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+# Project Overview
+
+`sdk` (npm scope `@docknetwork`) is Dock's open-source Verifiable Credentials SDK: JavaScript/TypeScript
+libraries for credential management, DID resolution, cryptography (Ed25519, secp256k1/r1, BBS+,
+KVAC/accumulators), and blockchain-backed storage, currently targeting the Cheqd network (Dock's own
+chain is being sunset — see `README.md`). It is a Yarn-workspaces monorepo orchestrated by Turbo
+(`turbo.json`), pinned to `yarn@1.22.22` via `packageManager` in the root `package.json`. Each package
+under `packages/*` is published independently to npm; versioning and changelogs are managed with
+Changesets (`.changeset/config.json`, root `publish-packages` script, `.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml`).
+
+## Repository Structure
+
+- `packages/` — the published libraries; see the table below.
+- `examples/` — runnable usage examples (`@docknetwork/sdk-examples`, private, not published) exercised
+  in CI against a real Cheqd node.
+- `scripts/bench/` — benchmark harness (`@docknetwork/benchmarks`, private) for perf-testing the
+  blockchain modules.
+- `scripts/` — shell helpers for local/CI blockchain nodes (`with_cheqd_docker_test_node`,
+  `run_cheqd_node_in_docker`, `with_dock_docker_test_node`, etc.) and `check-licenses.sh`. The
+  `scripts/migration` workspace is declared in root `package.json` `workspaces` but does not currently
+  exist on disk — a `yarn install` will simply skip it.
+- `tutorials/` — an mdBook source tree, built by the `mdbook` root script and deployed by
+  `.github/workflows/docs.yml`.
+
+## Packages
+
+| Package | Purpose |
+|---|---|
+| `@docknetwork/credential-sdk` | API-agnostic core: VC/VP types, DIDs, claim deduction, resolvers, crypto abstractions. Depends on `crypto-utils`, `crypto-wasm-ts`, and `vc-delegation-engine`. |
+| `@docknetwork/cheqd-blockchain-api` | Low-level client atop `@cheqd/sdk` for talking to the Cheqd chain (DIDs, resources, wallet, multi-sender). Depends on `credential-sdk`. |
+| `@docknetwork/cheqd-blockchain-modules` | Cheqd-specific implementations of `credential-sdk`'s abstract modules (DID, accumulator, attest, blob, status-list, offchain-signatures). Depends on `credential-sdk` and `cheqd-blockchain-api`. |
+| `@docknetwork/crypto-utils` | Standalone keypair/signature/byte-utility primitives shared by the other packages. No internal dependencies. |
+| `@docknetwork/vc-delegation-engine` | Evaluates delegated-credential chains in VPs and feeds Cedar policy decisions. No internal dependencies; peer-depends on `@cedar-policy/cedar-wasm`. |
+| `@docknetwork/ap2` | AP2 mandate/receipt issuance and verification (compact SD-JWTs). Depends on `crypto-utils`. |
+
+Check each package's own `package.json` for its current version — versions are managed by Changesets and
+move independently of this document.
+
+## Build & Development Commands
+
+```bash
+# Install (root; runs across all workspaces)
+yarn install
+
+# Build / test / lint (Turbo-orchestrated, filterable per package)
+npx turbo run build
+npx turbo run test
+npx turbo run lint --parallel
+npx turbo run docs --parallel        # per-package jsdoc -> each package's out/reference
+yarn mdbook                          # tutorials/ -> out/tutorials (mdBook)
+
+# Scope to one package, e.g.:
+npx turbo run test --filter @docknetwork/credential-sdk
+npx turbo run build --filter @docknetwork/cheqd-blockchain-api
+
+# Tests that require a live Cheqd node (CI sets CHEQD_MNEMONIC/CHEQD_IMAGE_TAG/CHEQD_NETWORK)
+npx turbo run test-with-node --filter @docknetwork/cheqd-blockchain-api
+npx turbo run examples-with-node
+
+# Release (Changesets; see .changeset/config.json)
+yarn publish-packages          # changeset version && changeset publish
+```
+
+Node/Yarn versions: `engines`/`packageManager` in the root `package.json`; most packages also declare
+their own `engines.node` (currently `>=22.0.0`) — check the package's own `package.json` if in doubt.
