firefrost-operations-manual/docs/INDEX.md

# Firefrost Gaming Documentation Index

**Last Updated:** February 9, 2026  
**Total Documents:** 28+ markdown files  
**Purpose:** Central navigation hub for all Firefrost Gaming documentation

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## 🚀 Start Here (New Team Members)

Essential documents to understand Firefrost Gaming and how we work:

- **[TECHNICAL_README.md](TECHNICAL_README.md)** - Technical overview and setup guide
- **[workflow-guide.md](workflow-guide.md)** - How Michael & Meg collaborate, work sessions
- **[session-handoff.md](session-handoff.md)** - Current project status, context for Claude sessions
- **[path-philosophy.md](path-philosophy.md)** - Fire vs Frost concept explained

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## 📋 Infrastructure & Technical

Core infrastructure documentation and deployment records:

### Current Status
- **[TASKS.md](TASKS.md)** - Active task tracking, phase completion status
- **[architecture-decisions.md](architecture-decisions.md)** - Why we built things this way

### Deployment Documentation
- **[gitea-deployment.md](gitea-deployment.md)** - Service 1/5: Git repository (completed Feb 8)
- **[uptime-kuma-deployment.md](uptime-kuma-deployment.md)** - Service 2/5: Monitoring (completed Feb 9)

### Infrastructure Diagrams
- **[firefrost-infrastructure-diagram.mermaid](firefrost-infrastructure-diagram.mermaid)** - Mermaid.js diagram
- **[diagrams/](diagrams/)** - Visual infrastructure maps (PNG format)

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## 🎯 Master Planning Documents

High-level vision, strategy, and implementation roadmaps:

- **[firefrost-master-implementation-plan.md](firefrost-master-implementation-plan.md)** - 12-month roadmap, 6 phases
- **[design-bible-v1.md](design-bible-v1.md)** - Complete design vision, comprehensive strategy
- **[awakened-gateway.md](awakened-gateway.md)** - The Awakened tier philosophy and gateway concept

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## 📝 Session Summaries

Detailed records of work sessions with Claude:

- **[session-uptime-kuma-github-mirror-feb9-2026.md](session-uptime-kuma-github-mirror-feb9-2026.md)** - Feb 9: Uptime Kuma + GitHub mirror
- **[session-gitea-migration-feb8-2026.md](session-gitea-migration-feb8-2026.md)** - Feb 8: Gitea deployment + SSH hardening
- **[session-summary-feb8-2026.md](session-summary-feb8-2026.md)** - Feb 8: Summary and changelog
- **[session-summary-gitea.md](session-summary-gitea.md)** - Gitea migration summary
- **[session-handoff-prompt.md](session-handoff-prompt.md)** - Template for session handoffs

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## 👥 Community & Operations

Discord structure, subscription tiers, staff planning, and permissions:

### Community Structure
- **[discord-structure-complete.md](discord-structure-complete.md)** - Complete Discord server layout (62 channels)
- **[subscription-tiers-final.md](subscription-tiers-final.md)** - 6-tier subscription system (Fire vs Frost paths)
- **[luckperms-structure.md](luckperms-structure.md)** - Permission groups and inheritance

### Staff & Growth
- **[staff-recruitment-planning.md](staff-recruitment-planning.md)** - Hiring needs, role definitions

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## 🎨 Marketing & Social Media

Brand presence, content strategy, and launch planning:

- **[firefrost-social-strategy.md](firefrost-social-strategy.md)** - Multi-platform social media strategy
- **[mega-social-setup-guide.md](mega-social-setup-guide.md)** - Detailed social media setup guide
- **[website-vision-plan.md](website-vision-plan.md)** - Website design and implementation plan
- **[firefrost-shopping-list.md](firefrost-shopping-list.md)** - Tools, services, and resources to acquire

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## 🔥❄️ Brand & Philosophy

Fire + Frost identity, visual guidelines, and brand voice:

- **[path-philosophy.md](path-philosophy.md)** - Fire vs Frost paths explained in depth
- **[visual-assets-guide.md](visual-assets-guide.md)** - Logo usage, colors, typography, brand guidelines

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## 🔮 Future Planning

Extensions, features, and roadmap for post-launch:

- **[pterodactyl-extensions-plan.md](pterodactyl-extensions-plan.md)** - Phase 0.6: 5 Pterodactyl extensions planned

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## 📞 Reference & Archives

Provider communications and historical records:

- **[provider-communications.md](provider-communications.md)** - Breezehost support ticket archive

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## 🗂️ Document Organization

### By Phase

**Phase 0: Infrastructure Foundation**
- TASKS.md
- architecture-decisions.md
- gitea-deployment.md
- uptime-kuma-deployment.md

**Phase 0.5: Management Services (40% Complete)**
- Service 1: ✅ Gitea
- Service 2: ✅ Uptime Kuma
- Service 3: ⏳ BookStack (NEXT)
- Service 4: ⏳ Netdata
- Service 5: ⏳ Vaultwarden

**Phase 0.6: Pterodactyl Extensions (Planned)**
- pterodactyl-extensions-plan.md

**Phase 1: Community Launch**
- discord-structure-complete.md
- subscription-tiers-final.md
- luckperms-structure.md

**Phase 2: Marketing & Growth**
- firefrost-social-strategy.md
- mega-social-setup-guide.md
- website-vision-plan.md

### By Role

**For Michael (The Wizard - Technical Lead):**
- TECHNICAL_README.md
- architecture-decisions.md
- All deployment docs (gitea, uptime-kuma, etc.)
- session-handoff.md

**For Meg (The Emissary - Community Manager):**
- discord-structure-complete.md
- subscription-tiers-final.md
- staff-recruitment-planning.md
- mega-social-setup-guide.md

**For Future Staff:**
- workflow-guide.md
- visual-assets-guide.md
- path-philosophy.md

**For Claude (AI Assistant):**
- session-handoff.md
- TASKS.md
- All session summaries

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## 📊 Document Stats

**Total Documents:** 28+ markdown files  
**Total Size:** ~500KB of documentation  
**Creation Period:** February 7-9, 2026  
**Primary Authors:** Michael "Frostystyle" Krause + Claude (Anthropic)  

**Most Recent Updates:**
1. pterodactyl-extensions-plan.md (Feb 9, 2026)
2. session-uptime-kuma-github-mirror-feb9-2026.md (Feb 9, 2026)
3. uptime-kuma-deployment.md (Feb 9, 2026)
4. session-handoff.md (Feb 9, 2026)
5. TASKS.md (Feb 9, 2026)

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## 🔍 Quick Search Guide

**Looking for...**

- **Current project status?** → TASKS.md, session-handoff.md
- **How to deploy a service?** → gitea-deployment.md, uptime-kuma-deployment.md
- **Discord setup?** → discord-structure-complete.md
- **Subscription info?** → subscription-tiers-final.md
- **Fire vs Frost explained?** → path-philosophy.md
- **Brand guidelines?** → visual-assets-guide.md
- **Social media strategy?** → firefrost-social-strategy.md
- **Master roadmap?** → firefrost-master-implementation-plan.md
- **What's next?** → TASKS.md (Phase 0.5 progress)

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## 🔄 Maintenance

**This index should be updated when:**
- New major documents are added
- Phases complete and progress changes
- Document purposes change significantly
- Organizational structure needs revision

**Last Index Update:** February 9, 2026  
**Next Review:** After Phase 0.5 completion (Services 3-5 deployed)

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**🔥 Fire + Frost = Where Passion Meets Precision ❄️**