# AeThex Ecosystem Audit & Consolidation Plan

**Date:** January 2025  
**Status:** Current ecosystem analysis with consolidation recommendations

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## Executive Summary

You have **100+ routes** spanning 6 "arms" (business divisions), multiple systems, and significant duplication. This audit identifies:

1. **What exists** (complete route inventory)
2. **What's duplicated** (routes serving same purpose)
3. **What's incomplete** (routes with partial implementation)
4. **What should be removed** (legacy/dead routes)
5. **Consolidation strategy** (merge/redirect paths)

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## Current Ecosystem Structure (By Business Division)

### **🟡 LABS** (Yellow) - Research & Development

**Landing Page:** `/labs`  
**Sub-pages:** `/labs/explore-research`, `/labs/join-team`, `/labs/get-involved`  
**Status:** ✅ Landing pages complete | ❌ Full system NOT built

**Legacy/Duplicate:**

- `/research` → ResearchLabs (OLD legacy page, same as `/labs`)

**Decision:** REMOVE `/research` route, consolidate to `/labs/*`

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### **🟢 GAMEFORGE** (Green) - Game Development Platform

**Landing Page:** `/gameforge`  
**Sub-pages:** `/gameforge/start-building`, `/gameforge/view-portfolio`, `/gameforge/join-gameforge`  
**System Pages:**

- `/projects` - Project management
- `/projects/new` - Create project
- `/projects/:projectId/board` - Kanban board
- `/projects/admin` - Admin tools

**Status:** ✅ Full system COMPLETE

**Legacy/Duplicate:**

- `/game-development` (OLD, same as `/gameforge`)

**Decision:** REMOVE `/game-development` route

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### **🔴 FOUNDATION** (Red) - Education & Community

**Landing Page:** `/foundation`  
**Sub-pages:** `/foundation/contribute`, `/foundation/learn-more`, `/foundation/get-involved`

**Community Section (overlapping):**

- `/community` - Main community/social feed
- `/community/teams` - FoundationTeams
- `/community/about` - FoundationAbout
- `/community/mentorship` - MentorshipRequest
- `/community/mentorship/apply` - MentorApply
- `/community/mentor/:username` - MentorProfile
- `/community/groups/ethos` - EthosGuild
- `/community/:tabId` - Dynamic tabs (legacy)

**Status:** ✅ Landing pages complete | ⏳ System partially built (mentorship DB done, UI incomplete)

**CRITICAL ISSUE:** `/foundation/*` and `/community/*` are DUPLICATING the same content!

**Decision:**

- `/community` should BECOME `/foundation`
- `/community/mentorship` → `/foundation/mentorship`
- `/community/mentor/:username` → `/foundation/mentors/:username`
- REMOVE duplicate routes

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### **🟠 ETHOS GUILD** (Orange/Red) - Music & Audio Marketplace

**Routes:**

- `/community/groups/ethos` - Guild landing
- `/ethos/library` - Track library
- `/ethos/artists/:userId` - Artist profile
- `/ethos/settings` - Artist settings
- `/ethos/licensing` - Licensing dashboard

**Status:** ✅ Full system COMPLETE (Supabase tables: ethos_tracks, ethos_artist_profiles)

**Decision:** CLEAN UP - Move Ethos Guild pages to organized `/ethos/*` path

- `/community/groups/ethos` → `/ethos` (landing)
- Rest are fine

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### **🔵 CORP** (Blue) - Enterprise Consulting

**Landing Page:** `/corp`  
**Sub-pages:** `/corp/schedule-consultation`, `/corp/view-case-studies`, `/corp/contact-us`

**Legacy/Duplicate:**

- `/consulting` (OLD DevelopmentConsulting page)
- `/services` - Services page (overlapping with Corp)
- `/engage` (Pricing, navigates to `/pricing`)
- `/pricing` → Redirects to `/engage`
- `/wix` - Wix-related pages (legacy, overlapping with Corp info)

**Status:** ✅ Landing pages complete | ❌ Client portal `/hub/client` NOT built

**Decision:**

- REMOVE `/consulting`, `/services` (consolidate to `/corp`)
- REMOVE `/wix` and `/wix/*` routes (legacy)
- REMOVE `/engage` and `/pricing` (consolidate, decide on one pricing page)
- ADD `/hub/client` (client portal, new system needed)

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### **🟣 NEXUS** (Purple) - Talent Marketplace

**Landing Page:** `/nexus`

**Creator Network Routes (ALREADY EXIST):**

- `/creators` - CreatorDirectory
- `/creators/:username` - CreatorProfile
- `/opportunities` - OpportunitiesHub
- `/opportunities/:id` - OpportunityDetail
- `/profile/applications` - MyApplications