+`vc-delegation-engine` is the exception: it declares no `engines` field at all.
+
+## Code Style & Conventions
+
+- **Linting:** a single root ESLint config (`.eslintrc.json`, `root: true`) extends `airbnb-base`,
+  `eslint:recommended`, `plugin:sonarjs/recommended`, and `plugin:jest/recommended`. Every package runs
+  `eslint` directly via its own `lint` script (see each `package.json`) — there is no per-package
+  ESLint config.
+- **Formatting:** no Prettier/dprint config exists in this repo — ESLint is the only enforced style
+  gate (`.github/workflows/lint.yml` runs `turbo run lint --parallel` on every push and PR).
+- **Transpilation:** Babel (`babel.config.json`, `@babel/preset-env` targeting current Node) is used
+  for tests and some builds; packages that ship types build them separately via `tsc -p
+  tsconfig.build.json` (`ap2`, `crypto-utils`, `vc-delegation-engine`).
+- **Async style:** `async/await` throughout — a repo-wide grep found no `.then(`/`.catch(` chains in
+  package `src/`; keep using `try/catch`.
+- **Commits:** no enforced format (no commit-msg hook or CONTRIBUTING doc found); recent `git log`
+  shows short imperative subjects, occasionally scoped like `fix(ap2): ...` or `docs(ap2): ...`. Ask
+  the user before assuming `Co-Authored-By` trailers are wanted.
+
+## Naming Conventions
+
+- **Package dirs:** kebab-case matching the npm name minus scope, e.g. `packages/cheqd-blockchain-modules`
+  → `@docknetwork/cheqd-blockchain-modules`.
+- **Source modules:** kebab-case files exporting one concept each, grouped into a directory per
+  domain, e.g. `packages/cheqd-blockchain-modules/src/accumulator-module.js` alongside sibling
+  `did`, `blob`, `attest`, `status-list-credential` directories.
+- **Tests:** `<subject>.test.js` under a package's `tests/` (Jest packages) or `tests/unit` +
+  `tests/integration` (`vc-delegation-engine`, Vitest) — mirrors the `src/` module it covers, e.g.
+  `packages/cheqd-blockchain-modules/tests/did-module.test.js`.
+
+## Architecture Notes
+
+```mermaid
+flowchart LR
+    ap2[ap2] --> cryptoUtils[crypto-utils]
+    credentialSdk[credential-sdk] --> cryptoUtils
+    credentialSdk --> delegationEngine[vc-delegation-engine]
+    credentialSdk --> cryptoWasm[(crypto-wasm-ts, external)]
+    cheqdApi[cheqd-blockchain-api] --> credentialSdk
+    cheqdModules[cheqd-blockchain-modules] --> credentialSdk
+    cheqdModules --> cheqdApi
+    cheqdApi --> cheqdChain[(Cheqd blockchain)]
+
+    examples[examples] --> credentialSdk
+    examples --> cheqdApi
+    examples --> cheqdModules
+    bench[scripts/bench] --> credentialSdk
+    bench --> cheqdApi
+    bench --> cheqdModules
+```
+
+**Data flow.** `credential-sdk` defines chain-agnostic VC/DID/claim-deduction types and abstract
+storage modules, built on the primitives in `crypto-utils` and the policy evaluation in
+`vc-delegation-engine`. `cheqd-blockchain-api` is the thin client that talks to Cheqd itself;
+`cheqd-blockchain-modules` implements `credential-sdk`'s abstract modules on top of that client, so
+application code composes `credential-sdk` + `cheqd-blockchain-modules` + `cheqd-blockchain-api` to
+read/write DIDs, accumulators, and credential status on-chain. `ap2` is a separate, lighter-weight
+leaf package (mandates/receipts) that only needs `crypto-utils`. `examples` and `scripts/bench` are
+consumers, not libraries other packages depend on.
