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 # react-node-template
 This repository can be used as a template for future react-nodejs apps with Postgres DB.
+# react-node-template
+This repository can be used as a template for future React + Node.js apps with a Postgres DB.
+
+---
+
+{{PROJECT_NAME}}
+This repo is the source for the CHEFS code challenge and describes all aspects of the process, including agile team definitions, team agreements, design, deployment, and operations.
+
+---
+
+## License
+[![License: Apache-2.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-Apache_2.0-blue.svg)](LICENSE)
+
+---
+
+## Team Agreements
+#### Definition of Done (replace with relevant info)
+- **All code:** Reviewed, merged to default branch; build succeeds on default; linter and static analysis checks pass (e.g., ESLint/Sonar).
+- **API:** Unit tests defined (e.g., Jest) and passing.
+- **UI:** End-to-end/UI tests defined (e.g., Cypress/RTL) and passing.
+- **Sprint:** Any agreed smoke/automation tests pass; docs and change notes updated.
+> {{LINK_TO_TEAM_WORKING_AGREEMENTS_OR_MEETING_CADENCE}}
+
+---
+
+## Design
+#### System Design - High Level (replace with relevant info)
+- **User Interface:** A single {{FRONTEND_TECH}} web app; specific features/visibility may vary by role (RBAC).
+- **APIs:** One or more REST (or GraphQL) services handling browser and system calls, secured per the authorization model.
+- **Data:** {{PRIMARY_DB}} as the system of record; consider HA/replication/backup for production.
+- **Web/Edge:** {{WEBSERVER_OR_PROXY}} as web server/reverse proxy (e.g., port 80/443).
+- **Observability:** Logging, metrics, and tracing appropriate to {{HOSTING_ENVIRONMENT}}.
+> Add/replace with relevant diagram: `![System diagram](./docs/system-diagram.png)`
+
+#### Reason for Choice of Stack (replace with relevant info)
+This architecture was selected because:
+- Familiar to the delivery team and common in {{YOUR_ORG_OR_JURISDICTION}}.
+- Strong fit for containerization and cloud deployment (e.g., Docker, {{ORCHESTRATOR}}).
+- Broad open-source ecosystem and community support.
+- Scales horizontally and enables rapid iteration.
+
+---
+
+## Data Model (replace with relevant info)
+> Briefly describe core entities and relationships. Link an ERD if available.
+- **Key entities:** {{ENTITY_LIST}}
+- **Reference data / lookups:** {{LOOKUP_TABLES_OR_CONSTANTS}}
+- **Bootstrap/seed data (optional):** {{HOW_BOOTSTRAP_DATA_IS_APPLIED}}
+- **Example mapping table (replace as needed):**
+
+    | Category          | Level/Type | Required Attributes/Skills |
+    |-------------------|------------|----------------------------|
+    | {{CATEGORY_A}}    | {{LEVEL}}  | {{ATTRIBUTES}}             |
+    | {{CATEGORY_B}}    | {{LEVEL}}  | {{ATTRIBUTES}}             |
+
+> ERD (optional): `![ERD](./docs/data-model.png)`
+
+---
+
+## Error Handling (replace with relevant info)
+- **UI validation:** Clear inline messages, accessible patterns, constraints (format, length, required fields).
+- **API validation:** Schema validation, consistent error envelope (code/message/details), idempotency where needed.
+- **Duplicates & conflicts:** Detect and surface conflicts (e.g., existing record with same key) with actionable guidance.
+- **Data hygiene:** Normalize inputs (e.g., phone format) to keep the database clean.
+
+---
+
+## API Specifications (replace with relevant info)
+- **Source of truth (OpenAPI):** `./backend/swagger-docs` or `./api/openapi`
+- **Rendered docs (optional):** {{SWAGGER_UI_OR_REDOC_URL}}
+- **Change process:** {{HOW_API_CHANGES_ARE_REVIEWED_VERSIONED_AND_COMMUNICATED}}
+
+---
+
+## Pipeline
+> Automations run on pull requests and merges to ensure quality and accelerate delivery.
+- **Triggers:** On PR, on merge to default branch, on tags/releases.
+- **Primary stages:** Lint → Unit tests → Build → (Optional) E2E → Package/Deploy.
+- **Environments:** {{DEV}} → {{TEST/STAGING}} → {{PROD}}, with promotion rules.
+
+---
+
+## Service Design (replace with relevant info)
+> Activities and artifacts to ensure the service fits real user needs.*
+- **Timeline / Roadmap:** {{ROADMAP_LINK_OR_DOC}}
+- **Stakeholder mapping:** {{STAKEHOLDER_MAP_LINK}}
+- **Collaborative sessions:** Discovery workshops with users/SMEs/developers.
