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Ratchet system guide v1.2
The complete Ratchet system guide, v1.2, as one free zip: overview, architecture, the loop contract, Composer, Vault, design principles, and the phase A–E rebuild checklist.
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The complete Ratchet system guide, v1.2, as one free zip: overview, architecture, the loop contract, Composer, Vault, design principles, and the phase A–E rebuild checklist.
- The guide is free — the full v1.2 pack, no signup and no paywall.
- It contains no API keys, no vault passwords, and no host credentials.
- It teaches public-safe product concepts only — not install trees or host operations.
- It is product-design documentation, not access to anyone's running VPC.
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The six key documents of the v1.2 pack, rendered as pages on this site and chained prev/next in read order. Reading never requires the notify form.
1 of 6
Overview
Elevator pitch, happy-path flow, and component cheat sheet
2 of 6
Architecture
System map, trust boundaries, and end-to-end data flow
3 of 6
One-pager
Single-sheet printable summary of the whole system
4 of 6
Rebuild checklist
Greenfield rebuild checklist in phases A–E
5 of 6
AI prompt pack
Paste-ready prompts for rebuild, new product, and friend share
6 of 6
Footguns
Design pitfalls: contracts, boundaries, and fix directions
Pack contents
v1.2Every document in the sanitized pack, in manifest order. Entries marked “Guide page” are rendered on this site; the rest open as the pack's plain markdown or self-contained HTML, served alongside it.
- README.mdPack file
Ratchet system guide (v1.2) — pack index, start paths, and read order
- overview.mdGuide page
Elevator pitch, happy-path flow, and component cheat sheet
- architecture.mdGuide page
System map, trust boundaries, end-to-end product flow
- principles.mdPack file
Load-bearing design rules: live is truth, proof of work, streaks, no secrets in builder env
- layout.mdPack file
Logical product areas (control plane, harness, product shells) — not a host path map
- loop-and-missions.mdPack file
Loop contract, version signal, mission shape, and verdict ideas
- composer.mdPack file
Composer product UX: goal capture, queue, product shells
- lazy-medic-sentinel.mdPack file
Optional overnight helpers: observe only, never implement product features
- vault.mdPack file
Credentials boundary shape: broker secrets, never export to agents
- projects-and-deploy.mdPack file
Product shells and version-signal requirements
- operations.mdPack file
Pack scope: what this guide includes and deliberately excludes
- rebuild.mdGuide page
Greenfield product milestones in phases A–E
- ai-prompts.mdGuide page
Paste-ready educational prompts for rebuild, new product, and friend share
- footguns.mdGuide page
Design pitfalls: contracts, boundaries, and fix directions
- examples.mdPack file
Mission and product-shell shapes (illustrative only)
- diagrams.mdPack file
Mermaid gallery: happy path, trust boundaries, loop state, credentials sequence, rebuild phases
- one-pager.mdGuide page
Single-sheet printable summary of the whole system
- one-pager-printPack file
Print/PDF-friendly self-contained HTML rendering of the one-pager (letter, inline SVG, no external assets) — served at the extensionless clean URL; backed by one-pager-print.html
- CHANGELOG.mdPack file
Documentation pack history and versioning notes