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 ## Source Verification Snapshot
 
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 ## Content Structure Patterns
 

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 # Chapter 1: Getting Started with OpenHands
 
+Welcome to **Chapter 1: Getting Started with OpenHands**. In this part of **OpenHands Tutorial: Autonomous Software Engineering Workflows**, you will build an intuitive mental model first, then move into concrete implementation details and practical production tradeoffs.
+
+
 > Install OpenHands, understand its architecture, and execute your first autonomous coding task.
 
 ## Overview
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 **Ready for the next chapter?** [Chapter 2: Basic Operations](02-basic-operations.md)
 
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+
+## Depth Expansion Playbook
+
+<!-- depth-expansion-v2 -->
+
+This chapter is expanded to v1-style depth for production-grade learning and implementation quality.
+
+### Strategic Context
+
+- tutorial: **OpenHands Tutorial: Autonomous Software Engineering Workflows**
+- tutorial slug: **openhands-tutorial**
+- chapter focus: **Chapter 1: Getting Started with OpenHands**
+- system context: **Openhands Tutorial**
+- objective: move from surface-level usage to repeatable engineering operation
+
+### Architecture Decomposition
+
+1. Define the runtime boundary for `Chapter 1: Getting Started with OpenHands`.
+2. Separate control-plane decisions from data-plane execution.
+3. Capture input contracts, transformation points, and output contracts.
+4. Trace state transitions across request lifecycle stages.
+5. Identify extension hooks and policy interception points.
+6. Map ownership boundaries for team and automation workflows.
+7. Specify rollback and recovery paths for unsafe changes.
+8. Track observability signals for correctness, latency, and cost.
+
+### Operator Decision Matrix
+
+| Decision Area | Low-Risk Path | High-Control Path | Tradeoff |
+|:--------------|:--------------|:------------------|:---------|
+| Runtime mode | managed defaults | explicit policy config | speed vs control |
+| State handling | local ephemeral | durable persisted state | simplicity vs auditability |
+| Tool integration | direct API use | mediated adapter layer | velocity vs governance |
+| Rollout method | manual change | staged + canary rollout | effort vs safety |
+| Incident response | best effort logs | runbooks + SLO alerts | cost vs reliability |
+
+### Failure Modes and Countermeasures
+
+| Failure Mode | Early Signal | Root Cause Pattern | Countermeasure |
+|:-------------|:-------------|:-------------------|:---------------|
+| stale context | inconsistent outputs | missing refresh window | enforce context TTL and refresh hooks |
+| policy drift | unexpected execution | ad hoc overrides | centralize policy profiles |
+| auth mismatch | 401/403 bursts | credential sprawl | rotation schedule + scope minimization |
+| schema breakage | parser/validation errors | unmanaged upstream changes | contract tests per release |
+| retry storms | queue congestion | no backoff controls | jittered backoff + circuit breakers |
+| silent regressions | quality drop without alerts | weak baseline metrics | eval harness with thresholds |
+
+### Implementation Runbook
+
+1. Establish a reproducible baseline environment.
+2. Capture chapter-specific success criteria before changes.
+3. Implement minimal viable path with explicit interfaces.
+4. Add observability before expanding feature scope.
+5. Run deterministic tests for happy-path behavior.
+6. Inject failure scenarios for negative-path validation.
+7. Compare output quality against baseline snapshots.
+8. Promote through staged environments with rollback gates.
+9. Record operational lessons in release notes.
+
+### Quality Gate Checklist
+
+- [ ] chapter-level assumptions are explicit and testable
+- [ ] API/tool boundaries are documented with input/output examples
+- [ ] failure handling includes retry, timeout, and fallback policy
+- [ ] security controls include auth scopes and secret rotation plans
+- [ ] observability includes logs, metrics, traces, and alert thresholds
+- [ ] deployment guidance includes canary and rollback paths
+- [ ] docs include links to upstream sources and related tracks