+
+## Testing Strategy
+
+- **Unit/integration:** Jest per package (`ap2`, `cheqd-blockchain-api`, `cheqd-blockchain-modules`,
+  `credential-sdk`, `crypto-utils`), Vitest for `vc-delegation-engine` (`vitest.config.js`). Run via
+  each package's `test` script or `npx turbo run test`.
+  `cheqd-blockchain-api` and `cheqd-blockchain-modules` also have a `test-with-node` script that spins
+  up a real Cheqd node via `scripts/with_cheqd_docker_test_node` and run in CI against both testnet and
+  mainnet configurations (`.github/workflows/cheqd-api-tests.yml`, `cheqd-modules-tests.yml`).
+- **Coverage:** `vc-delegation-engine`'s Vitest config enables `v8` coverage reporting but no repo
+  package enforces a coverage threshold gate — treat coverage as informational, not a CI gate.
+- **Examples-as-tests:** `examples` runs real end-to-end scripts against a live node in CI
+  (`.github/workflows/examples.yml`) — doubles as a smoke test. `vc-delegation-engine`'s own
+  `examples` script (run in CI via `vc-delegation-engine-examples.yml`) is local-only — it just
+  runs `node examples/*.js`, with no Cheqd node wrapper — so treat it as a local smoke script,
+  not a live-node integration test.
+- **CI:** one workflow per package under `.github/workflows/` (`ap2-tests.yml`,
+  `credential-sdk-tests.yml`, `crypto-utils-tests.yml`, `cheqd-api-tests.yml`,
+  `cheqd-modules-tests.yml`, `vc-delegation-engine-tests.yml`), plus `lint.yml` (lint + `turbo run
+  docs`) and `npm-audit.yml`.
+
+## Security & Compliance
+
+- No `example.env` or `.env` files exist in this repo — packages take configuration as constructor
+  arguments/CLI env vars documented in each package's README, not via a root env-file convention.
+- **Secrets in CI:** `JIRA_API_KEY`/`JIRA_EMAIL`/`JIRA_DOMAIN` (release ticketing), `INFURA_API_KEY`
+  (examples), `NPM_TOKEN` (publish), `DEPLOY_KEY` (docs deploy) — all GitHub Actions secrets, never
+  committed.
+- **Dependency scanning:** `.github/workflows/npm-audit.yml` runs `yarn audit` (critical level) plus a
+  `license-checker` gate that fails on AGPL/GPL-licensed dependencies, on a weekly schedule and on
+  `yarn.lock`/workflow changes. `scripts/check-licenses.sh` is a manual variant of the same check.
+- **License:** root `LICENSE.md` is MIT; `packages/vc-delegation-engine/package.json` declares `ISC`
+  instead — flag this inconsistency if you touch that package's licensing.
+
+## Working on Changes
+
+- Grep for an existing module/type/util in the closest package before adding a new one — this SDK
+  reuses shared abstractions (`credential-sdk/src/modules`, `credential-sdk/src/types`) heavily across
+  the Cheqd packages; duplicating one is the most common mistake.
+- **Changesets:** any change to a published package (`ap2`, `cheqd-blockchain-api`,
+  `cheqd-blockchain-modules`, `credential-sdk`, `crypto-utils`, `vc-delegation-engine`) needs a
+  changeset (`yarn changeset`) describing the bump — `updateInternalDependencies: "patch"` in
+  `.changeset/config.json` means a patch bump cascades to internal dependents automatically, but you
+  still need to add the changeset yourself.
+- **Cross-package bumps:** because `cheqd-blockchain-api` and `cheqd-blockchain-modules` pin
+  `@docknetwork/credential-sdk` by exact/peer version, bumping `credential-sdk`'s public API without
+  updating those `package.json` dependency ranges will silently break them at publish time.
+- Prefer small, incremental changes; if a change spans more than one package, say so and confirm scope
+  before proceeding.
+- Do not touch unrelated files (formatting, unrelated lint fixes) while making a focused change.
+
+## Agent Guardrails
+
+The agent **may**, without asking:
+- Add tests, fix bugs, or extend a module following an existing pattern within one package.
