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What and why

Establish the reviewed project foundation for a modern, self-hosted, browser-native Gettysburg hex-grid battle game so Phase 1 implementation can begin from an explicit architecture and delivery contract.

What changed

  • Add PLAN, SPEC, ROADMAP, TASKS, README, and repository AGENTS guidance.
  • Record the verified VPS baseline, security posture, deployment topology, backup/restore requirements, and operating checks.
  • Inventory the supplied local-only board/rule/order-of-battle sources by metadata and SHA-256 without committing the binaries.
  • Add explicit Git ignores, a known-byte CI regression guard, Markdown validation, and an asset-provenance review gate.

Impact

Documentation and repository policy only. No application service is deployed and no production configuration is changed by this PR. The supplied JPG/PDF sources remain local, ignored, untracked, and absent from Git history.

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  • git diff --check origin/main...HEAD
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  • actionlint .github/workflows/documentation.yml
  • markdownlint-cli2 --config .markdownlint-cli2.yaml across all Markdown
  • Per-asset git check-ignore and tracked-file rejection
  • Known-byte scan across every tracked file
  • Live VPS refresh for HTTPS health, APT timers/config, and documented baseline
  • CodeRabbit staged review: zero findings

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  • No binary or derived assets are added; the supplied local-only sources are ignored and blocked from exact-byte regression.

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  • Documentation

    • Added project overview, gameplay specification, phased roadmap, implementation plan, and task tracker.
    • Documented multiplayer behavior, security, accessibility, operations, deployment, recovery, and production requirements.
    • Added source-asset provenance guidance and a VPS deployment baseline.
  • Chores

    • Added contribution guidance, pull request templates, Markdown quality rules, and documentation validation checks.
    • Added safeguards for local-only source assets and reference materials.
  • Planning

    • Established Phase 0 foundation status and outlined future multiplayer, tabletop, rules, persistence, and production milestones.

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The change establishes the Gettysburg repository foundation. It adds contribution controls, documentation validation, product planning, a detailed game specification, phased delivery tasks, VPS operations guidance, and source-asset provenance controls.

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Project foundation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Repository controls
.github/*, .gitignore, .markdownlint-cli2.yaml, AGENTS.md
Adds contribution templates, repository instructions, Markdown rules, workflow validation, and ignore patterns for local source assets.
Product planning
README.md, PLAN.md, ROADMAP.md, TASKS.md
Defines project direction, technical choices, phased delivery, task tracking, completion gates, and validation requirements.
Game specification
SPEC.md
Defines gameplay, authorization, commands, rules, persistence, recovery, security, operations, acceptance criteria, and unresolved requirements.
Operations and source assets
docs/operations/VPS.md, docs/references/SOURCE_ASSETS.md
Documents VPS deployment and recovery procedures, plus source-asset inventory, provenance, handling rules, and verification commands.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to c6947

This PR establishes project documentation and repository policies without changing application behavior or production configuration, so no actionable merge-blocking risk remains after normal checks and review.

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58-58: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Align the local Markdownlint command with CI.

AGENTS.md documents an unversioned markdownlint-cli2 binary, while .github/workflows/documentation.yml runs npx --yes markdownlint-cli2@0.23.0. If the repository does not provision the global binary, a clean clone cannot run this check reliably. Use the pinned invocation or add a repository-managed dependency and installation step.

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In `@AGENTS.md` at line 58, Update the Markdownlint command documented in
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documentation workflow, or otherwise reference a repository-managed
installation; preserve the existing configuration and Markdown exclusion
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Inline comments:
In @.github/workflows/documentation.yml:
- Around line 53-55: Update the git ls-files hashing loop to reject tracked
symlinks and any non-regular paths before invoking sha256sum, so only regular
files within the checkout are hashed. Preserve the existing hashing behavior for
valid regular files and fail the job clearly when an invalid path is
encountered.

In `@docs/operations/VPS.md`:
- Around line 232-255: The pre-deployment audit must enforce the application
deployment contract, not only host state. Extend the verification commands to
fail on an unsuccessful /readyz response, validate WebSocket upgrade behavior,
and execute the required two-client smoke flow, ensuring HTTP error responses
cause failure rather than passing via curl headers. Alternatively, explicitly
label this section host-only and move these application checks into the release
gate.

