docs: refresh contributor architecture guidance

[ting-hong-shieh]

What

• replace contributor guidance for the removed Python processor/backend stack with the current Rust crate and Python wrapper boundaries
• update the development tree and feature request template to name the supported extension surfaces
• document the Rust formatting, linting, and test commands that CI runs
• fix the case-sensitive link to docs/architecture.md

Why

The legacy Python routing profiles and server stack were removed in #268 and #343, but the contributor entry points still directed people to deleted classes and directories. Following that guidance now leads to paths such as switchyard/lib/roles.py, switchyard/lib/processors, and switchyard/lib/backends, none of which exist on main.

This change points contributors to the crate or package that currently owns each behavior and updates the feature template so new proposals start from the supported architecture.

Validation

• git diff --check
• cargo test -p switchyard-skill-distillation
• confirmed every referenced crate, package, and documentation path exists on main
• confirmed the three updated entry points no longer reference the deleted Python architecture

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Documentation
  • Updated contribution guidance with Rust formatting, linting, testing, architecture, and ownership information.
  • Revised development documentation to reflect the current Python and Rust project structure and validation commands.
  • Refined the feature request template to capture affected system surfaces and public interfaces.

[coderabbitai]

Walkthrough

The pull request updates contribution documentation, development documentation, and the feature request template. It documents current Rust project structure, crate ownership, public interfaces, and Rust validation commands.

Changes

Documentation and contribution workflow

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Scope and ownership guidance .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.md, CONTRIBUTING.md	The feature request template and contribution guide now describe subsystem ownership, public interfaces, Rust serving paths, crate boundaries, testing locations, and symbol-export rules.
Project layout documentation DEVELOPMENT.md	The development guide updates the architecture link and project tree for the current repository layout.
Rust validation workflow CONTRIBUTING.md, DEVELOPMENT.md	The documentation adds Rust formatting, Clippy, and workspace test commands to development and review checklists.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Mergeability Score: 🔵 Low · up to 80d10

This documentation-only change is mergeable with owner awareness, but the contributor guidance still omits ownership for skill distillation and presents the translation stages inaccurately, which could misdirect future feature proposals or implementations.

Poem

I’m a rabbit with a tidy guide,
Rust checks now hop in stride.
Crates and paths stand clear and bright,
Public symbols sit just right.
“Run workspace tests!” I cheer tonight.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly summarizes the main change: updating contributor architecture and development guidance.

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Actionable comments posted: 2

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Inline comments:
In @.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.md:
- Around line 23-25: Add skill-distillation as a supported ownership category in
.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.md lines 23-25, or explicitly document it
as internal and out of scope. In CONTRIBUTING.md lines 190-197, assign
skill-distillation contract changes to crates/switchyard-skill-distillation and
define its test and interface boundary.

In `@CONTRIBUTING.md`:
- Around line 183-186: Update the request-flow diagram to show
switchyard-translation as sequential stages after switchyard-server, with
request decoding before routing and libsy-llm-client encoding before the
upstream model call; remove the sibling-branch presentation while preserving the
existing component order.

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• .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.md
• CONTRIBUTING.md
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[ayushag-nv]

@ting-hong-shieh Can you check code rabbit comments once and address if needed.

[ayushag-nv]

This is great. Thanks for the contribution. Approving