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- # CLAUDE/development/ - Development Process Documentation

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- ## Purpose

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

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- ## Distinction

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

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- - How to use the daemon

- - How to create handlers

- - How to install and configure

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

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- - How to contribute to the daemon codebase

- - Release management process

- - Testing and QA workflows

- - Code review guidelines

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- ## Files in This Directory

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

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

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- ## When to Use This Directory

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- Add documentation here when:

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- - Documenting internal development workflows

- - Explaining how to modify the daemon core

- - Describing release/deployment processes

- - Internal architecture decisions that affect contributors

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- ## When NOT to Use This Directory

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- Don't put documentation here for:

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- - 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