In `@docs/references/SOURCE_ASSETS.md`:
- Around line 89-107: Update the asset re-verification commands around the
sha256sum invocation to validate hashes against the recorded manifest using
sha256sum --check --strict. Preserve the existing file metadata checks and
local-only asset assertions while making verification fail when any asset
differs from the expected values.

In `@PLAN.md`:
- Around line 68-71: Update the command-envelope contract around the “acting
player identity” field to remove it from client-supplied data. Require handlers
to derive the acting SeatBinding or HostBinding from the authenticated session,
while preserving server-side operator audit actions through the existing
operator_request_id contract.
- Around line 85-88: Align the deployment contract with immutable image digests:
update PLAN.md lines 85-88 to record and deploy the digest alongside the
reviewed source revision, and update ROADMAP.md lines 250-252 to retain the
previous compatible image digest for rollback instead of relying on tags.

In `@ROADMAP.md`:
- Around line 70-75: Align the persistence and readiness contract across all
sites: in ROADMAP.md lines 70-75, state whether Phase 1 provisions PostgreSQL
and define /readyz accordingly; in TASKS.md lines 62-70, make the local compose
and smoke path follow that decision; in SPEC.md lines 104-105, scope restart
durability to Phase 2/production or explicitly document the Phase 1 in-memory
exception; and in SPEC.md lines 576-578, make readiness checks phase-aware or
require PostgreSQL in Phase 1.

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In `@AGENTS.md`:
- Line 58: Update the Markdownlint command documented in AGENTS.md to use the
same pinned markdownlint-cli2@0.23.0 invocation as the documentation workflow,
or otherwise reference a repository-managed installation; preserve the existing
configuration and Markdown exclusion patterns.
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- Game creation persists a separate `HostBinding` to the creating browser
session with `binding_version = 1`. In one transaction it creates or reuses the
caller's `BrowserSession`, persists the HostBinding, and stores the session
credential verifier; the successful HTTPS response sets the secure session
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P1 Badge Define how the host claims a gameplay seat

When a new browser creates a game, this transaction grants it only a HostBinding; the only subsequently described SeatBinding creation is the invitation claimed by the second player. Because gameplay actions require a SeatBinding, implementing this contract literally leaves the creator unable to move units and prevents the Phase 1 two-browser flow from occupying both seats. Either create the host's initial seat binding here or specify a separate first-seat redemption flow and test it.

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Phase 2 provides an authoritative adjudication workflow without claiming Phase 3
legality checks:

- `declareCombat` supplies a new combat ID plus attacker and defender unit IDs.

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P1 Badge Accept every attacking unit in combat declarations

For any combat involving multiple attacking units, this singular attacker field cannot represent all participants even though the source rules require grouped attackers and the Combat contract later stores attackers. The omitted units consequently cannot receive losses or become eligible to advance, so Phase 2 cannot faithfully support player-adjudicated grouped combat. Define an attacker-ID list and apply uniqueness, ownership, and commitment validation to every attacker while leaving adjacency enforcement for Phase 3.

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ownership, an authoritative on-board deployed location, an eligible movable
status, board bounds, destination existence, and counter occupancy, then persists
the location mutation and serialized result atomically. Reinforcement, eliminated,
and other off-board units are rejected. Phase 2 permits at most one general in a

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P1 Badge Add an authoritative reinforcement-entry command

When a scheduled reinforcement becomes available, this contract explicitly rejects moving it from its off-board state, and a repository-wide search of the command vocabulary finds no alternative entry command. Phase 2 therefore cannot place reinforcement units on the board despite promising the complete reinforcement schedule and a full 24-turn tabletop game. Add a server-authoritative entry command, or extend moveUnit with a validated reinforcement-entry transition, before rejecting all off-board units here.

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PostgreSQL is reachable only on the private container network. Persistent data,
secrets, images, and backups remain outside the Git checkout. Production rollout
uses immutable image tags, a health check, and a documented previous-image
rollback. The verified host baseline is in `docs/operations/VPS.md`.

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P2 Badge Pin production deployments by digest instead of tag

When a registry tag is moved or accidentally overwritten, an ostensibly identical deployment or rollback can resolve to different image bytes. This also conflicts with the specification's requirement to deploy by immutable digest and the runbook's instruction to record that digest. Replace the promised “immutable image tags” with digest-pinned image references so releases and rollbacks remain reproducible.

