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A pack is a versioned, inspectable unit of competition content. Its manifest declares identity, runtime requirements and problem files. The artifact depends on the runtime; a CloudFormation template is only one possibility.

What is a problem pack

Problem Packs let organizers distribute and host company exercises or problems intended for publication after an event without adding them to the public catalog. Installation stores an immutable revision; Cloud reads activated AWS/CloudFormation packs on the next deployment. Local reads supported problems in its local problems/ tree rather than the Pack store. Publication remains a separate author decision.

Battle versus Challenge

Challenge and Battle describe a problem's interaction and scoring model. Runtime placement is a separate concern. All former local Compose problems are intended to run as Challenge competitions; generic catalog/workbench restoration and terminal/browser verification are still in progress.

Scoring kinds

Schema declarations are not proof of execution. The local catalog uses verify and multi-verify; the reviewed AWS examples use flag and uptime-flat. Other SDK kinds and external-pack runtimes must not be advertised as playable merely because validation accepts them. See runtime status.

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