Development

Last Updated

July 16, 2026

Contribution flow, architecture notes, implementation gotchas, and fork-facing extension points live here.

  1. Platform README for the current release, features, quick start, test surface, and deployment model.
  2. Contributing for prerequisites, local setup, GitHub workflow, and the current project status.
  3. Project Overview for the system summary, funding flow, campaign lifecycle, and code map.
  4. Workflows for the pledge state machine, storage model, and Worker route behavior.
  5. Payment Processor for canonical checkout, Stripe integration, settlement, and reconciliation.
  6. Developer Notes for stack-specific implementation details, content model guidance, and gotchas.
  7. Agents & Operator Guide for the safest way to make repo changes without drifting site, Worker, checkout, or localized behavior out of sync.

Configuration And Extension

  • Customization Guide for the supported _config.yml surface, design tokens, pricing, shipping, and fork branding knobs.
  • Internationalization for locale config, routing, translation catalogs, and the language-addition workflow.
  • Campaign Embeds for hosted embed routes, resize behavior, and localization rules.
  • Add-On Products for the platform-wide merch catalog, inventory model, runtime contract, and shipping behavior.
  • Ethical Risk Review for evaluating changes involving money, data, messaging, automation, admin power, visibility, and sharing.
  • Agents & Operator Guide for repo invariants, source-of-truth guidance, and safe contributor/LLM workflows.

Day-To-Day Use

This section is the right home base when you are opening your first PR, mapping a feature to existing architecture, or adapting The Pool into a branded fork.

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