> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.optimism.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Architecture

> Understand OP Deployer's architecture and internals.

This section details OP Deployer's architecture and internals. Unless you're contributing directly to OP Deployer,
you don't need to read this.

* [Deployment Pipeline](/chain-operators/tools/op-deployer/reference/architecture/pipeline): Describes the stages of the deployment pipeline.
* [Scripting Engine](/chain-operators/tools/op-deployer/reference/architecture/engine): Describes the scripting engine that OP Deployer uses to interact
  with the EVM.

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/optimism-373f39ad/d2FezsylcyVBs4sc/public/img/chain-operators/op-deployer/full-architecture.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=d2FezsylcyVBs4sc&q=85&s=a3dcb3f8809d89ab12d2c12a10243275" alt="Full architecture diagram" width="14394" height="6614" data-path="public/img/chain-operators/op-deployer/full-architecture.png" />

*Full architecture diagram ([source](https://www.figma.com/board/bbp16y6ZwIkxzOoKhDu9kk/op-deployer-architecture?node-id=0-1\&p=f\&t=1Eg9JBP0RuVmdtsM-0))*