docs: add Vercel deployment path and clarify Supabase env errors
Prepare Gary for a simple one-person Vercel deployment. Documentation and a clearer missing-env error - no product features, no Clerk, no database migration, no Cloudflare changes. - Add docs/VERCEL_DEPLOYMENT.md: plain-English guide covering what Vercel hosts (the Next.js frontend only), what Supabase handles, why the Express backend stays separate (needs LibreOffice and a long-running server), required public vs private environment variables, GitHub import steps, project settings (Root Directory = frontend, default build/output), preview deployments, custom domains, troubleshooting, and a "Future Clerk login" note. - Add frontend/.env.vercel.example: public NEXT_PUBLIC_* values separated from server-side secrets, with explicit warnings never to put provider / Supabase service-role / database / JWT / Clerk secrets in NEXT_PUBLIC_* variables. Includes a clearly-labeled future-only Clerk section. - supabase.ts and auth.ts: replace the cryptic "supabaseUrl is required" failure with a clear message naming the missing variable (NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_URL / NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_ANON_KEY) and where to set it. Also accept the standard NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_ANON_KEY name while still falling back to the legacy NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_PUBLISHABLE_DEFAULT_KEY, so existing deployments keep working. Runtime safety is unchanged - missing config still throws. - README: add a brief "Deploying Gary on Vercel" section and link the new guide; docs index links it too. - .gitignore: allow .env.vercel.example to be committed.
| Repository | zgbrenner/gary |
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| Author | Claude <noreply@anthropic.com> |
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| Parents | 9d868c45 |
| Stats | 7 files changed , +369 , -6 |
| Part of | Vercel deployment docs and clearer Supabase env errors |
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