Update Readme

[illeatmyhat]

The github readme has been neglected for a bit
Closes #185

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Documentation
  • Restructured Quick Start guide with separate paths for Lite and Evolve MCP Server setups
  • Expanded installation instructions with From Source (including frontend UI build) and From PyPI options
  • Clarified Lite Mode functionality and system architecture
  • Updated contributor documentation with explicit test execution tiers

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• .secrets.baseline
• CONTRIBUTING.md
• README.md

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

Documentation updates restructuring the README to emphasize value proposition and quick-start options (Lite vs Full server), reorganizing CONTRIBUTING.md section hierarchy with new testing guidelines, and updating secrets baseline metadata and scan results.

Changes

Cohort / File(s)	Summary
Secrets Baseline .secrets.baseline	Updated metadata timestamp (generated_at) and adjusted line_number for one existing hashed_secret in README.md from 53 to 58; all other scan result fields remain unchanged.
Contributing Guidelines CONTRIBUTING.md	Reorganized section hierarchy by promoting subsections (### headings) to top-level headings (## headings) for bug reports, contribution types, development setup, coding style, components, secrets, and DCO. Added new "## Running Tests" section introducing five pytest execution tiers with markers for unit, platform_integrations, e2e, and llm tests, plus documentation link for end-to-end verification.
Project README README.md	Restructured content to shift focus from architecture internals toward value proposition and quick-start options. Replaced feature bullets with new Proactive, Conflict Resolution, and On Command behavior descriptions. Added Quick Start (Lite) links to Claude Code and Codex, plus Quick Start (Evolve MCP Server) section. Expanded installation with "From Source" (frontend UI build steps) and "From PyPI" options. Shortened "Documentation" and "Development/Running Tests" sections, redirecting to CONTRIBUTING.md.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 2 (Simple) | ⏱️ ~12 minutes

Possibly related PRs

• docs: reorganize integration docs and cross-link tutorials #153 — Updates README references and documentation links for Evolve Lite and Claude Code integration, overlapping documentation targets.
• docs(repo): reorganize documentation structure #131 — Makes overlapping documentation and repo-structure changes across the same files (README.md, CONTRIBUTING.md, .secrets.baseline).

Suggested reviewers

• visahak
• gaodan-fang
• vinodmut

Poem

🐰 A README blooms with clearer light,
From architecture clouds to value bright,
Quick-start paths both short and tall,
Tests that hop in tiers and all,
Users now see why Evolve's a friend! ✨

✨ Finishing Touches

🧪 Generate unit tests (beta)

• Create PR with unit tests
• Commit unit tests in branch docs

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