Sidecat development

Building Version 1

Start with progress to see where we are. Read the contract for the required product and the development agreement for how we build it.

Version 1 product contract

Product revision 4 · amended 2 October 2026

What Sidecat must provide: product capabilities, design boundaries and release requirements. Read together with the development agreement.

Development revision 3 · amended 2 October 2026

How we build it: immediate role use, planning, independent review, Sidecat UI in testing, documentation and release checks.

Evolving working guidance

How we apply the contract: current role arrangements, focused reading paths and development practices. These can evolve within the agreement.

Timestamped public snapshot

What is being built, what has been verified, what is blocked and what comes next. Implementation and qualification are reported separately.

Observed development trials

Follow an unfamiliar author building a garden-watering app and a separate installed test of shared content and message recovery.

Source repository — source, issues and contribution guidance.
Pilot installation and limits — the supported instructions for the current pilot.
Website style guide — shared typography, colors, layout and writing conventions.
Background research and implementation inventory — historical evidence, separate from the contract.
REPL examples — extracts from real coordination calls, with what each one needs.