chore(docs): add execution flow of CLI REPL eval

docs/cli-code-evaluation.md

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+# CLI REPL Code Evaluation
+
+This document describes the evaluation of user code in the [CLI REPL](../packages/cli-repl),
+i.e. what happens when the user types `db.coll.find({})` in the CLI REPL and hits enter.
+
+## Involved Components
+
+### Async REPL
+The [`async-repl`](../packages/cli-repl/src/async-repl.ts) is responsible for setting up the Node.js
+`REPLServer` that `mongosh` is using for the CLI. Most notabily we customize the `REPLServer.eval` function
+to disable certain default REPL behavior and set up customized interrupt and error handling.
+
+### Mongosh Node REPL
+The [`MongoshNodeRepl`](../packages/cli-repl/src/mongosh-repl.ts) is our main interface and orchestrator for the CLI. However it does not do any I/O
+on its own but relies on an external I/O provider. It initializes and manages the Shell API abstraction
+as well as handles things like access to the history or startup messages.
+
+### Shell Evaluator
+The [`ShellEvaluator`](../packages/shell-evaluator) is an intermediate package also used by non-CLI uses of the shell and is responsible
+for correctly transforming user input before evaluation. It relies on the `async-rewriter2` for input
+transformation.
+The Shell Evaluator also detects linux-commands like `show dbs` and triggers their execution without further code transformation or evaluation.
+
+### Async Rewriter
+The [`async-rewriter2`](../packages/async-rewriter2) transforms code written in a synchronous way into
+code with automatically inserted `await` statements to resolve promises returned by the Shell API.
+
+## Execution
+
+1. User enters `db.coll.find({})` and hits enter.
+2. The `REPLServer.eval` function is called which is customized in [`async-repl`](../packages/cli-repl/src/async-repl.ts).
+3. The customized `eval` function triggers [`MongoshNodeRepl.eval`](../packages/cli-repl/src/mongosh-repl.ts).
+4. `MongoshNodeRepl` forwards the user input to [`ShellEvaluator.customEval`](../packages/shell-evaluator/src/shell-evaluator.ts).
+5. `ShellEvaluator.customEval` calls `ShellEvaluator.innerEval`:
+   1. For linux-style commands, e.g. `show dbs`, processing is immediately triggered and the result is returned up the chain.
+   2. For JavaScript user input:
+      1. `ShellEvaluator` calls the `async-rewriter` to rewrite user input.
+      2. Rewritten user input is now evaluated in the current Shell API context using the _original, non-modified_ `REPLServer.eval`
+	 function that has been passed down.
+      3. The evaluation result is returned up the chain.
+
+See also the following diagram which additionally includes important events emitted during the execution.
+
+![](cli-code-evaluation.png)

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docs/index.md

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+# Development Documentation
+
+This folder contains development-specific documentation on the inner workings of `mongosh` and its packages.
+
+> If you are looking for end-user documentation, please refer to: https://docs.mongodb.com/mongodb-shell/.
+
+## Topics
+Go to any of the linked topics for details:
+
+* [CLI REPL Code Evaluation](./cli-code-evaluation.md)