# Developer Guide

The Developer Guide is for contributors and integrators — those building plugins, extending ztlctl's capabilities, or integrating it into agent systems via MCP.

## In This Guide

| Page | What it covers |
|------|----------------|
| [Contributing](../development.md) | Architecture overview, branch workflow, and contribution process |
| [Plugin Authoring](../plugin-guide.md) | Tutorial and hookspec reference for plugin authors — build your first plugin |
| [API Reference](../api-reference.md) | Auto-generated API reference for all public plugin contracts and the ActionRegistry |
| [MCP Server](../mcp.md) | MCP tools, resources, prompts, and agent integration patterns |
| [Agent System Manual](../agents.md) | Machine-readable schemas, state machines, and interaction flows for LLM consumers |
