docs: comprehensive documentation audit — fix stale counts, V2/V3 matrix, connector status

- features.md: Fix Feature Matrix to correctly show all V2 Free features
  (F5/IIS/WinCertStore/JavaKeystore as Implemented, not Stub; Vault/DigiCert/
  Sectigo/GoogleCAS as V2 Free, not V3 Paid). Add missing shipped features
  (EST, verification, export, S/MIME, ARI, digest, Helm, onboarding). Update
  issuer count to 9, target count to 13.
- architecture.md: Fix F5/IIS from "interface only, implementation planned"
  to implemented. Add all 13 target connectors to built-in targets list.
- why-certctl.md: Add Sectigo and Google CAS to issuer list (7→9). Fix
  target count (10→13). Remove hardcoded endpoint/operation counts.
- connectors.md: Fix F5 BIG-IP TOC entry from "Interface Only" to
  "Implemented". Remove dead "Planned Issuers" TOC link.
- README.md: Remove competitor product names (CertKit, KeyTalk). Remove
  hardcoded dashboard page count. Remove hardcoded endpoint counts. Fix V4
  roadmap to remove already-shipped issuers (Sectigo, Google CAS).
- Remove hardcoded MCP tool counts (78/80) across 8 files (mcp.md,
  architecture.md, features.md, testing-guide.md, concepts.md, quickstart.md,
  demo-advanced.md, why-certctl.md). Replace with "REST API exposed via MCP"
  to avoid future drift.
- quickstart.md: Docker Compose environments table (from previous session).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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### Agents
Lightweight Go processes that run on or near your infrastructure. Agents generate ECDSA P-256 private keys locally, create CSRs, and submit them to the control plane for signing — private keys never leave agent infrastructure. Agents also handle certificate deployment to target systems (NGINX, Apache httpd, HAProxy, Traefik, Caddy, Envoy, Postfix, Dovecot, IIS fully implemented; F5 BIG-IP interface stub only) and report job status. They communicate with the control plane via HTTP and authenticate with API keys.
Lightweight Go processes that run on or near your infrastructure. Agents generate ECDSA P-256 private keys locally, create CSRs, and submit them to the control plane for signing — private keys never leave agent infrastructure. Agents also handle certificate deployment to target systems (NGINX, Apache httpd, HAProxy, Traefik, Caddy, Envoy, Postfix, Dovecot, IIS, F5 BIG-IP, SSH, Windows Certificate Store, Java Keystore) and report job status. They communicate with the control plane via HTTP and authenticate with API keys.
The agent runs two background loops: a heartbeat (every 60 seconds) to signal it's alive, and a work poll (every 30 seconds) to check for actionable jobs via `GET /api/v1/agents/{id}/work`. Jobs may be `AwaitingCSR` (agent needs to generate key + submit CSR) or `Deployment` (agent needs to deploy a certificate). Private keys are stored in `CERTCTL_KEY_DIR` (default `/var/lib/certctl/keys`) with 0600 permissions.
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ type Connector interface {
The `DeploymentRequest` struct carries the full material needed by the target system: the signed certificate, the CA chain, the agent-generated private key, target-specific configuration, and arbitrary metadata. The key field is populated by the agent from its local key store (`CERTCTL_KEY_DIR`) — it never originates from the control plane.
Built-in targets: **NGINX** (writes cert/chain/key files, validates with `nginx -t`, reloads), **Apache httpd** (writes cert/chain/key files, validates with `apachectl configtest`, graceful reload), **HAProxy** (combined PEM file with cert+chain+key, validates config, reloads via systemctl/signal), **Traefik** (file provider — writes cert/key to watched directory, Traefik auto-reloads), **Caddy** (dual-mode: admin API hot-reload or file-based), **F5 BIG-IP** (interface only — proxy agent + iControl REST, implementation planned), **IIS** (interface only — dual-mode: agent-local PowerShell primary + proxy agent WinRM for agentless targets, implementation planned).
Built-in targets: **NGINX** (writes cert/chain/key files, validates with `nginx -t`, reloads), **Apache httpd** (writes cert/chain/key files, validates with `apachectl configtest`, graceful reload), **HAProxy** (combined PEM file with cert+chain+key, validates config, reloads via systemctl/signal), **Traefik** (file provider — writes cert/key to watched directory, Traefik auto-reloads), **Caddy** (dual-mode: admin API hot-reload or file-based), **Envoy** (file-based with optional SDS JSON config), **F5 BIG-IP** (proxy agent + iControl REST, transaction-based atomic SSL profile updates), **IIS** (dual-mode: agent-local PowerShell + proxy agent WinRM for agentless targets), **Postfix/Dovecot** (file write + service reload), **SSH** (agentless deployment via SSH/SFTP), **Windows Certificate Store** (PowerShell-based cert import, dual-mode local/WinRM), **Java Keystore** (PEM → PKCS#12 → keytool pipeline, JKS and PKCS12 formats).
After deployment, agents can perform **post-deployment TLS verification**: the agent probes the live TLS endpoint using `crypto/tls.DialWithDialer` and compares the SHA-256 fingerprint of the served certificate against what was deployed. Results are reported via `POST /api/v1/jobs/{id}/verify` and stored on the job record. Verification is best-effort — failures don't block or rollback deployments.
@@ -810,7 +810,7 @@ flowchart LR
AI["AI Assistant\n(Claude, Cursor)"] -->|"stdio"| MCP["MCP Server\ncmd/mcp-server/"]
MCP -->|"HTTP + Bearer token"| API["certctl REST API\n:8443"]
subgraph "78 MCP Tools"
subgraph "MCP Tools"
T1["Certificate CRUD"]
T2["Agent Management"]
T3["Job Operations"]
@@ -824,7 +824,7 @@ flowchart LR
The MCP server is a stateless HTTP proxy — every MCP tool call translates to an HTTP request to the certctl REST API. It adds no new state, no new dependencies, and no new attack surface beyond what the API already exposes. Configuration is minimal: `CERTCTL_SERVER_URL` and `CERTCTL_API_KEY` environment variables.
The 78 tools are organized across 16 resource domains with typed input structs and `jsonschema` struct tags for automatic LLM-friendly schema generation. Binary response support handles DER CRL and OCSP endpoints.
The tools are organized across 16 resource domains with typed input structs and `jsonschema` struct tags for automatic LLM-friendly schema generation. Binary response support handles DER CRL and OCSP endpoints.
## CLI Tool