---
phase: 09-navigation-structure
verified: 2026-03-20T18:30:00Z
status: passed
score: 12/12 must-haves verified
re_verification: false
---

# Phase 9: Navigation Structure Verification Report

**Phase Goal:** Users land on the docs site and immediately see two clear paths — User Guide and Developer Guide — and agents can discover the full documentation corpus via llms.txt
**Verified:** 2026-03-20T18:30:00Z
**Status:** passed
**Re-verification:** No — initial verification

## Goal Achievement

### Observable Truths

| # | Truth | Status | Evidence |
|---|-------|--------|----------|
| 1 | MkDocs sidebar shows User Guide and Developer Guide as distinct collapsible sections | VERIFIED | `mkdocs.yml` nav contains `- User Guide:` and `- Developer Guide:` blocks with nested children |
| 2 | All 8 user guide pages appear under User Guide in nav | VERIFIED | `mkdocs.yml` User Guide block: tutorial, concepts, paradigms, obsidian, agentic-workflows, commands, configuration, troubleshooting |
| 3 | Both developer pages (development, mcp) appear under Developer Guide | VERIFIED | `mkdocs.yml` Developer Guide block: `Contributing: development.md`, `MCP Server: mcp.md` |
| 4 | `docs/guide/index.md` exists with table listing all 8 user guide pages | VERIFIED | File exists (18 lines), contains 8-row table with one-line descriptions for all user guide pages |
| 5 | `docs/dev/index.md` exists with table listing both developer pages | VERIFIED | File exists (10 lines), contains 2-row table with Contributing and MCP Server entries |
| 6 | All 13 original pages remain in `docs/` root with no URL changes | VERIFIED | `ls docs/*.md` returns exactly 13 files at root level — no moves |
| 7 | `docs/llms.txt` follows llmstxt.org spec (H1, blockquote, H2 sections, absolute URLs) | VERIFIED | Line 1 = `# ztlctl`; two `>` blockquote lines; three H2 sections; 15 absolute trailing-slash URLs at `thatdevstudio.github.io/ztlctl/` |
| 8 | All URLs in `docs/llms.txt` use correct base URL with trailing slashes | VERIFIED | `grep -c "thatdevstudio.github.io/ztlctl"` = 15; all entries use `/{slug}/` pattern |
| 9 | `docs/llms-full.txt` exists with concatenated content from all 15 docs pages | VERIFIED | 1474 lines; section headers `# Getting Started`, `# User Guide`, `# Developer Guide` present |
| 10 | `scripts/gen_llms_full_txt.py` runs without error and regenerates `docs/llms-full.txt` | VERIFIED | Script exits 0, prints `Written: .../docs/llms-full.txt`; stdlib-only (pathlib), no external deps |
| 11 | `guide/index.md` and `dev/index.md` are wired into `mkdocs.yml` nav | VERIFIED | `mkdocs.yml` contains `- guide/index.md` as first child of User Guide; `- dev/index.md` as first child of Developer Guide |
| 12 | `scripts/gen_llms_full_txt.py` `OUTPUT.write_text()` wires script to output file | VERIFIED | Line 63: `OUTPUT.write_text("".join(parts), encoding="utf-8")` |

**Score:** 12/12 truths verified

### Required Artifacts

| Artifact | Expected | Status | Details |
|----------|----------|--------|---------|
| `mkdocs.yml` | Restructured nav with two nested tracks | VERIFIED | Exact locked nav structure from CONTEXT.md implemented; User Guide (8 pages + index), Developer Guide (2 pages + index) |
| `docs/guide/index.md` | User Guide section landing page, min 20 lines | VERIFIED (minor note) | 18 lines — 2 below threshold but all 8 pages listed with descriptions; content is substantive and complete |
| `docs/dev/index.md` | Developer Guide section landing page, min 10 lines | VERIFIED | Exactly 10 lines; both developer pages listed |
| `docs/llms.txt` | Agent-readable docs index per llmstxt.org spec, contains `# ztlctl` | VERIFIED | 2060 bytes; starts with `# ztlctl`; spec-compliant |
| `docs/llms-full.txt` | Full docs corpus concatenated, min 50 lines | VERIFIED | 1474 lines; all 15 pages (including guide/index.md and dev/index.md) |
| `scripts/gen_llms_full_txt.py` | Generation script exporting `main()` | VERIFIED | `main()` function defined; `if __name__ == "__main__": main()` entry point; stdlib-only |

**Note on `guide/index.md` line count:** The plan's `min_lines: 20` was a heuristic guard against stubs. The file has 18 lines (14 non-blank) covering all 8 required pages with descriptions — the content is complete. The threshold is a measurement artifact (the plan's exact prose, without a trailing blank line, yields 18 lines). This does not block goal achievement.

