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 overview and setup guide
• workflow-guide.md - How Michael & Meg collaborate, work sessions
• session-handoff.md - Current project status, context for Claude sessions
• path-philosophy.md - Fire vs Frost concept explained

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📋 Infrastructure & Technical

Core infrastructure documentation and deployment records:

Current Status

• TASKS.md - Active task tracking, phase completion status
• architecture-decisions.md - Why we built things this way

Deployment Documentation

• gitea-deployment.md - Service 1/5: Git repository (completed Feb 8)
• uptime-kuma-deployment.md - Service 2/5: Monitoring (completed Feb 9)

Infrastructure Diagrams

• firefrost-infrastructure-diagram.mermaid - Mermaid.js diagram
• 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 - 12-month roadmap, 6 phases
• design-bible-v1.md - Complete design vision, comprehensive strategy
• 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 - Feb 9: Uptime Kuma + GitHub mirror
• session-gitea-migration-feb8-2026.md - Feb 8: Gitea deployment + SSH hardening
• session-summary-feb8-2026.md - Feb 8: Summary and changelog
• session-summary-gitea.md - Gitea migration summary
• 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 - Complete Discord server layout (62 channels)
• subscription-tiers-final.md - 6-tier subscription system (Fire vs Frost paths)
• luckperms-structure.md - Permission groups and inheritance

Staff & Growth

• 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 - Multi-platform social media strategy
• mega-social-setup-guide.md - Detailed social media setup guide
• website-vision-plan.md - Website design and implementation plan
• 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 - Fire vs Frost paths explained in depth
• 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 - Phase 0.6: 5 Pterodactyl extensions planned

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📞 Reference & Archives

Provider communications and historical records:

• 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 ❄️