+- Add a changeset for a change it made.
+- Refactor within a single package when behaviour is unchanged.
+
+The agent **must ask** before:
+- Changing a package's public `exports` map or any cross-package dependency version range.
+- Adding a new runtime dependency, or bumping a shared one across multiple packages.
+- Editing `.github/workflows/*`, `.changeset/config.json`, or `turbo.json`.
+- Renaming or restructuring package directories.
+
+Files the agent must **not** modify without explicit human direction:
+- `dist/`, `node_modules/`, `.turbo/`, `out/` — build artefacts.
+- `yarn.lock` — only via `yarn install`/`yarn add`, never hand-edited.
+- Any `CHANGELOG.md` — generated by Changesets, not hand-written.
+
+## Extensibility Hooks
+
+- **New package:** add a directory under `packages/*` with its own `package.json` (the root
+  `workspaces` glob `packages/*` picks it up automatically); add a matching `.github/workflows/<name>-tests.yml`
+  following the pattern of the existing per-package workflows, and register any non-default Turbo
+  task needs in `turbo.json`.
+- **New top-level workspace** (like `examples` or `scripts/bench`): add its path explicitly to the
+  `workspaces` array in the root `package.json` — unlike `packages/*` it is not glob-covered.
+
+## Reference Examples
+
+- **Chain-agnostic module + Cheqd implementation pair:** `packages/credential-sdk/src/modules` (abstract)
+  alongside `packages/cheqd-blockchain-modules/src/did` (Cheqd implementation) — mirror this split when
+  adding a new on-chain resource type.
+- **Package with dual ESM/CJS + typed build:** `packages/crypto-utils/package.json` `scripts` (`rollup`
+  for JS, `tsc -p tsconfig.build.json` for types) — mirror for any new package that ships `.d.ts`.
+- **Jest suite against a real Cheqd node:** `packages/cheqd-blockchain-modules/tests/did-module.test.js`
+  with `packages/cheqd-blockchain-modules/tests/test-environment.js`.
+
+## Further Reading
+
+- Per-package guides: [credential-sdk](packages/credential-sdk/AGENTS.md),
+  [cheqd-blockchain-api](packages/cheqd-blockchain-api/AGENTS.md),
+  [cheqd-blockchain-modules](packages/cheqd-blockchain-modules/AGENTS.md),
+  [crypto-utils](packages/crypto-utils/AGENTS.md),
+  [vc-delegation-engine](packages/vc-delegation-engine/AGENTS.md),
+  [ap2](packages/ap2/AGENTS.md).
+- [README.md](README.md) — project overview, deprecation notes.
+- [turbo.json](turbo.json) — pipeline task definitions.
+- `.github/workflows/` — per-package CI, lint, docs deploy, npm audit/publish.
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+@AGENTS.md
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+# ap2
+
+## Purpose
+
+Implements [AP2](https://ap2-protocol.org/) mandate and receipt issuance/verification as compact
+ES256 SD-JWTs/JWTs, built on `crypto-utils`.
+
+## Entry Point & Stack
+
+- Entry: `src/index.js`, `types: dist/types/index.d.ts` (see `package.json` `exports`).
+- Check `package.json` for the current version. Depends on `@docknetwork/crypto-utils` (pinned
+  exact version — check `package.json`) and `ajv` for schema validation.
+
+## Non-obvious mechanisms
+
+- `src/schemas` holds JSON schemas generated by the `generate-schemas` script
+  (`node scripts/generate-schemas.mjs`) — regenerate rather than hand-editing files under
+  `src/schemas` if the mandate/receipt shape changes.
+- The two `example:*` scripts (`example:receipt`, `example:did-mandate`) each run `yarn build`
+  first, then execute a real example script under `examples/` — use them to sanity-check an API
+  change end-to-end, not just via unit tests.
