How state and components work
- Which implementation boundaries future changes should follow

What belongs here:

- Quickstart and user manual
- Frontend context
- Earth frontend structure
- Earth satellite footprint policy
- Earth render layer order
- Earth layer style property index
- Backend runtime control
- Collector status
- Collector settings and connectivity validation
- Earth Interactable integration
- Collection format conventions

## Entry Points

- [Quickstart](/home/ray/dev/linkong/planet/docs/technical/en/quickstart.md): The shortest path to getting Planet running from scratch
- [Planet Manual](/home/ray/dev/linkong/planet/docs/technical/en/manual.md): Complete usage guide for the console, `planet.sh`, Earth, and Docs
- [FAQ](/home/ray/dev/linkong/planet/docs/technical/en/faq.md): Central troubleshooting entry for Windows / WSL, ports, dependencies, motion capture, credentials, and Docs permissions
- [Earth Location Candidate Collection User Guide](/home/ray/dev/linkong/planet/docs/technical/en/location-pipeline-user.md): Collect and preview coordinate candidates for compute centers and BGP collectors on Earth
- [Collector Settings and Connectivity Validation](/home/ray/dev/linkong/planet/docs/technical/en/datasource-collector-settings-connectivity.md): Data source catalog, collector settings, connectivity validation, and BarentsWatch credentials
- [Shared Location Resolution Pipeline Development Guide](/home/ray/dev/linkong/planet/docs/technical/en/location-pipeline-development.md): Backend location resolver / pipeline interfaces, registries, and extension points
- [Docs Gatekeeper Development Guide](/home/ray/dev/linkong/planet/docs/technical/en/docs-gatekeeper-development.md): Backend Docs catalog, Markdown content loading, and Gatekeeper permission groups
- [Earth Interactable Usage](/home/ray/dev/linkong/planet/docs/technical/en/earth-interactable-usage.md): API, lifecycle, and integration examples for Earth surface icon Interactable
- [Earth Toolbar and Overlay Coordination](/home/ray/dev/linkong/planet/docs/technical/en/earth-toolbar-overlay-coordination.md): Closing matrix and integration rules for toolbar buttons, search, settings, news, and layer overlays

What does not belong here:

- Incomplete roadmaps
- Future iteration plans
- Large-scale refactor proposals

Those belong in:

- [Plans Index](/home/ray/dev/linkong/planet/docs/plans/README.md)