> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.opengsd.net/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Project artifacts

> Find the files that hold scope, decisions, task contracts, verification, and shipment history.

All paths below are relative to `.project/`. Read the canonical artifact when
a summary disagrees with it. Do not hand-edit state to move the pipeline.

| Path                            | Purpose                                                              |
| ------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `STATE.md`                      | Phase, milestone branch, integration choice, and archive transaction |
| `REPOSITORY.md`                 | Approved binding for a newly created GitHub repository               |
| `CHARTER.md`                    | Program scope, constraints, and vetoes                               |
| `ROADMAP.md`                    | Approved milestone slicing                                           |
| `SYNTHESIS.md`                  | Program decisions                                                    |
| `intent/INTENT.md`              | Milestone outcome, criteria, constraints, and vetoes                 |
| `research/evidence-codebase.md` | Inspection findings                                                  |
| `research/DOCS-AUDIT.md`        | Documentation claim verdicts and remediation queue                   |
| `research/RESEARCH.md`          | Research dispatch manifest                                           |
| `research/evidence-*.md`        | Research evidence                                                    |
| `research/SYNTHESIS.md`         | Milestone decisions                                                  |
| `plan/PLAN.md`                  | Waves, dependencies, intent coverage, and project Verify             |
| `tasks/T###-slug.md`            | Task scope, allowed files, criteria, and recorded results            |
| `review/`                       | Wave evidence, final reviews, and patch findings                     |
| `discuss/DIALOGUE.md`           | Append-only discussion transcript                                    |
| `discuss/ANSWERS.md`            | Answers, named owners, and disposition receipts                      |
| `next/`                         | Lookahead planning for the next program milestone                    |
| `LESSONS.md`                    | Optional lessons carried into later planning                         |
| `archive/`                      | Frozen milestone artifacts and manifests                             |

## What stays active after ship

State, repository binding, lessons, lookahead, and program-level charter,
roadmap, and synthesis remain active. Milestone artifacts move into a named
archive directory. See [shipping](/path/shipping) for archive protection and
integration rules.

## What has authority

User rulings come first. Program charter constraints apply to all milestones.
Intent criteria and vetoes constrain later work. Settled synthesis decisions
and the current phase or task contract further define the work.

If sources conflict, the pipeline stops and surfaces the conflict. A task log
or review cannot waive an intent criterion. See
[the operating rules](https://github.com/open-gsd/gsd-path/blob/main/AGENTS.md)
for the full authority and handoff contracts.