# Runic Gateway — Documentation

Central documentation for the Runic Gateway platform. The docs here were
extracted from the two code repositories (with full commit history preserved)
so they live in one place, independent of either codebase.

## Layout

```
website/   docs from the shard website (Node/Express + MariaDB + React/Vite)
link/      docs from the ServUO bridge (C# plugin + Rust sidecar + Node WS)
```

### `website/`
| Doc | What it covers |
|---|---|
| [BACKEND_DESIGN.md](website/BACKEND_DESIGN.md) | API contract, DB schema, security model |
| [HERO_EDITOR.md](website/HERO_EDITOR.md) | Hero canvas editor feature spec |
| [WIKI_UPGRADE.md](website/WIKI_UPGRADE.md) | Wiki subsystem upgrade notes |
| [website-README.md](website/website-README.md) | Snapshot of the website repo's README (setup/run reference) |

### `link/`
| Doc | What it covers |
|---|---|
| [INTEGRATION.md](link/INTEGRATION.md) | How the website integrates with the uo-link sidecar |
| [PROTOCOL_2.md](link/PROTOCOL_2.md) | Protocol 2.0 / 2.1 design |
| [ADMIN_CONTROLS.md](link/ADMIN_CONTROLS.md) | Staff write-plane (kick/ban/broadcast, page queue) |
| [SHARD_PREREQS.md](link/SHARD_PREREQS.md) | Shard-side prerequisites for the bridge |
| [PLAN.md](link/PLAN.md) | uo-link build plan |
| [RESEARCH.md](link/RESEARCH.md) | Research notes |
| [link-README.md](link/link-README.md) | Snapshot of the link repo's README |

## Provenance

- `website/*` was extracted from `RunicGateway/website` via `git filter-repo`.
- `link/*` was extracted from `RunicGateway/link` via `git filter-repo`.

Commit history and authorship for each doc are preserved. The two source repos
retain a short pointer to this repo in their own READMEs; the authoritative copy
of each document now lives here.

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## License

Runic Gateway's documentation is free: licensed under the **GNU General Public
License v3.0 or later** — see [LICENSE.md](LICENSE.md).

    Copyright (C) 2026 Runic Gateway

    This documentation is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
    WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY. You may redistribute and/or modify it under the terms of
    the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation,
    either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

Contributions are welcome — please read [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) (note
the **AI-usage disclosure** requirement) and our
[Code of Conduct](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md).