+- **Personas & Empathy maps:** {{PERSONAS_LINK}} (e.g., primary persona and empathy map)
+- **Service blueprint:** {{BLUEPRINT_LINK}} (frontstage/backstage touchpoints)
+
+---
+
+## UX Design (replace with relevant info)
+> Evidence-based design to make the service usable and consistent.*
+- **Journey mapping:** {{JOURNEY_MAP_LINK}}
+- **Wireframes / Prototypes:** {{FIGMA_OR_WIREFRAME_LINK}}
+- **FAQ / Help content:** {{FAQ_LINK}}
+
+**Anticipated design findings (replace with relevant info):**
+- Provide contextual help/FAQ where users make choices.
+- Allow users to update submissions post-creation (with audit trail).
+- Support “other”/free-text entries where controlled lists may be incomplete.
+- Capture location or other attributes needed for downstream matching.
+
+---
+
+## Deployment Using Gitpod (Optional)
+- **Why Gitpod:** Fast, preconfigured cloud dev environment; low setup time.
+- **Start here:** {{GITPOD_LINK_OR_INSTRUCTIONS}}
+- **Expected behavior:** Containers/services build and start automatically; preview ports shown in the IDE.
+> Screenshot (optional): `![Gitpod](./docs/gitpod.png)`
+
+---
+
+## Installation Instructions
+#### Prerequisites
+- **Runtime/tooling:** {{NODE_VERSION}}, {{PACKAGE_MANAGER}}, {{DATABASE_VERSION}}
+- **Container (optional):** Docker & Docker Compose
+- **Git CLI:** {{LINK_IF_NEEDED}}
+
+#### Local Deployment (replace the example flow below with details specific and relevant to code challenge)
+```bash
+# 1) Clone
+git clone {{REPO_URL}}
+cd {{LOCAL_FOLDER}}
+
+# 2) Start via script (if provided)
+./start.sh
+
+# 3) Or Docker Compose
+docker compose up -d
+
+# 4) Or run apps separately
+# backend
+cd api && cp .env.example .env && {{PACKAGE_MANAGER}} install && {{PACKAGE_MANAGER}} run dev
+# frontend
+cd ../web && cp .env.example .env && {{PACKAGE_MANAGER}} install && {{PACKAGE_MANAGER}} run dev
+```
+
+## Successful startup (replace with relevant info):
+```bash
+Creating network "project_net" with driver "bridge"
+Creating db  ... done
+Creating api ... done
+Creating web ... done
+
+```
+---
+
+## Backlog & Sample User Story
+#### Likely backlog additions (replace with relevant info)
+- {{AUTHENTICATION_OR_SSO}}
+- {{ROLE_BASED_ACCESS_CONTROL}}
+- {{LOCATION_OR_ADDITIONAL_FIELDS}}
+- {{ADMIN_MANAGEMENT_OF_LOOKUPS}}
+- {{USER_SELF_SERVICE_EDITS}}
+- {{AVAILABILITY_OR_SCHEDULING}}
+
+## Jira-ready user story (template)
+-  **Title:** {{BRIEF_TITLE}}
+-  As a {{USER_ROLE}}, I want {{CAPABILITY}}, so that {{BUSINESS_VALUE}}.
+-  **Acceptance criteria:**
+    -  {{GIVEN_WHEN_THEN_1}}
+    -  {{GIVEN_WHEN_THEN_2}}
+    -  {{VALIDATION_OR_ERROR_CASES}}
+-  **Notes/Attachments:** {{LINKS_TO_DESIGN/FAQ}}
+
+---
+
+## Assumptions & Privacy (replace with relevant info)
+-  **Assumptions:** {{KEY_ASSUMPTIONS}} (e.g., user knowledge, device, environment)
+-  **Privacy:** Purpose, consent, retention; sensitive fields handled appropriately; public views exclude private data.
+-  **Security:** {{AUTHN/AUTHZ_MODEL}}, least privilege; secrets not committed; audit/logging where appropriate.
+
+---
+
+## CI/CD Pipeline (Detail)
+#### Backend CI (example - replace with relevant info)
+-  Checkout code; install dependencies.
+-  Run route/integration tests (e.g., Jest + Supertest).
+-  Run static analysis (e.g., ESLint/Sonar).
+-  Build/package artifact or container image.
+
+#### Frontend CI (example - replace with relevant info)
+-  Checkout; install dependencies.
+-  Run unit tests (e.g., React Testing Library/Vitest).
+-  Lint/format checks.
+-  (Optional) Cypress smoke tests against a preview URL.
+> Re-run specific workflow runs to validate fixes when needed.
+
+---
+
+## Operations
+-  **Monitoring & logging:** {{WHERE_TO_FIND_LOGS/METRICS/DASHBOARDS}}
+-  **Support:** {{CONTACT_OR_SERVICE_DESK}}, SLAs, escalation path.
+-  **Known limitations:** {{LIST_OR_LINK}}
+-  **Post-incident review:** {{HOW_AND_WHERE_DOCUMENTED}}
+
+---
+
+## Contacts
+-  **Sponsor / Owner:** {{NAME, ROLE}}
+-  **Product / Delivery:** {{NAME, ROLE}}
+-  **Engineering / Design:** {{NAME, ROLE}}
+-  **Support:** {{CHANNEL_OR_EMAIL}}