Public docs for Alcove operators

This is the public documentation surface for Alcove: install posture, trust boundaries, API direction, federation planning, and the operator-facing contracts that matter outside the core runtime repo.

Install

Entry points and what lives in this repo vs the core runtime repo.

Trust Model

Local-first guarantees, boundaries, and explicitly out-of-scope behaviors.

API

Read-only public API direction and current implementation posture.

API Spec (v0.1)

Endpoint set, schemas, abuse controls, deployment topology, and auth stance.

FAQ

What Alcove is, what it is not, and common operator questions.

Federation schema

Node metadata schema, validation, health probing, and merge strategy.