Documentation Guide
Welcome to the Open Document Spec (ODS) User Guide. Choose a topic below to get started:
- Introduction: Core design principles, Level 0–3 adoption ladder, learning path, and benefits.
- Quickstart Guide: Skill-first setup, workspace initialization, service background daemon, validation, and AI context.
- Adopting ODS: Enriching existing Markdown repositories progressively without migration overhead.
- Tooling Reference: Complete CLI command reference, daemon execution modes, code references, and CI integration.
- Profiles & Catalogs: Standard profiles, custom profile catalogs, resolution precedence, and ODS Packs.
- Advanced Workspaces: AI agent reading order, global multi-workspace tracking, daemon memory tuning, and large workspaces.
- Troubleshooting & Diagnostics: Diagnostic workflow, complete error catalog for
ods-error.md, git merge conflicts, and daemon troubleshooting. - Enterprise Deployment: Enterprise ODS Pack distribution, multi-repo governance, CI/CD pipelines, security controls, and ROI modeling.
- FAQ & Troubleshooting: Frequently asked questions about file extensions, adoption, profiles vs tags, renames, and background services.
- Features: Complete reference for frontmatter keys, root index configuration, profiles vs packs, AI context, and CLI commands.
- ROI Calculator: Quantifying context reduction, token savings, and ROI with ODS.