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Move content to correct locations: - AGENTS.md → .agents/AGENTS.md (with orchestrator reference update) - third_party/docs/ (8 reference docs) → wiki/concepts/ - manuals/ (12 Node-RED docs) → wiki/manuals/ Delete 23 unreferenced one-off scripts from scripts/ (keeping 5 active). Delete stale Dockerfile.e2e, docker-compose.e2e.yml, test/e2e/. Remove empty third_party/ directory. Root is now: README, CLAUDE.md, LICENSE, package.json, Makefile, Dockerfile, docker-compose.yml, docker/, scripts/ (5), nodes/, wiki/, plus dotfiles (.agents, .claude, .gitea). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Node-RED Function Node Patterns (EVOLV Summary)
Based on: https://nodered.org/docs/user-guide/writing-functions
Return Semantics
return msg;sends to output 1.return [msg1, msg2, ...];sends one message per output position.- Use
nullfor outputs that should not emit.
Examples:
return [msg, null, null];-> output 1 onlyreturn [null, msg, null];-> output 2 only
Message Mutation Pattern
- Start with the incoming
msg, set fields (msg.topic,msg.payload), then return/send. - This preserves message context unless there is a deliberate reason to create a new object.
Async Function Pattern
- For asynchronous work, call
node.send(...)and thennode.done(). - Avoid returning a message when output is sent asynchronously.
EVOLV Practical Rule
- In example flows (including parsers), always align return-array position with downstream wiring.
- For dashboard parser functions, keep one stable output mapping per metric to avoid wire-level regressions.