+
+## Local commands
+
+```bash
+cd packages/ap2
+yarn build                 # build:js (rollup) + build:types (tsc -p tsconfig.build.json)
+yarn generate-schemas       # node scripts/generate-schemas.mjs
+yarn test                   # jest --runInBand
+yarn example:receipt        # build + run examples/issue-and-verify-receipt.mjs
+yarn example:did-mandate    # build + run examples/verify-mandate-with-did-user-key.mjs
+yarn lint
+```
+
+## Tests
+
+Jest suites under `tests/` (`mandates.test.js`, `receipts.test.js`, `signer.test.js`,
+`utils.test.js`). CI (`.github/workflows/ap2-tests.yml`) runs `turbo run build test --filter
+@docknetwork/ap2` — build is a prerequisite of the test job here, unlike packages where `test` runs
+against source directly.
+
+## See also
+
+[Root AGENTS.md](../../AGENTS.md)
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+# cheqd-blockchain-api
+
+## Purpose
+
+Thin client library atop `@cheqd/sdk` for connecting to and transacting on the Cheqd blockchain
+(DIDs, resources, wallet management, batched/multi-sender transactions).
+
+## Entry Point & Stack
+
+- Entry: `src/index.js` via package `exports` (see `package.json` for the full map, `api`/`wallet`/
+  `multi-sender`/`utils` submodule exports).
+- Check `package.json` for the current version. `@docknetwork/credential-sdk` is a **peer
+  dependency** (currently `^0.57.0` — check `package.json`), so consumers must install a compatible
+  `credential-sdk` alongside this package.
+
+## Non-obvious mechanisms
+
+- `jest.config.js` maps `@docknetwork/credential-sdk/*` to `credential-sdk`'s **built** `dist/esm`
+  output, not its `src/` — you must `yarn build` in `packages/credential-sdk` (or rely on Turbo's
+  `^build` dependency) before this package's tests see credential-sdk changes.
+- Real-node tests (`test-with-node`) start a Cheqd node via
+  `../../scripts/with_cheqd_docker_test_node` and require `CHEQD_MNEMONIC`, `CHEQD_IMAGE_TAG`,
+  `CHEQD_NETWORK` env vars — CI runs this against both `testnet` and `mainnet` network configs
+  (`.github/workflows/cheqd-api-tests.yml`).
+
+## Local commands
+
+```bash
+cd packages/cheqd-blockchain-api
+yarn build        # rollup
+yarn watch         # rollup -c -w
+yarn test          # jest (mocked/offline)
+yarn test-with-node        # needs CHEQD_MNEMONIC/CHEQD_IMAGE_TAG/CHEQD_NETWORK + docker
+yarn type-check     # tsc --allowJs --checkJs --noEmit ...
+yarn lint
+yarn docs          # jsdoc -> out/reference
+```
+
+## Tests
+
+Jest suites under `tests/` (e.g. `tests/api-init.test.js`, `tests/multi-sender.test.js`) plus shared
+`tests/constants.js` and a custom `tests/test-environment.js`. Turbo's `test` task runs the offline
+suite (no cache since `turbo.json` marks `test` as `cache: false`); the node-backed suite only runs
+via the dedicated `test-with-node` task/workflow.
+
+## See also
+
+[Root AGENTS.md](../../AGENTS.md)
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+# cheqd-blockchain-modules
+
+## Purpose
+
+Cheqd-specific implementations of `credential-sdk`'s abstract storage modules: DID, accumulator,
+attest, blob, offchain-signatures, and status-list-credential, all backed by
+`cheqd-blockchain-api`.
+
+## Entry Point & Stack
+
+- Entry: `src/index.js` via package `exports` (see `package.json`; per-module subpath exports like
+  `./did`, `./accumulator` resolve to `dist/esm/<module>/index.js`).
+- Check `package.json` for the current version. Depends on `@docknetwork/cheqd-blockchain-api`
+  (pinned exact version in `devDependencies`) and peer-depends on `@docknetwork/credential-sdk`
+  (`^0.57.0` — check `package.json`); keep these two in step when bumping either.
