# Complete contents

> Browse the 26-chapter FlowBook plan and read 14 available chapters on Flow-Like FlowScript syntax, visual workflows, execution, apps, and round-trip editing.

- **Document type:** Contents and publication plan
- **Canonical HTML:** [https://book.flow-like.com/contents/](https://book.flow-like.com/contents/)
- **Markdown alternate:** [https://book.flow-like.com/contents/index.md](https://book.flow-like.com/contents/index.md)
- **Book:** FlowBook — The FlowScript Book
- **Edition:** Open edition · 2026
- **Publisher:** Flow-Like
- **Language:** en
- **Topics:** FlowScript learning path, visual workflow book, workflow programming curriculum, Flow-Like
- **LLM index:** [https://book.flow-like.com/llms.txt](https://book.flow-like.com/llms.txt)

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The open 2026 edition currently includes the introduction and Chapters 1–14. Chapters 15–26,
the epilogue, and the appendices are planned and are not yet published. Available chapters are
marked **Read now · Open draft**; the remaining chapter briefs live in the editorial blueprint.

## [Part I — Software That Explains Itself](https://book.flow-like.com/part-1/index.md)

1. [The 3 A.M. Call](https://book.flow-like.com/part-1/01-the-3-am-call/index.md) — **Read now · Open draft**
2. [The Manifesto: Constrained Freedom](https://book.flow-like.com/part-1/02-manifesto-constrained-freedom/index.md) — **Read now · Open draft**
3. [One Platform, One Flow Model](https://book.flow-like.com/part-1/03-one-platform-one-flow-model/index.md) — **Read now · Open draft**
4. [First Flow: Incident Triage in Two Views](https://book.flow-like.com/part-1/04-first-flow-incident-triage/index.md) — **Read now · Open draft**

## [Part II — Thinking and Writing in Flows](https://book.flow-like.com/part-2/index.md)

5. [Nodes, Pins, Wires, and Execution](https://book.flow-like.com/part-2/05-nodes-pins-wires-execution/index.md) — **Read now · Open draft**
6. [Anatomy of a FlowScript Document](https://book.flow-like.com/part-2/06-anatomy-of-a-flowscript-document/index.md) — **Read now · Open draft**
7. [Values, Types, Collections, and Interfaces](https://book.flow-like.com/part-2/07-values-types-collections-interfaces/index.md) — **Read now · Open draft**
8. [Calling the Node Library](https://book.flow-like.com/part-2/08-calling-the-node-library/index.md) — **Read now · Open draft**
9. [Expressions, Operators, and Readable Sugar](https://book.flow-like.com/part-2/09-expressions-operators-readable-sugar/index.md) — **Read now · Open draft**
10. [Branches, Loops, Parallelism, and Return](https://book.flow-like.com/part-2/10-branches-loops-parallelism-return/index.md) — **Read now · Open draft**
11. [State, Configuration, Runtime Values, and Secrets](https://book.flow-like.com/part-2/11-state-configuration-runtime-values-secrets/index.md) — **Read now · Open draft**
12. [Functions, Layers, Handlers, and Caching](https://book.flow-like.com/part-2/12-functions-layers-handlers-caching/index.md) — **Read now · Open draft**
13. [Events, Interfaces, and Complete Apps](https://book.flow-like.com/part-2/13-events-interfaces-complete-apps/index.md) — **Read now · Open draft**

## [Part III — The Two-Way Contract](https://book.flow-like.com/part-3/index.md)

14. [Board ⇄ AST ⇄ Text](https://book.flow-like.com/part-3/14-board-ast-text/index.md) — **Read now · Open draft**
15. Identity, Anchors, and Safe Change
16. The Dual-View Editor and Language Tools
17. Runs, Logs, Traces, and Versions

## Part IV — Building a Real Application

18. Capstone: Build Incident Room
19. Files, Tables, SQL, and Data Studio
20. FlowPilot and AI-Authored Software

## Part V — Extension, Capability, and Trust

21. Build a Custom WASM Node
22. The WASM Sandbox: Capabilities, Limits, and Consent
23. Packages, Governance, Versions, and Release

## Part VI — Runtime, Deployment, and Contribution

24. From Flow to Compiled Artifact to Rust Runtime
25. Deployment Without Rebuilding the Application
26. Internals: Protecting the Round Trip

## Epilogue — Make the System Explain Itself

The book returns to the incident room and asks what changes when structure, permissions,
data, versions, run history, and the failing operation are available to the people responsible
for the system.

The complete subchapter plan, evidence dependencies, and interview requirements are maintained
in `STRUCTURE.md` at the root of this app.