docs: deprecate transforms implementation and recommend VS Code extension

- Strike through transforms implementation in README
- Add notice about Palantir extension for Visual Studio Code
- Update transforms API link to current documentation
- Update copyright year to 2026
- Remove v2 announcement banner from documentation
- Add testing instructions for remote branches

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Author: nicornk

README.md

@@ -28,11 +28,12 @@ Seamlessly run your Palantir Foundry Repository transforms code and more on your
 Foundry DevTools is a set of useful libraries to interact with the Foundry APIs. 
 It consists of two parts:
 
-- The [transforms](https://www.palantir.com/docs/foundry/transforms-python/transforms-python-api/) implementation
+- ~~The~~ [~~transforms~~](https://www.palantir.com/docs/foundry/api-reference/transforms-python-library) ~~implementation~~
 
-  - An implementation of the Foundry `transforms` package that internally uses the `CachedFoundryClient`.
+  - ~~An implementation of the Foundry `transforms` package that internally uses the `CachedFoundryClient`.
     This allows you to seamlessly run your Palantir Foundry Code Repository transforms code on your local machine.
-    Foundry DevTools does not cover all of Foundry's features, more on this [here](https://emdgroup.github.io/foundry-dev-tools/dev/architecture.html#known-limitations-contributions-welcome).
+    Foundry DevTools does not cover all of Foundry's features, more on this [here](https://emdgroup.github.io/foundry-dev-tools/dev/architecture.html#known-limitations-contributions-welcome).~~
+  - The [Palantir extension for Visual Studio Code](https://www.palantir.com/docs/foundry/palantir-extension-for-visual-studio-code/overview/) has achieved the goals of the transforms implementation and should be used instead. The transforms implementation in foundry-dev-tools is no longer maintained.
 
 - API clients
 
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ conda install -c conda-forge foundry-dev-tools
 
 # License
 
-Copyright (c) 2024 Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
+Copyright (c) 2026 Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

docs/conf.py

@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
 html_theme_options = {
     "show_navbar_depth": 2,
     "show_toc_level": 4,
-    "announcement":"Note: This is the documentation for Foundry DevTools v2",
+    "announcement":"Foundry DevTools Documentation",
 }
 
 # The name for this set of Sphinx documents.  If None, it defaults to

docs/dev/contribute.md

@@ -39,10 +39,20 @@ Then install foundry-dev-tools and the dev dependencies via:
 pdm install
 ```
 
-
 This command will link the local version of this package into your pip package folder.
 Every change you make in the code is instantly applied.
 
+## Testing a Remote Branch
+
+To test a branch from a remote repository (e.g., from a fork or pull request) without cloning it locally, you can use `uv run`:
+
+```shell
+# Test with a specific branch from a GitHub repository
+uv run --no-project \
+  --with 'git+https://github.com/emdgroup/foundry-dev-tools.git@main#subdirectory=libs/foundry-dev-tools' \
+  python -c "from foundry_dev_tools import __version__; print(__version__)"
+```
+
 ## Pre-Commit hooks & formatting
 
 To format the code and make it ready for a commit we use pre-commit.