# Zeta · Synthetic Warehouse

> Index of the Zeta · Synthetic Warehouse documentation.

## Documentation

- [Introduction](https://zeta.documentationai.com/introduction.md): Discover Zeta, a Windows-first Godot .NET desktop prototype for managing synthetic digital inventory and orders with encrypted local persistence.
- [Quickstart](https://zeta.documentationai.com/quickstart.md): Set up and launch Zeta on Windows, then walk through your first synthetic order — navigate the workspace, reserve inventory, simulate delivery, and explore the warehouse view.
- [Core Concepts](https://zeta.documentationai.com/concepts.md): Understand Zeta's layered architecture, command handling, optimistic concurrency, recovery semantics, and audit model.
- [Domain Model](https://zeta.documentationai.com/architecture/domain-model.md): Explore Zeta's core entities — products, stock units, orders, allocations, delivery attempts, evidence, audit events, and command records.
- [Order State Machine](https://zeta.documentationai.com/architecture/order-state-machine.md): Trace every allowed order state transition in Zeta, from pending through reservation, delivery, recovery, and terminal closure.
- [Persistence](https://zeta.documentationai.com/architecture/persistence.md): Understand Zeta's SQLite and EF Core persistence — connection management, bounded concurrency, migrations, integrity triggers, and storage safeguards.
- [Security](https://zeta.documentationai.com/architecture/security.md): Learn how Zeta protects inventory with AES-GCM encryption, manages keys with Windows DPAPI, and secures encrypted backups.
- [Inventory Management](https://zeta.documentationai.com/workflows/inventory-management.md): Import synthetic inventory codes, create products, manage exact listing mappings, and handle stock expiration in Zeta.
- [Order Processing](https://zeta.documentationai.com/workflows/order-processing.md): Follow the complete order lifecycle — eligibility checks, atomic reservation, approval, delivery simulation, reveal, and seller attestation.
- [Exceptions & Recovery](https://zeta.documentationai.com/workflows/exceptions-recovery.md): Handle review-required states, quarantine, cancellation, external closure, batch reservations, and startup recovery in Zeta.
- [Warehouse View](https://zeta.documentationai.com/workflows/warehouse-view.md): Navigate Zeta's 3D warehouse visualization — explore stations, shelves, and order packages with mouse and keyboard controls.
- [Shop View](https://zeta.documentationai.com/workflows/shop-view.md): Navigate the Shop storefront and understand how synthetic orders appear as arriving customers in the queue.
- [Configuration](https://zeta.documentationai.com/reference/configuration.md): Reference Zeta's .NET SDK, Godot project, export, preferences, command-line options, and operational limits.
- [Application API](https://zeta.documentationai.com/reference/application-api.md): Reference every CommerceService method — queries, commands, delivery, evidence, closure, and recovery operations.

## API Reference

- [Access & Security](https://zeta.documentationai.com/authentication.md): Understand Zeta's single-owner store model, DPAPI key protection, lock screen, and why there is no traditional authentication.

## Help Center

- [FAQ](https://zeta.documentationai.com/help-center/faq/getting-started.md): Answers to common questions about Zeta's synthetic scope, DEMO- prefix, platform support, and production readiness.
- [Troubleshooting](https://zeta.documentationai.com/help-center/troubleshooting/install-error.md): Resolve common Zeta issues — SDK version mismatches, Godot import problems, SQLite version conflicts, store locks, and key file errors.
- [Developer Setup](https://zeta.documentationai.com/help-center/guides/setup-project.md): Set up the Zeta development environment — install prerequisites, restore dependencies, build, test, and run the Godot application.

## Changelog

- [Changelog](https://zeta.documentationai.com/changelog.md): Track documentation updates and changes to the Zeta · Synthetic Warehouse documentation.