# Documentation

This directory contains technical documentation for DMS.

## Core References

- `../README.md` - project overview, setup, and quick operations
- `architecture-overview.md` - backend, frontend, and infrastructure architecture
- `api-contract.md` - API endpoint contract grouped by route module, including session auth, login throttle responses, role and ownership scope, upload limits, and settings or processing-log security constraints
- `data-model-reference.md` - database entity definitions and lifecycle states
- `operations-and-configuration.md` - runtime operations, hardened compose defaults, DEV and LIVE security values, persisted settings configuration behavior, and frontend Vite host allowlist controls
- `frontend-design-foundation.md` - frontend visual system, tokens, UI implementation rules, authenticated media delivery under session auth, processing-log timeline behavior, and settings helper-copy guidance
- `../.env.example` - repository-level environment template with local defaults and production override guidance