photoncloud-monorepo/CONTRIBUTING.md

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# Contributing
PhotonCloud uses Nix as the primary development and validation entrypoint.
## Setup
```bash
nix develop
```
## Before sending changes
Run the strongest local validation you can afford.
```bash
nix run ./nix/test-cluster#cluster -- fresh-smoke
```
For smaller changes, use the narrower commands under `nix/test-cluster`.
## Expectations
- keep service startup on file-first `--config` paths
- prefer Nix-native workflows over ad hoc host scripts
- do not commit secrets, private keys, runtime state, or generated disk images
- document new validation entrypoints in `README.md` or `docs/`
- when changing multi-node behavior, validate on the VM cluster rather than only with unit tests