Development Guide

Everything you need to develop on Stella locally: setup, standards, testing, and how changes get to main.

🚧 Starter page — fill in repo-specific commands and links.

Local setup

1. Clone the repo: git clone <repo-url>
2. Install dependencies: <command>
3. Configure secrets/API keys: <where and how>
4. Run the dev loop: <command>
5. Verify: <smoke test command>

Coding standards

• Language/style: <linter, formatter, config location>
• Commit messages: <convention, e.g. Conventional Commits>
• Branch naming: <convention>

Testing

Layer	What it covers	Command
Unit	Pure logic, no LLM calls	<command>
Integration	Tool runtime + sandbox	<command>
Agent evals	End-to-end agent behavior	see Agent Design

PR workflow

Describe review requirements, CI gates, and merge policy. Link the CONTRIBUTING.md in the main repo if one exists.

Related pages

• Onboarding — first-week checklist
• Architecture — what you're building on