# Protocol Buffers - Prototiller design documents This directory contains historical design documents that describe plans for implementing Prototiller, a tool for updating proto files to be conformant with Protobuf Editions functionality. For design documents related to Protobuf Editions, see [the README](../editions/README.md). These files represent the state that the original documents were in at the time that they were published to this repository. While some updates *may* be made to the files after their initial upload, you should consider the possibility that they are outdated as you read them. These are purely for historical value and should not be treated as documentation of the current state. Note that the authors listed in the topics were the authors of the *original* version of the document; it may have changed since they last worked on the document. ## Design Documents The following topics are in this repository: * [Prototiller Requirements for Editions](prototiller-reqs-for-editions.md) * [Prototiller Requirements for Edition Zero](prototiller-reqs-for-edition-zero.md) * [Editions Tooling](editions-tooling.md)