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Environment Setup

The frontend reads a few environment variables. All have fallbacks or are only required when the password gate is enabled.

-> Create a .env.local in the project root if needed

Backend URL

You can optionally set this if you wish to serve from somewhere else:

NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL=http://localhost:8000

If omitted, lib/api.js falls back to http://localhost:8000, which works automatically when the frontend and backend are deployed on the same server. Override this only when the backend lives elsewhere.

Note: NEXT_PUBLIC_* variables are set npm run build time, not read at runtime. Rebuild after changing the value.

Prototype Access Gate

The app sits behind a password gate (see lib/gate-token.js and the login flow). Two variables are required for the gate to work:

PROTOTYPE_PASSWORD=your-shared-password
GATE_SECRET=your-long-random-secret

PROTOTYPE_PASSWORD is the shared password users enter on the login page. GATE_SECRET signs the 48-hour JWT issued after a successful login. Both are server-side only and never exposed to the browser. Pick a long, random GATE_SECRET and keep it stable across restarts!