Transparency Materials

API Standard Transparency Materials

This directory contains the complete transparency package documenting the AI-assisted development of API standards for the New Zealand public service.

Getting Started

New to this project? Start here:

• Package Guide - Complete guide to all materials and how to navigate them
• Plain Language Overview - Accessible project summary for non-technical audiences

Project Documentation

Core documentation of methodology, process, and outcomes:

• Methodology Overview - GraphRAG technology, MCP servers, and execution process
• Timeline and Metrics - Commit-by-commit progression with timestamps and statistics
• Completion Report - Detailed deliverables, achievements, and lessons learned
• Verification and QA - Independent fact-checking and quality assessment

Technical Specifications

Project execution details:

• Execution Plan - Three-phase workflow (Research, Drafting, Finalization)
• LLM Instructions - Complete instructions given to Claude for document generation
• CLAUDE.md - Claude Code guidance for working with this project

Raw Data

Original search retrieval results from MCP server queries:

• Search Retrieval Results - 8 research files with 47 searches (300KB+ of raw data)
  • 01 - Design
  • 02 - Development
  • 03 - Security
  • 04 - Deployment
  • 05 - Operations
  • 06 - Definitions
  • 07 - Patterns
  • 08 - Good Practices

Related Resources

• API Standard Document - The final generated standard
• Project Overview - Non-technical introduction
• About MCP Servers - Technology explanation

Project Statistics

• Timeline: November 3, 2025 (1 hour 59 minutes active work)
• Total Searches: 47 semantic queries across 8 topics
• Output: 14,721 words with 280 DocRef citations
• Database: 5,612 nodes from NZ API Guidelines
• Technology: GraphRAG + MCP + Claude Sonnet 3.5