**Status:** ✅ Database complete | ⏳ UI partially built (basic directory exists, needs enhancement)

**Decision:**

- These routes are ALREADY WIRED correctly
- Need to ENHANCE with Nexus features (messaging, contracts, payments, 20% commission)
- NO changes to routes needed

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### **💜 STAFF** (Purple/Internal) - Employee Portal

**Landing Page:** `/staff`  
**Auth:** `/staff/login`  
**Dashboard:**

- `/staff/dashboard` - Operations dashboard
- `/staff/directory` - Team directory
- `/staff/admin` - Admin tools
- `/staff/chat` - Internal chat
- `/staff/docs` - Internal documentation
- `/staff/achievements` - Achievement tracking
- `/staff/announcements`
- `/staff/expense-reports`
- `/staff/marketplace` - Internal marketplace
- `/staff/knowledge-base`
- `/staff/learning-portal`
- `/staff/performance-reviews`
- `/staff/project-tracking`
- `/staff/team-handbook`

**Status:** ✅ Full system COMPLETE

**Decision:** All routes properly organized, no changes needed

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### **🔷 DEV-LINK** (Cyan) - External Roblox Platform

**Routes:**

- `/dev-link` - Landing page
- `/dev-link/waitlist` - Embedded iframe to dev-link.me

**Status:** ✅ Landing page complete (external platform)

**Decision:** No changes needed

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## Documentation & Learning

**Routes:**

- `/docs` (nested) - Main docs hub with sub-routes
  - `/docs/getting-started`
  - `/docs/platform`
  - `/docs/api`
  - `/docs/cli`
  - `/docs/tutorials`
  - `/docs/curriculum`
  - `/docs/examples`
  - `/docs/integrations`

**Legacy/Duplicate:**

- `/tutorials` (separate Tutorials page, overlaps with `/docs/tutorials`)

**Status:** ✅ Docs complete with nested routing

**Decision:** REMOVE `/tutorials` route, consolidate to `/docs/tutorials`

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## User Profiles & Passport

**Routes:**

- `/profile` - User profile/settings
- `/profile/me` - User profile (same as `/profile`)
- `/profile/applications` - Job applications
- `/profile/link-discord` - Discord linking
- `/passport/me` - User passport/achievements
- `/passport/:username` - Other user passport

**Legacy/Duplicate:**

- `/developers` - DevelopersDirectory (overlaps with `/creators`)
- `/developers/:id` (redirects to LegacyPassportRedirect)
- `/profiles` (redirects to `/developers`)
- `/profiles/:id` (redirects to LegacyPassportRedirect)

**Status:** ✅ Wired correctly but with legacy redirects

**Decision:**

- REMOVE legacy `/developers` and `/profiles` routes
- KEEP `/passport/*` for public profiles
- KEEP `/profile` for personal settings
- These are correct and non-overlapping

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## Community & Social

**Routes:**

- `/community` - Main social feed
- `/community/:tabId` - Dynamic tabs (legacy pattern)
- `/feed` - Alternative feed
- `/directory` - People directory
- `/squads` - Teams/groups
- `/teams` - Teams (overlaps with `/squads`)
- `/mentee-hub` - Mentorship hub

**Status:** ⏳ Partially built

**Decision:**

- CONSOLIDATE `/teams` → `/squads` (keep only `/squads`)
- KEEP `/mentee-hub` (will become `/foundation/mentorship` per FOUNDATION consolidation)
- CLEAN UP `/community/:tabId` (use explicit routes instead)

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## Discord Integration

**Routes:**

- `/login` - Login page (has Discord OAuth button)
- `/profile/link-discord` - Discord linking
- `/discord-verify` - Discord verification code
- `/activity` - Discord Activity SPA

**API Endpoints (NOT routes, but important):**

- `/api/discord/oauth/start`
- `/api/discord/oauth/callback`
- `/api/discord/activity-auth`
- `/api/discord/link`
- `/api/discord/verify-code`

**Status:** ✅ Complete

**Decision:** No changes needed

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## Admin & Internal

**Routes:**

- `/admin` - Main admin dashboard
- `/admin/docs-sync` - Gitbook sync tool
- `/staff/*` - Staff portal (see STAFF section above)

**Status:** ✅ Complete

**Decision:** No changes needed

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## Informational & Legal

**Routes:**

- `/about` - About page
- `/contact` - Contact page
- `/get-started` - Getting started
- `/explore` - Explore/discover
- `/careers` - Careers
- `/support` - Support
- `/status` - System status
- `/changelog` - Changelog
- `/press` - Press kit
- `/trust` - Trust/security
- `/investors` - Investor relations
- `/roadmap` - Product roadmap
- `/privacy` - Privacy policy
- `/terms` - Terms of service

**Legacy/Duplicate:**

- `/wix/*` pages (legacy, overlaps with Corp info)

**Status:** ✅ Complete

**Decision:** REMOVE `/wix`, `/wix/case-studies`, `/wix/faq` (legacy)

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## Internal Docs (Notion-based)

**Routes:**

- `/internal-docs/*` - 18 pages for internal governance, ops, finance, etc.

