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+import2ledger code structure
+============================
+
+Concepts
+--------
+
+The main workflow of the program passes through three different types with different responsibilities.
+
+Entry data
+~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Data for an output entry is kept and passed around in a dict with the following contents:
+
+``date``
+  A datetime.date object (if this is omitted, the ``default_date`` hook will fill in the default date from the user's configuration)
+
+``payee``
+  A string
+
+``amount``
+  A string or other object that can be safely converted to a decimal.Decimal
+
+``currency``
+  A string with a three-letter code, uppercase, identifying the transaction currency
+
+It can optionally include additional keys for use as template variables.
+
+Importers
+~~~~~~~~~
+
+At a high level, importers read a source file, and generate data for output entries.
+
+Class method ``can_handle(source_file)``
+  Returns true if the importer can generate entries from the given source file object, false otherwise.
+
+``__init__(source_file)``
+  Initializes an importer to generate entries from the given source file object.
+
+``__iter__()``
+  Returns a iterator of entry data dicts.
+
+Class attribute ``TEMPLATE_KEY``
+  A string with the full key to load the corresponding template from the user's configuration (e.g., ``'template patreon income'``).
+
+Hooks
+~~~~~
+
+Hooks make arbitrary transformations to entry data dicts.  Every entry data dict generated by an importer is run through every hook before being output.
+
+``__init__(config)``
+  Initializes the hook with the user's configuration.
+
+``run(entry_data)``
+  This method makes the hook's transformations to the entry data dict, if any.  If this method clears the entry data dict, that entry will not be output.
+
+Templates
+~~~~~~~~~
+
+Templates receive entry data dicts and format them into final output entries.
+
+``__init__(template_str)``
+  Initializes the template from a single string, as read from the user's configuration.
+
+``render(payee, amount, currency, date=None, **template_vars)``
+  Returns a string with the output entry, using the given entry data.  This is expected to be called as ``render(**entry_data)``; the arguments take the same types as entry data dicts.
+
+Loading importers and hooks
+---------------------------
+
+Importers and hooks are both loaded and found dynamically when the program starts.  This makes it easy to extend the program: you just need to write the class following the established pattern, no registration needed.
+
+import2ledger finds importers by looking at all ``.py`` files in the ``importers/`` directory, skipping files whose names start with ``.`` (hidden) or ``_`` (private).  It tries to import that file as a module.  If it succeeds, it looks for things in the module named ``*Importer``, and adds those to the list of importers.
+
+Hooks follow the same pattern, searching the ``hooks/`` directory and looking for things named ``*Hook``.
+
+Technically this is done by ``importers.load_all()`` and ``hooks.load_all()`` functions, but most of the code to do this is in the ``util`` module.
+
+Main loop
+---------
+
+At a high level, import2ledger handles each input file this way::
+
+  usable_importers = importers where can_handle(input_file) returns true
+  for importer_class in usable_importers:
+    template = built from importer_class.TEMPLATE_KEY
+    input_file.seek(0)
+    for entry_data in importer_class(input_file):
+      for hook in all_hooks:
+        hook.run(entry_data)
+      if entry_data:
+        template.render(**entry_data)
+
+Note in particular that multiple importers can handle the same input file.  This helps support inputs like Patreon's earnings CSV, where completely different transactions are generated from the same source.