Documentation hub

Documentation

Everything documented about ITISYOU today, in one place. There is no API reference, no CLI, and no user guide yet — because those things don't exist yet. What's listed as available below is real and current.

Available now

Current documentation

Architecture explorerAvailable

Every module of the browser — responsibility, interfaces, status, and security boundary — plus the ADR-001 engine decision.

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AI philosophy & policyAvailable

Why AI is off by default, what 'disabled interfaces only' means concretely, and the rules any future AI capability must obey.

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Security modelAvailable

Sandbox preservation, the three-layer privilege separation, and the deny-by-default permission policy.

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Privacy approachAvailable

Separate local datasets, zero telemetry endpoints, and how this website itself behaves (no analytics, no cookies).

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Development progressAvailable

Live phase and milestone data rendered from the project's own status file, plus the JSON status API.

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Development storyAvailable

The running narrative: decisions, constraints, problems, and lessons — generated from the project's STORY.md.

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Browser comparisonAvailable

A sourced, dated capability table across ten browsers — with ITISYOU's column honestly marked in-development.

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FAQAvailable

Direct answers about project status, downloads, AI, Tor, telemetry, and the engine.

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Machine-readable

Status API

The project's live status document — the same data behind the progress page — is served as JSON with CORS enabled for GET requests, so you can track development from your own tools.

GET /api/status

$ curl https://browse.itisyou.app/api/status
{
  "schemaVersion": 1,
  "product": "ITISYOU Browser",
  "productVersion": "0.1.0-dev",
  "currentPhase": 1,
  "releaseStatus": "development",
  "ai": { "state": "disabled", "providerCalls": 0 }…
}

Planned

Documentation that doesn't exist yet

Listed so you know what's coming — and what's honestly not written today.

User guidePlanned

Using Tab Mode, workspaces, the command palette, and settings.

Arrives with the first usable builds.

Build & source documentationPlanned

Building ITISYOU from source; the source policy is revisited before release.

Arrives when the source is published.

Release notesPlanned

A real changelog will start at the first shipped version — not before.

Arrives with the first release.

Extension & skills docsPlanned

Developer documentation for the extension and skills runtimes, once they exist.

Arrives Phase 2+.