deer-flow/backend/docs/README.md
rayhpeng 57ba19b877 docs(hexagonal): split the module walkthrough out of the layering guide
HEXAGONAL_ARCHITECTURE_zh.md now carries rules only: the two orthogonal
boundaries, the AWS three-folder mapping, the two kinds of secondary
adapter, and how the boundaries are mechanically enforced. The feedback
walkthrough, its known gaps, and its todo list move to a module document,
so the guide stays readable as more modules are migrated.

Two corrections to the guide, both of which would have misled a reader:

- Ports belong inside `domain/`, not beside it. AWS places `ports/` as a
  subdirectory of `domain/` and describes the domain folder as "domain and
  interfaces"; lifting ports into a third top-level layer would make the
  domain depend on an outside package to declare its own needs. The guide
  now states this explicitly, since the opposite reading is common.
- The walkthrough had the service calling RunLookup before building the
  aggregate. The code does the reverse, and the order matters: validation
  runs before any port call, so an invalid rating on a nonexistent run is
  reported as InvalidRatingError rather than RunNotFoundError. The same
  section also called that check authorization; it is referential
  integrity, and authorization is the router's owner_check plus this check
  taken together -- which is why the port takes no user_id.

FEEDBACK_DESIGN_zh.md is new and follows the SCHEDULE_DESIGN_zh.md shape:
the aggregate and its invariants, both ports and the conventions that
matter more than their signatures, the four use cases, both adapters, the
walkthrough, the test layering, an extension guide, and a pitfall list.

Three things it records that were not written down anywhere:

- The aggregate reads the system clock in its default factory, which
  schedule deliberately avoids. Acceptable while the timestamp is only a
  bookkeeping stamp and feeds no rule; noted with the condition that would
  force a change.
- A repository that explicitly inherits its Protocol turns a misspelled
  method into a silent None, because the inherited body is `...`. Hit for
  real during the move. isinstance() cannot detect it, so asserting "the
  port is satisfied" is not a substitute for asserting return values.
- RunLookup has no contract test against a real RunStore. A renamed key in
  the dict RunStore.get() returns would turn every rating into a 404 with
  the suite still green.

README.md indexes both under Quick Links, next to ARCHITECTURE.md.
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Documentation

This directory contains detailed documentation for the DeerFlow backend.

Document Description
ARCHITECTURE.md System architecture overview
HEXAGONAL_ARCHITECTURE_zh.md 六边形Ports & Adapters分层总纲规则、AWS 官方结构对应、两类从适配器、边界如何被测试守住
FEEDBACK_DESIGN_zh.md 用户反馈模块设计:首个完成的六边形切片,聚合/端口/适配器逐层走读与二次开发指引
API.md Complete API reference
AUTH_DESIGN.md User authentication, CSRF, platform-trust (IM / Internal Auth), and per-user isolation
SSO.md OIDC / SSO single sign-on
IM_CHANNEL_CONNECTIONS.md IM channel user binding (channel_connections)
CONFIGURATION.md Configuration options
SETUP.md Quick setup guide

Feature Documentation

Document Description
STREAMING.md Token-level streaming design: Gateway vs DeerFlowClient paths, stream_mode semantics, per-id dedup
RUN_EVENT_STREAM.md Persisted run event stream contract: envelope, producers, consumers, and known gaps
FILE_UPLOAD.md File upload functionality
PATH_EXAMPLES.md Path types and usage examples
SANDBOX_MEMORY_PROFILING.md Sandbox memory baseline and runtime comparison guide
summarization.md Context summarization feature
plan_mode_usage.md Plan mode with TodoList
AUTO_TITLE_GENERATION.md Automatic title generation

Development

Document Description
TODO.md Planned features and known issues

Getting Started

  1. New to DeerFlow? Start with SETUP.md for quick installation
  2. Configuring the system? See CONFIGURATION.md
  3. Understanding the architecture? Read ARCHITECTURE.md
  4. Building integrations? Check API.md for API reference
  5. Wondering why the layers are split the way they are? Read HEXAGONAL_ARCHITECTURE_zh.md for the rules, then FEEDBACK_DESIGN_zh.md for a worked example

Document Organization

docs/
├── README.md                  # This file
├── ARCHITECTURE.md            # System architecture
├── HEXAGONAL_ARCHITECTURE_zh.md  # Hexagonal layering rules (zh)
├── FEEDBACK_DESIGN_zh.md      # Feedback module design (zh) — first hexagonal slice
├── API.md                     # API reference
├── AUTH_DESIGN.md             # User authentication and isolation design
├── CONFIGURATION.md           # Configuration guide
├── SETUP.md                   # Setup instructions
├── FILE_UPLOAD.md             # File upload feature
├── PATH_EXAMPLES.md           # Path usage examples
├── summarization.md           # Summarization feature
├── plan_mode_usage.md         # Plan mode feature
├── STREAMING.md               # Token-level streaming design
├── RUN_EVENT_STREAM.md        # Persisted run event stream contract
├── AUTO_TITLE_GENERATION.md   # Title generation
├── TITLE_GENERATION_IMPLEMENTATION.md  # Title implementation details
└── TODO.md                    # Roadmap and issues