Initial HCFS project scaffold

🚀 Generated with Claude Code

- Project plan and architecture documentation
- Python package structure with core modules
- API design and basic usage examples
- Development environment configuration
- Literature review and research foundation

Ready for Phase 1 implementation.

Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>

.gitignore

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+# Python
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
+*.so
+.Python
+build/
+develop-eggs/
+dist/
+downloads/
+eggs/
+.eggs/
+lib/
+lib64/
+parts/
+sdist/
+var/
+wheels/
+*.egg-info/
+.installed.cfg
+*.egg
+MANIFEST
+
+# Virtual environments
+.env
+.venv
+env/
+venv/
+ENV/
+env.bak/
+venv.bak/
+
+# IDE
+.vscode/
+.idea/
+*.swp
+*.swo
+*~
+
+# OS
+.DS_Store
+.DS_Store?
+._*
+.Spotlight-V100
+.Trashes
+ehthumbs.db
+Thumbs.db
+
+# Database files
+*.db
+*.sqlite
+*.sqlite3
+
+# Logs
+*.log
+logs/
+
+# Test coverage
+.coverage
+.pytest_cache/
+htmlcov/
+
+# FUSE mount points
+/mount/
+/mnt/
+
+# Context data
+/data/
+/context_store/
+
+# Temporary files
+/tmp/
+*.tmp
+*.temp