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+# SCOPE
+
+> This file helps you quickly understand what this repository is about,
+> when it is relevant, and when it is not.
+> It is intentionally lightweight and may be incomplete.
+
+---
+
+## One-liner
+
+Intelligent markdown engine and information management platform — treats documents as structured, queryable information spaces with schema validation, transclusion, LLM-driven evaluation, and infospace lifecycle management.
+
+---
+
+## Core Idea
+
+MarkiTect turns fragmented knowledge (scattered docs, chats, notes) into structured, versioned, reusable artifacts. The core abstraction is an **infospace**: a curated collection of typed entities (concepts, mechanisms, observations) governed by a YAML config, validated against schemas, and evaluated for quality across five dimensions. The platform automates generation, validation, and transformation at scale, delegating domain-level judgment to LLMs while Python handles structure and evaluation.
+
+---
+
+## In Scope
+
+- Parse, validate, and analyze markdown documents against schemas
+- Generate schemas from example documents; enforce naming convention `{domain}-schema-v{major}.{minor}.md`
+- Infospace lifecycle: create, populate, evaluate (per-entity + collection quality scores), compose, export
+- Transclusion: embed content from one document into another, maintaining single source of truth
+- LLM-driven prompt execution with dependency resolution and quality gates
+- Relationship graph export (Mermaid, DOT) and analysis (networkx, FCA)
+- Batch document processing; CLI (`markitect <command>`) and programmatic API
+- Rendering: markdown → interactive HTML via plugin system (testdrive-jsui)
+- Asset management (image embedding, resource handling)
+
+---
+
+## Out of Scope
+
+- Visual/WYSIWYG editing (markdown-first, text-based workflows only)
+- Real-time collaborative editing (git-based versioning instead)
+- Financial transactions or external payment integration
+- Making domain-level judgments in Python code (delegated to LLM via prompt templates)
+- Storing secrets or credentials in plaintext
+- Full GraphQL API (structure exists but not fully implemented)
+- Vendor-specific integrations or lock-in
+
+---
+
+## Relevant When
+
+- Managing large document sets (hundreds to thousands) needing consistent structure and validation
+- Building or maintaining institutional knowledge bases, technical documentation, or canon releases
+- Automating document generation from schemas or templates
+- Tracking relationships and dependencies between knowledge artifacts
+- Needing programmatic access to document structure (beyond file reading)
+- Applying quality evaluation to a structured concept collection
+
+---
+
+## Not Relevant When
+
+- Working with a handful of simple, unrelated documents
+- Visual editor required
+- Exclusively non-markdown source formats (PDF/Word need conversion first)
+- No consistency, validation, or automation needed
+
+---
+
+## Current State
+
+- Status: active (v0.13.0-dev, ~90 commits ahead of release)
+- Implementation: substantial — core modules mature (CLI, parsing, schema management, prompt execution, infospace); infospace S3 close-out in progress; LLM adapter extracted to standalone `llm-connect` package
+- Stability: stable core; plugin system and infospace tooling evolving; 200+ CHANGELOG entries since v0.6.0
+- Usage: active personal development; examples with 988 entities and full evaluation pipeline
+
+---
+
+## How It Fits
+
+- Upstream dependencies: `llm-connect` (LLM adapter library, extracted), `testdrive-jsui` (rendering plugin submodule), `markitect-utils` (utility library)
+- Downstream consumers: Custodian — MarkiTect is the knowledge artifact platform in the canonical dependency order (Railiance → **Markitect** → Coulomb.social → Personhood/Foerster → Custodian)
+- Often used with: the-custodian (state hub tracks markitect domain workstreams), kaizen-agentic (project-management agent for session workflow)
+
+---
+
+## Terminology
+
+- Preferred terms: infospace, topic, discipline, entity, evaluation, viability, transclusion, schema, quality gates
+- Also known as: "markitect", "the markdown engine"
+- Potentially confusing terms: "topic" = the subject matter an infospace explains (not a chat thread); "discipline" = a reusable framework of concepts (itself a viable infospace); "infospace" ≠ filesystem directory (it's a curated conceptual collection with explicit quality thresholds)
+
+---
+
+## Related / Overlapping Repositories
+
+- `llm-connect` — standalone LLM adapter extracted from MarkiTect (dependency)
+- `the-custodian` — tracks markitect workstreams; custodian canon includes a markitect domain charter
+- `marki-docx` — separate repo (on tegwick machine); relationship: docx export capability for MarkiTect artifacts
+
+---
+
+## Getting Oriented
+
+- Start with: `CLAUDE.md` (dev commands, LLM config, infospace lifecycle), `INTRODUCTION.md` (use cases, philosophy)
+- Key files / directories: `markitect/cli.py` (CLI entry point), `markitect/infospace/` (primary active area), `markitect/prompts/` (LLM execution), `roadmap/` (6 active planning tracks), `examples/infospace-with-history/` (988-entity reference implementation)
+- Entry points: `markitect --help`; `markitect infospace --help`; `pytest tests/unit/` (inner TDD loop)