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What changed

Rewrites README.md in the style of opencode: banner, alpha warning, install, quick start, configuration, architecture, development, FAQ, contributing, security, community, license. Adds docs/README.md (index with alpha notice), getting-started, configuration, troubleshooting and faq. Adds alpha notes to CONTRIBUTING.md and SECURITY.md, bug and feature issue templates, and removes one dead evidence link in docs/connection-modes.md.

Banner: docs/assets/banner.png (full macOS window, 1024x687, 89 KB) and docs/assets/banner-crop.png. It is a native screencapture on mac-live (macOS 26.6.2) of the real packaged build code (Electron 44) in the live Work Bot thread (route #/work-task, BotThread: Nova mascot, iMessage-style bubbles, typing dots), dark theme, English. The Bot thread is live code that needs a Cortex Cloud sign-in, so the main-process /api/work-bot responses were stubbed with demo data (fake Bot Nova, made-up messages). No keys, emails or private paths. The Mac temp dir and processes were cleaned up.

How to try it

Open README.md and docs/README.md.

Honest states

none (docs only).

Verification

Link check (stdlib script): 113 relative links in 17 files, 0 broken. Every bun run command exists in package.json. bun run audit:i18n: 0 problems.

Risk and rollback

Docs and image only. Revert the commit.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Documentation

  • Added a documentation index and guides for getting started, configuration, troubleshooting, and frequently asked questions.
  • Reworked the README into a product overview and user guide, with installation, quick start, configuration, shortcuts, supported platforms, and project status.
  • Expanded guidance on provider setup, credential handling, connection modes, supported languages, development, and reporting issues.
  • Clarified alpha status and unsigned-build limitations across project and security documentation, and updated connection-mode and Linux headless setup instructions.

• Issue Templates

  • Added structured bug-report and feature-request templates, and disabled blank issue creation.

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Walkthrough

This pull request rewrites the README and adds documentation for setup, configuration, and troubleshooting. It updates alpha-status and support guidance, adds GitHub issue templates, disables blank issue creation, and changes a headless Linux launch instruction.

Changes

Desktop project guidance

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Project overview and status README.md, CONTRIBUTING.md, SECURITY.md	The README describes product features, architecture, installation, development, and project status. The contributing guide and security policy state that the app is alpha software.
Setup and configuration guidance README.md, AGENTS.md, docs/README.md, docs/getting-started.md, docs/configuration.md, docs/connection-modes.md, docs/troubleshooting.md	The README and guides cover setup, provider credentials, connection modes, environment variables, locale selection, troubleshooting, and Linux launch instructions. The successor readback reference is now plain text.
Support and issue reporting .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/*, CONTRIBUTING.md, docs/faq.md, docs/troubleshooting.md	Bug and feature request templates collect report details, and blank issue creation is disabled. The FAQ, troubleshooting guide, and contributing guidance describe support and reporting information.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Other

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 8f081

No actionable issue is established for the current documentation update; it is mergeable after normal checks.

Architecture Summary

Architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to 1cd4e

The change affects 5 systems.

Changed systems: docs, AGENTS.md, CONTRIBUTING.md, README.md, SECURITY.md

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Review details

Systems and components

• observed — docs (service) was modified; 6 changed files map to changed impact.
• observed — AGENTS.md (service) was modified; 1 changed file maps to changed impact.
• observed — CONTRIBUTING.md (service) was modified; 1 changed file maps to changed impact.
• observed — README.md (service) was modified; 1 changed file maps to changed impact.

Before / after behavior

• observed — Modified behavior in CONTRIBUTING.md: The project overview adds the alpha status and links to setup documentation while retaining the Bun workspaces, Electron, React, and local-engine details.
• observed — Modified behavior in CONTRIBUTING.md: Questions guidance replaces the prior bug-report and optional Discussions direction with GitHub Issues bug and feature templates, and documents English as the source copy with other locales generated by a script.
• observed — Modified behavior in SECURITY.md: Adds a notice that Cortex Desktop is alpha software, not recommended for production, and its builds are unsigned.
• observed — Modified behavior in docs/README.md: Added the Cortex Desktop documentation index. It warns that the software is alpha, not recommended for production, may change or break between commits, is not guaranteed stable, and uses unsigned builds; it also links to setup, configuration, troubleshooting, reference, and project documentation.

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✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the primary documentation and issue-template changes. It is concise and relevant to the changeset.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 0…
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Inline comments:
Review comments at @docs/configuration.md:
- Line 16: Update the Local row in the configuration table to clarify that Local
mode requires no Cortex account but configured providers may be remote; remove
the claim that everything runs in the app.

Review comments at @docs/getting-started.md:
- Line 22: Update the headless Linux startup instruction in the getting-started
documentation to provide an X server, using xvfb-run or documenting the Xvfb
prerequisite; do not imply that setting DISPLAY alone starts one.

Review comments at @README.md:
- Line 40: Update the README status wording to clarify that the unbuilt item is
the Plugins and skills management screen, not the bundled summarize skill.
Preserve the status of the other listed items.
- Line 60: Remove the --no-sandbox switch from the headless Linux launch
commands in both documentation sites, including the command shown in the README,
so Electron starts with Chromium sandboxing enabled.

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