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Quorum Documentation

Last Updated: December 2, 2025 Current Phase: Phase 1 (Single-LLM Streaming Chat) - ✅ Complete

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📚 Documentation Index

Current Phase Documentation

Getting Started

• SETUP.md - General project setup instructions
• BACKEND_QUICKSTART.md - Backend-specific setup and development guide

Phase 1 Status & Architecture

• PHASE1_COMPLETE.md - Phase 1 completion summary and deliverables ✅
• TECH_STACK_CONSENSUS.md - Final tech stack decisions (Next.js 15, FastAPI, LiteLLM)
• quorum-prd.md - Product Requirements Document (full vision, all phases)

Phase 2 Status & Integration

• PHASE2_STATUS.md - Phase 2 implementation status and next steps ⚠️
• phase2-integration/integration-checklist.md - Detailed integration checklist
• phase2-integration/integration-issues.md - Identified issues and resolution paths

Current Implementation Specs

• api-integration-spec.md - API endpoint specifications and integration details
• frontend-architecture-design.md - Frontend architecture and component design
• ui-ux-specification.md - UI/UX design specifications and guidelines

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Future Phases Documentation

📁 future-phases/ - Phase 2+ specifications and testing strategies

Phase 2: Multi-LLM Debate Engine

• debate-engine-testing-architecture.md - Comprehensive testing architecture for debate system
• testing-strategy.md - Overall testing strategy and approach
• testing-architecture-diagram.md - Visual testing architecture diagrams
• testing-deliverables-summary.md - Testing deliverables overview

Future Phase Specs:

• state-management-specification.md - State management for Phase 2+ multi-LLM debates (Zustand + XState)

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Research Archive

📁 archive/ - Research, analysis, and decision documents that led to current architecture

Framework & Tech Stack Research:

• framework-comparison.md - Frontend framework comparison (React vs Vue vs Svelte)
• backend-language-comparison.md - Backend language comparison (Python vs Node.js vs Go)
• backend-research-deep-dive.md - Deep dive into backend architecture decisions
• frontend-framework-research-analysis.md - Detailed frontend framework analysis

State Management Research:

• STATE_MANAGEMENT_README.md - State management overview
• state-architecture-diagrams.md - State architecture diagrams
• state-implementation-guide.md - Implementation guide
• state-management-decisions.md - Decision rationale

Phase 1 Research:

• phase1-research-findings.md - Phase 1 research and recommendations

Summaries & Analysis:

• ANALYSIS_SUMMARY.md - Overall analysis summary
• ARCHITECTURE_UPDATE_SUMMARY.md - Architecture update summary
• STREAMING_ANALYSIS.md - Streaming implementation analysis
• HIVE_MIND_SUMMARY.md - Hive Mind coordination summary

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🗺️ Project Roadmap

✅ Phase 1: Single-LLM Streaming Chat (Complete)

• Next.js 15 + React 19 frontend
• FastAPI backend with LiteLLM
• SSE streaming
• Zustand state management
• shadcn/ui components
• Docker Compose deployment

⚠️ Phase 2: Multi-LLM Debate Engine (Planned - Not Yet Implemented)

Status: Planning complete, implementation 0% complete. See PHASE2_STATUS.md for details.

Planned Features:

• Multi-provider support (Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Mistral)
• XState debate state machine
• Parallel streaming (2-4 debaters)
• Context management
• Token counting and cost tracking

Estimated Effort: 4-6 weeks of development work

📋 Phase 3: Judge & Features

• Judge agent with structured output
• Debate format selection
• Persona assignment
• Export functionality

🎨 Phase 4: Polish & Testing

• Comprehensive test suite
• Error handling
• Security audit
• Performance optimization

🚀 Phase 5: Deployment & Launch

• Production deployment
• Community guidelines
• Public release

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📖 Documentation Guidelines

When Adding New Documentation

1. Current Implementation - Add to main docs/ directory
2. Future Features - Add to future-phases/ directory
3. Research/Analysis - Add to archive/ directory

File Naming Conventions

• Use descriptive kebab-case for technical docs: api-integration-spec.md
• Use UPPERCASE for status/summary docs: PHASE1_COMPLETE.md
• Include dates in time-sensitive docs: YYYY-MM-DD-feature-name.md

Keeping Documentation Current

• Update this README when adding major documentation
• Mark outdated docs with [OUTDATED] prefix or move to archive
• Update Last Updated date when making significant changes

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🔗 Quick Links

• Main README - Project overview and quick start
• Backend API Documentation - Interactive API docs (when running)
• Product Requirements - Full product vision

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Questions? Check the main README or open an issue.