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HostBinding-authorized `issueInvitation` and `deleteGame` commands use the common
canonical command envelope and create one `host_management` Action. The
client-generated `command_id` is their idempotency key, scoped to the game, and
the canonical hash, serialized result, management mutation, and Action commit in
one transaction. Each consumes the next `Action.sequence` but records non-null
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P1 Badge Add a host command to revoke unused invitations

When an unused invitation is leaked or sent to the wrong recipient, the host has no targeted way to invalidate it: the host-management command set contains only issuance and whole-game deletion, despite invitations being specified as revocable and carrying a revocation timestamp. The bearer can therefore claim the seat until expiry unless the host deletes the entire game. Add an idempotent, HostBinding-authorized revokeInvitation command that atomically records the revocation and management action.

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- Around line 250-251: Update the HTTP probes in the VPS operations
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Comment thread SPEC.md
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destination with one general permits at most two combat units. An empty
destination accepts either unit type; a general-only destination accepts up to
two combat units; and a one-combat-unit destination rejects another combat unit
but accepts one general. A general-plus-one-combat destination accepts one more
combat unit. A second general and any move beyond those capacities are rejected.

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P1 Badge Validate the origin before moving a general

When a general leaves a legal stack containing the general and two combat units, every destination check described here can pass while the origin is left with two combat units and no general, violating the Phase 2 stacking invariant. Validate stacking at both the post-move origin and destination, or otherwise prevent the general from leaving such a stack.

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A shared `BrowserSession` and its hash remain only when another live game binding
needs them; deleting one game never revokes unrelated bindings.

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P2 Badge Retain session verification through the deletion retry window

When the deleting host has no binding to another live game, this rule removes the BrowserSession verifier, but the earlier deleteGame contract promises that identical retries during the 30-day soft-deletion window can authenticate the same session against the HostBinding tombstone and return the stored result. Without the verifier, the server cannot validate that cookie in this common single-game case, so deletion is not idempotent as specified; retain non-authorizing session verification data through the retry window or define another proof mechanism.

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- A successful claim creates or reuses a random browser-session credential. The
server stores only its hash, sends it in a secure cookie, and binds that session
to the claimed game/seat. One session can hold bindings for multiple games.

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P1 Badge Make first-time seat claims retryable before consuming invitations

When a first-time invitee's claim transaction commits but the HTTPS response carrying the cookie is lost, the invitation is already consumed, the database retains only the new session credential's hash, and the browser never receives the raw credential. Replaying the invitation is explicitly forbidden and cookie loss is not self-service recoverable, so the seat becomes inaccessible until an operator intervenes; establish the browser session before consuming the invitation or define an idempotent claim retry that can securely complete credential delivery.

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constraints are enforced in the claim transaction. The transaction creates the
seat binding and records the invitation claim time/session only after the seat
claim succeeds. A concurrent loser receives `seat_unavailable`; it creates no

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P1 Badge Append a sequenced action when an invitation claims a seat

When an invitation claims a surrendered or otherwise open seat, this transaction changes authoritative seat assignment but records only the binding and invitation timestamps, with no Action, state version, or event sequence. Because surrender replays the seat-open state and snapshots plus sequenced actions drive deterministic recovery, replay from a snapshot taken before the claim can leave the seat open and omit the transition from history; commit an appropriate gameplay or seat-management action and its version/snapshot update atomically with the claim.

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These are local rollback artifacts, not application backups. Before production,
add scheduled PostgreSQL dumps and persistent-volume backups under
`/srv/gettysburg/backups`, copy encrypted backups off-host, set retention, and
prove restore. A backup is not accepted until a restore has been verified.

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P1 Badge Include credential keys in encrypted recovery artifacts

When restoring onto a replacement host after loss of the VPS, these backups restore PostgreSQL and persistent volumes but omit the separately stored secret environment files. The database contains only HMAC verifiers for browser, invitation, and recovery credentials, and sealed invitation results also require an external encryption key, so losing the pepper or sealing key makes every restored cookie or pending invitation unusable and prevents players from resuming their games; add encrypted, access-controlled escrow and restore validation for these keys, or document an equivalent recovery mechanism.

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P1 Badge Scan every introduced commit for blocked source bytes

When a pull request adds one of the supplied binaries in an intermediate commit and deletes it again before the final head, git ls-files scans only the checked-out head, so this guard passes even though the copyrighted/private blob remains reachable in the PR history and can be merged by a non-squash strategy. Scan all blobs introduced in the event range, not just files present in the final worktree, before accepting the source-material boundary.

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