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+# Dive Project Development Guidelines for AI Agents
+
+This document provides essential instructions and best practices for developing in the Dive codebase. Adhere to these guidelines to ensure consistency and quality.
+
+## Overview
+
+Dive is a graphics debugger and profiler. This repository contains the source code for the Dive host tools and libraries.
+
+## Core Software Engineering Principles
+
+Follow these principles when writing and modifying code:
+
+-   **Avoid code duplication**: Before writing a new function, search the codebase for existing functions that provide similar functionality.
+-   **Reuse and refactor**: If a suitable function exists, reuse it. If it's close but not an exact match, consider refactoring the existing function to accommodate the new use case instead of creating a copy.
+-   **Consult if unsure**: If you are considering duplicating a function or a significant block of code, consult with the user first.
+
+## Setup Dependencies
+
+Before building the project, ensure you have the following dependencies installed.
+
+### Common Dependencies
+
+-   **CMake**: Version 3.22 or higher.
+-   **Ninja**: Recommended build system generator.
+-   **Python 3**: With `mako` package installed (`pip install mako`).
+-   **Qt 5.15.2**: Required for the UI.
+
+### Linux
+
+Reference environment (Ubuntu 24.04):
+
+```bash
+sudo apt-get update
+sudo apt-get install -y cmake ninja-build python3-mako
+# Install Qt
+sudo apt-get install -y qtbase5-dev libxcb-glx0-dev libsystemd-dev libbsd-dev
+# Install Clang 19
+sudo apt-get install -y clang-19
+```
+
+### Windows
+
+1.  **Visual Studio 2022**: Install with C++ desktop development workload.
+2.  **Qt 5.15.2**: Install via the [Qt Online Installer](https://download.qt.io/archive/online_installers/). Select version 5.15.2 and `win64_msvc2019_64`.
+3.  **Python Mako**: `pip install mako`
+
+### macOS
+
+1.  **AppleClang17**: Ensure you have the required compiler version.
+2.  **Qt 5**: `brew install qt@5`
+3.  **Mako**: `pip3 install mako`
+4.  **CMake & Ninja**: `brew install cmake ninja`
+
+### Android Development
+
+-   **Android NDK**: Version r25 (e.g., 25.2.9519653).
+-   **Java 17**: Required for Gradle.
+-   **Environment Variables**:
+    -   `ANDROID_NDK_HOME`: Path to NDK.
+    -   `JAVA_HOME`: Path to Java 17 installation.
+
+## Building C++ Code
+
+The project uses CMake. The standard build directory name is `build`.
+
+### Linux (Clang 19)
+
+```bash
+export CC=/usr/bin/clang-19
+export CXX=/usr/bin/clang++-19
+cmake -GNinja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -Bbuild .
+ninja -C build
+```
+
+### Windows (Visual Studio 2022)
+
+```cmd
+cmake -G "Visual Studio 17 2022" -A x64 -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -Bbuild .
+cmake --build build --config Debug
+```
+
+### macOS (AppleClang17)
+
+```bash
+cmake -GNinja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -Bbuild .
+ninja -C build
+```
+
+## Android Build
+
+To build the Android libraries, use the provided helper scripts. These scripts build into the `build_android` directory.
+
+### Linux / macOS
+
+```bash
+./scripts/build_android.sh Debug
+```
+
+### Windows
+
+```cmd
+scripts\build_android.bat Debug
+```
+
+## Code Style
+
+### C++
+
+-   **Style Guide**: Google C++ Style Guide.
+-   **Formatter**: `clang-format` version **18.1.8**.
+-   **Naming Conventions**:
+    -   `CamelCase` for class and function names. The exception is overriding methods, like Qt, where adopting their naming convention is required.
+    -   `snake_case` for variable names.
+    -   Prefix class member variables with `m_`.
+
+### CMake
+
+-   **Formatter**: `gersemi` version **0.23.1**.
+
+### Verification
+
+There are lint checks in CI. You can run `clang-format` locally to verify compliance.
+
+## Running Tests
+
+Tests are managed by CTest.
+
+```bash
+ctest --output-on-failure -C Debug --test-dir build
+```
+
+## Pull Requests & Commit Messages
+
+-   **Commit Messages**: Standard convention (Short subject 50 chars max, blank line, detailed body).
+-   **Review**: Requires approval from 2 Google reviewers.
+-   **Merge Strategy**: Squash and merge is preferred for a linear history.
+-   **Linting**: Ensure `clang-format` and `gersemi` checks pass.