LanMountainDesktop/docs/archive/ECOSYSTEM_BOUNDARIES.md

Ecosystem Boundaries

This document defines ownership boundaries for the LanMountainDesktop plugin ecosystem.

Source of Truth

• Host runtime and plugin loading: LanMountainDesktop
• Plugin SDK API baseline: LanMountainDesktop
• Shared contracts used by host and plugins: LanMountainDesktop
• Plugin market index and ecosystem metadata: LanAirApp
• Official sample plugin implementation and release artifacts: LanMountainDesktop.SamplePlugin

What Stays in This Repository

• Host runtime code and desktop shell behavior
• Plugin runtime, loader, install coordination, and host integration
• Plugin SDK public interfaces, contracts, and registration helpers
• Host appearance and settings infrastructure
• Tests that validate host + SDK behavior

What Should Not Be Maintained Here as Authoritative

• Market documentation as a canonical developer portal
• Market publishing metadata as canonical source
• Official sample plugin source and release pipeline
• External reference projects (for example ClassIsland) as dependencies

Local Debugging Rule

When running a workspace build, plugin market index and related market assets must be resolved from the sibling repository path:

• ..\\LanAirApp\\airappmarket\\index.json

The host should not depend on an embedded LanAirApp mirror inside this repository for workspace market resolution.