+
+## Non-obvious mechanisms
+
+- `jest.config.js` maps both `@docknetwork/credential-sdk/*` and `@docknetwork/cheqd-blockchain-api`
+  to their sibling packages' **built** `dist/esm` output — run/rely on Turbo's `^build` before
+  testing here, editing their `src/` alone will not be picked up.
+- `dev-node` script runs a local Cheqd dev node via `../../scripts/run_cheqd_node_in_docker --dev
+  --rpc-external --ws-external --rpc-cors=all` for manual/interactive testing.
+- CI's node-backed job retries the test run up to 3 times with a 60s backoff
+  (`.github/workflows/cheqd-modules-tests.yml`) to absorb transient testnet flakiness — a single
+  local failure is not necessarily a real regression.
+
+## Local commands
+
+```bash
+cd packages/cheqd-blockchain-modules
+yarn build
+yarn test               # jest (mocked/offline)
+yarn test-with-node      # needs CHEQD_MNEMONIC/CHEQD_IMAGE_TAG/CHEQD_NETWORK + docker
+yarn dev-node            # local Cheqd dev node in docker
+yarn lint
+yarn docs
+```
+
+## Tests
+
+Jest suites under `tests/`, one file per module (`accumulator-module.test.js`, `attest-module.test.js`,
+`blob-module.test.js`, `did-module.test.js`, plus a shared `tests/common.js`). As with
+`cheqd-blockchain-api`, the offline `test` task and the node-backed `test-with-node` task/workflow are
+separate — CI runs the latter against both `testnet` and `mainnet`.
+
+## See also
+
+[Root AGENTS.md](../../AGENTS.md)
diff --git a/packages/credential-sdk/AGENTS.md b/packages/credential-sdk/AGENTS.md
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+# credential-sdk
+
+## Purpose
+
+API-agnostic core of the Dock SDK: Verifiable Credential/Presentation types, DID types and
+resolvers, claim deduction, presentation-exchange (PEX) helpers, and the abstract storage-module
+interfaces that chain-specific packages (e.g. `cheqd-blockchain-modules`) implement.
+
+## Entry Point & Stack
+
+- Entry: `src/index.js` via package `exports` (see `package.json` for the ESM/CJS/`src/*` map).
+- Check `package.json` for the current version and full dependency list — notably
+  `@docknetwork/crypto-utils`, `@docknetwork/crypto-wasm-ts` (WASM crypto), and
+  `@docknetwork/vc-delegation-engine`.
+- `engines.node` is declared per-package — check `package.json`, do not assume it matches root.
+
+## Non-obvious mechanisms
+
+- Dock's own blockchain is being sunset (see root `README.md`); this package still contains
+  Dock-chain types/resolvers under `src/types` and `src/modules` alongside the actively-developed
+  Cheqd path — don't assume every module here is still live.
+- `jest.config.js` maps `@docknetwork/crypto-utils` straight to that sibling package's `src/`
+  (not `dist/`), so editing `crypto-utils` source is picked up by this package's tests without a
+  rebuild.
+- Tests run under a custom Jest `testEnvironment` (`./tests/test-environment`), not the Jest
+  default — needed for the `Uint8Array`/`TextEncoder`/etc. globals this package's WASM crypto
+  dependencies expect.
+
+## Local commands
+
+```bash
+cd packages/credential-sdk
+yarn build                # rollup
+yarn test                 # jest --verbose ./tests/*
+yarn test-ipfs             # IPFS-specific suite (needs IPFS env)
+yarn test-ipfs-with-node   # BROKEN: script points at ../scripts/with_dock_docker_test_node,
+                           # which resolves to packages/scripts/ (doesn't exist) — the real
+                           # helper is at the repo root, ../../scripts/with_dock_docker_test_node
+yarn test-with-all-nodes   # via ../../scripts/with_all_dock_docker_test_nodes
+yarn lint                  # eslint "src/**/*.js"
+yarn lint-tests            # eslint "{tests/unit,tests/integration}/**/*.js"
+yarn docs                  # jsdoc -> out/reference
+```
+
+## Tests
+
+Jest suites live flat under `tests/` (e.g. `tests/claim-deduction.test.js`, `tests/canonicalize.test.js`)
+plus a dedicated `tests/ipfs` suite; the `lint-tests` script targets `tests/unit`/`tests/integration`
+paths that don't currently exist in this package, so that script is a no-op today. CI
+(`.github/workflows/credential-sdk-tests.yml`) only runs the default `test` script — the
+Dock-node-backed `test-with-all-nodes` and `test-ipfs` scripts are not wired into any workflow, so
+treat them as locally-run/manual coverage.