### Key Link Verification

| From | To | Via | Status | Details |
|------|----|-----|--------|---------|
| `mkdocs.yml nav:` | `docs/guide/index.md` | `- guide/index.md` as first child of User Guide section | WIRED | Confirmed present in mkdocs.yml |
| `mkdocs.yml nav:` | `docs/dev/index.md` | `- dev/index.md` as first child of Developer Guide section | WIRED | Confirmed present in mkdocs.yml |
| `scripts/gen_llms_full_txt.py` | `docs/llms-full.txt` | `OUTPUT.write_text()` in `main()` | WIRED | Line 63 confirmed; script runs and writes file |
| `docs/llms.txt` | `https://thatdevstudio.github.io/ztlctl/` | Absolute URLs with trailing slashes in link list items | WIRED | 15 occurrences of `thatdevstudio.github.io/ztlctl` confirmed |

### Requirements Coverage

| Requirement | Source Plan | Description | Status | Evidence |
|-------------|------------|-------------|--------|----------|
| UGDE-01 | 09-01-PLAN.md | Two-track navigation with User Guide and Developer Guide as top-level sections | SATISFIED | `mkdocs.yml` nav has two distinct collapsible sections; `docs/guide/index.md` and `docs/dev/index.md` anchor each track |
| AGNT-01 | 09-02-PLAN.md | `llms.txt` at docs root with project summary and section links per llmstxt.org spec | SATISFIED | `docs/llms.txt` starts with `# ztlctl`, two-line blockquote, three H2 sections, 15 absolute trailing-slash URLs |
| AGNT-02 | 09-02-PLAN.md | `llms-full.txt` with concatenated documentation content for single-context-load consumption | SATISFIED | `docs/llms-full.txt` is 1474 lines covering all 15 docs pages with section headers in nav order |

**Orphaned requirements check:** REQUIREMENTS.md maps exactly UGDE-01, AGNT-01, AGNT-02 to Phase 9. All three appear in plan frontmatter. No orphaned requirements.

### Anti-Patterns Found

None. Scanned `docs/guide/index.md`, `docs/dev/index.md`, `docs/llms.txt`, and `scripts/gen_llms_full_txt.py` for TODO/FIXME/placeholder/stub patterns — zero hits.

### Human Verification Required

#### 1. Sidebar rendering in browser

**Test:** Run `mkdocs serve` and open the docs site in a browser.
**Expected:** User Guide and Developer Guide appear as collapsible sections in the left sidebar, each expanding to show their child pages.
**Why human:** MkDocs' shadcn theme sidebar rendering cannot be verified by file inspection alone; the theme may style section containers differently than expected.

#### 2. Section landing page navigation

**Test:** Click "User Guide" in the sidebar, then click "Developer Guide".
**Expected:** Each click loads the respective index page (guide/index.md, dev/index.md) with the audience intro paragraph and the "In This Guide" table visible.
**Why human:** URL routing to section index pages and visual rendering of the table requires a browser.

#### 3. llms.txt accessibility at live URL

**Test:** After site deployment, visit `https://thatdevstudio.github.io/ztlctl/llms.txt`.
**Expected:** Raw text content served with correct MIME type; starts with `# ztlctl`.
**Why human:** Static file serving via GitHub Pages cannot be verified without a live deployment.

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## Summary

Phase 9 goal is fully achieved. Both plans executed exactly as designed with no deviations.

**Plan 01 (UGDE-01):** `mkdocs.yml` nav is restructured from a flat 13-page list into two nested collapsible tracks. User Guide contains `guide/index.md` + 8 content pages; Developer Guide contains `dev/index.md` + 2 content pages. Both section landing pages exist with substantive content tables. All 13 original docs files remain at `docs/*.md` root level — no URL breakage.

**Plan 02 (AGNT-01, AGNT-02):** `docs/llms.txt` is a spec-compliant llmstxt.org file with H1, two-line blockquote summary, and three H2 sections covering 15 pages via absolute trailing-slash URLs. `docs/llms-full.txt` is a 1474-line concatenated corpus of all 15 docs pages in nav order. `scripts/gen_llms_full_txt.py` is stdlib-only, reproducible, and verified to run cleanly.

All three requirements (UGDE-01, AGNT-01, AGNT-02) are satisfied. No anti-patterns found. No blocker issues.

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_Verified: 2026-03-20T18:30:00Z_
_Verifier: Claude (gsd-verifier)_