+- [ ] post-release verification confirms expected behavior under load
+
+### Source Alignment
+
+- [OpenHands Repository](https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands)
+- [OpenHands Docs](https://docs.openhands.dev/)
+- [OpenHands Releases](https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/releases)
+
+### Cross-Tutorial Connection Map
+
+- [OpenClaw Tutorial](../openclaw-tutorial/)
+- [Cline Tutorial](../cline-tutorial/)
+- [Roo Code Tutorial](../roo-code-tutorial/)
+- [Continue Tutorial](../continue-tutorial/)
+- [Chapter 1: Getting Started](01-getting-started.md)
+
+### Advanced Practice Exercises
+
+1. Build a minimal end-to-end implementation for `Chapter 1: Getting Started with OpenHands`.
+2. Add instrumentation and measure baseline latency and error rate.
+3. Introduce one controlled failure and confirm graceful recovery.
+4. Add policy constraints and verify they are enforced consistently.
+5. Run a staged rollout and document rollback decision criteria.
+
+### Review Questions
+
+1. Which execution boundary matters most for this chapter and why?
+2. What signal detects regressions earliest in your environment?
+3. What tradeoff did you make between delivery speed and governance?
+4. How would you recover from the highest-impact failure mode?
+5. What must be automated before scaling to team-wide adoption?
+
+## What Problem Does This Solve?
+
+Most teams struggle here because the hard part is not writing more code, but deciding clear boundaries for `print`, `result`, `openhands` so behavior stays predictable as complexity grows.
+
+In practical terms, this chapter helps you avoid three common failures:
+
+- coupling core logic too tightly to one implementation path
+- missing the handoff boundaries between setup, execution, and validation
+- shipping changes without clear rollback or observability strategy
+
+After working through this chapter, you should be able to reason about `Chapter 1: Getting Started with OpenHands` as an operating subsystem inside **OpenHands Tutorial: Autonomous Software Engineering Workflows**, with explicit contracts for inputs, state transitions, and outputs.
+
+Use the implementation notes around `task`, `workspace`, `OpenHands` as your checklist when adapting these patterns to your own repository.
+
+## How it Works Under the Hood
+
+Under the hood, `Chapter 1: Getting Started with OpenHands` usually follows a repeatable control path:
+
+1. **Context bootstrap**: initialize runtime config and prerequisites for `print`.
+2. **Input normalization**: shape incoming data so `result` receives stable contracts.
+3. **Core execution**: run the main logic branch and propagate intermediate state through `openhands`.
+4. **Policy and safety checks**: enforce limits, auth scopes, and failure boundaries.
+5. **Output composition**: return canonical result payloads for downstream consumers.
+6. **Operational telemetry**: emit logs/metrics needed for debugging and performance tuning.
+
+When debugging, walk this sequence in order and confirm each stage has explicit success/failure conditions.
+
+## Source Walkthrough
+
+Use the following upstream sources to verify implementation details while reading this chapter:
+
+- [OpenHands Repository](https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands)
+  Why it matters: authoritative reference on `OpenHands Repository` (github.com).
+- [OpenHands Docs](https://docs.openhands.dev/)
+  Why it matters: authoritative reference on `OpenHands Docs` (docs.openhands.dev).
+- [OpenHands Releases](https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/releases)
+  Why it matters: authoritative reference on `OpenHands Releases` (github.com).
+
+Suggested trace strategy:
+- search upstream code for `print` and `result` to map concrete implementation paths
+- compare docs claims against actual runtime/config code before reusing patterns in production
+
+## Chapter Connections
+
+- [Tutorial Index](index.md)
+- [Next Chapter: Chapter 2: Basic Operations - Files, Commands, and Environments](02-basic-operations.md)
+- [Main Catalog](../../README.md#-tutorial-catalog)
+- [A-Z Tutorial Directory](../../discoverability/tutorial-directory.md)
diff --git a/tutorials/openhands-tutorial/02-basic-operations.md b/tutorials/openhands-tutorial/02-basic-operations.md
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ parent: OpenHands Tutorial
 
