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## What Now that the ActorTemplate CRD has been deleted and its resources moved to the substrate gRPC API and the control-plane store (created/managed with `kubectl-ate`, persisted in PostgreSQL), several documents still describe ActorTemplate as a Kubernetes CRD, or describe namespace/RBAC relationships that no longer exist. This sweeps the docs for those stale references. Fixes #368 (docs side). > This change was prepared with AI assistance; I have reviewed and tested it. - [x] Docs and comment-only change; no functional code changed, no tests affected
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# Code Layout
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This document explains the top-level directory structure of this repository and
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the rationale behind where code lives. When in doubt about where to put a new
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file, read this first.
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## Top-Level Directories
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```
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substrate/
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├── cmd/ # Binary entry points (one subdirectory per binary)
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├── internal/ # Shared Go packages, not importable outside this module
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├── pkg/ # Shared Go packages, intentionally importable by external users
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├── docs/ # Design documents and developer guides
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├── hack/ # Scripts used during development, CI, and cluster management
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├── manifests/ # Kubernetes manifests for deploying Substrate
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├── demos/ # Self-contained demo applications
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├── benchmarking/ # Load testing tools and workloads
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├── tools/ # Standalone Go tools (runnable with `go run ./tools/<name>`)
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└── bin/ # Vendored or pinned tool binaries (e.g. protoc)
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```
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## Decision Rules
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### `pkg/` vs `internal/`
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**`pkg/`** is for Go packages with an external API contract — code that users or
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third-party tools may import directly from
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`github.com/agent-substrate/substrate/pkg/...`. Putting a package here signals
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a commitment to backwards-compatibility and discoverability.
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**`internal/`** is for Go packages that are shared across multiple binaries
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within this module but are not part of any external API. The Go toolchain
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enforces that nothing outside `github.com/agent-substrate/substrate` can import
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these.
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> **Use `pkg/` sparingly.** Once the project reaches GA, any exported type,
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> function, or field in `pkg/` becomes subject to a compatibility guarantee —
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> removing or renaming it is a breaking change for external consumers. Prefer
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> keeping new code in `internal/` until its API has stabilized. The bar for
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> adding to `pkg/` is: "I am confident external users need to import this, and I
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> am prepared to maintain its API indefinitely."
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### `cmd/<binary>/`
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Each subdirectory of `cmd/` corresponds to one compiled binary:
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| Directory | Binary / Purpose |
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| `cmd/ateapi` | Control-plane API server (gRPC) |
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| `cmd/atecontroller` | Kubernetes controller for WorkerPools (and network/egress resources) |
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| `cmd/atelet` | Node supervisor (DaemonSet) |
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| `cmd/atenet` | Network proxy / Envoy external-processing server |
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| `cmd/ateom-gvisor` | In-pod gVisor container image entry point |
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| `cmd/ateom-microvm` | In-pod kata + cloud-hypervisor micro-VM container image entry point |
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| `cmd/kubectl-ate` | `kubectl` plugin for interacting with Substrate |
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| `cmd/podcertcontroller` | Controller that issues pod TLS certificates |
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Each `cmd/<binary>/` contains:
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- `main.go` — the entry point, kept thin (flag parsing, wiring, signal handling)
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- `internal/` — packages private to that binary; **not** shared with other binaries
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If a package is only used by one binary, put it under `cmd/<binary>/internal/`.
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If two or more binaries share a package, move it to `internal/` (or `pkg/` if
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external consumers need it too).
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### `hack/`
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Scripts for humans: setting up dev environments, running verifiers, generating
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code, managing clusters. Nothing in `hack/` is imported as a Go package. Prefer
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shell scripts here; for more complex automation, put a Go tool in `tools/`.
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### `tools/`
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Dev/CI tools written in Go. These are build-time or
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operations tools that are part of the repository but not compiled into any
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shipped binary. Example: `tools/setup-gcp` provisions GCP resources.
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Each tool must have its own dedicated `go.mod` (and `go.sum`).
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### `manifests/`
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Kubernetes YAML for deploying Substrate components.
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### `demos/`
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Example applications showing how to build on Agent Substrate.
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### `benchmarking/`
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Load-testing tooling and benchmark workloads.
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## Placement Checklist
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When adding a new Go package, ask:
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1. **Is it only used by one binary?** → `cmd/<binary>/internal/<pkg>`
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2. **Is it shared by multiple binaries but not meant for external import?** → `internal/<pkg>`
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3. **Is it a deliberately public API for external users?** → `pkg/<pkg>`
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4. **Is it a protobuf-generated package?**
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- Public gRPC API (control plane) → `pkg/proto/<name>`
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- Internal gRPC API (atelet, ateom) → `internal/proto/<name>`
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5. **Is it a script or dev tool?** → `hack/` (shell) or `tools/<name>` (Go)
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