context-layer-generator

A context layer is a structured documentation artifact defining a module's scope, dependencies, and behavioral contracts. You need one when onboarding engineers, preparing for hand-offs, or establishing governance to enable safer modifications in complex codebases.

To generate a structural manifest and behavioral contracts, provide a target module or service name to the generator. It analyzes code and git history to automatically produce a consolidated .context.md file containing these structured artifacts for review.

Yes, you can pre-fill an architectural decision log using git history. The generator extracts historical insights from your repository to justify design choices and changes, automatically populating the decision log for the specified service boundary.

Yes, the generated context documentation includes runtime dependency mappings. The structural manifest explicitly documents what a module does, its entry points, its dependencies, and its dependents to provide a clear scope overview.

The best way to document module failure modes and performance expectations is through behavioral contracts. The generator outputs these contracts alongside a structural manifest to satisfy runtime documentation and strict governance requirements.

The generator supports targeting both a single module and a service boundary without strict limitations. However, the resulting .context.md file focuses on dependency insights and behavioral contracts specific to the scope you explicitly define.