+
+## See also
+
+[Root AGENTS.md](../../AGENTS.md)
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+# crypto-utils
+
+## Purpose
+
+Lightweight, dependency-minimal Dock keypair, crypto-value-type, byte-utility, and JWS/SD-JWT
+helper library. The only package in this repo with no internal (`@docknetwork/*`) dependencies —
+`credential-sdk`, `ap2`, and others build on top of it.
+
+## Entry Point & Stack
+
+- Entry: `src/index.js`, with typed subpath exports (`./key-utils`, `./keypairs`, `./types`,
+  `./utils`, `./vc`) — see `package.json` `exports` for the full map, each backed by its own
+  `dist/types/*.d.ts`.
+- Check `package.json` for the current version.
+
+## Local commands
+
+```bash
+cd packages/crypto-utils
+yarn build          # build:js (rollup) + build:types (tsc -p tsconfig.build.json)
+yarn test            # jest --runInBand
+yarn lint
+```
+
+## Tests
+
+Jest suites under `tests/` (`crypto-utils.test.js`, `sd-jwt.test.js`). No `test-with-node` variant —
+this package has no blockchain dependency, so CI (`.github/workflows/crypto-utils-tests.yml`) just
+runs `turbo run build test --filter @docknetwork/crypto-utils`.
+
+## See also
+
+[Root AGENTS.md](../../AGENTS.md)
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+# vc-delegation-engine
+
+## Purpose
+
+Evaluates delegated-credential chains inside Verifiable Presentations, extracts authorized claims
+via claim deduction, and feeds the resulting facts into Cedar policy decisions.
+
+## Entry Point & Stack
+
+- Entry: `src/index.js` (see `package.json` for the built `main`/`module`/`types` paths).
+- License is declared as `ISC` in this package's `package.json`, unlike the repo-wide MIT
+  `LICENSE.md` — flag this if you touch licensing here.
+- Check `package.json` for the current version. No internal `@docknetwork/*` dependencies; peer-depends
+  on `@cedar-policy/cedar-wasm` (`^4.5.0` — check `package.json`).
+
+## Non-obvious mechanisms
+
+- Built with `esbuild` (not Rollup, unlike every other package here) directly against
+  `src/index.js`, bundling everything except a fixed external list (`@cedar-policy/cedar-wasm/nodejs`,
+  `ajv`, `ajv-formats`, `json-canonicalize`, `jsonld`, `rify`) — see the `build:esm`/`build:cjs`
+  scripts in `package.json` before assuming Rollup config applies.
+- This is the only package using **Vitest** instead of Jest (`vitest.config.js`); it targets
+  `tests/**/*.test.js` and enables `v8` coverage reporting, but no threshold is enforced.
+- `docs-disabled` script name signals jsdoc generation is intentionally turned off for this
+  package — don't re-enable it without checking why it was disabled.
+
+## Local commands
+
+```bash
+cd packages/vc-delegation-engine
+yarn build        # clean -> esbuild ESM + CJS -> tsc types
+yarn test          # vitest run --coverage ./tests
+yarn examples      # runs the example scripts under examples/ against real fixtures
+yarn lint
+```
+
+## Tests
+
+Vitest suites under `tests/unit` and `tests/integration`, plus `tests/examples.test.js` and
+`tests/fixtures`. CI runs the default `test` script (`.github/workflows/vc-delegation-engine-tests.yml`)
+and, separately, the `examples` script as its own smoke-test workflow
+(`.github/workflows/vc-delegation-engine-examples.yml`).
+
+## See also
+
+[Root AGENTS.md](../../AGENTS.md)