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Project bootstrapping orchestrator for repos that depend on Vercel-linked resources (databases, auth, and managed integrations). Use when setting up or repairing a repository so linking, environment provisioning, env pulls, and first-run db/dev commands happen in the correct safe order.

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bootstrap
description
Project bootstrapping orchestrator for repos that depend on Vercel-linked resources (databases, auth, and managed integrations). Use when setting up or repairing a repository so linking, environment provisioning, env pulls, and first-run db/dev commands happen in the correct safe order.
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# Project Bootstrap Orchestrator Execute bootstrap in strict order. Do not run migrations or development server until project linking and environment verification are complete. ## Rules - Do not run `db:push`, `db:migrate`, `db:seed`, or `dev` until Vercel linking is complete and env keys are verified. - Prefer Vercel-managed provisioning (`vercel integration ...`) for shared resources. - Use provider CLIs only as fallback when Vercel integration flow is unavailable. - Never echo secret values in terminal output, logs, or summaries. ## Preflight 1. Confirm Vercel CLI is installed and authenticated. ```bash vercel --version vercel whoami ``` 2. Confirm repo linkage by checking `.vercel/project.json`. 3. If not linked, inspect available teams/projects before asking the user to choose: ```bash vercel teams ls vercel projects ls --scope <team> vercel link --yes --scope <team> --project <project> ``` 4. Find the env template in priority order: `.env.example`, `.env.sample`, `.env.template`. 5. Create local env file if missing: ```bash cp .env.example .env.local ``` ## Resource Setup: Postgres ### Preferred path (Vercel-managed Neon) 1. Read integration setup guidance: ```bash vercel integration guide neon ``` 2. Add Neon integration to the Vercel scope: ```bash vercel integration add neon --scope <team> ``` 3. Verify expected environment variable names exist in Vercel and pull locally: ```bash vercel env ls vercel env pull .env.local --yes ``` ### Fallback path 1 (Dashboard) 1. Provision Neon through the Vercel dashboard integration UI. 2. Re-run `vercel env pull .env.local --yes`. ### Fallback path 2 (Neon CLI) Use Neon CLI only when Vercel-managed provisioning is unavailable. After creating resources, add required env vars in Vercel and pull again. ## AUTH_SECRET Generation Generate a high-entropy secret without printing it, then store it in Vercel and refresh local env: ```bash AUTH_SECRET="$(node -e "console.log(require('node:crypto').randomBytes(32).toString('base64url'))")" printf "%s" "$AUTH_SECRET" | vercel env add AUTH_SECRET development preview production unset AUTH_SECRET vercel env pull .env.local --yes ``` ## Env Verification Compare required keys from template file against `.env.local` keys (names only, never values): ```bash template_file="" for candidate in .env.example .env.sample .env.template; do if [ -f "$candidate" ]; then template_file="$candidate" break fi done comm -23 \ <(grep -E '^[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*=' "$template_file" | cut -d '=' -f 1 | sort -u) \ <(grep -E '^[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*=' .env.local | cut -d '=' -f 1 | sort -u) ``` Proceed only when missing key list is empty. ## App Setup After linkage + env verification: ```bash npm run db:push npm run db:seed npm run dev ``` Use the repository package manager (`npm`, `pnpm`, `bun`, or `yarn`) and run only scripts that exist in `package.json`. ## UI Baseline for Next.js + shadcn Projects After linkage and env verification, establish the UI foundation before feature work: 1. Add a baseline primitive set: `npx shadcn@latest add button card input label textarea select switch tabs dialog alert-dialog sheet dropdown-menu badge separator skeleton table` 2. Apply the Geist font fix in `layout.tsx` and `globals.css`. 3. Confirm the app shell uses `bg-background text-foreground`. 4. Default to dark mode for product, admin, and AI apps unless the repo is clearly marketing-first. ## Bootstrap Verification Confirm each checkpoint: - `vercel whoami` succeeds. - `.vercel/project.json` exists and matches chosen project. - Postgres integration path completed (Vercel integration, dashboard, or provider CLI fallback). - `vercel env pull .env.local --yes` succeeds. - Required env key diff is empty. - Database command status is recorded (`db:push`, `db:seed`, `db:migrate`, `db:generate` as applicable). - `dev` command starts without immediate config/auth/env failure. If verification fails, stop and report exact failing step plus remediation. ## Summary Format Return a final bootstrap summary in this format: ```md ## Bootstrap Result - **Linked Project**: <team>/<project> - **Resource Path**: vercel-integration-neon | dashboard-neon | neon-cli - **Env Keys**: <count> required, <count> present, <count> missing - **Secrets**: AUTH_SECRET set in Vercel (value never shown) - **Migration Status**: not-run | success | failed (<step>) - **Dev Result**: not-run | started | failed ``` ## Bootstrap Next Steps - If env keys are still missing, add the missing keys in Vercel and re-run `vercel env pull .env.local --yes`. - If DB commands fail, fix connectivity/schema issues and re-run only the failed db step. - If `dev` fails, resolve runtime errors, then restart with your package manager's `run dev`. ## next-forge Projects If the project was scaffolded with `npx next-forge init` (detected by `pnpm-workspace.yaml` + `packages/auth` + `packages/database` + `@repo/*` imports): 1. Env files are per-app (`apps/app/.env.local`, `apps/web/.env.local`, `apps/api/.env.local`) plus `packages/database/.env`. 2. Run `pnpm migrate` (not `db:push`) — it runs `prisma format` + `prisma generate` + `prisma db push`. 3. Minimum env vars: `DATABASE_URL`, `CLERK_SECRET_KEY`, `NEXT_PUBLIC_CLERK_PUBLISHABLE_KEY`, `NEXT_PUBLIC_APP_URL`, `NEXT_PUBLIC_WEB_URL`, `NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL`. 4. Optional services (Stripe, Resend, PostHog, etc.) can be skipped initially — but remove their `@repo/*` imports from app `env.ts` files to avoid validation errors. 5. Deploy as 3 separate Vercel projects with root directories `apps/app`, `apps/api`, `apps/web`. => skill: next-forge — Full next-forge monorepo guide
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