backend-api-ai

name	backend-api-ai
description	Change or review the backend API, auth, controllers, models, sitewide chat backend, Gemini integration, Pinecone integration, or backend maintenance scripts in this repository. Use when work touches backend/ routes, controllers, services, models, scheduled handlers, or vector sync logic.

Backend API And AI

Work from route to controller to service to model before changing behavior.

Follow This Workflow

1. Identify the request surface in routes/ or scheduled handlers.
2. Read the controller, service, and model together.
3. Preserve response shapes unless the frontend is updated in the same task.
4. Treat auth and reset-password flows as security-sensitive.
5. Validate with cd backend && npm test when feasible.

Use The References

• Read references/backend-map.md for key files, commands, and env.
• Read references/chat-surface.md when the task touches sitewide chat.