# Core Docs

These documents define the stable center of oagen as an OSS framework.

- [Minimal Quickstart](quickstart.md)
- [Minimal Emitter](minimal-emitter.md)
- [CLI Reference](../cli.md)
- [Pipeline Architecture](../architecture/pipeline.md)
- [IR Type System Reference](../architecture/ir-types.md)
- [Emitter Contract](../architecture/emitter-contract.md)
- [Compatibility Verification](compatibility.md)
- [Compatibility IR](compatibility-ir.md)
- [Compatibility Policy](compatibility-policy.md)
- [Manifest Schema](manifest-schema.md)
- [Verify Compat](verify-compat.md)

Read the quickstart first. The goal is to get from a spec to generated files without learning compatibility overlays, extractors, or smoke workflows.