rta-handbook/README.md

Section 0 Shared Docs -- READ.md

These documents are available in two ways:

1. Read them in AFFiNE. AFFiNE is the shared reading and whiteboard space. The Markdown docs from this repo appear there as read-only copies.

2. Edit them in Git. The editable files live in this plain Markdown repo. Use your normal editor, then commit and push changes.

If you want to change one of these docs, edit the Markdown file. Do not edit the AFFiNE copy; it will be refreshed from Git.

What To Edit

Edit Markdown files in this Git repo.

Current docs:

• README.md
• rta/concept.md
• rta/reports/current-status.md

First-Time Setup

From any machine that can reach the private lab network:

curl -fsSL http://100.64.0.1:30087/section0/rta-handbook/raw/branch/main/scripts/setup-section0-docs.sh | sh

The script clones this repo into:

~/Developer/Section0/rta-handbook

It also installs a small helper command at:

~/.local/bin/section0-docs

Override the destination if you prefer:

TARGET_DIR=~/work/rta-handbook \
  curl -fsSL http://100.64.0.1:30087/section0/rta-handbook/raw/branch/main/scripts/setup-section0-docs.sh | sh

Daily Flow

section0-docs auth login
section0-docs doctor
section0-docs pull

# Edit Markdown files in your normal editor.

section0-docs status
MESSAGE="Describe the doc change" section0-docs commit
section0-docs push
git rev-parse --short HEAD

After a push, send Virgil the short commit hash. AFFiNE refresh is handled by the lab operator side; collaborators do not need the home-lab repo.

Contributor Setup

Anonymous clone/read works on the private lab network. Pushing requires Authentik login through the helper.

Run this once per checkout:

section0-docs auth login

The login opens Authentik in your browser, configures the Git author from your identity, and installs the repo Git credential. After that, normal Git tooling works too.

Prove write access without changing main:

section0-docs push-test

push-test does not commit files and does not change main. It pushes the current commit to a temporary scratch branch, then deletes that branch immediately. If Git prompts for a password, use a Gitea access token rather than your normal account password. If login is healthy, Git should usually get the credential from your local credential store.

End-To-End Smoke Test

Use this when setting up a new machine:

section0-docs pull

cd "$(section0-docs open)"
printf '\nMBP sync smoke test: %s\n' "$(date -Is)" >> rta/reports/current-status.md

section0-docs status
MESSAGE="MBP sync smoke test" section0-docs commit
section0-docs push
git rev-parse --short HEAD

Send the printed commit hash to Virgil. After the AFFiNE copies are refreshed, the smoke line should appear in:

Agent Workspace / Section 0 / Git Projections / RTA Handbook / RTA Status

Source Models

This repo is the shared Git model: shared docs are edited in Git, then copied into AFFiNE for reading.

Personal vault mounts are different: a person keeps custody of their own local Obsidian vault and only shares selected Markdown into AFFiNE. See docs/source-models.md for that more advanced case.