The Golden Path

"The Singular Dream Pipeline"

This document summarizes the verified lifecycle of a feature from idea to production.

1. The Workbench (Local)

• Environment: Your Machine + Emulator.
• Data: Mock / Seeded.
• Activity: coding, unit-testing, breaking.
• Exit Criteria: pnpm test passes.
• Action: git push origin feature/xyz -> PR to Dev.

2. Integration (Cloud Dev)

• Environment: Vercel Preview + Dev DB.
• Data: Junk / Volatile.
• Activity: Automated Testing, Integration checks.
• Exit Criteria: Build succeeds, Integration tests pass.
• Action: Merge dev -> PR to Staging.

3. The Showroom (Staging)

• Environment: Vercel Preview + Staging DB.
• Data: Clean Golden Data (Seeded).
• Activity: Demos, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), "Magic Link" previews.
• Exit Criteria: Stakeholder Sign-off.
• Action: Merge stg -> PR to Main.

4. Live (Production)

• Environment: Production.
• Data: Real User Data.
• Activity: Monitoring, Operating.

Version History

Version	Date	Author	Change
0.1.0	2026-01-29	Antigravity	Initial Audit & Metadata Injection