Documentation
Technical guide
Everything below is readable on this site — no need to leave for GitHub to learn the product. The landing page stays the product story; this hub is the deep map.
Learn the basics
Overview
What it is, who it is for, how much ceremony.
Quick start
First ten minutes — install, init, first change.
How it works
Demand → Assurance → Learning story.
Concepts
Change, Contract, Evidence, Assurance, Skill, and more.
Glossary
Short definitions.
FAQ
Common questions.
Workflows
Tutorials
Guided walks — first change, brownfield wake.
Skills
On-demand specialization Skills.
Memory
Learnings, index, wake continuity.
Governance
Authority, Rules, Policy, Human Decisions.
Git governance
Commit / PR / merge / publish blast-radius tiers.
Reference
Gates
Mechanical STOP gates and Assurance verdicts.
CLI
Intention-oriented commands.
Architecture
Layers, persistence, native-first adapters.
Environments
Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, generic hosts.
Non-goals
What Retornatus deliberately is not.
Credits & lineage
Predecessor influences and original design notes.
Markdown sources (for editors):
docs/guide on GitHub.
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