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Start Here: How the Engineering Set Works

Engineering is organized as one sequential track: 14 development phases. Read the three intro documents once, then live in the phases, each is a self-contained work order with an objective, goals, what to build, an Achievements list (the definition of done), and a demo. Finish Phase 14 and the MVP is pilot-ready.

Read once before Phase 01

DocumentWhy
Clinical Primer for EngineersThe medicine translated into engineering, plus what you decide alone vs. what always needs clinical sign-off.
MVP Build StrategyWhat we build fully, build lean, script, buy, or defer, and the deferral register that keeps scope honest.
System OverviewThe 10-minute picture: the five hard rules, how an episode flows day 0–30, the stack in one paragraph.

The 14 phases

Sequential and gated by definition of done, not calendar, a phase ends when its DoD is green. Every phase page carries a live status badge (Pending → In Progress → Complete); the dots below and the home-page progress board follow automatically, and every flip is recorded in the members change log with name and date.

PhaseFocus
Phase 01Environment & Skeleton
Phase 02Audit Ledger & Config
Phase 03Identity & Activation
Phase 04Episode Engine
Phase 05Patient Today (PWA)
Phase 06Notifications & Suppression
Phase 07Ingestion & FakeEHR
Phase 08Extraction Pipeline
Phase 09Seven Gates & Review Queue
Phase 10Medication Truth
Phase 11Scheduling & Caregivers
Phase 12Escalation, Agents & Kill Switches
Phase 13Clinician Brief & Post-Visit
Phase 14Analytics, Hardening & Pilot Readiness

How to work a phase

Open the phase → flip its badge to In Progress → build to the Achievements list → run the Demo with Amir (the clinical founder) → flip Complete and open the next. Each phase ends with a Deep reference line linking the module contracts, reference chapters, and ADRs that govern that slice of the system, they are the encyclopedia behind the track; the phases are the only to-do list. For AI-assisted coding, paste the phase page plus its deep-reference links into your agent's context, with the System Overview's five hard rules pinned.

Tracking & membership

ActionWhoHow
See progressAnyone with hub accessBadges on every phase page; roll-up on the home page.
Change a statusApproved membersClick a badge → pick the new status; recorded with your name and date.
Review historyApproved membersMembers → Change log.
Join / approve membersAnyone / AdminMembers → Request membership; admins see a pending-approvals panel.

Day-one practicals

Three things come from Amir directly on day one: repository access, the shared founders channel, and environment secrets. If any of the three is missing, that is the first blocker to raise, before writing code. Progress badges on these pages persist for every signed-in member (the backend is live); anything clinical routes to Amir per the primer's decision boundaries.