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# CLAUDE/development/ - Development Process Documentation

## Purpose

This directory contains documentation for **developers working on the hooks daemon repository itself**, NOT for users implementing hooks in their projects.

## Distinction

- **User Documentation**: `/CLAUDE/` root level (ARCHITECTURE.md, HANDLER_DEVELOPMENT.md, LLM-INSTALL.md)

- How to use the daemon

- How to create handlers

- How to install and configure

- **Development Documentation**: `/CLAUDE/development/` (this directory)

- How to contribute to the daemon codebase

- Release management process

- Testing and QA workflows

- Code review guidelines

## Files in This Directory

- **RELEASING.md** - Complete release process using `/release` skill

- **QA.md** - QA pipeline, automation, and coverage requirements

## When to Use This Directory

Add documentation here when:

- Documenting internal development workflows

- Explaining how to modify the daemon core

- Describing release/deployment processes

- Internal architecture decisions that affect contributors

## When NOT to Use This Directory

Don't put documentation here for:

- User-facing features or APIs → `/CLAUDE/` root

- Handler development → `/CLAUDE/HANDLER_DEVELOPMENT.md`

- Installation guides → `/CLAUDE/LLM-INSTALL.md`

- Bug reporting → `/BUG_REPORTING.md`

## Navigation

- Parent: `/CLAUDE/` - User-facing LLM documentation

- Sibling: `/CLAUDE/UPGRADES/` - Version migration guides

- Related: `/CONTRIBUTING.md` - High-level contribution guidelines