Node Backend

The Abstract Play backend is a Serverless Framework service on AWS: Node.js Lambdas backed by a single DynamoDB table (abstract-play-{stage}). Most application logic lives in api/abstractplay.ts.

Documentation

• Architecture — Lambdas, request routing, key modules
• Database schema — DynamoDB record types (pk/sk catalog)
• Getting started — local build, credentials, dependencies
• Deployment — CI/CD, stages, Cognito essentials

API

• API overview — query, authQuery, botQuery envelopes
• Public queries — unauthenticated RPC endpoints
• Auth queries — Cognito-authenticated endpoints
• Bot queries — M2M bot endpoints

Bot framework

• Bot framework — protocol, auth, registration, implementation
• Authentication
• Protocol
• Registration
• Implementation guide

Subsystems

• Games and moves
• Challenges
• Tournaments
• Events
• Bots — short overview (see Bot framework above)
• WebSockets
• Notifications
• Player blocking

Resources

• CHANGELOG — release history (repo root)
• Gameslib docs — rules engine used by move validation
• Renderer docs — board rendering (transitive dependency)
• Wiki bot RFC — original RFC (superseded by Bot framework docs here)

Query names and record field shapes are defined in TypeScript; these docs describe intent and patterns. When you add a query or record type, update /docs in the same PR.

Last verified against develop branch.