> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.engineeringframework.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Introduction > Documentation for the Engineering Framework ## What is Engineering Framework? Engineering Framework helps engineering teams plan software projects consistently and hold on to what they learn along the way. It gives you: * A **planning checklist** that lays out what "good" looks like at each phase of a project, and tracks what your team has actually completed * A **Knowledge Base** that captures decisions, guides, and past artifacts so your team (and your AI coding assistants) can find them again instead of re-discovering the same answers * **Organizations, departments, and permissions** so the right people see and manage the right things * Support for connecting **AI coding assistants** (like Claude Code) directly to your planning checklist and Knowledge Base, so agents can check gaps, pull templates, and search prior decisions on your team's behalf This documentation site is under active development. Several sections below are placeholders while their content is being written. ## Explore the docs A product overview of what it does and who it's for. Walk through the setup wizard to create your organization. Organizations, Departments, and Projects — and how permissions cascade. Lifecycle phases and how they drive checklist gap analysis. Categories, subcategories, items, definitions, and templates. Connect AI agents to the Framework MCP server and use its tools. Ingest project documentation and query it through the Knowledge Base. Understand the authentication and authorization model. ## Open source Engineering Framework is open source. If you're technical and want to self-host it or contribute, start here.