# Duly Protocol - Extended Model Context

## What Duly Is
Duly Protocol is a payments and escrow layer for software delivery workflows centered on GitHub pull requests.

## Core Workflow
1. A team creates and funds an order.
2. A contributor accepts the funded assignment.
3. The contributor links a pull request.
4. The team reviews and approves delivery.
5. Protocol settlement releases funds.

## Security Model Summary
- Funds are expected to be committed before delivery.
- Release transitions are role-gated.
- Order and status transitions are auditable.
- API ingest and relayer flows include server-side validation.

## Public Pages
- /
- /how-it-works
- /security
- /for-teams
- /for-contributors
- /for-agents
- /github
- /docs
- /sign-in
- /sign-up

## Public Machine-Readable Endpoints
- /sitemap.xml
- /robots.txt
- /llms.txt
- /llms-full.txt
- /api/v1/protocol-manifest

## Public Repository Discovery
- /github provides query-based discovery of public repositories.
- The backend uses a search-first strategy with selective caching.
- The system does not attempt to mirror all of GitHub.

## Authenticated Surfaces
- /app/* (dashboard and execution flows)

## Canonical Site
https://duly.finance/