**Status:** ✅ Complete

**Decision:** Keep as-is (internal documentation)

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## Onboarding & Auth

**Routes:**

- `/onboarding` - Signup flow
- `/login` - Login
- `/signup` - Signup redirect
- `/reset-password` - Password reset
- `/roblox-callback` - Roblox OAuth callback
- `/web3-callback` - Web3 OAuth callback

**Status:** ✅ Complete

**Decision:** No changes needed

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## CONSOLIDATION SUMMARY

### 🗑️ **Routes to REMOVE** (15 routes):

1. `/research` → Merge into `/labs`
2. `/game-development` → Merge into `/gameforge`
3. `/consulting` → Merge into `/corp`
4. `/services` → Merge into `/corp`
5. `/engage` → Decide on `/pricing` consolidation
6. `/pricing` → Redirect to pricing structure
7. `/wix` → Remove (legacy)
8. `/wix/case-studies` → Remove
9. `/wix/faq` → Remove
10. `/tutorials` → Merge into `/docs/tutorials`
11. `/developers` → Consolidate to `/creators`
12. `/developers/:id` (redirect) → Remove
13. `/profiles` (redirect) → Remove
14. `/profiles/:id` (redirect) → Remove
15. `/teams` → Merge into `/squads`

### 🔄 **Routes to RENAME/REORGANIZE** (8 changes):

1. `/community` → `/foundation`
2. `/community/teams` → `/foundation/teams`
3. `/community/about` → `/foundation/about`
4. `/community/mentorship` → `/foundation/mentorship`
5. `/community/mentorship/apply` → `/foundation/mentorship/apply`
6. `/community/mentor/:username` → `/foundation/mentors/:username`
7. `/community/groups/ethos` → `/ethos`
8. `/community/:tabId` → Remove (use explicit routes)

### ✅ **Routes to ADD** (3 new):

1. `/hub/client` - Corp client portal (new system)
2. `/foundation/curriculum` - Public courses (Foundation system)
3. `/opportunities/new` - Post opportunity form (Nexus system)

### 🟢 **Routes to KEEP** (100+ routes):

All properly structured routes remain as-is

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## Result After Consolidation

```
/ (root)
├─ auth/
│  ├─ login
│  ├─ signup
│  ├─ reset-password
│  ├─ roblox-callback
│  └─ web3-callback
├─ onboarding
├─ dashboard
├─ profile/*
├─ passport/*
├─ arms/
│  ├─ labs/*
│  ├─ gameforge/*
│  ├─ corp/*
│  ├─ foundation/*
│  ├─ ethos/*
│  ├─ dev-link/*
│  └─ nexus/
├─ creator-network/
│  ├─ creators
│  ├─ creators/:username
│  ├─ opportunities
│  ├─ opportunities/:id
│  └─ opportunities/new
├─ admin/*
├─ staff/*
├─ docs/*
├─ blog/*
├─ internal-docs/*
├─ support/*
├─ legal/ (privacy, terms)
├─ meta/ (about, contact, careers, etc.)
└─ activity (Discord)
```

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## Implementation Priority

### **Phase 1: Quick Wins (1-2 hours)**

1. Remove legacy routes (Wix, consulting, game-development, research)
2. Add 301 redirects where needed
3. Update navigation links

### **Phase 2: Consolidation (4-6 hours)**

1. Rename `/community` → `/foundation`
2. Update all internal links
3. Verify all child routes work

### **Phase 3: New Systems (P1 Priority)**

1. Add `/hub/client` (Corp portal)
2. Add `/foundation/curriculum` (Foundation courses)
3. Add `/opportunities/new` (Nexus job posting)
4. Enhance Nexus UI with messaging, contracts, payments

### **Phase 4: Documentation**

1. Update docs with new route structure
2. Update internal reference docs

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## Recommendations

1. **Immediate:** Clean up legacy routes to reduce confusion
2. **Strategic:** Merge `/community` → `/foundation` to align with business division naming
3. **Nexus Priority:** Enhance existing `/creators` and `/opportunities` routes with new features (vs. creating new routes)
4. **Corp Portal:** Build `/hub/client` as new authenticated dashboard
5. **Navigation:** Update header/footer to reflect consolidated routes

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## Files That Need Updates After Consolidation

- `code/client/App.tsx` - Remove ~15 routes, reorganize
- `code/client/components/Layout.tsx` - Update navigation links
- `code/client/components/ArmSwitcher.tsx` - Update paths
- `code/client/pages/*` - Remove legacy pages
- All internal navigation references

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**End of Audit Report**
