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01 Documentation

The design starts with a precise promise.

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Product definition

What BeforeMetal is, who it serves, the canonical vocabulary, fidelity profiles, and the promises it deliberately does not make.

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Requirements index

Search and filter every requirement, non-goal, subsystem, and open decision.

Browse 683 requirements →Architecture / 03

System map

Explore layers, direct dependencies, dependents, and intentional feedback loops.

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Specification directory

33 sections, grouped by purpose.

Section identities and groups are stable metadata in the Markdown—not labels maintained separately by the website.

L01

Product Foundation

Defines the product, shared language, system boundaries, user outcomes, and scope.

  1. §1Requirement Language0 records
  2. §2Product Definition0 records
  3. §3Subsystem Map23 records
  4. §4System Requirements17 records
  5. §5User Workflows21 records
  6. §29Explicit Non-goals21 records
L02

Canonical Inputs and Compilation

Defines portable project data, assets, and the compilation boundary that turns editable designs into executable scenarios.

  1. §6Workspace and Canonical Model37 records
  2. §7Asset Pipeline20 records
  3. §8Scenario Compiler21 records
L03

Simulation Runtime

Defines time, physics, environment, materials, hardware, sensing, control, and ML execution.

  1. §9Simulation Kernel and Time32 records
  2. §10Mechanics45 records
  3. §11Environment40 records
  4. §12Materials23 records
  5. §13Devices, Power, Circuits, Thermal, and Firmware53 records
  6. §14Sensors39 records
  7. §15Controllers and ML47 records
L04

Experimentation and Evidence

Defines orchestration, results, validation, performance, and recovery of engineering studies.

  1. §16Experiment Orchestrator24 records
  2. §17Result Store24 records
  3. §18Validation and Fidelity36 records
  4. §22Performance and Scalability14 records
  5. §23Reliability and Recovery12 records
L05

Platform and Delivery

Defines user-facing tools, integrations, extensions, security, portability, and public contracts.

  1. §19Editor and Viewer25 records
  2. §20Integration Gateway39 records
  3. §21Extension Host14 records
  4. §24Security and Safety20 records
  5. §25Rust, Portability, and Deployment12 records
  6. §26Public API, Diagnostics, and Versioning14 records
L06

Governance and Roadmap

Defines engineering practice, documentation, release gates, open decisions, required designs, and requirement maintenance.

  1. §27Engineering Process13 records
  2. §28Documentation14 records
  3. §30Portable MVP and Acceptance Gates27 records
  4. §31Open Decisions and Metrics38 records
  5. §32Required Normative Designs0 records
  6. §33Requirement Maintenance0 records