# Mrake Studio

## Commissioning

- [What a commissioned archive is](https://help.mrake.studio/introduction.md): What the studio builds, who commissions it, and what to expect before you read anything else.
- [How a commission runs](https://help.mrake.studio/commissioning/how-it-runs.md): The stages of a commission in order, and what each one asks of you.
- [Gathering materials](https://help.mrake.studio/commissioning/gathering-materials.md): What to look for, where families usually find it, and how to get it to the studio safely.
- [Orders Hold](https://help.mrake.studio/commissioning/orders-hold.md): How to pause a commission for deployment, TDY, mobilisation, PCS or bereavement.

## Your Archive

- [Who can see your archive](https://help.mrake.studio/archive/who-can-see-it.md): Archives are private by default. How access works, and who decides it.
- [Access requests](https://help.mrake.studio/archive/access-requests.md): What happens when someone asks to see a private archive.
- [What Watchkeep covers](https://help.mrake.studio/archive/watchkeep.md): The stewardship arrangement that keeps an archive standing after handover.
- [Adding to the archive](https://help.mrake.studio/archive/adding-to-the-archive.md): The archive is not finished at handover. What is covered, what is commissioned, and how an addition runs.
- [Naming who holds it next](https://help.mrake.studio/archive/succession.md): How custody of an archive transfers, and why naming a successor early matters.
- [When the honoree dies](https://help.mrake.studio/archive/when-the-honoree-dies.md): What happens to the archive, what stops, and what is never invoiced.
- [Export](https://help.mrake.studio/archive/export.md): Your material is yours. How to take a full copy, at any time, without charge.

## Help

- [Help](https://help.mrake.studio/help-center.md): Common questions about commissioning an archive and keeping one.
- [Changelog](https://help.mrake.studio/changelog.md): Changes to this documentation.