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Developing from specs

Once Reversa has generated all specs in _reversa_sdd/, you can take those files to any machine and start building the system from scratch. Here is the recommended order.

Before writing a single line of code

Start by reading these three files:

File Why read first
_reversa_sdd/confidence-report.md Shows what is high-confidence (green) vs. gaps (red). Avoids building on wrong inferences.
_reversa_sdd/gaps.md Lists what Reversa could not determine. Fill these in manually before starting.
_reversa_sdd/architecture.md + C4 diagrams Shows the big picture: layers, modules, system boundaries.

Implementation order (bottom-up)

1. database/  +  erd-complete.md       (data structures, migrations)
2. domain.md  +  sdd/[core-entities]   (core business rules)
3. sdd/[services] sorted by dependency (use dependencies.md as a guide)
4. openapi/   +  API contracts         (if present)
5. ui/                                 (presentation layer last)

Which sdd/ spec comes first

Open _reversa_sdd/traceability/code-spec-matrix.md. It lists each spec and its dependencies.

Implement the specs that depend on nothing else first (leaf nodes in the dependency tree), then work up toward the specs that integrate multiple components.

Keeping traceability alive during development

Use _reversa_sdd/traceability/code-spec-matrix.md as a reference while developing to know which piece of implemented code corresponds to which spec. This keeps traceability accurate as the codebase grows.

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