# Archived development notes

Fleet-import snapshots from **notepadpp-mcp** and generic MCP industrialization (Oct 2025). **Not maintained for pywinauto-mcp.**

| File | Origin / note |
|------|----------------|
| [AI_DEVELOPMENT_RULES.md](AI_DEVELOPMENT_RULES.md) | nest-protect / generic AI guardrails |
| [AI_DEVELOPMENT_TOOLS_COMPARISON.md](AI_DEVELOPMENT_TOOLS_COMPARISON.md) | Windsurf vs Cursor era |
| [BULLETPROOF_MCP_GUIDE.md](BULLETPROOF_MCP_GUIDE.md) | `notepadpp_mcp` sync_health / file_validator |
| [DEBUGGING_LESSONS_LEARNED.md](DEBUGGING_LESSONS_LEARNED.md) | Historical debugging log |
| [DEVELOPMENT_PAIN_POINTS.md](DEVELOPMENT_PAIN_POINTS.md) | Historical pain points |
| [FILE_VALIDATION_COMPLETE.md](FILE_VALIDATION_COMPLETE.md) | notepadpp file validator |
| [FILE_VALIDATION_GUIDE.md](FILE_VALIDATION_GUIDE.md) | notepadpp file validator |
| [LINK_PARSER_FIX.md](LINK_PARSER_FIX.md) | notepadpp link_parser |
| [MCP_SYNC_DEBUGGING_GUIDE.md](MCP_SYNC_DEBUGGING_GUIDE.md) | MCP sync health |
| [PYTHON_DEPENDENCY_HELL_FIX.md](PYTHON_DEPENDENCY_HELL_FIX.md) | Python 3.13 pin note (still useful background) |
| [PYTHON_SNIPPETS_USAGE_GUIDE.md](PYTHON_SNIPPETS_USAGE_GUIDE.md) | Generic FastMCP snippets |
| [SYNC_HEALTH_IMPROVEMENTS_SUMMARY.md](SYNC_HEALTH_IMPROVEMENTS_SUMMARY.md) | notepadpp sync_health |
| [SYNC_HEALTH_INTEGRATION.md](SYNC_HEALTH_INTEGRATION.md) | notepadpp sync_health |
| [SYSTEMATIC_PROJECT_UPDATES.md](SYSTEMATIC_PROJECT_UPDATES.md) | Generic update checklist |
| [mcp-prompt-templates-vs-docstrings.md](mcp-prompt-templates-vs-docstrings.md) | Fleet docstring patterns |
| [mcp-tool-docstring-best-practices.md](mcp-tool-docstring-best-practices.md) | Fleet docstring patterns |
| [mcp-tool-documentation-standards.md](mcp-tool-documentation-standards.md) | Fleet docstring standards |

Current contributor entry point: [../../DEVELOPMENT.md](../../DEVELOPMENT.md).