 # Chapter 2: Basic Operations - Files, Commands, and Environments
 
+Welcome to **Chapter 2: Basic Operations - Files, Commands, and Environments**. In this part of **OpenHands Tutorial: Autonomous Software Engineering Workflows**, you will build an intuitive mental model first, then move into concrete implementation details and practical production tradeoffs.
+
+
 > Master file operations, command execution, environment management, and workspace navigation with OpenHands.
 
 ## Overview
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 **Ready for the next chapter?** [Chapter 3: Code Generation](03-code-generation.md)
 
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+*Generated for [Awesome Code Docs](https://github.com/johnxie/awesome-code-docs)*
+
+## What Problem Does This Solve?
+
+Most teams struggle here because the hard part is not writing more code, but deciding clear boundaries for `management`, `Create`, `OpenHands` so behavior stays predictable as complexity grows.
+
+In practical terms, this chapter helps you avoid three common failures:
+
+- coupling core logic too tightly to one implementation path
+- missing the handoff boundaries between setup, execution, and validation
+- shipping changes without clear rollback or observability strategy
+
+After working through this chapter, you should be able to reason about `Chapter 2: Basic Operations - Files, Commands, and Environments` as an operating subsystem inside **OpenHands Tutorial: Autonomous Software Engineering Workflows**, with explicit contracts for inputs, state transitions, and outputs.
+
+Use the implementation notes around `environment`, `file`, `operations` as your checklist when adapting these patterns to your own repository.
+
+## How it Works Under the Hood
+
+Under the hood, `Chapter 2: Basic Operations - Files, Commands, and Environments` usually follows a repeatable control path:
+
+1. **Context bootstrap**: initialize runtime config and prerequisites for `management`.
+2. **Input normalization**: shape incoming data so `Create` receives stable contracts.
+3. **Core execution**: run the main logic branch and propagate intermediate state through `OpenHands`.
+4. **Policy and safety checks**: enforce limits, auth scopes, and failure boundaries.
+5. **Output composition**: return canonical result payloads for downstream consumers.
+6. **Operational telemetry**: emit logs/metrics needed for debugging and performance tuning.
+
+When debugging, walk this sequence in order and confirm each stage has explicit success/failure conditions.
+
+## Source Walkthrough
+
+Use the following upstream sources to verify implementation details while reading this chapter:
+
+- [OpenHands Repository](https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands)
+  Why it matters: authoritative reference on `OpenHands Repository` (github.com).
+- [OpenHands Docs](https://docs.openhands.dev/)
+  Why it matters: authoritative reference on `OpenHands Docs` (docs.openhands.dev).
+- [OpenHands Releases](https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/releases)
+  Why it matters: authoritative reference on `OpenHands Releases` (github.com).
+
+Suggested trace strategy:
+- search upstream code for `management` and `Create` to map concrete implementation paths
+- compare docs claims against actual runtime/config code before reusing patterns in production
+
+## Chapter Connections
+
+- [Tutorial Index](index.md)
+- [Previous Chapter: Chapter 1: Getting Started with OpenHands](01-getting-started.md)
+- [Next Chapter: Chapter 3: Code Generation - Creating Production-Ready Code](03-code-generation.md)
+- [Main Catalog](../../README.md#-tutorial-catalog)
+- [A-Z Tutorial Directory](../../discoverability/tutorial-directory.md)
diff --git a/tutorials/openhands-tutorial/03-code-generation.md b/tutorials/openhands-tutorial/03-code-generation.md
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 # Chapter 3: Code Generation - Creating Production-Ready Code
 
+Welcome to **Chapter 3: Code Generation - Creating Production-Ready Code**. In this part of **OpenHands Tutorial: Autonomous Software Engineering Workflows**, you will build an intuitive mental model first, then move into concrete implementation details and practical production tradeoffs.
+
+
 > Master OpenHands' code generation capabilities for functions, classes, complete applications, and production-ready systems.
 
 ## Overview
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 **Ready for the next chapter?** [Chapter 4: Bug Fixing](04-bug-fixing.md)
 
-*Generated for [Awesome Code Docs](https://github.com/johnxie/awesome-code-docs)*
+*Generated for [Awesome Code Docs](https://github.com/johnxie/awesome-code-docs)*
+
+## What Problem Does This Solve?
+
+Most teams struggle here because the hard part is not writing more code, but deciding clear boundaries for `Include`, `testing`, `management` so behavior stays predictable as complexity grows.
+
+In practical terms, this chapter helps you avoid three common failures:
+
+- coupling core logic too tightly to one implementation path
+- missing the handoff boundaries between setup, execution, and validation
+- shipping changes without clear rollback or observability strategy
+
+After working through this chapter, you should be able to reason about `Chapter 3: Code Generation - Creating Production-Ready Code` as an operating subsystem inside **OpenHands Tutorial: Autonomous Software Engineering Workflows**, with explicit contracts for inputs, state transitions, and outputs.
+
+Use the implementation notes around `generation`, `documentation`, `Create` as your checklist when adapting these patterns to your own repository.
+
+## How it Works Under the Hood
+
+Under the hood, `Chapter 3: Code Generation - Creating Production-Ready Code` usually follows a repeatable control path:
+
+1. **Context bootstrap**: initialize runtime config and prerequisites for `Include`.
+2. **Input normalization**: shape incoming data so `testing` receives stable contracts.
+3. **Core execution**: run the main logic branch and propagate intermediate state through `management`.
+4. **Policy and safety checks**: enforce limits, auth scopes, and failure boundaries.
+5. **Output composition**: return canonical result payloads for downstream consumers.
+6. **Operational telemetry**: emit logs/metrics needed for debugging and performance tuning.
+
+When debugging, walk this sequence in order and confirm each stage has explicit success/failure conditions.
+
+## Source Walkthrough
+
+Use the following upstream sources to verify implementation details while reading this chapter:
+
+- [OpenHands Repository](https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands)
+  Why it matters: authoritative reference on `OpenHands Repository` (github.com).
+- [OpenHands Docs](https://docs.openhands.dev/)
+  Why it matters: authoritative reference on `OpenHands Docs` (docs.openhands.dev).
+- [OpenHands Releases](https://github.com/OpenHands/OpenHands/releases)
+  Why it matters: authoritative reference on `OpenHands Releases` (github.com).
+
+Suggested trace strategy:
+- search upstream code for `Include` and `testing` to map concrete implementation paths
+- compare docs claims against actual runtime/config code before reusing patterns in production
+
+## Chapter Connections
+
+- [Tutorial Index](index.md)
+- [Previous Chapter: Chapter 2: Basic Operations - Files, Commands, and Environments](02-basic-operations.md)
+- [Next Chapter: Chapter 4: Bug Fixing - Autonomous Debugging and Resolution](04-bug-fixing.md)
+- [Main Catalog](../../README.md#-tutorial-catalog)
+- [A-Z Tutorial Directory](../../discoverability/tutorial-directory.md)