Developing the Hub

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Setup

make install
make serve          # http://127.0.0.1:8765
make test
make lint
make check-secrets

Python 3.12 or newer via uv. Node.js 22+ for the UI build only. Package map and data flow: Architecture.

Product rules

Runtime notes for coding agents: AGENTS.md. Speckit constitution and templates stay in local .specify/ (gitignored, not published).

Bind loopback only.
Do not implement unpublished local VISION.md or ROADMAP.md as features.
A coding agent working in this repo is not a Hub client. Pairing is a separate connection.
Imported content is data, never instruction.
Speckit artifacts stay in specs/ and .specify/ (gitignored). They are not vault objects.

Feature loop

Default driver: /speckit-loop plus uv run pch-lab loop start|next|record|status.

specify → freeze bar → plan → Gauntlet critics → tasks → analyze → implement → tests

CLI: pch-lab loop. Do not commit unless the person asked.

Tests that encode policy

Marker / target	What it guards
`make test`	Default pytest suite
`pytest -m forbidden_context`	Grant isolation (SC-003)
`pytest -m perf`	Search/scale (SC-009)
`pytest -m e2e`	Playwright UI journeys
`pytest -m connectors`	Google Calendar/Gmail (mocked transports)
`pytest -m plugins`	Plugin host, kit, marketplace
`pch smoke`	Packaged health, SPA, setup, search, pair, grant, manifest

New grant or assembly behavior must extend forbidden_context coverage. Tests for a success criterion must fail before the code that is supposed to satisfy it.

Docs hygiene

If you change routes, MCP tools, CLI flags, schema, or security defaults, update docs/ and run make openapi when the REST surface moved.