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Documentation Index

The clean map of all AegisAgent documentation, organized by how deep you want to go. Start at START_HERE.md if you're new.

Start here (Level 1 — anyone)

Doc What it gives you
START_HERE.md The front door: three reading paths by role
The_One_Minute_Tour.md The whole idea in 60 seconds
What_Is_AegisAgent.md What it is (and is not)
Why_AegisAgent.md The three problems it solves
How_It_Works.md The mechanism, step by step
Product_Overview.md The full product framing
Glossary.md Every term, simple + technical
faq.md 25 honest questions and answers

Product understanding

Last_Mile_System_Walkthrough.md (the whole system as one story) · concepts.md · mission.md · getting-started.md · current-vs-roadmap.md

Flows (Level 2 — visual understanding)

Flow Status
Known agent Implemented
Approval Implemented
Receipt Implemented
SOC incident Implemented
Ban & quarantine Partial
MCP gateway Implemented
Prompt-to-action lineage Partial
Unknown agent (cage) Partial/Planned
Control command Partial/Planned
Tool broker Planned
Egress block Planned

Architecture (Level 3 — engineers & architects)

Canonical v2 blueprint: root HLD · LLD · migration matrix · 36-week roadmap. Current system references: Architecture_Overview.md · AegisAgent_Technical_Design.md · security-model.md · AegisAgent_Threat_Model.md · fail-closed-behavior.md · database-schema.md · runtime-authorization-api.md + api-reference.md · event-schema.md · action-receipt-spec.md · evidence-graph.md · AegisAgent_Runtime_Data_Plane.md · prior target working documents: AegisAgent_World_Class_HLD.md, AegisAgent_World_Class_LLD.md · decisions: adr/index.md.

Components (Level 4 — maintainers)

Gateway · SDK · Policy engine · Approval engine · Receipt engine · SOC engine · MCP gateway · Storage · Console UI · Prompt & model capture · planned: Agent cage · Node sensor · Egress proxy · Tool broker

Developer docs (Level 5)

Local_Development.md · quickstart.md · installation.md · onboarding/For_SDK_Developer.md (SDK integration) · sdk-parity-status.md · api-versioning.md · demos: approve-then-swap-demo.md, demo-github-attack.md

Operator docs (Level 5)

deployment-guide.md · production-hardening.md (production checklist) · AegisAgent_Operational_Design.md · runbooks/index.md · AegisAgent_Debugging_Guide.md · performance-baseline.md · performance-tuning-guide.md · integrations: github-integration.md, slack-integration.md, qdrant-integration.md

Onboarding (per role)

New engineer · Security architect · SOC analyst · SDK developer · Frontend engineer · DevOps engineer

Maintainer docs (Level 6)

Repo_Knowledge_Map.md (repo map + code flow) · Implementation_Status.md (the honest ledger) · AegisAgent_Diagram_Index.md + diagrams/ · architecture-map.json (machine-readable system map) · explorer/index.html (optional interactive map) · Documentation_Audit.md · Documentation_Redesign_Plan.md · documentation standard + component template · feature_history.md · architecture.md (mandatory code patterns) · PR workflow: CONTRIBUTING.md · backlog process: Issue_Backlog_Execution_Plan.md

Internal strategy (not published to the docs site)

AegisAgent_Gap_Reassessment_2026-06.md (source of truth) · AegisAgent_Vision / PRD / Problem_Definition / Market_Gap_Analysis / Product_Research / GTM — see docs/README.md for the full internal list.

Archive

Superseded documents live in archive/ with a note explaining what replaced them.