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 Development
 ===========
 
+Source Code Orientation
+=======================
+
+There are a number of layers to Kayobe, so here we provide a few pointers to
+the major parts.
+
+CLI
+---
+
+The Command Line Interface (CLI) is built using the `cliff
+<https://pypi.org/project/cliff/>`__ library. Commands are exposed as Python
+entry points in `setup.cfg
+<https://opendev.org/openstack/kayobe/src/branch/master/setup.cfg>`__. These
+entry points map to classes in `kayobe/cli/commands.py
+<https://opendev.org/openstack/kayobe/src/branch/master/kayobe/cli/commands.py>`__.
+The helper modules `kayobe/ansible.py
+<https://opendev.org/openstack/kayobe/src/branch/master/kayobe/ansible.py>`__
+and `kayobe/kolla_ansible.py
+<https://opendev.org/openstack/kayobe/src/branch/master/kayobe/kolla_ansible.py>`__
+are used to execute Kayobe playbooks and Kolla Ansible commands respectively.
+
+Ansible
+-------
+
+Kayobe's Ansible playbooks live in `ansible/*.yml
+<https://opendev.org/openstack/kayobe/src/branch/master/ansible>`__, and these
+typically execute roles in `ansible/roles/
+<https://opendev.org/openstack/kayobe/src/branch/master/ansible/roles>`__.
+Global variable defaults are defined in group variable files in
+`ansible/group_vars/all/
+<https://opendev.org/openstack/kayobe/src/branch/master/ansible/group_vars/>`__
+and these typically map to commented out variables in the configuration files
+in `etc/kayobe/*.yml
+<https://opendev.org/openstack/kayobe/src/branch/master/etc/kayobe/>`__.
+A number of custom Jinja filters exist in `ansible/filter_plugins/*.py
+<https://opendev.org/openstack/kayobe/src/branch/master/ansible/filter_plugins>`__.
+Kayobe depends on roles hosted on Ansible Galaxy, and these and their version
+requirements are defined in `requirements.yml
+<https://opendev.org/openstack/kayobe/src/branch/master/requirements.yml>`__.
+
 Ansible Galaxy
 ==============