Plain PHP deployment contract

Contract

ModelBreeder.com is a plain PHP content site. The release artifact is a root-extractable ZIP for shared hosting or equivalent PHP hosting. It is not a CMS theme, plugin, page-builder export, or framework starter kit.

The root of the extracted site must contain:

The package should not require a database, Composer install, build server, CMS admin panel, external API call, analytics system, cookie layer, user-upload endpoint, or third-party script.

Why this matters

The site teaches highly adaptive systems. Its own deployment must demonstrate the same principle: small, explicit components; clear boundaries; preserved source memory; repeatable validation; no unnecessary platform dependency.

A CMS installer error does not change the platform. It only means the archive was presented to the wrong installer. The correct fix is to use the root PHP deployment path, not to reshape the project into a CMS artifact.

Memory topology

The project dogfoods its own memory pattern:

AGENTS.md                  receiving-agent entry point
.uai/*.uai                 active memory and operating constraints
.uai/long-term-memory.uai  pointer-only ledger to /docs
/docs/*.md                 durable reports and source notes
/docs/manifest.json        integrity and source index
agent-file-handoff/        active intake buckets

/docs is the long-term body-memory layer. .uai/long-term-memory.uai points to it. A separate wiki/ directory is not part of this package.

Packaging preflight

FUNCTION package_modelbreeder_plain_php_site(root)
    assert file_exists(root / "index.php")
    assert file_exists(root / ".htaccess")
    assert directory_exists(root / "assets")
    assert directory_exists(root / "content")
    assert directory_exists(root / "docs")
    assert directory_exists(root / "src")
    assert directory_exists(root / ".uai")

    assert not file_exists(root / "style.css")
    assert not file_exists(root / "functions.php")
    assert not directory_exists(root / "wp-content")
    assert not directory_exists(root / "public")
    assert not directory_exists(root / "wiki")

    build_search_index()
    build_docs_manifest()
    build_uai_exports()
    run_php_syntax_checks()
    run_js_syntax_checks()
    run_route_smoke_tests()
    create_root_extractable_zip()
END FUNCTION

Deployment check

After extraction, verify:

Rule for future agents

Do not change the packaging target unless the owner explicitly requests a platform migration. Ordinary requests for new content, new memory, contact pages, footer links, or UAIX File Handoff support are changes inside the plain PHP site.