# 10. Technology Validation Sources

Validation date: **2026-02-26**

This proposal uses current official documentation (and release notes where relevant) for each major recommended technology.

## 1. OpenClaw

- Docs home: https://docs.openclaw.ai/
- Plugin development/hooks: https://docs.openclaw.ai/guide/developers/plugins/overview/
- Browser tool docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai/guide/tools/browser/
- OpenClaw GitHub releases/readme: https://github.com/openclawai/openclaw

Used for:
- hook names and plugin lifecycle
- browser capabilities and profile modes
- upstream release/update model

## 2. Next.js

- Official docs: https://nextjs.org/docs
- Release notes: https://nextjs.org/blog

Used for:
- app router patterns
- deployment/runtime guidance
- version-aware migration planning

## 3. Prisma

- Official docs: https://www.prisma.io/docs
- ORM release notes: https://github.com/prisma/prisma/releases

Used for:
- schema/migration guidance
- Prisma Client behavior and deployment practices

## 4. React Native + Expo

- React Native docs: https://reactnative.dev/docs/getting-started
- React Native releases: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/releases
- Expo docs: https://docs.expo.dev/
- Expo SDK changelog: https://expo.dev/changelog

Used for:
- mobile stack decision
- push notification and build pipeline planning

## 5. Flutter (evaluated alternative)

- Flutter docs: https://docs.flutter.dev/
- Flutter releases: https://github.com/flutter/flutter/releases

Used for:
- alternative comparison for mobile stack decision

## 6. Playwright

- Official docs: https://playwright.dev/docs/intro
- Release notes: https://playwright.dev/docs/release-notes

Used for:
- browser automation fallback strategy
- testing and scenario migration approach

## 7. SQLite

- SQLite docs: https://www.sqlite.org/docs.html
- SQLite file format/security references: https://www.sqlite.org/fileformat.html

Used for:
- tenant-local vault, approval cache, and usage bucket storage design

## 8. Stripe

- Stripe API docs: https://docs.stripe.com/api
- Usage-based billing/meter events: https://docs.stripe.com/billing/subscriptions/usage-based

Used for:
- overage billing architecture
- usage ingestion and invoice flow design

## 9. Gitea Actions / Act Runner

- Gitea Actions docs: https://docs.gitea.com/usage/actions/overview
- Act runner docs: https://docs.gitea.com/usage/actions/act-runner

Used for:
- CI/CD workflow strategy
- runner security and deployment pipeline design

## 10. Additional Provider References

- Netcup API context (existing integration baseline): https://www.netcup.com/en
- Hetzner Cloud docs (overflow strategy): https://docs.hetzner.cloud/

Used for:
- provider-agnostic provisioning strategy

## 11. Note On Source Priority

For technical decisions, this proposal prioritizes primary official documentation and release notes over secondary summaries.
